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March 7 Booth Tarkington, novelist, awarded the Howells medal by the American Ameri-can Academy of Arts and Letters. This honor granted only every fifth year. 15 Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman receive Academy of Motion Picture Pic-ture Arts and Science awards ("Oscars") for outstanding performances. per-formances. April 21 Gloria Vanderbilt. an heiress of the famous Vanderbilt fortune, is married to Leopold Stokowski, noted orchestra conductor, in Mexico. May 16 Most popular songs, according to Variety are "Boll -Bottom Trousers." Trous-ers." "Dream," "There! I've Said It Again," "Candy." "Mv Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time." Leland S. (Larry) MacPhall, part owner of the N. Y. Yankees, marries mar-ries Jean B. Wanamaker, in Baltimore. Balti-more. She had been his secretary. 21 Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bo-gart, Bo-gart, film stars, are married In Mansfield. O. June 13 Deanna Durbin. singing film star, and Felix Jackson, movie producer-are producer-are married in Las Vegas. Nev. 26 Merle Oberon, movie star, is married mar-ried to Lucien Ballard, film cameraman, camera-man, by proxy in Juarez, Mexico. July 9 Total eclipse of the sun, beginning at 7:58 a.m., eastern war time, is visible in path extending from Idaho through Montana and into Canada. 29 Virginia (Ginny ) Simms, radio and screen singer, is married to Hyatt R. Dehn. housing executive, in Beverly Hills. Calif. August 15 Most popular songs, according to Billboard theatrical magazine, are "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe," "Sentimental Journey," "Bell-Bottom "Bell-Bottom Trousers," "If I Loved You." "Gotta Be This or That." September 2 Screen and radio actress Betty Hutton weds Theodore Briskin. Chicago business man, in Chicago. 19 Shirley Temple, former child film star, weds Sgt. John Agar, scion of a Lake Forest, 111., meat-packing fortune, in Los Angeles. October 4 Round the world flight of the Globe-sters Globe-sters ends in Washington. Flight covered 23,279 miles in 149 hours, 44 minutes, including 33 hours 21 minutes ground time. 17 Most popular songs, according to Billboard magazine are: "Till the End of Time"; "I'll Buy That Dream"; "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe"; "Along the Navajo Trail"; "If I Loved You." JNovember 13 A thousand U. S. navy men reply to attacks by Hawaiian bullies by smashing property in Honolulu. Fifty sailors are arrested. 26 A propeller-driven plane attains speed of 500 miles per hour in level flight, highest rate ever reached, excepting ex-cepting by jet planes. Flight made at Wright field, near Dayton. Ohio, in army experimental model called XP-47J. December 2 Sale of great hoard of precious stones held by alien property custodian custo-dian begins. More than 300.000 jewels seized from German interests arc being released. 3 New treatment for allergy ailments announced by University of Illinois college of medicine. Drug is called benadryl. 9 Delicate operation performed in Baltimore Bal-timore on two-year-old Judy Hack-man Hack-man of Seattle in effort to save life. Baby's heart is too small. 10 Carole Landis, movie star, married for fourth time. New husband is W. Horace Schmidlapp, movie producer. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., war hero, suffers broken neck in auto accident ac-cident in Germany. 13 Mysterious illness strikes 74 U. S. seamen returning from Philippines. They are in Navy hospital at Val-lejo, Val-lejo, Calif. 1 : y " 'Si - V ' t, yl --- i ;ty. u ydfy& MP' MAC RETURNS n , . - i x 1 Ll Jt NEW PRESIDENT he - 1 GERMAN RUINS ? 1 i I ' " 5 f 4y i sl r.y J is w a PA M ATROCITIES i - 1 lli!lfltl"?l Itllfiliftll Kiipiiiiiii 1 ' j 1 - B -25" CRASH lJjzscJ: quisling ; f - . LMI vets return r v J '-i I j RECONVERSION j BEST.WI5HE5 COMING YEAR The Bulletin FKID.VV, DKC. 28, 13-l.j I 8 President oihciallv announces sui lender len-der of Germany. Nation celebrates I quietly. 16 Controls on manufacture of farm ma- chinery lifted on most items bv War Production Board. Only 19 of the previous 98 articles now limited. 