1. Sept. 3, 1949. Greatest swim performance on record [Tokyo team at the National AAU meet]. Harry Truman's busy day: Washington to Miami [to attend the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars] and back. First tests for Gar Wood's "no-roll" boat. Honor baseball's "elder statesman" [Connie Mack].
© 3Sep49; MP4546.
2. Sept. 14, 1949. Forest fires hit southwest France. Theodor Herzl reburied in Jerusalem. President Truman [signs proclamation for the Atlantic Pact]. Tom C. Clark [sworn in as member of Supreme Court]. Philip Mickman [youngest person to swim the English channel]. Ecuador—how a stunned nation is digging out [from an earthquake].
© 14Sep49; MP4547.
3. Sept. 17, 1949. The great Florida hurricane. Canada opens biggest "show window" [70th annual National Exhibition in Toronto]. Truman tells aims of British-U.S. dollar talks. "Little World Series" [Pensacola, Fla., vs. Hammonton, N.J.]. U.S. retains Davis Cup.
© 17Sep49; MP4548.
4. Sept. 21, 1949. [American] Legion "invades" Philadelphia [at their 31st annual convention]. Drama on the Washington scene [Senate Committee investigating five-percenters questions John Maragon and Major General Vaughan]. Fancy blades in hot capers on frozen stage [Ice Capades of 1950 at Atlantic City].
© 21Sep49; MP4549.
5. Sept. 24, 1949. Football back in headlines [Notre Dame, the New York Giants, and University of Georgia]. Shoes to conquer dame fashion. Spotlight on the Balkans [Marshal Tito closes Yugoslav-Greek frontier; Greek Army fights Communist guerrillas].
© 24Sep49; MP4592.