Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 260, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 1 January 1946 — Page 2

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SULLIVAN DAILY TBIES- TUESDAY, JAN. 1, 1946.

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T HE-WAR-

January 1 TJ. . S. Third army attacks north of Bastogrie against German's Belgian salient. In France the Germans attack U. S. Seventh. American forces made a small gain In Italy. In the Pacific American planes raid Luzon and Negios islands in the Philippines. 9 German bulge in Belgium compressed by new Allied Rains. 10 Forces under General MacArthur Invade Lunn. in Philippines. 17 Warsaw, Polish capital, falls to Russians. 23 Russian forces reach Oder river.

February

3 First U. S. cavalry enters Manila. 6 Manila falls to U. S. forces. 10 U. S. First army gains .control of main Roer river dam U. S. sutjerfortresses raid Japan from Guam base, hitting Tokyo district in daylight. - 12 Decisions of Big Three meeting at Yalta, Russia, announced. 13 Budapest, Hungarian capital, falls to Russians. 17 U. S. troops land on Bataan, outside Manila. March 6 Cologne, Germany's fourth largest city, falls to U. S First army. 10 Tokyo hit by l.ono tons of incendiary bombs in heaviest raid. 12 American ,lroor invade Mindanao island In Philippines. . , 17 C'oblrnz. Germany, captured by U. S. Third army. Resistance nf Japanese on Iwo ends after long fierce batlle. 21 U. S. Third army enters Ludwigshafen. German troops in rout. 26 Seven Allied armies advance east of the Rhine river.

April

2 U.' S. Tenth army lnvadst Okinawa. 13 Vienna, cacital of Austria, capitulates to Ukrainian armies of Russian forces 25 Berlin encircled by first two Russian - . armies. 20 Bremen falls to British Second army .- Russians capture Stettin. Important Baltic port. i U. S. First army meets Russian First Ukrainian army on bridge over -Elbe . river near Turaau. 27 American tanks push errors border to - Austria and .barjttnc Gf-!ihnch. . LI.' Gen. Kurt Dillmar gives self; up . at-MagdeburfC achpiltins (war is oyer. 28 Fatee suricudfr report denied olileially hv President;. . . ; - , . ' 29 F.onito -Mussolini, former Dalian premier, Is executed by Italian partisans ' near Dongo.- Italy. . . U. S. Seventh army enters Munich, birthplace of Nazi party. Venice and Milan, major Italian cities, fall to U- S. Fifth army. 30 K ussian flag flips over German Reichstag building, as resistance weakens. May :. 1 Premier Stalin of Russia in May day proclamation hails aps oaelMns Allied victory saving "the roPacse of Hitlerite Germany is a maUer of the immediate future." ' 2 A million German soldiers, sailors and airmen in Italy and put of Austria surrender, under unconditional terms signed April 29 at Caseita. Italy. Beiiin capitulates to Russian armies undor Marshals Zhukov and Konev..; Allied combined forces invade Borneo. 4 All German forces In nnrtluvest Germany, the Netherlands. Denmark, Helgoland and the Frisian islands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Montgomery. ,.. 5 German army group G, comprising 400.000 men., surrenders to U. 3. General Devers In the north Russians take Swinemuende, and two important islands. - , . 6 V. S. Third armv advances into C.-ccho-Slovakia and Austria, taking Pllsen and Karlsbad. 7Gcrman high command representatives. headed by Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl, meet ' Allied officers- to arrange surrender derails at Reims, France;-. 8 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF GERMANY FORMALLY RATIFIED IN BERLIN.1 ENDING WAR IN EUROPE AT 11:01 CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME (6:01 EWT.) 26 Tokvo hit by 4.000 tons of Incendiary bombs from 500 superfortresses. June 3 U. S. Third fleet, under Admiral Halsey. rids Japan from. carrieis. , 16 Daylight rafd made on Osaka. This . -marks the 77th superfortress raid on Japan. . 22 All. res'stance on Okinava ends alter bitter 82 day .' struggle, during which 90.401 Japs were killed. 4.000 captured. American losses were 11.260 killed, 33.- , . . 769 wounded.. . L '8 All of island of Luzon, largest oi Philippines, is liberated. July -: ; ' ' . . .'.V S ENTIRE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS LIBERATED, AND CAMPAIGN VIRTUALLY OVER. GENERAL MAC ARTH- ,' US ANNOUNCES- . - 14 U. S. Thiid fleet battleships shell 'Hon, ,hu island bases, only 275 miles north of Tokyo. This is first direct naval at- - tack on. home islands -Of Japan. 26 La'ior partv wins British election. 31 1! S destrover force of Third fleet shells

