Pg… 30 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Inside Mig Alley

Pg… 37 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Two Flood Victims Forget They are Chickens

Pg… 38 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Washington's Biggest Headache

Pg… 40 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Silence Descends on the City

Pg… 44 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Noise Rocks a Desert

Pg… 57 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Disgusted Chimney Sweep Toys with His Doom

Pg… 60 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: British Tidy Up as Egypt Boils

Pg… 67 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Truman has Become a Better Dressed Man

Pg… 81 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Martini Heresy

Pg… 36 EDITORIAL: The Strength of Harry Truman

Pg… 133 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Our Underwater Defense, Photographed for LIFE by J.R. Eyerman

Pg… 146 ARTICLE: Golden Days of the West: A Letter from Theodore Roosevelt

Pg… 49 PEOPLE: Jane Wyman Watches a Santa Claus Parade

Pg… 52 PEOPLE: Ford Meets Big Businessmen from Europe

Pg… 52 PEOPLE: U.S. Banker Meets British Economist

Pg… 85 ART: A Private View of the Army

Pg… 97 ART: A Visit from St. Nicholas

Pg… 91 EDUCATION: More and More Pupils

Pg… 103 THEATER: Audrey is a Hit

Pg… 109 SPORTS: Sick 'Em Soccer

Pg… 115 MOVIES: The Sputtering Whiz Kids

Pg… 123 RELIGION: Light at Lourdes

Pg… 125 SCIENCE: How Much Food Do Kids Need?

Pg… 166 FASHION: Around the House in Winter Cotton

Pg… 169 NATURE: Born to be a Doorman

Pg… 13 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 22 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: "Cartes–De–Visite" Show How "LIFE" Covers Might have Looked in 1860–70

Pg… 170 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Goes Polynesian in Pasadena