Universal International Newsreel.

Duration: 1 reel

Year Published: 1946

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Complete Record: UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1947–49. 1 reel each, sd., b&w, 35mm. For preceding issues SEE Universal Newsreel. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc. Volume 20, 1947. 52. © 3Jul47; MP2233. 53. © 8Jul47; MP2234. 54. © 10Jul47; MP2235. 55. © 15Jul47; MP2236. 56. © 17Jul47; MP2265. 57. © 22Jul47; MP2266. 58. © 24Jul47; MP2267. 59. © 29Jul47; MP2268. 60. © 31Jul47; MP2269. 61. © 5Aug47; MP2326. 62. © 7Aug47; MP2327. 63. © 12Aug47; MP2328. 64. © 14Aug47; MP2329. 65. © 19Aug47; MP2330. 66. © 21Aug47; MP2331. 67. © 26Aug47; MP2332. 68. © 28Aug47; MP2333. 69. © 2Sep47; MP2399. 70. © 4Sep47; MP2400. 71. © 9Sep47; MP2428. 72. © 11Sep47; MP2429. 73. © 16Sep47; MP2430. 74. © 18Sep47; MP2431. 75. © 23Sep47; MP2432. 76. © 25Sep47; MP2433. 77. © 25Sep47; MP2469. 78. © 30Sep47; MP2470. 79. © 3Oct47; MP2471. 80. © 7Oct47; MP2472. 81. © 9Oct47; MP2473. 82. © 14Oct47; MP2474. 83. © 16Oct47; MP2475. 84. © 21Oct47; MP2476. 85. © 24Oct47; MP2477. 86. © 28Oct47; MP2478. 87. © 30Oct47; MP2479. 88. © 4Nov47; MP2480. 89. © 6Nov47; MP2528. 90. © 11Nov47; MP2529. 91. © 13Nov47; MP2530. 92. © 18Nov47; MP2531. 93. Nov. 20, 1947. Friendship Train reaches seaboard. Reds fear our movies, says [Eric] Johnston. Footnote on furs [New York: Miss Paula Croset chosen Miss Cinderella by fur manufacturers]. Princeton beats Yale. © 20Nov47; MP2660. 94. Nov. 25, 1947. Royal wedding; Elizabeth weds Philip at [Westminster] Abbey. © 25Nov47; MP2661. 95. Nov. 27, 1947. Hollywood bans Reds [announcement by Eric Johnston]. News highlights: huge land plane [XC–99] flies [at] San Diego; Vienna cleans up [war-damaged Philliphof]; swamp denizens battled [by Ross Allen at] Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia; ski season underway, Mt. Rainier National Park. © 27Nov47; MP2662. 96. Dec. 2, 1947. Army beats Navy. St. Nick has preview: [Santa Claus parade of film and radio stars in Hollywood; Toyland parade in Philadelphia]. Truman sees Freedom Train. Royal honeymooners [Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh] pose. Command performance [Robert Montgomery and other motion picture stars meet British royal family]. © 2Dec47; MP2663. 97. Dec. 4, 1947. Camera shows secret [of the fly's flight]. Eight die in Seattle [plane] crash. The Nation's healthiest [National 4–H Club Congress in Chicago]. Anzio war dead honored. Feline funsters frolic [cat show in Brooklyn]. Football extra: Southern Methodist ties Texas Christian, 19–all. © 4Dec47; MP2664. 98. Dec. 9, 1947. Friendship food sails. Strike grips France [Paris and Lyons]. The "snake" in Germany [queues of people waiting for food and other necessities]. Spain valley flooded [along the Segura River]. Football highlights: Notre Dame routs USC; high school grid thrills [football championship game in Philadelphia]. © 9Dec47; MP2665. 99. Dec. 11, 1947. Christmas preview; "Babe" [Ruth] cheers polio kids; Dutch cheers for Santa [royal family at Christmas entertainment]. Global fliers [George Truman and Clifford Evans, Jr.] back. Counterfeit ring broken [by Secret Service in Chicago]. CCNY cagers win [game against Oregon State Beavers in Madison Square Garden]. War orphans reach U. S. Lujack receives [Heisman] trophy. © 11Dec47; MP2666. 100. Dec. 16, 1947. Hirohito at Hiroshima. News in brief: Greeks get U. S. warships; Admiral Nimitz gets award [from President Truman; Admiral Denfield becomes Chief of Naval Operations]; twenty-one [Army personnel] die in air crash [Memphis, Tennessee]. Labrador survivors [of ATC transport] home; Browns top grid Yankees [All-American Conference football title game]; kiddies' Christmas party [Cardinal Spellman at New York Foundling Hospital party]. © 16Dec47; MP2667. 101. Dec. 18, 1947. U. S. troops quit Italy. Blizzards made to order [by engineers of the Army Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth, N. J.]