Global 1940s Air and Disaster Chronology Highlights
A dense roll of mid-century aviation and disaster events lists crashes, explosions, floods, and storms from 1947 through 1948. Entries mention Dominican Republic routes, DC-3 and DC-4 accidents, 31 deaths near Santiago and Barcelona, mines in Peru, tornadoes across nine states, floods in Oregon and Washington, and pairings of US military and civilian losses. The note includes references to World War II era aviation incidents, martial fatalities, and natural disasters across multiple countries.
Best Years of Our Lives Tops Daily Film Poll 1947
Long list of 1947 events and recognitions including Omar Bradley nomination, Truman policies on atomic energy and highway aid, and prime cultural milestones. Notable items include Best Years of Our Lives winning the daily film poll and California marking gold discovery anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Pxsaby
Daily Film Poll
California
Jas. M. Marshall
Omar Bradley
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bolivia
Joint Commission On Atomic Energy
U. S
Top Ten Spot News Stories of 1948
Nations weekly editors select the year’s top items including Truman and Democrats winning, the Berlin airlift start, Bernadotte assassination during a UN mission, Dixiecrat rebellion, China’s civil war nearing climax, high cost of living, Gandhi’s assassination, UN proceedings revealing East West conflict, and the 80th Congress shaping campaign politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation’s Weekly
Truman
Democratic
Berlin
Count Bernadotte
U. N
Palestine
China
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Oksana Kasenkina
Mohandas Gandhi
India
United Nations
Eightieth Congress
Truman creates three man displaced persons commission
President Truman names a three man commission to administer the displaced persons act under which about 200 000 persons are to be admitted to the United States. The administration of this act reflects postwar immigration policy and humanitarian effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Paul Gray Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Commission of the Churches of Internatonal Affairs
New York
Senate
U. S
House
Philadelphia
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Congress
ITV
Publishers’ Association of New York
Jacob Lomakin
Notable deaths and obituaries list of public figures
A compiled memorial rundown lists figures such as Dr Robert E Hume Charles Michelson Gandhi Orville Wright Burns Mantle John Gregg Will Irwin Robewan Ward Emily Bissell Admiral Jose Reeves Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr Rep Orville Zimmerman Manuel Roxas Toni Breneman Msgr Edward Flanagan Rudolph Wurlitzer George Roberts Lewis Schwellenbach Richard Husch Carole Landis Gen John J Pershing David Griffith Eleanor Patterson James Watson May DeSousa George Ruth Charles Evans Hughes Charles Beard Mohammed Jinnah Jacques Gordon Edith Roosevelt Daly Mary Eaton Charles Saver Herbert Dickey Mary Nolan Edgar Kennedy Roark Bradford Lewis Wilson Carl Hagenbeck Bowl games and major sports notes include Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl Cotton Bowl Orange Bowl Shrine East West game Joe Louis signing bout dates Lions sale Yankees fine Bonds indoor records and track results Billy Hoppe Lombardo Verdeur Hogan Zale Graziano and broader Olympic and speed records.
Postwar Aid and Cold War Events Reported Worldwide
A digest of aid pledges and military aid to France, Italy, Greece, and others. strikes in Italy. Gandhi ends a 121 hour fast in New Delhi. mentions of Berlin blockades, UN actions, and regional conflicts. Key figures include Marshall, Forrestal, Gandhi, Truman era context, and various national leaders.
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State
War
Navy Department
Maryland
House un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
GOP
Arthur Vandenberg
C. Marshall
O State
France
Ialy
U.S
Athens
Italy
Mohandas K. Gandhi
New Delhi
Union of Western Nations
U. S. State Department
Gandhi
Gerald W. Landis
Ind
Marshall
Defense
Forrestal
Greece
U. S
Holy Land
Peron
Argentina
Communist Party
Russia
Berlin
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Bek
Joan
Avers Esececa HS
Santiago
Barcelona
Joseph V. Connolly
Arthur Coningham
Jerusalem
Iti
Indian National Airways
London
Northwest Airlines
Mt. Sanford
Alaska
Shanghai
St. Paul
A. F. Flyers
MacDill Field
Tampa
Texas
Ohio River
Erie
Aguas Calente
Peru
Columbia Flyer
Oregon
Washinton
Daho
Vanport City
Fukuk
Honshu
Foot and Mouth Disease Commission
Mt. Orizaba
R.A.F. York
Transport
Princeton
Roswell
Rota Island
Guam
Us 5
Air. Force
Rapid Oiy
D. Vee Aye
Mt. Hibok
Philippines
Camiguin Island
Ebsaor
USS
le Foryte S
Kor
Japan
Cuba
Miami
Waycross
Donora
Air Forces
Okinawa
Etn . Nt
Luticy
Eric Johnson
Association of Motion Picture Directors
