The Year - 1947
The Family News..:

James Curtin, son of Mike & Ellen (Clancey) Curtin died on Apr. 17 & is burried in Calvery cemetary.
Raymond was born to Marie (Nolan) & William Jennings on Apr. 25 in Chicago.
LaVerne was born to Antoinette (Bagnole) and Oliver Hall on Dec. 25th in Chicago.

The #1 Songs Were .....
The Anniversary SongDinah Shore
Ballerina Vaughn Monroe
Chi-Baba Chi-BabaPerry Como
HeartachesTed Weems
Huggin' and Chalkin' Hoagy Carmicheal
LindaRay Noble with Buddy Clark
Mam'selleArt Lund & Frank Sinatra
Managua, NicaraguaGuy Lombardo & Freddy Martin
Near You Francis Craig
Open the Door, Richard Count Basie & The Three Flames
Peg O' My HeartBuddy Clark & Harmonicats & Three Suns
TemptationRed Ingle
White ChristmasBing Crosby


AT THE MOVIES....
Gentleman's Agreement (Twentieth Century-Fox) *****Best Motion Picture
  The Bishop's Wife (Goldwyn; RKO Radio)
  Crossfire (RKO Radio)
  Great Expectations (J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild; Universal-International)
  Miracle on 34th Street (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Acacamy Awards..:
Ronald Colman, A Double Life - ***** Best Actor
Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter - ***** Best Actress
Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street - ***** Supporting Actor
Celeste Holm, Gentleman's Agreement - ***** Supporting Actress
Elia Kazan, Gentleman's Agreement - ***** Directing

Music Song - "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," Song of the South, Allie Wrubel, music; Ray Gilbert, lyrics

Short Subjects Cartoon - Tweetie Pie (Merrie Melodies Series) (Edward Selzer, producer; Warner Bros.)


IN THE NEWS . . . . .
Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).
Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10).
Soviet Union rejects U.S. plan for U.N. atomic-energy control (March 4).
Truman Doctrine proposed�the first significant U.S. attempt to �contain� communist expansion (March 12).
Marshall Plan for European recovery proposed�a coordinated program to help European nations recover from ravages of war (June). (By 1951, this �European Recovery Program� had cost $11 billion.)
India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15).
U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager becomes first person to break the sound barrier (Oct. 14).
Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl published.

Last updated on February 17, 2000