1
BIMSieilS
January
1? Five killed when DC-3
transport crashes near
Charleston. S. C.
I ? Transport plane falls near Carmel,
N. J., killing 3. Injuring 20.
II ? Airliner crashes near Galax. Va.,
killing 18 of 19 aboard.
15? Fifteen miners die in gas explosion
In coal mine in Nottingham, Pa.
K>? ' Tornado sweeping through Alabama.
Tennessee. Arkansas and Missouri
kills 20.
February
Id? Twenty-one killed, 128 Injured when
train plunges over 150-foot embark*
ment In Allegheny mountains near
Altoona. Pa. r" ~ ?
It? Explosion of tank in electroplating
factory in central Los Angeles kills
10. injures 158. demolishes area half
mile square.
March
|5? ' Worst mine disaster since 1928
takes toll of 111 lives In Centralia.
HI., explosion.
April
8 ? Explosion In fireworks plant In Clin
ton, Mo., kills 10.
' Tornadoes rip through Texas Pan
handle and Oklahoma, killing 138,
Injuring 1,000. Woodward. Okla.,
hardest hit. with 84 dead.
If? Most of Texas City, Tex., destroyed
"by enormous explosion when freight
er, loaded with nitrate fertilizer, ex
plodes in harbor and sets fire to
docks, oil tanks and factories. Fire
rages for three days. Toll; 400 kill
ed, 3,500 Injured.
???Tornado destroys Worth, Mo., kill
ing 14. Another twister kills 0 In
rural northwest Arkansas.
. May
??Outbreak of lnfaht diarrhea in Phila
delphia area causes deaths of 27
babies.
t&? Forty-two killed when DC-4 airliner
crashes after take-ofT at La Guardia
field. New York. Seven survive.
80? DC-4 airliner crashes near Ft. De
posit, Md., killing all 53 on board.
Two crashes rank as worst air dis
asters in U. S. history.
SI ? Tornado strikes Leedy. Okla., wreck
ing town, killmg 6.
June '
I ? Tornado kills 35 in farming section
near Pine liluir, Ark.
0? Mississippi river Hoods lowlands In
northern Missouri, southern Iowa
and Illinois, iorcing 22.00U to aban
don homes Seven drowned at Ot
turnwa, Iowa.
13? All 50 on board DC-4 airliner killed
when it 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.
89 ? Explosion wrecks beauty shop in
Harrisonburg. Va. Ten women killed,
30 persons injured.
August
??Four die when chartered plane dives
into chimney of gas plant in Ever
ett. Mass.
September
8? Labor day weekend takes death toll
of 456, compared with 457 in 1946.
11 ? Twenty killed when excusion boat
blows up at Pittsburgh dock.
!?? 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 dollars.
81 ? Flood following hurricane drowns
37 In New Orleans area.
89? Fire on New York City pier results
in injuries to 144 firemen, five mil
lion dollar loss.
October
84? Fifty-two killed when transport plane
crashes In Bryce Canyon. Utah.
85? Forest fires in Maine kill 17, destroy
many homes. Fires rage throughout
northeastern states.
85? Transport bits mountain in Alaska,
killing 18.
November
15? Army plane hits Mt. Spokane. Wash.,
killing five men.
81 ? Nine naval personnel killed, two
saved In crash of bomber In Pacific,
100 miles southwest of San Diego,
Calif.
^Pecember
?? lArmy plane crashes near Goose
Aay, Labrador; 23 die, six rescued.
II ? Two passenger trains collide head
on near New Braunfels. Tex., killing
two. injuring nine.
18 ? Army plane burns and crashes near
Memphis, Tenn., killing 20.
15 ? CAB tabulation shows 1947 toll ol
? 274 fatalities in mishaps Involving
scheduled airlines.
January
nEATHS
5? Ovington E. Weller,
84, former U. S. sena
tor from Maryland.
' vwi fci uiii 4?*a k j laiiu .
7 ? Charles 8. Woolworth. 90. one of
founder* of store chain.
11 ? Eva Tanguay, 68. famous vaudeville
actress.
10? Andrew J. Volstead. 87. former Min
nesota congressman who Introduced
1919 prohibition act.
