-1
una
...
i
a -t tit e
)
p . axes,
, ... . Kiev, espltal of the Ukraine, retaken
The year began with these im-. by Russian.
. . - ; 7 British Eighth army advances to It-
portatlt events: aly. taking" eight towns.
11 Nazis scuttle ships, blast Installation!
January 'to block harbors of Leghorn and Pe
1 Russians capture Velikye ls Russians capture Zhitomir, Important
LukL great railway center. rail center ot southern front; Chinese
. 'forces report gains along Yangtze
8 78th Congress convene. river.
,.,. . . . IB Greatest raid tn history Blasts Bar
23 British troops enter Tripoli, i. drDDin s.soo tons:
capital of Libya.
.29 Advancing Russians
u,mi, wa,i anrhnp
Voronezh, wail ancnor.
'Unconditional Surrender-
,
agreement ot Casablanca
conference announced.
wHTre
January
1 Russians recapture Velikye Lukl,
railroad center.
4 U. S. Department of War Inform.
... tion announces 81.128 service casual-
11 U. . planes based In Africa bomb
Naples, uaiy.
19 British only 40 miles from Tripoli.
13 British enter Tripoli, Libyan capital.
IS Voronezh, big Nazi stronghold, falls
to Russians.
' to "Unconditional Surrender" agree
ment ot Casablanca announced.
February
.
"
IfaVing'rtr'u" SalXcTrS
mrtorJaMne'se attacks tosSomoS
major Japanew attacks in boiomons
S-AUled headnuarters establish epa-
rats ft. 8? command fwNorto Afa.
S-Last Jape withdraw from Guadal,
CanaL
14- Rostov and Voroshilovgrad Captured
by Russians.
U-Russiana Uke Kharkov. Important
base.
15 Cruiser Chicago Is unk by Jape;
. T a T T.n .kin.
1 28 U. S. flyer raid Klika in Alrrtians.
March ; ' w .
S Rshev retaken by RusilanSk
. 4 Allied bomber destroy Jap convoy
".
; 11 British Uack Mareth Hn In Tunisia.
ox a nip.
i ii juncncu lurcca him w
i nisia. '
20 Chinese check Jap drive in Hupeh-
Hunan region.
! 24 Advancing Russian retake Ablnsk
and other town near Smolensk.
So U. S. and British troop advance la
Tunisia.
1 31 British take Matoula and two other
clUe In Tunisia. . , f
. April
. a TThlnea retake Chuchlachuan.
S Allies bomb Naples, Kiel. Antwerp,
, Brest.
17 Bremen and other north German
cities bombed In "blggert raid."
SO Ruaalan-attack on Kuban front
21-Japanese executo O. S. flyers.
23 U. S. Naval force occupy Funafuti.
tsiBT"1f, southwest racine. ' '
, iy
S L Gen. Jacob Dever i named TJ. S.
I commander of European theater.
' T Blxerte fall to Americans; British
!. first army Uke Tuni.
; 14 Last resistance ends In North Africa.
1S-U. S.. bombers raid PanteUerla. Italfc
I M ..411. ana.i In nsaltratntl
an toland fortress. ,
30-Jape admit loss of Attu. 1
w-.-.l. A 1 - aluA Aa.!... ATilaMB
.a-a. .Uu. u-. --.
linn .
' . ' al' . .
. 9 Curtln says Invasion danger past m
i .Australia.
11-Pantellerla. ItaHaa Island fortress,
! surrender.
12-Lampduia, fortified lUllaa laUnd.
capitulates;
lS-CMneae recapture Sungtae, port dfy.
1 18-Chinee charge Japs us gas.
17 RAF bomb Cologne.
30-U. S. forces land on Retutovs, ta
ttolomons. - .
i I1,
'July,, -
l-Rendova taken b, O. ..forw.
! 8 Ruaaiana
launch offensive on' 180
mile front; U. S. Navy battles Japs
I on Boiomons.
lz tintisn capture nyracuse.
ta U. S. trooDa enter Palermo.
.
-
AmeriuNiis uuvq ih.ihut, ipo.a.
Mim;nl.TN1 HKRTf-NS. KTNG EM-
UAWirirT ACQlTMir.Q nfiVITRNMFNT.
27 Italian peace negotiations begin.
to. -- i
Ancmst
. w ,
1 1 IT. S. plane bomb Pioestl refineries.
