Chronology of 1947 Disaster Totals Record
A yearlong chronology lists major U S air, rail, sea and industrial disasters in 1947. It notes hundreds killed and many injured across crashes in Charleston Carmel Galax Texas City and more, with and toll totals from mines floods fires and storms. It mentions the CAB tally of 274 deaths in scheduled airline mishaps.
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Charleston
S. C
Carmel
N. J
Galax
Nottingham
Alabama
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Expiontee
Clinton
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Woodyerd
Ohls
Texas City
Tex
Worth
anDin
Rura
Philadelpha
Sauarous Field
New York
FL ‘Deposit
U. S
Goose Bay
Labrador
Pe Jocels
Memphis
Tenn
Scheduled
Notable Obituaries and Sports Highlights Across Years
A long list recalls notable figures from politics, industry, and culture, including former U.S. senator from Maryland Weller. retailer founder Woolworth. vaudeville star Eva Tanguay. and Rotary founder Paul Harris. It also notes major sports milestones from Rose Bowl results to boxing and golf winners, plus shifts in college and professional leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovington
Weller
U. S
Maryland
Charles S. Woolworth
Eva Tanguay
Andrew J Wolstead
Minnesota
Jace Moore
Paul P. Harris
Rotary International
Ilinois
UCLA
Georgia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Louisiana State
Tennessee
East
Charles Tripp
U of Georgia
Chicago Cardinals
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Gil Dodds
Knights of Columbus
Boston
Top Ten Spot News Stories of 1947
The year chronicles major events from the Taft Hartley act to the Marshall plan and UN diplomacy. Highlights include the Texas City tanker disaster, postwar relief efforts, Britain granting India freedom, and domestic inflation. It notes sports triumphs and cultural milestones like the Princess Elizabeth wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation’s Weekly
Publishers’ Auxiliary
U. S
Europe
Texas City
Tex
United Nations
Britain
India
Georgia
M. B. Thompson
Elizabeth
State of the Union aims and wartime policy shifts
The address highlights five major problems: strikes, monopolies, housing, taxes, and agricultural prosperity. Truman submits a 37%% billion budget. Marshall becomes secretary of state. treaties end war with Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland, and Romania. and wartime coordination with Canada continues for peacetime security.
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Truman
George Marshall
James Byrnes
U.S
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Romania
U. S
Canada
U. S. Naval Expedition
Antarctic
Mexico
Marshall
U.S. Senate
Austria
Chile
Gabriel Videla
UNRRA
Early 1940s Headlines Scan From OCR Fragment
Summary of various items including Ford price cuts to curb costs, government potato dumping, largest heroin seizure on a seaman, record cold in Yukon, Navy rapid fire cannons on Newport News, teacher salaries report, Margaret Truman radio performance, falling U.S. tuberculosis rate, smallpox deaths in NYC, Reynolds Bombshell world flight, Oklahoma senator shooting incident, stock market dip, new secret weapon claims, extreme snowstorm in Montana-Wyoming border, Eisenhower comment on U.S. army, flying discs reports, U.S. employment peak, Gallup Truman-Dewey poll, GI Bill college dropout rate, minor planet discovery, small radio tubes, cyclotron fission research, meat meat-dollar share rise, radac rocket defense, Beulah Overell and Bud Gollum murder acquittal, Hollywood atomic bomb secrecy plot, nylon stocking rumors, Russia atomic pomp, decommissioned New Mexico scrapping.
Turbulent Postwar World Update Across Europe Asia and Africa
A sweeping chronicle of postwar events shows U N actions in Trieste and the Pacific, fires of civil warfare in China and Palestine, new Italian coalition cabinets, and shifts in Austria Hungary and Germany. The text catalogs elections treaties, coups, uprisings, and diplomatic moves shaping 1946 geopolitics with multiple nations named, including France Italy Poland Greece India and the United States.
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U. N. Security Council
Trieste
Indo-China
Poland
Paul Ramadier
France
Alcide de Gasperi
Palestina
Germany
Josef Cyrankiewicz
India
London
Uttle
Austria
Cabnet
Congress
Greece
Hungary
Italy
China
Tetsu Katayama
Russia
Communist Party
de Gasperi
New
Azine
Britain
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
U. N
Palestine
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Fla
Injo
Lexplosion Wrecks
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Everett
Pittsburgh
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
New York City
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Maine
Alaska
Mt. Spokane
Wash
Pacific
San Diego
Calif
Marc A. Mitscher
O. Max Gardner
England
iSitesToler
Charlie Chan
Alunshine K. Thaw
Stanford White
Carrie Chapman Catt
William C. Durant
General Motors Corporation
Henry Ford
Henry Leonard
King Christian X of Denmark
Willa Cather
Martin J. Insull
Samuel
Frederick G. Hopkins
Hrig
Evans F. Carlson
Carlson
Raiders
William A. Morgan
House of Morgan
Adrienne Ames
Massachusetts
Jim Tully
Joseph J. Mansfield
Texas
House
Martha E. Truman
President Truman
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Theodore G. Buvo
Fiorello WH
la Guardia
New York State
Arthur Hyde
Agriculture
Earl Snell
Oregon
Johnie Winant
James J. Davis
Labor
Nicholas M. Butler
Columbia U
Joseph T. Ryerson
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Charles Trippi
Atlanta
Hank Greenburg
Gus
Lesnevich
Hunt
Billy Fox
Martin Ortiz
Harold Dade
Willie Hoppe
Ted Edwards
William Lingelbach
Joseph Verdeur
Kentucky
Chicago
Happy Chandler
Brooklyn
Joe Baski
Bruce Woodcock
Burtuch Shotton
Texas U
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LU. S
Japan
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Crystal Plunge Club
San Francisco
Curtis
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Scotland
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Indianapolis
Honeymoon
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Livya Marshal
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Lond
Lew Worsham
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Conn
Ewell Blackwell
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U. of Diiiols
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Betty Jameson
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Rocky Graziano
Tony Zale
Dolphin
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Ike Williams
Bob Montgomery
Springfield
D. Lee Braun
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Willie Pep
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Jersey City
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New York Yankees
Belmont Park
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Ben Hogan
Army
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Jake LaMotta
Dodgers
St. Paul Club
American Association
Joe Louis
Joe Walcott
the Dame
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U. S. Supreme Court
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United Mine Workers
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Hesse
Newburyport
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Commission On Universal Military Training
James Forrestal
National Defense
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Roslyn
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Hughes
U. Justice Department
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Charles Luckman
Citizens Food Committee
Robert FE
Hannegan’s
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Army Department
Ford Motor Company
North American
Snag
Canadian
Yukon
Newport News
Margaret Truman
Intenor
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Reynolds
Thomas Anglin
James Scott
Scott
T. D. J. Leech
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Eisenhower
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Ida
Henry Wallace
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Dewey
University of California
Department of Agriculture
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George
Bud" Gollum
Beulah
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Changchun
Philippines
Caroline, Marshall
Mariana
Paris
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Anya
Sumatra
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Gromyko
Frontier Commission
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U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
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Carlos Mancheno
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