M? Grace Moore. 45. opera, radio and
screen star, in air crash.
Yl ? Paul P. Harris, 78. founder of Rotary
International.
February
I ? Adm. Marc A. Mitscher. SO. hero ot
both World Wars.
f ? O. Max Gardner, 64. U. 8. ambassa
dor to England.
IS ? Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan), 90, fllir
u-SSr r k Thaw, 76. wealthy playboj
who shot Stanford White.
> Mrs. Carrie Chapman Ca ,t. 88, worn
$m tuff rage leader. \
It ? William C. Durant. 85. ifouMar a
CUstrtl Motors corporate*
March
? II KKIfi %
January
10 ? U. N. security councli
guarantees independ
ence of Free Territory
of Trieste, ceded to Italy after
World War I.
11? Chinese civil warfare continues to
rage.
UJ? Truce becomes effective between
French troops and native rebel forces
in French Indo-China.
I 19 ? Poland holds first election for parlia
mentary offices since 1935.
i |1 ? Paul Ramadier chosen new premier
of France. New cabinet leans to left,
but not Communism.
| February
j 2 ? Premier Alclde de Gasperl forms
new Italian cabinet composed of
coallUon of Christian Democrats and
Leftists.
4 ? Anglo-Arab conference on Palestine
adjourna In failure, aa Arabs reject
partition plan.
7 ? British military government of Ger
many announces plan to free 1,000,000
of the 1,500,000 Nazi suspects in zone
First legal Polish cabinet since war
formed by Josef Cyrankiewlcz. Ten
key positions held by Communists
or Socialists.
10 ? British announce withdrawal from
India before June, 1948.
tft ? Foreign ministers end London con
ference, with litUe headway on
peace treaUea for Austria and Ger
many.
March
1? Chinese Communist troops open large
scale offensive against Changchun.
4 ? Greek government appeals to U. S.
for immediate aid.
8 ? Jewish 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
ahip over former Japanese-mandated
islands, the Caroline, Marshall and
Mariana groups. ? - ? -
ft? Chinese Communist troops kill 5
U. S. marines, wound 16 In raid on
marine munition dump.
24 ? Moscow conference ends after 46
days, after reaching agreement on
only a few points for Austrian and
German treaties.
26 ? Peace negotiations begin between
Indo-Chinese rebels and French
forcea.
May
9 ? Communlsta ousted from French cab
inet.
16? Congress passes foreign relief bill,
providing 350 million dollars for Aus
tria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland.
Trieste and China.
20 ? First Japanese premier under new
consitution is Tetsu Katayama. 59.
lawyer and a Christian.
31 ? Russia seizes control of Hungarian
government through Hungarian Com
munist party coup.
Premier de Gasperi of Italy forms
new cabinet, minus Communists oi
Socialists.
June
5 ? Secretary Marshall reveals "Mar
shall Plan" (or European aid.
U. S senate ratifies peace treaties
with Italy, Hungary. Romania and
Bulgaria.
27? Austria and U. 9 reach settlemeni
on occupation costs
President of Chile Gabriel Videla
proposes Inter ? American army to
guard the continent. *
30 ? UNRRA, largest relief effort in his
tory, ends after spending three bil
lion dollars in four vears, 72 pei
c nt of funds coming from the U S
July
15? Paris economic conference estab
lishes 10-nation organization for Eu
ropeair economic cooperation undet
Marshall plan.
20 ? Dutch forces, with air support, at
tack Indonesian Republic Lnstalla
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 ? U? N. atomic energy commission re
leases six papers on atomic control
plans. Russia rejects proposals.
IS? India becomes free of foreign rule
as British relinquish powers. Two
sovereign states. Dominion of India
and Pakistan, govern most of huge
land
21? Russian vetoes keep Italy, Austria.'
Transjordania, Eire. Portugal from
U. N. membership.
23 ? Government of Ecuador seized tn
bloodless coup by defense minister
Col Carlos mancheno.
September
2 ? Inter-American treaty of reciprocal
assistance signed by delegates of 19
North and South American nations
at Rio de Janeiro.
8? Rioting sweeps India, with thousands
of fatalities.