21 Most of striking coal miners return to work. Only seven of the 3J3 mines seized by the government hold out. 23 Several changes in cabinet made by President Truman. Thomas Clark replaces Francis Biddle as attorney general; Lewis Schwellenbach becomes be-comes secretary of labor, replacing Frances Perkins; Clinton Anderson replaces Claude Wickard as secretary secre-tary of agriculture. June 9 Gen. George Patton, Lt. Gen. James Doolittle return to U. S. and receive ovations. Gen. Omar Bradley, who came back June 7, ts honored at birthplace in Randolph Co., Mo. 30 James F. Byrnes appointed secretary of state by President. July 2 President Truman presents United Nations charter to senate, urging "prompt ratification." 4 Agriculture department estimates number of persons living on farms, as of Jan. 1, to be 25.190.000, lowest in 35 years, and 17 per cent decline from 1940. 7 Millions of counterfeit red ration coupons cou-pons are floating, the OPA reveals, particularly in large cities. Six men arrested in this connection in Newark. New-ark. N. J. 12 Penicillin made available to public, beginning Aug. 1. 20 House passes senate bill on Bretton Woods international money accord. 28 Senate ratifies United Nations charter. char-ter. August j 7 Addition of 158.000 barrels a day of ; high tet gasoline to national quota practically doubles supply to civilians, civil-ians, petroleum administration announces. an-nounces. 8 President Truman signs United Nations Na-tions charter, making U. S. first nation na-tion to accept tamous document in full. 14 Official presidential proclamation announces an-nounces end of war with Japan. War manpower controls are lifted entirely, en-tirely, WMC announces. 15 Gasoline, fuel oil, canned fruits and vegetables . removed from ration list. 1( Army and navy procurement departments depart-ments cancel orders for munitions, ships and supplies for 16 billion dollars. dol-lars. Riotous peace celebration in San Francisco ends with ten dead, many injured and property damage and losses from looting very heavy. Navy personnel barred from city. 1) Churches of nation offer prayers of thanks for victory. 21 Lend-lease ends, except for commitments commit-ments already made but not delivered. deliv-ered. 22 Army announces demobilization plan. September" 2 President in radio address on official offi-cial V-J day praises armed forces. 5 Congress reconvenes. Reconversion, demobilization, taxes and budget are among great problems faced. 6 President's message to congress contains 21 points, designed to speed return to peacetime living. 12 House votes to restore country to standard time, effective Sept. 30. 20 Senate passes compromise unemployment unem-ployment benefit bill, providing for payments up to 26 weeks at from $18 to $28 weekly, as determined bv state laws. 26 President Truman states that he will take full responsibility for development de-velopment of the atomic bomb and atomic energy. The secret of the bomb will, not soon be divulged, he assures. Strikes spread, involving oil industry, in-dustry, auto manufacturing, coal mining, and numerous service industries. in-dustries. 28 Round-the-world air service initiated. initiat-ed. First flight begins from Washington Washing-ton as 40-passengcr Skymaster takes off on first leg of 23.147-mile journey, will stop at Bermuda. October 3 President Truman asks for creation of commission to control atomic bomb. 23 Radio system to replace wires announced an-nounced by Western Union Telegraph . Co. ; 27 President Truman outlines 12-point ; program on foreign policy. 30 President Truman recommends "sub- i stantially higher wages." but warns factory workers and others that they cannot expect the same "take-home, pay" as during wartime. 30 Rationing of shoes ended. . j November 1 Senate passes bill reducing income tax levies, and repealing excess . profits tax and automobile use tax. : 5 Labor-management conference opens in Washington. : 10 British Premier Attlee arrives In : Washington. 15- Pearl Harbor inquiry opens 19 President Truman asks congress for : national compulsory health insur-' ance act. 21 United Auto Workers union goes qn strike at all General Motors plants. ; 23 All rationing of meat and butter : terminated. 27 Strikes begin at several Montgomery, ' Ward and Co. plants and stores. 28 Admiral Halsey raised to five-star rank of admiral of the fleet. December 2 President Truman's aid asked In ' housing shortage crisis. 3 Grand championship in fat cattle competition won for fourth consecutive consecu-tive time at Chicago by Karl Hoffman Hoff-man and Robert Storz of Ida Grove, Iowa. 9 Government agencies announce that-400,000 that-400,000 tires will be released to civilians civ-ilians from military stock piles within with-in a month, with more to follow. 