Show CHRONOLOGY Of 1949 M 3 I January 1 1 Three loot root c-root snowfall in Teheran a and n d other Iranian towns causes earthen houses to collapse killing 60 3 Tornado 3 Tornado demolishes Warren Ark killing injuring 25 IIi High h gales floods cold W wave kills 39 in western Europe 11 Cold H-Cold Cold waves on West coast kills citrus crop Blizzards roar through Rock Rock- ies Ics causing deaths 27 At 27 At least Chinese missing followIng follow follow- ing collision of two steamers oil off Shanghai coast February 3 3 Blizzards in western and mountain states cause COO deaths and property damage of million 8 eight 8 die when Scandinavian plane crashes off ort Swedish coast 12 12 Madrid express t train r a I n plunges down 40 foot 40 foot embankment killing 30 24 Crash 24 Crash of Cathay Pacific plane from Manila on northern Hon Hong Kong Island is Is- Is land kills 23 two Twenty-two die In air crash at Cuzco Peru 27 27 Nine Nine students die in fire destroying dormitory at Kenyon Kenon college Gambler Gam Gam- bler bier Ohio March 24 Tornadoes 24 kill kUl 26 in south and and southwest southwest southwest south south- west Arkansas Oklahoma Texas Mississippi and Louisiana April 0 Seventy four die in Effingham Ill m. hospital fire 19 two 19 two Sixty persons are killed In earthquake earthquake earth earth- I quake that rocks c to Chile I 28 Crash 28 Crash In South Africa of three elec elec- I tile trains kills 74 74 lJ I Iv uy 4 Italy's 4 Italy's entire world champion soccer team dies in plane crash at Turin 21 Tornadoes 21 Tornadoes kill 46 persons in MissourI Missouri Mis Mis- Missouri Indiana Illinois Iowa and Kentucky June JuneC C two Twenty killed In Greek air crash near Athens Crackup Crack of plane near Brazil kills 27 7 four Fifty persons killed in crash of plane San Juan Puerto Rico J July uly 2 Eighteen 2 persons killed in air crash near Perth Australia 12 12 Thirteen Thirteen Arne American rica n correspondents Killed in air crash near Bomb Bombay y Air All crash near Los Angeles kills 36 30 30 Sixteen Sixteen persons Killed when navy Hellcat hits Eastern Air Lines plane near Fort Dix N N. J J. J August 5 Between 5 Between and persons killed by Ecuador earthquake 9 Western D-Western Western states forest fires Cires take 13 lives 19 Manchester 19 England air crash takes lives of 24 2 September C CrazEd G Crazed war veteran slays 13 in Camden NJ 9 Airline D Airline crash near St. St Quebec Quebec Que Quo bec bee kills 23 Nine die as cabin cruiser is swamped In Nantucket Sound 17 17 Steamship Steamship burns In Toronto pier taking lives Ues October 18 18 One One thousand die left leU homeless home home- less In Guatemala floods 28 Forty eight die In air crash in Azores including boxer Marcel Cerda Cerdan a. a November 1 five Fifty killed at Washington DC D.C. D C. C airport as P 38 hits airliner 17 17 Eighteen Eighteen killed as two B 13 collide near Stockton Calif 29 29 Airliner Airliner crash at Dall Dallas kills 28 December 2 Dormitory 2 blaze at University of Oklahoma kills three 11 Nine ll Nine killed by tornadoes in Missouri and nud Arkansas ton Seventy ton slab of granite falls off cliff cUff near Victor yule ville Calif killing four r 1 I 5 January 1 Barbara I-Barbara Ann Scott wins Lou E E. E Marsh memorial tr trophy phY as Canadas Canada's outstanding 1943 1948 athlete 7 Joe 7 Joe DiMaggio signs 1949 contract with Yankees for 9 U.S. 9 U S court reverses lower court dismissal dismissal dis dis- missal of or Danny Dann Gardella's damage suit against New York Giants 14 Calumets Calumet's Coaltown ties tics record for mile and 1 8 at 1576 March 1 Joe I-Joe Joe Louis retires as heavyweight champion turns promoter 12 12 of St St. Paul defeats Regis of Denver for National of Intercollegiate Intercollegiate Intercollegiate In In- Basketball champion champion- ship 26 Kentucky 26 Kentucky 26 wins National Collegiate AA basketball tournament In Seattle Russian Hero wins Grand National Steeplechase at It Aintree England April 18 18 Baseball Baseball