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January
1— Russian* move to within 27 miles of
Polish border.
2— U. S. marines expand hold on Cape
Gloucester. New Britain.
9—American troops capture San Guista.
Italy.
18— Two new Russian offensives are opened.
22— British blast Magdeburg in 1.000-plane
raid.
27—LENINGRAD CLEARED OF NAZIS.
30—Hitler in speech anticipates defeat.
February
1—Chinese advance In northern Burma.
3— Marines capture Namur and other is
lands in the Marshalls.
6—U. S. army takes Kwajalein atoll in
Marshalls.
16— Heaviest bomb load yet dropped hurled
on Berlin by British bombers.
17— U. S. naval task force attacks Truk,
main Jap base in south Pacific.
19— Japanese cabinet reorganized, following
attack on Truk.
23— U. S. naval task force strikes at Mari
anas islands
24— All of western New Britain passes to
American control.
29—Etalin offers peace terms to Finland.
March
8— Record raid on Berlin made by 2,000
planes.
15—Russian army crosses Bug river.
19—Advancing Russians enter Bessarabia
26—Russians reach Romanian border.
30—Palau islands. 1,600 miles south of Ja
pan. attacked by U. S. navy.
April
2— Russian troops enter Romania.
American planes bomb Austria.
10—ODESSA FALLS TO RUSSIANS.
13—Allied troops halt Jap drive near Ko
hima. in India.
29— A thousand U. S. bombers raid Berlin
30— Japan's mid-Pacific base, Truk, is raid
ed for 35th time.
May
7— Allied forces in Italy turn back German
counterattack near Anzio.
9— Sevastopol. Black sea naval base, falls
to Russians.
15—Chinese launch counter-offensive in west
ern Yunnan- province.
18 CASSINO, NAZI STRONGPOINT IN IT
ALY. FALLS TO AMERICANS AFTER
LONG SIEGE
28—Allied bombers strike at German syn
thetic oil plants in Leipsig area.
June
4—AMERICAN TROOPS ENTER ROME
6—INVASION OF CONTINENT BEGINS
WITH LANDINGS IN NORMANDY
8— Allies in Italy capture port 38 miles
north of Rome.
13—Allies advance Into northern France,
reaching point 15 miles inland.
17—Chinese take Kamaing. Burma.
23—Week-long German robot bombing re
ported by British.
25— American tank units enter Cherbourg
important French port.
26— Russians capture Vitebsk and Zhlobin
Julv
3- Minsk falls to Russians as they sweep
into Polish territory.
6—Robot bomb casualties and damage in
southern England are admitted to be
serious
9— British and Canadians enter Caen.
France, anchor of German lines for
weeks.
27— Six Nazi bases, the most important be
ing Lwow. fall to Russians on various
fronts.
28— Brest-Litovsk captured by Russians
38—Allied "break-through" registers laige
gains in France
August
1— Resistance in Tinian tsland tn Marshalls
ends.
2— Turkey breaks diplomatic relations with
Germany.
10—Guam conquered, giving U. S. control of
all Important islands of Marshalls
15—A second Allied invasion force lands on
southern French coast between Mar
seille and Nice.
19— U. S. tank units reach uburbs of Paris
20— Southern France invasion force enters
Toulon
31— Romanian capital. Bucharest, ts entered
by Russians
September
4— Finns and Russians cease fighting tn
truce.
5- Russia declares war on Bulgaria
7—Britain lifts black-out regulations, con
sidering menace from air conquered
11— American First i my pushes five miles
into German territory.
12— Romania granted armistice by Allies
13— Russians reach border of Czechoslo
14— U. S Third fleet attacks Cebu and Ne
fros islands of the Philippines
econd Quebec conference ends Plans
for quick finish of European war and of
marshaling of forces for Japanese front
are made.
19—Finnish armistice signed by Russia and
Finland.
22—Russians lake Tallinn, capital ol Estonia
30—Russians gain 60-mile-wide bridgehead
in Yugoslavia
October
1—Calais, b rench channel port, falls to Al
lies
3—Siegfried line breached at Uebach by
U. S. Fifth army
4—U S. bombers raid Borneo oil fields
6—Russians cross Hungarian border.