22 ? European nations ask 22'i billion
dollars in aid under Marshall plan
29 ? Arab Higher Committee of Palestine
tells U. N. commission Arabs will
fight to keep Palestine an Arab-con
trolled state.
30 ? Greek government reports 45,214
Greek civilians and 4.000 soldiers and
policemen killed by rebels since
October. 1944.
October
5 ? Communist parties of nine European
nations form "Cominform." revived
Comintern.
19? F r e n c h anti-Communist party.
Charles deGaulle's RPF, replaces
Communists as largest French party.
21 ? U. N. establishes permanent Balkan
"border-witch" committee to cover
Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and
Albania
30 ? New French cabinet gets vote of
confidence in assembly, averting new
crisis.
November *
3 ? British and Scotch elections turn ic
conservative side as Labor and Com
munist parties lose ground.
8 ? Britain forced to ration potatoes.
13 ? U. N. creates "Little Assembly" tc
act durinn recess of main body.
15 ? Commu" s' inspired riots and strikes
sweep France and Italy.
17 ? U. N. accept Gereva trade agree
mcnt. sign?*d by 23 nations.
JO ? Wedding of Princess Elizabeth an<!
Lt. Philip Mountbatten in Londor
draws world-w.de interest.
24 ? Strikes in France ar.d Italy fall, ai
workers return to jobs.
29 ? U. N. partitions i-'alcstlne into Jew
ish and Arab states.
December
6 ? U. S forbids shipment of arms t?
Palestine.
9 ? Russia breaks off trade pact dis
cussion with France.
12 ? General strike grips Rome; Com
mur.ists march on city.
15? Soviet government revalues Russla'i
currency.
I#? London Big Four foreign ministers
oarley ends in failure; Secy, of Stat?
Marshall blames Russia for collapse
I
August
10? William Odom of ftq?Tyn>K^Y., flies
around world In record 73 hotfrft^jov
erxng 19.64j miles.
11 ? Sensational Hushes 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.
26 ? Farm Income soars 11 per cent In
riast year while operating costs jump
6 per cent, department of agricul
ture report discloses.
October
2 ? Food conservation drive launched
by President.
10? First war dead arrive at San 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 antF"
trust suit against 17 Investment
banking companies.
November
4 ? Democrats regain state control In
Kentucky by electing Earle C. Clem
ents governor.
??President's advisory committee says
U. S. must give Europe Hve and
three quarter billion dollars In aid
In 1943.
15-^Gov. Earl Warren of California en
ters Republican presidential race.
17? Congress convenes on President's
call to deal with European aid. in
flation.
10? Charles Luckman resigns as chair
man of citizen's food committee.
S9? Robert E. Hannegan's resigns as
postmaster general; succceded by
James A. Donaldson, former first
assistant.
December
??Ten movie writers, producers and
directors indicted for contempt of
v~?.C#ijgress in Red probe..
11? secretary Marshall denounces Rus
sian slurs on U. S. In London.
IS? Open congressional investigation of
grain speculation of Edwin Pauley,
army department official.
P A VP It 1 || y
January
15? Ford Motor company
reduces prices on pas
senger cars s 15 to $50
m effort "to halt insane spiral of
{Jounting costs and risiny prices."
^Potato growers authorized to dump
20 million bushels of low-grade pota
toes stored under government price
support plan.
February
4? Lamest narcotic seizure in nine years
* P ,NLw- York when federal
agents find $2u0,000 worth of heroin
!?, Jf ?ss-/si0n 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
nnn ? H" '<? $37 weekly. and :i50.
iS2a 'ac rs have left schools since
1:)40.
March
16? Margaret TYuman. the President's
daughter sings on radio In debut
with Detroit symphony.
April
6? Tuberculosis death rate in U. S. hits
loo.ooo 1 ^ history at 40 1 Pcr
12~~r%w ot s,J??Allpox ln New York
City Mayor O Dwycr asks all New
.. Y?r kers to be vaccinated.
?re^?l?S k Bornkshell, converted
army bomber, sets unomcial around
the world flight record by covering
20.000 miles in 78 hours. 55 minutes
May
7~*?Kk?fh?mau,Sta!e Sen- Thoma? Anglin
Qntf hlp b?y Siate ReP- James
^ senate chamber. Scott is
adjudged insane.