season opens 23 23 Olympia Eddie Arcaro up wins Ins Wood Memorial 26 Tony 26 Tony Zale cx champ retires from boxing 30 30 Coaltown Coaltown Steve Brooks up wins Gallant Gallant Gal Gal- lant Fox handicap May 6 Rocky G-Rocky Rocky Craziano reinstated by N NY Y athletic commission commission commis commis- sion after alter suspension for failure to report bribery offer oHer 7 Ponder 7 Ponder 7 Calumets Calumet's 16 1 shot Steve Brooks up wins Kentucky Derby 23 Joey 23 Joey Maxim defeats Gus Lesnevich for US U.S. weight title 30 Indianapolis 30 motor speedway ial lal classic won by Bill Holland in record average speed of or June 10 Frank 10 Frank Frisch New York coach becomes becomes be be- comes Chicago Cub manager 11 U.S. ll-U.S. US U.S. open golf colt championship goes to Dr Gary Cary Capot Ted Atkinson up wins Belmont Stakes The 18 players suspended from U US S Spro pro baseball because they jumped to Mexican league instated re-instated by Com Corn Commissioner Commissioner missioner Chandler 14 14 Joke Jake LaMotta wins world middle weight title from Marcel Cerdan 22 Ezzard 22 Ezzard Charles win world heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight weicht title by defeating J Jersey Joe Walcott New York and England refuse re reo fuse to recognize title J July uly 2 Ted 2 Ted Schroeder takes mens men's singles in England tennis championships Louise Brough takes women's singles Frank Parker Parker- Richard lUchard Gonzales take mens men's doubles doub les Mrs Margaret Dupont and Miss iss Brough take women's doubles T Y lA 11 World ll-World World welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson successfully defends title from Havanas Havana's Kid Gavilan 12 American 12 league stars All defeat National League team 11 31 Sam 31 Sam takes Western Open golf championship at St SL Paul August Augustl l 10 Ezzard Ezzard Charles successfully defends heavyweight championship by defeating defeating defeating de de- de- de Gus 19 19 Furuhashi Japan sets world swimming records record of 18 1819 19 minutes in 1500 meter free style minutes In meter free style and minutes in COO BOO meter free style 20 20 Coaltown Coaltown Steve Brooks up sets world record of 1344 4 In winning one mile Stakes September 1 U.S. I-U.S. U S retains Davis Cup defeating Australia four matches to one tennIs ten ten- tenI tennis tennis I nis 3 Charles 3 Coc Oklahoma City wins I US U.S. amateur golf championship in Rochester N NY Y Joseph De Bona BocI Hollywood wins Bendix air trophy 5 5 Bill Bill Odom speed record holder for I world the flight light crashes Into a house In Berea Ohio during National Na Na- tiGnal Air Races in Cleveland kills self sell two others Silver Cup Trophy in motorboat racing goes to Bill Can trell driving Horace Dodges Dodge's My Sweetie 25 25 Louise Louise Suggs Carroll Carrollton Cal ton Ga takes US U.S. women's open golf gol title in Landover Land- Land over Md October 9 5 New 5 New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers in World Series four games to one 28 28 Capot Capot beats Coaltown to win Baltimore's Balti mores more's Special November 1 1949 1 1949 major league aU star all star AP baseball baseball base base- ball team team announced 15 15 Eddie Eddie Vann scores fastest heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight knockout on record In London London Lon Lon- don bout with George Stern 12 seconds seconds sec see first round 21 Cleveland 21 Indians sold to a Q syndicate syndicate syndicate syndi syndi- cate of or Cleveland business men I 24 Ted 24 Ted Williams Red Sox named American Leagues League's most valuable player I December 3 Notre 3 Notre Dame defeats Southern Methodist Methodist Meth Meth- I odist to end season undefeated and lead football pack Army Oklahoma I and California remain undefeated 12 12 Kentucky Kentucky and Oklahoma bid for na national national na- na I cage I leadership na-I na 2 9 January Januar 3 3 Israel Israel Involved In a dispute with Britain after invading Egypt and shooting down