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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1934
Page
7
Tonight at Amarillo Country Club members attend a Christmas dance at the club house. The Amarillo Bridge Club reports a regular tournament but it is postponed. Circle No 3 of West Amarillo Christian Church hosts a tea for new members with Mrs B A Higgins.
The Summit School music department staged a Christmas program featuring the school orchestra, rhythm band led by Marda Marie Byers, and a reading by Jolly Stallings. Students presented stories and songs including The Christmas Star, The Christmas Baby, and carols by a glee club. A Christmas prayer by J. W. Berry preceded a candy and fruit treat and a motion picture courtesy of local sponsors.
Miss Louise Crain wed Charles Aston of Wichita Falls at her parents home in Dallas. Dr. Roy Snodgrass officiated. Marguerite Crain was bridesmaid. The couple plans a Wichita Falls home after a short wedding trip.
George Parks assisted with the showing of the picture. Apples were presented to the children by Mr. and Mrs. EF C. Britain. Mount Carnelia on Fort George island at the mouth of the St Johns River is the highest point on the Atlantic Coast south of Cape Henry.
In San Pedro California naval ships host poor children for a morning tour shipboard tours ending with a turkey dinner theater and carols. Santa arrives by seaplane and distributes toys clothing and candy before returning to the north pole.
Herbert Hoover, former U S president, will wear a red suit with white trimming and deliver gifts at his son Herbert Jr s Sierra Madre residence. A small audience of Hoover s three grandchildren Herbert II Joan and Peggy Ann will attend this Christmas moment tomorrow.
Seventy seven couples will marry Christmas Day in Dallas. County Clerk O. H. Crosett reported 34 marriage licenses issued today and 44 on Saturday. Each couple planned to wed on Christmas Day. The piece also notes the first New York telephone directory issued in 1878, barely filling one side of an ordinary sheet.
The United States accounts for about 43 percent of global radio sets with 19,500,000 units, against a world total of 42,540,239. The data reflect the country’s dominant market in radio receivers.
Paris crowds watched as 400000 unemployed children received toys funded by the government. Premier Pierre-Ftienne Flandin led the distribution, promoting the national Christmas tree idea. Women, led by Madame Flandin, moved through restaurants to spread holiday cheer.
The Gulf Refining Company asks U S District Court to dismiss 72 indictments charging code violations arguing the President cannot define criminal offenses and that NRA applies only to interstate commerce not Pennsylvania work. Indictments accuse long shifts during last summer’s plant strike. Also notes Death Valley had 401 days without measurable precipitation between 1929 and 1931.
The 1930 Canadian census reportedly counted all domesticated animals from cats to bees. It notes town residents faced 40 questions while farmers answered 600. It also mentions King Philip IV of Spain was observed laughing in public only three times in his life.
An eight pound baby boy was born to Mrs. Lillie Kuck at University Hospital, while she serves a four year state prison sentence in McAlester for burglary. The child’s father died in an automobile crash. The mother fears possible separation from the infant as relatives struggle to care for two other children.
A fragment notes cabarets collecting offerings from celebrations to be sent to homes with babies too young to participate in activities at the trees as part of Prance's approach.
Washington dispatch notes that several unnamed government farm economists warn U S policy may tilt toward economic nationalism amid falling agricultural exports and rising surplus risks. They foresee possible compulsory or semi compulsory production limits for years, criticizing reciprocal trade deals as stopgaps while citing four factors driving the current trade situation.
France delivers a nationwide Christmas effort directed by Premier Flandin to cheer thousands of unemployed youths. Gifts range from 10-cent items to cannon, as National Defense Ministers Maurin Pietri receive the harvest of a parliamentary appropriation totaling about 800 million dollars to fund army navy and air force readiness for 1938.
Economists identify four drivers including political self defense and exchange restrictions, tariff policies blocking barter, and substitutes abroad for U S exports. They rate economic nationalism the strongest trend, noting nations pursued self sufficiency after World War I and shifted production toward domestic demand.
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