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

47. Jan. 31, 1949. People in the news: Dean Acheson sworn in as Secretary of State; French Foreign Minister Schumann honored at London reception; Paris hails Winston Churchill; Mildred Gillars [Axis Sally] starts trial for treason. The [Italian] car that flies. New York critics make film awards. Diamond fashions. Ice sports: [International Championships for iceboats at Fox Lake, Ill; Sonja Henie in ice revue in New York].

48. Feb. 3, 1949. Overseas news: in Berlin, West installs anti-Red government and coal is located under the city; in Monte Carlo, Monacan army has ceremonial review; in Marseilles, construction begins on skyscraper on stilts. Koala bear sanctuary [Australia]. United States-Canada pulp project opens. Bathing suits of metal. Sports: baseball [Rip Sewell's Florida baseball school; Lou Boudreau signs two-year contract]; water ski jumpers [Cypress Gardens, Fla.] Great American: Thomas Alva Edison.

49. Feb, 7, 1949. Report from Israel. Clipper survives mid-air crash. Three-mile parade spurs March of Dimes [Los Angeles]. Parliament opens in Canada. Sports: [Millrose Games; Down Hill Ski Championships in the French Alps; Santa Anita Maturity].

50. Feb. 10, 1949. New York hails "Gratitude Train." Fashions in color. A U. S. soldier is buried at home [in Japan]. 19 nations map unity in Asia. Sports: [Marcel Choisnet sets gliding record in French Alps; trotting races; skiers at Mount Blanc, France, compete for European ski jumping crown]. Great Americans quiz: Benjamin Franklin.

51. Feb. 14, 1949. "Gratitude Train" starts historic U. S. journey. People in the news: Norway's Foreign Minister Lange arrives in America; two escaped Russian fliers arrive in Washington; General MacArthur welcomes Secretary Royall in Tokyo; National Conference of Christians and Jews honors Irene Dunne and Ned Depinet. Last days of Nanking. Biggest airliner [92–ton Constitution] hops continent. Sports: rodeo championship [Palm Springs, Calif.]