NIGHT BEAT "Five Days Off For Christmas"

Episode 79 aired on NBC Radio December 21, 1951. Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone who covers the night beat for the Chicago Tribune. He  normally couldn’t walk a downtown block without saying hello to half a dozen people couldn’t find anyone who’d be his friend on Christmas Eve with five days holiday ahead of him. At his office an envelope on his desk contained 50 cents and a note, which just said, “God Bless you Mr Stone, signed Catherine Malloy.” Randy didn’t know any Catherine Malloy and thought it was some office joke. But she knew Randy and had never forgot the kindness he had showed her some years ago. That night Randy learned the magic of the words Merry Christmas.