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The Chrle\aa1 dl1aater of 1hlpwrect off lbe
ooa1I
of Lebanon ended today - with 1lor1ou1 esplolta
of
ooura1e and eeaaanah1p by a hero of the eaatern
aedlterranean.
the atorJ was one of
■ ou11a1
terrer,
:arlbrea~~{e,palr. Then - lhe
appear&Aoe
or
Caplala
la4wan
BalpaJJ,
a
aallor of the Leban••• coa11.
the rrench liner, wlth lhree haaclre4 an4
111nteeD aboard, ran a1round
on
lhe reef 1a a 11ora.
OalJ
two bWl4re4
Jard■
fro• 1hore;- ba\
tho ■•
two
hu4re4
Jard ■
were a bollln1 ewlrl of eurf aa4
•101ou1 current,. The
pa1 ■ en1er•
1nclu4e4 a lar1•
auber of
p111rl■•
bound for~e BolJ
Land
tor
Cbrl1tu1.
They were on the wreot all d&J
Je■ ter4&J
&A4
la1t n11ht - wlth no 111n of re1cue.
•o
craft
ooul4
••nture into the raging sea• tnat were batteriDI
the
liner on the reef. the ve1sel was breakln& up,
•ract1n1 ln two.
On
the
deck,
a CatbollO
pr1e1t
said••••
111na1cs; -
a
aa4
all 1a\hered around
hl ■
--
Ca\holloi, pro,ei,aa,e,
ao111a1.
They unlted ln pra,e r.
Tbla
■ ornlng,
rescue alteapl1 were
•4• -
b•t
AO
or&fl could gel
throuah
the l&ahlDI
waYe•.
faalo
,rok•
oul aboar4 lhe wreot, an4
·
11Y1a17 people jupe4
o••r
,he 114• • ln a de1pera1e effor, ,o
••lil
••here.
flllJ•fiYe 11&4e
11.
The olber flfl11a per11bed.
la
&11
1w1a1r-1la llva1 ••r• 1011 la the 1blpwreot. Aboard,
aore
Iba.a two hundred
re■alae4
- 1acludla1 woaea
aa4
oh114rea.
'
Thal
••1
lb•
1tate
of
affalrl . ,
oa,
0•0101k
\bt1 afternoon, when - Oaplaln 8&4waa BalpaJr
appear•••
The Lebaae1e sailor bad a aolor 1auob,
breatere.
I I
seemed 1apo1etbl1
tb&\
he cou14
•ak•
11 -
bu\ ne 414.
Be 1ot h1e \oe•1~1 boat
aloa1■14■
J...
tbe
wreck, and moored
11
there.
A
rope ladder waa
lowered, and flflJ people
oll■bed
down - all the
boa\ could carry.
Several were woaen oarryta1
l■all
Oblldrea -
and
Iba\
■a.de
it
doubly
.,,osc, -
3
41tt1cul\. The Leb&neae
took hia bo&\lo&4
ot
•ur•l•ora
,o aafetJ, navigating
with
all the atill of a coaat&l
aarlner who know• every
aho&l
an4 ourreat.
A
couple ot
houre
later, wllh
aeTeral
volunteer• to aid
hlm,
he wa1
back a1a1n, an4
toot
ott
another boatload. Then he returned, oace
■ore,
for
life-aaviD& trip
nuaber
three.
Bl1 brother
cau with
a aaaller
boat,
and
r11oued a
4osen.
But, ir11a1
to
11&te a
aecoa4
ir1p,
hll boa, o&pl1se4 -
&Dd
he
W&I
juat
able
,o ,.,
oul
all•••
By
now, darkAela wa• . , naa4 - &Ad
Ille
re1oue
wort
aeemed
*•
at
a.a
ead ••
for \be day.
There
••re
attll forty a b o a r d . ~ • rorty rrenoh
l&llora -
and
it
looted bad tor
the■•
TbeJ
coul~
h&rdly
aurTive aboard
the
wreck
t
or
another nl&bt.
A Brltlah a1rpl&Ae flew
over,
&nd
dropped
&
cable -
which
waa secured fro• t
b
e
•••••1
to th•
■ hor,.
The
rea&1A1D& aurvivor• were prepared'°
Jup
into the aea, and try to make their waJ alon1
IIJDIIAI -
4
\Dt
oable,
na.nd
ov•r
hand.
Deeperat•
bu11neae,
1n
lbe
,,111 bo111Di
surf -
and
the
pro1peo\ ••• \bat
■ur
Bui t
h
eTe he wa• again - Iba\
L•b•••••
1a11or. Th• forty aboard the
wreot
let out a
,r1a1ndou1
yell of joy,
&I
\hey ••• l&lpajJ 1D bll
1auob. Co•1n1 -for 1t111 aaolher \rlp. Be
•an••••r•t
111
aotor launch, onoe &&&1n, lo
tb•
114•
of
th•
wreot -
and
all
forty
1a11or■ ol1■be4
4own.wbleh
-
brou1ht
the reaoue \o
an
en4.
All
lbe
while,
crow41 a1bore ••r•
oh•ert . .
~~
Y o u r ~ . . . a ~ o t
Cap\a1n
aadwan
BalpaJ7.
oh11r1n1 - ••
he mad•
\bo1e
tour
tr1p1
to••••••••
two
hundred
11••••
DAIQS
Pu1
/
ing
a
/ n
e
//
eadl 1n we h • n •
e
without
as
bad
aeventeea
41
/
-
d
World
••r
Two.
le
to ke~p a
/ a
b1n
/
He
re•
1pec1
Aur1o1
called ln pro1peol1
(
io
for ■
a
new oablnet.
Be
be1aa-
wl \h Plna7. A1t1a1
-
hla,
to try lt a1a1n. ljut the bua1ne11
■an,
who r•aa
a tannery, refused
to
have anythln&
■ore
to do with
•raa111n1
••l•
pol1t1c1an■
in
the
utlonal
a11eabl7.
-
-
~
~ut
~
t ln
tne ■ e
word_j
1111t
.-~a--i.aNw1tel'il..._
[•on
no pretext w111 I descend agaln tnto that 11on•1
den.•
(so the President of tne B9publlc bad to trr
el■ewnere./le
ca•led 1n
for■er Pre■1er
Bldault.
wbo■e
iepubl1oan
party
helped in the overthrow
tUP1
WtY
The
1overnaent
at
Rome
11
ezpecte4 lo ••ll4
a 1trOAI protea\ to Yugoalavla - after the ••laura
of the twenty-flve Italian fl1htn1 boali.Tbeie _
rouded up bJ Yu&oalav 1unboat1, and \&ten to the
port of Pola.
The latest - in a aounliA& 411pute
0•1r f11htn1 1roun4a.
In
the
A4riat1c Sea,
lhe
waler1
ott
Iha
1,a11u coa1t
•
have been
m
t11he4 ou,.
lo
Iba tlaberaea
ao•e aoro11 toward the tu101l&Y e14e. The two oounlrS.a
had
a flehln1 a1reeaent - which, however, ezplre4 laat
1prta1. llnoe then, the tu101lava have•••• e1labll1be4
' ~
a
ten alle 1 1 a 1 t ~ w b 1 o h Italian fl1heraea are
forb144en to oa11 their neta.lo tbeJ work a• 0101•
to the ten all• 11a1t ae they oan. Th
reaull,
a
1111ure of flahlng
boat ■, fro■ 11 ■•
to
t1••• The
lar1eai fleet works out of a
·
port
to the 1outh of
Vtnloe, and the twenty-five boat• now 1rabbe4 bJ
\be tu1oalava are of
that
Venetian fiahlng fleet.
The protest fro• Rome wlll be tbe latest
.....
Jll9
1Y.I -
2
of• 1erle1
■ton
ihat 1aae 1ubjeot. Whlcb &44• , .
JIITAII
On the news wire tonight, we have
a reveraal
of the
usual t
r
ing in international finance.
we
nave
_ money coming this
way.
London announce,
a payment
1
A
to tne
Uni
t
ed
Sta
t
es
government
i
,one
-
hundre4-an4-
e11nt,-one-million dollars.
Which includes interest
on a loan, and cash due under
~he
Marshall Plan.
John Bull creates an international innovation -
payln1
back
money to Uncle
Sam.
Late news from Korea tells of a sharp
attack on the road leading to Seoul -- a thousand
Reds
in a screaming fanatical assault.
But they
were
beaten off - no gain.
This was \he first
Coamun1at
ae1ault
of
~ny consequence in days --
alona tbe winter-
bound war
front.
flPIAI
We
have
some advance information about
eTenta
on January Twentieth.
We
hear, for example,
that
the
Trwnans
will say their final farewell to the
Whlte
House - when they step into automobiles
for the
1naugura..+&a parade.
That 1s, they
won't
10 bact
to
1'
the
Prea1dent1al mansion after attendlAI the
1nau1uration.
Instead, they'll
proceed
1-ediatelJ
to the railroad station, and take a traln for
Independence, M1ssour1,
the
TrW1an
home
towa.
lo
stated
by
Nrs.
James
Helm,
Secretary
to
Mrs.
Truaan.
-
In the inaugural
parade,
tbe
retlriAI
r1r1I
Lady,
t01ether •1th daughter Margaret, wlll ride wlth
the Jirst Lady-Elect, Mra. !leenhower.
They'll
follow
the President-elect.