11—East Prussian border reached by Rus
17—U. S troops enter Aachen, important ;
German border city.
20- AMERICAN FORCES UNDER GEN.
MacARTHUR INVADE PHILIPPINES.
LANDING ON LEYTE ISLAND.
Moscow conference between Stalin and i
Churchill eros.
26 -U. S. navy meets and defeats huge Jap
fleet between Philippines and Formosa.
November
4—All German forces driven lrom Greece.
7—Japs gain in' China, advancing on rail
city of Liuchow Meanwhile. British
tm»ss drive back Japs in Burma.
11—U. 5>. planes sink ’gut Jap warships.
14 -British bombers s k Tirpltz, famous
German battlesh'o. in Norwegian port.
18—Great Allied 3riv* launched on 300-mile
front from Hollar. 1 to Vosges.
20- French troops rench Rhine river tn !
plunge through r-eliort gap.
21—Lieut. Gen. Patton leads Third army ui
drive 23 mi’ s beyond Metz.
24—B-iiDs bomb Tokyo factories from base in
Marianas, l.Eofl miles away.
27—Lieut Ger. Mark Clark is made com
mnnder m chief of D S. army forces in
Itaiv.
29-11. 5. Third army attacks torts at Saa,
bracken. Saariautern. and Merzig
First and Ninth armies capture bordet
towns.
30— U. S. planes sink 10 Jap transports ana
three destroyers, drowning 4.000 near
Leyte. I
December
1— U. S. Third army reaches Saar river.
2— Nazis withdraw troops from Norway,
leaving only small garrison forces.
3— American armies advance in both Roer
and Saar valleys.
4— U. S. Third army enters Saarlautern.
as entire Allied front of 450 miles swings
into motion.
Military and political crisis grips China
Rioting breaks out in Athens. Greece.
Civil war threatens.
6—B-29s raid Jap bases on Bonin islands
Others hit Tokyo again.
8—Units of 77th division make new landing
on Leyte, splitting Jap lines
11—MacArthur’s troops capture Ormoc. en
emy supply port on Leyte.
France and Russia sign mutual assist
ance pact.
13— Greek factional fighting grows in inten
sity.
B-29s hit Nagoya. Japanese aircraft pro
duction center
14— U. S tank and Infantry units reach out
skirts of Duren. key to Cologne region.
15— U. S. Seventh army advances to Ger
man border on 35 mile front.
January
3—Twenty-eight men and two women are
Indicted on sedition charges.
10— Congress reconvenes.
11— Roosevelt asks for National Service act
13—A budget of $99,769,000,000 is President's
estimate of 1944 "needs.
20— Army allows Induction of loyal Japanese
Americans.
26—Muster-out-pay Dill passed, providing
for a maximum of $300
29—World's most powerful battleship, the
45.000-ton Missouri, is launched.
February
7—Tax bill sent to White House. It pro
vides for $2,315,200.1100 of additional reve
nue.
16— War Relocation authority (WRA) trans
ferred to department of interior.
17— Army announces more than 200.000 men
have been returned from the Pacific
fronts on furloughs, besides the sick and
wounded, and that the rotation furlough
plan is in full swing.
18— Selective service orders farm workers
reclassified.
22— Tax bill is vetoed as "wholly inade
quate .”
24—Congress overrides veto on tax bill Sen
Alben Barkley, Democratic majority
leader who resigned in fiareup on veto
is re-named.
March
6—Five veterans’ organizations combine in
asking for a bonus up to $5,000 for all
members of the armed forces.
14— Draft deferments for men 18 to 26 In
essential industry ended except for
"key men ’’
15— "Soldier vote” bill providing for short
federal ballots is passed and sent to
President.
21— State department announces that It will
have no dealings with the Vichy Fiench
government.
25 Three men and two women are convict
ed as spies, and sentenced to long lerms
April
1—Army reports that 1.058.000 enlisted men
have been discharged between Decern
ber 1. 1941. and January 31. 1944
4— House committee reveals that the fed
eral government now owns one-fitth of
the land area of continental United
States.
