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Chronology II *1946 || *? 1 " 1 northeast Tex as kills 28. In jures hundreds, many are homeless. 15?Explosion In coal mine near Welch. W. Va.. brlnfs death to 14. Inlurle* to 22. 15?All 17 persona aboard airliner die when plane catches Ore and crashes near Cheshire. Conn. 17?Ten bum In. death la apartment house Are tn Kansas City. Mo. Sb?Mate hangar at Oklahoma City. Okie., airport bums. Wiling U>. Injuring ML Sb?Airliner strikes Elk mountain la Wye mlhg. All 21 on board die. February 1?Thirteen elderly people burn to death in Cleveland home tor aged. 4?liner Yukon breaks up in storm off Seward. Alaska. Two reported deed. 31 missing. March 5?Airliner hits Laguna mountain in Cali fornia. All 27 on board die. lb?Seven killed In crash of B-29 near San Francisco 17?Tornadoes sweep Alabama. Mississippi end Georgia with death toll of seven. lb?Army transport explodes over Sierra Nevada! In California, killing If on board. April 7?Tornado kills four In Annlston, Ala. SS? Forty-four killed. 100 Injured when train crashes rear of first section in Neper vllfc. HI Sb?Destroyer escort blows up while unload ing ammunition at Earle, N. J., killing 7. injuring 169. May lb?Two navy bombers collide near Munson. Fie.. 2t die. lb?Twenty-seven killed tn air transport CTasb near Richmond, Va. Sb?Army plane strikes New Task City sky scraper. killing tlx army personnel. June b?LelaDe hotel fire tn Chicago takes 91 Uvea, greatest disaster tn U. S. hotel history. t?Fire tn Dubuque. Iowa, hotel caueee 10 deaths. ~ Electrical storm tn Massachusetts kills 10 persons. IS?B-29 crashes Into pesk near Gatllnburg, Tenn., killing IS army personnel. 17?Tornado along U. 8. ? Canadian border brings death to 14. I January i?Tornado In July g?Holiday weekend destha total 331, mostly traffic casualties. Id?Natural gas explosion In Busard's Bay. Mass.. kills 9. injures 60 I*?Army plane crashes In storm near Good land. Kens., killing 11. August 1?Navy bomber falls back after take-off. killing 11 at Ban Diego. Calif. 9-11-99 tember crashes tn Long Beach. 3. leaves 1.000 It?Tornado rips through Minnesota, killing 7 at Mankato, injuring 00. September B0?Six crewmen die in explosion and fire on tanker Bennington outside Wilming ton. N. C.. harbor. ?g^Tratnjrreds near VlctorvUle. Calif., kills October B?Grmih and explosion of B-39 bomber near ?MBi moon la in. Nov. kills 1L >?Overseas afrhneT strikes hill near ite pbeovtOe., Newfoundland, killing all M persons aboard, tn worst disaster In commercial aviation history, g?AirUasr crashes at Cheyenne. Wyo.. klU fhj i Injuring 10. 17?Afr Transport service plane crashes near Laramie, Wyo.. killing 13. November g?Flood waters of Neches river recede et Beaumont. Tex., after extensive damage to rice crop and 1.000 homes. |g?-BoOer explodes In school at Baroda. Mich . killing One. injuring It. Storm forces air liner down near Sun land. Calif.. 11 die. Colorado bnxxard causes 19 deaths, ex tensive livestock loss December 7?Greatest hotel Are tn history kills 199. Injures 100. tn Atlanta. Ca. 19?N. Y. tenement collapses, with decth toll of 97. Eighteen men. Including 14 soldiers, killed In train crash at MansAeM. Ohio. *W\ Jenuery l-'Bowl" football scores: Alabama 94. K CablornlS M: Oklahoma A A M 19. 8L Mary's 19; feast All Stars tie West All Stars 7 to T. EV Bobby Biggs retains world professional tem^fNIe^ beating Don Budge in Lee Febhitrr 17?Alf Bngeo becomes American ski cham (^oteP ?* 236 ,Nt at St<amboat 19? Lee Omi credited srlth knockout over Qua Leeahrtch. world Ught-boovywolght champion, to ooo-tlUe flight tn New York. March ri?r^?rua?jy?? o? rgoyq. wtw o. '?ttMrmSnb aimtku HM!Q ??SWIom, AIM takn National CM [April I ? CIQ.N? ANt ??,. W BSE If?Big league baseball season opens. At tendance at all fames hits 236.7)0. larg est to history for opening day. May 4?Assault wins Kentucky Derby, paying S 10.40. 