H.S.T. mates a
a ■1lina
point of
,x•a
punctilio.
Saying -
that\iie won't ride with
General
Eisenhower•
the
General
·
wll
l
ride wlth
hl■•
Meaning,
of course,
th&t
Harry TrW1an will be President
or
the U
:ri
1ted States until the hour of noon,
on
January ~ent
1eth.
uw• -
2
Along with &11 th1a, we h&Te a denial ot
report•
that the
Tru■ana
have reser•e4 a suite 1n
a down own Washington Hotel. Another - that they've
purchased & home 1n the Georgetown 1ect1on. llgnlfJlDI
an 1ntent1on to atay on in Waahlngton 4ur1DI lbe new
adaln11trat1on.
Mra. Truaan••
secretary
1tate4
\od&J
-- theee rwaora, 4eflnltely,.,.. not true.
tQLLQY TR YMA1
A late
d1snatch
from
Washington
•tatee tb&I
the
1naugural ball will be
held 1n
two
inatallaenta
__ 1n two
plaoes.
The
demand
for boxes
and
t1ctet1
h&e been so
great
that plans haYe to be chanae4.
••• The program had been to have the
1na.u1ural ball
at
the
armory 1n waahin&ton.
But
\hat
1an•t
b1g
enou1h, no one place
11 b1&
enou1b. Bo a aecoad
e41tion of
the
feat1v1t1es will
be held 11aul\aneou111
at
the
Ullne arena.
gppDIBl
Tonight, I want to pay my respects - to my
first
sponsor
on
the radio.
R.
J.
Cudd1by __
bea4
of runt and Wagn&lla, which published the old
Literary
Dl&est.
He
has
died
at
the great
a1e
of ninety -
after
a c&reer of curious drama ln the world of publl1hla1.
Back in the
'Seventies, a Hew
York Irl1h
~
lad
went
to
work as a 1eneral utility boy in
the
).
publishing firm established by
the Reverend
I.
K.
~~
runt
and A. V. wa1nall1.
They
got
out Prote1t&nt
/\
rtl11lou1 book• and
■a1azinee.
The
boJ
1rew
up la the
flr ■
-
and, ln
tl ■e,
became
the
head
of
rut
&114
l&&&all ■•
All hie llfe,
a
dewout
aoaan Oathollo -
but be devoted
n1■1elf
to Prote1tant publloatlon1,
&ad created the 1arge1t library of theological
worn
eTer
a1aeab:ed
for
the
Proteatant
clera.
The
singular 1tory
·
goe1
on to
the LlterarJ
Di1eat -
an
old,
reepected
perlodloal - whloh ln the
'thlrtiee, rose to a new,
eudden
fame. Thte - throuah
the ••dtum of public opinion polle.
The
Literary
Dl1e1t was, I believe, the firat one to
■ate
a national
gpppJIX -
2
reputation -
with
••z•
straw vo\es. My own radio
debut was with a
news
pro1ram
that featured--•
those
literary Digest polle.
-~Jf4A.L~-
Tbe climax was - the proh1b1t1on poll,
,A
back in the early 'thirties.
Which foreoa1t the en4
of the dry era.
The Literary Digest roae
with
ita public
_5
~~~~~~~-
op1n1on
pol
le - and fell the
aaae
way
.)(
_
rn
,he
'
-,.
Prea1dent1al campaign
ot
11neleen
!h1r,1-Stx - ~
J
~
.
cJ-
,,
-.....
·
,traw
vote wen, h&yw1re. ran,aettoall~
wron1 -
A
pre4iotlag a land1li4e for Landon.
The eleellon
producing - a atunnta1 l&ndal14e
tor
rrantlla
D.
loo1eTelt.
~hat blooaer
l&Dk}he
Dl1••'
poll•
Md,
Jiu\
tbe p u l t . . ! t ~ ~ ~
~~
J
l&1na111
contlnued on, atill direc, 4 bJ,kth&t
•eleran
of Teterana, B. J.
Oud41hJ.
Over at Naples, they had a contest about a,
unfair as anything you could imagine - the game r1age4
from
start
to
f1nlsb. They called lt - a competlt1on
between Italy and the United States, but Uncle
Sa■
dldn'
t
have a chance - and w
,
as
counted
out
ln
advance.
It all concerned - the ptssa. That 1pec1e1
of neop•ol1tan ple made of tomatoes, cheese, anohoY1e1
-
and what-not -- whloh has been spreading, 1urpr111n111,
tn
these United Sta.tea.
The
1n1t11ator of the
nef&rloua
eTent~- nobody else than
General
Dw11ht
111enhower,
.
-
Pre,tdent-elect
of the
United
State,.
lt ee~•• that General
Ike ma4e
the
1talt■eat
that
he
bad eaten
a
pizza
1n Wew York'•
Xulberr1
8'reet,
th&t !_1Ule
I t a l y ~
a:;.;~~::.n-;..
ihan the Pizza he had
ln ••plea.
1-M~ ....... • • •
,na
"-
,/\
during the election
C&IIIP::.:n,ma.
b14 for ,he
llulberry
Street vote. ~
)
Alt
aroused ind11nat1on
ln Haple1,
ho■• cf
the
P1s1a-wbere a mlahty
■DP■•
champion appeared, ballta1
11zz4 -
a
the eupremacy of Baplea.
Some p e o p l e ~ •
don't understand diplomacy.
But who was thJ'defender
~
f'.
o
t
laple•T
Admiral Carney,
Coamander of
tbe
American
~
Sixth fleet, stationed
at Baplee.
,A
General
Ike,
until election
t1ae, waa
aoaaander
for
Jato, over 1n lurope - and
was,
thetef
ore,
Admiral
Carney's superior
off
leer•
then.
Coae Ja1uaary Twentlelh, be will be President oi 1he
United States -
which will mate him tbe Adalral'•
1u111rlor
officer doubled 1n
■ pade■ .y.t 14■1ral
Carn~tled the Presldent-eleot, . . . proolal..,.
the neopol11an to be
belter lh&n
tbe ••• Tork Pl••••
-
-
So a
contest
wae held. The
■oat
famoua
reatauran\a 1n •aples pro4r5i7f aasterpteoea - la
coapetltlon &galnet Bew Yo";;r:;:!'York
W&■
not
repreaen ted - 41 dn • t n·en know a~ut 1 t
,I
J/.':::.
lo■er
f
J--
To
coLplete the 1kulldu11ery, ••
have
the
question - who
asxa
ate
the
p1szaaT
Take a
au•••·
1
1l■lral
Carne,
1
an4
bl■
e&11
et.aft
ottlcer■f
~ey
tea■ted
oa lboae
■aaterplecea
of
the
art
of
pisza-matla1.
PIZZA -
3
But you've got to give them credit for one thing.
They
did invite President-elect
E
isenhower to the fiesta.
p,s.
He couldn't make it, Nelson - tied up doing something
or
other over here.
L.T. -
S
PE
CIAL HRISTMAS BROhDCAST for CBS
•
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5
2
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(R
di
t
ecor
ng
ime
12
min.,40 secs.)
W
h
en
C
BS
a
sk
e
d me to tell
a
f
a
vorite yuletide story,
I couldn't help
thinking
how,
every year, I've been looking for
Christmas
stories. Th
e
Joyful
holiday
as its difficulties for
a newsmen
on
the r
a
dio - no
news.
That•s
the w
a
y
it often is -
Christmas the
quietest
news
day of the year, along with Easter.
The
wires fill in
with Yuletide items, pretty much the same
one-year-af
t
er-another --
like dispatches from
townR called
Christmas
or Santa Claus - or that new one
in
the
Adirondack• -
Horth
Pole. Not to forget the same old stories of
Chriataa
in
the Holy
Land,
and so on.
The
difficulty
is to
get
sonaething different.
Today, I went back over
my
files, and I
was eurpr1aed
at
what
I
found.
There
was
the
Christmas
I had
Sir Hubert
Wilkins
on the air_ the famous Arctic and Antarctic explorer.
Did he tell
a
heroic thriller? Not at all.
mJIJ1%HA8 -
2
s1r
Hu
b
ert V1lklna' memorv went back
t
b
1
-
o an a 1urdllJ)
~
renown la
aaeo4
part1J
OA
ae:rla.l
explorat1•.
-
•••• tl!e i,clar tee b7 plane. But
one of
I'll ■
flr•L
■illllftl
la
the
sky •••
a eomlc
affair ea
Gbrlet ■a
...
~
••v•
*b•~• ••~•ore advenlure
. . t-lla.\..
than on any other day ln h11 11f ••
Vl\h two other aeronaut1, he
wa• en1a1e4
lo
repre1enl Santa Claus, aet ••
tile -pe11nd, "'"•
1n a
balloon, over Loncon. TheJ inflated
bt■l4e
&
&&•
t&nk,
,lb
•n~allmbed
the balloon
and up they weal.
A cold, atron1 wlad ••• blowla1,
&Dd
&I
they
8WWll
upward Iha w
-
1~ -·~
'1leM11~
M ~ - - - ~ ·
_
1111• . . . .
,»u■ped
the b&akel
Gt
the balloon agalnat & blgh ateel lover. And almoal
•Pilled
the ■
out.
