35. Dec. 27, 1947. Ice-skate ball makes bow [basketball game on ice]. People in the eyes of the world: "The Angel" [Maurice Tillet, French wrestler] returns; Russia sends new envoy [Alexandre Paniushkin, Ambassador to the U.S.]. Police drive homeless from Jap catacombs. Marshall reports on Big Four [London conference]. Friendship by the shipload [President Auriol expresses the gratitude of the French for American food].
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36. Dec. 31, 1947. 1947 sports in review: track and field [Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton]; swimming [Jimmy McLane]; boxing [Joe Walcott vs. Joe Louis]; tennis [Jack Kramer]; golf [Lew Worsham, Sammy Snead, Babe Didrikson Zaharias]; turf [Jet Pilot]; baseball [Yankees vs. Dodgers]; football [Notre Dame team, Johnny Lujack].
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37. Jan. 3, 1948. 2 reels. 1947, year of division: Blasts wreck Texas City; Palestine partition approved; Washington hearings hold the headlines; fashions, the new look; veto battle makes labor history; politics—who will it be in '48? The story of the East-West split.
© 3Jan48; MP2690.
38. Jan. 7, 1948. New York digs out [greatest snowfall in city's history]. Miss Truman meets the press. Silver Jubilee: Maharajah of Jaipur honored. Football: Blanchard, Davis, Tucker [of West Point] in news again.
© 7Jan48; MP2691.
39. Jan. 10, 1948. 1948 Bowl games: Orange Bowl; Cotton Bowl; Rose Bowl; Sugar Bowl.
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