71. May 4, 1946. Big Four in session. Forty-four dead in train wreck [at Naperville, Illinois]. "Ike" leaves for the Pacific. Aviation—preview of tomorrow: the Flying Wing; super rocket engine. La Guardia pleads for more wheat. Auto grand prix [at Nice, France].
© 4May46; MP602.
72. May 8, 1946. Warship blows up at pier [in Earle, New Jersey]. New President [Manuel Roxas] elected in the Philippines. Tokyo Bay—Army recovers hidden silver. New German films—the V–2. The inside story of Mexican baseball.
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73. May 11, 1946. Kentucky Derby! You name it, they've got it ... south of the Border. Louis and Conn—now it's official. National disaster. [Strike of 400,000 soft coal miners]. Swim and sway [at Smith College]. Alcatraz—the break that failed.
© 11May46; MP608.
74. May 15, 1946. Berlin—one year after V-E. Japan [free speech in the Imperial Park Plaza]. First GI wives arrive in Europe. Navy tests "eggbeater" propeller. Now—lady cops for Tokyo. Packages rushed to hungry Europe. Russia votes.
© 15May46; MP609.
75. May 18, 1946. Assault wins Preakness. Jap war lords face justice [in Tokyo trial]. Sheep flood Coulee Dam. Ku Klux Klan back in South. Seventy-five miles up—rocket tests forecast new age.
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