8
The pbl
ot
the pleoe• llr Buber, Vlltlaa
related, ••a• that one of
u
a
,
one of the other ohapa,
repre1ent1n1 Sant& Olaua, vlth hl1 heavr load of
oandlee and toya, wa• to jump -
oo■e
down vlth a
. , , , ,
•• -
3
parachute,
-
...
"'-\.
from the clouds. The lde& was to land
1D
~~L
~
.
Hyde Part
Well, our balloon went up and up ,
0
an
al\ltude of
._.,ta.~SJ....~
five thouaand feet,A •• rose r11bl lhrou1b
,be cloude.But tbe cloud• were broteA &Ad•• could••
,ell where \he park waa.
Bo suddenly, oTer \he part -
lan,a,
wl\h hla pack and h1a parachute
,
luaped.
Our balloon, relleTed of all
,ha,
wel1bl,
1h01
up...-:?-'ward, and \he
baete\ ewua1
u
Ylolea\lJ,
llr Buber\
weal
on.
'We
1rabbed lbe oor4 lo
rel•a••
10••
gaa
10
we could co•• down.
Ba\
tbe
cord pullet
on a lan7ard, and
we were
unable \o le\ ou\
&DJ
1•••
lo up ud up we aho\ - \o aa alt1tu4e of a1x,•••
tbouud tee\. On ChrlalaaaDaJ l\ 11
■l&h'J
0014 al
11z111n lhouaaad feel.•• were
dna
a1ao1i fro•••
Al Iha\ al\l\Ude \he lwo aen 1A \he balleon
4r1tte4 aero•• 1n11aad
10
the
■ea,
lben back lo 1&a4
a1a1a. All they could 4o wa• wall tor \he 1a• ,o
••oap1 alowly. ~ \ l o
olher w a y ~ lo 1•'
.....
.,,,,u, - '
•ve atayed up
&11
day•, the famou1 explorer
oontlnued •and finally, dur1n1 the
nlgh,, we oaae 4owa
and blt
the
around
with
a
bump.
Over
fleld1 a.nd
aoroei
hed1e• thal
1aa
baa
4ra11•4 u,. Our
b&atet caught
ta
Ir•••
and 411ohe1. r1nally,
our
clothe• torn
,o
ribbon■,
our
bo41e ■
acratobed &nd
blee41n1
fro■
bea4
lo
fool,
we
aana1e4 to uchor the
balloon.•
But
what
bad
happened
to
Bania Clau1t
Wb&I
had
happened to the chap
who
bad
,upe4
out
a
■ lle
la the
alr, o~•r London, with oan4J and
,o,,
OD bll
b&otT
Be
oaae 4own 1n
Byde
Part all r1&bl.lut
,,oaue
of
the hlgb
w1n4
&ad
b11 awaar4
loa4,
be
luded --
on
ht• head -
~wa1
oarr1e4 to
a boaptlal.
,...
But
the
children
ot
London 1ot their pre1ent1.
Bo
lh&t
waa
lb• bell
r••••b•r•d
CbrlllUI
tor a world
reno~ae4 explorer.
The
•orlh
Pole u4
A.
lbe louth
Pole were never &11Jlbla1 llt•
,u,.
-
o-
An4 ••••••• bJ
the
way ••••••••
anotber
Cb111taa1,
on
:ii
n•••
pro1raa,
~
bad a
1tor1 fro•
a
/\
A
lop-rau1a1 Britl•h author - Valentla•
w1111ue.
Be
aui•r•••-
1
,old of a
yule\ 14e event,
t
aaoua in
1
ti
,1 ■e,
aow
tor10\\en by all but
a few.
It wa1 1n tbe fir,,
lorlcl
lar,
when tnere were etlll aoae uaealtlea _ •••
chlT&lrJ left froa the
pael.
Yalentlne 11llua
wbo
ha4
eerTed ln the Br111ah
Ar ■J,
cteeorlbe4 the
tea,,
of the ••t1T1tJ
ln Blaeteea rourteea,
the
flr1,
,he 1tyle of a
Br111ah llteruy
■aa,
•• fo11owaa
I/
Deceaber lwent1-t1Te, •1aeteea tblrlJ fou.
-
!be weather bad beea wretobe4, ralalq aa4 1an1a1,
Al&h'
before Chrl1tu1 the weather onaa1e4, and
a14alabt
W&I
cold &Ad dry.
tbe rrenob,
a■l4
Oeaeral
11Joio1n11, oelebrated Klda11nt • • • at aa
t■pro•l•••
altar ln a
coa■u1oat1on
trenob.
the
oelebraat la
eTerr
ea,, wae
one of tne 10141er prte1&1 1D the lrenohea.
Ia tbe Brlt1eb treachel there wa• ao hollJ or
•l1\l1toe. The To-111 1trun1
1•Y
j-,,ooDI
of
paper
te1 41oorat1on1.
• •
, , , ,
•• -
6
•on
lhe
enemy
a14e• 1a14
Valeatlae
w1111aa,,
~
·
,he Ger•n•
had
brought
re1l■ental
baadi
up ,
0
lhe
~
fronl ltnee -- and,
throu1h the~••• of dartne••
A
,
,he 1tra1n1 of •a,111e Bach,• and other
Geraaa
Chrla\MI
hJ ■D8
drifted \o
UI
fro■
•o
Kaa•, Land, p1&Je4
•• bJ lhl
baaf■
&Ad
■Wll
ta oher••·
•the artillery••• 111,nt. Al da1,reu Ille
Ger••
1ua1 refra1ne4
fro■
lhelr ou11oaar1
• ■oralaa
•• cou14 hear lhe lwllterln1
of••
,1rd1, ••
floot•
of
1parrowa,
■ade
bold bJ lhe
uaoouelo■ed
t•lel,
flocked to the lrenone, lo be
ts■a
t•••
•~n4 lhea• he atated, •toot place
a
11r1ea
-
Of tTen,,,
whloh I
.
. . . .
&1W&YI
he14 lo
be , ...
1reateat trlbute to tbe
c11r111••
1plrlt
dilour •••
11&1
known. The 1un wa•
up,
when 1u44enlr •• ••• •• 1•
0
or three 1ray t1aare1
a■ 14
the
barbed wlr•
en\an11eaent1. Tber w&Ted trlendly nand1, and orled
la broten lnallab:
•Merry
Cbr1a1aae, Tou1!
■errJ
. .
, , , , . , -
7
•eefore a.nybo4y realised whal wa1 b&ppealai,
aen fro• both oppoelag llnee of trenches were aorubllai
1n10 lo Kan'• Land, laughln1, oheer1n1, ala11n1• ~11
aloD& the llnea
f
lgure1 la Brltllh thatl &ad
Ger••
field 1ray tept appear1a1. They o . . . lo a hall
■ ldw&J
between ,be lrenchee &ad
faoe4 each Olher,
.,
flrll
wilh 1uap101oa, lhen wllb
woader ■eal.
tbea rlflel
were
lald &114• and banda were 1raaped. la
Chrl1l■aa
tr11acl1hlp. c11ar1 and c11arelle1 were banded abo•I,
•••••nlr1
esohaa1ed..
Oloada ot lebaooo
1 ■ote
loot 1111
plaoe of the 1aell of 1un powder. la1111h
1peaklq
G1rau1
~oled •• taterprelora, or lbe lwo 11••• •••
lb1■aelve1
uade~ood la ao14ler rrenob.
•there were Joke• about lbe war. •tbe tlral
••••• yea.ea are the bar4ea1•/1rl11Aed
To■11J.
•1a1 611&
tapu1~/ohortled rr11s. An.4 to_, 1r•• 1eallJ
•aroaatlo aboul lhe failure of lh•
Oer■an
f1•• 1 10
co•
out and 11ve ballle.
•there wa1
■ach
a1a11n1. Tb•
Oer ■an1
obll1••
~ • l l h •at1lle lacb, and
Tannenbau■•
87 1peolal Brllll~
aP,J•ZM1 -
8
reque1t theJ sang
•Dte
Wacht•• Rbetn• , 0
wblcb the
To■•l••
respond.e4 with
Tipperary.
•• bat,a11on of Soot, 1erana4e4 an outtlt
troa IUOAJ
wllh
&D
olcl
800,,t,h IODI
be11an1aa1
~,
. .
. J J ~ ~
,,
~
-,.Ao•
Boanle
Scotlanct.
Ne1e
·
ttna
Ja1stb1s III
tlla
l&SODI bow
to
11a1
8
AU14
Lan1 . ,
••••
•1a
one
1ector
lhe Brltl1b otttoer la
oeuaa4 a1ke4
pera1111oa
to
bury a
1oore or lr1111•
4ea4. The Gerau
co■-.IMler
readllJ
•ar••'• ••
1rterecl
hla
owa
■en
lo
help.
ar11a1a1
Hrlllaa elU
by
e l d e , ~ • , ,
. . . . .
. , . , , . , - 9
Then the German
co■■ander,
w1,n iear1 la
hll
eye1, •hoot hands
wltb
\he Br1t11h
••raeaa,
la
obar1•
of
\he 4elaohllent.
The next
day
\here wa1 ,,
111
ao •hoo,1a1,
~
b•I
aelllll
r
1141 lit\
\he
IHAOhH •
the
~~t.Vi~\-s;,~~
au•
roared ou, acala, an \he work ot 4e&lh n•
ha4 ••
■J
radio
proaraa.