. Christmas cheer from many lands [children from diplomatic corps broadcast in Washington]. Film star [Alan Ladd] urges food saving. Wrestling big-wigs battle [Primo Carnera]. Perfect physique contest [male beauty on parade at Montreal]. © 18Dec47; MP2668. 102. Dec. 23, 1947. Peace must wait; Marshall's [report of Foreign Ministers' meeting in London]. Jet bomber [Boeing XB–47] passes tests. Jap vagrants rounded up. Film star [Jimmy Stewart] in food appeal. The world of sports: basketball on ice; Golden Glovers mix it. © 23Dec47; MP2669. 103. Dec. 25, 1947. New helicopter shown [Philadelphia]. German school crisis [housing and other problems]. French curios get laugh. Test all-metal glider [Trenton]. Collier trophy awarded [presented by President Truman to Lewis Rodert], New White House pet. Dutch woman marks 106th [birthday]. The world of sports: fists fly in hockey tilt [Providence Scarlets vs. N. Y. Metropolitans]; pro basketball thriller [N. Y. Knickerbockers vs. Boston Celtics]. © 25Dec47; MP2743. 104. Dec. 30, 1947. The blizzard of 1947 [in New York and other East Coast cities]. New Navy jet tested [fighter plane, the Grumman XF9F "Panther"]. Miss Truman meets press. The sports round-up: Cards win pro grid title; Riggs defeats Kramer [Madison Square Garden]. © 30Dec47; MP2744. Volume 21, 1948/49. 105. Jan. 2, 1948. Tojo and company await trial [war crimes trials in Tokyo]. Maharajah's jubilee [Silver Jubilee Durbar in Jaipur]. The new look in Spain [fashions in Barcelona]. Miami train wreck. Twelve pups in record litter [Doberman Pinschers in Vancouver]. French honor film executive [Joseph H. Seidelman]. Midget car for shoppers [Los Angeles]. UCLA cagers win thriller [defeat Long Island University team in New York]. © 2Jan48; MP2745. 106. Jan. 6, 1948. South ripped by tornadoes [Cotton Valley, La.]. Tournament of Roses [General Omar Bradley is the grand marshal of Pasadena parade]. Foot-bowl highlights: Michigan wins in Rose Bowl; 13–13 tie in Cotton Bowl [Penn State and Southern Methodist]; Georgia Tech tops Kansas [in Orange Bowl]; Texas is Sugar Bowl winner. © 6Jan48; MP2746. 107. Jan. 9, 1948. Truman opens Congress; calls for $40 tax cut. Marines to Mediterranean [sail from Morehead City, N. C.]. The world of sports: East-West grid classic [Johnny Lujack stars in Shrine charity game in San Francisco]; Norse skiers win meet [Art Tokle and others at Bear Mountain, N. Y.]; Golden Glovers battle [Brooklyn]. New York [state] bonus cheers vets. © 9Jan48; MP2747. 108. Jan. 13, 1948. Marshall urges passage of plan [testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee]. French movie Reds protest [demonstrations in Paris against importation of U. S. films]. Florida fashion frills [Miami Beach]. Sun Valley [Idaho] ski thrills. Spectacular air show [Miami's 16th annual Air Maneuvers]. © 13Jan48; MP2748. 109. Jan. 15, 1948. The March of Dimes. [President Truman, Margaret Truman, and Terry Tullos, three-year old polio victim, at the White House]. Save 46 from funeral ship [survivors of the "Joseph V. Connolly" reach New York]. British airliner crash [Northolt, England]. Turks to get U. S. subs [undergoing repairs at San Francisco]. General Chennault and bride. Sweater girls of 1948 [Coral Gables, Fla]. Wrestling in high gear [Madrid, Spain]. © 15Jan48; MP2749. 110. Jan. 20, 1948. The war In Greece. "Ike" urges Europe aid [General Eisenhower in Philadelphia]. Battle fire in zero cold [Boston]. Blast rips warehouse [Chicago]. Filmland aids Dimes drive. [Governor Warren among contributors]. Death on ski jump [Jimmy Henriksen dies at Fox River Grove, Ill.]. © 20Jan48; MP2750. 111. Jan. 23, 1948. Music czar takes stand [James Petrillo appears before House Labor Committee]. Rocket car hits 1,000 m.p.h. [Muroc, Calif.]. Harmonica harmonizers [Germany]. Pin-ups in the swim [Coral Gables, Fla]. World's biggest ski school [Snoqualmie, Wash.]. Strip tease on a log [Chicago]. © 23Jan48; MP2751. 112. Jan. 27, 1948. [General Lucius D.] Clay warns of German unrest. Gandhi fast brings amity. Goodwill milk ship sails [from California]. U. S. information program backed [Senator Smith and Representative Mundt explain their bill]. Octogenarian George Mobley digs for pirate treasure [in Green Cove Springs, Fla.]