CHRONOLOGY
of 1947
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January
1 ? Five killed when DC-3
transport crashes near
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1? Transport plane falls near Carmel.
N. J., killing 3. injuring 20.
12 ? Airliner crashes near Galax, Va.,
killing 18 of 19 aboard.
13? Fifteen miners die in gas explosion
in coal mine in Nottingham, Pa.
30? Tornado sweeping through Alabama,
Tennessee. Arkansas and Missouri
kills 20.
February,
18 ? Twenty -one killed. 128 Injured when
train plunges over 150-foot embark
ment in Allegheny mountains near
Altoona. Pa.
20? Explosion of tank In electroplating
factory in central Los Angeles kills
15. injures 158, demolishes area half
mile square. m
March
25? Worst mine disaster since 1928
takes toll of 111 lives in Centralia,
111:, explosion.
April
2? Explosion in fireworks plant In Clin
ton. Mo., kills 10.
9 ? Tornadoes rip through Texas Pan
handle . and Oklahoma, killing 138."
injuring 1,000. Woodward, Okla.,
hardest hit, with 84 dead.
16? Most of Texas City, Tex., destroyed
by enormous explosion when freight
er. loaded with nitrate fertilizer, ex
plodes in harbor and sets Are to
docks, oil tanks and factories. Fire
rages for three days. Toll; 400 kill
ed. 3.500 Injured.
29 ? Tornado destroys Worth, Mo., kill
ing 14. Another twister kills 9 in
rural northwest Arkansas.
May
6 ? Outbreak of infant diarrhea In Phila
delphia area causes deaths of 27
babies.
29 ? Forty-two killed when DC-4 airliner
crashes after take-off at La Guardia
field. New York. Seven survive.
30 ? DC-4 airliner crashes near Ft. De
posit, Md.. killing all 53 on board.
Two crashes rank as worst ?ir dis
asters in U. S. history.
31 ? Tornado strikes Leedy. Okla., wreck
ing town, killing 6.
June
1 ? Tornaoo kills 35 in farming section
near Pine Bluff, Ark.
9 ? Mississippi river floods lowlands in
norther1! Missouri, southern Iowa
? and Illinois, forcing 22,000 to aban
don hemes. Seven drowned at Ot
tumvva, Iowa.
13? All 50 on board DC-4 airliner killed
when i! strikes mountain near Lees
burg, Va.
22 ? Flash flood drowns 11 in Cambridge,
Neb.
July
3? Tornado kills 11 near Grand Forks,
N. D.
13 ? Chartered DC-3 transport plane
crashes in swamp near Melbourne,
Fla., killing 21. injuring 15.
29 ? Explosion wrecks beauty shop in
Harrisonburg. Va. Ten women killed.
30 persons injured.
August
8? Four aie when chartered plane dives
into chimney of gas plant in Ever
ett, Mass. ? -
September
3 ? Labor day weekend takes death toll
of 456, compared with 457 in 1946.
11 ? Twenty killed when excusion boat
blows up at Pittsburgh dock.
20 ? Hurricane sweeps in over southern
Florida, crosses Gulf of Mexico,
strikes Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas. Toll: 100 killed, many in
jured. property loss of 25 to 30 mil
lion no.ldrs.
21? Flood following hurricane drowns
37 In New Orleans area.
29? Fire on New York City Dier results
in injuries to 144 firemen, five mil
lion dollar loss.
October
24? Fifty-1-.vo killed when transport plane
crashes In Bryce Canyon, Utah.
25 ? Forest fires in Maine kill 17. destroy
many homes. Fires rage throughout
northeastern states.
26? Transport hits mountain in Alaska,
killing 18.
November
13? Army plane hits Mt. Spokane, Wash.,
killing five men.
21? Nine naval personnel killed, two
saved in crash of bomber in Pacific,
100 miles southwest of San Diego.
Calif.
December
9? Army plane crashes near Goose
Bay. Labrador; 23 die, six rescued.
11? Two passenger trains collide head
| on near New Braunfels, Tex., killing
I two. injuring nine.
I 12? Army plane burns and crashes near
Memphis, Tenn., killing 20.
13 ? CAB tabulation shows 1947 toll of
274 fatalities in mishaps Involving
scheduled airlines.
" E A T II S
January
5? Ovington E. Weller.
84.. former U. S. sena- |
tor irom maryiana.
7? Charles S. Woolworth. 90, one of
founders of store chain.