'. 4 Russians Uke Orel; British capture
i CaUnic, in Sicily. ., 1
a Americana occudv Munda. In Solo
mons. '
11 Russians drive Into Ukraine. ;
17 Allies enter Messina; Island of Vela
, Lavella In Solomon token. t
lSReslsUnce end on Sicily. .
SI U. 8. and Canadian troops occupy .
S4 Quebec conference on tear pUns
' ends.
SO British Admiral aiounmanen maoe
clilef of Allied Southeast Asia com-June
vl?n.,f:. -..k- t...,. K.d .r.
, w
chor. ,
' September v
sJap withdraw air bass from New
I x Aiuea rorces mvaae mauuaira e
" I Iiy near Regglo Calabria.
1 t Aliie capture Palml, Dellanova.
a ITALY SURRENDERS UNCONDI
i TI uMALLY; Stallno, Steel center,
fane to Russians.
I SBrltluh troop take Tsranto; Great
i t Allied raids strike northern
I France.
' inr;.-. main seize Rome.
11 Ames take Salerno. , Italian fleet
i surrenders.
, it Sxiiimaua falls to U. S. and Aus
tralian forces.
, ja Novarosmlsk recaptured by RuKiang.
4Nnri ir.Mins evacuate vorsica
1 i liiulsh take Foggla.
October '
i l allied forc'as take Nanle. SS days
afifr landing ai oaierno.
S Aus'raiinn troops capture Jap base
at ms.-iiiiA.en, new uuma.
8 1 ,!d of Cnriira, In Mediterranean,
. la ticed of Nan, ,
13 Italy formally declares war on Car
many, By action ot Premier loar-
shal Badollio.
14 In great raid 'on Schwelafurt, Qer
many, important ball-bearing fee
torie are destroyed, at a cost el 90
Flying Fortresses.
23 Melitopol,' key city of German da
tenia In foutb Ukraine, tails to Bus
sians. 35 Russian troops recapture Dneprope-'
trovik, Important Industrial city. .
19 U. S. and New Zealand troop land
on Treasury Islands. In Northern
Solomons. , : ,
November
S U. 8. marine Invade Boufaltivffl Is
land In northern Solomons. -
4 RAF planes drop more than 1,000
tons of bombs on Dusseldort, Ger
minT.
IS Another huge air attack .smashes Ber
' ' Un. One-fourth of city said to be
take) . razed. , .
Makln laiana. memoer ex vmom
. w . combined
forces. -,J.,nH(U' L
SB Russians rip 87-mtie-wide gap tn
Nall UnM mTth & comet
ST Marine take Tarawa, one of Gilbert
inland, alter "toughest fighting" In
' their history.
30 British Eighth army bents through
Nazi lines In Italy, approaching Rome.
December
I RAF end
n a hnrnhara continue
massive raids, bitting Dusseldorl ,
President Roosevelt meets Witt
Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek tn
Cairo, Egypt. Agree to "strip Japan
nl her stolen eoiDlre."
gRoosevelt,
" . IT .v,.r.r ir.n. r..ch "com-
Churchill ana sunn .
plet agreement on meaaures to
crush Germany": U. S. Jiaval task
force raids Marshall Island. ,
7-Chlnese admit loss of Changteh. In
portent cny in - rice nowi.
a Turkev nromlsea Allies au "aid
ortofTOTchine. Capture
rhK
n. ... . UH.M h
SSks'Wil SHn 411-3?
dg 4 000. Mine Workers s gn two-siroon. st-iob Montgomery outpoint Beau
mg Roo11evelt, turning from tract w U, 'l J'"'? Jack to gain lightweight title.
conference, visits Malta and Sicily. &Effi 5KI?t?! I .
lJAmcan plane raid Greece: U. ' , - ,
iVwBriUlnSla'nd. IhgthVt eSroCent must reach SO-Gunder Hagg outrun Greg Rice
2,: TMSiiTchhffl stricken bv 81O00 by end of 114; Coffee rstlonlng win 8.000 meter race.
IIK - Prhne M "il ended by OPAr Blue NefwoTk olss-rranclaco Segura wtna NaO Col-
j"""0"-erman bom leglate tennis title, defestlng Tom
United Nation merchant ships. , . Brown Jr.
17 American Sixth army lands at 'Are- August . IS Whirlaway, year old race horse,
we. on New Britain ialand, southwest . R weena New York, result. retired. ,
Pacific.