0
-
Bui, now,
lei'•
10
oa
tro■
Iba
1ubll■•
te
~ ~ ~ q . ~ 1 - . -
lbe
r141ou1ou•.
The oheer,
l&lUl&llOA
ii• •• ,,,
"
Cbr11,ma1.
But,
0"8
year,
,he aewa wire
broupt
1oae,bla1
by
W&J
of
OODll'&II -
Ille
,,or,., lb•
■ oat
Th11
wa•
oelebr&te4 bf
lwo
■••
tortoooior•,
two brother•,
Dr.
Beraaa
lurrow
aa•
Dr.
•111oa
lmrow.
to lb••• lhe
aa■e
of
Sant&
c1aU:
wa1 - & pala
1•
lbe
A.
~
gp11z141 -
10
The mo1t •un-Kerry Cbrlslmaa• went back lo
1he taot that, a year preT1oualy,
a•••
York
Deparl■eat
,iore
h&4 lhe br11ht idea of ln1tallla1 a Santa Cla••
telephone nuaber tor 111tla k144le1 lo oall. tbeJ
10, fro•
tour
to flTe thou1aa4 oalla a 4aJ - lbal rear
before. All the k144lea pDonla1
luta
Ola••· Whlob
••• too
a&aJ, too
■uch
ot
a 1004 lhla1.
lo
lh•
ueparl ■enl
&lore 4roppe4 lbe t4ea tor lbe foll•tq
rear.
Durla& lhe 1a,erTeata1
■oa,u,
lbe lelepbeae
urert•aale
parly wa1 the
■e41oal
ottlce of Doclor•
Beran and •111oa lurrow -- IDeJ 111hertte4 lhe
laa\a
Claua auab
,
er.
the telephone
oo■paaJ
aeYer
1u■ peole4
the
k1441••
would
D&Ye
IUOh a
1004
··••rr •••
, lbo•••n4I
•t
lhe■
reoalle4 lbe pboae nuber lbal
laala
Clau•
"tt-,_-
h a l A I • ~ -
Bo, a•
the
IUD
teaal 4&J' approaolleel,
ro• ou
l■a11ae
what bappeae4 to tbe two 4oolor• --
•• Olarlal••
tl■e approached. Dr. ■er■aa l•rrow 1al41
. .
, . , , , , - 11
'Llltl•
Y01ce•
&tall hours of
ihe
daJ
aa4 Alibi.
Lltllt
~010••
aekln&
for
aaa,a
c1a.J,
laa,a
Cla•f.
The two doolora pul
1a a coaplatal -
&JUl
\hi
telephone
co ■pany a■ s11ae4 lbe■
a
le■porarr
auber
u,11 •S•
after
lbe
ho114&J••
Bal
tbal
414•'1
wort. •
lol
ot
peo•l•,
pallea,1 aa4
•••14-b•
p&lleal ■
. - -
.---.
--
__.,,.
llat
Iba.I
unluok7 nwaber, they
called lt,
aa4
ao■elblaa
had lo
be
dOne lo
4t1tla1uleh
belweea lhea u4
lbe
11111•
oae,
oa111a1
aaa,a
Cl••••
•• the telepnoae
oo■p&AJ
ua11ae4 aa
operator to acr•••
lhe oall1 aad
1•'
onlr
lbe oalll
I
for
lhe
am,ora 1e1 lhroqh. lul
,11at •••••
aaklq
,a.
qae111oa,
the
-■seperaior
1aqulr1aa1
waa,
Dr. lurrow -- or do you
waal laala
Claut•
Ill II &Uo
l■~&
l o /
,,
paU•-""'
UICI
Cl
z
J&ll
•
~-
1111)-11 lurr
teal
0 •
1}-
~
0
e 1n1
Ill
TheJ
.1
4e11&ad •
er
peo/.
are
~
curl
~
Han
buelD••·· . . .
••1~11•
doe••··
&lltlBl--4b.• ·-••'-
Bo,h of \he 4oc\ora
ezclalae4
la a
4•111
•101
,he
d&J ••
&
o\ , _ , ualuot,
auber. •
w,11,
l
cam
01111
•1•b
JOQ
all , ... kla4 ...
••••••••• 111st Dr,
lier ■-
lurow
amt
i,1.
■ 111,a
.
•••••et•••• ••••1
==• ■err,"-'•'••••
,.
a¥1
1
•z••• -
A
But &11 this
le&dl ••
to •Y
f&Yor1te
Obrlat■&I
story.
It
wa1 the
■ econd
yaar
I
was on
tbe
radlo, Md
the
yuletide
new ■
W&!I
e1pec1a111 light.
I
really
Aeeded
a
1004
to
f
lnd
one.
Obr1at ■a1
story to \ell, wa1 lucky enou1b
~~
An old aent1aental
t~•,
entlrelJ 1a
A,.
•o
Julel1de 11 ooaplete, wttboul •111ea1
•l&bt•.
tbal
loTely 014
1on1 11 one or the prlae
-
fa•orlte1 of the
1rea1
4&J
wnea CJ1r111u1
tr•••••••
la
lhelr ••llo• &low, &ad
■ 1111on1
of
Obtldrea
&11
o••r
the world
1au1h
lbelr lou4e11.
And
10
Jet••
11••
the bellow• of the ohuoh
or1aa,
wbtob
rra••
ar•ber
•1ed
lo
pl&J •
One
huadred
and
tweat1 tou 1ear1 a10
r.raaa •••
the or1an111 and obo1r
■alter
Of
& qua.tat
Cburcb 1D a 1leepy old town aaoaa the hl 11• of
Au11r1a.
r.rans wa1 proud of
lb&I
■u11o&l
1n11ruaeat,
&ltbouan lt wasn't new.
So, 11 ••• a ••nerable &ad
UJif%1♦8
-
B
perbapa
1o■ewnat
decrep1, pipe organ.
Anyway,the mice were
1~ 11. they
ate ,brouib
,ne bellow• and not a peep of muetc
could
rrans
extract
tro■
the inatrWlent. Thia
wa1
ao■ewhai
411tre111a1 at
c
nr1staa1 t1ae.
II••• all the
■ore
411tre111n1
becauee
Frans
Gruber••
1004
frleD4,
the
•rran••
orle4
the
a111ataa1
prle1,, 10•
•••'
oo■po••
a
■elo4J
at
onoe.
Cbrlat■a1
11
here.
I
b&Te
~u•I
wrltlea
••r•••
for
a
OArlal ■a1
oarol.
rran•
read
lbe
ver••• lbal hl• trtea4
11&4 coapo1ed.
TbeJ were Ibo••
ta■lliar
word•
ot
'lllenl
•11h1.:.J
j r r
~
n• ~ruber •••
l■pre■■e4.
Be tell an
la■e41ate
bil
1 ■ pul••
to
hurry
lo
tbe ol4 ohmoh
or1aa, and
play
aualo for tho•• •er••• hll
trleD4 bad
written. But
what
1004 would
that
dol tho••
aocur1e4 mloe bad eaten lbe bello••• &a4 lhe plpe
•r1an
wo
u
ld not play.
QPIITl♦
1
-Az
You
can picture rrans \earln~ hl1
8
111101an•1 halr.
What a
■ 11tortunet
And yel, we
perhape can ,hank those aloe for \be tao\ lhal
we b&Te
,1aa,
lovely Chrlataaa carol •111ent
nl1h1•.
rru•
oou14n't coapoae the au110 for the
1ole■
plpe
or1u.
All be could do••• \o
■ 1\
down an4 wrt,e the
1on1 for two To1oea &ad a ohorua,
aooo■pule4
bJ a
1u1tar. And lbal aay be whJ lhe 1r•at 014
1oa1
t1
10
tende
r
and lyric.
If rrans had
oo■po1ed
11
t a
,he
or,an,
11 would probably
h&Te
IUl'M4 lalo
IOMlbla1
aore
■ale•llc
&Ad atately. Al 11
wa1,
he .... ODlJ
TOloe1 &ad & 1ull&r, &Del lbat . . . . .
1o■elbla1
tbere
W&8
&A arllole
1D
&
obarch pabllO&lloa,
the
Bo■lletlc
·••1••· whlob related,_, \be
Chrlll■&I
carol
oo■poaed
under
auch curiou• clrouaatano••• bad
•l■oat
lnslaally spread tar and wlde.
A w o r l ~ traY.elled
Ger■an
a1111onar1
\old how lt ••• waa
1un1 to
bl■
ta Bla4ualaaee,
al Ille
.,.,.,-,
tool of lbe
Bl■alayae.
Be bear4 ne1roe1 11a1 11
aa
OA , , .
laabea1.
In \be ludan,
lhe
Arab
boJ•
1ereaa4e4
hi ■
•1th
\be
taa111ar
ho■elaa4
e,ralae
of
1
11111• •aoht.•
Today, 'h•r• l• AO Olher
••lotr
aear4
balf
ao
w14ely oTer ihe •••' - -
1paoe1
of
lo 1., •• be lh&Aktul lo lb•
■ lo•,
. .
, . , .
lbro•lh
lbe bellow•
ot
an old
obuoh
or1aa
ta a
•l••n
·••lrlu
T111&&••
10,111&1••
ay faTortle Ollrt•I••
■loryJ~
101oa1 --.. .... - - - - -
--~.,,.,.