11? Eva Tanguay. 68. famous vaudeville
actress. *
20? Andrew J. Volstead. 87, former Min
nesota congressman who introduced
1919 prohibition act.
26 ? Grace Moore, 45, opera, radio and
screen star, in air crash.
27? Paul P Harris. 78, founder of Rotary
International.
February
3? Adm. Marc A. Mitscher, 60. hero of
both World Wars.
6? O. Max Gardner. 64, U. S. ambassa
dor io England.
12? Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan). 50. film
star.
15? Harr? K. Thaw, 76, wealthy playboy
who shot Stanford White.
March
9- Mrt. Carrie Chapman Catt, 88, wom
an suffrage leader.
William C. Durant, 85, founder of
General Motors corporation.
April
7 ? Henry Ford. 83. auto manufacturer.
18 ? Benny Lei. ard. 51. former world
lightweight boxing champion.
20 ? King Christian X of Denmark, 76.
24- <W ilia Cather. 70. famous novelist.
May
4? Martin J. Insull. 78. brother of Sam
uel and hir. *elf a utilities magnate.
16 ? Sir Frederick G. Hopkins. 86. bio
chemist wh . discovered vitamins.
27 ? Brig Gen. Lvans F. Carlson. 51. ma
rine hero. !eader of "Carlson's raid
ers."
31? Adrienne Aiv.es, 39 actress and radio
commentator.
June
11 ? David 1. Walsh, 74. former U. S. sen
ator and governor of Massachusetts.
12 ? Jim Tullj, 56, novelist and screen
writer.
July
12? Rep. Joseph J. Mansfield. 86. Texas
congressman since 1916 and oldest
member of house.
26 ? Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 94. Presi
dent Truman's mother.
August
4 ? Gipsy R. Smith. 87. noted evangelist.
21? Sen. Theouore G. Bilbo. 69. U. S.
senator from Mississippi. 1935-47.
September
20 ? Fiorello H La Guardia. 64. former
congressman from New York state,
mayor of New York City and direc
tor general of UNRRA.
October 1
17 ? Arthur Hyde, 70, former secretary
of agriculture, former governor of
Missouri.
30 ? Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon, S2.
November
4 ? John G. Win ant, 58, former ambas
sador to England.
22 ? James J. Davis. 74, secretary of
labor. 1921 30.
December
t? Dr. Nicholas M. Butler, 85, president
emeritus of Columbia U.
Joseph T. Ryerson, 67, steel mag
nate.
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January
1 ? Bowl football scores:
Rose Bowl. Illinois
45. U. C. L..A. 14;
Sugar Bowl, Georgia 20. North Caro
lina 10; Cotton Bowl, Arkansas 0,
Louisiana State. 0; Orange Bowl.
Rice 8. Tennessee 0. Shrine game.
West All Stars. 13. East 9.
21 ? Bob Feller. Cleveland Indians push
er, signs contract calling for $80,000
plus bonus for 1947 season.
25 ? Gil Dodds runs Knights of Columbus
mile in Boston In record 4:09.1.
February
2? National Collegiate Athletic associa
tion bans running shift among foot
ball rule changes.
12 ? Charles Trlppi, pro football star,
signs to play baseball with Atlanta
club.
21 ? Hank Greenberg signs with Pitts
burgh Pirates for $60,000.
28 ? Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight
champion, knocks out Billy Fox In
title bout in New York.
March
12? Martin Ortiz takes bantamweight
title from Harold Dade In Los An
geles.
15? Willie Hoppe retains world three
cushion billiards championship.
Ted Edwards and William Lingel
bach win U. S. court tennis doubles.
22? Joseph Verdeur sets new record for
220 ? yard breaststroke. 2:16.4 in
Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming
league.
25 ? Utah defeats Kentucky, 49 to 45. to
win National Collegiate basketball
title.
29? Gil Dodds runs fastest Indoor mile.
4:06.8 in Chicago.
April
9 ? Commissioner Happy Chandler sus
pends Leo Durocher, Brooklyn base
ball club manager, for 1947 season.
15?? Joe Baski, American heavyweight
fighter, defeats Bruce Woodcock.
British champion, in London.
Baseball season opens. Brooklyn Is
managed toy Burton Shotton.
28 ? Texas U take top honors in Drake
relays in Des Moines. Iowa. Illinois
leads in P??nn relays in Philadelphia.
27? "Babe Ruth Day" observed at all
ball parks in U. S. and Japan.
May
3 ? Jet Pilot wins Kentucky Derby In
2:06 4/5; Phlanx second. Faultless.
third.