Shimizui aluminum - production center

on Honshu lstana, japan. ' U. S. Twentieth air force drops leaflets on 12 Japanese cities, . warning them that they were marked for destruction. AtlUllltil

2 -Berltn conference on Germany's future 6 ATOMIC BOMB USED FOR FIRST TIME IN WAR, levels four square miles ef Hiroshima, Japan, kills 50.000 Jars. NEW ERA IN WARFARE BE- . GINS. 8 RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN and begins offensive operations In Manchuria " B SECOND ATOMIC . BOMB . DROPPED ON NAGASAKI. JAPAN, razing onethird of city. Total killed 10.000. This bomb was more pov-rful than one that blasted H'roshiina. , , .,' 10 JAPAN OFFERS TO 'SURRENDER, provided Emperor Hirohito is left in i power. Russians advance 105 miles Into Manchuria. . i 11 -President Truman replies to Japanese peace offer that Hirohito will be reteined temporarily., . .. 12 Russien ermie? continue i advance, teaching 155 -miles into-Manchuria. . -,-jAPAN , SURRENDERS , UNCONDITIONALLY. EmperOf Hirohito-agrees to accept terms of Powdam declara-i-tion. President Truman announces cap- ' itulation of Japan at 7 p. m. , -- ; General MacArthur is appointed supreme commander for the Allied pow

ers, to make all "arrangements on sur.

render details, and to set up military government. . 16 New Japanese cabinet formed, headed

by .prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kum. 27 Japanese commanders of Truk. Rota.

Yap and Jaluit negotiate to lay down arms. .

28 First oU. S. occupation troops land in

japan. ' , Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and 35 other high-ranking officers of American, British and Dutch armies who had been prisoners of Japs at Mukden, China, are

nown to cnunKing. 31 General MacArthur establishes headquarters at New Grand hotel in Yokohama. September 1 Main force of TJ. S. Eighth army lands at Yokohama and spreads out in surrounding area. 2 JAPANESE SURRENDER TERMS OFFICIALLY SIGNED on U. S. Battleship Missouri in Tokyo bay. 6 Army and navy casualty figures re- . leased. Total army dead since Dec. 7, 1941, all theaters Is 203,379: navy, 53,617. Wounded, army, 571,589; navy, 79,672. 10 Japanese imperial staff ordered dissolved by General MacArthur. 11 Former Jap premier Hidekj Tojo attempts suicide by shooting, but fails and Is saved by American medical aid. "Big Five' conference opens in London, as foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, Russia, France and China meet for preliminary arrangements of peace problems. Oelober ' 2 Gen. George Patlon removed as milli tary governor of Bavaria.' . ! .5 Japanese cabinet, resigns. , , , 9 Pierre Laval, condemned to -death as a traitor. 22 French Communists win Jdrgest nam- . ber of seats in Assembly. ' 24--Vikdum Quisling, ' Norwegian collaborationist, executed as traitor. 28 Chinese Central government and Communist forces clash. . November, t 1 British government 'plans to "nationalize" civil airlines, radio and cable systems. 2 Arabian Nationalists call general strike, and riot in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestine. 10 Chinese Central government troops clash with Chinese Communist forces near Shanhaikwan. British Indian troops open drive against rebel army in Java. ' 13 Revolt flares in northern Iran, In zone occupied by Russian troops. 20 German war criminals go on trial at Nuernberg. . V r . 30 Russian troops evacuate Teheran, capital of Iran, but .refuse to allow Iranian forces to enter territory now occupied i by Russians. December 3 General MacArthur orders arrest of 59 prominent Japanese as war criminals, including Prince Nashimoto and two former premiers. B U. S. lends 550 million dollars to France

through Export-Import bank credit for rehabilitation purposes. 7 Jap . general TomoyuH Yamashita, "Tiger of Manila," condemned to die by hanging for war crimes. ., 11 Russia agrees to allow Chinese, nationalist troops to fly into Manchuria and . take .over several strategic cities. 13 British and French sign pact on Syria and the Levant 16 Prince Futnimaro Konoye, of Japan's royal family, committed suicide rather than stand trial as war criminal. 17 Foreign ministers of Russia. Great Britain and the Uniled States begin atomic parley at Moscow..)

