Prisoners of war Christmas Package Plot
In a barracks scene Private Wilbur is ambushed by Butch and Red over a package from home. They seize the box and cookies, only to learn the parcel belongs to Captain Bellows via Sergeant Herriott, who had ordered it delivered. Wilbur reveals the package was not his and was meant for the captain.
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Wilbur
George Mahon
Butch
Red Carson
Red
O.K
Fellows
Captain John Bellows
Serggeant Herriott
Union Station
Washington
Groton
St. Paul's
Falls Church
Virginia
Chevy Chase
England
Jane
Santa's Toy Shortage Amid Wartime Baby Boom
Santa faces a larger toy demand as over five million extra children enter the age group during wartime birth rates, exceeding prewar averages. He should have some toys and games for all, with science toys in slightly greater supply and hobby kits including airplane, boat, and build it yourself models.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Washington War Story a Secretary’s Bold Move Sparks Fallout
In October 1942 Washington wartime life follows Lt Andy Blake as his wife Arab arrives to take a job with Ordnance. Their attempt at domestic calm collides with pinked security chatter on a crowded bus as Arab vows to monitor conversations, triggering a witch hunt mood among travelers and co workers.
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Washington
Arab
Pentagon
Andy
Greer Garson
Grlmly
Ordnance
Blake
Parker
Van
Guadalcanal
Stalingrad
Andy Blake
Pennsylvania
O'donnell’s
Norfolk
Arabella Blake
Pitman
Gregg
Capital Transit
Connecticut Avenue
Jane
Hansel and Gretel Join Christmas Tradition
Engelbert Humperdinck wrote the original score as a Christmas party piece for his sister's children. The fairy tale grew into a full opera with his sister Adelheid Wette, delighting audiences since 1893. Humperdinck, Wagner’s assistant, is praised for Wagnerian nursery rhyme harmonies.
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Humperdinck
Adelheih Wette
Richard Wagner
Hansel and
Gretel
Zed Finds Love Then Sells Jewel to Buy a Mother
Homeless boy Zed raised by Nomads discovers love with Eleazar’s family then plans to flee to Jerusalem. He pockets a jewel from a prior robbery and intends to sell it to purchase a mother for himself, ending his wanderer’s life.
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Zed
Mrs. Perry
Caesar
Eleazar
Jerusalem
Young inventor展示 new electro magnet toy in Brooklyn
Brooklyn boy Gunner John McPaul ten showcases an electronic toy that fires wooden shells using electromagnetism. The compact device delivers a controlled push, intended to entertain without posing danger.
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John McPaul
Brooklyn
Dutch Christmas Putyens Transform Homes Across Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Dutch convert living rooms into elaborate holiday scenes. Families pass the displays down generations and store them in cotton. During Christmas week they tour neighborhoods, admiring each other’s Putyea along with manger scenes and snowbanked landscapes in scale.
Bathroom Fashion Through Knit Accessories
A brief note advises upgrading bathrooms with handmade items. Knit tugs, a stool cover, and a seat cover in rigid cotton or wool stockings are proposed to enhance the space and personalize the fixture set.
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Packace
Frank Wiere Ens ON
Richard Powell
Erne
Pandy Blake Wax
Dorothea Waitzmann
Judea
Electronic Toys
Putyens
Sewing
Bing
Rowing Circle Needlechaft Dept
Randolph St
Chicago
Sioux City
Bishop's
Vicks van Tro-Nol
Clabber
Java
Rubin Ben-Gay
Ben-Gay
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