Show I r I P R Tw r i 41 1 lr I il i i II i CHRONOLOGY H O Q I I CI J I l I r ot OJ I III I I II j lUlU January 4 Reds 4 Beds capture Seoul drive into south 11 U.s. 11 agrees to new UN U.N. truce bid to Red China 17 Red 17 Red China spurns UN U.N. s 's new Korean Korean Ko Ko- Ito Ito- rean truce plan 19 U U.s. US U.S. S congress President demand UN U.N. declare Red China aggressor 30 U.N. UN U.N. indicts Red China for Kore Korean n aggression February 1 Eighth I-Eighth Eighth army counterattacks and puts Reds on defensive below Seoul 8 U.N. 8 UN tanks In kill kU Reds operation shell Seoul 15 U.N. IS-U.N. UN U.N. forces re reach Seoul and stop Red counteroffensive in central Ko Ko- rea rca 18 18 Allies Allies counterattack Red armies March arch I 7 MacArthur 7 predicts a stalemate In Korea 14 Reds 14 Reds give up Seoul without a gle 18 Reds 18 Reds In Korea retreat to paral lei id 31 U.S. 31 US U.S. forces cross parallel to break up tip Red plans for spring often offen sive she April 12 Wars War's Wars War's biggest air battles are ue waged in Korea 13 Reds 13 Reds said to be massing big air force for Korean drive 22 Seoul 22 Seoul menaced by Red thrusts 30 AUtes 30 Allies stall Chinese drive e. May ay 10 Chinese IG Chinese Reds faU fall back as drive falls fails 15 Reds 18 Reds resume offensive 23 Sweden 23 Sweden reports Korean peace feeler feel feel- er from Russia 24 24 UN UN U.N. counterattacks 31 31 Main Main Red forces retreat Into North Korea June 1 U.N. I-U.N. UN U.N. diplomats draft new peace bid to Red fled China Chino 8 General 8 Marshall visits front and denies truce rumours 21 Reds 21 Reds lose last in South Korea 23 23 Russia Russia proposes fire cease along parallel 23 U.S. 23 U S. S asks U UN U.N. N for more troops J July uly 5 Korean S-Korean fire cease-fire talks t are set 12 Truce 12 Truce talks break off oft over press argument Red armed guards 15 Little IS-Little Little progress made as Korean talks resume 26 26 Talks Talks progress to setting agenda 27 Parl 27 Parley 27 Parley snagged by question of ot true line location August 5 Peace S Peace talks are arc Interrupted for five days das 16 Subcommittee 16 takes over truce dis pu te 23 Reds 23 Red walk out of 01 truce talks be be- Cl cause 11 s-e s of alleged plane plan Incidents denied by UN U.N. 30 Parley 30 Parley still held up b by Incidents September 11 U.S. ll-U.S. U S. S admits admit strafing of peace site 20 Reds Beds Reds oller to 10 resume peace talks 20 Vars Var's War s biggest air Jet battle fought rO October J 8 n 8 picked as n new truce talk sll site 18 Russia IS-Russia Russia refuses to ease Red fled truce demands in Korea 23 Truce 23 Truce negotiations resumed November 6 6 U.N. 6 U UN U.N. N rejects Red bid Jor for Korean cease 9 9 Chinese Chinese Reds begin using more Jet planes and tanks U.S. 14 4 U S officials disagree ree over o army officials official's oW- oW clots cial's report of Korean Red fled atrocities ties 2 fire Cease 0 is denIed but fighting s stops December 2 U.N. 2 U N planes down five MIGs l Communists 4 4 offer plan for lor inspection by neutrals behind cease lire line 4 Air 1 Air war rages a as Red fled plane buildup I n N n 1 I. I I January 2 2 William 2 Mad tad Dog Doc Cook suspected ted killer of eight persons Including a member five family captured In Lower California 10 Quadruplets tG-Quadruplets are born to Mrs Ann Rosebush h 34 34 Pontiac Mich February 5 5 Institute reports that two person persons v ere cre lynched d In US U.s. la in 1950 12 Navy 12 Navy r that fl flying saucers arc Ire Just navy flavy plastic balloons 15 Georgia 5 passes law barrns funds to white while schools Negroes 15 15 Mrs Dorothy Stevens found literally literal Iy ly frozen stiff in Chicago alley re re- re- re covers March 9 Food i-Food rood and drug administration seizes book Look Younger Youn Live Longer for ad blackstrap molasses U Pope il-Pope Pope Pius Plus XII XU asks more Just distribution distribution dis dis- of wealth but bul supports private