. Mass Chinese wedding. Diamond aces in the rough [baseball school run by George Stirnweiss at Bartow, Fla.]. Iceboat regatta [Hamilton, Ont.]. © 27Jan48; MP2752. 113. Jan. 29, 1948. Cold wave grips East [Coast Guard cutter "Eastwind" opens passage in the Hudson River]. Leapfrog barge tested [Navy's amphibious barge]. Family of nine [sheltered] in firehouse. St. Bernards by the score [New York]. "Double Life" fashions [New York fashion show]. Ski jumpers take off [Art Tokle, Arne Ulland, and others at Dubuque, Iowa]. © 29Jan48; MP2753. 114. Feb. 3, 1948. Gandhi assassinated. Canada welcomes D. P.'s [from Europe]. Photo finish in "Maturity" [Flashco beats On Trust in Santa Anita race]. Parson sets mile record [Gilbert Dodds in Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden]. King Boreas rules again [winter carnival at St. Paul]. Disputes mark Olympics [St. Moritz]. © 3Feb48; MP2754. 115. Feb. 5, 1948. 'Chutists battle snow [Pine Camp, N. Y.]. Labrador mercy mission [for villagers of Nakkovik]. French open big dam [across Rhone River at Genissiat]. Four [Badgett quads] are now nine. Large set of setters [15 pups born in England]. Ski ace [Arne Ulland] jumps 262 feet [at Leavenworth, Wash.]. Northwest iceboat regatta [on Geneva Lake, Wis.]. © 5Feb48; MP2832. 116. Feb. 10, 1948. "Ike" [Eisenhower] sees no global war. "Para-dogs" in Arctic test. U. S. third in Olympics. Charro Days Festival [at Brownsville, Texas]. © 10Feb48; MP2833. 117. Feb. 13, 1948. It's carnival time: Mardi Gras [New Orleans]; Italy festival [Viareggio]; Carnival at Nice [France]; Pirate jamboree [Tampa, Florida]. Margaret [Truman] launches ship. Snowmen sculptors vie [Central Park in New York]. Golden Glovers clash [New York]. The Lipton Cup Race [Florida]. © 13Feb48; MP2834. 118. Feb. 17, 1948. Olympic round-up [St. Moritz, Switzerland]. "Cinderella" [Eva Sears] weds oil heir [Winthrop Rockefeller]. Dewey urges plan for peace. Ice and flood menace West. Canada refinery burns [Toronto, Ont.]. © 17Feb48; MP2835. 119. Feb. 19, 1948. U. S. marks Brotherhood Week. Ice choked rivers [Washington, D. C. and Cleveland]. Pennsylvania "quads" take bow. Youngest deportee [Neils Rebholz] leaves [for Denmark]. Golden Gloves finals [New York]. Hockey battle royal [Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Rangers]. © 19Feb48; MP2836. 120. Feb. 24, 1948. Truman keynotes 1948 campaign. U. S. food for China. Floods in Andalusia. Colorful Rio [de Janeiro] fiesta. The mechanical jackass [a hill-climbing machine]. Spanish billiard champion [Isidoro Ribas]. Film star [Gregory Peck] in Red Cross appeal. © 24Feb48; MP2837. 121. Feb. 26, 1948. Palestine crisis: Lake Success [Warren Austin presents U. S. stand to the Security Council]; Jerusalem [bombs in Jewish shopping district]; at sea [Jewish refugees]. Truman tours Caribbean. Wallace and running mate [Senator Glen Taylor]. General "Ike" dons mufti. © 26Feb48; MP2838. 122. Mar. 2, 1948. Jap black market raided. Mrs. Taft meets the press. Easter bonnets take bow. Talon wins $100,000 race [Arcadia, Calif.] © 2Mar48; MP2839. 123. Mar. 4, 1948. The world crisis: Washington [Juraj Slavik, Czech ambassador resigns]; Lake Success [Security Council of the United Nations deliberate over partition and strife in Holy Land]. Premiere [of "Naked City"] aids heart fund. Irish top NYU cagers. Death mars ski jump [Iron Mountain, Mich.]. Spring training begins: Tampa [Cincinnati Reds]; Sarasota [Boston Red Sox]. © 4Mar48; MP2840. 124. Mar. 9, 1948. Canada winter troops in Yukon. Greeks reorganize army. China gets Jap reparations. De Valera arrives in U. S. Billiard champ [Willie Hoppe] wins again. Canada hails Barbara Ann [Scott, figure skating queen]. News from training camps: St. Petersburg [New York Yankees]; Pasadena [Chicago White Sox]; Los Angeles [Chicago Cubs]. © 9Mar48; MP2841. 125. Mar. 11, 1948. Chile claims Antarctic land. Celebs arrive on "Queen [Elizabeth"; Ex-King Michael of Roumania, Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Rank, Dick Button, figure-skating champion]. Records [official documents] lost in Jap fire [Tokyo]. 