January ? - 3 Congress reconvenes. Sam Rayburn is re elected speaker of the house. 6 President Roosevelt delivers message to congress, urging a National Service act;, use of 4F in war service; a draft of nurses; universal military training after the war; a new tax program for peace. 9 President's budget message sets expenditures for 1949 fiscal year at 83 billion dollars. 20 President Roosevelt inaugurated for . fourth term. February 19 All places of entertainment are ordered closed at midnight by War Mobilization Director Byrnes, to save light and fuel. Match 1 Henry A. Wallace' Is confirmed, as secretary of commerce by senate, 56 to 32. 7 William Davis is appointed director of economic stabilization by the President, to succeed Fred Vinson. 18 Nine army officers are raised to. full generals by the President. They are: McNarney, Bradley, Krueger, Somervell, Spaatz, Kenney, Clark, Devers and Handy.

April

12-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIES at Warm Springs, Ga., of cerebral hemorrhage. , ... : , '.!. , : Vice President Harry S. Truman takes oath of office as President. He asks cabinet members to continue to serve. 16 President Truman addresses a Joint session of xongress, saying that "we must carry on as Roosevelt would - .want us to do.", r-. , . 24 Senate extends draft for one year, with amendments. . . . - . - 25 United Nations conference opens at San Francisco with 46 nations represented. 27 War Production Board revokes 40 con-

- trols over industry, affecting a variety of consumer goods. May 2 The President asks for reductions in 1946 federal budget, totaling 80 million dollars'. Various war agencies are affected. . President Truman names Robert H. . Jackson, associate justice of the U. S. Supreme court, to be chief counsel for .the . United States on . the allied war crimes tribunal. Robert E. .Hannegan, .chairman of the : Democratic national committee. is . appointed postmastergeneral succeeding Frank Walker. . 8 President officially announces surrender of. Germany. .Nation celebrates . ouietly. 16 Controls on manufacture of farm machinery lifted on most items by WarProduction Board. Only 19 of the previous 98 articles now limited.

21 Most of striking coal miners return to work. Only seven of the 333 -mines

seized by the government bold out.

23 Several changes. in cabinet made by

f resident .iruman. mamas darn Te- : places Francis Biddle aa attorney 'general; Lewis SchweHertbach "becomes secretary, of labor. reDlacic Francis Per.

. kins; Clinton Anderson replaces Claude

wic&aia u secretary oi ignemture.

June 9 Gen. George Patton, Lt, Gen. James Doolittle return to U. S. and receive ovations. Gen. Omar Bradley, who came back June 7, is honored at birthplace in Randolph Co., Mo. 30-rJames F, Byrnes appointed secretary of

state oy jresiaeni. July 2 President Truman Dresents United Na

tions charter to senate, urging "prompt

i uiinuaiion. 12 Penicillin made available to public, be ginning Aug. 1. 16 Secretary of Agriculture Anderson advises that food supplies are short, espe

cially meat, fats, and dairy products.

ana mat tne nation should eat 5 per

teni less man in me previous year. 20 House passes senate bill on Bretton

woods international money accord. 28 Senate ratines United Nations charter,

August

3 OPA raises to 100 per cent of base Quota

the number of cattle that may be

slaughtered at non-federally Inspected

siaugnier nouses, a 10 per cent in crease over Julv. i

7 Addition of 158,000 barrels a, Bay of high

test gasoline to national Quota practically doubles supply to civilians, petroleum administration .announces. ' 8 President Truman, signs United Nations charter, making U. S. first nation to accept famous document in full. 14 Official presidential, proclamation announces end of war with Japan. War manpower controls are lifted entirely, WMC announces. . 15 Gasoline, fuel oil, canned fruits and vegetables removed from ration list.

.16 Army and navy procurement depart

ments cancel, 'oraers- lor munitions, i ships and supplies for 16 billion dollars. Riotous peace celebration in 5an, Fran- ' cisco ends With fen 'dead; ma'ny jihjui'eC and .-property damage and losses from . looting;!! very,j,''heavyjtiNavy:-eperaQnmei barred, from city. 19 Churches of nation offer prayers of thanks f of ..victor: ? .u . . '

21 Lend-lease ' ends, .except tor cerhntftv ! rrients already made but' not delivered. 22 Army announces demobilization plan. .

September

2 President in radio address on official V-J day praises armed forces. 8 Congress reconvenes. Reconversion, demobilization, taxes and budget are among great problems faced. 6 President's message to congress contains 21 points, designed to speed return to peacetime living. 12 House voies to restore coiintry to standard timei effective Sent 30.