5— Wendell Willkie withdraws as a Repub
lican presidential candidate after defeat
in Wiscorsin
12—Attorney General Biddle reopens investi
gation of Political Action committee of
CIO.
17—A new chemical treatment that will give
w'ood any degree of hardness desired, is
announced.
26 Federal troops take possession ot the
Chicago plant of Montgomery Ward Co.
by order of FDR when the company re
fused to obey his order to recognize a
CIO union
23- Gen. Douglas MacArthur announces that
he will not accept nomination for Presi
dent
May
1—Pulitzer prize foi novels awarded to Mar
tin Flavin for "Journey in the Dark.”
Musical comedy “Oklahoma’ won a spe
cial award for authors
3—Most meats are removed from ration
ing Steaks and beef roasts are princi
pal exceptions
11 New draft regulations defer most men
over 26 Those under 26 are scheduled
for early induction Men 2G-29 in war
supporting industries gain at least six
months deferment, and those 30 and
over an indefinite stay.
15- Senate voted to delay action on pell
tax bill.
British delegation arrives for talks on
postwar security.
20 Communist party votes to disband as a
political party, but to continue as an
’association.’
22- Supreme court decision upholds validity
of OPA suspension orders
31—Synthetic sugar is produced al the Uni
versity of California Process is too ex
pensive to be practical at present.
Governors' conference adopts resolution
calling for restoration of state powers
yielded to federal government when war
emergency ends
June
1— Secretary ol State Hull pledges that in
the postwar world organization, small
nations will be kept on an equality with
large in every practicable way.
2— War Manpower commission announces
that it will take over "absolute control
of all mal workers over 17 to check
turnover In essential industries."
8— Twenty-one brigadier generals promot
ed to major generals and 63 colonels to
brigadiers.
"G I. Bill of Rights" clears congress.
13—Democrats lose majority in the house
with Che election of Rolia McMillen.
19th Illinois.
21—Senate passes army appropriation Pill
of *49.107.735.795.
2&— Republican convention nominates Thom
as E. Dewey, governor of New Yoik.
for President, and John W Brickoi. gov
ernor of Ohio, as vice president.
23—A se jm to prevent measles has Deen
developed and will be made available
soon, the Red Cross reveals.
July
3— Treasury reveals that war costs for fis
cal year total ?0 billion dollars.
7—The i'-iirr.msr F-7-F. new *wo-motored
nava' fighting plane, is tested, and is
called superior to the Hellcat
S—Roosevelts conversations with Gen
Charles DeGaulle of Frai ce end De
Gaulle reported to be "highly gratified.”
9— Vice President Wallace returns from Chi
na. He predicts an era of peace in the
Pacific, with Russia and China as lead
ers.
11 -President Roosevelt says teal he will
run again “if nominated."
13- Eric Johnston, president of U. S. Cham
ber of Cjmmeice. returns from Russia
Duke . ad duchess of Wind or arrive iD
New York from the Bahamas.
14— Army reveals that tber. are now 19S 941
wa prisoners in the U. S.. 146,101 be
in German, and 50.278 Italian.
20- Dc aocratic convention in Chicago nomi
nates Roosevelt for fourth form
21 Sen. Harry Trumar (Mo.) is nominated
for Democratic vice presidential candi
dacy.
jO--Army sajs that malaria has Oeen re
Quced to iwo-thirds of early war rate
August
2—Strike o. Philadelphia transii worker
is referred to President.
4—Governors' conference ends, after issu
ing statement defining limits of state
and federal powers.
8—Philadelphia street cars and busses op
erate under army control.
Newly developed calculating machine
that will solve problems in higher mathe
matics is announced by Harvard uni
versity.
12—President returns from visit to Hawaii
and Alaska.
14— Strike of mid western truck drivers ends,
following government seizure cf lines.
16—Army ends censorship of soldiers' read
ing matter.
23—U. S. department of Justice files anti
trust suit in Lincoln. Neb., against 47
western railroads.
25—Secretary of State Hull and John F
Dulles, representing Dewey, discuss for
eign policy.
Senate passes reconversion bill to take
care of government surplus sales.
