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Show TH3 MElVAU: s-NT'NEL FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 1945. Page 3 • - !.. • 16--COnt:·ols on lll~.rlUiiH:tU! ~:: ul tarm mto -24--Major leagues select Sen. Albert provided chlnery lifted on m()~t lte:ns by War· (Happy) Chandler of Kentucky as power. Production Doard. Only 19 of the pre· baseball commissioner to a u c c e e d Russian• advance 105 mites tnto Manvious 98 articles now limited Judge Kenesaw M Landl.s. churia. 2:1-Most of striking coal miners return to 11-President Truman replies to Japanese work. Only se\'en of the 333 rroinE>s June peace offer that Htrohlto wtu be re· seized by the government hold ouL 9--Kentucky Derby l.s won by Hoop Jr. talned temporarily 23-Several changes in cabinet made Dy with Eddie Arcaro riding. 12-Russlan armies contlnue advance President Truman. Thomas Clark re-- 24-Sammy Byrd takes "Big Fore" golf reachlna 155 mUes lnto Manchuria. ' places Francis Biddle as attorney gentournment at Detroit, defeating B)'ron lt--J"APAN SURRENDERS UNCONDI~ eral: Lewis Schwellenbach becomes secNelson by nine strokes. TIONALLY Emperor Hirohlto agrees r~tary of labor. rl'placln& Francis Perto accept terms of Potsdam declara· kms; CUnton Anderson replaces Claude July tion. President Truman announces CB!)o Wickard as secretary of agriculture. ttulatlon of Japan at '1 p. m. 1-Nattonal professtonaJ lennta title won General MacArthur is appolntea su~ Juue by Welby Van Hnm. preme commander for the AlUed pow&-Tommy Holmes. Boston Braves right 4--U. S. Supreme cou.rt upholds Office of ers. to make all a1·rangement.s on surfielder, breaks modern mark for hits Price AdmlnlstTatlon In Ita method of derender details. and to set up mll!tary ln consecutive games by hitting tn 34th termining maximum prices. government. stralR:bt game. 9--Gen. George Patton, Lt. Gen. James 16-New Japanese cabinet formed. headed 8-CharTcs Benudry of Marquette U,. Doolittle return to U. S. and receive by Prince Naruhlko Hl~ashi·Kuni. Milwaukee, wins NAA U decathlon In ovc<Uons. Gen. Omar Bradley, who Z'l-Japancse commanders of Truk. Rota, Bloomf\eld, N. J. came back June 7, Is honored at birth· Yap and Jalult negotiate to lay down January 30-Byron Nelson takes All-American go:lf place In Randolph Co .• Mo. arms. tournament at Chicago. F. Byrnes appointed secretary of 1-U. S. Tbtrd army attacks north of In Phllipplnes. General Yamashita pre- 30-James state by President. Bastogne against German's Belgian pares to quit. Au~n~f Jlalient. In France the Germans attack of U. S occupation troops land in July U. S. Seventh. American forces made 28-Flrst 8-Hambletontan Stake, nation's leading Japan. • small gain in Italy. In the Pacific 2-President Truman present. United Na· trotting horse race, won by Titan Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwr1ght and 35 American planes raid Lw:on and Negro. tlons charter to senate, ura:tng "prompt . Hanover, driven by Harry Pownall. at other high-ranking officers of American, islands tn tht! Philippines. Goshen, N Y. ratification." British and Dutch armlu who had been 1--German bulge in Belltum compressed prisoners of Japs al Mukden. China, are 12-PemcUlln made available lO public. be-. 12-Michtgan State college wins men's Naby new Allied galns. ginning Aug. 1. f tional AA U swimming ehampionsbips. ftown to Chunklng. 10-Forces under General MacArthur ln· 11-General Mac.Arthu.z: estabUahes bead~ 16--Secretary of Agriculture Anderson ad· · 22-Pitcher Robert Feller. released from vade Luzon, In Phlllpplnes. vises that food supplies are short, espe.