Broadway High School - Memories Yearbook (Broadway, VA)

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February March April May 21—Steel strike, 750,000 out of work—biggest in Na¬ tion’s history 30— Harry Hopkins dies in New York 1—Supreme Court refused to intervene in case of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, condemned Japan¬ ese War criminal by military trial 7—Tug boat strike in New York 14—Ickes leaves Cabinet 16—President announces Steel Strike settled First rubber shipment arrives in U. S. since Pearl Harbor. President Truman proposes emergency program so that U. S. might do its share in feed¬ ing Europe 18— Steps being taken for Hawaii to become the 49th State 20— A proposed $4,000,000,000 loan for Britain to re¬ gain world trade, etc. 23—General Yamashita dies on gallows 1—Former President Herbert Hoover accepts invita¬ tion to survey European food needs 7— As a result of stiffening attitude toward Russia, U. S. sends note to Moscow, challenging Russian activities. Railroad Strike called by 300,000 against 130 railroads 8— Wage agreement reached by G. M. and United Automobile Workers accepted I8I 2C an hour wage increase 14— Famine Committee asks Americans to eat 40% less wheat 15— Red 5-Year Plan approved by Council of Russian Parliament authorizing government to invest 483,000,000 rubles to protect country against any eventuality by 1950 21— U. N. Assembly progressing 22— Security Council of U. N. opens in New York City, welcomed by Byrnes 31— John L. Lewis, President United Mine Workers, announced work stoppage 4— Transcontinental and Western Air Constellation plan carries 720 air miles from Chicago to New York City in one hour and fifty-five minutes. An average speed of 388 miles an hour 5— Women to vote for first time in Japan’s “freest” election 11— U. S. to sign Pact with Argentine if it will elimi¬ nate Axis influence Civ il War feared in Manchuria, Communists at¬ tack Chiang 12— Hyde Park Estate dedicated one year after the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s death 19— Chief Justice Harlan Stone death—resulted from cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 73, the 12th Chief Justice of the United States 25—Manuel Rexas elected Philippine President, Inde¬ pendence July 4, 1946. Leftiests merge in Soviet zone, United Socialist party formed Bat shaped plane, capable of carrying bombs faster and far¬ ther than any plane in history, secret told after being guarded 23 years. Allies indict Tojo and 27 other Jap war leaders on 55 accounts 3—Coal Strike blocks out U. S. industry—railroads curtail schedules; big cities ration electricity power. Apple Blossom Festival—Winchester 9— Capital of China returns to Nanking 18—President orders Government to take over rail¬ roads 28—Senator Carter Glass dies 28—Donnie Wampler dies in crash on Dayton Pike

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JUNIORS CLASS OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Advisor . Lucille Dove Earle Fike,Jr. Creela Kline Joan Strawderman Miss Lester