17 Stock market prices slump to lowest
point since January, 1945, on reports
nes^U activity ,StanCe aDd Sl?Wlng ^usi*
June
"-few "secret weapon," called as ef
xcctive as atom bomb but cheaper to
make, announced by Prof. T D J
Leech of New Zealand. It reputedly
is some kind of electrical "death
24? Freak snowstorm in Montana-Wyo
^'?.g bi?der ref*l?n Piles up 15-foot
drifts Three workmen smothered in
snow-burled trucK.
** ? General Eisenhower declares U S
Russians n?W 8 P??r second" to
July
5~!*'?lyln* dlsci" reP?rted by airlines
crew over Emmett. Ida., leads to
frenzy of similar stories of discs
over other states.
11? Employment in U. S. passes 60 mil
WaYlace Ure " ldeal by Henry
27-Gailup poll reports 51 per cent of
??ULr? 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
* oi? ,?' rights have dropped out
of school. VA reports.
New minor planet discovered bv Uni
versity of California. It is 10 miles in
pfju ?r,K ^,n)^on miles from sun
30? Radio tube almost as small at a
grain of rice" developed.
September
?? Cyclotron at University of California
PAh.r^CCA.nnn'cxploslve fissJon of tan
talum. thallium, platinum, lead and
mo nrlo Sc|enjists also discover dia
monds are radio-sensitive and make
la counters of radio-activity
18 Department of agriculture reports
1^? ?^n?CntS ?f e^ry consumer dol?
iar spent on meat now goes to farm.
9- c:,mf?arod with 51 cents in 1939
2i Radac (rapid digital automatic
computation) may be basis of de
rocket weapons, reports
board Scientlf* , Research
October
5-Beuiah Overell and George "Bud"
Collum acquitted on charge of mur
odxCpino?1(>:BCUlah'S Pnrcnts * >acht
30 "Plot to Obtain atomic bomb secrets
unnri ^ ,n 8cn?te tnquiry into Holly
wood communism.
November
3? Dealers blame rumors of nylon
tl?orJntT s,hortapc on radio commen
,,-r ? ' newspaper columnists
Russia reported to have exploded
aV>,T'jA ;?omb tests; U. S. sc?ent
in U dnubt Possibility.
19 Decommissioned battleship New
bIuXIv? Trcaches Junkyard in New
2 , i; ' for scrapping, after week
?ndUwHUU* b,ttUns" wl,h firrboatf
L
Top Ten Spot News
Stories of 1947
(As selected by nation's weekly edi
Storj in Publishers' Auxiliary poll.)
Taft-Hartley act keynotes turbulent
labor picture .
Marshall plan, including 22Vl 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.
U. S. -Russian disputes hold spot ?
light in United Sations' quest for
world peace.
Britain grants India long-sought
freedom; rioting and bloodshed
Prevail.
Governorship dispute flares in Geor
gia, with AJ E. Thompson as ul
timate victor.
Telephone strike ties up communi
cations over widespread area.
Price inflation staggers domestic
economy. x
Marriage of Britain's Princess Elis
abeth brings royalty into lime
light,
Truman Doctrine and Greco-T urk
isb aid mark revised concept in
foreign relations.
September
1? American Davis cup team defeats
Australia to retain cup.
1? N. Y. Giants pro football teams
beata 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 Yankeea
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 wins International golf
tourney io Chicago.
October #
6? New York Yankees win World 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 club
of American Association.
December
5? Joe Louis retains heavyweight title
in split decision over Joe Walcott.
8? Notre Dame beats Southern Califor
nia, 38 to 7.
13 ? College of Pacific defeats Utah State
35 to 21 in Grape Bowl g.id game.
noMKSTir
January
6 ? President Truman
emphasizes five maj
or problems ? 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
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 blasts Russian
aggression.
18 ? Cash wheat hits 30-year high a I $3.09
a bushel in Chicago.
19? -Georgia supreme court rules Mel
vin E. Thompson is legal governor
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 I
strike as 340,000 employees of Bell
system leave jobs.
9 ? David Lilienthal confirmed as head
of Atomic Energy commission after
heated senate wrangle.
