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Show V THURS. - li"-X- - ! ,' mM i The Helper Journal 1949 PAGE DEC. niiiM i mi i.ii.m i " jm & , U1113t-lt4,u- 1 -- wwt35 vS till r . fl: I lYSMfTpiw'S - i . f i 1 S3 Atlantic Pact Ratified Hurricane Damage rsrs. lav " I ! vV?X5m. CHRONOLOGY i write d JTmm,r 'J 8. i S. t7S: 6 29, Charles successfully defends heavyweight championship by defeating Gus Lesvenich. Hironoshin Furuhashi, 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. Steve Brooks up, sets Coaltown. world record of 1:31.4 In winning Stakes. Whirlaway -- zzuid 19 &5 r SKI Miss America 20 selected September U.S. letains Davis Cup, defeating i. Australia four matches to one Hen-nis- OfKw St'' 14 27 i- - February 3 Blizzards In western and mountain states cause 600 deaths and property damage of $200 million. Twenty-eigh- t die when Scandinavian plane crashes off Swedish coast. express embankment. plunges down killing 30. Crash of Cathay Pacific plane from Manila on northern Hong Kong island kills 23. Twenty-twdie in air crash at Cuzco, Peru. Nine students die in fire destroying dormitory at Kenyon college. Gam-bie- B 12 far" Madrid-Barcelon- 24 nUjU- m In Teheran and other Iranian towns causes earthen houses tn collapse, killing 60. Tornado demolishes Warren, Ark., killing 512, injuring 275. High gales, floods, cold wave kills 38 In western Europe. Colli w:ives on West coast kills citrus crop. Blizzards roar through Rockies, causing 121 deaths At least 600 Chinese missing following collision or two steamers off Shanghai coast. i fel Ecuador Earthquake snowfall t Three-foo- 1 train a o 27 I S Can-trel- 25 Land-ove- rr 1 March . Tornadoes kill 26 In south and southwest Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. 24 April October 28 1 &k 28 May 4 Italy's entire world in team AP basemajor league team team announced. Eddie Vann scores fastest heavyweight knockout on record in London bout with George Stern (12 seconds, first round I. Cleveland Indians sold to a syndicate of Cleveland business men. 1949 all-st- ball 15 21 24 Ted Red Williams, American player. League's Sox, most named 12 Notre Dame defeats Southern Meth- odist to end season undefeated and lead football pack. Army, Oklahoma and California remain undefeated. Kentucky and Oklahoma bid for national cage leadership. champion killed 7 14 Greek air crash of plane near Twenty-tw- 7 Florlanopolis, Brazil, kills 27. Fifty-fou- r persons killed in crash of plane San Juan, Puerto Rico. near o Athens. In Crack-u- p July 3 Eighteen persons killed near Perth, Australia. In air crash 80 August Between 3,000 and 4.000 persons killed by Ecuador earthquake. Western states forest fires take 13 lives. Manchester, England, air crash takes lives of 24. 8 9 mmmmJxoz 19 i re September war veteran slays 13 In Camden, N.J. 8 Airline crash near St. Joachim, Quebec, kills 23. Nine die as cabin cruiser is swamped in Nantucket Sound. 17 Steamship Noronic burns In Toronto pier taking 130 lives. 8 Crazed October One thousand die, 70.000 left homeless in Guatemala floods. Forty-eigdie in air crash In Azores, including boxer Marcel Cerdan. IB 28 November 1 killed Fifty-fiv- e at Washington, D.C., 8 December Dormitory blaze at University of Oklahoma kills three. Nine killed by tornadoes In Missouri and Arkansas. Seventy-to- n slab of granite falls off cliff near Victor-villCalif., killing four. 3 "I N ' I IA i Rocket Experiments , I v4 21 22 28 8 24 Zd 31 Ann Scott Barbara wins Lou E. Marsh memorial trophy as Canada's outstanding 1948 athlete. T Joe DIMaggio signs 1949 contract with Yankees for $90,000. 9 U.S. court reverses lower court dismissal of Danny Gardella's damage suit against New York Giants. 14 Calumet's Coaltown ties record for mile and 18 at 1:57.8. March III.. Fire Joe Louis retires as heavyweight champion, turns promoter Hamllne of St. Paul defeats Regis of Denver for National Assn. of Intercollegiate Basketball championship. Kentucky wins National Collegiate AA basketball tournament tn Seattle. Russian Hero wins Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, England. April Baseball season opens. Eddie Arcaro Olympta, 18 23 Cardinal Mlndszenty pleads "guilty in principle" to treason charges by Hungary's Red regime. Gets life sentence. Israel, Egypt sign armistice. Bulgaria begins treason trials of Protestant leaders west Berlin. Russia denounces pact. North Atlantic April 4 7 17 23 24 Chinese Communists modify peace terms. Twelve nations sign North Atlantic pact and plan for U.S. arms aid. Tories upset Labor In London election. Ireland becomes independent repub- 26 29 30 24 30 up, Wood Memorial. 