· navy rejoins Cleveland Indians. and quarten at New Grand hotel tn Yoko· l'l-Warsaw, Polish capital. fal..la to RusCially meat, fats, and daily products ' wlru!, first game ham a. siana. and that the nation should eat 5 SO-Green Bay Packers. professional foot· ~Russian forces reach Ode:r rtver. September cent less than In the prevlot.a: year. : ball team, defeat collegiate All-Stara 28-U. S. First army strikes near Sl Vttb1 1-Maln force of U. S. Etgbth army lands 20-House passes senate bUJ on Bretton , ln annual rame at Chicago, 19 to 1. :Be.IRtum. BriU.sh advance north Of at Yokohama and spreads out ln surWoods international money accord. Aac"'hen, Germany. rounding area. 28-Senate ratlfles United Nations charter. September 29--Russlana reach a point 93 mlles from I-JAPANESE SURRENDER TERMS 011'· Berlin. American 'nlird army enters 2-Mra. Sarab Cooke ol Boston defeats FICIALLY SIGNED on U. S. Battles.b.Jp August Germany for first tlme near Oberbausen, Miss ~aullne Betz, Los Angeles. for Missouri in Tokyo bay. 3-0PA raises to 100 per cent of base quota French forces ab.o 1mash acrou border. women s national tennis Utle, at Forest ~Army and navy casualty figures re· the number of cattle that may be Hills. N. Y. leased. Total army dead since Dee. '1. slaughtered at non-federally inspected 3--Sgt. Frank Parker wins men's amateur February 1941, all theaters Is 203,379; navy, 53,617. slaughter houses. a 15 per cent innational tennis title at Forest Park Wounded, army, 571,589; navy, 79,672. 3-Fln:t U. S. cavalry enters Manna. crease over July. ~ N Y. ' to-Japanese tmperial staff ordered db· 8--ManUa falls to U. S. forces. 7-Additton of 158,000 barrei.JI a day ot blgh 1 23-ProfessJonal football sea~on begins solved by General MacArthur. 10-U. S. First a-rmy a:alns control of main test gasoline to national quota practf· · 31-Chicago Cubs clinch national league 11-Forme.r Jap premier Hldekt To1o atRoer river dam. cally doubles supply to ctvtllans. petro· pennant by defeatln~ St Louts. U. S. superfortresses raid Japan from tempts suJctde by shooting, but fails and leum administration announces. Guam base, hitting Tokyo district 1n is saved bf American medical ald. &-President Truman signs United Na- October daylight. "Big Five' conference opens in London. tions charter, making U. S. first nation 12-Decision• of Big Three meetlng at Yal~ as foreign ministers of the United States, to accept famous document In full. ; 10--Detroit Tt.~rers wtn world series from ta, Russia, announced. Britain, Russia, France and China meet lt-08\cial presidential proclamation an~ : the Chicago Cub• Total paid atlen· 13-Budapest, Hungarian capital, falls to for preliminary arrangement. of peace dance for seven games, 333.457, a nounces end ot war with Japan. I Russians. problema. new record. Receipts, gross. $1 .592.4.54. WBI manpower controls are lifted en17-U. S. troops land on Bataan. outside also a record. tirely. WMC announces. October Mantia. 14-The LoulsvtUe Colonels of American l~asollne, fuel oU, canned trutts and veg~-American Thunderbolt planes bomb Association win "little world series·• 2---Gel'l.. George Patton removed as miD· etables removed trom ration list. I. Berchtesgaden, Germany,Hitler'a mounfrom Newark Bears of Internattonal tary governor of Bavaria. 16-Army and navy procurement departtain retreat. league, fouJ' games to two at Louis· ~apanese cabinet resigns. ments cancel orders for munitions. ville, Ky. ' ~Pierre Laval. condemned to deatb u ship~ and supplies for 16 btlllon dollars. Louis and BJUy Conn stgn for March a traitor. R_iotous peace celebration in San Fran- 18-Joe heavyweight champion Hght for next 22-French Communists win largest num.