17?Taml Maurlello beats British heavy weight champion Bruce Woodcock In New York. If?Indianapolis Speedway motor race won by George Robson, averaging 114.02 mph. ? June If?Lloyd Mangrum wins National open golf tournament In Cleveland by single stroke over Byron Nelson. If?Heavyweight champion Joe Louis retains title by knocking out Billy Conn in eighth round In New York. * 22?Cleveland Indians ball club sold to syndi cate Including Bob Hope and Bill Veeck. July f?Pauline Bets wins women's Internation al tennis CTOwn at Wimbledon. England. 20? Herman Barron takes All-Amerlcan open golf tournament In Chicago. August f?Pittsburgh Pirates ball club sold to Blng Crosby and three others for 02,250,000. September 14?Stanley Bishop takes national amateur golf title at Springfield, N. J. If?Joe Louis knocks out Taml Maurlello In first round to retain heavyweight title. If?National league pennant race ends in tie for first time In history, between Brook lyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. October f?St. Louis Cardinals defeat Brooklyn Dodgers In three game playoff to take National league pennant 7?San Francisco beats Oakland to win Pacific Coast league playoff aeries. If?Cardinals take Anal game of world series, beating Red Sox 4-2. to capture pennant. O? Buster Taylor outpoints Beau Jack In up set Sght Ln Newark. N. J. November t?Annual draft of minor league baseball players begins. f?Army and Notre Dame play to score less tie tn biggest football game of year. 22?Stan Muelal voted moat valuable Na tional league player. 22? Bob Montgomery, lightweight champion, knocks out Wesley Mouaon tn Philadel phia. 2f?Army defeats Navy. 11 to if. December f?Marcel Cerdan. French middleweight champion, wins decision over George Abrams ln New York. If?Chicago Bears win National Football league title. January 1?President signs 160 1 '"fM" 1 million dollar vet housing bill. 4?Ceilings on froth citrus fruits re-Imposed to counter Hidden Diict rite. 38?National Intelligence authority created to coordinate all govarnmcnt lntalll- . fence units overseas IS?Meat-packing workers return In 134 gov ernment-seized plants. February 1J? Harold L. Ickn rain. II MCreUry o( Interior, following dispute with Presi dent. IS?Four-week U. 8. steel strike ends. 13?Office of Economic Stabilization re-estab lished with Chester Bowles at head. IS?Julius A Krug. former WPB chief, ap pointed secretary of Interior. March 1?Presidential order re-opens all public lands to homesteadlng. excepting those with uranium deposits. S3?W. Aver ell Harrlman becomes ambassa dor to Great Britain. SI?Army superfortress makes first non-stop flight from Honolulu to Philippines, covering 5.633 miles In SI hours, 40 min utes. April I?Strike of 480.000 soft coal miners begtns. 7?Balanced budget possible this fiscal year. declares President. S3?Army announces discharge of seven mil lion men since demobilization began May IS. 1843. 18?Army-navy munitions board plana sur vey of nation's caverns for underground Installations In case of atomic war. 18? Farm prices bit highest level since July. 1880. May IP?Coal mine operator! accept two week ?'truce" offered by miners, as coal short age begins to affect nation seriously. 13?President signs "stop-gap" draft exten sion bill. S3?Emergency bousing bin signed, provid ing 400 million dollars for building mate rial subsidies, a billion dollars for home mortgage loans, priorities for veterans S3?Railroad strike paralyses transporta tion. S3?Railroad strike ends while President Is asking congress for power fee draft rail 38?Coal strike settled with raise of IStfc cents per hour, other benefits. June 8?Fred Vinson appointed chief Justice el 88?Federal debt limit reduced from 300 bO lion dollars to S7I billion. 