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125. Mar. 11, 1948. Chile claims Antarctic land. Celebs arrive on "Queen [Elizabeth"; Ex-King Michael of Roumania, Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Rank, Dick Button, figure-skating champion]. Records [official documents] lost in Jap fire [Tokyo]. 12 dead in plane crash [Chicago]. Hardware Easter hats [San Mateo, Calif.]. The world of sports: Connie Mack shows how [Philadelphia Athletics in West Palm Beach]; Norse skier wins meet [Arne Ulland at Snoqualmie, Wash.].
© 11Mar48; MP2867.
126. Mar. 16, 1948. Byrnes warns of Red menace [Charleston, S. C.]. [J. Arthur] Rank receives degree [from Boston University]. Film agreement signed [by Eric Johnston and Harold Wilson in London]. The world of sports: "Dem Bums" get in shape [Brooklyn Dodgers under Durocher in training at Ciudad Trujillo]; wheelchair basketball [crippled veterans from Halloran and Cushing Army hospitals play in New York]. Water skiers rush season [Olympic Club members at Seattle].
© 16Mar48; MP2868.
127. Mar. 18, 1948. The world crisis: Truman warns U. S. of Reds. UN presses Czech inquiry. A great day for the Irish [St. Patrick's Day parade on Fifth Avenue, New York].
© 18Mar48; MP3172.
128. Mar. 23, 1948. [Dodecanese] Islands returned to Greece. Scores dead in [Middle West] tornadoes. New jet fighters tested at sea [Navy's speedy FJ–1 fighters practice take-offs and landings aboard the carrier "Boxer" in the Pacific]. [Ronald] Colman wins Academy Award [for performance in "A Double Life">[. 50–to–1 shot [Sheila's Cottage] wins Grand National [steeplechase] at Aintree, England.
© 23Mar48; MP3173.
129. Mar. 25, 1948. Buzz bombs shot down in Air Forces tests. Austin flays Red tactics [at Lake Success, N. Y.]. Finns leave for Moscow [for parley]. Floods peril many states from upstate New York to Midwest. J. Arthur Rank visits White House. Snowmobiles hit 100 m.p.h. in Ontario. Golden Gloves clash in New York.