JanuarT
. . ... .. . .
eastern states; Fuel oil ration re-
. duced 28 per cent.
U-U. 8. and Britain rettnqutah extra
territorial right in China.
'it-npi t. orn eellinn at armroxl-
b.- ia..a nave tnarlnaa and
be, inducted Into navy, tnaiines and
coast guard as well as army, an
nounced.
FebrnarV .
- "
aNaonal Income tn 194S was ni..
824.000,000 aa compared with 994,
' oov.vw.wu in ivei.
. t-Roev.lt order. 4S-hor.work week
Vw- rHnnL aflaattva
minimum in janor snonage uw,
March 1
iSecriurv of Axricultura WkdUrd
"JuVnenda wheatouota
rapjoos wai -. ,
lfarch .
J"
. '"
r leFTifi.taaeM S Imialt.
7-Draft classiftcaUon "4H"
KawtWeeaefl Sal SUsfd 1A MVdKl.
jj ;xteriuon7 to July. 1944.
alffhed bv.Preaidant. -
24 Establishment of naval base at Case-
blanca announced by navy. .
tr.ler n.vla named too4 ehlaf.
jga -critical ahortage ot doctors H
Mioiln ." an OWi survey rkveala.
Anril
P2L . a. i.w
S-Prtsldent moves to
By raecuMye orfer freexlng Wafas
' and forbidding war workers to eianae
41 02 a bushel to 91.07 .
tiJiblll nTntlrS 'toenatloa dWH
seas.
limit to' rise to'SW bilMon doltor,
v anri a rirtar ranaallne the SlS.OuO net
1 11 I. U 1. u4,luuft
President' a els-nature.
- -rr
w - "e.,M'n. ."-"STk"-
oem vimavng ui asejuvw.
Qt u. n,iira At United Mine
lininn r.Mtt IraaUaail
" Roosevelt's order; U. S. reak re
lauoua wtw
Maw v
' . , . .
Federal government takes . evet
closed coal mines.
S-Presldant Roosevelt womotos .
armv officer to rank of general.
SJ - 4 - nurvniii imTn w n..imwi
war conference.
IS Merger between Western Onion and
Postal Telegraph Is announced.;
SO - NLRfl approve .eight Oant aa bout
raise for more than a million ana
S7 Machinlats' union, with 8oS,0"0 I
bars, withdraw from the AFL,
S-4Jnited Netlons fc)d.eonerenc ends.
i rai mmara ot me umna
lain
. r.or. !iJr. .k J I A nil.. -
S A aftermath of Lo Angeles "soos
77it" riot, the entire city Si da
nlared out of bounds for DJVT DOT
. . . a. i
onnei.
-riiii "
come taxbul..
SI Riot In Detroit between white and
.. , eolered mobs are sunpreesed by Jed
eral troona. e' er more tian M honij
of diaordwr. Twenly-nlne klhad, , M
lniure-l; Coal miners Swlke lur third
time since I v 1. .
S3 Prenliif.it noosevelt thren s
oran sirmera in u. -ii
A eewial anaatlMtio for e la -
birin 1 retwiwd tavoiwy iiam
i..iiimnra.
SB-JuiKe K-anrln Jnna wMed Chee.
ter Davia aa war aoea mim.iiia
i. .1...
S0-iive senator Trmlned to trilt w - tW
. ... ...r n
..rs ana r-i. i on u. o. ni.'T
AliK-s; b.m'-e on New YoiK eamaase
reach a uuee-year nign.
JtUV
1 House reiecta amanilment to Ia'W
Federal Security b.il, ti.i' y
. eft funds tor hattonal soudt aa
2 preiaeni : ewcaua wuv, ja-The War ManpowW Commllflon e-Hrold McSpaden defeat " Buck
among Allies, s tres ' the supreme tabllihes new Ust of 1 CTlUcal oo-TWhltI1.y b , ,,kl) to wln Mi-Amerl-.
; necessity of punning what la to - cupaciona for first priority to draft can golf title; Patty Berg takes
come after the war. - ,- deferments. ' women's UUe.
a78th Congress convene; amoel jeThe army must be raised to 8.200.008
?.VlJZ3X LhJtJZ August . . ; ,
THE YEAR'S TEN
BIGGEST EVENTS
SELECTED Byi BATJK&AGB
(WNU Wublmttf CtmMpomdtM.)
