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Show - 1 V V .1 SlJNDAYHERAlI)?7ffiSi PAGE 7 " "-t;.' """" V -V. J 1 -. . v J TexasTdpg keeps mystery vigil at drainhole 41 days. T ' . " ' 1 v - i f 1 1', - - V ' 4 ; r - 4f ' . v. -J I-' ,m- ... f - 'A1 i 4 tf - ' I .. .-of . "II ., - )w 1 - --- -.. 1! LTilLtily u rm u mjiAi t IS9 4 4 f A ill fV7 XT' " si 4 This Bikini underwater atom bomb photo leads the year's best, chosen first for dramatic eye appeal, then for news value. 1 - ' i. j "Iivi ikIU .. v Viirk I ; 1 1 - Wlvx JBWWiw 1 f ' J P. " r . . Janice Hansen, 1946 girl. Serious Molotov and Byrnes at Paris. Strike man Lewis laughs. Blind Cincinnati boy sees mom. Trygve Lie and the world. A Garsson hugs Rep. May. Heirens, criminal of year, k - Ylh)'Dgj Chews ' Parades Thiroiuiglhi "flhe Yeair ditd Hv5ew JANUARY 1 First day of year destined to tee strikes, inflation, tagfins reconversion, higher wages and prices, housing and food shortages. Republican triumphs and continuing continu-ing international discord despite UN peace parleys. Hirohito teUs the Japs his "divinity" "di-vinity" is myth. New Year's Mayor LaOuardia turns over Job to William O'Dwyer. Alabama wins Rose BowL Something Always Takes the Joy Out of Life o FEBRUARY 1 Russia, Britain clash in UN meeting. 5 Steamship Yukon wrecked off Alaska 485 rescued. 6 Tug strike hits N. Y. 10 Churchill visits Truman. 13 Secretary Ickes resigns. 15 Wage boost ends steel strike. Price of steel to rise. 16 Communists, National I s t s clash in China despite truce. 20 Famine threatens Europe. 21 Anti-Britisb riots hit India, Egypt. Palestine. Pope Pius creates cre-ates new cardinals in colorful ceremony cere-mony at Vatican. 22 Gen. Yamashita hanged. 28 Krug new Interior Secretary, Secre-tary, succeeding Ickes. 27 Ford ends UAVV strike. o MARCH 3 G. M. pickets riot in Detroit Western Electric on strike. 5 General Marshall begins attempt at-tempt to end China's civil war. Susanna Oegnan, 7. kid-aaped kid-aaped and murdered la Chicago. 8 Western Union strike cuts New York telegraph communication. communica-tion. V U. S. soldiers abroad stage "want to go home" demonstrations. demonstra-tions. 10 UN General Assembly (31 tuitions) holds first meet, in London. Lon-don. 15200.000 strike to three big electrical equipment companies. H Nationwide packers strike cuti meat processing 75 pet cent 20 Steel strike begins. 22 Riots in Bombay. India. 24 Army 81gnal Corps an-neuncea an-neuncea radar contact with the moon. 25 U. S. seizes meat plants. 26 Iran presents charges againsi Russia to UN Security Council. 37 Trygve Lie, Norwegian for eign minister, named secretary-general secretary-general of UN. Harry Hopkins 3 Britain, France, U. S. urge Spanish people to oust Franco. 4 Canada reveals Red spy plot in North America. 5 Churchill attacks Russia's "iron curtain" in Missouri speech, urges British-U. S. alliance, 18 Bernard Baruch named to UN Atomic Energy Committee. r 22 Stalin emphasizes desire for peace. "Say When" o APRIL 1 Huge tidal wave hits lawaii. Alaska. Transit strikes tie up Detroit, Akron. 2 Japs' Homma executed. 3 Russia tells UN Soviet troops are withdrawing from Iran. 10 Poland says Spain is harboring har-boring war criminals, Nazi assets. 17 Congress opens attack on OPA, dooming price control. 18 League of Nations expires, transferring assets to UN. 20 Chinese Communists move in on Manchurian areas vacated by Russia. 21 U. S. curtails use of wheat floor to aid starving Europe. 22 Russian planes fire on American transport near Vienna. 24 U. S. grants Ppiand $90 million in loan and credits. 25 Foreign Ministers meet in Paris to discuss the peace. o MAY 27 Russia's Gromyko walks out on UN session In protest against Iranian discussion. 28 Juan Peron wins Argentine presidency. 29 LaGuardia heads (JNKKA. 31 COAL STR'KE BEGINS as John L. Lewis calls out 400.000 miners. Unemployment In other Industries, curtailed rail service and production result 1 Jap war criminals go on trial in Tokyo. 2 Armed convicts inspire Alca-traz Alca-traz siege in attempted break. 