38?President signs bill extending draft lor nine months, age brockets 13-44 President vetoes modified OPA bOL 88?Navy conducts first experiments at Bikini tofoon; atom bomb dropped on fleet of T3 old vessels. Five ships sunk. 43 damaged, whole area charged with dangerous radio-active rays. July 1?OPA controls suspended II?National Farmers' Union president James Patton. says his organisation "has broken wKh Truman." 13?British loan MO signed. 16? Draft caile restricted to 18-36 group. 18?Labor bureau's Index goes up Ml per cent since July L Cattle sell at all-time hifh of $25 73 a hundred pounds 88 Pi salient reluctant* signs new OPA MIL calling U Inadequate Atom bomb exploded under water to navy's testa, sinking 18 battleships. 1 carrier. ? submarines and 8 small craft, damaging others. August 1-President vetoes bffl on ownership of tide lends otl fields; signs atomic energy control act. 8?Congressional re-organization bill signed by President. 14?President signs MH lor Formers' Boms corporation to handle agricultural loans. S3?Department of agriculture eesee grain ^ controls. mm anal report urges prupnrodMas for qridk September 1 !"? MR in?ih il Maws 18 Top Ten Spot Newt Stories of 1946 (As illicit J by union11 wttkly fditort in PublisherY Auxiliary poll.) Republicans iwttp into power in tint ond congressional tltctions. Twtltit top Nszit sentenced to bong si end of Nntrnbtrg Iritis. Wtlltct tsktd to resign from ctbintt, following speech on foreign policy. Peril pence ptrlty meet!, with 21 ne lsons represented. Preiidenl vetoes new OPA; ell con troli end ei lew diet. Navy detonetei etom bomb et Bikini In two teat: tbird cemctUed. s V. S. sends demands to Yugoslavia over deetb of five fieri. Notion-wide roil strike endi when Truman tiki laws to drtft striken. Btnecb tells frit meeting of V. N. etom group tbel world feces pence or destruction. Kidntp murder of Suzanne Degnan, six-year-old Chicago child. enlisted men. 4?War department clean Garsaon fro up of manufacturinf plants in defective shells caae. 4?Maine Republicans win all major offices. 14?U. fi. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reports no bank failures in 1MB, first time In T6 yean. B?Henry Wallace forced to reslfn as secre tary of commerce by President, as after math of speech favorlnf Russia. W. Ave re II Haniman, ambassador to Great Britain, appointed successor. 90?Secy, of Agriculture Clinton Anderson refuses to remove price ceilings from meat October 1?Marine engineers (CIO) and marten, mates and pilots (AFL) strike, tying up all shipping. 11?Draft cancelled for rest of 1946. 14?Meat released from all controls by Pres idential order. 17?Army announces all 1946 draftees will be released by Jan. 1. 91?Air Line Pilots association calls strike of 1.400 TWA pilots, first of its kind; ask ton salary of 115 000 23?OPA lifts controiafrom all foods and beverages except rice, sugar, syrup and molasses. 94?Cosmetics, drug sundries and many oth er Items decontrolled. 14?President names David Lilian thai to head atomic energy commtasslon of five men. 29?Masters and pilots end strike. 91?OPA closes 1.642 local price boards, as hundreds of items are freed. November 9?President announces 48 Estonian refu gees will not be deported. 4?Republicans sweep elections, win con trol of house and senate. Big city Dem ocratic organizations lose heavily. State and county offices throughout nation go to Republicans. 9?United States Intends to retain control of former Japanese Islands won by American arms. U. N. assembly told. 11?President Truman pledges co-operation with GOP congress. 19?Army and navy ordered to dismiss 99,400 civilian employees by Jan. 1. 14?U. S. and India sign M-lateral air trans port agreement. 14?Republican steering committees an nounce plans for 80th congress. Main points: Lower expenditures, reduced taxes, elimination of all federal controls, new labor legislation, limitation of Pres idential term. 91?Nationwide strike of soft coal miners be gins. 90?Restrictions on use of grain terminate. December 4?Wilson Wyatt houstng expediter, resigns after controversy with RFC. Army extends "draft holiday" through January. 