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Show THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29. ifl49 OREM-GENEVA TIMES The Beit In rv AUTO INSURANCE STATE FARM MUTUAL N. C. Hicks, Local Aget Our new low rates offer y0u the most economic car in surance available in years of selling I have ner nad a claim rejected. Phon 12 19 N. University Ave., pro, it 1 w ft5' lEAViNG r " ;;,..4i4iMIIIJI ..iui&il I. : .-jTum.'ni ajv n. r U rVHixm- m X' . . i I Noronic Fire y i f -.,(. CHRONOLOGY of 1949 Jonuary 1 Three-loot snowfall In Teheran and other Iranian towns causes earthen houses to collapse, killing 60. Tornado demolishes Warren. Ark., killing 512. injuring 273. High gales, floods, cold wave kills 30 In western Europe. 1 Cold waves on West coast kills citrus crop. Blizzards roar through Rock ies, causing ui aeatns "At least 800 Chinese missing follow. ing collision of Wo steamers off snanghal coast. February $ Blt27ards In western and mountain states cause 600 deaths and property amnage 01 million. Twenty-eight die when Scandinavian plane crashes off Swedish coast. U Madrid-Barcelona express t r a I a plunges down 40-foot embankment, killing 30. ti Crash of Cathay Pacific plane from Manila on northern Hong Kong Is. lane! kills 23. Twenty-two die In air crash at Cuzco, Peru. 17 Nine students die in fire destroying dormitory at Kenyon college. Gam-bier. Gam-bier. Oh.o March 24 Tornadoes kill 29 In south and southwest south-west Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi snd Louisiana. April Seventy-four die In Effingham, DX hospital fire. It Sixty-two persons are killed In earthquake earth-quake that rocks t-ntrol Chile. 28 Crash In Souih Africa of three electric elec-tric trains kills 74 May 4 Italy's entire world champion soccer team dies in plane crash at Turin, si Tornadoes kill 46 persons In Missouri, Mis-souri, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kentucky, June .Twenty-two killed In Greek air crash near Athens. Crack-up of plane near Flortanopolls, Brazil, kills 27. 1 Fifty-four persons killed in crash of plan San Juan, Puerto Rico. July 2 Eighteen persons killed In air erash near Perth, Australia. 12 Thirteen American correspondents killed In air crash near Bombay Air crash near Los Angeles kills 38'. SO Sixteen persons killed when navy Hellcat hits Eastern Air Lines plant near Fort OU, N. 1, August Between 2.000 and 4.000 persons killed by Ecuador earthquake. Western states forest fires take IS Uvea. IS Manchester, England, air crash takes Uvea of 24. September Crazed war veteran slays IS tn Camden, N.J, Airline crash near St. Joachim, Quebec, Que-bec, kills 23. Nine die aa cabin cruiser Is swamped in Nantucket Sound. IT Steamship Noronlc burns In Toronto pier taking 130 lives. October IS On thousand die, 70.000 left home-lesa home-lesa In Guatemala floods. 28 Forty-eight die In air crash In Azores, including boxer Marcel Cerdan. November 1 Fifty-five killed at Washington, D.C., airport aa P-38 hits airliner. 17 Eighteen killed as two B-29's collide near Stockton, Calif. 29 Airliner crash at Dallas kills 28. December 2 Dormitory blaze at University of Oklahoma kills three. 11 Nine killed by tornadoes In Missouri and Arkansas. Seventy-ton slab of granite falls off cliff near Victor-ville, Victor-ville, Calif., killing four. 3 Swit& January 1 Barbara Ann Scott wins Lou E. Marsh memorial trophy as Canada's outstanding 1048 athlete. T Joe DiMaggiu signs 1940 contract with Yankees for $90,000. U.S. court reverses lower court dismissal dis-missal of Danny Gurdella's d. image suit against New York Giants. 14 Calumet's Coaltown ties record for mile and 18 at 1:57.6. March 1 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight champion, turns promoter 12 Hamline of St. Paul defeats Regis of Denver for National Assn. of In tercollegiate Basketball champion ship. 26 Kentucky wins National Collegiate AA basketball tournament in Seattle. Russian Hero wins Grand National Steeplechase at Alntree, England. April 18 Baseball season opens. 23 Otympia, Eddie Arcaro up, wins Wood Memorial. 28 Tony Zale, ex-mlddleweight champ retires from boxing. 30 Coaltown, Steve Brooks up. wins Gallant Gal-lant Fox handicap. May 8 Rocky Grazlano, ex-mlddlewelght. reinstated by N Y. athletic commission commis-sion after suspension for failure to report bribery offer. 