Week of April 24, 1950

A floodgate in a dam in the Red Lake River breaks under the battering of an ice

jam and loosens a flash flood on Crookston, MN. Lots of flooding with no deaths

reported.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower calls on the

nation’s newspapers today to keep their news

columns free and unbiased and to defend “the

political and economic freedom of each one of

us.”

Secretary of Defense Johnson says that the

United States had speeded up development of

new weapons more terrible than any the world

has ever seen.

The Navy asks Congress for authority to build a

“U-235 boat” - an atomic powered submarine.

The program will cost $335 million.

Nearly 10,000 Bell telephone equipment installers strike coast-to-coast and are

directed by union officers to jam the nation’s long distance lines with “hang up”

calls.

Frankie Costello told investigating senators he really

doesn’t feel qualified now to give them any information

on the gambling business in which he conceded he

once had a certain interest. He explained that he had

abandoned earlier careers in the fields of bookmaking

and slot machines in favor of investments in the real

estate, oil and restaurant businesses.

Speaking in Long Beach CA - Rep. Richard Nixon said

President Truman is correct in his estimate of danger of

Communism abroad but the Hiss case at home will continue to plague the

administration.

The Western Union Telegraph Company announces that it was investigating the

arrest of its manager and staff at Bridgeton, NJ on gambling charges. The arrests

were based on acceptance of a money order addressed to East St. Louis, IL

placing a wager on the outcome of a horse race. Western Union regulations

forbid acceptance or deliver of telegrams or money orders for the purpose of

placing wagers of any kind in the states where such transactions are unlawful.

Week of April 24, 1950

Capt Chuck Yeager makes is last flight with the

Supersonic X-1.

Alfred Forchino was passing by a housing

development when he happened to glance up. At a

fifth floor window he saw a baby teetering on the

ledge. He sprinted to a position under the window and

held out his bent arms. The child fell right into them. A

passerby took the child to the hospital.

In a Gallup Poll - a young man contemplating matrimony should have an income

of at least $50 in the opinion of adults questioned in a nationwide survey.

Entertainment news -

Mrs. Nancy Sinatra files suit for separate maintenance against her husband,

singer Frank Sinatra. She asks for the custody of the couple’s three children,

Nancy-10, Frank Jr. - 6and Christina - 2 plus temporary and permanent support

“in the manner in which the parties have been accustomed.” They were married

in Feb 1939 and separated on Feb. 1, 1950.

Frank Sinatra leaves MGM, where he was under contract. He asked for the

release and is now considered a freelance artist.

Sports - The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup, beating the New York

Rangers.

Leo Durocher , manager of the Giants, was

cussing so loud at an empire; his words were

picked up by TV viewers watching WPIX-TV in New

York. He called him a son-of-a-bitch among other

things. WPIX turned the sound down eventually,

but the station got complaints.

Radio news -

Groucho Marx, heard on CBS radio with “You Bet

Your Life” is getting overtures by rival NBC.

CBS debuts a new musical variety show with

Robert Q. Lewis as emcee.

Week of April 24, 1950

At the movies -

The Daughter Of Rosie O’Grady - June Haver, Gordon MacRae

Samson and Delilah

My Foolish Heart - Dana Andrews,

Susan Hayward

South Sea Sinner - Shelley Winters

The Man on the Eiffel Tower - Chas.

Laughton, Franchot Tone

Black Hand - Gene Kelly

Nancy Goes to Rio - Jane Powell

Key To The City - Clark Gable, Loretta

Young

The Damned Don’t Cry - Joan Crawford,

David Brian