29— Republican campaign opens with radio
speeches by Governors Warren of Cali
fornia. Green of Illinois, and Baldwin
of Connecticut.
30— Navy reports the construction of 65,000
ships of all types since September 1,
1939.
September
6—Army announces demobilization plans
More than a million men will be dis
charged when Germany is defeated.
Seventeen processed foods are removed
from ration list.
11—Roosevelt meets Churchill in Quebec for
military discussions.
15— Nineteen coal mines are seized on the
President's orders.
21—Congress recesses until November 14.
28—Ration controls removed from all farm
machinery except corn pickers.
30—Birth rate for 1943 increased, census
bureau says.
October
5— Strike of Detroit maintenance workers,
affecting 33 war plants and 50.000 work
ers, ends.
6— Super-powered X-ray announced that will
photograph through a foot of steel
7 -Peace conference at Dumbarton Oaks.
N. H.. ends sessions. A general frame
work for peace and security agreed
upon, it is announced.
18—War Production board announces that
it has permitted 1.110 manufacturers to
resume civilian production.
23—De Gaulle recognized as head of French
Provisional government by the U. S. and
other United Nations.
25—U. S. and other United Nations resume
diplomatic relations with Italy.
November
6— Dept, of Agriculture announces a decline
in farm population in last four years
amounting to 4.748.000.
7— Nationwide elections held. President
Roosevelt reelected by majority of 3,000.
000 votes, or 53 per cent of popular vote,
winning 36 states and 432 electoral votes
Twenty Democrats and 13 Republicans
gain senate seats. Democrats elect 242
representatives, and Republicans 185
Eighteen Republican and 13 Democratic
governors elected
14—Congress meets Supplementary appro
priations main business.
18—Special committee on wartime living
costs reports to President that rise is 29
per cent over January 1. 1941. level.
20 Sixth War loan drive opens.
27— Strike on two electric railroads serving
Chicago area ends after 17 days.
Edward Stettinius appointed secretary of
state to succeed Cordell Hull.
30—Assistant attorney-general Norman Lit
tell dismissed by President.
December
1—Strikes in Detroit and Chicago delay
production of B-29 bombers.
2—Government halts reconversion plans in
125 cities until munition production meets
schedule
Rear-Adm. Husband Kimmel and Maj.
Gen. Walter Short, Pearl Harbor com
manders. will not be court-martialed,
war and navy boards rule
4 Draft of agreement of International Civil
Aviation conference is completed, and
ready for signatures of delegates.
7— Sedition trial of 26 defendants ends in
mistrial.
Pr'son revolt of 25 Atlanta convicts
ended.
10 "Work or fight" order issued by War
Mobilization Director Byri es, threaten
ing men in age 26-37 bracket with in
duction who are not in war jobs.
11— Nobel prizes awarded to five Americans
13— War prisoners at Fort Sheridan. 111., go
on sit-down strike; 1,300 put on bread
and water.
14- -Production quotas on machine guns
reduced to release workers for more
critical items.
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January
1—Southern California U. wins annual Rose
Bowl game, defeating Washington U
29-0.
8— Jug McSpaden wins the Los Angeles
Open golf tournament with a score ol
278.
17- Byron Nelson wins San Francisco Open
golf tournament with 275.
February
12— New manager ot Boston Braves. Bob
Coleman, named to succeed Casey Sten
gel
25—Joe Baksi outpointed Tony Mauriello in
ten-round heavyweight battle.
28- Sammy Byrd wins tne New Orleans Golf
tournament with 285.
March
3—Bob Montgomery regains toe lightweight
title, as recognized in New York, bv
outpointing Beau Jack
11—U. of Michigan wins the Big Ten in
door track and field meet at Chicago
18—Gilbert Dodds bettered his own mdo- i
mile mark in Chicago, with a time ol
4:06.4.
18—Alan Ford establishes a new world rec
ord for the 100-yard free style swim at
49.7 seconds
28—U. of Utah captures the N.C.A.A basket
ball title by defeating Dartmouth. 42-40
in New' York
April
13— Montreal Canadlens defeat the Chicago
Elackhawks for the fourth successive
time in the Stanley cup professional ice
hockey championship playoff.