4 A.sauli wins Kentucky Derby 6 Steel production hits new low. brownouts spread as soft coal strike continues. 8 On V-E anniversary. War Department reveals U. S. lost 295,-867 295,-867 in attle. 9 Victor Emmanuel abdicates Italian throne; son Humbert succeeds. suc-ceeds. 10 Lewis allows two-week truce in . 'ire strike. 11 Assault wins Preakness. 12 Army test-fires Nazi V-2 rocket 75 miles into ionosphere. 13 Ex-President Hoover reports re-ports on world famine conditions. 17 Airliner crash in Virginia kills 27. 18 Five-day rail strike truce announced just be'rre deadline. 21 Iran says all '.ussian troops have been evacuated. 22 U. S. seizes coal mines. 23 RAIL STRIKE BEGINS.. re sulting In most wdepread trans portation tie-up In nation's history. 24 Trumai. denounces rail strike leaders Whitney and John ston. JR D.ll r. tf AVC4JI BlIIKC CI1US US 1 rumiin i asks Congress for drastic "work- or-De-aranea r legislation. 26 Government operation of railroads ends. Anti-strike legislation legis-lation stalls in Congress. 27 Truce over, coal miners resume re-sume strike. 28 Carter Glass dies. 29 Lewis signs contract with V. S., ending coal strike. 30 George W. Robson wins SOOrmile Indianapolis speedway classic. JUNE 1 Assault wins Belmont Stakes. 2 Italians oust House of Savoy at polls. 5 Fire sweeps La Salle Hotel in Chicago, kills 58. Tough, Uphill Work 12 Congress approves $400 million mil-lion loan to Britain. 15 Yugoslav court sentences Mikhallovitch to be shot 16 Congressional committee report re-port lays Pearl Harbor blame on Army and Navy commanders in Hawaii. 18 Britons protest against bread rationing. 20 Rep. May subpoenaed by Senate War Investigating Committee. Commit-tee. Pictures reveal him being hugged by a Garsson daughter. 21 Bolivian president killed in revolution. 22 Zionist terrorists bomb Kins David Hotel in Jerusalem. British Army Headquarters; 41 killed. 23 Infantile paralysis hits many of nation's large cities. 24 Underwater atomic blast spouts mile-hifb column of water. 2136 feet wide. 25 Truman signs new OPA bill, foresees inflation. ' 26 Rep. May has heart attack, cannot testify. 27 Decontrol board named. 29 Paris peace conference opens; 21 allies attend. 31 Congress passes veterans' terminal pay bill. 6 Fred Vinson named Chief Justice of Supreme Court. Snyder succeeds him as Secretaij of Treasury. 7 Army reveals theft of $1,000,- 000 German crown jewels by WAC captain and her busbanu. 9 King of Siam murdered. Dubuque Du-buque hotel fire kills 15. 10 Black-Jackson feud in Su preme Court revealed. 13 -Italy's King Humbert abdi cates. 19 Louis kayoes Conn in $100- a-seat championship bout. 25 Draft extended. 26 William Heirens Jailed for burglary; later admits Dernan murder. 28 OPA head Chester Bowles resigns in protest against new bill. 29 President Truman vetoes OPA bill, is sustained by House. 30 OPA dies at midnight JULY 1 Atomic bomb blasts Bikini fleet In Navy's over water test. 2 Rep. A. J. May of Kentucky linked to Garsson munitions deals. 3 Hungarian inflation hits zenith zen-ith 30 quadrillion pengoes to a dollar! 7 Mother Cabrini canonized. 10 Sidney Hillman dies. AUGUST 2 79th Congress adjourns. Rioting Riot-ing marks Tennessee election. 4 Quake rocks Puerto Rico. Civil strife hits Indo-China. 7 5454 cases infantile paralysis reported worst since 1916. The Pot and The Kettle 19 Five U. S. airmen die as Yugoslavs shoot down -second American transport. ' 20 UN moves into new home at Lake Success. 21 Navy unveils 168-passenger air transport "Constitution." 22 Band of Baltic refugees crosses Atlantic in 38-foot sloop. 23 George White of "Scandals" fame gets year in hit-run case. 24 Tito complies with U. S ultimatum on shot-down planes. 27 Stock market has worst drop since 1940. 29 MacArthur reports Japan stripped of power to make war and is started on road to democracy. 9 Wbshington reports record-breaking record-breaking corn, wheat crops; employment em-ployment at more than 60.000.000 12 11. S. plane- shot down In Yugoslavia; 12 urvivors held. 13 Nation marks anniversary of Jap capitulation. 14 McCarthy unseats LaFoIIette in Wisconsin Republican primary. 