20 Senate passes compromise tmemploy.

meni oenent mil, providing lor psv ments up to 26 weeks at from 1B to 828 weekly, as determined by state laws.

26 President Truman states that he will

take full responsibility for development of the atomic bomb and atomic energy. The secret of the bomb will not soon be divulged, he assures. Strikes . spread, involving oil industry, auto manufacturing, coal mining, and numerous service industries. . .

28 Round-the-world . air service initiated.

First flight begins, from Washington as -40-passenger Skymaster takes off en first leg of 23,147-mile journey, with stop at Bermuda.

October , ' 8 President . Truman asks for creation of commission to control atomic bomb. 17 Strike of coal miners ends. 23 Radio system to replace wires announced by Western Union Telegraph Co. .... 27 President Truman oullineg 12-point program on foreign policy. 30 President Truman recommends "substantially higher wages," but warns factory workers and others that they cannot expect the . same "take-home pay" as during wartime. Rationing of shoes ended. November 1 Senate passes bill reducing Income tax levies, and repealing excess profits tax and automobile use tax. .

5 Labor-management conference opens in Washington. .

10 British Premier Attlee arrives in Wash

ington. .

15 Pearl Harbor innulry opens.

19 President Truman asks congress for na

tional compulsory health insurance act.

21 United AutoWorkers union goes on strike at all General Motors blants.

23 All rationing of meat and butter termi--nated. . . 27 Strikes begin at several Montgomery, Ward and Co. plants and stores.

28 Admiral Halsey raised to five-star rank

ot admiral of. tne neet.

December

2 President Truman's aid asked In hous.ing shortage crisis. . 3 Grand championship In fat Cattle Competition won for fourth consecutive time at Chicago by Kari Hoffman and Robert Storz of Ida Grove, Iowa. 5 Governrrient agencies announce , that 400.000 tires will be released to civilians from military stock piles within a month, with more, to follow, 7 Governor . Green of ., Illinois , delivers speech at opening session of Republican National committee that is considered first blast in 1946 congressional cam-

12 Sugar rationing -will have to extend to

1947, declares Karl wuson, cmet ot sugar branch,. TJ. S. TX A.. I ;'.. President Truman asks for price ceilings on old and new housing,, and reinstatement of priority system on building maferirilc . .....

16 President Truman laid down U. S. pol

icy in China as Gen.- George C. Marshall departs for Far East. -

January

1 Southern California. IT. wins annual

Rose Bowl game, defeating Tennessee, 25 0. Other scores... Duke 29, Alabama

25; Miami 26,. Georgia Tech 12; Shrine game at San Francisco, West 13, East 7; Southwestern U. 35, National U. of

. Mexico 0. . ... .

3 Sammy Snead wins Los Angeles Open

golf tournament witn score or aw.

26 New York Yankees sold to iyndlcate

headed by Larry MCPHau, February 13 Bvron Nelson wins I'evr Orlfan3 Open

golf tournament after playoff of tie with Jug McSpaden. 24 New York Athletic club retains team title ia National &AU toasls smd field

meet. , April .- , .

3 Most rateable player award gives . to .. Frank' Siakwich oi Detroit' Uors. .nro- ' Sessional tootbaZ club ol K'&tts!

15 National AAO women's swimming meet at Chicago gives title to San Francisco

team, star of which is Ann Curtis.

22 Toronto Maple Leafs win National .Hockey League Stanley Clip, beating

me itea wings in piayou, ii-i.

24 Major leagues select Sen. Albert (Happy) Chandler of ..Kentucky as baseball commissioner to succeed

, juage &enesaw M. Landis. . June ,' -;

9 Kentucky Derby . Is won by Hoop Sr.

witn fiaaie Arcaro riding.

24 Sammy Byrd takes "Big Fore" golf

rournment at uetrmt, defeating uyion

iNeisou uy nine giroites.

July

1 National professional tennis title won

ny weioy van Horn. , .

6 Tommy. Holmes, Boston Braves right

neider, breaks modern' mark for tuts ' in consecutive games by hitting in 34th

straignt game. 8 Charles Beaudrv of Marauette U.,

Milwaukee, wins NAAU decathlon in Bloomfield, N. J. , 30 Byron Nelson takes All-American golf

. tournament at cmcago. :

August

8 Hambletonian Stake, nation's leading trotting horse race, won by Titan Hanover, driven by Harry Pownall, at

-, ijosnen, is. X. : . 12 Michigan State college wins' men's Na tjonal AAU swimming championships

22 Pitcher Robert Feller, released from

navy rejoins Cleveland Indians,' and ; wins first game. : ; 30 Green Bay Packers, professional foot- . ball team, defeat collegiate All-Stars in annual game at Chicago, 19 to 7.