I MILITARY:
(a) Russian summer-fall oflen-
. slve.
(b) Paeflo offensive (Attu, New
5 nines, Solomons, GU
irta). (e) Italy surrenders.
(d) Air offensive against Ger-.
man cities.
II DIPLOMATC.
(a) The four-power eonferences
(Moscow-Cairo-Teheran).
(b) Formation at the TJNRRA.
III DOMESTIC:
(a) Passage at the Connauy
Resolution.
(b) Administration moves to
right (OPA, food Adminis
tration, War Mobilisation,
Stabilisation, Ebonomie
Warfare);
(e) Republican political fains.
(L Congress revolts against an
ti-inflation program (snb
sidles, reduced tax bill, res
olution favoring railroad
' wage Increase).
IstraUon; President Roosevelt gives
last minute reprieve to Max Stephen,
sentenced to death for aiding escape
' of a Nad flyer.
7 Gen. Henri Glrand. French com-
mender of Northweei Africa, arrives
In Washlngtoh.
18 The Board of Economic Warfare la
abolished, and It function! i trans-.
ferred to the fn,:
fi -r. T
nameo general manager sa we mi
- of PriceVdmlnlstreUon.
IS wono uvgeai pipauna. m. duj
Inch." running from Longvlaw,
in. dcam at Ave nainoea. and tn-
Juries to 800; Drafting of pre-Peari
Harbor fathers set to begin da Oo
tober 1.
June personal Incomes totaled US,
162,000.000, a new record. .. ..
IS Gaaollna ration In Midwest and South
west reduced from four to three
kbuum uv. vwv". i
- : announce.
SS xhe Guffey Coal Act, passed tn 1937.
to iUblUie coal prlceiT expire. Ne
mov made to renew It
' "f
Vtth 1.310 Jananesi. to tie exclfanisd
for 1.2S0 American at Goa, Pertu
- ges India:
ndla: Churchill and Rooeevelt
In Wsshlnftoh.
n Jotters, director of the aa
comer i
A William
Churchill asks Aiglo-American aUV
tion'a ruDDar nrosram. resixna.
. ...
tWSJVSS3 iJX
. v" "v , ""
Drive for 18 billion dollar third war
loan opened by. presidential address. SO The New York Yankees take the""1"" . , ... .
14 CdL William Coleman 1 convicted American League pennant for the 10 Poet and author Stephen Vincent
by a military court for drunkenness -, 14th time. Benet, 44, Pulitzer prize winner with
. ' "John Brown s Body."
moted to eapUlncy. 'October : ' 20 Former governor of. Illinois, Frank
-U. 8. casu.W foUl 1M,S0B. OWl ..., ho,.n ,rt.ndln. Lnuu O. Lowden, 82.
, . revesi; av.iu oeea, m.xwi wouno-
M. B,u missing. pnsomrai
Ren. James curler, aiae.. ana nve
, other Indicted en charges of having
accepted retainer fees to obtain war
l7Pre,ident Roosevelt reports to Con
areaa en Qua bee jionf ereneeL .
contraot.
m1 ...... .mi. A .i.e .k
ffu draft quoUs, and state delay k4
drafting tauter will prolong war. ,
rtr.rune falhera will nrolone war
sa-gtYo TAtioir stomp becoming
Nowmberl. musl lartS ntoa.
SSEdwart Stertlniua jr"mofrom
UnTtosse edlKtrVtor tooeed
sunuasrwSailul
.- Jumtow wmm V .
-m
n.t. '
October .
aTre. aft. lor ten and a baK
billions In new tax revenue.
a U.. n 117 .. ITninn . M.al
Telegraph companies la completod.
. -r jl ti .
'JTXZZZ: .T-lVKSEJSraL.''SS:
"""'""S'""-"."
inai aoor unions nava a ojurai rv
sponslblllty nat to strike tawkrUme.
11 American Federation of Labor
to take United Mine Workers back
. wot
.. r". , , ,. u.
IP I II1IU Wtaa MMia VBBIIB husu an a via
Hon doUar by nearly four billion.
SO The 48-hour week for war Industrie
j, oxtended to 39 snore localities.
is zincuiteel nannies are to be diaeon.
t)nyea Treasury aniwinoes.
m u M.t .mi. li s
President by War Labor Board.