· CISco ends with ten dead, many injured, 2--Chtnese take Cballng, important stront· June. ber of seats In Assembly. and property damage and losses from hold In Hunan province. 2t--Vikdum Quisling, Norwegian colla· looting very heavy. Navy personnel &-Cologne, Germany's fourth largest city. November boratJonist. executed as traitor. barred from city. falls to U. S Flrst army. ~htnese Central government and Com· 19--Churches of nation offer prayers o:t 14-Phll Cavan-etta. Chicago Cubs Hrst base-10-Tokyo hit by 1.000 tons of incendiary munJst forces clash. thanks for victory. man, voted most valuable otayer in Nabombs In heav:lest raid, 21-Lend·lease ends. except for commit~ tional league. U-American lrOOPfl Invade Mindanao fs. November ments already made but not delivered. 21-Ha1 Newhouser. Detrolt Ttgers' pitcher land Jn Phlllpplnes. is voted most valuable player 1n Ameri: 16-London area hit by V-2 bombs launched 1-Brltish government plans to "national· 22-Army announces demobilization olan. can league. from Belgium and Holland. lze" clvU alrllnes. radio and cable sysSeptember 17-Cob\en"L, Germany. captured by U. S. tems. S-Arablan Nationalists call general strike. Third army. 2--Presldent ln radio address on official December and riot In Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Resistance of Japanese on fwo ends V-J day praises armed forces. 1-Army beats Navy 32-13. Palestine. after long fie:cce battle. 5-Congress reconvenes. Reconversion, de· tO-Washington Redsklns wln eastern pro21-U. S. Third army enters Ludwlgshalen. 10-Chinese Central government troops clash mobillzatJon, taxes and budget are fessional football title by defeating New with Chinese Communist forces near German troops In rout. among greE'It problems faced. York Glants, 17·0. Shanhall{wan. 26--Seven Allied armies advance east of the 6-President's message to congress con- 13-Btg league baseball meeting 1n Chicago . British Indian troops open drive against Rhine river. tains 21 points. des!Jtned to speed re· ends. Paciflc coast league refused major rebel army In Java. turn to peacetime living. league status. 18-Revolt flares In northern Iran, 1n zone April 12-House votes to restore country to stand· occupied by R usslan troops. ard time, effective Sept. 30. .2.-U. S. Tenth army tnvades Okinawa. 20--German war criminals go on trial at W--Senate passes compromise unemplqy~ 13-VIenna, capital of Austria, capitulates Nuernberg, ment benefit bllt, providing for payto Ukrainian armies of Russian forces. 30-Russlan troops evacuate Teheran, capi~ ments up to 26 weeks at from $18 to $28 19-L,elpzlp.. fifth city of Germany. falls to tal of Iran. but refuse to allow Iranian weekly, as determined by state laws. 1 0. S. First forces to enter territory now occupied 1:6-Presldent Truman states that he wUJ U. S. Seventh takes Nuremberg, Nazi by Russians. take full responsibility [~r development "shrine" city. January of the atomic bomb and atomic energy. 25-Berlln encircled by first two Russian December The secret of the bomb will not soon be Sl-Day nursery In Auburn, Me., burns armies. • S-General MacArthur orders arrest of 59 divulged. he assures. 