April 9, 1950
Gas cost $0.27 a gallon in the spring of 1950, and the Dow Jones stood at 235 — a tense standoff over the status of Trieste kept Western and Soviet diplomats at odds, with Moscow formally demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops from the contested territory. On the entertainment front, the animated film "Cinderella" was drawing families to theaters across the country, and Eileen Barton's "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" was the song Americans couldn't get off the radio. In sports, the Minneapolis Lakers defeated the Syracuse Nationals to claim the NBA championship, and in New York City, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opened to traffic on May 25, connecting Brooklyn and lower Manhattan through more than a mile of roadway beneath the harbor.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — April 9, 1950
NY Times Headlines — Week of April 9, 1950
Truman Aims At Golden Era Of Free Flowing Commerce; Nearing End Of Fifth Year As President, He Looks With Determination To Victory In 'Cold War' And Peace For Many Years
Point Four Outlay Of 'Billions' Urged; Senator Edwin C. Johnson Stresses Africa As Field For Spurring World Trade
President Implies It Is Not Possible To Libel M'Carthy; Leads A Counter-Attack Upon Senator--Connally And State Department Official Join China Policy Is Defended Foreign Relations Chief Says U.S. Did All Short Of War-- Tydings Yields On Ayer Names Dragged In "Gutter" President Doubts A M'Carthy Libel A Matter Of Principle, He Says Do You Think Libel Possible? Knowland Replies To Him
World Events — April 1950
Time Person of the Year — 1950
On the radio
Billboard Charts — April 9, 1950
On the bookshelf
On the television
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — April 9, 1950
On the field
Sports Champions — April 9, 1950
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