G.O.P. Keeps Election Promise Drafts Pension Measures
The article outlines Republican and Democratic pension proposals amid a growing elderly population. It highlights Rep. Allen T. Treadway aiming to force hearings on Townsendism and potential shifts to a $30 monthly federal old age contribution plus $60 with state matching.
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Air Six
G.O.P
U. S
Washington
Townsend
Massachusetts
Allen T. Treadway
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Britain Faces Crisis Over Chamberlain Policy Before War
Europe watches Prime Minister Chamberlain’s appeasement unravel as rights in Labor circles oppose him. Eden warns democracies against complacency. Memel and Ukrainian ambitions, German oil and wheat deals, and Britain’s expanded export credits reshape global power and trade talks.
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Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Lord Stanley Baldwin
King George VI
Chamberlain
Germany
England
Export Credits Department
China
Berlin
Mexico
Britain
London
Far Eastern crisis looms as Japan collides with China and Russia
The article warns of an imminent Far Eastern crisis involving Japan China and Russia. Japan increases military grants and faces guerrilla resistance in Shansi while clashing with Russia over fishing and Sakhalin. Washington recalls ambassadors as the Open Door may end and U S Britain seek a united protest with little expected action.
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Lord Baldwin
Eden Memel
German
East Prussia
Lithuania
Baltic
Reich
Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Germany
Hitler
Ukraine
Poland
Russia
Polish Ukraine
Russian Ukraine
Moscow
Soviet Republic
Persia
Afghanistan
Balkans
Jugoslavia
Milan Stoyadinovich
Balkan
Tunisia
Corsica
Nice
Savoy
Suez Canal
Ethiopia
Asia
China
Manchuria
Shansi
Chiang Kai-shek
Canton
Tokyo
Sakhalin Island
Great Britain
U. S
U. S. State Department
Nelson T. Johnson
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Potential Chicago mayor bid and national leadership chatter
The item notes Harold Ickes may retire to seek the Democratic mayoral nomination in Chicago. It reports John Garner courted in Detroit by friends for the presidency. Eden may return as dominions secretary next month. Joseph Martin expected to be elected House Republican leader on the first ballot with strong GOP backing.
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Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Democratiy
Chicago
John Nance Garner
U. S
Detroit
Texas
Garner
Anthony Eden
Neville Chamberlain
Massachusetts
Joseph Martin
House
Pan American Conference Faces Old Conflicts at Lima
U S delegates head to the eighth Pan American Conference in Lima amid optimism for unity against European and Asian aggression but find strong anti Yankee sentiment among 20 American nations. Critics cite Rome Madrid and Paris as cultural centers and warn that trade with Europe persists. Delegates note Cuba Mexico Argentina and others resist German Italian and Japanese influence while facing expropriation and political tensions at home.
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Lima
U. S
North
Rome
Paris
Madrid
Pan America
Europe
Cordell Hull
Hull
Mexico
Argentina
Italy
Germany
Roosevelt
Santa Heads for Penasse the Farthest North Post
Santa Claus will visit Penasse Minnesota this Christmas making it the farthest north U S community he reaches. He travels by ski plane from Warroad twice weekly and arrives after customs checks in this isolated village where Indiana Pete the trapper and postmistress Helen Arnold keep the winter town’s rhythm.
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Penasse
Minn
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
United States
St. Nick
Warroad
Indiana Pete
Lake of the Woods
Helen Arnold
Ointment from US shrub Echoes Bible Links to Christmas
A sacred ointment from a native North American shrub is highlighted for its biblical reference to anointing Jesus at Christmas. The plant, abundant in Minnesota and other northern regions, connects American nature with the Holy Land in a 19th century style reflection on the nativity.
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United States
America
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Minnesota
North Woods
Jesus
Outposts Await Planes for Christmas Deliveries
Arctic residents in Adkavik and Coppermine face dependency on planes for Christmas parcels and provisions. Pilot Marlowe Kennedy flies from Port Radium to Coppermine while radio brings Yuletide contact and connection to civilization.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian
Northwest Territories
Adkavik
Coppermine
Coronation Gulf
Marlowe Kennedy
Port Radium
Great Bear Lake
Arctic
Civilization
Community Christmas Trees Light Up Towns
In December many American communities erect civic Christmas trees in main squares or centers and decorate streets with colored lights. Lighting ceremonies mark the start of the holiday shopping season and lights are removed after New Year’s Day.
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Yale
Fateful Meeting at the Christmas Roadside Stop
In a December afternoon a weary man is nearly left stranded as cars pass by without stopping. A водитель stops with a quip about the Christmas rush, then speaks of lifelong belief that kindness matters and the spirit of Christmas.
Unusual Christmas Meeting With Scientist Tod Jenkins
Ted, a future engineer, meets Perry Birch, a famed eccentric scientist, while chasing a Christmas Spirit bet. Birch reveals his youth via a wind driven car ride, sharing his past as a renowned healer and scientist. Ted, awestruck, dreams of following in Birch’s footsteps.
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Tod Jenkins
St. Louis
Tod
Ted
Perry Birch
WNU Service
Aerial Santa Delivers Gifts to New England Lighthouses
Boston report unfolds Captain William H. Wincapaw who yearly flies from West Quoddy Head to New York City delivering Christmas packages to lighthouse keepers. He began a decade ago and now is aided by his son Bill Jr who handles target work. The captain dives low over each post and shouts Let her go while Bill tosses the bundle.
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Santa Claus
Boston
New England
William H. Wincapaw
West Quoddy Head
New York City
Wincapaw
Bill Jr
Bill
Second Hand Toy Help Fills Christmas Eves Across America
Across the nation thousands join a second hand toy effort that repairs and repaints discarded playthings. Volunteers from police, fire, Boy and Girl Scouts and local clubs rejuvenate dolls and rocking horses while Christmas baskets supply food and gifts.
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America
Santa Claus
Silent Night Stills War Guns on Christmas Front
Norfolks Rev J Sutherland Watt recalls Christmas Eve 1914 between Armentieres and Arras when the Gordon Highlanders in trenches heard Silent Night in two languages. Soldiers sang across front lines and at zero hour unarmed figures approached, but German troops carried no arms.
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Norfolk
J. Sutherland-Watt
Armentiers
Arras
Gordon Highlanders
Jim
Sutherland-Watt
Anti Communist Flags Replace Beloved Santa In Japan
Tokyo reports ban on Santa Claus as the home ministry forbids the traditional Christmas display. Stores switch to flags of Japan Germany and Italy to symbolize three leading anti communist nations amid the season.
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Japan
Tokyo
Christmas All Year Town With Yearround Yuletide Mood
In CHRISTMAS FL A the town sustains a perpetual Christmas atmosphere. Mrs Santa Claus or Postmistress Juanita S Tucker stamps and mails packages from all corners of the world. The local post office began operation on June 27 1892. Offices at Christmas Ky and Christmas Ariz have been abandoned.
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Fla
America
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Joseph W. la Rine
Ssachusetts
National Association of Manufacturers
Anthony Eden Mr. Chamberlain
Pan-America
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