RA RAF F. F planes 13 13 U.S. U S turns pressure on Britain to abandon dispute with Israel so as not to endanger Jewish Arab-Jewish peace 14 U.S. 14 US U.S. says It plans to join North Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic military alliance to ease case west Europe's fear of Russia Chinese Communists say peace terms arc surrender of Nationalists 21 Chiang l Chiang shek Kai enters retirement 22 Israeli Egyptian delayed ed edby by Jewish retention of 28 U.N. 28 U N. N security council passes Independence Independence Inde lade plan for Cor Indonesia February 8 Cardinal 8 pleads guilty in principle to treason charges by Hungary's Red regime Gets life sentence 24 24 Israel Israel Egypt sign armistice 26 26 Bulgaria Bulgaria begins treason trials of Protestant leaders March 4 4 Andre Andrei replaces Molotov as Russian foreign minister 11 Draft ll Draft of Atlantic pact completed Itay decides to join Israel and Trans Jordan sign cease fire 20 20 Soviet Soviet zone currency barred from west Berlin 31 31 Russia Russia denounces North Atlantic pact April 2 Chinese 2 Chinese 2 Communists modify peace terms 4 Twelve 4 Twelve 4 nations sign North Atlantic pact and plan for US U.S. arms aid 7 Tories 7 Tories upset Labor In London elec elec- tion 17 Ireland 17 Ireland becomes independent 24 24 Communists 24 Communists capture 30 U 30 30 U S S. S Russia negotiate to end Berlin blockade and set up Big 4 conference conference conference confer confer- ence on Germany Communists gain gainIn In attempt to isolate Shanghai May 4 Russians 4 Russians 4 agree aree to lift lilt rail blockade of Berlin Dutch Indonesians agree on new truce Reds capture Hang- Hang chow Isolate Shanghai 11 Israel ll-Israel Israel admitted to U UN U.N. N 23 23 Big Big 4 ministers' ministers conference opens in Paris West German constitution adopted Reds capture Shanghai I 30 30 Big Big 4 deadlocks on German unity zone Soviet Germans adopt constitution tion Czech Reds hit Catholic church June 6 Senate C-Senate Senate foreign relations committee approves Atlantic pact 7 Chinese 7 Chinese nationalist government prepares prepares prepares pre pre- pares to flee to 9 9 U.S. US U.S. and Soviet authorities agree on formula to end Red anti Berlin BerHn railroad railroad rail raU road rood strike 13 Pro Italians win a Trieste election 17 17 United United States protests Britain's trade pact with Argentina 29 Western 29 Western charter creating civilian allied high commission for west Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many published July J uly 10 Chiang lO-Chiang Chiang shek Kai enlists Philippines in drive to form Pacific union takes charge of Chinese nationalist resistance re re- re- re Britain US U.S. Canada agree to September conference on Britain's dollar shortage United Kingdom or or ders 25 per cent cut In dollar exports exports ex ex- ports through mid 1950 13 Roman 13 Roman Catholic church Issues worldwide worldwide world world- worldwide wide excommunication of 23 Yugoslavia 23 Yugoslavia breaks relations with Greek guerrillas August 1 Indonesian Dutch truce signed 2 TIto 2 Tito calls for uprising against his rm foes In Albania and Bulgaria Bul- Bul parla garia aria warns Russia not to Invade Yugoslavia 11 International ll rules of war d. 12 Moscow 12 Moscow denounces Titos Tito's Yugoslavia via as enemy of oC Russia 16 16 Greece Greece reports rout of its northwest em cm ern rebels September 2 Yugoslavia 2 breaks oU two commer commercial cial pacts with Russia and discounts danger of Russian invasion 16 Hunga 16 Hungarian 16 nan Foreign ex-Foreign Minister and two other alleged traitors S say they plotted with Tito and the United States 17 Western 17 Western Big Three agree not to help Chinn Chiang Kai shek 18 18 Britain Britain devalues pound and 24 nations na nn- na- na follow suit 23 President Z Truman Trunian announces that nn no atomic has bas taken place Iti in Russia Hussla 29 29 Russia Russia and four satellites break off au mutual aid pacts with Tito THo Big