S9-Jam and jellla ar placed on ra
tloned list, ether items raised, a taw.
towered? ' Tr.
,. t . .
November ' '
1 Federal goyernnvent seizes 3.0 001
mum iu wiwu mini nmm
Elections of varlou itate and na.
ttonU official, reveal Republican
. . . .
sawa-uiiiiu auuivi nuiana au.iu w vy
turn to work as president John Lewis
accents 'new wage agreement, giving
KusVtorW-noir
a unt nnatiu.. iMlLnMHM
i. n other nation, in to 8. .
t-nnnn ""v'-i""s iuuu wna
relw-t wa fl,:raae oftered by emar-
g,oy coinmiuee; Bernard Baruch la
n,HJnted I Ciurf bf a new unit el the
Cnni-e of War Mlllraiion.
10 t'inal Ii.or l.e.n.na Board hs
Wiwam Dav cava board w.Udl..r
fo wage atebtUaailna trorafn; tier.
bar! unma u .no,. .. a o
.. y" - -
and hahabliiiatloo Adri,..iratf"n.
13 Pil'rned Japan'-a at luie 1 ka,
Calif., stage a.m.. -r demor.stra.wn;
. U. : 9- ' '"'",11.1 ui'l..i
j - , "
1 -n ' .
- j V J '" ZrzfZa !?J
h n n a.4.L.a Biun V...1 ravavi
i ,,.,. ,.
to t
. of d"l'r )
i w eofi.-.nr.
j .,-,,-y r . . , i t-i .be t.-e 09
1 t .uc L .lfciovr ooninuasloa
M f j
SJ '.' " ""mst e-rtensloa f soa
iwiitf iui - ,
December
ra.jlM iiiia ms mAMA tt
nr ceftit.
4-ArmywiU u7e zS.OOO offlcers. i SSSPJi ,l
duclne total to 62S 000. . S175,000 at Fort Riley, Kan. i
t-Biggfflt V7 S7bueshlp. the 4S.O0O. lt-preadjng floods to Mississippi val
ton Wlsconlln, U taunched. ley take twelve live, and leave
16-Noh-operating rafl worker get sen-' 108,000 homeless.
ato approval for eight cent per hour S4 Death toll In flooded region of lower
raise. , ' Mississippi valley reaches 17, end
11 Senate military committee plans! 160,000 are estimated to be without
graduated discharge pay for service-; shelter,
man, ranging from S204 to fS00. ,
IS President Roosevelt returns to capl-'June
. tal: senate eommittee vote to retain m . .. L1 t
tnaA auhildlea fbr SO davs ! 6 Wavy reports 84 men killed when aa
nJm-A mwnteea kfwerlna ol meat re. ! ammunition ship collide with tanker
""liJr i " Port Arthur' Tex.
tion points. . f v
January
; Ntw Year's Day football results:
Rose Bowl-Georgia 9, U. C'L. A. 0;
Sugar Bowl Tennessee 14, Tulsa 7;
Oringe Bowl Alabama 87, Boston
College SI; Cotton BtfwW-Texas 14.
Georgia Tech T; Sun Bowl Second
Air Force 13, Hardin-Slmmon 7;
Kaser Stadium East AU-Stara 13,
Weat All-Stars IS.
1T Ted- WUllam. formerly of Boston
It iDodges sign Cooney, Waner, Slsleri '
vankees get mick amen. .
February
SO-Willlam Cox. New -York sportsman, gpourteen persons are drowned In a
PuTV elll5. Ph,llile.for. ."flash" fiSod In central West Vlr
about $230,000 from National League. ' tlnim
i."".1." iilsrw" to mang PhU f-Twenryne miners are killed In gas
adelpbia ball club. explosion at Sayreton, Ala.
Hf--U 30 Twenty-nine persons are killed and
Warcn ISO injured In wreck of crack Dela-
13 Greg Sice runs fastest S miles at ware, Lackawanna and Western R.
K. OI V. men, in e:n.T.
IT Philadelphia team win the Golden
Glove championship In New York.
IS Detroit win national hockey league
title. , ,
SO Cornelius Warmerdam set new pole
... vault record of IS feet, S Inches.
. -i
April .
. . H . w the Boston
SnV. M to SptSi thVStanlS
cm -
UmJ
f
1 Count Fleet wins Kentucky Derby,
:
J"1
S Patty Berg defeats Dorothy Klrby
for Women's Western Open Golf
ChamDlonahtn.