7 Governor Green of Illinois delivers speech at opening session of Republican Re-publican National committee that is considered first blast in 1946 congressional con-gressional campaign. 12 Sugar rationing will have to extend to 1947, declares Earl Wilson, chief of sugar branch, U. S. D. A. President Truman asks for price ceilings on old and new housing, and reinstatement of priority system sys-tem on building materials. 16 President Truman laid down U. S. Eolicy in China as Gen. George C. Earshall departs for Far East. January 1 Southern California U. wins annual Rose Bowl game, defeating Tennessee, Tennes-see, 25-0. Other scores. Duke 29,, Alabama 2(i; Miami 26, Georgia Tech' 12; Shrine game at San Francisco. West 13. East 7; Southwestern U. 35, National U. of Mexico 0. 3 Sammy Snead wins Los Angeles Open golf tournament with score of 233. 26 New York Yankees sold to syndicate headed by Larry McPhail. February 13 Byron Nelson wins New Orleans Open golf Umrnanent after pi ay oil of tie wi!h Jut; McSpaden. 24 - New Vii: k AtJiki.c club retains team title in National AAU track and field meet. Chronologyl January 1 U. S. Third army attacks north of Bastogne esAinst German's Belgium eaiient. In Fiance the Germans attack at-tack U. S. Seventh. Amencan forces made a sm.-WI gain in Italy. In the Pncilic .M-iran nlnnes raid Ui-zon Ui-zon and Negros Islands in the Phil- ljjpjllL-S. 9 German ljj!,,e in Belgium compressed com-pressed by now Allied gains. 10 Forces under General MacArthur invade Luzon, in Philippines. 17 Warsaw, Polish capital, falls to Russians. Rus-sians. 23 Russian forces icacli Oder river. 28 U. S. First army strikes near St. Vith, Belgium. British advance north , of Aachen. Germany. 29 Russians reach a point 93 miles I from Berlin. American Third army enters Germany for first time near I Oberhausen. French forces also smash across border. February 3 First U. S. cavalry enters Manila. Manila falls to U. S. forces. , I 10 U. S. First army gains control of main Roer river dam. U. S. superfortresses raid Japan from Guam base, hitting Tokyo district dis-trict in daylight. 12 Decisions of Big Three meeting at Yalta. Russia, announced. 13 Budapest, Hungarian capital, falls to Russians. 17 U. S. troops land on Balaan, outside out-side Manila. 1 American Thunderbolt planes bomb Berchtesgaden. Germany, Hitler's mountain retreat. March 2 Chinese take Chaling, important stionghold in Hunan, province. Cologne. Germany's fourth largest city, falls to U. S. First army. 10 Tokyo hit by 1.000 tons of incendiary bombs in heaviest raid. 12 American troops invade Mindanao island in Philippines. Ifi London a red hit by V-2 bombs, 1,-umched from Belgium and Holland. n Coblenv., Germany, captured by U. S. Third army. Resistance of Japanese on Iwo ends after hmq fierce battle. 21 U. S. Tlvrd armv enters Ludwigs-haf.-n. Ci ?i inan t; oups in rout. 56 SiAea A'IumI a-ivties advance east of the Kilii.e river. April 2 U. S. Tenth army invades Okinawa. 13 Vienna, cnpital of Austria, capitulates capitu-lates to Ukrainian armies of Russian forces. 19 Leipzig, fifth citv of Germany, falls to U. S. First army. U. S. Seventh army takes Nuremberg, Nurem-berg, Nazi "shrine" city. 25 Berlin encircled by first two Russian ar mies. E6 Bremen falls lo British Second army. Russians capture Stettin, important Baltic port. U. S. First army meets Russian First Ukrainian army on bridge over Elbe river near Torgau. 27 American tanks push across border to Austria and capture Gegenbach. Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar gives self up at Magdeburg, admitting war is over. 28 False surrender report denied officially offi-cially by President. 29 Benito Mussolini, former Italian pre-; mier. is executed by Italian parti-' sans near Dnngo. Italy. ; U. S. Seventh army enters Munich, . birthplace of Nazi parly. Venice and Milan, major Italian ' cities.' fail to U. S. Fifth army. BO Russian flag flies over German Reichstag, brilding. as resistance r weakens. Way 1 Premier Stalin of Russia in May day proclamation hails approaching Al-1 lied victory, saying "the collapse of ' Hillerite Germany is a matter of the immediate future." 