The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-22

kSnSSS2 lo-Ford Motor company re-
ger cars SIS to $50 in eff.
fort Ito halt insane spiral Of mounting
costs and rising prices
23-Potato growers authorized to dump 20
million bushels of low.grade potatoes
stored under government price-support
plan.
February
Largest narcotic seizure in nine years
made in New York when federal agents
find $3.50 600 worth of heroin In posses.
sion of u S. seaman returning from
France.
7-Coldest temperature ever recorded on
North American continent. 81 degrees
below zero. registered at Snag airport
In Canadian Yukon
l2-Navy discloses new rapid fire cannons
Msws are o" fuy ne'vy
rifles with three times firepower Of pre-.
vious armament
ie-Survey shows average teachers salary
in u. S Is S37 weekly. and $50 900 teach.
ers have left schools since 1910
March
l6--Margaret Truman. the Presidents
daughter sings on radio in debut with
Detroit symphony.
April
6-Tubercuosis death rate in U S hits
lowest leNeI IN hlStpfy al ~ | per 100 DW
IL Two die Of SMALLPOX ir New York city.
Mayor O'Dwyer asks all New Workers
to be vaccinated
Is Reynolds Bomhshell. converted army
bomber. sets unofficial around the
world fight record by covering 10000
miles in rs hours. SIS minutes.
May
7--Oklahoma State Sen Thomas Anglin shot
In hip by State Rep James Scott In
ntn rhh NlNnr {r 81.
sane.
Stock market prices slump to lowest
point since January. l9f5 on reports of
ouyei,. resistance and slowing business
June
II New secret weapon called as efrec.
tive as atom bomb but cheaper to make,
announced by Prof T D J Leech of
New Zealand II reputedly is some kind
OF electrical death ray
"a Freak snowstorm In Montana Wyoming
border region piles up l5,foot drifts
Three workmen smothered In snow.
buried truck.
28-General Eisenhower declares U s
army is now "a poor second to Rus.
sia'S.
July
s-"Flytng discs" reported by airlinesucrew
over Emmett, Ida leads to frenzy OF
similar stories Of discs over other states.
Unemployment In u S passes so million,
figure set as ideal by Henry Wallace.
1-Gallup poll reports 81 per cent of voters
would vote for Truman for President.
70 Der cent for Dewey.
August
19-More than a third t35 per cent? Of veter.
ans who entered college under G1. bill
Of rights have dropped out of school,
VA reports.
a3-New minor planet discovered oy Unt.
versity Of California II Is 10 miles In
diameter. 156 million miles from sun
30-Radio tube "almost AS small as q grain
of rice" developed.
September
e-Cyciotron at University OF California
produces non-exploSive ission of tanta.
1um, thallium. platinum. lead and bis.
muth. Scientists also discover diamonds
are radio-senSitive and make excellent
counters of radio. activity
16 Department OF agriculture reports that
10 cents OF every consumer dollar spent
on meat now goes to farmer, compared
with 81 cents In 1889
N-"Radac'' (rapd digital automatic com.
putation) may be basis Of defense for
rocket weapons. reports Presidential Sci
entific Research board.
October
s-BeuIah overell and George bud" Col.
lum acquitted on charge Of numbering
Beulah's parents In yacht explosion.
3o-Plot TO obtain atomic bomb secrets re-
veaied n senate inquiry into Hollywood
communism.