2&-Bremen ralls to British Second army. down. Sixteen children, one woman prominent Japanese as war criminals, Strikes spread, !nvolvtng oil Industry, Russians capture Stettln, important Bal· lose lives. including Prince Nashlmoto and two forauto manufactunng, coal mining, and tlc port. mer prem lers. . numerous service industries. U. S. First army meets Russian First February &-U. S. lends 550 mt1Uon dollars to STance !8-Round-the-world air service Initiated. Ukrair.ian army on bridge over Elbe through Export-Import bank cred.Jt for l2-Forty-Utree persons die and hundreds First Hight begins from Washington as river nt::ar Torgau · rehabilitation purposes. are Injured by a tornado aweeping ' 40-passenger Skymaster takes ott on first 27-Amerlcan tanks push across border to 7-Jap general Tomoyukl Yamashita. through Meridian. Miss., eastward to 1 leg of 23.147-mUe journey, with stop at Austria and caplure Gegenbach. "Tiger of Mantia," condemned to die Mohtgomery, AJa. · Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar gives self up Bennuda. by hanging for war crimes. at Mal'!dcburg. admitting war Is over. 11-Russla agrees to allow Chinese naMarch October 28-False <.urrender report denied officially tionaltst troops to fly into Manchuria by President 8-0hio rtve-r. 1n highest Bood stage since 3--Presldent Truman asks for creation and take over several strategic cities. 29-Benito Mussollnl, rormer Italian pre· 13--Brltish and French slgn pact on Syria of commission to cnntrol atomic bomb. 1937, spreads destruction In five states, t mler. Is executed by Italian partisans par31yzing transportation and llaltlng l7-8trike oi coal miners ends. anCI the Levant. near Dongo, Italy. war factoJ·tes. Damage estimated at . b-Radlo system to replace wires an16-Prince Fumlmaro Konoye, of Japan's U S. Seventh army enters Munich, nounced by Western Union Telegraph half billion doUars. Ten deaths and 1 royal family, committed suicide rather birthplace of Nazi party. many lnjuries result. Co than stand lTial as war criminal. Venice and Milan, major ltaUan cities, 17-Foretgn ministers of Russia, Great Brit· n-Presldent Truman outlines 12-potnt fall to U S Fifth army. program on foreign policy. April aln and the United Stales begic atomic SO-Russia!~ Rag flies over German Reichs· JO-Presldent Truman recommends "sub· parley at Moscow. 3--Flood of Mississippi river ln Louisiana taJ~; bulldmg, as resistance weakens. stantially higher wages," but warns forces 10,000 people to evacuate their factory workers and others that they homes. May cannot expect the ~ame "take·home 13-A tornado amash.lna through parts of . !-Premier Stalin of Russia In May day pay" a.s during wartime. Oklahoma Arkansas. Missouri and proclamation halls approaching Allied Rationing of shoes ended. Illlnt~ls, kills 100 persons. Injures hun· victory. s<\yl.ng "the coUapse of H.itlerdreds more. Hardest hit ls Antlers. November tte Germany Is a matter of the immedl· Okla .. where 58 die. January oate ruture." 1-Senate passes bill reducing Income taJL:: 1 2-A million German soldters, sailors and 3-Congress reconvenes. Sam Rayburn ts levies, and repealing excess profits tax June a1rmen in ltaly and part of Austria and automobile use tax. re·e.lected sJ)('aker of the house. surrender. uo~rler unconditional terms 6-Presldent Roosevelt deltvers message • &--Labor-management conference opens ln 15-CollJ..ston of passenger and freight sill' ned April. 29 at Caserta, Italy. train near Milton. Pa .• kills 19, injures , Washington. to congress urging a National Service Berlin capitulates to Russian armies 20. A broken 'ournal t. cause. act; use or 4F in war service; a draft of tO-British Premier AtUee arrives ln Wash· undPr Marshals Zhukov and Konev. ington. nurses; umversal military training alter Allied combined rorccs invade Borneo. 