12 dead in plane crash [Chicago]. Hardware Easter hats [San Mateo, Calif.]. The world of sports: Connie Mack shows how [Philadelphia Athletics in West Palm Beach]; Norse skier wins meet [Arne Ulland at Snoqualmie, Wash.]. © 11Mar48; MP2867. 126. Mar. 16, 1948. Byrnes warns of Red menace [Charleston, S. C.]. [J. Arthur] Rank receives degree [from Boston University]. Film agreement signed [by Eric Johnston and Harold Wilson in London]. The world of sports: "Dem Bums" get in shape [Brooklyn Dodgers under Durocher in training at Ciudad Trujillo]; wheelchair basketball [crippled veterans from Halloran and Cushing Army hospitals play in New York]. Water skiers rush season [Olympic Club members at Seattle]. © 16Mar48; MP2868. 127. Mar. 18, 1948. The world crisis: Truman warns U. S. of Reds. UN presses Czech inquiry. A great day for the Irish [St. Patrick's Day parade on Fifth Avenue, New York]. © 18Mar48; MP3172. 128. Mar. 23, 1948. [Dodecanese] Islands returned to Greece. Scores dead in [Middle West] tornadoes. New jet fighters tested at sea [Navy's speedy FJ–1 fighters practice take-offs and landings aboard the carrier "Boxer" in the Pacific]. [Ronald] Colman wins Academy Award [for performance in "A Double Life"]. 50–to–1 shot [Sheila's Cottage] wins Grand National [steeplechase] at Aintree, England. © 23Mar48; MP3173. 129. Mar. 25, 1948. Buzz bombs shot down in Air Forces tests. Austin flays Red tactics [at Lake Success, N. Y.]. Finns leave for Moscow [for parley]. Floods peril many states from upstate New York to Midwest. J. Arthur Rank visits White House. Snowmobiles hit 100 m.p.h. in Ontario. Golden Gloves clash in New York. © 25Mar48; MP2958. 130. Mar. 30, 1948. Pope warns of Red menace as Easter is celebrated. [Easter throngs on 5th Avenue; Easter sunrise service at Glendale, Calif.; Easter egg hunt at Hyattsville, Md.]. U. S. ousts Hans Eisler. Lift stunt man by hair [Memphis, Tenn.]. Twenty-four dead in tornado [in Coatesville, Ind.]. Navy's rocket town [Inyokern, Calif.]. © 30Mar48; MP2959. 131. Apr. 2, 1948. U. S. hails Army Day. Cops nab Wall Street pickets. Young man of distinction [New York fashions for junior]. Churchill [at grandson's] christening. Bushman [a gorilla] has birthday [in Chicago zoo]. Oilers beat Kentucky courtmen [basketball in New York]. © 2Apr48; MP2960. 132. Apr. 8, 1948. Truman signs Europe aid bill. [Viscount Alexander, Prime Minister King and President Truman receive honorary degrees in Williamsburg, Va.]. Finns weigh Russ[ian] pact. Ike meets grandson [Eisenhower family]. Mountbatten in Burma. Waves lash Barcelona. The world of sports: one-legged skiers compete [in Austria]; French gymnasts perform. © 8Apr48; MP2961. 133. Apr. 9, 1948. Stassen tops Wisconsin primary. Truman sees Army parade [Washington]. Paul Hoffman named to [European] Aid post [Washington]. U. S. ships visit Greece. [King Paul boards the "Rochester"]. Fifty-one dead in Jap railroad wreck [Osaka]. Bogota parley opens. Royalty greets Mrs. F. D. R. [in London]. Prince Charles [Belgium's Regent] visits capital. Birds blacken sky [near Amsterdam, Holland]. Dixie water ski tourney [Cypress Gardens, Fla.]. © 9Apr48; MP2962. 134. Apr. 13, 1948. Coal strike ends [John L. Lewis and House Speaker Martin in Washington]. U. S. troops march in Trieste. New York—Italian "protest" parade [calling for defeat of Reds in Italy]. Navy balloon rises 20 miles [over Minn.]. Sporting highlights: Harmon wins Masters golf [in Augusta, Ga.]; Navy midgets [sons of naval families] in slugfest [Annapolis]; World's crookedest race [on inland waterway, Seattle]. © 13Apr48; MP2963. 135. Apr. 15, 1948. Revolt in Bogota [scenes of rioting and bloodshed]. F. D. R. memorial unveiled [Mrs. Roosevelt in the presence of King George unveils statue in Grosvenor Square, London]. Premiere [of "Are You with It" in New York] aids bond drive. Thunderjets in maneuvers [Bangor, Maine]. Cardinal [Spellman in New York] makes appeal. © 15Apr48; MP2964. 