2 A million German soldiers, sailors ' and airmen in Italy and part of ; Austria surrender, under uncondi- 1 tional terms signed April 29 at : Caserta. Italy. Berlin capitulates to Russian armies' under Marshals Ziiukov and Koncv. . Allied combined forces invade Borneo. Bor-neo. 4 Ali German forces In northwest Germany, Ger-many, the Netherlands. Denmark, Helgoland and the Frisian islands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Montgomery. ' t German army group G. comprising 400.000 men, surrenders to U. S. General Devers. In the north Rus , sians take Swinemuende. and two . important islands. 6 U. S. Third army advances into Czechoslovakia and Austria, taking Pilsen and Karlsbad. t German high command representatives, representa-tives, headed by Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl. meet Allied officers to arrange surrender details at Reims. France. 8 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF GERMANY FORMALLY RATIFIED IN BERLIN, ENDING WAR IN EUROPE AT 11:01 CENTRAL EUROPEAN EU-ROPEAN TIME (6:01 EWT.) 22 U. S. war and navy secretaries release re-lease news on Japanese bomb-carrying balloons, stating that they are of slight military importance. KJ Tokvo hit bv 4.000 tons of incendiary bombs from 500 superfortresses. 27 Chinese capture Nanning. June 3 U. S. Third fleet, under Admiral Halsev. raids Japan from carriers. 16 Davlight raid made on Osaka. This marks the 77th superfortress raid on Jaoan. 22 All resistance on Okinawa ends after bitter 82-day struggle, during which 90.401 Japs were killed. 4.000 captured. cap-tured. American losses were 11.2ti0 killed. 33.7CSt funded. 28 All of island of Luzon, largest of Philippines, is liberated. Julv ft ENTIRE PHILIPPINE- ISLANDS LIBERATED, AND CAMPAIGN VIRTUALLY VIR-TUALLY OVER. GENERAL MAC-ARTHUR MAC-ARTHUR ANNOUNCES. 14 u. S. Third fleet battleships shell Honshu island bass, only 275 miles north of Tokyo. This Is first direct naval attack on home islands of Japan. 26 Labor party wins British election. 31 u. 3. destroyer iorce of Third rleet shells Shimiu. aluminum production comer on Uoi.shu island. Japan. U. S. Twentieth a;r force drops leaflets leaf-lets on 12 Japanese cities, warning them that they were marked for de-sti de-sti uction. Aujiuiit 2 Berlin conference on Germany's fu- ft ATOMICS'i:OMB USED FOR FIRST TIME IN WAR. LEVELS four square m.les of H:!!,-M:iiia. Jauan, kills 50,. O'.'.O Japs. NEW ERA IN WARFARE j b:;gins. 18 RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JA- PAN ana begins offensive operations i ' in Manchuria. ' 9 SECOND ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI. JAPAN, razing one-thnci one-thnci of cuv. Total killed 10.000. This bomb was more powerful than one that blasted Hiroshima. 10 JAPAN OFFERS TO SURRENDER, provided Emperor Hirohito is left in power. Russians advance 105 miles into Manchuria. Man-churia. 11 President Truman replies to Japanese peace offer that Hirohito will be retained re-tained temporarily. 12 Russian armies continue advance, reaching 155 miles into Manchuria. 14 JAPAN SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY. UNCONDI-TIONALLY. Emperor Hirohito agrees to accept terms of Potsdam declaration. President Truman announces an-nounces capitulation of Japan at 7 p. m. General MacArthur Is appointed supreme su-preme commander for the Allied powers, pow-ers, to make all arrangements on surrender details, and to set up military mili-tary government. 16 New Japanese cabinet formed, headed head-ed by Prince Naruhiko Higasht-Kuni. 27 Japanese commanders of Truk, Rota, Yap and Jaluit negotiate to lay down arms. In Philippines, General Yamashita prepares to quit. 28 First of U. S. occupation troops land in Japan. Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and 35 other high-ranking officers of American, British and Dutch armies who had been prisoners of Japs at Mukden, China, are flown to Chung-I Chung-I king. 1 31 General MacArthur establishes headquarters head-quarters at New Grand hotel in Yokohama: Yoko-hama: September I 1 Main force of U. S. Eighth army I lands at Yokohama and spreads out in surrounding area. British forces land at Hong Kong. 2JAPANESE SURRENDER TERMS OFFICIALLY SIGNED on U. S. Battleship Bat-tleship Missouri in Tokyo bay. 6 Army and navy casualty figures released. re-leased. Total army dead since Dec. 7, 1941, all theaters is 203.379; navy, 53,617. Wounded, army, 571,589; navy, 79.672. 10 Japanese imperial staff ordered dissolved dis-solved by General MacArthur. 11 Former Jap premier Hideki Tojo at-i at-i tempts suicide by shooting, but fails and is saved by American medical aid. "Big Five" conference opens in London, Lon-don, as foreign ministers of the United States. Britain, Russia, France and China meet for preliminary pre-liminary arrangements of peace problems. October 2 Gen. George Patton removed as military governor of Bavaria. 