1>--Pearl Harbor inquiry opens. July the war; a new tax program for peace, t--All German rorces 111 nurthwest Ger~ &-President's budget message sets expen- 19-President Truman asks congress tor na· 23--Floods 1n northern New Jersey cause many, the Netherlands, Denmark. Hel· tional compulsory health insurance act. ditures for 1046 fiscal year at 83 billion dama~te estimated at two million dolgoland and the Frisian Islands surren~ 21-United Auto Workers union goes on strike dollars. lars The Berkshire mountain area tn der unconditionally to O'rH!sh Field 11-0ffice at all General Motors plants. of Defense Transportation orders Massachusetts also Is Inundated \.,.'lth Marshal Montgomery. cancellation of aU train schedules to 23--All rationing of meat and butter termiserious property loss, running between 5 -German army group G, ccrnprlslng 400.· nated. tourist resorts. one and :wo mllhon dollars. 000 men. surrenders lo U S. General 20-Presldent Roosevell Inaugurated for 27-Strikes be~in at several Montgomery. B-25 oomber crashes Into Ernpll'e Devers In the nurth Russians take Ward and Co. plants and stores. 1 28--A foutth term. State building In New York City. The Swlnemuende, and two ImportanT Is· 27-Government's seizure of Montgomery ts-Admlral Halsey raised to five-star rank three occupants of the plane and ten lauds of admiral of the Beet. Ward Co. plants In seven cities ruled persons in building kllled, 25 Injured. 6-U ~ Third arm)' advances J.nto Cz.echo· Wegal by federal judge. Fire sweeps entire Ooor. Damage Decem her slo\'akia and Austria, taking Pllsen and 1 amounts to $500.000. Knrlnbad . February 2-PresJdent Truman's aid askeel ln nous'l-German high commnnd representatives, lng shortage crisis. August headed b:v Col. Gen. Gustav Jodi, m~t 19--AU places of entertainment are ordered 3--Grand champlon!lhlp In fat cattle com· closed at midnight by War MobUI.zation Allled officers to arrange surrender de· 9-Thfrty-four killed, 40 Injured, when petition won for [ourth consecutive Ume D1rector Symes. to save light and fuel. tails at Rclms, France. at Chicago by Karl Hoffman and Robert secottd section of crack'" train hits rear 8-UNCONDlTIONAL SURRENDER 0~~ Storz of Ida Grove, Iowa. or first section near Michigan, N D GER:.\tANY FORMALLY RATIFIED IN March ~vernment agencies announce that 28-Hurrlcane roars em coast of Texas at BERLIN . ENDING WAR rN EUROPE 1-Henry A. Wallace 1s confirmed as sec400,000 tires will be released to civilians 110-mlles per bour ror three days. AT 11:01 CENTRAL EUROPEAN retary of commerce by senate, 56 to 32. from military stock piles within a caU!!ing Uoods and wind damage to T1ME {6:01 EWT.) 7-Willlam Davis is appointed director of monUt, with more to fnllow. many cities of coastal region. 22-U. S. war and navy secretaries release economic stabilization by the Pres:ident, 7-Governor Green of Illinois delivers news on Japanese bomb-carrying balto succeed Fred Vinson. speech at opening session or Republican SeptemhPr loons, stating that they are o! slight 18-Nlne army offiCt!rS are raised to full National committee that Is considered mlllta1·y importance. strikes Miami and travels generals by the President. They are: first blast In 1946 congressional cam- 15-Hurricane Brltfsh torces land at Hong Kong. inland with peak veloclt.Y of 143 miles McNamey, Bradley, Krueger, Somerpaign. 26-Tokyo bit by 4.000 tons of lncendlar)' per hour, injuring 50 and caus1ng vell. Spaatz, Kenney, Clark. Devers and 12 -Sugar raUonlng will have to extend to bombs from 500 su~rfortl·esses. damage of 60 million doUars. Handy. 1947, declares Earl Wilson. chief of 2'1-Chinese capture Nanning. 