136. Apr. 20, 1948. The Italian election. Aftermath [of revolution] in Bogota. Ohio [River at Marietta] on flood rampage. First ERP ship sails [from Galveston]. Paris, France [Canadian ambassador distributes food and clothing]. Garden City, L. I. [food and clothing donated at the Cathedral of the Incarnation prepared for shipment to London]. White House balcony seen. Tiny tot swims underwater [11–month old Sherry Lynn Whitford in Los Angeles]. © 20Apr48; MP2965. 137. Apr. 22, 1948. 16 nations sign pact [for political and economic union of Western Europe]. U. S. subs sail for Turkey. Mass helicopter flight [Navy craft at Lakehurst, N. J.]. Variety Clubs honor [George C.] Marshall. Filmdom hospital dedicated [by Jean Hersholt, Shirley Temple and others]. The world of sports: celebs in Greenbrier golf [White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.]; 3–year-old swimmers star. © 22Apr48; MP3079. 138. Apr. 27, 1948. News from Germany [blasting of war-damaged railway station; reconstruction work on Cologne Cathedral; soccer game in Hamburg]. Scores die in train wreck [at Cheshire, England]. Dutch hail Mrs. Roosevelt. Kiddies in "appeal" parade [in New York, for overseas aid to children]. Zany hats for men shown. Texas gets warship as shrine. The world of sports: wrestling champs get tossed [Toronto]; motorcycle mud derby [Seattle]. © 27Apr48; MP3080. 139. Apr. 29, 1948. Royal wedding anniversary [London. England's King & Queen observe 25th anniversary]. Voting in Switzerland [Canton of Appenzell]. Princess [Elizabeth] gets [Order of the] Garter. French mine explosion [Courrieres]. Divers "discover" mermaid [Santa Cruz, Calif.]. Sporting highlights: thrilling yacht regatta [Balboa, Calif.]; high-wire high-jinks [acrobats in Germany]. © 29Apr48; MP3081. 140. May 4, 1948. May Day celebrated [parades in New York, Norway, Denmark, and Japan]. "Ike" [Eisenhower] arrives at Columbia [to assume presidency]. Apple Blossom Festival [Winchester, Va.]. "Citation" wins the [Kentucky] Derby. © 4May48; MP3082. 141. May 7, 1948. "Mothball fleet" ready [Navy vessels in storage at Bremerton, Wash.]. Truman lauds family unit [in talk at Conference on Family Life, Washington]. Princess [Juliana of Holland] in coal mine. Twister levels Texas town [McKinney]. One dead in [New York] gas blast. Fly helicopter inside building [San Francisco]. Chimps do spring cleaning [in St. Louis Zoo]. Olympic diving queens [Las Vegas, Nev.]. © 7May48; MP3083. 142. May 11, 1948. U. S. acts to prevent train strike [by seizing railroads]. Atom age "hands" shown [for handling radioactive material]. Middies "dunked" in drill [arriation dunking drill at Annapolis]. Mexico film studio burns [Aztec studio at Coyoacan]. Bridge collapse kills 22 [Forli, Italy]. Jap police arrest quack [at Ichikawa]. [Herman] Barron wins Goodall golf [New Rochelle, N. Y.]. © 11May48; MP3084. 143. May 13, 1948. Marshall denies Red talks: urges peace moves in UN. Churchill urges Europe union [in speech at The Hague]. Aid for starving children [through Overseas Aid Appeal]. New water repellent tried. Motorcycle hill climb [Tacoma, Wash.]. Mass parachute jump [82d Airborne Division in maneuvers in Kentucky]. © 13May48; MP3085. 144. May 18, 1948. Jews defend new Zion state [battle for Haifa; flag of new state unfurled in Washington; U. S. recognition of new state announced at Lake Success]. Paris hails royal couple [Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh]. Celebs in capital golf [tournament in Washington]. Ice queen's amateur finale [Barbara Ann Scott at Toronto]. Mr. America 1948 chosen [George Eiferman of Santa Monica, Calif.]. Citation wins Preakness. Bishop of Austin [Texas] installed [Most Rev. Louis J. Reicher]. © 18May48; MP3098. 145. May 20, 1948. Jews fight for new "Israel" state. Violence in Korea voting. Swedish girl gymnasts here. Styles up in Central Park [fashions inspired by the motion picture are shown in Hollywood]. College rodeo aces thrown [at Austin, Tex.]. Dynamite lady blown up [in Birmingham, Ala.]. © 20May48; MP3174. 146. May 25, 1948. Dewey tops Stassen in Oregon [primary to name Republican convention delegates]. Truman visits boys' school [Girard College in Philadelphia]. Navy jets join the fleet [off Newport, R. I.]