va vate te ownership April 20 Federal O-Federal Federal court orders University o of Tennessee to admit four Negroes 29 Soviets 29 Soviets develop elop the a cross between the yak and LInd domestic cattle May 3 9 77 77 police poUce officers indicted in Brooklyn Brook lyn for taking bribes 21 Joe 21 Joe Adonis Jailed on gambling count 20 29 Charles Charles F. F Blair solos across north pole June 20 Gambler lO-Gambler Gambler Mickey Cohen convicted on income tax charges UniversitY 21 21 University of Chicago scientist es- es density of universe at 00 27 27 Juvenile Juvenile narcotics reported to 0 b bs be epidemic and ond nationwide July 9 Color 9 Color television tests start 23 Deadline 25 Deadline reached for enrollment for GI Gt bill bUl of rights schooling Frank 25 Costello Joe Adonis Adonia and Frank erickson indicted for con con- tempt I 27 Federal 27 Federal agents break 30 30 million narcotics ring 30 Connecticut 30 bans teacher strikes August 3 3 3 British church refuses to oust Red fled dean 3 3 White White man acquitted of carnal knowledge of a negro girl is In Winton NC by federal Judge 8 20 6 20 Marshall Texas housewives refus refuse refuse re re- re- re fus fuse to withhold social security tax from pay of domestic help 10 British IG British scientist questions Einstein's Einstein s relativity theory 17 Ruins 17 Ruins of Queen of Sheba's palace found 24 Texas 24 Texas heat wave sends temperatures up to degrees decrees 28 Bernarr 28 Bernarr McFadden parachutes aria orto Hudson river 27 27 William Randolph Hearst's heirs dis dis- dispute dispute estate with Marlon Marion Davies September 4 First 4 First trans continental TV network spans US U.S. 8 Colleen 8 Kay Hutchins Miss 1 Utah wins Miss America title Franchot 14 Tone and Tom Neal fight over Barbara Payton Tone receiving reedy reedy- ing concussion 18 Gambler IS-Gambler Gambler Harry Gross refuses to testify against Brooklyn policemen accused of ot accepting protection pay October 17 About 17 About 1300 inmates of West Vest Virginia state tate penitentiary stage mutiny 21 Raft 21 Raft voyage of two unmarried couples down Mississippi river ends in New Orleans 31 Marion 31 Marlon Davies Hearst heir hell weds nav navy captain November 6 Hungarian 6 Reds close private barber barbershops barbershops shops chops because barbers do too much subversive talking 7 Yonkers 7 NY traffic policemen issue Is Issue is is- sue number of tickets of after tel people vote down raise for police 9 Santa 9 Santa Barbara Calif college sociology sociology sociology so so- professor pleads guilty to burglary 10 San IO-San San Francisco woman dead for 10 hours returns to life 22 Pope 22 Pope Plus Pius XII sa says s universe was created by God 5 to 10 years ago December 1 Atlanta I-Atlanta Atlanta girl suicides after advising lover to return to his wife because I uI love you both 4 Total 4 Total of 1706 gamblers gamblers- apply for federal stamps 6 Swiss CS Swiss millionaire and his year old California bride will live apart one year while brides bride's mother grooms her for marriage II January 1 Bowl Bow Bowl Games Rose Rose Michigan Michigan 14 14 California 6 Sugar Sugar Kentucky Kentucky 13 13 Oklahoma 7 Cotton Tennessee Cotton Tennessee 20 Texas 14 Orange-Clemson Orange 15 15 Miami 14 Mel U-Mel Mel Ott and Jimmy Foxx elected to baseball ball of fame February 14 Sugar 14 Sugar Ray Robinson takes middleweight middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight title from Jake LaMotta 1 I 18 Ten lB Ten including six top stars arrested arrest arrest- I ed in basketball fix scandal 24 Rough 24 Rough I N Tumble Eddie Arcaro up takes Santa Anita derby March 7 7 Ezzard Charles successfully defends heavyweight crown from Joe Wal- Wal cott 27 New 27 New arrests bring total of those charged in cage scandals to 14 14 27 Kentucky 27 defeats Kansas State for championship April 7 Ben 7 Ben Hogan wins Masters at Au Au- gusta 7 7 Russia Russia Is admitted to 1952 Olympic games 13 13 Y quits intercollegiate