22-Subgldy on beef to slaughterers Is raised sugdJ' branch, U. S. D. A. Nov<•m her 50 cents a hundred pounds by OPA. President Truman asks for price cellJngs Jw1e on old and new housing, and reinstate27-Ratlonlng of gasoline made more rigid 26-Fourteen school children and a bus 3-U. S. Third tleet, under Admiral Halsey, ment of priority system on building by OPA, affecting ''C" card }l:olders In driver drown when a school bus plunges raids J1.1pan from carriers. materials. particular. off an embankment Into 50 feet of v. ater 16-Daylight raid made on Osaka ·nus !&-President Truman laid down U. S. pol· tn Lake Chelan. near Chelan, Wash marl(S the 77th superfortress raid on April icy In China as Gen. George C. Mar· 29-Foui killed and 22 InJured when bus Japan. shall departs tor Far East. strikes on truck on highway near Lurn· 11 -Soft coal miners sign a new contract, 22-All resistance on Okinawa ends af1e1 berton. N. C. ending SE=rlous strike threat. bitter 82 day struggle. during which 1.2PRES1DEN1 liOOSEVELT DIES at 90,401 J3ps were killed, 4,000 capiured December Warm Springs. Ga .. of cerebral hemor· American losses were 11,260 killed. 33,· rhage. 1-Fi.re kills lour ehUdren when home 769 wounded. VIce Ptefudent Harry S. Trumao takes bums down In Fox River Grove, Ill. 28-Ail of Island of Luzon. largest Of Phil· oath of office as President He asks 2-Snowslorm, <~CCl'I0"1pan1ed by violent 1-pplnes, is lfberated. cabinet members to continue to serve. wtr.d. leave~ 33 dead In path across 16 P1·esident Truman arldresses a joint January Juh oortheaslern states. session ot congress, saying thal ''we 1-Southern Callfornla U. wins annual l3- Passenge1 tr<Jin rams troop train l.n 5-EN'fiRE PHlLlPPrNE ISLANDS LlB· must carry on as Roosevelt would Rose Bowl game. defeating Tennessee, Chicago. More than a hundred sailors ERA'fi!.:D. AND CAMPAIGN VlRTU· want u::,; to do." 25-0 Other scores . Duke 2.4 Alabama Injured ALLY OVEH. GENERAL MAC ARTH· 24- Senate t:xtends r:lraft for one year, with 26: Miami 26 Georgia Tech 12; Shrine UR ANNO<..TNCE~ amendments. game at San Francisco . West 13. East 14-U. S Third fleet battl~shtps shell Hon-1 25-- United l'lal.iuns conference opens at San 7: Southwestern U. 35, National U of &hu Island h.)& '§., unl~ 275 miJes north Francisco with 46 nations represented. Mexico 0 of Tokyo. TI1ls i.J Ant direct naval at- 27 War Prodttction Boil! d !'evokes 40 con3-Sammy Snead wins Los Angeles Open tack on home lslancls of Japan. trollii over industry. atff!cting a variety of goil tournament wllh !ICure of 283. 26-Labol' pnrl." '''Ins Bntish election. consumer goods. 26-Ne"\\ York Yanl;.ef'S sold to syndicate 31-U. S. de:»troy~r force of Third fteet shells beaded by Larry McPhail. January Shimizu. nlumtuum produ.ctJon center Mny on Hon~hu Island, Japan. 16-Seven blllton dollars' wortb ot liquor 2-The Pre~tdent ask'S for reductions 1n February U. S. Twn11!Hh air [orce dJ·ops leaflets was swallowed In the United States dur· 1946 federal budget. totaling 80 mll- 13-Byron Nelson wtns New Orleans Open on 12 Jar:Rnese Cities. warning lhem ing 1944, not countlDg bootleg, the deUon dollan. Various war agencies are that they were marked ror destrucUon. partment or cc:ommerce reports. an 18 golf tournament after playoff ot tie affL"Cted per cent lacrease over 1943. with Jult McSpadcn President Truman names Robert H. An~n~l 18--"'Somewhere down the Une someune J3ckson. a:!sociule Justice of the U. S, 24--New York Athletic club retatns team 2--BerllD conference on Germany's futur& made a mistake,'' regrets Secretary of title ln National AAU