28 Tony Zale. champ retires from boxing. 30 Coaltown, Steve Brooks up, wins Gallant Fox handicap. June 8 7 9 Senate foreign relations committee approves Atlantic pact. Chinese nationalist government prepares to flee to Chungking. U.S. and Soviet authorities agree on formula to end Berlin railroad strike. win a Trieste election. United States protests Britain's trade pact with Argentina. Western charter creaUng civilian allied high commission for west Germany published. anti-Re- d 13 17 29 July 10 enlists Philippines Chiang Kai-she- k in drive to lorm facuic union, takes charge of Chinese nationalist resistance. Britain, U.S., Canada agree to September conference on Britain's dollar shortage. United Kingdom or. ders 23 per cent cut in dollar ex- ports through Roman Catholic church Issues worldwide excommunication of Communists. 23 Yugoslavia breaks relation! with Greek guerrillas. 13 August 1 truce signed. 2 Tito calls for uprising against his Rocky Grazlnno. Comln' rm foes In Albania and Bulreinstated by N Y. athletic commisgaria, warns Russia not to Invade sion after suspension for failure to Yugoslavia. report bribery offer. 11 rules of war revised, 7 Ponder, Calumet's shot, Steve 12 International Moscow denounces Tito'! YugoslaBrooks up, wins Kentucky Derby. via as enemy of Russia. 23 Joey Maxim defeats Gus Lesnevlch 16 Greece report! rout of its northwest, for U.S. llghtheavyweight title. ern rebels. 30 Indianapolis motor speedway Memorial classic won by Bill Holland In September 121.327. of record average speed 2 Yugoslavia breaks off two commer. clal pacts with Russia and discount! June danger of Russian Invasion. 10 Frank Frlsch, New York coach, beMinister Rajk It Hungarian comes Chicago Cub manager. and two other alleged traitors say 11 U.S. open golf championship goes to with Tito and the they plotted Dr. Cary Middlecoff. Ted Capot, States. Atkinson up. wins Belmont Stakes. 17 United Western Three Big agree not te The 18 players suspended from U.S. help Chiang ro baseball because they Jumped to 18 Britain devalues pound and 24 nalexlcan league by Comtions follow suit. missioner Chandler. President Tramaa anneansea that 14 Jake LaMotta wins world middle, t$ aa "atomic esslesiea" kas takta weight title from Marcel Cerdan. place la Ressla, 15 Ezzard Charles win- - world heavy29 Russia and four satellites break off weight title by defeating Jersey Joe mutual aid pacts with Tito. Big Four Walcott. New York and England reunity talks In Berlin reach another fuse to recognize UUe. deadlock. Kai-she- 2 Ted Schroeder take men's singles la Wlmbleton, tennis England, championships; Louise B rough takes women'! singles; Frank Gonzales take men' doubles; Mrs. Margaret Dupont and Ulm Brough take women'! double. Parker-Richar- d October 2 Russia recognizes Communist government In China, 6 Big Four foreign ministers meet again on Austria, Yugoslavia takes ke Cominform dispute before UJt. 11 Prim Minister of India, Nehra, for visit In United State. ea n- - l, September defends center'' probe and himself in keeps White House job. to Defense abolish Secretary Johnson wants senators' world trips at government General 1 . "5-p- expense. American expediticn to find Noah s Ark fails. U.S. district Judge restrains FCC from enforcing prohibition of give- 9 13 away programs. October 3 27 Antonio Moniz, Lisbon, divide Nobel prize for medicine for work on brain function. Dealers urge no hoarding of coffee during shortage. Shah of Iran arrives for American 4 16 visit. Alben Barkley marries Mrs. Carleton Hadley of St. Louis. Eighteen of 20 who went down on 19 9 29 near Bermuda rescued. New drug, neomycin, works wonders in ending kidney infections. December 2 U.S. may have "booster" bomb to set off more powerful bomb. Mt. eruptions threaten Sicili.n Former Rep. Andrew J. May (D., Ky.i enters federal prison on fraud sentence. Census bureau says employment is up. Shirley Temple gets divorce on "liquor and lipstick" plea. New Jersey citizens told to curtail use of water. G.I. found hiding in tent in Germany with fraulein and baby. New German drug reported as "promising" treatment for cancer. Barkley satirizes self at Gridiron club banquet. Etna towns. 