~
11"'1
-fl.~
A
~
f
(> '\
~~
~
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w-e,L~~
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LTP.1952.12.23i.pdf
LTP.1952.12.23ii.pdf
The Chrle\aa1 dl1aater of 1hlpwrect off lbe
ooa1I
of Lebanon ended today - with 1lor1ou1 esplolta
of
ooura1e and eeaaanah1p by a hero of the eaatern
aedlterranean.
the atorJ was one of
■ ou11a1
terrer,
:arlbrea~~{e,palr. Then - lhe
appear&Aoe
or
Caplala
la4wan
BalpaJJ,
a
aallor of the Leban••• coa11.
the rrench liner, wlth lhree haaclre4 an4
111nteeD aboard, ran a1round
on
lhe reef 1a a 11ora.
OalJ
two bWl4re4
Jard■
fro• 1hore;- ba\
tho ■•
two
hu4re4
Jard ■
were a bollln1 ewlrl of eurf aa4
•101ou1 current,. The
pa1 ■ en1er•
1nclu4e4 a lar1•
auber of
p111rl■•
bound for~e BolJ
Land
tor
Cbrl1tu1.
They were on the wreot all d&J
Je■ ter4&J
&A4
la1t n11ht - wlth no 111n of re1cue.
•o
craft
ooul4
••nture into the raging sea• tnat were batteriDI
the
liner on the reef. the ve1sel was breakln& up,
•ract1n1 ln two.
On
the
deck,
a CatbollO
pr1e1t
said••••
111na1cs; -
a
aa4
all 1a\hered around
hl ■
--
Ca\holloi, pro,ei,aa,e,
ao111a1.
They unlted ln pra,e r.
Tbla
■ ornlng,
rescue alteapl1 were
•4• -
b•t
AO
or&fl could gel
throuah
the l&ahlDI
waYe•.
faalo
,rok•
oul aboar4 lhe wreot, an4
·
11Y1a17 people jupe4
o••r
,he 114• • ln a de1pera1e effor, ,o
••lil
••here.
flllJ•fiYe 11&4e
11.
The olber flfl11a per11bed.
la
&11
1w1a1r-1la llva1 ••r• 1011 la the 1blpwreot. Aboard,
aore
Iba.a two hundred
re■alae4
- 1acludla1 woaea
aa4
oh114rea.
'
Thal
••1
lb•
1tate
of
affalrl . ,
oa,
0•0101k
\bt1 afternoon, when - Oaplaln 8&4waa BalpaJr
appear•••
The Lebaae1e sailor bad a aolor 1auob,
breatere.
I I
seemed 1apo1etbl1
tb&\
he cou14
•ak•
11 -
bu\ ne 414.
Be 1ot h1e \oe•1~1 boat
aloa1■14■
J...
tbe
wreck, and moored
11
there.
A
rope ladder waa
lowered, and flflJ people
oll■bed
down - all the
boa\ could carry.
Several were woaen oarryta1
l■all
Oblldrea -
and
Iba\
■a.de
it
doubly
.,,osc, -
3
41tt1cul\. The Leb&neae
took hia bo&\lo&4
ot
•ur•l•ora
,o aafetJ, navigating
with
all the atill of a coaat&l
aarlner who know• every
aho&l
an4 ourreat.
A
couple ot
houre
later, wllh
aeTeral
volunteer• to aid
hlm,
he wa1
back a1a1n, an4
toot
ott
another boatload. Then he returned, oace
■ore,
for
life-aaviD& trip
nuaber
three.
Bl1 brother
cau with
a aaaller
boat,
and
r11oued a
4osen.
But, ir11a1
to
11&te a
aecoa4
ir1p,
hll boa, o&pl1se4 -
&Dd
he
W&I
juat
able
,o ,.,
oul
all•••
By
now, darkAela wa• . , naa4 - &Ad
Ille
re1oue
wort
aeemed
*•
at
a.a
ead ••
for \be day.
There
••re
attll forty a b o a r d . ~ • rorty rrenoh
l&llora -
and
it
looted bad tor
the■•
TbeJ
coul~
h&rdly
aurTive aboard
the
wreck
t
or
another nl&bt.
A Brltlah a1rpl&Ae flew
over,
&nd
dropped
&
cable -
which
waa secured fro• t
b
e
•••••1
to th•
■ hor,.
The
rea&1A1D& aurvivor• were prepared'°
Jup
into the aea, and try to make their waJ alon1
IIJDIIAI -
4
\Dt
oable,
na.nd
ov•r
hand.
Deeperat•
bu11neae,
1n
lbe
,,111 bo111Di
surf -
and
the
pro1peo\ ••• \bat
■ur
Bui t
h
eTe he wa• again - Iba\
L•b•••••
1a11or. Th• forty aboard the
wreot
let out a
,r1a1ndou1
yell of joy,
&I
\hey ••• l&lpajJ 1D bll
1auob. Co•1n1 -for 1t111 aaolher \rlp. Be
•an••••r•t
111
aotor launch, onoe &&&1n, lo
tb•
114•
of
th•
wreot -
and
all
forty
1a11or■ ol1■be4
4own.wbleh
-
brou1ht
the reaoue \o
an
en4.
All
lbe
while,
crow41 a1bore ••r•
oh•ert . .
~~
Y o u r ~ . . . a ~ o t
Cap\a1n
aadwan
BalpaJ7.
oh11r1n1 - ••
he mad•
\bo1e
tour
tr1p1
to••••••••
two
hundred
11••••
DAIQS
Pu1
/
ing
a
/ n
e
//
eadl 1n we h • n •
e
without
as
bad
aeventeea
41
/
-
d
World
••r
Two.
le
to ke~p a
/ a
b1n
/
He
re•
1pec1
Aur1o1
called ln pro1peol1
(
io
for ■
a
new oablnet.
Be
be1aa-
wl \h Plna7. A1t1a1
-
hla,
to try lt a1a1n. ljut the bua1ne11
■an,
who r•aa
a tannery, refused
to
have anythln&
■ore
to do with
•raa111n1
••l•
pol1t1c1an■
in
the
utlonal
a11eabl7.
-
-
~
~ut
~
t ln
tne ■ e
word_j
1111t
.-~a--i.aNw1tel'il..._
[•on
no pretext w111 I descend agaln tnto that 11on•1
den.•
(so the President of tne B9publlc bad to trr
el■ewnere./le
ca•led 1n
for■er Pre■1er
Bldault.
wbo■e
iepubl1oan
party
helped in the overthrow
tUP1
WtY
The
1overnaent
at
Rome
11
ezpecte4 lo ••ll4
a 1trOAI protea\ to Yugoalavla - after the ••laura
of the twenty-flve Italian fl1htn1 boali.Tbeie _
rouded up bJ Yu&oalav 1unboat1, and \&ten to the
port of Pola.
The latest - in a aounliA& 411pute
0•1r f11htn1 1roun4a.
In
the
A4riat1c Sea,
lhe
waler1
ott
Iha
1,a11u coa1t
•
have been
m
t11he4 ou,.
lo
Iba tlaberaea
ao•e aoro11 toward the tu101l&Y e14e. The two oounlrS.a
had
a flehln1 a1reeaent - which, however, ezplre4 laat
1prta1. llnoe then, the tu101lava have•••• e1labll1be4
' ~
a
ten alle 1 1 a 1 t ~ w b 1 o h Italian fl1heraea are
forb144en to oa11 their neta.lo tbeJ work a• 0101•
to the ten all• 11a1t ae they oan. Th
reaull,
a
1111ure of flahlng
boat ■, fro■ 11 ■•
to
t1••• The
lar1eai fleet works out of a
·
port
to the 1outh of
Vtnloe, and the twenty-five boat• now 1rabbe4 bJ
\be tu1oalava are of
that
Venetian fiahlng fleet.
The protest fro• Rome wlll be tbe latest
.....
Jll9
1Y.I -
2
of• 1erle1
■ton
ihat 1aae 1ubjeot. Whlcb &44• , .
JIITAII
On the news wire tonight, we have
a reveraal
of the
usual t
r
ing in international finance.
we
nave
_ money coming this
way.
London announce,
a payment
1
A
to tne
Uni
t
ed
Sta
t
es
government
i
,one
-
hundre4-an4-
e11nt,-one-million dollars.
Which includes interest
on a loan, and cash due under
~he
Marshall Plan.
John Bull creates an international innovation -
payln1
back
money to Uncle
Sam.
Late news from Korea tells of a sharp
attack on the road leading to Seoul -- a thousand
Reds
in a screaming fanatical assault.
But they
were
beaten off - no gain.
This was \he first
Coamun1at
ae1ault
of
~ny consequence in days --
alona tbe winter-
bound war
front.
flPIAI
We
have
some advance information about
eTenta
on January Twentieth.
We
hear, for example,
that
the
Trwnans
will say their final farewell to the
Whlte
House - when they step into automobiles
for the
1naugura..+&a parade.
That 1s, they
won't
10 bact
to
1'
the
Prea1dent1al mansion after attendlAI the
1nau1uration.
Instead, they'll
proceed
1-ediatelJ
to the railroad station, and take a traln for
Independence, M1ssour1,
the
TrW1an
home
towa.
lo
stated
by
Nrs.
James
Helm,
Secretary
to
Mrs.
Truaan.
-
In the inaugural
parade,
tbe
retlriAI
r1r1I
Lady,
t01ether •1th daughter Margaret, wlll ride wlth
the Jirst Lady-Elect, Mra. !leenhower.