track ana Be1d Suprf'me court, to be chler cow;seJ for ends. War Stimson, referrlna to the bumping mcel. the UnHed States on the allied war 6-ATOMIC BOMB USED FOR FIRST of three servicemen from an army cargo crimes tribunal. Robert E. Hannegan, TIME IN WAR, levels four square plane to mal(e room for a dog The chairman of the Democratic national April miles of Hiroshima, Japan. kills 50,000 mastiff was consigned by Col. Elliott 2-Most valuable player award given to commlltee IS appomled po!'ltmaster· Japs. NEW ERA IN WARFARE BE· Roosevelt to his wlle, Faye, In Holly· Frank Slnkwtch of Detroit Lions progenerai aucceedlng Frank Walker. GINS. wood, Calif rt had been purchased LD fessional football club of National 4- -Great meteor flash~ across sky of east· I-RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN England. lea@e. ern United St11tes. Exp!Qslons and and begins offensive operations in Man30 . AdoiC Hitler, broadcasting on 2oth annl· 15-Nattanal AAU women's swimming meet shocks and blue-white lights noted in churia versary of accession to power, tells Ger· at Chicago gives title to San Francisco eastern Pennsylvania. Maryland, New ~SECOND ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED man people. "However &rave the crisis team, atar of which ls Ann Curtis. Jersey and Delaware. ON NAGASAKI, JAPAN, razing one~ may be at the moment, lt will, despite 8-Preside.nt officially announces surren· 22-Toronto Maple Leafs win National third of city. Total killed 10,000. This everything, final~ be mastered by our Hockey League StanJey Cup, beating der ot Germany. Nation celebrates bomb was more powerful than one that unalterable will.' the Red Wings 1n playoff, 2·1. quletl,y. blasted Hiroshima. 1u--JAPAN Chronology ~ 19/t.S per· I I I l 1 February 7-Most popular songs, aecordl.ng to sur· vey by Variety. theatrical magazine. are "Don't Fence Me In," "Accentuate the Positive."' "Rum and Cocoa-Cola," "1 Dream or You," and "There Go£>s That Song Again." 24-GrE>er G<trson. screen actre}"s, receives gold medal as "most popular 1tar In the United States," as chosen by Gallup poll. March 1>--Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman re-ceive Academy ot Motion Picture Arts and Science awards ("Oscars") for outstanding performances. April 21-Glorla Vanderbilt. an heiress of the fa· mous Vanderbilt fortune, l8 married to Leopold Stokowskl. noted orchestra con· ductor. tn Mexico. May 16-Most popular songs, according to Va· rtety, are "Bell-Bottom Trousers." "Dream," "There I I've Said It Again " "C3ocly." "'My Dreams Are Getting ae'tter All the Time." Leland S. (Larry) MacPhaU, part own· er of theN. Y. Yankees, marries Jean B. Wanamaker, In Baltimore. She had been his secretary. J.l-Lauren BacaU and Humphrey Bogart, 6lm stan, are married Ln Mansfield, 0 June 6--Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the Riverside church, New York city, and well-known lecturer and author, an· nounces his retirement effective May 1946. ' 7-"A.Xl.s Sally," who broadcast Fascist propaganda In English on the Turin. Italy. radio. is ldentdled ns RJta Louise Zucca, a na tlve of the U. S. 13-Deanna Durbin, ~lngtng tHm star. and Felix Jackson, movie producer are married in Las Vegas. Nev · 26-Merle Oberory, movie star, lft marrted to Lucien Ballard, Him camerman. by proxy in Juarez. Mex. July &-Total eclipse of the sun, beginning dl 'l :58 a. m .. eutern war time, Is v1slblt> In path extendh1g from Idaho thrflU2h Montana and into Canada 29-VJrginia (Ginny) Simms. radio and screen singer. is rna · ed to Ryall R Dehn. housinR execuuve in