18—Major league baseball season opens.
May
5— Charlie Grimm becomes new manager
of Chicago Cubs
6— Pensive wins the Kentucky Derby
Broadcloth was second, and Stir Ud
third
13 The Preakness race was won by Pen
sive.
27—U. of Michigan wins western conference
outdoor championship track meet
June
10 U. of Illinois wins the National Collegiate
Athletic association track and field cham
pionships
18 Francisco Segura of Ecuador wins the
national clav court tennis title
24 Mrs. Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson Zaha
fias defeats Miss Dorothy Germaine to
win the Women’s Western Open golf
championship.
25 — A new world record for the two-mile run
set by Gunder Hagg in Sweden His
lime was 8:46 4
July
11—National league team wins the All-Stai
game. 7-1. in Pittsburgh.
17 - Willie Pep outpoints Manuel Ortiz, world
Dantamweight champion, in a 10-round
non-title fight in Boston.
30—Miss Ann Curtis improves the woman's
880-yard free style swimming record with
a mark of 11:08.6.
August
7—Joe Baksl defeats Lee Savold In 10
round heavyweight fight.
9— Yankee Maid wins the Hambletonian
harness race.
12—Miss Dorothy Germaine retains Women’s
Western Amateur golf title.
20—Bob Hamilton wins the Professional
Golfers' association title.
25—Trapshooting championship goes to Les
lie Jepsen for breaking 97 targets out
of 100.
28— Byron Nelson wins the All-American golf
championship.
30—Chicago Bears professional football club
defeats the College All Stars, 24-21.
September
6—Ike Williams outpoints Sammy Angott.
former lightweight champion.
10—Baltimore captures the International
league pennant.
20— Nashville wins the Southern league play
off. defeating Memphis.
21— St. Louis Cardinals clinch National
league pennant.
29— Willie Pep retains world featherweight
boxing title by defeating Chalky White.
October
1—St. Louis Browns win American league
pennant.
3—San Francisco takes Pacific league se
ries. four games to two.
9—ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WIN WORLD
SERIES. FOUR GAMES TO TWO
10— Most valuable baseball players, chosen
by Sporting News, are Martin Marion.
Cardinal shortstop, and Bobby Doerr.
second baseman of Boston American
league club.
11— Little world series of International
league won by Baltimore.
14—Francisco Segura wins Pan-American
tennis title for third straight time.
November
10— Jimmy Daniels defeats Sammy Angott.
former lightweight boxing champion.
11— Army football team defeats Notre Dame.
59 -to 0.
26— College football champions: Ivy league.
Yale: Big Ten. Ohio State; Big Six.
Oklahoma: Southwest, Texas Christian;
Southern. Duke; Pacific coast. Southern
California.
27— Hal Newhouser, Detroit Tigers pitcher,
named most valuable player in American
league.
U. of Tennessee chosen for Rose Bowl
game with S. California, Jan. 1.
Other bowl opponents: Orange Bowl. Mi
ami. Georgia Tech. vs. Tulsa; Sugar
Bowl. New Orleans, Alabama vs Duke;
Cotton Bowl, Dallas. Texas Christian vs
Oklahoma A and M
Paul Krumske. Chicago, is new national
individual match game champion, in
bowling.
December
2—Army defeats Navy, 23-7. Notre Dame
beats Great Lakes by 28-7. Georgia Tech
wrecks Georgia 44-0 to win Southeast
ern title.
13— Major baseball club owners vote to bar
football games in ball parks until the
baseball season is over.
14— Welker Cochran wins world three cush
ion billiard championship.
15— Big League baseball owners divided on
successor to K. M. Landis as commis
sioner, and on other questions.
January
7—Thirty seamen drown when a navy patrol
vessel sinks in collision off Cape May.
N. J.
A freight train strikes army bus at
Kingman. Ariz.. killing 25 aviation
cadets.
13—Twelve persons were killed and 40 in
jured when a passenger train crashed
into the rear of a standing train near
Novice. Texas.