. New Russ envoy arrives [Deputy Foreign Minister Malik]. New Israel president [Chaim Weizmann]. Father of 25 [C. F. Warden of Dexter, Mich.] honored. Fire damages Dutch palace. Tulip time in "Holland" [Mich.]. Canine bluebloods in [Morris & Essex] show. Track stars shine in [Los Angeles] meet. © 25May48; MP3175. 147. May 27, 1948. Marshall appeals for UN children [in address at Madison Square Garden]. Truman sees Israel president [Chaim Weizmann]. Oil well goes on rampage [in Alberta]. Sheep cross Coulee Dam. Goofy hair styles shown [in Hollywood]. Sporting highlights: Solons in baseball slugfest [Congressmen in inter-party game in Washington]. British soccer champs win [in New York]. © 27May48; MP3176. 148. June 1, 1948. Famed warship goes to grave [cruiser "Salt Lake City" torpedoed in naval maneuvers]. Oil well drilled at sea, off Louisiana. Eight die in British railway wreck. Bear cubs take first steps [in Vienna Zoo]. Drew [Pearson] draws award [as "Father of '48"]. Lacrosse thrills sports fans [Johns Hopkins-Maryland U. game in Baltimore]. Joe trains for Joe [Joe Louis and Joe Walcott prepare for title fight]. © 1Jun48; MP3177. 149. June 3, 1948. UN strives for Zion peace. Northwest hard hit by floods [scenes at Vanport, Or. and elsewhere in Pacific Northwest]. First "Marshall" aid arrives [ERP shipments in Greek and Italian ports]. Columbia honors notables [degrees given to Vandenberg, Byrnes and others]. Bumper pineapple harvest [in Puerto Rico]. German boxers in [Berlin] slugfest. © 3Jun48; MP3178. 150. June 8, 1948. Midshipmen graduation [at U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis]. Truman on western tour. Canada Trade Fair opens [at Toronto]. [New York] cops take kids for ride. Long-shot wins the Derby ["My Love" wins British classic at Epsom Downs]. Midget [auto] racers in New York debut. © 8Jun48; MP3179. 151. June 10, 1948. Vandenberg blasts ERP fund slash [by House of Representatives]. Truman goes sightseeing [during western tour]. West Point graduation. Four-hundred-dollar exemption for [U. S.] tourists [in Canada]. Third generation midget is two. Olympic divers in tryouts [in Los Angeles]. © 10Jun48; MP3180. 152. June 15, 1948. Plane [Air Forces' XS–1] flies faster than sound. Northwest greets Truman. Wedding of [King] Michael [of Rumania] and [Princess] Anne [of Bourbon-Parma]. New flood peril in Canada. Zoo chimps thrill the kids. Gala Golden Jubilee parade [in Greater New York anniversary]. Fans honor Babe Ruth. Citation wins triple crown [finishes first in Belmont Stakes]. © 15Jun48; MP3181. 153. June 17, 1948. Danish ship ["Copenhagen"] hits mine. French honor Yank heroes [shrine at Paris unveiled by President Auriol]. Puerto Rico raises [sugar] cane. Flying barnyard takes off [planeload of livestock leaves New York for Italy]. Rodeo aces ride 'em rough [at Livermore, Calif.]. Trick pistol shooters [at York, Pa.]. Steeplechase thrills and spills [at Temple Gwathmey Handicap, New York]. © 17Jun48; MP3287. 154. June 22, 1948. Republican convention; GOP leaders meet [in Philadelphia] to pick candidate. [Governor Green makes keynote speech]. UN guards fly to Zion [from New York]. Miss Press Photographer [Peggy Sullivan chosen in contest at Atlantic City]. New picture star ["Jane," a chimpanzee, arrives in Hollywood]. © 22Jun48; MP3288. 155. June 24, 1948. Dewey wins! New York governor sweeps GOP nomination on the third ballot at Phila[delphia] convention. Former President Hoover addresses the convention. © 24Jun48; MP3182. 156. June 29, 1948. Governor Warren [of California] chosen by GOP to be Dewey's running mate. [Lord Louis] Mountbatten leaves India [after retiring as Governor-General]. French tire workers strike. New "invasion" of Holland [Colorado beetle attacks crops]. Telescopic ladder shown [in England]. Water skiers "join" fleet [at Newport, R. I.]. Electric surfboard tried [in Los Angeles]. German kids' soapbox derby. © 29Jun48; MP3183. 157. July 1, 1948. Villagers hail benefactors [people of Maille, France, greet the Girard Hales of California]. [Eric] Johnston hits [British] film quota [in Washington]. Dewey and Warren confer [at Pawling, N. Y.]