They'll
follow
the President-elect.
H.S.T. mates a
a ■1lina
point of
,x•a
punctilio.
Saying -
that\iie won't ride with
General
Eisenhower•
the
General
·
wll
l
ride wlth
hl■•
Meaning,
of course,
th&t
Harry TrW1an will be President
or
the U
:ri
1ted States until the hour of noon,
on
January ~ent
1eth.
uw• -
2
Along with &11 th1a, we h&Te a denial ot
report•
that the
Tru■ana
have reser•e4 a suite 1n
a down own Washington Hotel. Another - that they've
purchased & home 1n the Georgetown 1ect1on. llgnlfJlDI
an 1ntent1on to atay on in Waahlngton 4ur1DI lbe new
adaln11trat1on.
Mra. Truaan••
secretary
1tate4
\od&J
-- theee rwaora, 4eflnltely,.,.. not true.
tQLLQY TR YMA1
A late
d1snatch
from
Washington
•tatee tb&I
the
1naugural ball will be
held 1n
two
inatallaenta
__ 1n two
plaoes.
The
demand
for boxes
and
t1ctet1
h&e been so
great
that plans haYe to be chanae4.
••• The program had been to have the
1na.u1ural ball
at
the
armory 1n waahin&ton.
But
\hat
1an•t
b1g
enou1h, no one place
11 b1&
enou1b. Bo a aecoad
e41tion of
the
feat1v1t1es will
be held 11aul\aneou111
at
the
Ullne arena.
gppDIBl
Tonight, I want to pay my respects - to my
first
sponsor
on
the radio.
R.
J.
Cudd1by __
bea4
of runt and Wagn&lla, which published the old
Literary
Dl&est.
He
has
died
at
the great
a1e
of ninety -
after
a c&reer of curious drama ln the world of publl1hla1.
Back in the
'Seventies, a Hew
York Irl1h
~
lad
went
to
work as a 1eneral utility boy in
the
).
publishing firm established by
the Reverend
I.
K.
~~
runt
and A. V. wa1nall1.
They
got
out Prote1t&nt
/\
rtl11lou1 book• and
■a1azinee.
The
boJ
1rew
up la the
flr ■
-
and, ln
tl ■e,
became
the
head
of
rut
&114
l&&&all ■•
All hie llfe,
a
dewout
aoaan Oathollo -
but be devoted
n1■1elf
to Prote1tant publloatlon1,
&ad created the 1arge1t library of theological
worn
eTer
a1aeab:ed
for
the
Proteatant
clera.
The
singular 1tory
·
goe1
on to
the LlterarJ
Di1eat -
an
old,
reepected
perlodloal - whloh ln the
'thlrtiee, rose to a new,
eudden
fame. Thte - throuah
the ••dtum of public opinion polle.
The
Literary
Dl1e1t was, I believe, the firat one to
■ate
a national
gpppJIX -
2
reputation -
with
••z•
straw vo\es. My own radio
debut was with a
news
pro1ram
that featured--•
those
literary Digest polle.
-~Jf4A.L~-
Tbe climax was - the proh1b1t1on poll,
,A
back in the early 'thirties.
Which foreoa1t the en4
of the dry era.
The Literary Digest roae
with
ita public
_5
~~~~~~~-
op1n1on
pol
le - and fell the
aaae
way
.)(
_
rn
,he
'
-,.
Prea1dent1al campaign
ot
11neleen
!h1r,1-Stx - ~
J
~
.
cJ-
,,
-.....
·
,traw
vote wen, h&yw1re. ran,aettoall~
wron1 -
A
pre4iotlag a land1li4e for Landon.
The eleellon
producing - a atunnta1 l&ndal14e
tor
rrantlla
D.
loo1eTelt.
~hat blooaer
l&Dk}he
Dl1••'
poll•
Md,
Jiu\
tbe p u l t . . ! t ~ ~ ~
~~
J
l&1na111
contlnued on, atill direc, 4 bJ,kth&t
•eleran
of Teterana, B. J.
Oud41hJ.
Over at Naples, they had a contest about a,
unfair as anything you could imagine - the game r1age4
from
start
to
f1nlsb. They called lt - a competlt1on
between Italy and the United States, but Uncle
Sa■
dldn'
t
have a chance - and w
,
as
counted
out
ln
advance.
It all concerned - the ptssa. That 1pec1e1
of neop•ol1tan ple made of tomatoes, cheese, anohoY1e1
-
and what-not -- whloh has been spreading, 1urpr111n111,
tn
these United Sta.tea.
The
1n1t11ator of the
nef&rloua
eTent~- nobody else than
General
Dw11ht
111enhower,
.
-
Pre,tdent-elect
of the
United
State,.
lt ee~•• that General
Ike ma4e
the
1talt■eat
that
he
bad eaten
a
pizza
1n Wew York'•
Xulberr1
8'reet,
th&t !_1Ule
I t a l y ~
a:;.;~~::.n-;..
ihan the Pizza he had
ln ••plea.
1-M~ ....... • • •
,na
"-
,/\
during the election
C&IIIP::.:n,ma.
b14 for ,he
llulberry
Street vote. ~
)
Alt
aroused ind11nat1on
ln Haple1,
ho■• cf
the
P1s1a-wbere a mlahty
■DP■•
champion appeared, ballta1
11zz4 -
a
the eupremacy of Baplea.
Some p e o p l e ~ •
don't understand diplomacy.
But who was thJ'defender
~
f'.
o
t
laple•T
Admiral Carney,
Coamander of
tbe
American
~
Sixth fleet, stationed
at Baplee.
,A
General
Ike,
until election
t1ae, waa
aoaaander
for
Jato, over 1n lurope - and
was,
thetef
ore,
Admiral
Carney's superior
off
leer•
then.
Coae Ja1uaary Twentlelh, be will be President oi 1he
United States -
which will mate him tbe Adalral'•
1u111rlor
officer doubled 1n
■ pade■ .y.t 14■1ral
Carn~tled the Presldent-eleot, . . . proolal..,.
the neopol11an to be
belter lh&n
tbe ••• Tork Pl••••
-
-
So a
contest
wae held. The
■oat
famoua
reatauran\a 1n •aples pro4r5i7f aasterpteoea - la
coapetltlon &galnet Bew Yo";;r:;:!'York
W&■
not
repreaen ted - 41 dn • t n·en know a~ut 1 t
,I
J/.':::.
lo■er
f
J--
To
coLplete the 1kulldu11ery, ••
have
the
question - who
asxa
ate
the
p1szaaT
Take a
au•••·
1
1l■lral
Carne,
1
an4
bl■
e&11
et.aft
ottlcer■f
~ey
tea■ted
oa lboae
■aaterplecea
of
the
art
of
pisza-matla1.
PIZZA -
3
But you've got to give them credit for one thing.
They
did invite President-elect
E
isenhower to the fiesta.
p,s.
He couldn't make it, Nelson - tied up doing something
or
other over here.
L.T. -
S
PE
CIAL HRISTMAS BROhDCAST for CBS
•
.
.
,
De
c.
23
,1
9
5
2
.
(R
di
t
ecor
ng
ime
12
min.,40 secs.)
W
h
en
C
BS
a
sk
e
d me to tell
a
f
a
vorite yuletide story,
I couldn't help
thinking
how,
every year, I've been looking for
Christmas
stories. Th
e
Joyful
holiday
as its difficulties for
a newsmen
on
the r
a
dio - no
news.
That•s
the w
a
y
it often is -
Christmas the
quietest
news
day of the year, along with Easter.
The
wires fill in
with Yuletide items, pretty much the same
one-year-af
t
er-another --
like dispatches from
townR called
Christmas
or Santa Claus - or that new one
in
the
Adirondack• -
Horth
Pole. Not to forget the same old stories of
Chriataa
in
the Holy
Land,
and so on.
The
difficulty
is to
get
sonaething different.
Today, I went back over
my
files, and I
was eurpr1aed
at
what
I
found.
There
was
the
Christmas
I had
Sir Hubert
Wilkins
on the air_ the famous Arctic and Antarctic explorer.
Did he tell
a
heroic thriller? Not at all.
mJIJ1%HA8 -
2
s1r
Hu
b
ert V1lklna' memorv went back
t
b
1
-
o an a 1urdllJ)
~
renown la
aaeo4
part1J
OA
ae:rla.l
explorat1•.
-
•••• tl!e i,clar tee b7 plane. But
one of
I'll ■
flr•L
■illllftl
la
the
sky •••
a eomlc
affair ea
Gbrlet ■a
...
~
••v•
*b•~• ••~•ore advenlure
. . t-lla.\..
than on any other day ln h11 11f ••
Vl\h two other aeronaut1, he
wa• en1a1e4
lo
repre1enl Santa Claus, aet ••
tile -pe11nd, "'"•
1n a
balloon, over Loncon. TheJ inflated
bt■l4e
&
&&•
t&nk,
,lb
•n~allmbed
the balloon
and up they weal.
A cold, atron1 wlad ••• blowla1,
&Dd
&I
they
8WWll
upward Iha w
-
1~ -·~
'1leM11~
M ~ - - - ~ ·
_
1111• . . . .
,»u■ped
the b&akel
Gt
the balloon agalnat & blgh ateel lover. And almoal
•Pilled
the ■
out.