February
11— Crash of an airliner into the Mississippi
river carries 21 passengers and three
crewmen to death near Memphis. Tenn.
March
12— Collision of the Liberty Ship J. Pinkney
Henderson and a tanker cost many lives
13— An accidental explosion of a surface
mine killed ten soldiers in training ma
neuvers at Camp Robinson, Ark.
20—A bus plunging through a guard rati of
a bridge over the Passaic river in New
Jersev drowns 19 persons
25—An explosion in a coal mine near Shin
niston. W. Va., kills 16 miners.
April
6— A blast in the naval ordnance depot in
Hastings, Neb., kills eight workers.
7— Thirty-nine merchant marine crewmen
and 23 naval gunners drown when a Lib
erty ship struck a reef offshore and broke
up on the English coast.
9—Fire following a collision causes the
deaths of 29 crewmen and 16 naval
gunners on a tanker traveling in a con
voy
11—A tornado cutting through Arkansas
takes lives of 34 persons.
25—An American Liberator bombing plane
crashes in downtown Montreal. Canada
causing the deaths of 14 persons.
27— Fifteen workmen die of suffocation
mouTh r^PaairlnE naval ship ln Port®
28— A navy transport plane crashes 15 miles
east of Flagstaff. Ariz.. killing 22 per
May
13-Ten members ot a naval blimp crew died
v hen the airship hit a hangar in its
takeoff at Lakehurst. N. J.
June
25 °n5 A™d,r<id a"d forty-six were killed
and 1.000 injured by a tornado that swept
over parts of Pennsylvania. West Vir
ginia and Maryland.
Julv
B A fire in the main tent of the Ringling
Bros, circus in Hartford. Conn., causes
deaths of 167 persons, mostly women
and children. Two hundred others were
injured.
Sixty-six miners trapped In a burning
coal mine near Bellaire, Ohio, had to be
abandoned to their fate, when the en
trance was sealed to check the fire.
Wreck of a troop train near Jellico
Tenn . killed 31 soldiers and 2 civil
ians. and injured 100 others.
11 An army bomber crashing into a trailer
camp in South Portland. Maine, took
the lives of 16 persons.
i Explosion of two munition ships at
Navy loading pier in Port Chicago.
Calif, results m 319 deaths among
naval and merchant marine personnel
and property damage of $7,000,000.
it An army hospital plane was reported
lost at sea between Iceland and New
foundland with 26 aboard.
A u oust
4- Twenty-eight persons. Including 24 army
pilots and 4 mechanics are killed in
crash of transport plane near Atkinson
Neb
a— Train wreck near Stockton. Ga.. kills
45 and injures 30.
9—Crash of airliner at Antilla. Cuba, brings
death to 17. 6
13 Fire sweeps Palisades. N. J„ amuse
ment park, killing 3 and injuring 100
In another fire at Coney Island. Brook
lyn. N. V.. 35 persons were injured.
September
14—Hurricane sweeping over Atlantic coast
from South Carolina to Canada causes
40 deaths and property damage of $100,
000,000.
17—Navy reports sinking of a destroyer and
two coast guard cutters in the hurri
cane, with heavy loss of life."
28— Eight persons are killed in collision of
freight and passenger trains near Mis
souri Valley, Iowa.
29— Collision of two trains near Terre Haute,
Ind., kills 29 and injures 65. Most of
the dead were soldiers.
October
20—Fire in Cleveland. Ohio, following ex
plosion of liquid gas storage plant causes
121 deaths and 200 injuries.
November
4—Air-liner crash near Hanford. Calif.,
takes lives of 24 passengers.
8—Nine die and 75 are Injured in train
wreck when limited leaves track 50 miles
northeast of Sacramento. Calif.
14—Army transport plane hits mountain west
of Harmon field, Newfoundland, killing
nine and injuring nine U. S. army per
sonnel.
27—Army plane crashes near Madison. Wis.,
bringing death to three air corps men.
December
1—Airliner crashes near Burbank, Calif.,
with 23 passengers. Seven killed.
Freight car loaded with bombs explodes
in Tolar, N. M.. wrecking buildings and
starting fires.
