Laura Ingalls Jailed After Nazi Agent Charge
Laura Ingalls, famed transcontinental aviatrix, held in District of Columbia jail on charges of failing to register as a paid German agent. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover said she received salary from a German Reich agent for antiwar propaganda while visiting Washington to meet Nazi representatives. Arraignment postponed to December 26. bail set at 7500 dollars.
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Washington
Laura Ingalls
District of Columbia
U. S&s
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Short Course For Doctors Is War Measure
New York December 19 An emergency plan adopted by 76 reorganized medical schools would shorten the medical curriculum from four to about three calendar years Starting July 1 first year students would begin earlier Vacations trimmed to run a 12 month year The aim is to graduate about 5 000 more physicians in three years to meet military and civilian needs during the national emergency.
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New York
America
Willard C. Rappleye
Association of American Medical Colleges
Rappleye
Christmas Gifts at Camp Wheeler Go Practical and Quirky
Army replacement center soldiers request practical gifts while friends send humorous items. Private Robert Yelton gets an electric bed heater and Corporal John Ford receives an easy chair. Other soldiers report gifts including bathing suits two French drums a live alligator golf clubs travel books and a butterfly net. A snow shovel goes to Private Allen Williams and a horse saddle is promised to Sergeant Herman Kozer by his grandmother.
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Camp Wheeler
Robert Yelton
John Ford
Allen Williams
Herman Kozer
Truck and Bus Owners Urged to Return War Inventory Cards
Texas truck and bus owners are urged to return War Department inventory cards. Police Director Homer Garrison Jr said about 100000 owners have not replied. Cards aid mobilization for troop or material movement, with response requested to the War Department in San Antonio.
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Austin
Der
Homer Garrison, Jr
Texas
War Department
Garrison
U. S. War Department
West Commerce Street
San Antonio
Don Ameche and Joan Bennett Star in Confirm or Deny
A U S cinema page notes Don Ameche and Joan Bennett in the film Confirm or Deny with a Damon Runyon short featured. The notice highlights the pairing and the program’s double bill.
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Don Ameche
Joan Bennett
Damon Runyon
State
Star Matinee Helps Santa at the Star Theater
The Kiddie Matinee at Star Theater in Amarillo benefits underprivileged children at Christmas. Admission is a canned food item, with the Dead End Kids in Hit the Road. All food goes to welfare groups. last year 750 cans were collected. Show starts at 10 o'clock.
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Star Theater
Amarillo
Star
White House Christmas Plans With Roosevelts Aglow
Washington officials outline a White House Christmas program including a tree lighting on December 24 at 5 11 P M EST with up to 30 000 guests. President Roosevelt will speak from the south portico and a Marine Band program precedes the ceremony.
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Washington
Santa Claus
White House
Executive Mansion
Washington Monument
Marine Band
Boy and
Girl Scouts of America
Eagle Scout
J. Robert Thrower, Jr
Louella Boyd
Roosevelt
Foundry Methodist Church
Town Notes Travel Quietly as Residents Visit Kin
Local social column lists residents visiting relatives in Perryton Clarendon Dallas and Denver. Names include Bertha Russell SL Edwards W M Benson J B Killingsworth Peggy Thomas Thelma Hardin and Vivian Drake with travels to Camp Bowie Denver Dallas and Portales Clovis Tucumcari and Adrian. A Rio de Janeiro conference discusses inter American convoy protection curbs.
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SL. Edwards
Hayden Street
Corp
Sherrill Edwards
Camp Bowie
Lon Sellars
Harrison Street
Dallas
Karl Hormann
Decatur
Denver
W. M. Benson
Polk Street
R. W. Rollins
Harold McKee
G. W. McKee
John Hess
C. O. Hess
Monroe Street
University of Colorado At Boulder
Clair Brillhart
Perryton
Billie Jo Smith
Florida Street
Jack Sturman
Elida
N. M
Maxine Laughlin
Thelma Hardin
Louisiana Street
W. R. Hardin
Clarendon
Peggy Thomas
Mirror Street
Portales
Clovis
Tucumcari
Neema Reynolds
Bellaire
A. L. Reynolds
Adrian
Louis Bradstreet
North Boyer Street
Tommy Hunter
Phillips
Kay Parks
Jefferson
J. B. Killingsworth
Borger
Ola Belle
North West
Fifth Avenue
Adean Clark
Chickasha
Dorothy Stork
Western Street
J. C. Stork
Florine
Delores
Nazareth
Audrey Hathaway
Canyon
Buna Moore
Vivian Drake
Washington
Americas
Rio de Janeiro
Defense stamps and bonds stock replenished after shortage
The post office and banks report abundant supply of 10 cent stamps and $25 defense bonds after a prior sellout. Bond sales reached $15,649 and stamp sales $558, totaling $16,207 in defense securities, slightly under the usual daily average of $20,000. The low denomination issues are moving quickly again. The halibut lifespan note contrasts with a human lifecycle.
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Women’s National Committee
Civil Aeronautics Authority
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Keith Douglass
Victory Theater
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Zorina
Paramount Theater
Paper Bullets
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Lyric
Carl Esmond
Gene Tierney
George Houston
Prairie Stranger
Charles Starrett
the Liberty
Cesar Romero
Carole Landis
Rex Theater
Gladys Barton Maclane and the
Dead End
the Star
Richard Arlen
Jean Parker
the Texas
Gey
Eddie Lewis and His Orchestra
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Wyoming
Santa
Mr. Roosevelt
J. B. Landers
Ong Street
Wilbur Morgan
Bowie
Morgan
Mrs. Landers
Bertha Russell
San Jacinto
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Dorris Mae Wagnon
Virginia Street
Brother
Junior
David Burger
Dean Burger
Jack Elledge
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Venezuela
Liberty
Lone Rider
Rialto
Tom Tyler
Gauchos of
Eldorado
Rufe Davis
Rex Carole Landis
Yalsk
Neror
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Paramount
Midnite
Walter Wanger
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Riders of Death Valley
Taramont
LST
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June Clyde John Litel
Anne Nagel
Sealed Lips
Robert Young
Ruth Hussey
the Living
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Susan Hayward
Jcaramount
Walter Brennan
Walter Huston
Anne Baxter
Dana Andrews
Virginia Gilmore
John Carradine
Mary Howard
Eugene Pallette
Word Bond
Guinn Williams
Paramount World News
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