Ia te bas bus 16 Baseball 16 Baseball season opens open 26 Battlefield 26 Eddie Arcaro up wins Withers mile May 5 Count 5 Count Turf wins Kentucky derby 6 Pirates' Pirates Cliff Chambers pitches no no- hit game 19 Bold 19 Bold Eddie Arcaro up wins PreaknesS Preakness nesS 30 Lee Lec Lee Wallard wins Indianapolis speedway speed speedway way classic June 16 16 Den Ben Hogan wins US U.S. Open 16 Counterpoint 16 David Gorman up wins wine Belmont stakes July 1 Bob 1 Bob Feller pitches his third hit no-hit game Came 5 Fourteen 5 New York college cage players plead guilty to conspiring to fix net games 10 10 English English Randy Turpin takes middleweight middle wel weight ht title from Sugar Ray flay Robin Robin- son aon 12 IJ 12 Reynolds pitches no I 15 Baseball 15 Baseball commissioner A. A B B. B Chandler Chandler Chand Chand- ler resigns 18 Jersey IS-Jersey Jersey Joe Walcott wins heavyweight ht title from Ezzard Charles August 12 Ben 12 Ben Hogan wins Tam OShanter 13 U.S. 13 U S wins Davis cup North American American Ameri Amen can finals from Canada 21 21 St. St St. Louis Browns forbidden to use midget player to draw walks September 3 George 3 George Fiores dies In New York from ring Injuries 11 Florence ll-Florence Florence Chadwick becomes first woman to swim English channel both ways 12 Sugar 12 Sugar Ra Ray Robinson re regains middleweight middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight crown from English Randy Turpin 20 Ford lO-Ford Ford Frick elected baseball com coin missioner October 3 3 Giants Giants win NL series with Brooklyn 5 5 Sandy Sandy Saddler suspended from boxIng boxing boxing box box- ing license of Willie Pep revoked 8 Warren S-Warren Giles alles n named NL president 10 Ezzard lo-Ezzard Ezzard Charles KOs KO's Rex Layne 10 10 Yanks 10 Yanks win third straight world series I 23 Three 23 Three Kentucky ex-Kentucky basketball players players players play play- ers arraigned on bribe charges changes 26 Rocky 26 Rocky Marciano knocks out Joe JoeLouis Louis November 2 2 Sol Sol Levy pro basketball referee indicted in New York on bribery charges 8 Writers S name Yogi Berra AL most valuable player 10 10 Harvard Harvard begins emphasis de-emphasis of football football football foot foot- ball by dropping Army Cornell and Holy Cross from schedule 19 Basketball 19 fixers are sentenced 27 27 Columbia Columbia coach blames colleges for football overemphasis 23 28 grid star Nick Liotta commits com corn mits suicide December 1 Navy I-Navy Navy beats Army 42 3 Three 3 Three basketball players deny tampering with entrance records 4 Tennessee 4 nations nation's top football team declares against two-platoon two system 6 Princeton 6 Kazmaier heads A APs P s 's all nil I l 1 Weekly Publishers Select Top Ten Stories The top ten news stories of 1951 selected by a representative represent a- a tive five panel of 01 weekly newspaper publishers polled by The Publishers Publishers' Pub- Pub Ushers Ushers' Auxiliary are 7 1 MacArthur ouster 2 Korean fire cease-fire talks 3 Churchill's return to power 4 Iran's nationalization of oil 5 Dismissal of 01 90 West Point cadets 6 Kansas floods 7 Senate c crime r rim I m e committee revelations 8 Signing of Japanese peace treaty 9 Placing of two-term two limit on presidential tenure 10 70 Hearings on irregularities in internal revenue depart depart- ment January 10 Sinclair 10 Sinclair Lewis American novelist 18 Jack 18 Jack Holt veteran film star 27 Finnish 27 Finnish Field Marshall February 6 Gabby e-Gabby Gabby Street baseball manager leader 13 Lloyd 13 Lloyd C. C Douglas author luthor of The Magnificent Obsession March arch 8 U.S. S US Senator Virgil M. M Chapman Democrat from Kentucky 25 Edward 25 Edward 5 Collins former baseball star vice president April 11 Charles ll Charles Fischetti underworld leader lead lead- er former Capone bodyguard 14 Ernest 14 Ernest Bevin former British foreign secretary 18 U.S. IS-U.S. US U.S. Senator Arthur Republican from Michigan 23 Charles G G. G