14—Three small children burned to death
in Chicago, a fourth seriously injured.
January
6— Ida M. Tarbell. 86. writer, famous for
exposing trusts, in Bridgeport, Conn.
20—Walter Hackett. 67. playwright, in New
York.
29—William Allen White, 75, famous editor of
Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, died in Em
poria.
February
25—Rear Adm. Charles C. Hartigan. 62, na
val attache, winner of Congressional
medal, in Paio Alto.
29— Rep. Thomas H. Cullen. 76, member of
house from Brooklyn, N. Y., since 1919.
died in Washington, D. C.
March
1—Thomas E. Campbell. 66, former gover
nor of Arizona, died in Phoenix.
7— Rev. Dr. Thomas Nicholson, 82, Method
ist bishop and former president of the
Anti-Saloon league, in Mount Vernon.
Iowa.
15— Joseph B. Eastman. 61. director of Office
of Defense Transportation, died in Wash
ington, D. C.
19— William H. Thompson, former mayor oi
Chicago. 111., died at 74 in Chicago.
April
24— Mrs. Sarah Jane Swanson, 113, said to
be the oldest American-born resident of
the United States, died in Chicago
25— Coe I. Crawford, 86, former governor
and senator of South Dakota, in Yank
ton. S. D.
William D. Stephens, 84, former gover
nor of California, died in Los Angeles
28—Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, who
has held that cabinet post since 1940,
died in Washington, D. C., at age of
70. He was a newspaper publisher in
private life.
May
7— Vice Adm. William Rodgers, 84, com
mander of U. S. Adriatic fleet in World
War I, died in Bethesda, Md.
8— Brig. Gen. Donald A. Davison, chief of
provisional engineering command. Medi
terranean area. Death reported from
India
12—Brig. Gen. Henry D. Styer, 81, com
mander of Allied troops in Siberia in
World War I. died in Coronado, Calif.
16— George Ade. famous humorist, died at
78 in Kentland. Ind.
June
1—Gen. O. R. Gellette, 99, Confederate
brigadier general. In Shreveport, La.
6—Col Josef Beck, prime minister of Po
land during German invasion in 1939.
died at 49 near Bucharest. Romania.
25—Louisa E. G. Thorp, 80, internationally
known artist and art teacher, in Los
Angeles.
July
9— Martin D. Morrison, 82, former congress
man from Indiana, died in Abingdon, Va
12—Mrs. Betty Compton Knappen. 37. for
mer musical comedy actress, in New
York.
17— Alan Dinehart, 54, film and stage actor
who has appeared in more than 100 pic
tures. died in Hollywood. Calif.
20— Mildred Harris, 41, movie actress and
first wife of Charles Chaplin, died in
Los Angeles.
27—Lieut. Gen. Leslie McNair killed In
France.
30— Manuel Quezon, president of the Phil
ippines. died at Saranac Lake. N. Y.
He was 65.
August
5—Rear Adm. Don Pardee Moon, 50. com
mitted suicide in Washington while suf
fering from "combat fatigue.”
Effie Cherry. 65. last of the Cherry Sis
ters of vaudeville fame, in Cedar Rap
ids. Iowa
September
1— Isabel Irving. 73. whose stage career
covered 50 years, at Nantucket. Mass.
2— George W. Norris, former senator from
Nebraska, died at 83 in McCook, Neb.
He served 40 years in congress, includ
ing five terms in the senate.
8—James A. Reed, former senator from
Missouri, at 82 in Fair-view, Mich.
October
4—Alfred E. Smith, four times governor ol
New York and Democratic candidate for
President in 1928. in New York city at 70
8—Wendell L. Willkie. 52. Republican
presidential candidate in 1940, and
utility executive, in New York city.
19—Rep. Hampton R. Fulmer. 69. who rep
resented a So. Carolina district for 12
consecutive terms, in Washington. D. C.
22—Richard Bennett, 72. famous actor, in
Los Angeles.
November
8— Miss Christiana Bond, 100. author, art
ist and lecturer, in Baltimore.
9— Jane Grey. 56, well-known actress, in
New York city.
12—Edgar S. Kelley. 87, composer of classi
cal music, in New York city.
