Show 4 aHl ROHM ay or january I 1 five killed when DC S 3 transport rt crashes near neal charleston ton S C 1 2 transport plane falls fails near carmel cannel M N J killing 3 injuring 20 12 airliner crashes near galax va vai killing IS 18 of 19 xe aboard D oard 13 fifteen miners he in gas explosion in coal mine in nottingham pa 30 tornado sweeping through alabama tennessee arkansas and missouri kills 20 february la 18 twenty one killed injured when train plunges over ISO loot foot embark i ment in allegheny mountains near altoona pa 20 20 elpio explosion n of 0 tank in electroplating factoring fac factory torin in central los ankeles kills 15 injures demolishes area half ball mile square march 25 worst mine disaster since 1928 takes toll toil of lives live la centralia ILL explosion april 2 explosion in fireworks plant in clinton mo kills 10 9 tornadoes rip through texas panhandle and oklahoma killing injuring 1000 woodward okla hardest hit bit with 84 dead 16 most ol of texas city tex destroyed by enormous explosion when en freighter loaded with nitrate fertilizer explodes in hambor and sets fire to docks oil tanks and factories fire rages tor for three days toll toil killed injured 29 tornado destroys worth mo killing 11 14 another twister kills 9 in rural northwest arkansas may 6 outbreak of infant diarrhea in philadelphia area causes deaths of 27 babies 29 forty two killed when E DC C 4 air airliner e r crashes after takeoff take off oil at la guardia field new york seven survive SO DC 4 airliner crashes near ft deposit md bid killing all 53 on board two crashes rank as worst air disasters in U S history 31 tornado strikes leedy okla wrecking town killing 6 june I 1 tornado tails kills 35 in farming section near pine bluff ark 9 mississippi river floods boods lowlands in northern missouri southern iowa and illinois forcing to abandon homes iowa seven drowned at ottumwa I 1 13 all 50 on an board DC 4 airliner killed when it strikes mountain near leesburg va 22 flash flood drowns 11 in cambridge neb july 3 tornado kills 11 near grand forks N D LI 13 chartered DC 3 transport plane crashes in swamp beai melbourne fla killing 21 injuring 15 29 explosion wrecks beauty shop in harrisonburg Harrl va ten women killed 30 persons injured august 8 four die when chartered plane dives into chimney of gas plant in everett mass september 3 labor day weekend takes death toll toil of compared with in 1946 11 twenty killed when excision boat blows up at pittsburgh dock 20 hurricane sweeps in over southern florida crosses gulf of mexico strikes louisiana mississippi and arkansas toll toil killed many in yM lured property loss of 25 5 to Ln 30 million dollars 21 flood following hurricane drowns 37 in new orleans area 29 fire on new york city pier results in injuries to firemen five million dollar loss october 24 fifty two killed when transport plane crashes in bryce canyon utah 25 forest fires in maine km kill 17 destroy many homes fires rage throughout northeastern tates stales 26 transport hits mountain in alaska killing 18 november 13 army plane hits mt bit spokane wash killing five men 21 nine naval personnel killed two saved in crash of bomber in pacific miles southwest of san diego calif december 8 9 army plane crashes near goose bay labrador 23 die six rescued 11 21 two passenger trains collide headon near new braunfels Braunl els tex killing two injuring nine 12 army plane burns bums and crashes near memphis tenn killing 20 15 CAB tabulation shows 1947 toll toil 0 ot fatalities in mishaps involving scheduled airlines D P E A T II 11 S january 5 ovington E weller 84 former U S senator from maryland 7 charles S woolworth 90 one of founders of store chain II 11 eva 68 famous vaudeville a actress 20 andrew J 87 former minnesota congressman who introduced 1919 prohibition 8 act ct 26 grace moore 45 0 pera opera radio and screen star in air crash 27 paul P harris 78 founder of rotary international february 3 adm marc blare A Mn 60 hero of both world wars 6 0 max gardner 64 U S ambassador to england 12 sidney toler charlie chan 50 film st star 1 I r 15 25 H harry arry K thaw 76 wealthy playboy w who bo shot stanford white march 9 mrs carrie chapman catt 88 woman suffrage Euf frare leader 17 willlam william C durant 85 founder ol of general motors corporation april 7 henry ford 83 auto uto manufacturer 18 benny leonard 51 former world lightweight boxing champion 2 20 0 king christian X of denmark 76 24 willa cather 70 famous novelist may 4 martin A artin J insull instill 78 brother of samuel 11 U and himself a utilities magnate I 1 assir 6 sir frederick G hopkins 86 biochemist who discovered vitamins in S 27 brig gen evans F carlson 51 marine hero hera leader ot of carlsone Carl sons raiders k 31 adrienne ames 39 actress and radio commentator june 11 1 david 1 I walsh 74 former V U S senator and governor of massachusetts 22 jim tully 56 novelist and screen writer july 12 rep joseph J mansfield 11 texas congressman since 1918 1916 and oldest member of house 26 mrs martha E truman 94 president Tr mother august 4 gipsy R smith 87 noted evangelist evanglist 21 sen theodore G bilbo 69 U u S I 1 senator irom from mississippi 1333 47 september 20 florello H la guardia Gu ardla 64 former congressman from new york state mayor of new york city and director general of