Motion pictures, 1940-1949 - Library of Congress. Copyright Office

242. Jan. 30, 1948. Stassen vs. Pauley; the battle of Washington [speculation in high places by "insiders">[. Tense days in Holy Land. Gandhi breaks fast. Mass weddings [in China]. "Voice" for America [Smith-Mundt bill]. Ice boat regatta [Hamilton, Ontario]. Golden Gloves [New York]. Dodds wins again [the mile run at Boston].

243. Feb. 4, 1948. Germans demonstrate as unrest sweeps Bizonia [mass walkout in Munich]. Food for Italy [Rome]. Hindu festival [Kumbha-Mela ceremonies at Ganges River]. Tiger tamers begin spring training [Roman Proske in Florida and Mabel Stark in California]. Something new for the Navy [walking barge]. Clothes for cycling [Florida]. Babies in the swim [nine-month-old Sherry Whitford]. Championship ring battle [in Paris].

244. Feb. 6, 1948. World mourns Gandhi. Film story of his amazing career. More Marines embark [Norfolk, Va.]. Fur fashions [Florida]. Bill Stern's sports roundup: Millrose Games [Bill Vessie and Gil Dodds set new records]; record crowds cheer winter carnival [St. Paul]; 1948 Winter Olympics [hockey teams and bob sleds racers in Swiss Alps].

245. Feb. 11, 1948. Washington spotlight on the Commies [Attorney General Tom Clark and Congressman Karl Mundt testify before House Committee on Un-American Activities]. Exercise Snowdrop, Arctic test for Army [paratroopers in upstate New York]. The lighter side of the news [orangutan at New York's Bronx Zoo]. Magic brain comes to aid of science [solves complex mathematical problems]. Exiled Belgian monarch [King Leopold] finds haven in Cuba. [Bill McGowan's] school for umpires. Championship skating [George Fisher and Loraine Sabbe at St. Paul's winter carnival].

246. Feb. 13, 1948. Eisenhower quits Army [ceremonies for his successor, General Omar N. Bradley in presence of President Truman]. India's grieving multitudes bid farewell to Gandhi. Arctic thriller, Exercise Paradog. A new record in triplets [second set born to Mrs. Margaret Trait Walker, Syracuse, N. Y.]. Bill Stern's Olympic round-up [triumphs of Dick Button and Barbara Ann Scott]. Dodds sets record in Boston games.