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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1949
Page
2
A sweeping, disorderly list of airliner crashes and disasters from 1948 through 1949. It notes fatal incidents in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, India, New York, London, and Japan, plus US tornadoes, floods, and a nuclear-era bomber crash, with many deaths and diversely named victims and locations.
Bing Crosby named top money making star in daily poll as Best Years of Our Lives is chosen as the best 1947 picture. Other items note California's 100th anniversary arcove of gold in Coloma and Truman's cabinet actions while war era events unfold.
A dense recap lists key 1948 events: Eisenhower withdrawal from the GOP race, wings of labor disputes including the National Airlines pilots strike, Forrestal consolidating air transport, Taylor quitting the Democratic ticket to back Henry Wallace, and various congressional actions. Also noted are loyalty purges, Espionage Subcommittee findings, and launches of third party bids with Truman and Wallace figures prominent.
A sweeping year in review outlines Truman’s re election drive and Democratic gains, Berlin airlift tensions, Bernadotte’s assassination, Dixiecrat split, China’s civil war, and UN challenges. It notes Gandhi’s assassination, longshore strikes, wage issues, and key congressional actions shaping postwar policy.
A compiled roster lists prominent figures aged 29 to 90 including publicists Joseph Daniels and John Griggs as well as Gandhi, Ruth, Roosevelt's widow Edith Carow Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, Carole Landis, George Bernard Shaw, and Mohammed Ali Jinnah among others. The list spans politics, film, labor, music, literature, and science with ages and roles noted.
The list records varied sports notes including Rose Bowl USC Illinois and Texas, Smu Penn State 13, Orange Bowl, Ga Tech Kansas 13, Joe Louis signs for June 23 defense against Joe Walcott, Detroit Lions sale for about 200000, Gilbert Dodds fastest indoor mile in Boston 4 08 1, Willie Pep retains featherweight title in Miami, Joe Walcott signs for Louis rematch, Willie Hoppe 60 retains billiards title in Navarra, Joe Verdeur sets 220 yd breaststroke world record 2 00 5, Harrison Dillard sets 13 6 in 129 hurdles, Charlie Fonville 58 ft 4 in shot put, Major League season opens, Ben Hogan defeats Turnesa in golf finals, Tony Zale regains title vs Graziano, Hogan wins national golf championship in LA, Princeton crew wins Thames Cup, Paul Bans wins Bendix race, 14th Olympiad ends in London, Speedway and aviation records noted, Citation wins pace in Belmont, Round R Free sets motorcycle speed record, Army undefeated season, national hockey opens, Chief Cardinals defeat Sects in baseball.
Fragmented OCR passage reports a 522 million dollar aid plan for Tanee Sod Italy and U S aid missions in Athens aiding Greek forces. It notes a 60,000 bank strike, wage increases, a 121 hour fast ending in Western nations, world tensions including Gandhi in New Delhi, Russia Czech events, Berlin blockades, and multiple geopolitical items from 1946 to postwar era.
A New York story recounts a headstrong foster child who, with two friends, spurs public discussion on democracy and youth crime. Police recover two loaded pistols and jewelry while exposing class and moral tensions in late night Park Avenue.
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