. Truman awards honor medals [presents Congressional medals to three World War II veterans]. Naples honors U. S. war dead. Colorful flower festival [at Genzano, Italy]. Olympic diving queens [at San Diego, Calif.]. © 1Jul48; MP3289. 158. July 6, 1948. Warship ["New Jersey"] joins mothball fleet [at Bayonne, N. J.]. U. S. Israel hero [David Marcus of New York] mourned. Prince [Akahito of Japan] visits U. S. school [in Tokyo]. $7,500,000,000 check signed [by Treasury Secretary Snyder in Washington]. Small story on a big scale [miniature auto factory in Madrid]. Kids build "junior city" [in Kansas City]. Jap swimmer [Konoshin Furahashi] sets record [in Tokyo]. Skiers beat summer heat [at Mt. Rainier, Wash.]. © 6Jul48; MP3290. 159. July 8, 1948. Allied aerial shuttle answer to Red blockage [of Berlin]. Earthquake rips Jap city [of Fukui]. President Truman honors [Simon] Bolivar [in ceremony at Bolivar, Mo. with President Gallegos of Venezuela]. Crack-ups mar auto race [in Atlanta]. Summer ski meet at Lake Placid, N. Y. © 8Jul48; MP3291. 160. July 13, 1948. Democrats: delegates convene in Philadelphia [to nominate candidate for presidency. Senator Barkley makes keynote address]. Olympic teams are selected in track and swimming. [Trial meets held at Evanston, Ill. and Detroit]. © 13Jul48; MP3292. 161. July 15, 1948. Truman nominated; President calls for special session in acceptance speech at Philadelphia. [Barkley picked as running mate]. Racing thrills: cycle classic in Holland; [at Assen, thousands witness international motorcycle speed races]. Crashes mark "midget" debut [opening of Coliseum auto track at Los Angeles]. © 15Jul48; MP3283. 162. July 20, 1948. Hero's burial for General Pershing [at Arlington Cemetery, Va.]. Anti-Truman ticket named [Strom Thurmond and Fielding Wright chosen by States' Rights convention in Birmingham]. Mediator [Count Bernadotte] returns to Zion [from New York]. World's largest blast [lifts top of mountain, in dam construction at Bristol, Va.]. "Dummy" scores touchdown [mechanical tackling dummy in football practice at Ventura, Calif.]. [All-Dixie Air Show at Chattanooga]. © 20Jul48; MP3294. 163. July 22, 1948. The world crisis. [Aerial shuttle to Berlin; Russia refuses to negotiate dispute with West]. B–29's arrive in England. General Clay here from Berlin [returns for conference in Washington]. Top U. S. Communists seized [arrest of William Foster and others in New York]. French mark Bastille Day [in Paris]. [General Lewis B.] Hershey explains new draft. Turks get U. S. submarines. Farmer Brown's "magic cell" [demonstrated at Middleboro, Mass.]. [Tiger kittens arrive at Bronx Zoo]. © 22Jul48; MP3295. 164. July 27, 1948. [General Lucius] Clay sees no war over Berlin. Progressives name [Henry] Wallace [in Philadelphia convention]. One-hundred-eighty-passenger plane [Lockheed Constitution] spans U. S. Refugees [from Latvia] flee Reds by sea [arrive in Boston]. Pope sees war-wounded kiddies [at Vatican]. Stars greet contest winner [Abbott and Costello meet Mrs. Bessie Lawrence at Los Angeles]. Aquatennial parade [in Minneapolis]. "Shooting stars" zoom [jet planes at Washington display]. © 27Jul48; MP3296. 165. July 29, 1948. Truman asks Congress to act on anti-inflation program. Canada whalers set up shop. Argentine fights locusts. Inflation hits the Army [demonstration of pneumatic weapons]. New look at the beach [calisthenic classes at Wildwood, N. J.]. U. S. riders in Aachen win. Calgary Stampede [in Alberta] a whopper. © 29Jul48; MP3355. 166. Aug. 3, 1948. 1,000 planes open new New York airport. 200 die in German blast [of the I. G. Farben plant]. Olympic games [London]. © 3Aug48; MP3356. 167. Aug. 5, 1948. The Olympic games; Yanks gain in track and swimming. © 5Aug48; MP3357. 168. Aug. 10, 1948. Highlights of the Olympics. Superforts out of storage [bombers to augment expanding air force]. Puerto Rico housing boom. Beauty reaches new heights [with all contestants six feet or over]. © 10Aug48; MP3358. 169. Aug. 12, 1948. A century of friendship [between U. S. and Canada celebrated at Niagara Falls]. [Herbert] Hoover visits birthplace. Swiss mark 667th birthday. Kids on outing at [Long] Beach. Mermaid [Nancy Tribble] displays technique. Thrills from the Olympics. © 12Aug48; MP3359. 