7 Ponder, Calumet's 16-1 shot. Steve Brooks up, wins Kentucky Derby. 23 Joey Maxim defeats Gus Lrsnevlch for U.S. lightheavyweight title. 30 Indianapolis motor speedway Memor lal classic won by Bill Holl.ind In record average speed of 121.327. June 10 Frank Frlsch. New York coach, be comes Chicago Cub manager. 11 U.S. open golf championship goes to Dr. Cary Middlecoff. Capot, Ted Atkinson up, wins Belmont Stakes. The 18 players suspended from I'.S Sro baseball because they Jumped to Eexican league re-instated by Commissioner Com-missioner Chandler. 14 Jake LaMotta wins world middle. weight title from Marcel Cerdan. 22 Ezziird Charles win world heavv weight title by defeating Jersey Joe Walcott. New York and England refuse re-fuse to recognize title. July 2 Ted Schroeder takes men's singlet in Wimbleton, Engkind. tonn championships: Louise Brough tiike women's singles; Frank Parker-Richard Parker-Richard Gonzales take men's doubles; doub-les; Mrs. Margaret Dupont art1 Miss Brough take women's doubles. in II World welterweight champion Sugar Rsy Robinson successfully defends title from Havana's Kid Gavtlan. 13 American league All-stars defeat National League team, 11-7. 31 Sam Sncnd takes Western Open golf cnampionsmp si si. r-mii August 10 Ezzard Charles successfully defends heavyweight championship by de. featlng Gus Lesvenich. It Hironoahln Furjhishl, Japan, sets world swimming records of 18:19 minutes in 1,500 meter free style; 4:33.3 minutes in 400 meter free style and 9:35.5 minutes in 800 meter free style. 20 Coaltown, Steve Bmoks uii, si-ts world record of 1:34 4 In winning one-rnll Whlrlaway Stakes September l U.S. letalns Davis Cup, defeating Australia four matches to one (tennis). (ten-nis). S Charles Coe, Oklahoma City, wins U.S. amateur golf championship In Rochester, N Y. Jnscyh De Bons, Hollywood, wins Bendix sir trophy, 8 BUI Odom. speed record holder for round-the-world flight, crashes Into a house in Berea, Ohio, during National Na-tional Air iluces in Cleveland, kills self, two others. Silver Cup Trophy In molorboat racing goes to Bill Can- trell, driving Horace Dodge's My Sweetie. 28 Louise Suggs, Carrollton, Ga., takes u.s. women s open gou title In Land-over, Land-over, Md. October - New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn imagers in worm aerie. lour fames to one. 28 Capot beats Coaltown to win Baltl. more s rtmiico Sper-lal. November 11949 major league sll-star AP baseball base-ball team team announcer! IS Eddie Vann scores fastest heavy- wcigm Kuut-Koui on record in London Lon-don bout with George Stern 112 seconds, sec-onds, first round I 21 Cleveland Indians sold to a syndicate syndi-cate of Cleveland business men. 24 Ted Williams. Red Sox. named American League's most valuable player. December 3 Notre Dame defeats Southern Methodist Meth-odist to end season undefeated and lead footb.ill pack. Army, Oklahoma and California remain undefeated 12 Kentucky ,-,nd Oklahoma bid for na- tlonnl rare leadership. January 3 Israel Involved In a dispute with Britain after Invuding Egypt and shooting down R.A.F. planes. 13 U.S. turns pressure on Britain to abandon dispute with Israel to as not to endanger Arab-Jewish peace. 14 U.S. says it plans to Join North At lantic military alliance to ease west Europe's fear of Russia. Chinese Communists say peace terms are surrender of Nationalists. 21 Chiang Kai-shek enters retirement 22 Israeli-Egyptian armistice delayed by Jewish retention of Negeb. 28 U.N. security council passes Independence Inde-pendence plan for Indonesia. February 8 Cardinal Mindszenty pleads "guilty tn principle" to treason charges by Hungary's Red regime. Gets Ufe sentence. 24 Israel, Egypt sign armistice. 28 Bulgaria begins treason trials of Prnteatant leaders March 4 Andrei Vlshlnsky replaces Molotov as Russian foreign minister. U Draft of Atlantic pact completed. Italy decides to Join. Israel and Trans-Jorddn sign cease-fire. 20 Soviet zone currency barred from west Berlin. 31 Russia denounces North Atlantic pact. April 2 Chinese Communists modify peace terms 4 Twelve nations sign North Atlantic ?act and plan lor U.S. arms aid. ories upset Labor tn London election. elec-tion. 17 Ireland becomes Independent republic. repub-lic. 14 Communists capture Nanking. 