Santa Distributes Gifts To Children At County Christmas
Santa Claus visited Ramsey auditorium delivering gifts to about 1300 children. Each youngster received exactly their request plus extras as community leaders described the event and the Little Jimmy Collins mascot helped sing. Hundreds of baskets with fruit and numerous toys filled the celebration as staff assisted in exchanges and greetings.
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Local papers suspend publication for Christmas holiday
The Daily Telegraph and Sunset News will not publish today or this afternoon to allow staff to celebrate the holiday with family and friends. This long standing custom is observed with few exceptions.
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Christmas Day Martial Law Warns City of Millions
The Japanese army issued a Christmas day order by Maj. General Hasegawa threatening to shoot on sight any person crossing the city walls and to kill those hit by electric wire. The decree capped a month of martial law after a Japanese officer's Nov. 29 assassination and desertions by Chinese puppet troops joining guerrilla bands.
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Pope Delivers Yule Message Reflecting Hope for New World Order
The Vatican issued a Christmas Eve message from Pope Pius XII urging nations and leaders to triumph over hatred, distrust, and economic imbalance as the war continues. He expressed hope that after the conflict ends humanity will be mature enough to lay groundwork for a just new order, while stressing the church’s neutrality among competing systems.
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War To Raise Foreign Coal Need Almost 50 Per Cent
West Virginia official predicts European war will lift total foreign coal exports by about 50 percent from prewar levels. Preliminary federal data show 1949 exports near 13.1 million tons through November with 10.3 million for 1939, and Sullivan forecasts total around 15 million tons. Canada and European ports drive most shipments. notable gains in Norway Sweden Switzerland Portugal Italy and other markets. Page 2.
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British buyer urges faster war production for Britain
Arthur B. Purvis, chief British purchasing official, urged Morgenthau that speeded up production in the United States and Canada is essential to Britain. He said ship and merchant fleet expansion to move supplies quickly is the key to stopping the war and warned of a possible British emergency within 60 to 90 days amid German pressure.
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New England Quake Shakes Northeast Across States
Boston reports a second tremor in five days felt from Pennsylvan ia to Canada. No casualties, but Chicopee suffered water main damage while a Peabody Museum tile toppled. Harvard geologist says a lull may follow, seismologists cite slow tectonic shift as cause.
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Siege of Bardia Continues as British Force Prepares Final Assault
British forces near Bardia intensify artillery pounding as reinforcements arrive and water shortages threaten Italian defenses. Italian fronts remain quiet elsewhere while British naval air strikes hit Tripoli harbor and sinking two merchant ships near 700 miles west of Bardia.
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Wildcat Whistle Tragedy Claims Clover Run Man
Tucker county Sheriff Stark Coberly reports a joke with a so called wildcat whistle ended in a fatal shooting. Clyde Phill’s 36 year old relative hid in bushes near Adge’s home and fired when the whistle sounded. Police say the shooting was accidental.
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Fatal Maryland accidents claim eight before Christmas
A series of fires and traffic crashes in Maryland killed eight people before Christmas Eve. Dorothy Heinbach and her five children died in a home fire in Oxon Hill. Raymond Marks died in a Baltimore truck collision in Catonsville. Nora May Zimberly, 6, was killed by a truck in Hagerstown as a runaway coal car fire trapped a truck driver who was rescued by a passerby.
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Horses to receive free Christmas dinners in Kansas City
Kansas City readers learn of the Emma A Robinson Horses Christmas Dinner trust fund established by Mrs Emma A Clathe who died in 1932. The will directs a yearly Christmas dinner for horses with 915 East 5th Street hosting 200 animals for oats or corn. The Band of Mercy started by Mrs Robinson marks 31 years since the charity began feeding horses at Christmas.
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President Roosevelt Leads Christmas Ceremony Speech
President Roosevelt delivered a Christmas Eve address urging hope and faith for world betterment. He lit a 30 foot cedar tree near the White House and spoke to about 8 000 in the Ellipse park, urging belief in the golden rule and countering cynicism while noting grim conditions abroad.
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Inspects Big Guns on Coast as Invasion Fears Grow
London reports and broadcasts from a Nazi gun emplacement on the channel coast heighten fears of a German invasion of England on Christmas Eve. Von Brauchitsch urged troops to expected action while Britain braces under blackout and Conte Mussolini pledges continued war. Britons massed against Italy in North Africa as Bardia comes under Allied assault with Italian defenders regrouping behind trenches and pillboxes.
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Playgrounds Of The South Get Worst Yule Weather
Florida and California faced heavy Christmas weather with drenching rains spreading to Georgia and Alabama. New winds hit San Francisco area as 82 miles per hour and 56 mph winds reported at North Head Washington.
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Desert Storm Hits Palm Springs Area Railways
A winter desert storm drenched Palm Springs with nearly four inches of rain washing out roads and rail lines. In the Bakersfield area Dr. and Mrs. Harry B. Riggs were found dead after an auto trip through floodwaters. Whitewater Wash flood damaged Southern Pacific tracks near Indio delaying trains for hours while a boulder halted a Union Pacific line. Rainfall totals reached 3.93 inches in Palm Springs with several storms noted in the Los Angeles region.
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Europe’s Christmas Amid War Turmoil and Blackouts
A wartime Christmas survey portrays Europe in hardship. London sees blackout curtains and scarce goods while Berlin dreams of peace. Paris aids with government rations and Midnight Mass. Rome and Dublin report curfews and guarded streets. Bethlehem glows despite war as the season’s fate hangs in the balance.
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Louise Chold Dies in New Haven on Tour
Mrs Louise Chold of New Haven Conn dies of a heart ailment during a solo shopping tour with her son in New Haven. Local officials report a sudden collapse and arrival of medical aid was too late.
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