5 8 10 PEL 3 12 23 28 4 g scheme to Latest sweep America la Pyramid club, which works on order of chain letter. 2 U.S. births reported by Public Health Service to number 3,559.000 1 In 1948. Axis Sally sentenced from yeara In prison for treason. 10 to 20 April 16 28 President Truman says he would not hesitate to use atom bomb under the same circumstances It was used on Japan. Bureau of Agricultural Economics prices, Inpredicts slight drop tn comes, production for 194?. Russia completely Jams "Voice of America" broadcast! to the U.S.S.R. containing accounts of negotiations ending Berlin blockade. May 2 10 27 Atlanta city council bans public wearing of masks except for festive occasions. This la blow to Ku Klux Klan. rule ai boss Frank Hague'! of Jersey City ends when Hague machine is swept out of office. Movie star Rita Hnyworth li married to Prince AJy Khan. June Street Journal" eurvey reveal! used car prices "melting like snow under a hot spring aun. 0 American Medical association "gags" It! chief spokesman and concede! U.S. need! adequate public health plan. 29 Attorney Ocneral Tom Clark orders F.B.I. Investigation of terrorism tn Alabama where eeverel have been beaten or Intimidated by hooded night rider. 2 "Wall 10 22 January 30 land. Robert Ingersoll Aitken, sculptor. Dr. August Herman Pfund, authorand other rays and ity on infra-reon optics, Joseph H. McNabb, 26 president. Nelson Doubleday, book and maga- zine publisher. Isoo Abe, who introduced baseball to Japan. Battling Levinsky, former light heavyweight boxing champ. Francis Edwin McMurtrie, editor of ".Tan' Fiffhtinp Shins " of John Sanburn Phillips, e i i . "Jii A,UL i son Towne, author, poet, editor .., y army. 8 John L. Lewis orders 30 Henri-Honor- Wallace Beery, veteran screen star. Frederic C. Wallcott, Republican senator from Connecticut, 1929-3author of RFC bill. Joseph Peter DIMaggio, father of ballplayers Joe, Dominic and Vincent DiMaggio. Count Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and dramatist, author of "The Blue Bird." Sam Breadon, of St. Louis Cardinals. Neysa McMeln, portrait painter, illustrator, writer. Dr. James Truslow Adams, historian, Pulitzer prize winner. James V. Forrestal, former secretary of defense, by suicide. 5 8 11 25 Georgi Dlmltrov, Communist premier of Bulgaria. Harold H. Knerr, cartoonist who drew KatzenJnmmer Kids. Frank Murphy, associate Justice of the supreme court. George Moran (Searcy), survivor of Moran and Mack, the "two black crows." tlce supreme court. Ernest Edward Bonham. Pittsburgh .ltcheri ,0,r"r Yankee atar. Tjnnk Mor8an. film star. Cuppy, author, critic and humor- - board re jects steel workers' demands for pay raises. Federal Judge Sherman Minton nominated to supreme court. Government files suit to break up A & P chain. Strike called by coal miners' John L. Lewis. g fourth-roun- d 15 19 anti-tru- st October 1500.000 CIO steelworkers strike over e dispute. Navy air force dispute brings on conprobe. gressional 11 Eleven Communist party leaders convicted on charges of conspiracy U.S. government. against 19 Dr. Edward C. Nourse resigns as he;,d of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. General Omar Bradleyset-u- says navy criticism of defense endangers nation. First session 81st congress ends. Pennsylvania Railroad drops "Jim Crow" seating. 29 Dismissal of Admiral Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations by the President raises political storm. Truman freezes air force at 48 groups. 31 Bethlehem steel and steel union sign pension plan, breaking solid front of steel companies during strike. pension-welfar- 3 Aly Khan and p 1 2 3 8 9 11 12 17 21 28 29 X - '1 JCt. vie Wifefc We. A Hiin, bfrt Emmet eneral an1 Democratic na. chairman. Col. Matt Winn who made Kentucky Derby J.famous." Ku&,U- - 'eSdln" R"d' ,ut0 ,en,tor H' Kln' ouMerm senator from Utah. Demo-cratl- 6 7 c December 11 Jerrmn. Washington editorial eaiteeev Star. back-to-wor- k Dec. 1. United Mine Workers and U.S. Steel sign pact, breaking back of steel strike. Undersecretary Oscar L, Cnnlnn Trial . Chapman succeeds Julian Krug as secretary of the Interior. Senator Thomas (D., Okla.) says Sweden failed to show proper respect for him on recent visit. Leftwing demonstrators in New York City riot at National Maritime Union Jin 11. Alger Hiss perjury trial opens. Whlttaker Chambers testifies against Alger Hiss. David E. Llllenthal, AEC head, resigns. John L. Lewis calls off meeting with advisers as coal strike deadline looms. U.S. announces Impending tests of new at Enlwetok. Device to "breed" atomic energy fuel disclosed by U.S. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R., N.J.) drops Innocent plea to charges of payroll padding. Government denies F.H.A. loan! upproperties. work week after miners quit work again, John L. Lewis signs pact with some coal companies involving wage Increases. Former air force major, Racey Jordan, says Reds got atomic materials and radar equipment during war with official aid. Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves denlei charges that Henry Wallace and late Harry Hopkins prodded him to give atom secrets or materials to Russia. Steelworkers end strike at Alcoa, Mineowneri talk about forcing eoal strike to bring about showdown with John L. Lewis. Department of defense drops 116,000 employee!. on racially restricted Lewis orders three-da- y r,cto ttom g I November dreiverMa3"' Vice Adm. Forrest P. Sherman named chief of naval operations. ousts United Electrical and Farm Equipment workers. Eleven convicted Communists freed on bail to press appeals. Navy Captain John Cromaielin rep- niimiiucu ior revealing navy s bitterness at defense setup. Fair Deal program triumphs in New York as Democratic Lehman defeats Republican Dulles in senatorial race. John L. Lewis issues order, postponing coal strike until C.I.O. December 1 October ""S"!0"1 Swim SeDtember r 23 3 MaJ. Gen. Walter Short, army at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked, 8 Richard StraiiM. r. lley Blount Rutledge, associate Jue of 19-- Will Channel State department white paper marks off nationalist China as lost cause. Five per center probers accuse Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan of influence peddling. General Omar Bradley appointed first chairman of joint chiefs of staff. House recesses without senate's permission. Probe of corruption in program collapses. John Maragon. alleged influence peddler, refuses to talk in "five per centers" investigation. November September IR-E-IIUS Foster Dulles appointed to Truman abandons tax increase plans, and calls for deficit spending. House U.S. ratifies Atlantic pact. rejects Brannan farm plan. General offers Truman Attorney Tom Clark seat on supreme court, asks Senator J. Howard McGrath to become attorney general. John 6 n Al Shean, survivor of Gallagher and Shean, comedy team. 16 Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone with the Wind." 1 Dr- - Samuel Green, Imperial wizard of Georgia KJans ir Jis'0cla ) 15 mine one-wee- k stoppage. John L. Lewis orders miners to work only three days a week. Judith Coplon convicted as spy, gets from 40 months to 10 years. August August 1' Pound 3 Alger Hiss perjury trial opens. Three top Communists sentenced to Jail for contempt of court. 7 Gordon Gray appointed secretary of July 1 Britain Devalues June 13 Arthur Atwater Kent, Inventor, philanthropist, famous host. Sen. Joseph Melville Broughton. Democrat, N.C., former governor of his state. Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of house foreign affairs committee. e Gen. Giraud, French hero of both world wars. Sigrid Undset, Danish-borNorwegian novelist. 14 Charles B. (Uncle Charlie) Moran, National league baseball umpire Russell Doubleday, retired publisher and author. 26 Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur. Interior secretary In Hoover cabinet, 19 j U.S. Communists. reNavy Secretary John L. Sullivan signs in protest against cancellation of plans to complete super aircraft carrier. May efforts to repeal 4 Administration act come to temporary halt in congress. C.I.O. workers of 62.250 5 Strike closes Ford Motor Co.'s River Rouge plant. 13 Francis Patrick Matthews, Omaha, succeeds John L. Sullivan as secretary of navy. 17 Atomic energy commission under fire as pound of uranium reported Jr., missing. Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected to congress by New York district. 25 Congressional investigation of atomic energy commission begins. Bell and Howell 10 2 Inauguration! April second year E.R.P. 14 Congress passesHouse votes $16 bilauthorization. lion for arms. 19Government rests case In trial of top Icolm Camp bell, first man to exon ceed 300 mph June 8 March 6 6 y prison terms in Los Angeles court on marijuana charges. 23 Grady, Inquisitive cow of Yukon, Okla., plunged into silo, achieved bovine farr" while nation acked brains for four days over problem of how to get her out. 25 General Motors announces wages of 341,000 emnloyees will be reduced contract with under union. 26 Axis Sally begins defense at treason be trial by saying treason cannot committed by "mere words " 28 3 non-sto- p 0 two-wee- 28 May 18 ac- 11 makes first Air force trip around world. Louis Johnson replaces James Forrestal as secretary of defense. II S senate reiects ruling againstk filibusters. U.M.W. announces memorial walkout. President signs bill extending rent control through June 30. 1950. U.S. senate. March In ranks. February 9 Film star Robert Mitchum and tress Llla Leeds sentenced to 2 7 February 10 15 27 Repairmen overhauling the White House open the building to reporters who found parts of it near collapse. March July April 29 Presidents says current price cline and unemployment increase on 24Hoove commission makes report eovernment reorganization. Truman defend to says he will stump nation his program, stalled in congress. d 5 n 17 21 4 tei 3 Truman declares Constitution gives him power to stop walkouts affecting national health and welfare. de- 11 1 Yanks Win Series February November 7 15 14 3 reports Agriculture department Americans spending 2 per cent less of their incomes for food than last year. Vatican reports 423 million Catholics in the world. Use Koch, convicted as murderess of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, formally released from military prison after her life sentence is commuted. Dr. Walter Hess, Zurich, and Dr. 17 11 Japan. Air Force submits to Defense Secretary James Forrestal proposed policy to discontinue racial segregation 7 Tokyo Rose found guilty of treason. 29 6 Needy children in China total 20 million. 15 million of whom were made homeless by war with wage-pric- Vaughan arry Truman asks higher taxes, universal mili e tary training, controls in the message. George C. MarSecretary of State shall resigns and is replaced by Dean Acheson. Stale department policy statement says U.S. will join North Atlantic defense alliance. 5 - 3Photometer. which accurately meas-IS ures constituents of single cells, demonstrated at Columbia univer- 4 Dispute over federal aid to religious schools beiween Cnrdinal Spellman and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ends. 19FCC announces a bun on radio and television quiz programs. 11 nuary January August ts Western defense area divided into five groups In Paris meeting. z .nationalist tnina warnea Dy u.a. upon ship attacks. 7 U.N. declares Jerusalem an international holy city. U.S. will meet of two for terms Reds' release Americans held In North Korea. 8 Chinese Nationalists abandon capital at Chengtu and flee to Formosa. 10 Labor party defeated in Australia elections. 11 North Korea Reds free two Yanks after 81 days detention. 12 Angus Ward and staff, freed by Chinese Reds, board ship for U. S. 18-- 1 July 25 1 Isolate Shanghai. adopted. Reds capture Shanghai. Big 4 deadlocks on German unity. Soviet-zon- e Germans adopt constitution. Czech Reds hit Catholic church. at breaking up du lJo..t consul-gener- December Israel admitted to U.N. Big 4 ministers' conference opens In Paris. West German constitution 6 Ll Panama president leads demonstra tion in Panama City. West imple-- 'l ments Paris plan to ease controls on West German republic. Chinese Reds release U.S. Angus Ward on suspended sentence. Panama supreme court President Chanis, but police chief forces him out again. Dr. Arnulfo Arias becomes president. Chinese Reds arrest U.S. William Stokes, in Mukden. Cominform asks unseating of Yugoslavia's Tito. Chinese Reds take Chunking, nationalist capital. May May Displaced Persons by coup. arFate of American consul-generrested by Chinese Reds lies with in Ousted court Mukden. peoples's