21? President warns of inflation dangers i
and pleads for vtluntary price cuts. \
May
1 ? Round of threatened strikes In steei
and heavy manufacturing industriei
settled by raises of 10 to 15 cents per
hour.
14 ? President signs bill to eliminate most
portal-to-portal pay suits.
20? Last major telephone workers' strike
ends.
Newburyport, Mass., merchants
abandon voluntary price cut cam
paign.
24 ? Navy accepts new Jet-propelled fight
er plane, carrier-based XF2D-1, witfc
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 fnils by two votes to override
presidential ve<o of income tax re
duction bill.
23 ? Taft-Hartley oill becomes law as con
gress overrides presidential veto.
30? President sitns rent control bill con
tinuing modified controls until March
1, 1948
July
18 -Senate sustains presidential veto ol
income tax reduction bill.
President s'gos presidential succes
sion- b. II placing speaker of the housf
first in line
25 Sixty wartime emergency powers
endt* p:.d termination dates set for
124 others
26? Bill approved to unify srmed forces
27? James Forrestal appointed to newly
created post, secretary of national
defense
Eightieth congress ends first session.
April
/ ? Henry Ford. 83. auto manufacturer.
?8 ? Benny Leonard, 51, former world
lightweight boxing champion.
MJ ? King Christian X of Denmark, 76.
.'A ? W.lla Cather, 70. famous novelist.
May
? ? Martin J. Insull, 78. brother of Sam
uel and himself a utilities magnate.
16 ? Sir Frederick G. Hopkins, 88, bio
chemist who discovered vitamins.
27 ? Brig Gen. Evans F. Carlson, 51, ma
rine hero, leader of "Oarlson's raid
ers."
31 ? Adrienne Ames, 39, actress and radio
commentator.
June
11 ? David I. Walsh, 74, former U. S. sen
ator and governor of Massachusetts.
22 ? Jim Tully, 56, novelist and screen
writer.
July
12 ? Rep. Joseph J. Mansfield, ML Texas
congressman since 1916 and oldest
member of house.
26 ? Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 84, Presi
dent Truman's mother.
August
4 ? Gipsy R. Smith, 87, noted evangelist.
21? Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo. 697u. 8.
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
17? Arthur Hyde, 70, former secretary
of agriculture, former governor of
Missouri.
30? Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon, S3.
November
4? John G. Win ant, 58, former ambas
sador to England.
23? James J. Davis, 74, secretary of
labor, 1921-30. .
December
7? Dr. Nicholas M. Butler, 85, president
' emeritus of Columbia U.
Joseph T. Ryerson, 67, steel mag
nate.
SPftBTC
January
1 ? Bowl football scores :
L____J^ 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 pitch*
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 Trippi, 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 Llngel
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.
Oil Dodds runs fastest Indoor mile,
4:06.8 In Chicago.
April
9 ? Commissioner Happy Chandler sua
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 by Burton Shotton.
26 ? Texas U. take top honors in Drake
relays In Des Moines, Iowa. Illinois
leads in Penn 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 \:2\ 4/5
minutes at Hollywood Park, Caltf.
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 Braves in Cincinnati.
21 ? of Illinois retains 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.
f 18? Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale
title World s middleweight boxini
21? Schooner Dolphin n wins California
to-Hawaii yacht race in 11 days.
1:04 minutes Sloop Cara Mia cap
tures ChicacntoMackinac race tr
39 hours, 5:4f) minutes.
29 ? Gus Lesnev:ch, light fceavyweighl
boxing char. pion. outpotnts Tam!
Mauriello, hetvyweighi, in non-tiU?
bout in New Y->rk.
August
4 ? Ike Williams knocks out Bob Mont
gomery in Philadelphia to becomi
lightweight champion of world.
13? Victory Song seta new world recort
tor trotter* by running mile ? tr
g/5 minutes, in Springfield, 111
21? D. Lee Praun of Dallas, Tex., wini
professional North American cla>
target championship In Vandalia
Ohio.
12? Wil'ie Pep retains featherweight tiUt
by defeating Jock Leslie in Flint
Kich.