5 Japanese cabinet resigns. . 9 Pierre Laval condemned to death as a traitor. 22 French Communists win largest number of seats in Assembly. 24 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian collaborationist, collab-orationist, executed as traitor. 26 Chinese Central government and Communist forces clash. November - 1 British government plans to "nationalize" "na-tionalize" civil airlines, radio and cable systems. 2 Arabian Nationalists call general strike, and riot in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestine. 10 Chinese Central government troops clash with Chinese Communist forces near Shanhaikwan. British Indian troops open drive . against rebel army in Java. 18 Revolt flares in northern Iran, in zone occupied by Russian troops. 20 German war criminals go on trial at Nuernberg. 30 Russian troops evacuate Teheran, capital of Iran, but refuse to allow Iranian forces to enter territory now occupied by Russians. December 3 General MacArthur orders arrest of 59 prominent Japanese as war criminals, crim-inals, including Prince Nashimoto and two former premiers. 5 U. S. lends 550 million dollars to France through Export-Import Bank credit for rehabilitation purposes. 7 Jap general Tomoyuki Yamashita, "Tiger of Manila." condemned to die by hanging for war crimes. 11 Russia agrees to allow Chinese Nationalist Na-tionalist troops to fly into Manchuria and take over several strategic cities. 13 British and French sign pact on Syria and the Levant. 16 Prince Fumimaro Konoye, of Japan's royal family, committed suicide rather rath-er than stand trial as war criminal. 17 Foreign ministers of Russia. Great Britain and the United States begin atomic parley at Moscow. January 3 Congress reconvenes. Sam Rayburn is re-elected speaker of the house. - 6 President Roosevelt delivers message to congress, urging a National Service Serv-ice act; use of 4F in war service; 1 a draft of nurses; universal military J training after the war; a .new tax i program for peace. 9 President's budget message sets ex- I penditures for 1946 fiscal year at 83 I billion dollars. 20 President Roosevelt inaugurated for fourth term. February 19 All places of entertainment are ordered or-dered closed at midnight by War Mobilization Director Byrnes, to save light and fuel. March 1 Henry A. Wallace is confirmed as secretary of commerce by senate, 56 to 32. 7 William Davis Is appointed director of economic stabilization by the President, Pres-ident, to succeed Fred Vinson. 18 Nine army officers are raised to full generals by the President. They are: McNarney. Bradley, Kxueger, Somervell, Somer-vell, Spaatz. Kenney. Clark, Devers and Handy. April 12 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIES at Warm Springs, Ga., of cerebral hemorrhage. hem-orrhage. Vice President Harry S. Truman takes oath of office as President. He asks cabinet members to continue to serve. 16 President Truman addresses a joint session of congress, saying that "we must carry on as Roosevelt would want us to do." 24 Senate extends draft for one year, with amendments. 25 United Nations conference opens at San Francisco with 46 nations represented repre-sented 27 War Production Board revokes 40 controls over industry, affecting a variety of consumer goods. May 2 The President asks for reductions In 1946 federal budget, totaling 80 million mil-lion dollars. Various war agencies are anVctcd. President Truman names Robert H. Jackson, associate justice of the U. S. Supreme court, to be chief counsel for the United States on the allied w.u crimes tribunal. Robert E. Han-ncLjan, Han-ncLjan, chairman of the Democratic national committee, is a ij pointed postmaster general. succeeding Frank Walker. March If) James Raffertv wins Columbia mile i in K. of C meet in New York, beats Guilder Haeg. I 16 Melio Bettina and Jim.nv Bivins, heavyweights, get a draw in 10-round 10-round fight in New York, i 30 Joe Baksi gets decision over Lou i Nova in 10-round heavyweight fight in New York 31 Ohio State team wins title in NCAA swimming championship at Ann Arbor, Ar-bor, Mich. April 2 Most valuable player award given to Frank Sinkwich of Detroit Lions professional football club of National Na-tional league, i 15 National AAU women's swimming r meet at Chicago gives title to San ' Francisco team, star of which is Ann Curtis. 