Communists capture Nanking. U.S., Russia negotiate to end Berlin blockade and set up Big 4 conference on Germany. Communists gain In attempt to Isolate Shanghai. mid-195- wins Dutch, Indonesians agree on terms for sovereign Indonesian state. France and Canada team up to urge nations' pact. Indian extremists hanged for assassination of Gandhi. Britain delays date for nationalizing steel. Chinese Nationalists shell U.S. merchant ship. Chinese Reds ask U.N. to oust Nationalist delegates. Washington refuses to recognize control body created for Danube by Russia. President CJ.anis of Panama ousted lic. 11 1 Effingham Israeli-Egyptia- n 4 Andrei Vishlnsky replaces Molotov as Russian foreign minister. 11 Draft of Atlantic pact completed. Italy decides to Join. Israel and Trans. Jordan sign cease-fir20 Soviet zone currency barred from January 26 Kai-she- March 30 13 20 22 February 23 ! 1 16 4 Russians agree to lift rail blockade of Berlin. Dutch, Indonesians agree on new truce. Reds capture Bang-cho- -- rT' 14 e. I - 13 's 29 Israel Involved In a dispute with Britain after invading Egypt and shooting down R.A.F. planes. U.S. turns pressure on Britain to abandon dispute with Israel so as not to endanger peace. U.S. says it plans to Join North Atlantic military alliance to ease west Europe's fear of Russia. Chinese Communists say peace terms are surrender of Nationalists. k enters retirement Chiang armistice delayed of Negeb. retention Jewish by U.N. security council passes indefor Indonesia. pendence plan 3 2 hits airliner. airport as collide Eighteen killed as two near Stockton, Calif. Airliner crash at Dallas kills 28. 17 January Arab-Jewis- h Thirteen American correspondents killed in air crash near Bombpy Air crash near Los Angeles kills 36. Sixteen persons killed when navy Hellcat hits Eastern Air Lines plane near Fort Dix, N. J. 12 29 1 June 0 28 o York vice king, barred from Rene r ar- after being Questioned about n receives Goethe prize Thomas for literature in first visit to native 16 years. in Germany November soccer dies plane crash at Turin. Tornadoes kill 46 persons in Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kentucky. 21 15 20 Out-g- If f fiHBSSZa T2meaUc . (Ue. parent district court in pire. a representative Chinese Reds take Canton. Wholesale arrest conducted by Communists continue in Czechoslovakia. Yugoslavia elected to U.N. security council over Soviet protests. George Bidault becomes French premier, ending crisis. United States consul and staff seized by Reds at Mukden. :J). - . aimed 18 14 December - v ult in V S. inter-servic- valuable V julv Taft-Hartle- November Seventy-fou- r 19 Haylift New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers in World Series, four games to one. Capot beats Coaltown to win Baltimore's Pimlico Special. 9 3 die In Effingham 111. hospital fire. Sixty-tw- o persons are killed tn earth- quaxe tnat rocks c nirai (nne. Crash in South Africa of three electric trains kills 74 o r. Md. r. Ohio Charles Coe. Oklahoma City, wins U.S. amateur golf championship in Rochester, N.Y. Joseph De Bona, Hollywood, wins Bendix air trophy. Bill Odom. speed record holder for flight, crashes into a house in Berea, Ohio, during National Air Races In Cleveland, kills self, two others. Silver Cup Trophy in motorboat racing goes to Bill l. driving Horace Dodge's My Sweetie. Louise Suggs, Carrollton, Ga takes U.S. women's open golf title in 3 by )' x group of weekly newspaper editors speaking through an annual 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 in the U.S. 4. Coal and steel strikes and subsequent events in nation. 5. Marshal Tito's successful defiance of Russia and Cominform. 6. Story of Kathy Fiscus falling into well and subsequent rescue efforts. 7. Failure of congress to rey labor peal the law. 8. Ending of the Berlin blockade by the Russians. e 9. Bitter dispute between the army and navy. 10. Devaluation of pound in Great Britain. one-mil- e 1 vV These a;e the 10 biggest rews stories of the past year, as August lik 1 Top Ten Spot News Stories of 1949 KMinnil League team, Siud takes Western Open golf championship at St. Paul 31 , 1! eignt cnampion Sugar Kobins .i successfully defends title from Havana's Kid Gatilau. dsfeat American ie;igue U-- ia .mm-- 5 Per CenterProbebJj 1 |