170. Aug. 17, 1848. Nation mourns Babe Ruth. Bumper wheat harvest [in Northwest]. Latest Palestine news [Menachem Beigin returns to Irgun forces and UN truce team negotiates return of Jewish dead]. Truman host to youngsters. Kids in Soap Box Derby [Akron, Ohio]. Canoe jousting in France. Olympic heroes come home. © 17Aug48; MP3360. 171. Aug. 19, 1948. Olympic curtain falls. Last rites for Babe Ruth. Korea hails independence. Biggest oil rush in Canada. Highest dive in the world [Sol Solomon dives 128 feet]. Lassies unlimber lovely legs. © 19Aug48; MP3361. 172. Aug. 24, 1948. Joint defense chiefs confer. U. S. ousts Russ Consul [Jacob Lomakin]. "Axis Sally" [Mildred Gillars] home for trial. Outstanding daughters chosen [by All-American Congress]. Miss Canada is crowned. New fur styles take a bow. The world of sports: Cards top grid All-stars; hillclimb [motorcycle] aces over the top [Tacoma]; sheriffs hold own rodeo [Los Angeles]. © 24Aug48; MP3362. 173. Aug. 26, 1948. Mrs. Kasenkina blasts Reds. Highlights of spy probe [Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers before House Un-American Activities Committee]. Flames ravage [Montreal] freight yard. Africa hails Donald O'Connor. Five-year old [Frances Roller] water skier debut. © 26Aug48; MP3407. 174. Aug. 31, 1948. First peacetime draft begins. Red Consul sails from U. S. World Council of Churches [meets in Amsterdam]. The world of sports: Citation wins American Derby; ice stars in sparkling show [Ice Capades of 1949]; Olympic champs come home. © 31Aug48; MP3408. 175. Sept. 2, 1948. Late films from Berlin. U. S. seizes top Red spy [J. V. Peters]. Dutch hail Queen's jubilee. Town Criers' championship [in England]. Governor Green hails youth. It's Pennsylvania week [David Selznick prepares commentary for film honoring Pennsylvania]. Army, Navy and N. D. gridders out. © 2Sep48; MP3409. 176. Sept. 7, 1948. Shanghai fights inflation. Canadian National Exposition. "Ike" [Eisenhower] dedicates [General Rose] Hospital, Denver. Gala Belgian festival [Ommegang]. Babies have day in sun. Woodsmen, spare that toe [Spanish woodsmen compete in axe-chopping contest]. Tiny swimmer [Mary Michaels] takes bow. © 7Sep48; MP3410. 177. Sept. 9, 1948. Politics: Truman opens campaign; Stassen replies for GOP. Juliana takes Dutch throne. A harvest of dance rhythm [Madison Square Garden]. Thrills at the Air Races [Cleveland]. Labor Day celebrated. © 9Sep48; MP3411. 178. Sept. 14, 1948. Berlin crisis; tension rises in blockaded city. New superforts in production: Seattle [production of B–50 bombers]; Washington [top Air Force chiefs reveal rapid increases]. Pope blesses huge rally [Italian Catholic Action clubs]. Miss America of 1948 [Beatrice Shopp]. Jalopies go up in smoke [in Chicago's battle against traffic deaths]. Cowboys bite the dust [rodeo in Ellenburg, Wash.]. Gov. Duff lauds state [Pennsylvania]. © 14Sep48; MP3412. 179. Sept. 16, 1948. 200,000 pay homage to Pope. Flames rip Dutch warehouse [Amsterdam]. New luxury train [20th Century Limited] takes bow. Mrs. America of 1948 [Maria Strohmeier]. Government honors [Pennsylvania] railroad. Mathias "Youth of the Year." Gay nineties festival held [Newport, R. I.]. Giants claw Bear gridders. © 16Sep48; MP3413. 180. Sept. 21, 1948. Count Bernadotte mourned. Truman and Dewey campaign. Jet [F–86] sets new speed mark. Marshall flies to Paris. The world of sports: Bears scalp Redskins; International Tuna contest [Wedgeport, Nova Scotia]. © 21Sep48; MP3414. 181. Sept. 23, 1948. Hurricane lashes Florida. Truman and Dewey go west. Bernadotte rites at Paris. Mexico marks independence [138th anniversary]. Movies aid Greek children. Aviation in the news: Air Force birthday; Flying Tiger Air Circus; "Parasite" plane tested [McDonnell XF–85]. © 23Sep48; MP3442. 182. Sept. 28, 1948. Truman and Dewey seek votes in California. 18,000 airmen attend reunion [Madison Square Garden]. Children pledge peace [commemorating 130 years of peace between Canada and the United States]. Foot