September ,- , J

2 Mrs. Sarah. Cooke of o?ton defeats Mis Paflli&e!,teLo Afcelesp (or f women's national tennis tltle,,at Forest Hills, N. Y. . ' 8 Sgt. Frank Parker wins men's amateur 1 hatidn'al' tennis.: titles at Forest) Park, N. Y. ,-.'.-'

23 Professional .football season, begins. 31 Chicago - '.Cubs clinch' national league

pennant by defeating st, Louis,

October 10 Detroit Tigers win world series from

tne unicago cubs. Total paid attendance for seven games, 333,457, a new recor.d. Receipts, gross, $1,592,454, also a record.

14 The Louisville Colonels of American

Association win "little world series" from Newark Bears of International league, four games to two, at Louisville. Kv. .

18 Joe Louis and Billy Conn sign for

heavyweight .champion fight for. next June. '

November1

14 Phil Cavarretta, Chicago Cubs first base

man, voted most valuable player in National leacue. , . .

21 Bal-Newhouser. Detroit Tigers' pitcher.

is voted most valuable player in American league.

December

1 Army beats Navy 32-13. . .

10 Washington Kedskins win eastern pro-

- sessional tootbau true by aeieatmg new York Giants. 17-0. . ....... .

13 Big league baseball meeting In Chicago

ends, pacific coast league refused major league status.

January

31 Day nursery in Auburn, Me., burns

down, hixteen children, one woman lose lives.

February

12 Forty;three persons die and hundreds

are injured oy a tornaao sweepuig through Meridian, Miss., eastward to Montgomery, Ala. -

March

8 Ohio fiver, in highest flood stage since 1937, spreads destruction in five states, paralyzing transportation and halting war "factories. Damage estimated at half billion dollars. Ten deaths and many injuries result.

April

13 A tornado smashing through parts of

UKIarioma, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, kills 100 persons, injures hundreds more. Hardest hit is Antlers, Okla., where 58 die.

June

15 Collision of "passenger "'and freight

train near Milton. Pa., kills 19, injures 20. A broken journal is cause.

July : ' .

28 A B-25 bomber crashes into Empire

State building in New York, City. The three occupants of the plane and ten persons in building, killed, 25 Injured. Fire . sweeps entire floor. Damage amounts to $500,000. August 9 Thirty-four kitted. . 40 injured. ' when second section of crack train hits rear of first section near Michigan, N. D..

28 Hurricane roars en coast of Texas at

110.mil.3S per. hour for tnree days, causing floods and wind damage to many cities of coastal region.

September ;

15 Hurricane strikes Miami and travels inland with peak velocity of 143 miles per hour, injuring . 50 and causing damage of 60 million dollars.

November

26 Fourteen school children and a bus driver drown when a school bus plunges off ah embankment into 50 feet of water in Lake Chelan, near Chelan, Wash. ,29 Four killed and 22 injured when bus strikes oil truck on highway near Lumberton, N. C. ' December .-. 2 Snowstorm7, . "accompanied - by violent wind, leaves 33 dead in path across northeastern states.. 13 Passenger train rams troop bain In Chicago. More than a hundred sailors injured. .

January IRi-Seven . jhtTMnn dollars' wnrtlt o liauor

was. swallowed in the United Stafes durtea -1944. not . couhttaK bootleg, the de-

. partmect of commerce reports, in 18

. per csst usreasa over lau

18 "Somewhere down the line someone made a mistake," regrets Secretary of War Stimson. referring to the bumping of three servicemen from an army cargo plane to make room for a dog. The mastiff was consigned by Col. Elliott Roosevelt to his wife. Faye, in Hollywood, Calif. It had been purchased in , England. February 7 Most popular songs, according to survey by Variety, theatrical magazine, are , "Don't Fence Me In." "Accentuate the Positive," "Rum and Cocoa-Cola." "I Dream of You," and "There Got's That Song Asfain." 24 Greer Carson, screen actress, receives gold medal as "most popular- star in the United Slates," as Ctau&en by Gallup poU. March 15 Bing Crosby and Ingrld Bergman re-1 csive Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science awards ("Oscars") for outstanding performances. April i ' ': ' .)( 21 Gloria Vaiiderbilt, an' heiress of the fa- ' mous Vanderbilt fortune,.. is married to . Leopold Stokowski, noted orchestra conductor, in Mexico. May ',- lS lost popular songs, according to Variety.': are "'Bell-Bottom Trousers." I "Dream." "Therel I've Said It Again." "Candy." "My Dreams Are Getting Bet- ' ter All the Time." . T .,.