4? ICC approves freight rate Increase add ing billion dollars to shipping costs. Smh January 7?Kidnapping sad murder of six* ? year-old Suzanne Degnan In Chlca* i co atarta nationwide manhunt Si?Contact with moon by radar achieved by ! army experimenter*; beam reflected In Si second*. February S?Television In foil color demonstrated In Hew York. March 1?Awards by Academy of Motion Pictures: Best picture. "The Lost Weekend"; best performances. Ray MlHand In "The Lost Weekend" and Joan Crawford la "Mil dred Pierce." April 1?Great sefsmle wave In Pacific sweepe coast of N. America. Hawaiian Islands report 200 deed, many missing. 10 mil lion dollars damafeTAlaaka also hit ??Oklahoma City first community to Insti tute city-wide rapid-treatment drive on venereal disease. , IS?American Chemical society announces elements iS and II Isolated during re search on atomic bomb, completing peri odic tabic. May ??General Motors Corp. puts In claim for ?SM4.0M In carry-back adjustments of income taxes tor first quarter, blaming tosses on strikes. 12?New record tor (tight between Hawaii and U. 3. set by LX Col. Robert Gould la B-22. making Journey la 7 hours. 14 minute*. June 2?Mai. Hans Hornboetel denied permission to live with wife In Carvtlle. La . leper colony, but la allowed Is visit her 12 hours a day. ??Delbert Sprouee. It. weds Mrs. Mettle j Large. Tt-veer-old widow. In Louisa. Ky. She has 46 grandchildren; la wealthy by local standards. n-rum star Constance Bennett marries fifth husband. CaL Tberca Coulter, la Riverside. Calif. July i-Musfteal show "Oklahoma!" breaks lang est rua is laid with 1.406th performance la New York. ?-Public heeNb w^ka reports were! polls Augutt ^QPtrssit^xtsss 10?Fifty Negroes injured in race riot la Athens, Ca. Sixteen persons later In dicted. 15?Micro-wave communication is demon strated in transmission of facsimile mes sages between New York and Boston. SO?FBI reports 13 per cent rise In crime in first half of year, compared with first half of 1049. greatest increase since 1030. 30?Bendlx air race won by Paul Mantz. flying 3,041 miles between Los Angeles and Cleveland at speed of 439.0 mph. September 0?William Helrens of Chicago sentenced to three consecutive life terms for mur der of three persons: Suzanne Degnan, 6, whose body he dismembered and hid; Miss Frances Brown. 33. and Mra. Jose phine Rosa, 43. 0?Motion Picture association bans "The Outlaw," Howard Hughes production. 17?Protestant Episcopal church House of Deputies approves liberalized canons on remarriage of divorced persona. 35?On*. Wiled. many hurt in race riot In Philadelphia. October 16?Cattle prices on Chicago market hit rec ord high at $30 23 a hundred pounds. 13?New York City school board rules there 1 is no regulation against recitation of the Lord's Prayer. In response to protests. 33?Band leader Artie Shaw and Kathleen Winsor Herwlg. author of "Forever Am ber." married In Mexico. 31?Cotton exchanges reopen after having been closed for thfrdtime in two weeks; Prices down $90 s bale since Oct $. November 1?Moil powerful atom-smasher In world, 104-inch cyclotron, completed at U. of California. 3?Cure for brucellosis In eattle may be near In new vaccine, announces Mlchi can State college expert. 6?New operative technique disclosed to frfecUvSTh* 1 rt? 10 baLbles" 13?Soap prices rise 90 per cent General Motors increases prices $100. 13?Report sharp decline In patronage of taverns because high cost of living ab sorbs income. 15?Raincloud turned to snow by six pounds of dry Ice pellets dropped from plane. 17?Robert Scott In broadcast over San Fran cisco radio station expounds atheistic views; station flooded with protests. 