Histories of Disasters and Sports Triumphs Across 194? Timeline
A sweeping chronicle of catastrophic events from January through March and beyond, listing tornadoes, airliner crashes, mine explosions, hotel fires, and ship detonations with death tolls and injuries. It also catalogs major sports results including boxing, golf, tennis, and football, noting open seasons, championships, and notable victor y.
President Signs Broad 160 Million Vet Housing Bill
The president approves a 160 million vet housing measure while reimposing citrus price controls and creating a national intelligence authority to coordinate overseas units. Additional actions include signs on tidelands ownership, atomic energy control, congressional reorganization, Farmers' Home Corp loan duties, and grain control easing.
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National Intelligence Authority
Congress
OPA
National Farmers' Union
James Patton
Labor Bureau
Navy
Farmers’ Home Corporation
Fee of Agriculture
Senate War Investigating Committee
Marine Engineers
CIO
AFL
Army
Air Line Pilots Association
TWA
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commisssion
House
Senate
United States
U. N. Assembly
Truman
Gra Eret
U. S
India
Top Ten Spot News Stories of 1946
A digest of notable 1946 events and figures across politics, war crimes, labor, science, and culture. Key items include Republican gains, Nuremberg sentences, Wallace resignation, Bikini tests, strikes, decontrol milestones, and notable arrests and marriages.
Prominent Figures Named in Historical Obituary Roll
A long list of notable deaths includes film stars George J. Summerville and Noah Beery, politicians like Edward Phillips Oppenheim and Harlan F. Stone, and public leaders such as Generals Stilwell and Waesche. Also noted are writers Booth Tarkington and Gertrude Stein, plus sports figures Damon Runyon and Walter Johnson.
Multiple Global Crises Mark Postwar Era Headlines
A sweeping list of mid-century events shows truce efforts in China and Iran, new leaders in France and Hungary, UN interventions in Greece and Manchuria, and postwar trials in Nuernberg. Key items include Gouin meeting cabinet, Manchuria fighting resuming, and the UN drafting peace treaties with several European nations.
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Nation’s Weekly
Wallace
Paris
Navy
Bikini
U.S
Yugoslavia
Truman
Baruch
U. N. Atom
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago
Iran
U. S. Security Council
Russia
France
Felix Gouin
U. N. Security Council
Spain
Franco
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Hungary
Manchuria
Nuernberg
Trieste
Romania
Finland
Hermann Goering
United Nations General Assembly
New York City
Stalin
Molotov
Britain
U. N
Italy
Bulgaria
Azerbaijan
Greece
Turkey
United Nations Assembly
New York
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Tex
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East All Stars
West All Stars
Bobby Riggs
Don Budge
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Alf Engen
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Colo
Lee Oma
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Francisco Segura
Ecuador
Donald MacNeil
Montreal Canadiens
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Boston
Tami Mauriello
Bruce Woodcock
Car Robson
Lloyd Mangrum
Byron Nelson
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
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Bob Hope
Bill Veeck
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Herman Barron
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Stanley Bishop
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Marcel Cerdan
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Moon
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Hans Wornbostel
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Mattie Large
Louisa
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Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
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Howard Hughes
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New York City School Board
Artie Shaw
Kathleen Winsor Herwig
Amber
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General Motors
Robert Scott
Ohio Supreme Court
George J
Slim) Summerville
Harry L. Hopkins
Adiiabe
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Edward Phillips Oppenheim
Richard H. Leigh
Trepres Arliss
John Cardinal Glennon
Howardl. Vickery
U.S. Maritime Commission
William J. MacDonald
Michigan
Martin Davey
Noah Beery
Alvin V. Donahey
William O. Burgin
North Carolina
Harlan F. Stone
Booth Tarkington
John E. Erickson
Montana
Carter Glass
Treasury
Joseph M. Patterson
New York News
John H. Bankhead
Maj
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Charles Butterworth
William S. Hart
Howard H. Russell
Anti-Saloon League
Sidney Hillman
Arthur Gould
Gertrude Stein
Tony Lazzari
New York Yankees
Edward Bradley
Channing Pollack
Fielding
Hurry Up
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General Eisenhower
Miles Poindexter
Washington State
Bernar Eli
Barney) Oldfield
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Joseph W
Vinegar Joe) Stilwell
Burma
Russell Waesche
Coast Guard
Phillips Goldsborough
Maryland
Charles Martin
Oregon
Thomas L. Batley
Augustus Hatton
James J
Jimmy) Walker
Edgar Pew
Damon Runyon
Walter Johnson
National Assembly
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