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Hello, FRiends! Thanks, Vision! And I'm very glad to host the thread as you run a little late this evening. :-) We always love "Miracle on 34th Street," a classic of classics!

7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. December 21, 1955. Program #3. CBS net. "The Nick Shurn Matter". Sustaining. A lonely vigil in the snow, a killer prowls the night, and a lady vanishes. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Les Crutchfield (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Virginia Gregg, Jack Kruschen, Ken Christy, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor), Sam Edwards, Peggy Webber, Don Diamond, Ben Wright, Barney Phillips. 15:22. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. December 22, 1955. Program #4. CBS net. "The Nick Shurn Matter". Sustaining. A little girl who believes in Santa Claus, a big girl who believes in very little, and both of them facing death! Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Les Crutchfield (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Virginia Gregg, Jack Kruschen, Ken Christy, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor), Sam Edwards, Peggy Webber, Don Diamond, Ben Wright, Barney Phillips. 15:12. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

7:30 Dragnet. March 1, 1953. Program #193. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The search for a "George Richmond" leads to a killer of cops who always takes cabs. Walter Schumann (music), Hal Gibney (announcer), Joyce McCluskey, Paul Richards, Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, John Robinson (writer). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

8:00 Gunsmoke. February 26, 1956. CBS net. "Who Lives By The Sword". Sponsored by: L & M, Chesterfield. Marshal Dillon beats up Joe Delk, a professional gunfighter. Delk loses his courage shortly thereafter. The system cue is added live. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on May 18, 1957. William Conrad, John Meston (writer), Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Clayton Post, Parley Baer, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Walsh (announcer). 25:41. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.

8:30 21st Precinct. December 22, 1954. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. Mrs. Beaven complains that her next door neighbor is doing business from his apartment. Mr. Wolfschmidt however, is giving the merchandise away! The public service announcements and part of the closing credits have been deleted. Everett Sloane, Ken Lynch, Harold Stone, Santos Ortega, John Ives (producer), Stanley Niss (writer, director). 30:06. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Incomplete.

9:00 The Adventures Of Archie Andrews. December 13, 1947. NBC net. Sponsored by: Swift's Premium Meats. Mass confusion results when Archie and his parents and all his friends go Christmas shopping at the same time in the same department store. Bob Hastings, Harlan Stone, Alice Yourman, Ian Martin, Gloria Mann, Rosemary Rice, Arthur Kohl, Ray Hedge, Kenneth MacGregor (producer, director), Bob Sherry (announcer). 29:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

9:30 My Favorite Husband 12/23/49 #068 The Sleigh Ride (Jello/Log Cabin) (CBS) (29:12). Synopsis is missing from the Index.

10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. December 20, 1948. CBS net. "Miracle On 34th Street". Sponsored by: Lux. The script was used again on "The Lux Radio Theatre" previously on December 22, 1947 (see cat. #45155) and subsequently on December 21, 1954 (see cat. #272). William Keighley (host), Edmund Gwenn, Joseph Kearns, Willard Waterman, Marlene Ames, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Norman Field, Gil Stratton, Cliff Clark, Lawrence Dobkin, Louise Fitch, John McGovern, Sara Berner, Edward Marr, Herb Vigran, June Whitley, Jeanine Roos, George Seaton (screenwriter), Valentine Davies (author), Helena Sorrell (20th Century Fox diction coach: Intermission guest), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, John Milton Kennedy (announcer). 58:51. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

Thanks Gina. How was thanksgiving?

Got something on the missing synopsis:

9:30 My Favorite Husband 12/23/49 #68 "The Sleigh Ride" Lucille Ball (Liz Cooper), Richard Denning (George Cooper), Gale Gordon (Rudolph Atterbury), Bea Benaderet (Iris Atterbury), Ruth Perrott (Katie, the maid), Hans Conreid (Mr. Wood, Mr. Gundlefinger) ; Announcer - Bob Lamond ; CBS ; Sponsor - Jello, Log Cabin ; Producer - Jess Oppenheimer ; Mr. Wood, from next door, wants to hide out from his eleven kids at the Coopers. Mr. Negley, the mailman, shows up. The group goes Christmas caroling in a sleigh. George is vice president of the Sheridan Falls National Bank. Mr. Gundlefinger gets run over by his sleigh as it is "stolen" and reports it to the police.