8
The pbl
ot
the pleoe• llr Buber, Vlltlaa
related, ••a• that one of
u
a
,
one of the other ohapa,
repre1ent1n1 Sant& Olaua, vlth hl1 heavr load of
oandlee and toya, wa• to jump -
oo■e
down vlth a
. , , , ,
•• -
3
parachute,
-
...
"'-\.
from the clouds. The lde& was to land
1D
~~L
~
.
Hyde Part
Well, our balloon went up and up ,
0
an
al\ltude of
._.,ta.~SJ....~
five thouaand feet,A •• rose r11bl lhrou1b
,be cloude.But tbe cloud• were broteA &Ad•• could••
,ell where \he park waa.
Bo suddenly, oTer \he part -
lan,a,
wl\h hla pack and h1a parachute
,
luaped.
Our balloon, relleTed of all
,ha,
wel1bl,
1h01
up...-:?-'ward, and \he
baete\ ewua1
u
Ylolea\lJ,
llr Buber\
weal
on.
'We
1rabbed lbe oor4 lo
rel•a••
10••
gaa
10
we could co•• down.
Ba\
tbe
cord pullet
on a lan7ard, and
we were
unable \o le\ ou\
&DJ
1•••
lo up ud up we aho\ - \o aa alt1tu4e of a1x,•••
tbouud tee\. On ChrlalaaaDaJ l\ 11
■l&h'J
0014 al
11z111n lhouaaad feel.•• were
dna
a1ao1i fro•••
Al Iha\ al\l\Ude \he lwo aen 1A \he balleon
4r1tte4 aero•• 1n11aad
10
the
■ea,
lben back lo 1&a4
a1a1a. All they could 4o wa• wall tor \he 1a• ,o
••oap1 alowly. ~ \ l o
olher w a y ~ lo 1•'
.....
.,,,,u, - '
•ve atayed up
&11
day•, the famou1 explorer
oontlnued •and finally, dur1n1 the
nlgh,, we oaae 4owa
and blt
the
around
with
a
bump.
Over
fleld1 a.nd
aoroei
hed1e• thal
1aa
baa
4ra11•4 u,. Our
b&atet caught
ta
Ir•••
and 411ohe1. r1nally,
our
clothe• torn
,o
ribbon■,
our
bo41e ■
acratobed &nd
blee41n1
fro■
bea4
lo
fool,
we
aana1e4 to uchor the
balloon.•
But
what
bad
happened
to
Bania Clau1t
Wb&I
had
happened to the chap
who
bad
,upe4
out
a
■ lle
la the
alr, o~•r London, with oan4J and
,o,,
OD bll
b&otT
Be
oaae 4own 1n
Byde
Part all r1&bl.lut
,,oaue
of
the hlgb
w1n4
&ad
b11 awaar4
loa4,
be
luded --
on
ht• head -
~wa1
oarr1e4 to
a boaptlal.
,...
But
the
children
ot
London 1ot their pre1ent1.
Bo
lh&t
waa
lb• bell
r••••b•r•d
CbrlllUI
tor a world
reno~ae4 explorer.
The
•orlh
Pole u4
A.
lbe louth
Pole were never &11Jlbla1 llt•
,u,.
-
o-
An4 ••••••• bJ
the
way ••••••••
anotber
Cb111taa1,
on
:ii
n•••
pro1raa,
~
bad a
1tor1 fro•
a
/\
A
lop-rau1a1 Britl•h author - Valentla•
w1111ue.
Be
aui•r•••-
1
,old of a
yule\ 14e event,
t
aaoua in
1
ti
,1 ■e,
aow
tor10\\en by all but
a few.
It wa1 1n tbe fir,,
lorlcl
lar,
when tnere were etlll aoae uaealtlea _ •••
chlT&lrJ left froa the
pael.
Yalentlne 11llua
wbo
ha4
eerTed ln the Br111ah
Ar ■J,
cteeorlbe4 the
tea,,
of the ••t1T1tJ
ln Blaeteea rourteea,
the
flr1,
,he 1tyle of a
Br111ah llteruy
■aa,
•• fo11owaa
I/
Deceaber lwent1-t1Te, •1aeteea tblrlJ fou.
-
!be weather bad beea wretobe4, ralalq aa4 1an1a1,
Al&h'
before Chrl1tu1 the weather onaa1e4, and
a14alabt
W&I
cold &Ad dry.
tbe rrenob,
a■l4
Oeaeral
11Joio1n11, oelebrated Klda11nt • • • at aa
t■pro•l•••
altar ln a
coa■u1oat1on
trenob.
the
oelebraat la
eTerr
ea,, wae
one of tne 10141er prte1&1 1D the lrenohea.
Ia tbe Brlt1eb treachel there wa• ao hollJ or
•l1\l1toe. The To-111 1trun1
1•Y
j-,,ooDI
of
paper
te1 41oorat1on1.
• •
, , , ,
•• -
6
•on
lhe
enemy
a14e• 1a14
Valeatlae
w1111aa,,
~
·
,he Ger•n•
had
brought
re1l■ental
baadi
up ,
0
lhe
~
fronl ltnee -- and,
throu1h the~••• of dartne••
A
,
,he 1tra1n1 of •a,111e Bach,• and other
Geraaa
Chrla\MI
hJ ■D8
drifted \o
UI
fro■
•o
Kaa•, Land, p1&Je4
•• bJ lhl
baaf■
&Ad
■Wll
ta oher••·
•the artillery••• 111,nt. Al da1,reu Ille
Ger••
1ua1 refra1ne4
fro■
lhelr ou11oaar1
• ■oralaa
•• cou14 hear lhe lwllterln1
of••
,1rd1, ••
floot•
of
1parrowa,
■ade
bold bJ lhe
uaoouelo■ed
t•lel,
flocked to the lrenone, lo be
ts■a
t•••
•~n4 lhea• he atated, •toot place
a
11r1ea
-
Of tTen,,,
whloh I
.
. . . .
&1W&YI
he14 lo
be , ...
1reateat trlbute to tbe
c11r111••
1plrlt
dilour •••
11&1
known. The 1un wa•
up,
when 1u44enlr •• ••• •• 1•
0
or three 1ray t1aare1
a■ 14
the
barbed wlr•
en\an11eaent1. Tber w&Ted trlendly nand1, and orled
la broten lnallab:
•Merry
Cbr1a1aae, Tou1!
■errJ
. .
, , , , . , -
7
•eefore a.nybo4y realised whal wa1 b&ppealai,
aen fro• both oppoelag llnee of trenches were aorubllai
1n10 lo Kan'• Land, laughln1, oheer1n1, ala11n1• ~11
aloD& the llnea
f
lgure1 la Brltllh thatl &ad
Ger••
field 1ray tept appear1a1. They o . . . lo a hall
■ ldw&J
between ,be lrenchee &ad
faoe4 each Olher,
.,
flrll
wilh 1uap101oa, lhen wllb
woader ■eal.
tbea rlflel
were
lald &114• and banda were 1raaped. la
Chrl1l■aa
tr11acl1hlp. c11ar1 and c11arelle1 were banded abo•I,
•••••nlr1
esohaa1ed..
Oloada ot lebaooo
1 ■ote
loot 1111
plaoe of the 1aell of 1un powder. la1111h
1peaklq
G1rau1
~oled •• taterprelora, or lbe lwo 11••• •••
lb1■aelve1
uade~ood la ao14ler rrenob.
•there were Joke• about lbe war. •tbe tlral
••••• yea.ea are the bar4ea1•/1rl11Aed
To■11J.
•1a1 611&
tapu1~/ohortled rr11s. An.4 to_, 1r•• 1eallJ
•aroaatlo aboul lhe failure of lh•
Oer■an
f1•• 1 10
co•
out and 11ve ballle.
•there wa1
■ach
a1a11n1. Tb•
Oer ■an1
obll1••
~ • l l h •at1lle lacb, and
Tannenbau■•
87 1peolal Brllll~
aP,J•ZM1 -
8
reque1t theJ sang
•Dte
Wacht•• Rbetn• , 0
wblcb the
To■•l••
respond.e4 with
Tipperary.
•• bat,a11on of Soot, 1erana4e4 an outtlt
troa IUOAJ
wllh
&D
olcl
800,,t,h IODI
be11an1aa1
~,
. .
. J J ~ ~
,,
~
-,.Ao•
Boanle
Scotlanct.
Ne1e
·
ttna
Ja1stb1s III
tlla
l&SODI bow
to
11a1
8
AU14
Lan1 . ,
••••
•1a
one
1ector
lhe Brltl1b otttoer la
oeuaa4 a1ke4
pera1111oa
to
bury a
1oore or lr1111•
4ea4. The Gerau
co■-.IMler
readllJ
•ar••'• ••
1rterecl
hla
owa
■en
lo
help.
ar11a1a1
Hrlllaa elU
by
e l d e , ~ • , ,
. . . . .
. , . , , . , - 9
Then the German
co■■ander,
w1,n iear1 la
hll
eye1, •hoot hands
wltb
\he Br1t11h
••raeaa,
la
obar1•
of
\he 4elaohllent.
The next
day
\here wa1 ,,
111
ao •hoo,1a1,
~
b•I
aelllll
r
1141 lit\
\he
IHAOhH •
the
~~t.Vi~\-s;,~~
au•
roared ou, acala, an \he work ot 4e&lh n•
ha4 ••
■J
radio
proaraa.
