Telenews Digest: May 1949 #2 46 die in tornadoes - Berlin riots - G.G. Shaw - D. Kaye

“Forrestal Tragedy”- Flags fly at half-mast in memory of James Forrestal, former Secretary of Defense, who committed suicide by jumping out Naval hospital window because he felt persecuted; then he is given a military burial at Arlington National Cemetery;
“Operation Tar Heel”- at Fort Bragg, army officers practice new maneuver, which includes parachuting and picking up gliders;
“46 Die in Tornado”- destruction footage of tornado that tore through 9 states, including Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, and Texas;
“Big Four Meet Opens”- Russian, American, British, and French officials meet to discuss German unity and reparations for Russia;
“Germany”- in Federal Republic of Western Germany, Bonn becomes new capital, leader of Christian Democratic Party is to be new president or prime minister;
“Hungary”- a symbol of Eastern Europe’s difficulties due to East-West split, a government campaign for strap iron is an example of shortages there, the Russian concessions may have been a way to help eastern Europe get help from western Europe;
“Austria”- officials from the Big Four meet again, at a memorial for victims who died in concentration camps;
“Berlin Riots”- blockade may have ended but Soviet head negotiator had emergency meeting with 3 other occupying powers to iron out some disputes, such as locomotives that Americans have that Soviets say are theirs; strike by 16,000 Western rail workers demanding that they be paid in Western currencies causes public transportation to come to a standstill, riot police and Soviet workers come in as a riot breaks out, while in other places Western police intervene, Berlin is scene to bloodiest disturbances yet;
“Shanghai Exodus”- battle lines are drawn and mass exodus occurs because Shanghai’s taken over by the Communists, all transportation is restricted and eventually no one can leave;
Monaco- buries leader Louis II, goes into mourning, Prince Rainer becomes leader;
England- Louise Douglas, wife of US British Ambassador, visits hospital, bringing page turner and projector, because husband got hurt; in Windsor Castle, a society wedding occurs as king and queen are in attendance;
“London”- mass protest by British Communist Party members to release Gerhardt Eisler, charging that he was kidnapped, magistrate to decide his fate;
“Washington”- John L. Sullivan resigns as Secretary of the Navy, because Defense Secretary Lewis Johnson canceled Navy’s carrier; Francis Matthew’s is sworn in;
“Paris”- contest for the prettiest legs is held, American is winner, judge makes sure;
“Fashions for Tomorrow”- American designers demonstrate gowns for different parts of a house;
“A Telenews Special”- comedian Danny Kaye, at an English garden party at the estate of author Steven Winston, speaks with Bernard Shaw, who tells him he’s afraid to look at a television, pictures are then taken which he hadn’t allowed for years, and Shaw shows him how candid photos should be taken