30 U S.. Russia negotiate to end Berlin . blockade and set up Big 4 confer- ence on Germany. Communists gain fh attempt to Isolnte Shanghai. May 4 Russians agree to lift rail blockade of Berlin. Dutch, Indonesians agree on new truce. Reds capture Hang-chow. Hang-chow. Isolate Shanghai. 11 Israel admitted to U.N. 23 Big 4 ministers' conference opens In Paris. West German constitution adopted. Reds capture Shanghai. 30 Big 4 deadlocks on German unity. Soviet-zone Germans adopt constitution. constitu-tion. Czech Reds hit Catholic church. I 6-S.n.t. foreign relation. tl4. oKmw- n . 7 Chinese nationalist government pre- B n res to flee to Chungking. .S. and Soviet authorities agree on formula to end anti-Red Berlin railroad rail-road strike. 13 Pro-Italians win a Trieste election. 17--Unlted States protests Britain's trade pact with Argentina. 20 Western charter creating civilian allied high commission for west Germany Ger-many published. July 10 Chiang Kai-shek enlists Philippines in drive lo lorm racmc union. lases charge of Chinese nationalist resistance. re-sistance. Britain, U.S., Canada agree to September conference on Britain's dollar shortage. United Kingdom or. ders 25 per cent cut In dollar exports ex-ports through mid-1950. 1J Roman Catholic church Issues worldwide world-wide excommunication of Communists. Commu-nists. 23 Yugoslavia breaks relations with Greek guerrillas. August 1 Dutch-Indonesian truce signed. 1 Tito calls for uprising agalns.' his Comlnf. rm foes in Albania and Bulgaria, Bul-garia, warns Russia not to invade Yugoslavia. 11 International rules of war revised. 12 Moscow denounces Tito's Yugoslavia Yugosla-via as enemy of Russia. 18 Greece reports rout of Its northwest, era rebels. September 2 Yugoslavia breaks off two commer. cial pacts with Russia and discounts danger of Russian invasion. 16 Hungarian ex-horelgn Minister Rajk and two other alleged traitors say they plotted with Tito and the United States. 17 Western Big Three agree not to help Chiang Kai-shek. 13 Britain devalues pound and 24 nations na-tions follow suit. tS President Tmman annonnres thAt an "atomic exi.usion" has taken place ta Rsssis. 2& Russia and four sMc'htrs break off mutual aid pacts with Tito. Big Four unity talks In Her. in reach another deadlock. October 2 Russia recognizes Communist government gov-ernment in China, 8 Big Four fnrctui ministers meet again cn Austria. Yugoslavia takes its Comlr.form dispute before U.N. U--Prime Minister M India. Nehru, arrive ar-rive for visit in United States. X, Top Ten Spot News Stories of 1949 These are the 10 biggest news stories of the past year, as selected by a representative group of weekly newspaper editors edi-tors speaking through an annual an-nual poll conducted by The Publishers' Auxiliary. 1. Announcement that the Soviet Union possesses atom bomb. 2. Sweeping victories of Communist armies in China. '3. Trial of 11 top Communists Commu-nists in the U.S. 4. Coal and steel strikes and subsequent events in nation. 5. Marshal Tito's successful defiance of Russia and Comin-form. Comin-form. 6. Story of Kathy Fiscus falling fall-ing into well and subsequent rescue efforts. 7. Failure of congress to re peal the Taft-Hartley labor law. 8. Ending of the Berlin blockade by the Russians. 9. Bitter inter-semce dispute between the army and navy. 70. Devaluation of pound in Great Britain. 14 Chinese Reds take Canton. 15 Wholesale arrest conducted by Communists Com-munists continue In Czechoslovakia. 20 Yugoslavia elected to U.N. security council over Soviet protests. 28 George Bidault becomes French premier, ending crisis. 29 United Slides consul and staff seized by Reds at Mukden. November 1 Dutch, Indonesians agree on terms for sovereign Indonesian state. 7 France and Canada team up to urge nations' A-bomb pact. 14 Indian extremists hanged for assassination assas-sination of Gandhi. Britain delays date for nutionalizmg steel. Chinese Nationalists shell U.S. merchant ship. Chinese Reds ask U.N. to oust Nationalist delegates. 16 Washington refuses to recognize control con-trol body created for Danube by Russia. 20 President Chanls of Panama ousted by coup. 22 Fate oi American consul-general arrested ar-rested by Chinese Reds lies with peoples' court in Mukden. Ousted Panama president leads demonstration demonstra-tion in Panama City. West implements imple-ments Paris plan to ease controls on West German republic. 