15 Great Lakes shipuing strike ties up 40 vessels. o SEPTEMBER .1 Greeks upset communists, return re-turn King George to throne. Rioting Riot-ing marks advent of new government govern-ment in India. 2 B r i t i s h destroyer captures Jewish blockade runner off Palestine Pales-tine after gun fight. 4 In Chicago. Heirens pleads guilty to three slayings, gets life. 6 OPA returns controls to meat with higher ceilings. 10 Meat famine begins. 12 Secretary of Commerce Wallace makes his pro-Russian. Truman-approved speech in New Yorft. 18 Louts kayoes MavrieUo in first found. Belgian airliner crashes at remote re-mote Gander, Newfoundland. 20 After reversing himself on Wallace speech. President Truman requests resignation of the Commerce Com-merce S cretary. 22 W. Averell Harrimah named to succeed Wallace. 23 U. S. airmen reported held in slavery by primitive Lolo tribes in China. 24 Pittsburgh power strike begins, be-gins, paralyzing city. 26 New strikes tie up Hollywood Holly-wood studios. 29 Cleveland's Bob Feller sets new strikeout record o) 348. 30 WAC Captain Dutant sets five years in crown jewel theft. 6 Army's B-29 Pacusan Dream-boat Dream-boat completes 10,300-mile, nonstop non-stop flight from Hawaii to Cairo over Arctic. 11 Army cancels all draft calls for balance of year. 12 General Stilwell dies. 13 New clashes mark China's continuing civil war. 14 Truman lifts all meat price Ct '!-.. 15 -St Louis Cardinals win tV ...u .ij iium Boston. Foreign Ministers adjourn in Paris after drafting peace treaties for Axis satellites. 16 G OERING CHEATS NOOSE. TAKES POISON. TEN OTHER NAZIS HANGED. 17 Price control lifted on fats, oils, oleo, shortening. 21 TWA pilots strike. 23 UN Assembly reconvenes in New York. 29 Stalin says Russia has no atomic bomb. o OCTOBER 1 Twelve Nazi war criminals. Including Goering. Von Ribbentrop and absent Martin Bnrmann. n teneed to hang. Three arqoitted , Navy nombei TiucuImi Turtle completes record 11.236 non-stop flight from Australia to Ohio. 8 Second Newfoundland crash ! kills 39 -aviation'? wm-st accident. I 4 -Truman calls for entry of I Jews into Palestine. NOVEMBER 1 UN discusses trimming its international expenditures. 4 Foreign Ministers resume peace talks in New York. 5 REPUBLICANS WIN ELECTION. ELEC-TION. SWEEP TO CONTROL OF CONGRESS. . 6 U. S.- offers to put former Jap islands undet UN mandate. 9 PRICE CONTROL DIES AS TRUMAN LIFTS ALL CONTROLS CON-TROLS EXCEPT RENTS, SUGAR RICE. The Nazi Path to Glory 18 New York's former Mayor Jimmy Walker dies. 20 COAL STRIKE BEGINS. John L. Lewis defies court order prohibiting strike and calls out 400,000 miners for second time this year. 21 Secretary of War Patterson, urges world disarmament 22 Lewis gets court summons. To save coal. U. S. orders 20-stata brown-out; steel plants shut down; railroads cut service. Ah, What a Relief! 38 "1" fUMuumM 11- -Europe and U. S. observe World War l's Armistice Day. 12 Ca: prices jump. 14 Krug-btwis coal negotiations negotia-tions break down. 15 TWA pilots end strike. 16 Soap prices Jump. 17 Coal crisis mounts as Truman Tru-man leaves for Florida vacation. 23 Prosecutor punches leader of Columbian hate group in Atlanta At-lanta court 24 Swiss flyers rescne all 12 survivors of Alpine crash. 28 Molotov agrees to arms inspection, in-spection, atom bomb ban. 29 Lewis ordered to stand trial for contempt of court 30 U. S. levies fines of l-a-day on striking miners. DECEMBER 1 UN debates New York. Philadelphia Phil-adelphia and San Francisco as permanent sites. 2 Admiral Byrd's largest expedition ex-pedition saHs for Antarctic 3 John L. Lewis found guilty oi contempt of court General strike ties up Oakland, Calif 4 Mine union fined $3,500,000: Lewis $10,000. He appeals. 5 Unemployment spreads as result of mine strike. 6 Lewis appeal goes to Supreme Su-preme Court. Denver out of coal. 7 LEWIS ENDS STRIKE. 120 die in Atlanta hotel lire. 8 Canadian hotel blaze kilts It. 10 Coal curbs called off as miners resume production. 12 New York fire, blast kills 19 tenement dwellers. 15 U. S. in midst of biggest Christmas buying spree In history i 1 i ' t ,4 i'-:- it ' "" ' m |