Bevc-rh Hills. Calif. · August 15-Most popular songs, according to Blll board, theatrical magazine. are "On lhe Atchison. Topeka and San Ia Fe," "!:ien· timental Journey," "Bell-Bottom Truusers," "U I Loved You:· "Gatta Be This or That." September 2--Screen an~ radio actress Betty Rutton weds Theodore Brillkin. Chicago bnsl· ness man, ln Ch te :~ go. 19-Shirley Temple. f<wtner child film star. weds Sgt. John Agar. seton of a Lake Forest, ru., meat-packing fortune. In Los Angeles. October 1-Round the world flight of the Globe· sters ends In WashlnJ! ton. Fll~ht covered 23.279 mi!Ps In 149 hours. 44 minutes. mcludlnR 33 hours 21 minutes ground time 17-MoS\ popular &Ongs, according to Billboard magazine are: "Till the End of Time": "I'Ii Buy That Dream": •·on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe·" "Along the Nava;to Trail": "U I Loved You.·• November 13--A thousand U. S. navy men reply to attacks by Hawaiian bullies by smashing property In Honolulu. Fifty sailors are arrested. 16-Two new elements are discovered as result of atom:ic lnvestlgaUons, by born· barding uranium 238 and plutonium 239, Dr. Glenn Seaborg of U. o! CallfornLa announces. New elements are uru1amed. and known merely as "95'' and ''96." 26-A propeller-driven plane attains speed of 500 mlles per hour ln level flight. htgh$t rate ever reached. excepting by jet planes. Flight made at Wright Held near Dayton. Ohio, in army experlmen: tal model called XP-47J. December 3--Sale of great hoard of precious stones held by alie"n property custodian begins . More than 300.000 jewels seized from German interests are belne released. ~New treatment for allergy aliments an· nouneed by University of IUinols college of medicine. Drug Is called benadryl. 9-DeUcate. operation performed In Baltimore on two-year-old Judy Hackman of SeatUe in effort to save We. Baby's heart is too small. lG--Carole Landis, movle star, married for fourth Ume. New husband Is W. Horace Schmidlapp. movie producer. General George S. Patton • Jr.. war hero, suffers broken neck in auto acci· dent ln Germany. 13--Mysterious illness strikes 74 U. S. seamen returning from Phlllpplnes. They are 1Il Navy hospital at Vallejo, Calif. I 1 .. January 10-0. S. Senator FranciS T . Maloney, Dem., Conn., serving second consecutive term, dies ln Meriden. Conn. February 2-Willlam E. "Pussyfoot.. Johnson. 82, leader ln prohlbltlon crusade, dies In Binghamton. N. Y. March 4--Charlea W. Bryan, brother of William Jennings Bryao, and three-tlmt>s governor of Nebraska. in Lincoln, Neb. April 5-Al!red V, De Forest, 55, noted engineer, professor, and radio inventor. In Marl· boro, N. H. 12-PRESIDENT FRANKUN D. ROOSEVELT DIES AT WARM SPRINGS. GA., OF CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. 18-Ernie Pyle, famous war correspondent. killed by machlne-gun bullet on le Island, near Oklna wa. May 14-BebeJ' J. Grant, 88, president or Lattet Day Saints {Mormon church), in Salt Lake CJty. August &-Sen Hlram W Johnson, 79, In Washington. D C. He entered tbe senate m ltl17 September 16-John McCormack, famed lyric tenor, 61. tn Dublin, Eire. Novemher to-John Thomas. U S. senator from Idaho. to Washington. D. C .. at 71. 11-Jerome Kern. noted sons writer, at 60, in New York City 21-Roberl Benchley, ~6. dramattc crlUc, playwright and actor. tn New York City. Gen. Alexander Patch Jr., tormer commander of the Seventh arTnl'· and later of the Fourth. at San Anton o. Tex. He was 55. 28-Dwlght Davis, 66, secretary of war ln cabinet of catvtn Coolidge, in Washlnf· ton. D. c. 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