Christmas gifts, fish, and a told tale of luck
Brooklyn angler Malcolm Brill nets a wallet with $20 after a fruitless day, while Monte Rosenwald MCs a radio broadcast amid praise and a rattling 30 inch diamondback rattler found in a car radio. A.O. Petty transports a radio home to Atlanta, Texas, and a Kiwanis banqu et features Toastmaster Floyd Hissong roasting fellow members. Naval Lt. Carl Petersen, recovering from an Arctic accident, hobbling on crutches after a 50 pound ice cake crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm A. Brill
Brooklyn
A. O. Petty
Rio Grande Valley
Atlanta, Tex
Naval Reserve
Carl Petersen
Farm quota elections may reshape democratic control
Washington observers warn quota votes on crops could become a new instrument of government, forcing two thirds farm approval on others and tying aid to production limits. They compare it to federal road control but question long term effects on democracy and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Henry Wallace
Supreme Court
New Deal
Wallace
Kidnap Victim Tells Her Story from Salazar Abduction
Wilma Kennedy recalls being abducted by Frank Salazar near Miles after he killed her parents. She describes threats, beatings, and being taken to Austin where the couple were later found. She says Salazar confessed that he killed her parents and forced her to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Salazar
Miles
Austin
Kennedy
Wilma Kennedy
Associated Press
Ickes Urges Federal Control to Curb Mineral Waste
Secretary Ickes urged Congress to enact legislation enabling the federal government to determine national mineral requirements and curb over production and waste vital to defense. He also pressed renaming the Interior Department to Conservation and criticized private concessions in national parks while noting record park attendance and Helium production gains.
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Ickes
Washington
Interior
Bureau of Mines
National Defense
Interior Department
Department of Conservation
Congress
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Elk Hills
California
Christians Suffer Persecution As Well As Jews
Dr. Ludwig Lewisohn told an audience at Temple B is Israel that Christians also faced Nazi persecution in Germany Italy and Russia. He argued Western democracy and Christianity are threatened by pagan totalitarianism and cited figures on Christians in concentration camps and sealed coffins.
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Germany
Italy
Russia
Ludwig Lewisohn
Panhandle
Temple B'nai Israel
Three Boys Die In Train Crash Near Ambia
In Lamar County near Ambia, three teenagers Billie Smith Buster Smith and Gene Hobbs were killed when a small pickup struck a railway motor car at a crossing. Woodrow James was near death with a fractured skull and multiple lacerations. The car owned and driven by Woodrow James broke the air line of the train, splitting it in two on a side road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ambia
Lamar County
Billie Smith
Buster Smith
Gene Hobbs
Woodrow James
James
Smith
B. E. Smith
Hobbs
O. H. Hobbs
Santa Claus Arrives For Christmas Cheer At Children’s Home
The Khiva Shrine Patrol will again host Christmas at the Children’s Home on Christmas morning. A decorated tree will hold toys nuts and fruits along with clothing. Santa Claus arrives at nine o’clock to greet children and distribute gifts with Shrine entertainment. A J Arnold chairs the arrangements for the tree and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine Patrol
Santa Claus
Old Saint Nick
A. J. Arnold
Favorable Winds Hit Wall Street
Wall Street probes the 1939 business outlook as the year ends with cautious optimism. The 60-stock average rose 1.2 points to 514, while turnover reached 17,356,429 shares, aided by tax-loss selling and hopes for sustained support from building, armament and public works.
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New York
Wall Street
Edens End New York Visit With American Tastes Capped
Mrs Eden and Anthony Eden toured New York after landing on the Queen Mary. She spoke warmly of the United States and enjoyed venues from the Stork Club to Rockefeller Center's Rainbow Room. They tasted terrapin lightly and noted American life tempo, planning a return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queen Mary
Mrs. Eden
Anthony Eden
Edens
Canada
St. Regis
Tridium
Rockefeller Center
Rainbow Room
Alec Templeton
Noel Coward
Mr. Eden
Ben Cohen
Thomas Corcoran
Roosevelt
Ronald Tree
Mr. Tree
London
Atlantic
Washington
Baltimore
Eden
Baltimore Club
Garrett Estate
Aldrich
Chase National Bank
John D. Rockefeller
Baldwin
Rites for Ax Victims Held
Funeral services were held for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kennedy at Smithwick, Burnet County, after their bodies were taken from a San Angelo funeral home. The Kennedys, Church of Christ members, were married in 1916 and had farmed a 528 acre plot on the Tom Green Runnels county line. They were killed Thursday night at their Miles farm, a death discovered Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
O. D. Fisher
San Angelo
Fisher
Texas
Miles
Salazar
Austin
Tex
Paul ‘Kennedy
Simithwick
Marble Falls
Burnet County
Smithwick
Kennedys
Church of Christ
Tom Green County
Tom Green-Runnels
Landon Affirms Monroe Policy In Lima Talk
Alf Landon, Republican 1936 nominee, declared from Lima that the United States will not tolerate any foreign government gaining a foothold on this continent. He warned that totalitarian propaganda seeks to erode U S unity, praised Hull, and tied continuity of policy to the Monroe Doctrine without naming the Good Neighbor policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Alf M. Landon
United States
Washington
Central America
South America
Landon
Argentina
Cordell Hull
Kansas
Hull
Latin America
Western Hemisphere
London
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Herman Clutter
Monte Rosenwald
KGNC
Monte
Beckie Reeder Arnold
Becker Reedie Arnold
S. S
Australian Wool Board
Australia
L. M. Ritter
Wellington
Collingsworth County
Deskins Wells
Mr. Ritter
Garford Wilkinson
Farm Security Administration
Ritter
FSA
Ralph W. Dent
Collingsworth
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Floyd Hissong
Hissong
Lee O. Allen
Paul Kennedy
Fay
Imogene
Wma
Wilma
Mia
James V. Allred
Allen
By Wilma Kennedy
Amarillo
Lewisohn
Frederick Gardner
Russell's
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U.S
Mary van Rensselear
Thayer
North American Newspaper Alliance
Monroe
Basketeer’s Fund
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