20?New York City license commissioner threatens to revoke license of any movie theater showing "The Outlaw." December 4?Landlord, may legally bar children from living In their properties. Ohio Su preme court rules In authorizing eviction of veteran and lamtly, 11?Army rocket plane tested at HO miles per hour. Eventual apeed to be 1.700 mph. January r ??Georf? J. (Slim) Sum ? mervme, n. mm co 29?H.rrr L. HopWn.^^cr to Frank lin D. Roosevelt. j February 8?Edward Phlllipo Oppenhelm, 79, noted fiction writer. 1 4?Adm. Richard H. Leigh. 71. former U. 8. fleet commander. * 8?George Arils*. 77. stage and screen actor. ? March 9?John Cardinal Clennon, 83, Catholic archbishop of St. Louis. 21?Vice Adm. Howard L. Vlckery. 83, for mer vice chairman of U. S. maritime commission. 99?William J. MacDonald. 75. former con gressman from Michigan. 91?Martin Davey. 61. former congressman and governor of Ohio. April 1?Noah Beeiy. 62, film star. 8?Alvtn V. Donabey, 72, former senator and three times governor of Ohio. 11?Rep. William O. Burgtn. 67, congressman from North Carolina. 92?Harlan F. Stone. 73, chief Justice of U. 8. and former attorney general. May 19?Booth Tarktngton, 76, novelist and play wright 29?John E. Erickson, 83, former senator and governor of Montana. 29?Sen Carter Glaas. 96, long-time mem ber of congress, once secretary of treas 20?Joseph M. Patterson. 97. publisher of New York News. June 12?Sen. John H. Bankhead. 72, member of senate since 1920. 11 liaj. Edward Bowes, 72, showman, spon sor of amateur hour on radio. Charles Butterworth, 46, comedian. 22?Willism S. Hart 75. cowboy film star. 29?Dr. Howard H. Russell. 96. founder of Anti-Saloon leagus. J?iy i . 19?Sidney RUlman. 89. CIO union leader. 24?Arthur Gould, 99. former U. 8. senator | from Maine. [ 27?Gertrude Stein. 72. author with uniqus experimental technique. August , 7?Tony Lazzari. 42. former star second baseman on New York Yankees. 15?Col Edward Bradley. 98. long associated with Kentucky Derby. 17?Channlng Pollack. 95. essayist and playwright 20?Fielding (Hurry Up) Yost. 75. famous football coach. 94?James C. McRernolds. 94. former U. 8. Supreme court justice. September ! 11?Mrs. Ida 8. Eisenhower. 84, mother of General Eisenhower. 21?Miles Polndexter. 79. former senator from Washington stata. October 4-Bernar Eh (Barney) Oldfleld. 66. tamed pioneer auto racer. Gilford Plncbot, 81. twice govern** of Pennsylvania. 12?Gen. Joseph W. (Vinegar Joa) 8tflw*n. ] 63. hero of Burma campaign. 17?Adm. RussaO Waaacha. 00. former coast ! guard bead. 5-Phimpa Goldsborough. 91. former sena tar and governor of Maryland. 29?Maj. Gen. Charles Martin. 92. former i congreaeinan sad govsraoi of Oregon. November 1 ??Thonuu L BtDaj, M. pjl.mjl tl Hk ?? ? . B-Uni ta. n. M **mtry .iw.lli. u7 political ma ] December U-P-?. ?y. n. hmmm l ? I w?jm I a. m aataS - ^ Communist government .sign truce temporarily halting civil war. 19?Iran asks U. S. security council to Inter vene In dispute with Russia. 27?Newly elected president of France, Felix Gouin. meets with cabinet for first time. February i 1?Hungary becomes republic by vote of National Assembly. 6?U. N. shelves Greek dispute. Involving ! Great Britain and Russia. 9?SUlrn announces new five-year plan for j 11?Jap General Homma, perpetrator of Ba- I taan "death march." sentended to death ! by U. S. military court. 22?Argentine President Peron accuses U. S. embassy officials of espionage. 22?Mutiny among native troops in Nether lands Indies army assumes serious pro portions. 27?Spain closes border on French side In retaliation for similar action by France. March 9?U. S. state department protests contin ued Russian occupation of Iran and seiz ure of booty in Manchuria. 16?Situation in Manchuria "extremely crit- t leal." says General Marshall. 17?Most of Russian troops reported with drawn from Iran. 18?International monetary conference ends j session at Savannah, Ga., after creating I World Bank and Fund. 27?Russian Delegate Gromyko walks out of U. N. meeting in tiff over Iranian mat ter. 29?UNRRA officials report epidemics of bubonic plague, smallpox and meningi tis in China. April 7?Arrangements begin to place British mandated Tanganyika, Togoland and the Cameroons. and Belgian-mandated Ruanda-Urundi under 0. N. trusteeship. 