22 Toronto Maple Leafs win National -Hockey League Stanley Cup. beating beat-ing the Red Wings in playoff, 2-1. 24 Major, leagues select Sen. Albert (Happy) Chandler of Kentucky as baseball commissioner to succeed Judge Kenesaw M. Landis. June 9 Kentucky Derby is won by Hoop Jr. with Eddie Arcaro riding. 24 Sammy Byrd takes "Big Fore" golf tournament at Detroit, defeating-Byron defeating-Byron Nelson by nine strokes. July 1 National professional tennis title won by Welby Van Horn. 6 Tommy Holmes, Boston Braves right fielder, breaks modern mark for hits in consecutive games by hitting in 34th straight game. 8 Charles Beaudry of Marquette U., Milwaukee, wins NAAU decathlon in Bloomfield, N. J. 30 Byron Nelson takes All-American golf tournament at Chicago. August 8 Hambletonion Stake, nation's leading lead-ing trotting horse race, won by Titan Hanover, driven by Harry Pownall, at Goshen, N. Y. 12 Michigan Slate college wins men's National AAU swimming championships. champion-ships. 22 Pitcher Robert Feller, released from navy, rejoins Cleveland Indians and wins first game. 30 Green Bay Packers, professional football team, defeat collegiate All-Stars in annual game at Chicago. Chi-cago. 19 to 7. September 2 Mrs. Sarah Cooke, of Boston, defeats de-feats Miss Pauline Betz, Los Angeles, for women's national tennis title, at Forest Hills. N. Y 3 Sgt Frank Parker wins men's amateur national tennis title at Forest Park. N. Y. 31 Chicago Cubs clinch national league pennant by defeating St. Louis. October 10 Detroit Tigers win world series from the Chicago Cubs. Total paid I attendance for seven games, 333,457, , a new record. Receipts, gross, $1,-592,454, $1,-592,454, also a record. 14 The Louisville Colonels of Amerl-can Amerl-can Association win "little world ( series" from Newark Bears of International In-ternational league, four games to two, at Louisville, Ky. ! 18 Joe Louis and Billy Conn sign for t heavyweight champion fight for next June. November 14phil Cavarretta, Chicago Cubs first baseman, voted most valuable player play-er in National league. 21 Hal Newhouser, Detroit Tigers' pitch- er, is voted most valuable player in American league. December 1 Army beats Navy 32-13. 10 Washington Redskins win eastern professional football title by defeating defeat-ing New York Giants, 17-0. 13 Big league baseball meeting in Chicago Chi-cago ends. Pacific coast league refused re-fused major league status. January ' 31 Day nursery in Auburn, Me., burns I down. Sixteen children, one woman lose lives. February 12 Forty-three persons die and hundreds hun-dreds are injured by a tornado sweeping through Meridian, Miss., eastward to Montgomery, Ala. March 8 Ohio river, in highest flood stage since 1937, spreads destruction in five states, paralyzing transportation transporta-tion and halting war factories. Damage estimated at half billion dollars. Ten deaths and many injuries in-juries result. April 13 A tornado smashing through parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, kills 100 persons, Injures In-jures hundreds more. Hardest hit ts Antlers, Okla., where 58 die. June 15 Collision of passenger and freight train near Milton, Pa., kills 19, injures in-jures 20. A broken journal Is cause. July 28 A B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State building In New York City. The' three occupants of the plane and ten persons In building killed, 25 Injured. Fire sweeps entire floor. Damage amounts to $500,000. August 9 Thirty-four killed, 40 injured, when second section of crack train hits rear of first section near Michigan, N. D. 28 Hurricane roars on coast of Texas at 110 miles per hour for three days, causing floods and wind damage to many cities of coastal region. September 15 Hurricane strikes Miami and travels inland with peak velocity of 143 miles per hour, injuring 50 and causing damage of 60 million dollars. November I 26 Fourteen school children and a bus . driver drown when a school bus filunges off an embalmment into 50 eet of water In Lake Chelan, near j Chelan. Wash. December 2 Snowstorm, accompanied by violent wind, leaves 33 dead in path across the northeastern states. 13 Passenger train rams troop train in Chicago. More than a hundred sailors sail-ors injured. Janua ry 16 Si'ven billion dollars' worth of liqunr was swnlloued in the United Stales during 1!)44, not counting buollui:. the department of commerce com-merce reports, an lb per cent increase in-crease over 11H3. |