10 Gunder Hagg establishes ' 8:53.9
im.ri..n mvni tn miiae
U American League team wins annual
Au-oiar aame. a w a.
a Ryder Cup golf team, captained by
Craig Wood, defeat Walter Hagen's
. Jeem. " .
9Howard Schenken win the contract
brida maatar'a chamnlonshlD for
o i i i . ,i ii
...""S l"v"raH" u"
"
gerjtember
oepiemoer
t Lieut Jot
Joseph Hunt Uke the nation
ai .amateur tennis enamnionamn.
IS-Th. St. Louis Clnals'defe.f the
--
Sfi1.. iSfSTSL.
m vuv w,j vuvw muu-
lnai In professional football opener.
- rrMniim won Tos Tokt 49 for a
ITr;. Trf" rVI New yi
r.T
Yankees won 98. lost (8, for a per Anri1
centoge of .838. Apm
Columbus, O.. American Association 23 Luren D. Dickinson. 84, .former gov
toam. defeats Syracuse, N. .Y., In ernor ot Michigan, foe of "high life."
JT .h..i l..a. ,n .Bhtii M Mai. C.n Robert Olds. 46. com
"Utile wona aeries
'Utile world aeries" title. -
,?l?S.wi.W 1
aid Series, defeating
TiS. S
'. Cardinal, four game to one. .
a-pf4 iwuege ign wo-year connraci
manage Wahlngton Senator, and
Leo P"rocier signs to run Dodgers
" .
I
November .
I S-SUnley MustaV 8t Loula Cardinal
outfielder, named most valuable play
ar in National League.
SSSJSSSLi "?Z. J
S American atrcaguo.
, ot Southern California and the U.
of Washington chosen lor Kose howl
U-B.au Jack regains lightweight title.
mointlne Bob MonUomer
.Tra, t . Hrt. ilotr. An. Ma.
"-fft "ttZMS:
- ... '
nnr.mt,e-
.. Au. t -i-
i mi siaiii uvai as waia vwi-aaa aaw swr
ball championship. ...
IS Ned Day regains nue a jui-atar
National Bowling champion. . . .
January ' ',
aFlre kUl six and Injure 100 In Chi
si-Thirty-nve Americans die when a
transpori plan crasnes m ine jungle
ea-SS?; rirWlTwish and nine
- BtiiHn.m lllltrh fll 4 n
ether army men die in m amy
5nspon pi.n inai cam sows near
. rinmainn jaisi.
gl-Twentyilght person die tn sanltor
.;. S i Lfiiii. ,
taint nr In Seattle. y
. V ' .
feDnury ; ." .
ia;ignteen lose uvea wnen a uoeraior a Patrick Nash, 0. political leader ot
bomber crashes In NewfoundUnd. Democrat In Cook County, HI.
A Twanty-elffht die when four engine 11 Samuel H. Church, 86, president. Car
, "bomber crashes aflame into a pack negie Institute. .
tng plant in SeatUe. Wash. SO Ben Bernle, S3, band leader. ; . ,,
aj-'yinkee Clipper crashes and links UTT , -T
ttvm river, LUbon, Portugal. November '
' . . ; .nviwunv. . .
Marth '-1 " .. . ...
... ... .
s Nineteen bodies recovered In coal
mine disaster at Bdar Creek, Mont.
attfiiwl waters anraad over a wide
area in Georgia. Mississippi, Ala -
sum ana Louisiana, nuoui au
. ramnma hv RH rvnaa.
. f
i s
ADrLi . -. '
j-omha airport and village of Carter
i.k. Iowa, flooded when Missouri
nve, dike break.
,aa,- a.a Senuta Prawned, and
tl'raa missing, when Cabin cruiser
juunders off Long Island.
, , ,
May
f
JiixpiOBion ana nre in muiuuom pun,
13MaJ. Gen. William Upshur, Capt
Charles Paddock, both U. S. M. C
officers, and four other persons are
, killed In Navy plane crash near
Sitka. Alaska.
1 17 Three soldiers who became lost In
I desert maneuver near Yuma. Ariz.,
die of thirst.
SB Hurricane sweeping over Texas Gulf
, coast kills 13 persons. Damage esU.
mated at 10 million dollar.