Army
Michael
Romania
Anne of
Bourbon-Parma
American Activities Committee
Muroc
Cal
Columbia
Gov. Devey
Parabone
Camp Ky
Campbell
Chrysler
Enator Taft
Cho
North
Carol
Chicago
Wilson
Air Force
Bethel
Geo. 1
Hall
BPOE
John L. Lewis
Steel
Navy
Nevada
Pacific
Idlewild
Davis-Monthan
Tucson
Census Bureau
Harry Dexter White
Treneinry
un-American Activities Committee
Vanport
Ore
Atlantic
Civ
Beatrice Vella Shopp
Hopkins
Margaret Chase
U. S. Senate
UMW
Colin P.kelly, Jr
Lubner M. Swy
Indianapolis
AFL
Auguste Piccard
Max Cosyns
Cape Verde Islands
White House
William Z. Foster
U. S. Air Force
George Marshall
Mt. Wi
Lars Bdeas
Sec
Bernard Baruch
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight D
Eisenhower
National Airlines
Air Force Transport
Military Air Transport Service
White Sands
N. M
Glen Hengier
Ida
Henry
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
FBI
Gerhart Eisier
Washington
Joseph Martin, Jr
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Carl A. Spaatz
Dwight Eisenhower
N. Y
Drenon
Harold E. Stassen
Gen
S. Truman
Sen
Albent W. Barkley
Kentucky
Wallace
Henry Agard Wallace
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Trumman
Lizabeth Bentley
CIO Int
Francis Hitchcock
Stephania
Sara
Alben W. Barkley
U. S. Census Bureau
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Key West
Fila
North Central States
Robert Ernest Hume
Charles Michelson
Democratic Naval Committee
Soe Ose Ee Daniels
Orville Wright
Burns Mantle
N. Y Daily News
John Robert Gregg
Will Irwin
Robewan Barrington Ward
Parson Times
Emily P. Bissell
U. 5S
Adm
Jose Reeves
U. S. Fleet
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Orville Zimmerman
D., Mo
Manuel Acuna Roxas
Philippine Republic
Toni Breneman
Radio
Breakfast
Hollywood
Msgr
Edward Joseph Flanagan
Boys Town
Rudolph H. Wurlitzer
The
Musical Instrument Company
George Eyary Roberts
U. S. Mint
Lewis Schwellenbach
Labor
Richard Gerard Husch
Sweet Adeline
Carole Landis
John J Pershing
AEF
David Wark Griffith
Pioneer
Proquel
Eleanor Medill Patterson
Washington Times
Erald
James E. Watson
Indiana
May DeSousa
Et Rephater
Orakota
George Herman
Babe) Ruth
Swat
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles A. Beard
Mohammed A. Jinnah
Pakistan
Jacques Gordon
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Augustine Daly
Mary Eaton
Charles F. Saver
Standard of Co
Herbert Spencer Dickey
Orinoco River
Huigra
Ecuador
Mary Nolan
Imogene
Bubbles) Wilson
Edgar Kennedy
Keystone Kops
San Fernando
Calif
Roark Bradford
Southern
New Orleans
Lewis R
Hack) Wilson
Baltimore
Carl Lorenz Hagenbeck
Hamburg
Mich
USC
Ala
SMU
Penn
Ga. Tech
Fane
Shrine All Star
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West
Joe Louis
20Th Century Sportfing Club
Joe Walcott
Detroit Lions
Detroit
Chandler
New York Yankees
Harry Nicholas
T—Gilibert Bonds
Tim
Boston
Willie Mocks
Humbert Sierra
Joe
Willie Hoppe
Ezequiel Navarra
Guy Lombardo
U.S. Poldcup
Pesere
Ali
Joe Verdeur
Ming
New Haven
Conn
Harrison Dillard
Hurdies
Charles Fonville
Kansas
Lawrence
Calumet Farms
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Mike Turnesa
White Plains
St. Louis
Tony Zale
Rocky Graziano
Los Angeles
Oe Louis
Jersey Joe Walcott
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley-on-Thames
England
Lloyd Mangrum
King George VI
Wembley Stadium
Tom O'Shanter
Paul Mantz
Long Beach
Cleveland
Rolland R. Free
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Citation
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Cleveland Indians
National Boxing Association
Fred Apostolics
Chicago Cardinals
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Yellow Sea
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Rome
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Figaro
Urals
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Czech Communist Party
International Conference of American States
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Latin America
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haganah
Haifa
Ti Teat Congress of
Europe
Arab League
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Israel
Jewish National Council
Tel Aviv
Jan Christian Smuts
Unita Wacky
Fdavard Greg
Germany
Marsha Tito
Politiburo
Moscow
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Krupp
Belgrade
Democratic Republic of Korea
Chile
Act of Congress
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Ullana
Pius XII
Lucius D Clay
Folke Bernadotte
U. N General Assembly
Panama
Domingo Diaz Arosemena
Norway
Egypt
General Assembly
Belgium
Syria
Security Council
Manchuria
Muken
UN General Assembly
Suchow
Hideki Tojo
Herbert Evatt
Srggie Lie
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Mme Chiang Kal-shek
Mme
Chiang Kal-shek
United Nations Assembly
Syngman Rhee
U. N. Korean Commission
Ernst Reuter
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