Volume 30, 1947.

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26. Nov. 25, 1947. The royal wedding [of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip]. Football: Yale-Harvard; Notre Dame-Tulane; USC-UCLA.

27. Nov. 28, 1947. New French Premier and Cabinet fight crisis of strikes. Action flashes from abroad: grasshoppers plague Australia; Vienna building razed. Aviation: largest land plane in world [XC–99] in test flight. Movie executives purge Hollywood of Communists. Film servicemen are decorated in mass ceremony [Darryl F. Zanuck, Ben Lyon, Lon McCallister, and others]. "City of Kansas City," first intra-Missouri streamliner. Sports: Yankees-Cleveland pro football; girl wrestlers.

28. Dec. 2, 1947. UN votes to divide Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. Washington headliners: President Truman visits the Freedom Train in Washington; Carl Gray is appointed head of Veterans' Administration; Samuel Goldwyn is honored for his war effort; Jesse Donaldson becomes the new U. S. Postmaster General; Robert Hannegan buys St. Louis baseball club. Royal newlyweds [Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip] spend honeymoon in the country. Tyrone Power ends goodwill air tour of 32,000 miles. Army-Navy football classic. Penn defeats Cornell.

29. Dec. 5, 1947. Troops and police fight Red strikers in French crisis. Turmoil marks UN partition of Palestine. Flashes of action: Canadian logging; army flights [in New Zealand and the southern Alps]. Livestock champions compete for prizes at Chicago show. European boxers put on exciting bout in Paris. 1947 football highlights.

30. Dec. 9, 1947. French crisis points East-West conflict on Marshall plan: Big Four parley in deadlock; Dulles confers in Paris; French Communists; Paris Express wrecked; U. S. Friendship Train. Tension mounts in Arab-Jewish situation. News of atomic development: Chicago [celebration at the University of Chicago of fifth atomic birthday]; Washington [announcement by Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lilienthal]. Vacation fashions. Roman Catholic High School wins city grid championship [at Philadelphia]. Notre Dame ends season unbeaten, routing USC.

31. Dec. 12, 1947. News of the Nation: Truman opens Everglades National Park; Piper Cubs end world flight; counterfeit ring smashed. France pays final tribute to General Le Clerc, Holland children, even princesses, hail St. Nicholas. Sports: Johnny Lujack honored; Australian tennis [John Bromwich vs. Jim Brink; Colin Long and Billy Sidwell vs. Adrian Quist and Jim Brink]; French fencing; ice skating champ [Barbara Ann Scott].

32. Dec. 16, 1947. Soviet Russia takes drastic steps to combat inflation. Japanese Emperor sees atom-bombed city of Hiroshima. Names in the news: Admiral Nimitz retires; Admiral Denfeld succeeds Admiral Nimitz; $50,000 Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund check; Mrs. George Skouras re-christens a Friendship food ship. Cardinal Spellman holds a Christmas party for New York foundlings. Cleveland Browns defeat football Yanks for title.

33. Dec. 19, 1947. Communist general strike in Rome fails amid scenes of riot. Last U. S. troops leave Italy. Congress passes bill for interim aid to Europe. A message [on food] from Alan Ladd and William Demarest. U. S. Army produces its own blizzards for arctic tests [at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey]. Girls, these mighty muscle men display perfect physiques [Joffre L'Heureaux wins title of Mr. Canada at Montreal]. Children of foreign diplomats wish you a Happy New Year.

34. Dec. 23, 1947. Secretary Marshall home [from London Conference] with report on parley failure. The world food situation: Jimmy Stewart pleads for food conservation; Friendship [Train] food in France; Secretary Anderson's food report. Aviation: XB–47 jet bomber [tested]. Reduce hidden taxes, urges Congressman Dingell. Fashions for skating. Olympic ski stars: Canadian Olympic ski training; skiing in Switzerland, in New Zealand.

35. Dec. 26, 1947. Highlights of 1947. World events: Legal end of war; the Marshall Plan; Indian independence; Palestine divided; British royalty on tour. News of the Nation: Hurricane in Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi; sea lions; Congressional committee probes war contracts. Aviation: Navy jet plane; Army jet bomber, the Flying Wing; Howard Hughes' Flying Boat. The feminine world. Lew Lehr's specialties. Disaster and spectacle: Texas City razed by explosions and fire; Vistula River ice jam; Iceland's Mt. Nekla erupts anew. Science: Bavarian observatory records sun in eclipse; V–2 rocket launched from "Midway."

36. Dec. 30, 1947, Heaviest snowfall in history of New York paralyzes city. Wallace will run for president on 3rd party ticket. News flashes: Philadelphia fire; Friendship Food Train in Paris [Drew Pearson is made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor]; Navy jet fighter [Panther, on trial flight]. This is no place for men with cold feet [Iceberg Athletic Club goes into the water at Coney Island]. Chicago Cards beat Philadelphia for football title.