21 Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart,

nun stars, are married in Manstield, u.

June

13 Deanna Dnrbin. singing, 61m star, and Felix Jackson, movie producer, are married in Las Vegas. Nev. .

26 Merle Oberon. movie star, is married

to Lucien Ballard, film camerman, by proxy in Juarez, Mex.

July

8 Total eclipse .of . the sun, beginning at 7:58 a. m., eastern war time, is visible in path extending from Idaho through Montana and into Canada..

29 Virginia (Ginny) Simms. radio and

screen singer, is married to Hyatt R. Dehn, housing executive, in Beverly Hills, Calif. .

August ,,

15 Most popular songs, according to Bill-

Dnara. tncatricai magazine, are un tne Alchifon, Topeka and Santa Fc," "Sen-. timental Journey," "Bell-Bottom Trousers." "If I Loved You," "Gotta Be This -?iT!,at'" .; ' !- '--- !.-' . '-

September . (.. 7

2 Screen and radio actress Betty Button B weds Theodore Briskin. Chicago busi t ness man. in Chicaeo. ,..s.-'

19 Shirley Temple, former child film star.'

weds Sgt. John Agar, scion of a Lake Forest, III., meat-packing fortune, in Los Angeles.

October

4 Round the world flight of the Clobesters . ends in Washington. Flight covered 23.279 miles in 149 hours, 44 minutes, including 33 hours 21 minutes ground time.

17 Most popular songs, according to Bill

board magazine are: mi the End ot Time"; "I'll Buy That Dream"; "On the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe;" "Along the Navajo Trail"; "If I Loved You."

November

13 A thousand V. S. navy men reply to at

tacks Dy Hawaiian bullies by smashing property in Honolulu. Fifty sailors are arrested.

December

2 Sale of great hoard of precious stones held by alien property custodian begins. More than 300,000 jewels seized from German interests are being released. 9 Delicate operation performed in Baltimore on two-year-old Judy Hackman of Seattle in eiTort to save life. Baby's heart is too small. - .

10 Carole Landis, movie star, married fot

fourth time. New husband is W. Horace Schmldlapp. movie producer. General George S. Patton Jr., war hero, surfers broken neck in auto accident in Germany.

13 Mysterious illness strikes 74 U. S. sea

men returning from Philippines. They are in Navy nospital at Vallejo, Calif.

January

10 U. S. Senator Francis T. Maloney, Dem..

Conn., serving second consecutive term, dies in Meriden, Conn. ; . t

February

2 William E. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, 82, . leader in prohibition crusade, dies in Binghamton, N. Y.

March 7

4 Charles W. Bryan, brother bf William Jennings Bryan, and three-times governor of Nebraska, in Lincoln, Neb.

April . . , . v ; ' -

5 Alfred V. De Forest, 55, noted engineer, professor, and radio inventor, in Marlhnrn. N. H ' .. . .'

12 PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSE

VELT DIES AT WAKM SfKlWtiS, UA.. OF CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.

18 Ernie Pyle, famous war correspondent,

killed by machme-gun bullet on J.e island, near Okinawa.

May , 14 Heber J. Grant, 88, president of Latter

Dav Saints (Mormon church), in bait Lake City. August , , ; 6 Sen. Hiram W. Johnson, 79, in Washington, D. C He entered the senate is 1917.

September 7. . ! 16 John McCormack, famed lyric tenor. 61,

- in Dublin, Eire.

NoveihVr ' lolj'ohn Thomas. V S senator trom Idaho, in VIi'lotu. O C. at 71. U-rJeronie Kern, noted song writer, at 60. In New York City. 21 Robert Benchley. 56. dramatic critic, playwright and actor, In New Ynfk City. . Geiv. Alexander Patch Jr., former covnjnander nf the Seventh army, and later ' of the Fouith, at San Antonio, Tex. He was 55: .- . : . . .

28 Dwight Davis, 66, secretary of war in i

caDmet ot salvia wouage, m Washing

ton, u. Released by Western Newspaper Union. .

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