0
-
Bui, now,
lei'•
10
oa
tro■
Iba
1ubll■•
te
~ ~ ~ q . ~ 1 - . -
lbe
r141ou1ou•.
The oheer,
l&lUl&llOA
ii• •• ,,,
"
Cbr11,ma1.
But,
0"8
year,
,he aewa wire
broupt
1oae,bla1
by
W&J
of
OODll'&II -
Ille
,,or,., lb•
■ oat
Th11
wa•
oelebr&te4 bf
lwo
■••
tortoooior•,
two brother•,
Dr.
Beraaa
lurrow
aa•
Dr.
•111oa
lmrow.
to lb••• lhe
aa■e
of
Sant&
c1aU:
wa1 - & pala
1•
lbe
A.
~
gp11z141 -
10
The mo1t •un-Kerry Cbrlslmaa• went back lo
1he taot that, a year preT1oualy,
a•••
York
Deparl■eat
,iore
h&4 lhe br11ht idea of ln1tallla1 a Santa Cla••
telephone nuaber tor 111tla k144le1 lo oall. tbeJ
10, fro•
tour
to flTe thou1aa4 oalla a 4aJ - lbal rear
before. All the k144lea pDonla1
luta
Ola••· Whlob
••• too
a&aJ, too
■uch
ot
a 1004 lhla1.
lo
lh•
ueparl ■enl
&lore 4roppe4 lbe t4ea tor lbe foll•tq
rear.
Durla& lhe 1a,erTeata1
■oa,u,
lbe lelepbeae
urert•aale
parly wa1 the
■e41oal
ottlce of Doclor•
Beran and •111oa lurrow -- IDeJ 111hertte4 lhe
laa\a
Claua auab
,
er.
the telephone
oo■paaJ
aeYer
1u■ peole4
the
k1441••
would
D&Ye
IUOh a
1004
··••rr •••
, lbo•••n4I
•t
lhe■
reoalle4 lbe pboae nuber lbal
laala
Clau•
"tt-,_-
h a l A I • ~ -
Bo, a•
the
IUD
teaal 4&J' approaolleel,
ro• ou
l■a11ae
what bappeae4 to tbe two 4oolor• --
•• Olarlal••
tl■e approached. Dr. ■er■aa l•rrow 1al41
. .
, . , , , , - 11
'Llltl•
Y01ce•
&tall hours of
ihe
daJ
aa4 Alibi.
Lltllt
~010••
aekln&
for
aaa,a
c1a.J,
laa,a
Cla•f.
The two doolora pul
1a a coaplatal -
&JUl
\hi
telephone
co ■pany a■ s11ae4 lbe■
a
le■porarr
auber
u,11 •S•
after
lbe
ho114&J••
Bal
tbal
414•'1
wort. •
lol
ot
peo•l•,
pallea,1 aa4
•••14-b•
p&lleal ■
. - -
.---.
--
__.,,.
llat
Iba.I
unluok7 nwaber, they
called lt,
aa4
ao■elblaa
had lo
be
dOne lo
4t1tla1uleh
belweea lhea u4
lbe
11111•
oae,
oa111a1
aaa,a
Cl••••
•• the telepnoae
oo■p&AJ
ua11ae4 aa
operator to acr•••
lhe oall1 aad
1•'
onlr
lbe oalll
I
for
lhe
am,ora 1e1 lhroqh. lul
,11at •••••
aaklq
,a.
qae111oa,
the
-■seperaior
1aqulr1aa1
waa,
Dr. lurrow -- or do you
waal laala
Claut•
Ill II &Uo
l■~&
l o /
,,
paU•-""'
UICI
Cl
z
J&ll
•
~-
1111)-11 lurr
teal
0 •
1}-
~
0
e 1n1
Ill
TheJ
.1
4e11&ad •
er
peo/.
are
~
curl
~
Han
buelD••·· . . .
••1~11•
doe••··
&lltlBl--4b.• ·-••'-
Bo,h of \he 4oc\ora
ezclalae4
la a
4•111
•101
,he
d&J ••
&
o\ , _ , ualuot,
auber. •
w,11,
l
cam
01111
•1•b
JOQ
all , ... kla4 ...
••••••••• 111st Dr,
lier ■-
lurow
amt
i,1.
■ 111,a
.
•••••et•••• ••••1
==• ■err,"-'•'••••
,.
a¥1
1
•z••• -
A
But &11 this
le&dl ••
to •Y
f&Yor1te
Obrlat■&I
story.
It
wa1 the
■ econd
yaar
I
was on
tbe
radlo, Md
the
yuletide
new ■
W&!I
e1pec1a111 light.
I
really
Aeeded
a
1004
to
f
lnd
one.
Obr1at ■a1
story to \ell, wa1 lucky enou1b
~~
An old aent1aental
t~•,
entlrelJ 1a
A,.
•o
Julel1de 11 ooaplete, wttboul •111ea1
•l&bt•.
tbal
loTely 014
1on1 11 one or the prlae
-
fa•orlte1 of the
1rea1
4&J
wnea CJ1r111u1
tr•••••••
la
lhelr ••llo• &low, &ad
■ 1111on1
of
Obtldrea
&11
o••r
the world
1au1h
lbelr lou4e11.
And
10
Jet••
11••
the bellow• of the ohuoh
or1aa,
wbtob
rra••
ar•ber
•1ed
lo
pl&J •
One
huadred
and
tweat1 tou 1ear1 a10
r.raaa •••
the or1an111 and obo1r
■alter
Of
& qua.tat
Cburcb 1D a 1leepy old town aaoaa the hl 11• of
Au11r1a.
r.rans wa1 proud of
lb&I
■u11o&l
1n11ruaeat,
&ltbouan lt wasn't new.
So, 11 ••• a ••nerable &ad
UJif%1♦8
-
B
perbapa
1o■ewnat
decrep1, pipe organ.
Anyway,the mice were
1~ 11. they
ate ,brouib
,ne bellow• and not a peep of muetc
could
rrans
extract
tro■
the inatrWlent. Thia
wa1
ao■ewhai
411tre111a1 at
c
nr1staa1 t1ae.
II••• all the
■ore
411tre111n1
becauee
Frans
Gruber••
1004
frleD4,
the
•rran••
orle4
the
a111ataa1
prle1,, 10•
•••'
oo■po••
a
■elo4J
at
onoe.
Cbrlat■a1
11
here.
I
b&Te
~u•I
wrltlea
••r•••
for
a
OArlal ■a1
oarol.
rran•
read
lbe
ver••• lbal hl• trtea4
11&4 coapo1ed.
TbeJ were Ibo••
ta■lliar
word•
ot
'lllenl
•11h1.:.J
j r r
~
n• ~ruber •••
l■pre■■e4.
Be tell an
la■e41ate
bil
1 ■ pul••
to
hurry
lo
tbe ol4 ohmoh
or1aa, and
play
aualo for tho•• •er••• hll
trleD4 bad
written. But
what
1004 would
that
dol tho••
aocur1e4 mloe bad eaten lbe bello••• &a4 lhe plpe
•r1an
wo
u
ld not play.
QPIITl♦
1
-Az
You
can picture rrans \earln~ hl1
8
111101an•1 halr.
What a
■ 11tortunet
And yel, we
perhape can ,hank those aloe for \be tao\ lhal
we b&Te
,1aa,
lovely Chrlataaa carol •111ent
nl1h1•.
rru•
oou14n't coapoae the au110 for the
1ole■
plpe
or1u.
All be could do••• \o
■ 1\
down an4 wrt,e the
1on1 for two To1oea &ad a ohorua,
aooo■pule4
bJ a
1u1tar. And lbal aay be whJ lhe 1r•at 014
1oa1
t1
10
tende
r
and lyric.
If rrans had
oo■po1ed
11
t a
,he
or,an,
11 would probably
h&Te
IUl'M4 lalo
IOMlbla1
aore
■ale•llc
&Ad atately. Al 11
wa1,
he .... ODlJ
TOloe1 &ad & 1ull&r, &Del lbat . . . . .
1o■elbla1
tbere
W&8
&A arllole
1D
&
obarch pabllO&lloa,
the
Bo■lletlc
·••1••· whlob related,_, \be
Chrlll■&I
carol
oo■poaed
under
auch curiou• clrouaatano••• bad
•l■oat
lnslaally spread tar and wlde.
A w o r l ~ traY.elled
Ger■an
a1111onar1
\old how lt ••• waa
1un1 to
bl■
ta Bla4ualaaee,
al Ille
.,.,.,-,
tool of lbe
Bl■alayae.
Be bear4 ne1roe1 11a1 11
aa
OA , , .
laabea1.
In \be ludan,
lhe
Arab
boJ•
1ereaa4e4
hi ■
•1th
\be
taa111ar
ho■elaa4
e,ralae
of
1
11111• •aoht.•
Today, 'h•r• l• AO Olher
••lotr
aear4
balf
ao
w14ely oTer ihe •••' - -
1paoe1
of
lo 1., •• be lh&Aktul lo lb•
■ lo•,
. .
, . , .
lbro•lh
lbe bellow•
ot
an old
obuoh
or1aa
ta a
•l••n
·••lrlu
T111&&••
10,111&1••
ay faTortle Ollrt•I••
■loryJ~
101oa1 --.. .... - - - - -
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f
(> '\
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