Volume 20, 1947.

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93. Nov. 20, 1947. Friendship Train reaches seaboard. Reds fear our movies, says [Eric] Johnston. Footnote on furs [New York: Miss Paula Croset chosen Miss Cinderella by fur manufacturers]. Princeton beats Yale.

94. Nov. 25, 1947. Royal wedding; Elizabeth weds Philip at [Westminster] Abbey.

95. Nov. 27, 1947. Hollywood bans Reds [announcement by Eric Johnston]. News highlights: huge land plane [XC–99] flies [at] San Diego; Vienna cleans up [war-damaged Philliphof]; swamp denizens battled [by Ross Allen at] Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia; ski season underway, Mt. Rainier National Park.

96. Dec. 2, 1947. Army beats Navy. St. Nick has preview: [Santa Claus parade of film and radio stars in Hollywood; Toyland parade in Philadelphia]. Truman sees Freedom Train. Royal honeymooners [Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh] pose. Command performance [Robert Montgomery and other motion picture stars meet British royal family].

97. Dec. 4, 1947. Camera shows secret [of the fly's flight]. Eight die in Seattle [plane] crash. The Nation's healthiest [National 4–H Club Congress in Chicago]. Anzio war dead honored. Feline funsters frolic [cat show in Brooklyn]. Football extra: Southern Methodist ties Texas Christian, 19–all.

98. Dec. 9, 1947. Friendship food sails. Strike grips France [Paris and Lyons]. The "snake" in Germany [queues of people waiting for food and other necessities]. Spain valley flooded [along the Segura River]. Football highlights: Notre Dame routs USC; high school grid thrills [football championship game in Philadelphia].

99. Dec. 11, 1947. Christmas preview; "Babe" [Ruth] cheers polio kids; Dutch cheers for Santa [royal family at Christmas entertainment]. Global fliers [George Truman and Clifford Evans, Jr.] back. Counterfeit ring broken [by Secret Service in Chicago]. CCNY cagers win [game against Oregon State Beavers in Madison Square Garden]. War orphans reach U. S. Lujack receives [Heisman] trophy.

100. Dec. 16, 1947. Hirohito at Hiroshima. News in brief: Greeks get U. S. warships; Admiral Nimitz gets award [from President Truman; Admiral Denfield becomes Chief of Naval Operations]; twenty-one [Army personnel] die in air crash [Memphis, Tennessee]. Labrador survivors [of ATC transport] home; Browns top grid Yankees [All-American Conference football title game]; kiddies' Christmas party [Cardinal Spellman at New York Foundling Hospital party].

101. Dec. 18, 1947. U. S. troops quit Italy. Blizzards made to order [by engineers of the Army Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth, N. J.]. Christmas cheer from many lands [children from diplomatic corps broadcast in Washington]. Film star [Alan Ladd] urges food saving. Wrestling big-wigs battle [Primo Carnera]. Perfect physique contest [male beauty on parade at Montreal].

102. Dec. 23, 1947. Peace must wait; Marshall's [report of Foreign Ministers' meeting in London]. Jet bomber [Boeing XB–47] passes tests. Jap vagrants rounded up. Film star [Jimmy Stewart] in food appeal. The world of sports: basketball on ice; Golden Glovers mix it.

103. Dec. 25, 1947. New helicopter shown [Philadelphia]. German school crisis [housing and other problems]. French curios get laugh. Test all-metal glider [Trenton]. Collier trophy awarded [presented by President Truman to Lewis Rodert], New White House pet. Dutch woman marks 106th [birthday]. The world of sports: fists fly in hockey tilt [Providence Scarlets vs. N. Y. Metropolitans]; pro basketball thriller [N. Y. Knickerbockers vs. Boston Celtics].

104. Dec. 30, 1947. The blizzard of 1947 [in New York and other East Coast cities]. New Navy jet tested [fighter plane, the Grumman XF9F "Panther"]. Miss Truman meets press. The sports round-up: Cards win pro grid title; Riggs defeats Kramer [Madison Square Garden].