october 17 arthur hyde 70 former secret secretary of agriculture former governor 27 ol 01 missouri 30 gov earl snell of oregon 52 november 4 john G winant 58 former ambassador to england 22 james J davis dails 74 secretary of labor 1921 30 december 7 dr nicholas M butler 85 president emeritus of columbia U joseph T ryerson 67 steel magnate va SPORTS P 0 R T S january I 1 bowl bow football scores rose bowl illinois 45 U C L L A 14 1 sugar bowl georgia 20 north carolina 10 cotton bowl arkansas 0 louisiana state 0 orange bowl rice 8 tennessee 0 shrine game west AU ali stars 13 east 9 21 bob feller C cleveland land indians indian pitcher s signs igns contract calling tor for plus bonus for 1947 season I 1 25 gil dodds runs knights of columbus mile in boston in record february 2 national collegiate athletic association bans running shift among football rule changes 12 charles pro football star signs to play baseball with atlanta club 21 hank greenberg Grcen berg signs with pittsburgh pirates for 28 gus lesnevich light heavyweight champion knocks out billy fox in title bout in new york march 12 martin ortiz takes bantamweight title from harold dade in los angeles 15 willie hoppe retains world three cushion billiards championship ted edwards and william lingelbach win U S court tennis doubles 22 joseph sets new record tor for yard breaststroke breast stroke 2164 in eastern intercollegiate swimming league 25 utah defeats kentucky 49 to 45 to win national collegiate basketball title 29 gil dodds runs fastest indoor mile in chicago april A 9 commissioner happy chandler suspends end leo durocher brooklyn ba baseball eau club club manager for 1947 se season aso 15 joe baski american heavyweight fighter defeats bruce woodcock british champion in london baseball season opens brooklyn Is managed by burton shotton 26 texas U take top honors in drake relays in des moines iowa illinois leads in penn relays in philadelphia 27 babe ruth day observed at all ball parks in U S and japan may 3 jet pilot wins kentucky derby in 45 phalanx second Fault faultless les S third 4 national senior A A U championship swimming meet in seattle won by crystal plunge cl club ab of san francisco ann curtis takes individual honors honor S 17 U S golf eoll team r regains walker cup at st andrews S scotland C atland 30 mauri rose w wins ins annual mile auto race at indianapolis with average speed of 1163 miles june 3 honeymoon sets new world record lor for seven furlong race of 4 45 I 1 5 minutes at hollywood park calif lloyd marshall of cleveland knocks out british light heavyweight champion in london I 1 15 lew worsham wins national open golf title by one stroke at st louis 18 harvard rowing crew defeats yale in historic race at new london conn I 1 ewell blackwell of cincinnati reds pitches first no hit game of season against boston braves in cincinnati 21 U of illinois retains national collegiate athletic association championship in meet at salt lake city 29 betty jameson wins U S open golf coll title in greensboro N C july 8 american league wins AU star bas baseball e game in C chicago aca go 21 2 1 16 rocky graziano Graz lano defeats tony zale to wm win worlds middleweight boxing title 21 schooner dolphin 11 wins california to hawaii yacht race in 11 days minutes sloop cara MIA captures chicago to mackinac race in in 39 hours minutes 29 gus lesnevich light heavyweight boxing champion out points taint mauriello Maur lello heavyweight ight in non title bout in new york august 4 aike ake williams kno knocks eks out bob montgomery in philadelphia to become lightweight champion of world 13 victory song sets seta new world record tor for trotters by running mile in 35 minutes in springfield ill 21 D lee braun of dallas tex wins fa professional r 0 fess lonal north american clay target r g t championship in vandalla ohio 22 lilue pep retains featherweight title by defeating jock leslie in flint mien mich college corege all stars beat chicago bears beare pro football squad in chicago 1 16 0 1 I 1 september 1 american davis cup team defeats australia to retain cup 3 N Y giants pro football teams beats eastern college all stars 21 0 in new york city 7 minor league baseball season ends jersey city leads international league kansas city the american association 22 brooklyn dodgers clinch national league pennant new york yankees win american league lag flag 27 armed beats assault as nations top race r a ce horse compete in two h horse arse race at Belmont park fark N Y 23 28 ben rogan hogan wins international golf COU tourney to chicago october 6 new york yankees win world series IS 18 ardys record of 32 football games without defeat broken by columbia november 8 notre noire dame defeats army 27 to 7 14 billy fox defeats jake lamotta La blotta by technical knockout in new york 20 brooklyn dodgers doders buy st paul club of american association Ls december 5 joe louis retains heavyweight title in split decision over joe walcott 6 notre dame beats southern california 38 to 7 13 college of pacific defeats utah state 35 to 21 in grape bowl grid game 1 noME STir Is V raj january 6 president truman emphasizes live five major problems strikes business monopolies housing taxes and agricultural prosperity in annual state of the union message lo 10 president submits budget totaling to billion dollars 21 