Dawes US U.S. vice president under Coolidge May Mav MayB B 5 Prof Elmo Scott Watson Journalism educator 7 Warner 7 Baxter film star 8 8 Rep John Kee Democrat from West Va chairman of house foreign affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs committee 29 29 Fanny Fanny Brice film stage and radio comedienne June 2 John 2 John Erskine Erakine novelist 4 4 Dr Serge Serg conductor emeritus of Boston symphony 27 27 David David Warfield famous character actor July 6 James 5 James Norman Hall novelist 22 22 Admiral Admiral Forrest Sherman U US U.S. S chief chic of ot naval operations 23 Marshall Ex Philippe Henri-Philippe Petain World War I hero accused of Nazi collaboration August 11 Stephen 11 Stephen T. T Early press secretary 14 William Randolph Hearst American newspaper publisher 28 Robert 28 Robert Walker film mm star September 4 Louis Louls Louis Adamic Adamie author 16 William 16 William J. J Klem KIem dean of baseball umpires 18 18 Burgess American humorist October 12 Leon 12 Leon Errol comedian 28 Mady 28 Mady Christians actress November 2 2 Mrs Mathilde Freud widow of Dr Sigmund Freud 9 Sigmund 9 Romberg composer 29 GOP 29 GOP senate floor leader lender Senator Kenneth Wherry December 3 Edwin 3 Edwin Leland James managing editor editor edi edi- tor br of New York Times p III l 11 January 1 Soviet I Soviet hedges on Big 4 talks 9 Bonn 9 Bonn talks talk start on German arms 12 U.N. l-U.N. UN U.N. outlaws genocide 15 West 15 West Germany rejects East German unity talks 17 Burma 17 Burma finds Dr Gordon Se Seagrave guilty of treason 20 Russia 20 Russia warns wares Britain France against re arming Germany February 1 General I General Eisenhower urges arms for Europe 5 Moscow 5 demands Big 4 talks 15 15 Britain Britain nationalizes steel Industry 2 23 Russians 25 Russians launch peace pact drive 27 Czech 27 Czech Reds arrest ex Foreign MinIster Minister Min Mm- ister for treason March 7 Iranian 7 Iranian Premier 9 Yugoslavia I charges armIes armies arm arm- ies Ics massed against her IS Iran 15 Iran votes to nationalize oU oll Industry in industry In- In 20 Argentina 20 congress seizes newspaper newspaper per La Prensa April C IsraelI s-IsraelI Israeli planes bomb Syrian border fortifications 11 Britain ll Britain Chinese Reds have voice in Japanese pence peace treaty 18 Schuman IS-Schuman Schuman plan steel coal pool plan signed 24 24 Oil Oil strikes end in Iran 26 Czechs 6 Czechs arrest AP correspondent William Wil Wil- liam Oatis 28 U.S. 28 US U.S. business man Robert is freed reed by Hungary May ay 2 Syrians 2 Israelis fight In tn demilitarized zone 4 West 4 West Germany approved for equal council of Europe membership as ns nation na nation tion votes 11 percent Nazi 9 Israel 9 Israel Syria accept U UN U.N. N. N cease fire cease fire plan 23 23 Tibet Tibet recognizes Chinese control 26 26 Iran Iran refuses to talk new oil agree ments with Britain June 3 Pope 3 Pope Plus PIUS X who died in 1914 Is beatified 4 4 Russia Russia rejects terms for foreign minIsters ministers ministers' min mm conference I 7 7 British British reveal that two ol em their diplomats dip are missing and fear Cear they have deserted to Russia 23 Hungarians 28 convict Archbishop Groesz Groen for revolutionary plot 2 28 Warship 28 Warship sent by Britain to Iran In tn oil crisis j July 4 Czechs 4 Czechs sentence AP correspondent William On Onus to 5 10 years cars In pris n nand and free tree two American Jet pilots 1 11 Truman I-Truman sends Harriman to Iran to act in oil dispute 15 15 Iranians Iranians riot to protest American mediation in oil crisis 16 U.S. 16 US U.S. begins defense talks with Sp Spain ln 20 Jordan 20 Jordan King Abdullah Is ass assassinated n 21 21 Molotov 21 Molotov threatens tens Tito Tilo regime August 6 Russian 6 president sends peace offensive offensive of of- message to US U.S. 7 7 U 1 R. R papers print Truman's amity appeal 13 13 Russia Russia announces intentions to attend at at- tend Japanese peace conference 15 West I West |