23 Chinese Reds release U.S. consul-general consul-general Angus Ward on suspended sentence. 24 Panama supreme court re-seats President Chanis, but police chief forces him out again. Dr. Arnulfo Arias becomes president. 26 Chinese Reds arrest U.S. vice-consul. William Stokes, In Mukden. 29 Cominform asks unseating of Yugoslavia's Yugo-slavia's Tito. 30 Chinese Reds take Chunking, nationalist nation-alist capital. December 1 Western defense area divided Into five groups In Paris meeting. 2 Nntlonr.llst China warned by U.S. upon ship Attacks. 7 U.N. declares Jerusalem an international inter-national lioly city. U.S. will meet Reds' terms for release of two Americans held in North Korea. 8 Chinese Nationalists abandon capital at ChcnKtu and fh-e to Fortius. 10 Labor party defeated In Australia elections. 11 North Korea Reds free two Tank after 81 davs detention. 12 Angus Ward and staff, freed by Chinese Reds, board ship for U. ft. W3 January 1 Needy children China total 2U miuiOB, 15 million ot whom were made holneless by war with Japan. . IS Air Force submits to Defense Secretary Secre-tary James Forrestal proposed policy pol-icy to discontinue racial segregation in ranks. g. . fmind narti ot it near conapsr February 9 Film star Robert Mitchum and actress ac-tress Lila Leeds sentenced to 60-day prison terms In Los Angeles court on marijuana charges. 23 Grady. Inquisitive cow of Yukon. Okla.. plunijed Into silo, achieved bovine fan-- while nation -nckea brains for four days over problem ot how to get her out. 28 General Motors announces wages of 341.000 employees will be reduceu under cost-of-living contract witn union. 28Axls Sally begins defense at treason trial bv saying treason cannot be committed by "mere words " March 1 Latest get-rlch.qulck scheme to sweep America Is Pyramid club, which works on order of chain letter. 2 U S. births reported by Public Health Service to number 3,569,000 in 1WB- - . 26 Axis Sally sentenced from 10 to 20 years In prison tor treason. V'1 . . . .... 6 'resident rruman sas ne wouia m. hesitate to use atom bomb under the same circumstances It was used on Japan. 18 Bureau of Agricultural Economics predicts slight drop in prices. Incomes, In-comes, production for 1949, 28 Russia completely Jams "Voice of America" broadcasts to the U.S.S.R, containing accounts of negotiations ending Berlin blockade. May 3 Atlanta cltv council bans public wearing of masks except for festive occasions. This is blow to Ku Klux Klon. 10 Frank Hague's S2-year rule as boss of Jersey City ends when Hague machine ma-chine is swept out of office. 27 Movie star Rita Hayworth Is married mar-ried to Prince Aly Khan. June 2 "Wall Street Journal" survey reveals re-veals used car prices "melting like snow under a hot spring sun." (I American Medical association "gags" its chief spokesman and concedes U.S. needs adequate public health plan. 25 Attorney Gerrl Tom Clark orders F.B I. investigation of terrorism In Alabama where several have been beaten or Intimidated by hooded night riders. July 1 Justice department files anti-trust suit In u.s. district court in Chicago aimed at breaking up du font empire. em-pire. 19 Charles (Lucky) Luciano, ex-New York vice king, barred from Rome after being questioned about nar cotics ring. 25 Thomas Mann receives Goethe prize for literature in first visit to native Germany in 18 years. August 3 Photometer, which sccurately measures meas-ures constituents of single cells, Is demonstrated at Columbia university. univer-sity. 4 Dispute over federal aid to religious schools between Cardinal Spellman and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ends. 1 FCC announces a ban on radio and television Quit programs. September l General . srry Vsughan defends himself In "5-per center" probe and keeps White House Job. Defense Secretary Johnson wants to abolish senators world trips at government expense. (American expedition to find Noah's Ark fails. 13 U.S. district judge restrains FCC from enforcing prohibition of give-sway give-sway programs. 29 Tokyo Rose found guilty of treason- October 3 Agriculture department reports Americans spendirg 2 per cent less of their incomes for food than last year. Vatican reports 423 million Catholics In the world. 