gen cen george marshall succeeds james byrnes byrncs as secretary of state february 10 U S signs peace treaties ending war with italy bulgaria hungary finland and romania 12 1 S S s and nd canada agree to continue wartime ti e collaboration tor for peacetime tits e jo joint tnt security purposes 28 U S cooperates 0 0 with mexico tn fri campaign to control hoofard mouth disease outbreak march 6 U S supreme court finds john L lewis and V il nil d mine workers vilty guilty ot of civil and criminal contempt in coal strike of november 1946 12 president outlines tr truman u m an D doctrine 0 c on europe and blasts bla s fsr russian u ssi a aggression I 1 IS 8 cash wheat hits 30 year high of a bushel in chicago 19 georgia supreme court rules melvin E thompson Is legal governor of state I 1 31 many war power acts expire automatically in mati ati cally including selective service CPA controls on steel resins textiles solid fuels administration transportation restrictions ot of and others april 7 telephone workers launch nationwide strike as employees of bell system leave lobs jobs 9 da david v id lilienthal confirmed as bead fehd I 1 of atomic energy commission after heated senate wrangle 21 Pros president ident warns of lii inflation atlon dangers ge rs idan and pleads for voluntary pr price e c cuts t may I 1 I 1 I 1 rouche round ot of threatened strikes in steel and heavy avy manufacturing industries settled by raises of 0 10 to 15 cents per hour 14 president signs bill to eliminate most port portal al to portal pay suits 20 last major telephone workers strike ends newburyport mass merchants abandon voluntary price cut campaign 24 navy accepts new jet propelled propelled fighter plane carrier based base with speed of mph june 1 I commission on universal military training train int issues stern warning on dangers 0 of swift annihilation in atomic war without a huge army extensive defensive organization 11 II president Prest dent reasserts doctrine of maintaining world peace by helping weak nations 17 house fails alls by two votes to override presidential veto of income tax reduction bill 23 talt taft hartley bill becomes law as congress e Ss overrides presidential veto 30 president aident signs rent control bill continuing modified controls until march 1 1943 1948 july IS 18 Senate sustains presidential veto of income tax reduction bill president signs presidential sion blon bill placing acing speaker ol of the house first in I 1 line ne 25 sixty wartime emergency powers ended and termination dates set for or others 26 bill approved to unify armed forces 27 james forrestal appointed to newly created post secie tary ot of national defense eightieth congress con cresa ends first session august 10 odom of roslyn N Y oles flies around world in record 73 hours cov ring miles 11 ll sensational hughes investigation by senate committee probing army airplane contracts suddenly adjourned Septem september I 1 president and mrs truman visit brazil on 20 day goodwill mission II 11 army imposes complete ban on news of biological warfare developments 2 28 farm income soars 11 per cent in past year while operating costs jump IS 16 per cent department of agriculture report discloses october 2 rood food conservation drive launched by president 10 20 first war dead arrive at san francisco 23 president calls congress tor for emergency ne session e jo n on november 17 27 24 distillers sai begin e gin 60 day shutdown to save grain 30 U S justice department files antitrust suit against 17 investment banking companies november 4 democrats regain state control in kentucky by electing earle C clements governor 8 presidents advisory committee says U S must give europe five and ahr three e e quarter quarte r billion dollars in aid in 1948 13 23 gov earl warren of california enters republican presidential race 17 congress on gress convenes on preside presidents va i call I 1 to deal with european aid inflation 20 charles luckman resigns as chairman of citizens food commit committee tee 25 23 robert E Hann egans resigns as postmaster general succeeded by james A donaldson former first assistant december 5 ten movie writers producers and directors indicted tor for contempt of congress in red probe 11 secretary marshall denounces russian slurs on U S in london 12 open congressional investigation of grain speculation of edwin pauley army department official 0 january 15 ford motor company reduces prices on passenger cars 15 to 50 in effort to halt insane ins ane spiral of m mounting 0 costs and r rising ising prices 23 P potato 0 tato growers authorized to dump 20 million bushels of low grade potatoes stored under government price support plan february 4 largest narcotic seizure in nine years made in new york when federal agents find worth of heroin in possession of U S seaman returning from rom france 7 coldest temperature ever recorded on north american continent 81 degrees below zero registered at snag airport in canadian yukon 16 survey shows average teachers salary 2 in U S Is 37 weekly and 00 teachers have left schools since 0 1940 march 16 margaret truman the presidents daughter sings sing on radio in debut with detroit symphony april 6 tuberculosis death rate in U S hits lowest level in history at per 12 two die of smallpox 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