4? National women's senior A. A. U.
championship swimming meet in
Seattle won by Crystal Plunge club
of San Francisco. Ann Curtis takes
individual honors.
17? U. S. golf team regains Walker cup
at St. Andrews. Scotland.
30? Mauri Rose wins annual 500 mile
auto race at Indianapolis with aver
age speed- of 116.3 miles.
June
3 ? Honeymoon sets new world record
for seven furlong race of 1:21 4/5
minutes at Hollywood Park. Calif.
Lloyd Marshall of Cleveland knocks
out British light heavyweight champ
Ion in London.
15 ? Lew Worsham wins national open
golf title by one stroke at St. Louis.
18 ? Harvard rowing crew defeats Yale
In historic race at New London.
Conn.
Ewell Blackwell of Cincinnati Reds
pitches first no-hit game of season
against Boston graves in Cincinnati.
21? U. of Illinois retilr.s National Col
legiate Athletic association champ
ionship in meet at Salt Lake City.
29? Betty Jameson wins U. S. women's
open golf title In Greensboro, N. C.
July
8? American League wins All-Star base
ball game in Chicago. 2-1.
16? Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale
to win world's middleweight boxing
title.
21? Schooner Dolphin II wins California
to-Hawaii yacht race In 11 days,
1:04 minutes. Sloop Cara Mia cap
tures Chicago-to-Mackinac race In
39 hours, 5:46 minutes.
29? Gus Lesnevich. light heavyweight
boxing champion, outpoints Taml
Mauriello. heavyweight, in non-title
bout tn New York.
August
4 ? Ike Williams knocks out Bob Mont
gomery In Philadelphia to become
lightweight champion of world.
\Z? Victory Song sets new world record
for trotters by running mile In
1:67 3/5 minutes, In Springfield, 111.
21? D. l^e Brtiun of Dallas. Tex., wins
firofesslonal North American clay
arget championship in Vandalia.
Ohio.
22? Willie Pep retains featherweight title
bjr defeating Jock Leslie in Flint,
College All-Stars beat Chicago Bears
pro football squad in Chicago. 10-0.
Top Ten Spot News
Stories of 1947 ( ,
(As selected by nation's weekly edi- .
tors in Publishers' Auxiliary poll.)
Taft-Hartley act keynotes turbulent
labor picture.
Marshall plan, inclstding 221/2 bil
lion dollar outlay, marks V. S.
effort to rehabilitate stricken Eu
rope.
Tanker explosion and fire wreak
havoc in Texas City, Tex., with
death toll of 400.
V. S. -Russian disputes bold spot
light in United Nations' quest for
world peace.
Britain grants India long-sought
freedom; rioting and bloodshed ?
Prevail. i
Governorship dispute flares in Geor
gia, with M. E. Thompson as ul~ '
timate victor.
Telephone strike ties up communi- j
cations over widespread area. i
Price inflation staggers domestic \
economy.
Marriage of Britain's Princess Eliz ? |
abeth brings royalty into lime - i
light.
Truman Doctrine and Grei o-Turk
ish aid mark revised concept in
foreign relations.
September
1? American Davis cup team defeats
Australia to retain cup.
5? N. Y. Giants pro football teams
beats Eastern College all-stars. 21-0.
? In New York City.
7? Minor league baseball season ends
Jersey City leads International
league. Kansas City, the American
association.
22 ? Brooklyn Dodgers clinch National
league pennant. New York Yankees
win American league flag
27? Armed beats Assault as nation's top
race horse. Compete in $100,000 two
horse race at Belmont Park. N. Y.
28 ? Ben Uogan wius International golf
tourney in Chicago.
October
6? New York Yankees win W-jrid series.
18 ? Army's record of 32 football games
without defeat broken by Columbia.
November
8 ? Notre Dame defeats Army, 27 to 7.
14 ? Billy Fox defeats Jake LaMotta by
technical knockout in New York.
20 ? Brooklyn Dodgers buy St. Paul chib
of American Association.
December
9 ? Joe Louis retains heavyweight title
in split decision over Joe Walcott.
6? Notre Dame beats Southern Califor
nia. 38 to 7.
13 ? College of Pacific defeats Utah State
35 to 21 in Grape Bowl grid game.
noMKSTir
J. January
6 ? President Truman
emphasizes five maj
or proDiems ? strikes
business monopolies, housing, taxes
and agricultural prosperity? in an
nual "state of the union" message
10? President submits budget totaling
37 Va billion dollars.
21 ? Gen. George Marshall succeeds
James Byrnes as secretary of state.