College All-Stars beat Chicago Bean
pre football squad in Chicago, 18-0
Services at
The Churchei
Sylva Methodist
(The Rev. W. Q. Grigg, Pa&or)
Sunday school wiU ? meet |t 10
a. m., Gudger Crawforu, su]
lendent.
11 a. m. Morning worship/ with
the pastor using as his sermon sub
ject, "A New Covenant".
6:36 p. m., Youth Fellowships
Wednesday 7:30 p. m. Qhoir
heersal.
Sylva Bapt
(The Rev. C. M. Warren, Pastor)
Sunday school at 10 al m., Mr.
Carl Corbin, Supt. f
11 a. m. The pastor wil\l use lor
his subject, "No Other Gojds". Ex.
20:1-17. I
B. T. U. at 6:30 p. m., Mjiss Hat
tie Hilda Sutton, Director. '
7:30 p. m. The pastor \4rill use for
his sermon subject "Th^s Mind of
Jesus". Phil. 2:5.
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Pra\jrer meet
ing.
Fri., 7:30 p. m. Choir /rehearsal.
Each Monday at 10:30ja. m. the
Baptist Ministers' Conference
meets h ere.
Cullowhee Baptist
(The Rav. Mark R. Osborne, Jr.
Pastor)
9:50 a. m. Sunday School
?11 a. m. Morning worship with
the Rev. B. G. Henry brining the
message.
2:00 p. m. Monthly Deacons
Meeting and Fellowship Hour.
6 p. m. Training Union.
Wednesday ? 7:30 p m. Sunday
school lesson pre-vie*v.
Friday ? 7:15 p. Qjeir^Rea
hearsal. ' ,
Cullowhee Methodist
(The Rev. R. T. Houte, Jr., Pastor)
10 a. m. church school. *
11 a. m. Mornine worship serv
ice. ^
6:30 p. m. Youth Fellowship.
Sylva Presbyterian
(The Rev. W. H,. Wakefield, Pastor)
Services held i*i Episcopal
church. I
10:00 a. m. Sunday) School. Mr.
M. C. Cunningham, aupt.
11:05 a. m. Congreg/ational Meet
ing fcr the election*! , ordination,
i.nd installation of thfree additional
Ruling Elders. Observance of the
Sacrament* of the Ixord's Supper.
The 7:30 p. m. EveViing Worship,
the pastor using fo\ his sermon
subject "The Challenge of The
New Year".
Scotts Creek /Baptist
(The Rev. B. 8. He/nsley, Pastor.
10 a. m. Sunday School.
11 a. m. Morning \aforship by the
pastor.
6:30 p. m. Baptist Training Union
8 p. m. Evening woXjship.
Cashiers Baptist
(Rev. Edgar Willi*, Pastor)
Sunday School eacH Sunday at
10 a. m.
Worship service eacfr 1st and
Sundays at 11 a. m. a*d 7:30^. m7
ST. JOHN'S CAfraDLIC
CHURC
8ched?le of Masses
Bryson City, 1st and! 3rd
Sunday 1 8 a. m.
Canton, 5th Sunday L... 8:00 a. m.
Cullowhee, 1st Wednfesday
:00 a, m.
Fontana Dam, 2nd Satur
day k00 a. m.
Franklin, 2nd Sunda<
8?00 a. m.
Highlands, > 3rd Saturdal
.8(00 a. m.
Murphy, 1st Saturday
8i00 a. m.
Sylva, 4th Sunday I 8:00 a. m.
Waynes ville, Every Surlday
111:00 a. m.
Glenville Baptist
(Rev. Hoyt Hadawtf* Pastor)
10 a. m. Sunday School.
11 a. m. Morning worship.
7 p. m. B.T.U.
8 p. m. Evening worsl
Lovedale Baptist Church
(Rev. G. E. Scruggs, pastor)
10 A. M. Sunday Schoo
11 A. M. Worship Se
7:30 P. M. Worsh?
?
Central Jackson Si~
Convention Meets S
The Central Jackson
Convention will meet
aseigee Baptist church,
January 4 at 1:30 P. M. All!
are urged to attend.
be extended a cordial we!
R. D. Philli
In order that a ratio
palatable it must be
thV^cow's taste.