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

80. June 2, 1948. Palestine: days of trial [Dr. Chaim Weizmann guest of President Truman at the White House; Jewish refugees arrive at Tel Aviv]. Father Flanagan: Boys Town says farewell [mourns priest's death]. 2,460 sheep cross Coulee [Dam]. Jesse James reported alive [Colonel Frank Dalton claims to be former outlaw]. Golf classic: Hogan wins second PGA championship [St. Louis].

81. June 5, 1948. Taps for "Salt Lake City"; Navy sinks cruiser used in atom test. Drew Pearson receives "Father of the Year" award from [General] Eisenhower. World premiere [of "The Emperor Waltz">[ in Hollywood. News on the novel side: the human fish [Margaret Hutton demonstrates swimming technique in a Los Angeles Pool; three bears in the Vienna woods].

82. June 9, 1948. Floods take toll. Pacific Northwest hit by raging waters [Vanport and Portland, Or.; Fraser River Valley, B.C.] News around the globe: Smuts loses in South African elections; Italy greets aid cargo from U.S.; new stamps honor heroic clergymen [the four chaplains who died on a torpedoed transport in 1943]; U.S. statesmen [James F. Byrnes and Senator Arthur Vandenberg] honored at Columbia [University]; at Brest, France, President Auriol reviews fleet. Heavyweight boxing: German champ [Hein Ten Hoff] retains title.

83. June 12, 1948. Heel 'n' toe classic: Harry Laskau walks into America's Olympic line-up. Canada: show window of the world. [Viscount Alexander, Canada's Governor General, opens Canadian International Trade Fair in Toronto]. Inside Czechoslovakia: [Communists take over Czechoslovakia's Parliament]. President Benes: last films before resigning. President Truman makes 10,000 mile speaking tour. English Derby run before million fans.

84. June 16, 1948. Water sports: tuna fish on the hook [in the Bahamas]. Three Americans [Barney Balaban, John W. McCormick, William F. Halsey] honored by inter-faith group. It's here again: the great vacation season. "Queen Mary" brings popular English actor [Sir Ralph Richardson to begin work on film adaptation of "The Heiress">[. Vandenberg assails cut in foreign aid. Palestine: cease-fire showdown [Bernadotte's truce].