February
10 ? U S signs peace treaties ending war
with Italy, Bulgaria. Hungary, Fin
land and Romania.
12 ? U. S. and Canada agree to continue
wartime collaboration for "peace
time Joint security purposes."
28 ? U. S. cooperates with Mexico in cam
paign to control hoof-and-mouth. dis
ease outbreak.
March x
6 ? U. S. Supreme court finds John L.
Lewis and United Mine Workers
guilty of civil and criminal contempt
in coal strike of November. 1946.
12? President outlines "Truman Doc
trine" on Europe and blartfs Russian
aggression.
18? Cash wheat hits 30-year high of $3.05
a bushel in Chicago.
19 ? Georgia supreme court rules Mel
vln E. Thompson is legal governoi
of state.
31? Many war power acts expire auto
matically. including selective serv
ice. CPA controls on steel, resins,
textiles, solid fuels administration,
transportation restrictions of ODT,
* and others.
April
7? Telephone workers launch nationwide
strike as 3*0,000 employees of Bell
system leave jobs.
9? David Lilienilial confirmed as head
of Atomic Energy commission after
heated senate wrangle.
21? President warns of Inflation dangers
and pleads for voluntary price cuts.
May
1? Round of threatened strikes In steel
and heavy manufacturing industries
settled by raises of 10 to 15 cents iter
hour.
14 President signs bill to eliminate most
portal-to-portal pay suits.
20? -Last major telephone workers' strike
ends.
Newbury port, Mass., merchants
abandon voluntary price cut cam
paign.
24 Navy accepts new jet-propelled fight
er plane, carrier-based XF2D-1, with
speed of 600 mph.
June
1? Commission on universal military
training Issues stern warning on dan
gers of swift annihilation In atomic
war without a huge army, extensive
defensive organization.
11? President reasserts doctrine of main
taining world peace by helping weak
nations.
17 -House falls by two votes to override
presidential veto of Income tax re
duction bill.
23? Taft-Hartley bill becomes law as con
Pess overrides presidential veto,
resident signs rent control bill con
tlnulng modified controls until March
1, 1948.
July
18? Senate sustains presidential veto of
income tax reduction bill.
President signs presidential succel
?ion bill placing speaker of the house
first tn line.
25 Sixty wartime emergency power*
endeo and termination dates set foi
124 others.
26? Bill approved to unify armed force*
27 ? Jatnes Forrestal appointed to newly
created post, secretary of nations
defense
Eightieth congress ends first session
August
10 ? William Odom of Roslyn. N. Y.. files
around world in record 73 hours.cov
ering 19.645 miles.
11 ? Sensational Hughes investigation by
senate committee probing army air
plane contracts suddenly adjourned.
September
1? President and Mrs. Truman visit
Brazil on 20-day goodwill mission.
14 ? Army imposes complete ban on
news of biological warfare develop
ments.
28? Farm income soars 11 per cent in
past year while operating costs Jump
16 per cent, department of agricul
ture report discloses.
October
2 ? Food conservation drive launched
by President.
10? First war dead arrive at Ssn Fran
cisco.
23? President calls congress for emer
gency session on November 17.
24 ? Distillers begin 60-day shutdown to .
save grain.
30 ? U. S. justice department files anti
trust suit against 17 investment
banking companies.
November
4 ? Democrats regain state control in
Kentucky by electing Earle C. Clem
ents governor.
8 ? President's advisory committee says
U. S must give Europe five and
three Quarter billion dollars in aid
in 1946.
13 ? Gov. Earl Warren of California en
ters Republican presidential race.
17 ? Congress convenes on President's
call to deal with European aid. in
flation.
20 ? Charles Luckman resigns as chair
man of citizen's food committee.
25 ? Robert E. Hannegan's resigns as
Sostmaster general; succeeded by
ames A. Donaldson, former first
assistant.
December
5 ? Ten movie writers, producers and
directors Indicted for contempt of
congress in Red probe.
11? Secretary Marshall denounces Rus
sian slurs on U. S in London.
12 ? Open congressional investigation of
grain speculation of Edwin Pauley,
army department official.
PANORAMA
January
15? Ford Motor company
reduces prices on pas
senger cars 10 *ou
In effort "to halt insane spiral of
mounting costs and rising prices."
23 ? Potato growers authorized to dump
20 million bushels of low-grade pota
toes stored under government price
support plan.