14?All-out civil war rages In Manchuria, Chinese Communist general says. 25?Chinese Communists take over Harbin, Manchuria, as Russians evacuate. 20?Plot to assassinate General MacArthur uncovered in Japan. May 1?May Day parades halt work In many S. American countries. 19?Fighting breaks out in Iran, with central government troops attacking Russian ] backed forces in Azerbaijan province. 10?Secretary Byrnes, reporting on Paris | foreign ministers' conference, indirectly j blames Russia for meager accomplish- j ments. 24?All Russian troops withdrawn from Iran, say Soviet officials. 19?Arab league opposes further Jewish im migration into Palestine. June 1?U. N. security council reports Spain a "potential menace to peace" under franco. 14?Atomic energy commission meets for first time. Baruch. U. S. delegate, says, "It is either world peace or world de struction." \ 19?Russia demands destruction of all atom ic bombs and exchange of data. 19?Hungary moves to check terrific infla tion spiral. 19?Truce in Manchuria expires, fighting re commences. July 4?Philippines republic proclaimed. Presi dent Truman pledges continued U. S. aid. 5?Polish mob beats 36 Jews to death, in jures 40. 9?Philippine government battles Hukbela haps uprising, 200 killed. 15?Canadian officials find huge spy network operating from Russian embassy. 17?General Mikhailovitch executed in Bel grade. Yugoslavia, as alleged traitor who collaborated with Nazis. 22?Revolt sweeps Bolivia; 260 killed, in cluding President Villarroel. 19?Paris peace conference opens with 21 nations represented. January 10?Chinese National gov * ernment and Chlnesa AUgUSt 13?"Unscheduled Immigration" of Jews Into Palestine halted by British. 13?Turkish government rejects Russian pro posal for joint defense of Black sea straits. 11?U. S. demands Yugoslavia release army fliers forced down, and satisfaction for deaths of five others shot down or August 19. Riots In Calcutta, India, quiet down, leaving death toll of 3,000 In Hindu Moslem strife. September I?Greece votes 70 per cent In favor of re turn of monarchy, headed by George IL II?Russian Delegate Gromyko calls pres ence of U. S. warships near Greece "in sult to Greek people." 18?Civil war reported in northern Greece. 14?Stalin spikes persistent rumors of new war threat. October I?Nuernberg war crimes court finds 19 of 32 high Nazis guilty, sentences 13 to hang. 7 to prison. 10?Italian peace treaty draft approved by Parts peace conference. Russia objects to clauses on Trieste. 14?Peace conference adjourns, after approv ing treaty drafts for Romania, Hungary and rinland, all over Russian protests. 10?Ten of Nazi war criminals hanged In Nuernberg prison. Hermann Goerlng commits suicide by poison, cheating hangman. 31?United Nations general assembly opens session In New York City. U?Stalin seeks to quiet fears of Russian aggression. 10?Molotov urges general reduction of arm aments. including outlawing of atomic bomb. November 0?* Cease-fire" order Issued In Java and Sumatra by Dutch. British and Indo nesians. II?Russian ambassador to U. S. demands that Britain give Palestine independence or U. N. trusteeship. 13?Churchill charges Russia Is "so war footing." 10?New members of U. N . Afghanistan. Ice land and Sweden, take seats H French Communists make large gains In election. 37?General MacArthur freezes aD assets of Japan's 10 wealthiest families. B?Russia agrees Is U. N. tospsctioa of armaments. December 1?0. 1 nnd BrtUk mere. Germ.a H.IM economical!y i?"BU Toot" nations at 0. N. ure. an inset trestle, lor Italy. Romania. Han gary. Bulgaria and Finland. IS?Ctrl! war breaks out la Iran as ssml aatoaomous Ascrbatjai mibu battle. 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