- "
AUEUSt '
, , ,
1 Ten persons. Including Mayof WU-
, Mm Baker and Mad. William Robert-
srvu uiv wucn niiiiy auuci viataviacss
j S Five Negroes killed, more than 600
I white and colored Injured in race
rioting in New York city's Harlem
, a. tram uw najruuia, n. a.
c , ,
Septemoer
Hlehtv nerinni killed and 177 Inlured.
when Congressional limited of toe
. p.nnsvivania R R ! derailed near
: Philadelphia.
7 Tweritleth Century Limited train of
New York Central R. R. la derailed
near Cinastota, N. Y.. killing three;
Houston. Tex., hotel fire take lives
...
17 Explosion of depth charge at the
naval Air siauon, nonouc. vs., laxes
25 Uvea. About 250 are Injured.
10 i Twenty-five soldiers die when Army
n . . .
.October
:-Crash ot airliner 47 mile west of
Nashville. Tenn.. takes 10 Uves.
fSSTSemded'oflplto
when two Jankers coUlded off Palm
Be,cn-
NoTe.mhrr
lOVemDer
ri g, jhlldren dl In farm home fire
near Chicago.
. .
JJeoemfcCT
U Twenty marine killed, 29 injured tn
Hawaii when collision of navy plane
releases bomb.
18 Sixty-nine killed, 60 Injured In colli-
slon ot two fast train near Bule,
N. C, Forty-eight ot the dead were
servicemen.
January
- VmtJL, Minti,t Dr Georse
WaThtoxtoSfcsree? TB
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President, emeritus of Harvard V
drew s. itowan. no.
as-Alexander Woollcott. 88. "The Town
Crier" of radio, author, criUc, play-
wright, actor.
February'
- n . ...... , , an i
-ftrwlrT exec'utiv..
(ivia leaner.
19-Lynn Overman. 85. comedian.
IT.l.
xe-james a. rarreii. ov. preuueiu
uniiea wies owei corp.
; mander of the U. S. Second Army Air
aorce. ,
it-MaJ. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua. 68. chief
0f Infantry In U. S. Army 1928-32
SO-Adm. Henry A. Wltey, 78. Pacific
1 fleet commander, 1927-29.
iSO Edsel B. Ford, 49, president of Ford
'
trine
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in aibbk. . . . .
16 Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, noted hla-
torlan and Harvard U. professor,
at 88.
at So.
S3 Rear Adm. Nell E. Nichols, 83. for
mer commandant of Boston Navy
.: Yard. , -
July
w ... nT. ea... 7
owumb "'B'V- . I .
S7 Rev. Ernest Lynn Waldorf, 87, bishop
of the Methodist church, Chicago
29-Opera star Marl Gay Canatello, 84.
August
1 President of China,
Lin Sen, TO,
scholar ana artist.
in I jam ueii. wuiiam m.
commander of two division la World
21 Dr" wtUlam Lyon 'Phelps, 78. of
univer V
SeDtemDer
"
0-Former ambassador to Poland, John
oS-.ffi ml - - .
ehYtanni of tht T Navy General
. v .
SSSx
SI British
Slr KlB
: .
Roard.
Itlsh Chancellor oi the Kzcnequer,
Klngsley Wood, 82.
October
r
.(--Dr. 'Jesse O. Buuttwa. eVe0Pg ef
pneumonia serum, si e. :
si Rep. J. W. Or Her (R. Penn.). i
22 Ren. H. B. SteagaU (D. Ala.).
-
December v
.... .
11 Marvin Mclntvre. 88. tar SO rears
ecretary to President Koov.t, at
... n..i.i...n.
. 5",P1,T
10 E. C. '"Billy" Hayes, 89, well-known
track coach ot Indiana U.; the Rev,
Dr. William A. Brown, '77. Presby
terian minister, one of founders of
World Council of Churche.
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The year drew to a dote with
these important events: ,
December . , '.
1 Roosevelt, Churchill, Chiang;
Kai-shek pledge to strip Japan
..of imperlalistlo gains. ;
. ; . Exchange ship Orlpsholm ar
rives with 1,223 American re
patriatea from Far East.
2 Fathers' draft bill delays dor.
tnf absence of President
18 President Roosevelt returns to
America folio wing Ovo weeks'
diplomatic trip, f)
17 Army a un dunce successful
landing on Japanese base la
New Britain. '
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