February
4? Largest narcotic seizure In nine years .
made in New York when federal
agents find $250,000 worth of heroin
in possession of U. S. seaman re
turning from France.
7? Coldest temperature ever recorded
on North American continent. 81 de
grees below zero, registered at Snag
airport in Canadian Yukon.
16 ? Survey shows average teacher's sal
ary In U. S. is $37 weekly, and 350,
000 teacners have left schools Since
1940.
March
16 ? Margaret Truman, the President's
daughter, sings on radio In debut
with Detroit symphony.
April ?
6 ? Tuberculosis death rate in U. S. hits
lowest level in history at 40.1 per
100,000
12 ? Two die of smallpox In 44ew York
City. Mayor O'Dwyer asks all New
Yorkers to be vaccinated.
15 ? Reynolds Bombshell, converted
army bombei, sets unofficial around
the world flight record by covering
20,000 miles In 78 hours. 65 minutes.
May
7? Oklahoma State Sen. Thomas Anglin
shot in hip by State Rep. James
Scott in senate chamber. Scott is
adjudged insane. /
17 ? Stock market prices slump to lowest
point since January, 1945, on reports
of buyer resistance and slowing busi
ness activity.
June
11? New "secret weapon," called as ef
fective as atom bomb but cheaper to
make, announced by Prof. T. D. J.
Leech of New Zealand. It reputedly
is some kind of electrical "deaw
ray."
24 ? Freak snowstorm In Montana-Wyo
ming border region piles up 15-foot
drifts. Three workmen smothered In
snow-burled truck.
28 ? General Eisenhower declares U. S.
army is now "a poor second" to
Russia's.
July
5? "Flying discs" reported by airlines
crew over Emmett. Ida., leads to
frenzy of similar stories of dlacs
over other states.
11? Employment in U. S. passes 60 mil
lion, figure set as ideal by Henry
Wallace.
27? Gallup poll reports 51 per cent of
voters would vote for Truman for
President, 49 per cent for "Dewey.
August
19? More than a third (35 per cent) of
veterans who entered college under
G.I. bill of rights have dropped out
of school, VA reports.
23? New minor planet discovered by Uni
versity of California. It is 10 miles In
diameter, 156 million miles from sun.
30? Radio tube "almost as small as a
grain of rice'* developed.
September
9? Cyclotron at University of California
produces non-explosive fission of tan
talum, thallium, platinum, lead and
bismuth. Scientists also discover dia
monds are radio-sensitive and make
excellent counters of radio-activity.
18? Department of agriculture reports
that 70 cents of every consumer dol
lar spent on meat now goes to farm
er, compared with 51 cents in 1939.
27 "Radac ' (rapid digital automatic
computation) may be basis of de
fense for rocket' weapons, reports
Presidential Scientific Research
board.
October
5? Beulah Overell and George "Bud'
Gollum acquitted on charge of mur
derlng Beulah's parents in yacht
explosion.
30 Plot to obtain atomic bomb secrets
revealed in senate inquiry into Holly
wood communism.
November
3 -Dealers olame rumors of nylon
stocking shortage on radio commen
tators p. nd newspaper columnists.
11 Russia reported to have exploded
atomic bomb In tests; U. S. scient
ists doubt possibility.
IV Decommissioned battleship New
Mexico reaches Junkyard in New
ark. N. J., for r.ciappinc, after week
v of ludicrous ' battling" with fl' ? boaU
and writs.
fttllKHrX
January
10? U. H. securer "council
guarantees ilflMwritt- ' <
enc? of Free Territory
of Trieste, ceded to Italy alter
World War I.
11 ? Chinese civlJ warfare continues to
rage.
15? Truce becomes efUflM*! between
French troops and t*bel forces
In French Indo-China
In French Indo-ChinaJ ? "T
Poland holds first election lor parlia
mentary offices since 1935.
21? Paul Ramadier chosen new prem'er
i of France. New cabinet leans to It it.
but not Communism.
February
2? Premier Alclde de C
new Italian cabinet
coalition of Christian DeJI
Leftists.
4-rAnglo-Arab conference r?i Palestine
adjourns in failure, as Arabs reject
partition plan. ?
7? British military government ?r'Cer
?a"y Plan to free'l. 000.000
of the 1.500.000 Nazi suspects in zone
T.'"' i'l" foU'h since" ar
formed by Josef Cw-ankiewicz. Ten
key positions heldr by Communists
or Socialists. f
*0? British ai,.-?ounce withdrawal from
India before June, 1948.
