September 1, 1951
That fall of 1951, gas ran $0.27 a gallon and Truman was in the White House — the Soviet Union had just detonated its second atomic bomb in two years, a development the White House said directly undercut the peace intentions Stalin had been publicly voicing. On the newsstands, James Jones's novel "From Here to Eternity" was sitting atop the fiction bestsellers, and on television, "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" was the show American households kept coming back to each week. The New York Yankees took the World Series that October by defeating the New York Giants, the same fall that Chinese Communist forces marched into Lhasa and completed their takeover of Tibet, effectively ending the country's independence.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — September 1, 1951
NY Times Headlines — Week of September 1, 1951
Acheson Is Hopeful On Japanese Pact; Americans Off For Peace Treaty Talks
Senators Ask War On Crime By Private National Council; Kefauver Committee, In Its Final Report, Proposes Group To Coordinate Work Of Local Citizens' Commissions Council Proposed For War On Crime 3 Reports Made Previously Grant Asked For Council Barbiturate Curb Asked
Foreign Aid Fund Of $7,286,250,000 Passed By Senate; Bill, Which Is $1,213,750,000 Under Total Truman Asked, Is Approved 61 To 5 Europe To Receive Less Economic Assistance Sum Is Cut $250,000,000 Near East Gets $37,500,000 More Truman Proposals Ignored Near East Fund Raised Foreign Aid Bill Passed By Senate
Conference Opens; President Says Meeting Will Show Who Wants Peace Or Warfare Asks No Malice In Talks Truman Notes Treaty Curbs On Tokyo'S Militarism-- Session Rules Discussed
Four Asian Nations Support Draft Of Japanese Treaty, Challenge Soviet Charges; U.S. Policy Backed Ceylon, Pakistan, Laos And Cambodia Stress Need Of Just Peace Indian Stand Is Opposed 14 Criticisms Of Document Offered Despite General Indication Of Approval
World Events — September 1951
Time Person of the Year — 1951
On the radio
Billboard Charts — September 1, 1951
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1951–52 Season
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — September 1, 1951
On the field
Sports Champions — September 1, 1951
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