Volume 18, 1946/47.

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200. Sept. 5, 1946. Halsey answers Red criticism. Human projectile hurled from speeding airplane. German refugees in Denmark. Lighter side of the news: [Little Sisters' Day at Roxbury, Massachusetts, Boys' Club]. Bill Stern's sports news: Primo Carnera back in ring; Tulane pigskin warm-up; 75,000 at horse opera [in Los Angeles Coliseum].

201. Sept. 11, 1946. Return of King from exile voted in Greek plebiscite. Drama in Yugoslavia as Tito returns bodies of U. S. fliers. UNRRA supplies [at Marseilles]. U. S. fleet in Mediterranean. New British roundup in Palestine crisis. V.F.W. parade. Harvest Moon dance champs. Death rides in motor classic [in Atlanta]. National air race thrills. Skate stars in Ice-capades.

202. Sept. 13, 1946. Byrnes warns U. S. won't quit. Tragic plight of refugees at the door to Palestine. "Monty" over here [on tour of U. S. and Canada]. Strike paralyzes U. S. ports. Meet Miss America 1946. Bill Stern reports nation's sports thrills: tennis championships; international polo.

203. Sept. 18, 1946. President welcomes "Monty" on first tour of U. S. Nazi torture camp victims in pilgrimage to Lourdes. Planes in head-on crashes but dummy pilot escapes. Adelaide Hawley reports lighter side of the news. French quadruplets; smallest auto; flying icicle.

204. Sept. 20, 1946. War criminals' swan song. Our martyred fliers home as Trieste tension mounts. Siegfried Line goes boom. Presenting Miss America and newest beach modes. U. S. tennis stars win Davis Cup title tilt.

205. Sept. 25, 1946. Wallace-Byrnes rift stirs nation. UNRRA carries on. London squatters abdicate as police nab abdicators. Religious fete revived. Koreans in liberation celebration hail U. S. Army. Olympics in Berlin described by Bill Stern. Death dodgers.

206. Sept. 26, 1946. Air rescue drama in trans-Atlantic plane disaster. Wallace out of Cabinet. Debut of football: Pitt vs. Illinois; the pros bow in. Something new in the sky [MGM airship].

207. Oct. 2, 1946. The Shanghai story; amazing films of China's "boom town." Pope blesses Boy Scouts. Holy Hour in Chicago [Holy Name Mass]. Athens ready for King. First flying post office. Sport topics of the day: thrills on wheels; President sees aqua-speedsters.

208. Oct. 4, 1946. Nazi gang found guilty. Fred Allen gives tips on politics. Overseas headlines: Harriman joins Byrnes in Paris; Cannes revives famed fiesta. President sees West Point gridders crush Oklahoma. Irish vs. Illinois; Alabama vs. Tulane.

209. Oct. 9, 1946. Legion convention; FBI Chief warns of foes within U. S. Navy plane's 11,000–mile hop sets a new world's record. Greeks welcome monarch recalled to the throne. 500,000 pounds of TNT exploded. Auto race thriller.

210. Oct. 11, 1946. Judgment Day for Nazi gang. World Series special. Columbia gridders sink Navy. Buckeyes whitewash Trojans.

211. Oct. 16, 1946. Army "Dreamboat" flies 9,500 miles. Byrnes sees "no war." Alcan Highway, new frontier. Personalities in the news: new Chief Justice [Fred M. Vinson]; Mexico honors movie maker [Jack L. Warner]. U. S. togs for China. King [of England] welcomes Eisenhower. World Series highlights. Gridiron miracle.

212. Oct. 18, 1946. Truman ends meat control. Queen Elizabeth starts namesake on new career [as passenger ocean liner]. Film stars ask arbitration in jurisdiction—at strike. Grid round-up by Bill Stern: Yale vs. Columbia; Army vs. Michigan; Texas vs. Oklahoma.

213. Oct. 24, 1946. Justice Jackson on lesson of Nazi hangings. Byrnes home from Paris makes report on peace. Unrest in Europe. De Gaulle loses at polls. Windsor home with Duchess. Sinatra wins movie poll. Plane in slingshot take-off. World Series extra.

214. Oct. 25, 1946. Molotov here aboard "Queen," backs peace. Top secrets revealed as U. S. hails Navy Day. Personalities in the news: General Ike, the golfer; spotlight on Franco; whale ahoy. Grid thrills of the day reported by Bill Stern: Army crushes Columbia; Tennessee upsets Alabama; Uclans beat California.

215. Oct. 30, 1946. United Nations special. Sport topics of the day; rapids riders; submarine basketball.

216. Nov. 1, 1946. Grid thrillers: Penn vs. Navy; Army vs. Duke; Rice vs. Texas. Paree's queer hair-do fashions. Headlines in the news: twin engine helicopter; college ain't what it was; Miss Liberty's birthday; featuring film notables.