17 Use Koch, convicted as murderess of Buchenwald concentration camp In Germany, formally released from military prison after her life sentence sen-tence is commuted. 27 Dr. Walter Hess, Zurich, snd Dr. Antonio Montz, Lisbon, divide Nobel prize for medicine for work on brain function. November 4 Dealers urge no hoarding of coffee during shortage. 18 Shah of Iran arrives for American visit. 18 Vice-President Alben Barkley marries mar-ries Mrs. Carleton Hadley of St. Louis. 19 Eighteen of 20 who went down on B-29 near Bermuda rescued. 29 New drug, neomycin, works wonders in ending kidney Infections. December l U.S. may have "booster" bomb to set off more powerful bomb. Mt. Etna eruptions threaten Sicilian towns. 5 Former Rep. Andrew J. May (D., Ky.i enters federal prison on fraud sentence. Census bureau says employment em-ployment ts up. Shirley Temple gets divorce on "liquor and lipstick" plea. 8 New Jersev citizens told to curtail use of water. G.L found hiding tn tent in Germany with fraulein and baby. New German drug reported as "promising" treatment for cancer. can-cer. 10 Vice-President Barkley satirizes self at Gridiron club banquet. January 1 Sir Malcolm Campbell, Camp-bell, first man to exceed ex-ceed 300 mph on land. Robert Inaersoll Aitken, sculptor. 4 Dr. August Herman Pfund, authority author-ity on Infra-red and other rays and on optics. 6 Joseph H. McNabb, Bell and Howell president. 11 Nelson Doubleday, book and magazine maga-zine publisher. February 10 Isoo Abe, who Introduced baseball to Japan. 11 Battling Levlnsky, former light heavyweight boxing champ. IS Francis Fdwin McMurtrie, editor ot "Jane's Fighting Ships." 2 John Sanburn Phillips, co-founder of lfeClure's Magazine and founder of American Magazine. Charles Hanson Han-son Towns), author, poet, editor March 4 Arthnr Atwater Kent, Inventor, phll-anthronlst. phll-anthronlst. famous host. San. Josenh Melville Broughton. Democrat, N.C., former governor of Bla state. t-Aep. Sol Bloom, chairman of house foreign affairs committee. It Gen. Henrt-Honore Glraud, French hero of both world wars. jApril lift Wallace Beery, veteran screen star. 1 17 Frederic C. Walloon. Republican stutor from Connecticut, 1929-34, author of RFC bill. May 3 Joseph Peter DiMaggio, father of ballplayers Joe, Dominic and Vincent DiMaggio. 8 Count Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and dramatist, author of "The Blue Bird." 10 Sam Breadon, ex-president ot St. Louis Cardinals. Neysa McMeln, portrait por-trait painter. Illustrator, writer. 18 Dr. James Truslow Adams, historian, histor-ian, Pulitzer prize winner. 22 James V. Forrestal, former secretary secre-tary of defense, by suicide. June 10 Sigrid Cndset. Danish-born Norwegian Norweg-ian novelist. 14 Charles B. (Uncle Charlie) Moran, National league baseball umpire. Russell Doubleday, retired publisher and author. 28 Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Interior secretary sec-retary In Hoover cabinet. July Sf-Georgl Dimitrov, Communist premier of Bulgaria. ' (Harold H. Knerr, cartoonist who drew Katzenjnmmer Kids. 19 Frank Murphy, associate Justice ot the supreme court, August 1 George Moran (Searcy), survivor of Moran snd Mack, the "two black crows." 12 Al Shean, survivor ot Gallaghsr and Shean, comedy team, 18 Margaret Mitchell, author ot "Gone with the Wind." 18 Dr. Samuei Green, Imperial wizard of Association of Georgia Klans (K.K.K.I September 3 MaJ. Gen. Walter Short, srmy commander com-mander at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked. 8 Richard Strauss, German composer. 10 Wiley Blount Rutledbe. associate Justice Jus-tice of supreme court. . 18 Ernest Edw.ird Bnham, Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher, foimer Yankee star. 18 Frank Morgan, film star. 19 Will Cuppy. author, critic and humorist. humor-ist. October 8 Robert Emmet Hnnnegan. ex-postmaster general ai:d Democratic na. tional chairman. Col Matt J. Winn, who made Kentucky Derby famous. November 6 Rex Mays, leiding auto racing driver. 8 Clyde M. Reed. senator from K.tnsas. 2.V-"Rnjan!es" Rill Robinson, dmcer. i'l William H. King, mir-term Democratic Demo-cratic senator from Utah. 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