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140. May 4, 1948. May Day celebrated [parades in New York, Norway, Denmark, and Japan]. "Ike" [Eisenhower] arrives at Columbia [to assume presidency]. Apple Blossom Festival [Winchester, Va.]. "Citation" wins the [Kentucky] Derby.
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141. May 7, 1948. "Mothball fleet" ready [Navy vessels in storage at Bremerton, Wash.]. Truman lauds family unit [in talk at Conference on Family Life, Washington]. Princess [Juliana of Holland] in coal mine. Twister levels Texas town [McKinney]. One dead in [New York] gas blast. Fly helicopter inside building [San Francisco]. Chimps do spring cleaning [in St. Louis Zoo]. Olympic diving queens [Las Vegas, Nev.].
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142. May 11, 1948. U. S. acts to prevent train strike [by seizing railroads]. Atom age "hands" shown [for handling radioactive material]. Middies "dunked" in drill [arriation dunking drill at Annapolis]. Mexico film studio burns [Aztec studio at Coyoacan]. Bridge collapse kills 22 [Forli, Italy]. Jap police arrest quack [at Ichikawa]. [Herman] Barron wins Goodall golf [New Rochelle, N. Y.].
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143. May 13, 1948. Marshall denies Red talks: urges peace moves in UN. Churchill urges Europe union [in speech at The Hague]. Aid for starving children [through Overseas Aid Appeal]. New water repellent tried. Motorcycle hill climb [Tacoma, Wash.]. Mass parachute jump [82d Airborne Division in maneuvers in Kentucky].
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144. May 18, 1948. Jews defend new Zion state [battle for Haifa; flag of new state unfurled in Washington; U. S. recognition of new state announced at Lake Success]. Paris hails royal couple [Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh]. Celebs in capital golf [tournament in Washington]. Ice queen's amateur finale [Barbara Ann Scott at Toronto]. Mr. America 1948 chosen [George Eiferman of Santa Monica, Calif.]. Citation wins Preakness. Bishop of Austin [Texas] installed [Most Rev. Louis J. Reicher].