16— Boake Carter, correspondent and radio
news commentator. 46. in Hollywood
Calif.
17— Sen. Ellison D. Smith, wno represented
So. Carolina in upper chamber for 35
years (longest consecutive period in his
tory) at 80. in LAnchburg. S. C
25 Judge Kenesaw M Landis, commissioner
of professional baseball for 24 years at
78. in Chicago.
December
1—Aibert B. Fall, secretary of interim in
Harding administration; at 83. in El
Paso. Texas.
3—Dr. David Kinley, 03, president of U ol
Illinois, 1920 to 1930, in Champaign 111
Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle. 76. in
Detroit. Mich Most outstanding case
was treason trial of Max Stephan!
7—Maj. John Griffith, commissioner of in
tercollegiate athletics of Western confer
ence, at 67. in Chicago.
14—Lupe Velez. 34, movie actress kills
self in Hollywood. Calif.
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New Year Greeting
I saw the hills of the morning.
The form of the new year arise;
He stood like a statue adorning
The world with a background oi
skies;
There was courage and grace in his
beautiful face.
And hope in his glorious eyes.
“I come from Time’s boundless for
ever,"
He said, with a voice like a song;
"I come as a friend to endeavor,
I’come as a foe to all wrong,
To the sad and afraid I bring prom
ise of aid,
And the weak I shall gird and
make strong.
"I bring you more blessings than
terrors,
I bring you more sunlight than
gloom.
I tear out your page of old errors.
And hide them away in Time’s
tomb;
I reach you clean hands and lead on
to the lands,
Where the lilies of peace are in
bloom.”
‘Open House’ on
New Year’s Day
It was customary for the Dutch
settlers of New York to hold ‘‘open
house” mi New Year’s day and to
provide light refreshments, usually
centering around a large bowl of
punch, for friends calling to pay the
compliments of the season.
During the latter part of the 19th
century the custom of making short
calls on New Year’s day was in full
swing throughout America. Metro
politan newspapers carried columns
of "at home” notices which, includ
ing names of social prominence and
those making no such pretense, an
nounced hours during which visi
tors would be received: having duly
received, hosts and hostesses closed
their receptions to join the proces
sion of callers at other “open
houses.”
A succession of “open houses” and
punch bowls minimized the courtesy
accorded hostesses—in many cases
—and even resulted in receptions
being “crashed” by bibulous young
men; these abuses led to the aban
donment of the "open house” cus
tom, New Year’s calls now being
exchanged only by intimates and
without any public announcement of
intention to receive.
Celebrant
This attractive young Chinese girl
adds her bit to the celebration of
New Year’s eve in New York festivi
ties. The Chinese new year—4641—
begins considerably later than our
own.
Holidays and Special
Events of New Year
The year 1945 Is not a leap
year, so February will again have
the usual 28 days. The holidays
and special events for the new
year will be as follows;
Lincoln’s birthday, February
12; Washington’s birthday, Febru
ary 22; St. Patrick’s day, March
17; Easter, April 1; Mother’s day.
May 13; Memorial day. May 30;
Father’s day, June 17; Independ
ence day, July 4; Labor day,
September 3; Columbus day,
October 12; Armistice day, No
vember 11; Thanksgiving day,
November 23; Christmas day,
December 25.
Mexican Clock
Many Mexican families still ob
serve the "old clock system" on
New Year's eve. On a table in a
main room of the house. lighted
candles surround a tiny casket,
upon which stands a clock. On the
stroke of midnight the clock is
stopped, placed in the casket and
buried in the garden, symbolizing
the passing of the old year.
First to See Year
The little British colony on Han
lon Island, in the Chathams. 414
miles southeast of Wellington, New
Zealand, will be the first' to greet
1945. It is just east of the inter
national date line, from which all
time is reckoned.
Horse Numbers
The estimated number of horses
and colts on the farms of the coun
try on January 1, 1940, was 9,858,000,
while the number of mules was S,
811,000.
Tasty Jelly
The common barberry was intro
duced into this country not for its
ornamental value but for the fruit
which makes excellent jelly.