25? Foreign ministers end London con
ference, with little headway on
peace treaties for Austria and Ger
many.
March
1? Chinese Communist troops open large
scale i offensive agairst Changchun.
* ? Greek government appeals to U. S
for immediate aid.
aWewish underground forces battle
,, British soldiers in Palestine.
14? U. S. and Philippines sign treaty
granting U. S. 99-year leases for
naval bases.
24? Dutch and Indonesians sign treaty
recognizing Indonesian Republic,
with sovereignty by January 1. 1949.
April
2 ? U. N. grants U. S. strategic trustee
ship over former Japanese-mandated
islands, the Caroline, Marshall and
Mariana groups.
5? Chinese Communist troops kill 6 j
U. S. marines, wound 16 in raid on f
marine munition dump. ./
34 ? Moscow conference ends after 4
davg. after reaching agreement oM
only a few points for Auitrian an"
German treaties. 4
28 ? Peace negotiations begin bet\*
Indo-Chinese rebels and Ftf
forces.
May
9-*-Communlsts ousted from Frencfl
. inet. r
18? Congress passes foreign reliJ
providing 350 million dollars f?l
tria, Greece, Hungary, Italy. ,
Trieste and China. 1
20 ? First Japanese premiet
consltution is TeJ^
lawyer and a
31? Russia seizes t
government thf
munist party *
Premier de C
new cabinet,
: Socialists.
June
5-? Secretary toarshl
shall Plan" for Eu
.U. S. senate ratlfl
with Italy, Hunga:
Bulgaria.
27? Austria and U. S. rtj[
?on occupation costs.
President of Chile <
proposes inter - American army '
guard the continent.
30 ? UNRRA, largest relief effort in his
tory, ends after spending three bil
lion dollars in four years, 72 per
cent of fundi coming from the U. S.
July
15-7-Paris economic conference estab- 1
lishes 16-nation organization for Eu- I
ropean economic cooperation under I
Marshall plan. 1
20? Dutch forces, with air support, at
; tack Indonesian Republic installa
tions on Java and Sumatra, claim
ing breach of truce.
28? Protests on undeclared war in Neth
erlands East Indies pour into U. N.
August
1? JJ. N. atomic energy commission ,i
leases six papers on atomic con"
? Russia rejects proposals.
15? India becomes free of foreign :
.as British relinquish powers,
sovereign x -states, Dominion r"
and Pakistan, govern most
land.
21? Russian vetoes keep Itah
Trans Jordania, Eire, Port
U. N. membership.
23? Government of Ecuddor
bloodless coup by defense
Col. Carlos Mancneno.
September
a ? Inter- American treaty of recjpri
assistance signed bv delegate* of
A0rin an<* South America. i nations
at Rio de Janeiro. r
8? Rioting sweeps India, with tfcotnands
of fatalities.
22? European nations ask 2214 billion.
MM in aid under Marshall plan!
H|*her Committee of Palestine!
tells U. N. commission Arabs will!
fight to keep Palestine an Arab-con-1
trolled state. ? I
3" ? 5 reek government' "reports 49.2141
Greek civilians and 4,000 soldiers and !
ttr-u111*' by r,b*u
October
??Communist parties of nine Ei
nations form "Comlnform."
Comintern.
? *r e n c h antl-Communli
Charles deGaulle's
Communists as larges
21? U. N. establishes
"border-watch" c
Greece, Yugoshr
Albania.
30 ? New French cat
confidence in asse
crisis.
November
?? British and ScotchHW
conservative side as La
munist parties lose grtfc
8 ? Britain forced to rati'
1S?U. N. creates "LltttTCsk
act during recess ? main
Communist- Inspired riots and strlk.?
"W?P ? ranee anf Italy.
17? V. N. accept r^)eva trade agree- ? ?
? 9*2fe, slgne?by 23 nations. | -1
JO? Wedritiy oi Princess Elizabeth 1
U Philip Mountbatten li linSSn !
d*ws world-wide interest. ^
24? ? rikes in France and Italy fail D. '
vjrkers return to jobs. '
2*? I N. part'tlona Palestine Into Jew
ih and Arab states.
I
Defmber
?? C. S. forbids shipment of arms to
Palestine.
Rus?'.a breaks off trade pact dls<
cussion with France.
IS? General strike grips Rome; Com
..munist* march on city.
lft-7-Soviet government revalue* Russia*
currency.
l8-'-London Big Four foreign ministers!
Darley ends In failure. Secy. ,,f stat<
Marshall blames Uttisia for collapse.
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