Dig Four unity talks In In Berlin reach another deadlock October 2 2 Russia Russia recognizes Communist government government gov gay in China 6 6 Dig Big Four foreign ministers meet again cn en Austria Yugoslavia takes its dispute before beCore UN U.N. ll Prime 11 Prime 11 Minister of India Nehru arrives ar ar- arrives ar- ar rives for visit isit In United States to iJ If Top Ten Spot News Stories of 1949 These are the 70 10 biggest news stories of the past year as selected by a representative group of weekly newspaper editors editors edi edi- tors tots speaking through an annual annual an- an an an- nual poll conducted by The Publishers' Publishers Auxiliary 1 7 Announcement that the Soviet Union possesses atom bomb 2 S Sweeping w wee e e p pin 1 n g victories of Communist armies in China 3 Trial of 1 77 17 1 top Communists Communists Communists in the US U.S. 4 4 Coal and steel strikes and subsequent events in nation 5 Marshal Titos Tito's successful defiance of Russia and Comin- Comin form 6 Story of Kathy Fiscus failing falling falling fall fail ing into well and subsequent rescue efforts 7 Failure of congress to repeal repeal repeal re re- re- re peal the Taft-Hartley Taft labor law 8 Ending of the B Berlin e r Ii n blockade by the Russians 9 Bitter service inter-service dispute between the army and navy 7 70 10 O. O Devaluation of pound in Great Britain 14 14 Chinese Chinese Reds take Canton 15 Wholesale 15 Wholesale 15 arrest conducted by Communists Communists Communists Com Com- continue in Czechoslovakia 20 Yugoslavia 20 elected to UN U.N. security council over Soviet protests 28 George 28 George BIdault becomes French premier ending crisis 29 29 United United States consul and sta staff seized by Reds at nt Mukden November 1 Dutch I-Dutch Dutch Indonesians agree on terms for sovereign Indonesian state 7 France 7 and Canada team up to urge nations nations' bomb A-bomb pact 14 14 Indian Indian extremists hanged for assassination assassination assas assas- of Gandhi Britain delays delas date for nationalizing steel Chinese Nationalists shell US U.S. merchant ship Chinese Reds ask UN U.N. to oust Nationalist delegates 16 Washington 16 refuses to recognize control control con con- trot body created for Danube by Russia 20 President 20 Chants of Panama ousted by coup 22 Fate 22 Fate of American consul general arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested by Chinese Reds lies with peoples's court In Mukden Ousted Panama president leads demonstration tion In Panama City West implements implements ments meats Paris plan to ease controls on West German republic 23 23 Chinese Chinese Reds release US U.S. consul- consul general Angus Ward on suspended sentence 24 Panama 24 Panama supreme court seats re President Chanis but police poUce chief forces him out ag again Dr Arnulfo Arias becomes president 26 Chinese 26 Chinese Reds arrest US U.S. vice con sul suI William Stokes In Mukden 29 29 asks unseating of Yugoslavia's Yugoslavia's Yugo Yugo- slavia's Tito THo 30 Chinese 30 Chinese Reds take Chunking nationalist nation nation- oUst alist capital December 1 Western I-Western defense area divided into five groups in Paris meeting 2 Nationalist 2 China warned by U US U.S. S. S upon ship attacks 7 U.N. 7 U N. N declares Jerusalem an International international inter inter- national holy city US U.S. will meet Reds Reds' terms for release of two Americans held in North Korea 8 Chinese 8 Nationalists ab abandon capital at and flee lee to Formosa 10 Labor 10 Labor party defeated in Australia elections 11 North ll-North North Korea Reds free two Yanks after 81 days detention 12 Angus 12 Angus Ward and staff start freed by Chinese Reds board ship for or U U. U S. S I P 1 January 1 Needy I-Needy Needy children In fn China total 20 million 15 million of or whom Were made homeless by war with Japan 15 15 Air Air Force submits to Defense Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary James Forrestal proposed polIcy policy policy pol pol- icy to |