Christmas in Hungary satire mocks Stalin as Santa
Satirical piece riffs on visiting Saint Stalinus designated to replace Christmas in Communist Hungary. It parodies propaganda lines and holiday imagery with an anti Soviet tone, referencing Stalin, hammer and sickle, and mock reindeer to critique totalitarian mythmaking. It also notes unrelated notices about Eleanor Holm, Lionel Travis, Herman Hickman, John T. Flynn, and job details.
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Olef Stalin
Hungary
Kremlin
Stalinus
Stalin
Joe
Josef
Ivan
Petrov
Igor
Pinski
Malik
Vishinsky
Mom
Billy Rose
Eleanor Holm
Beach, Schwimmer & Waters
Eleanor
Stock Exchange
Lionel Travis
Herman Hickman
Yale
John T. Flynn
New Haven Register
Chamberlain Furniture Company
Santa helper toys on a budget at home shop
Create holiday gifts with kids using leftovers and simple materials. Guidance highlights making toy cars from spools and cans, doll houses, a broomstick horse, and home crafted costume jewelry. Encourages using university booklet ideas and store supplied materials to involve the whole family in Santa's branch shop.
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Ant
Santa Claus
Toylands
Dad
Big Brother
Santa’s
California Rackets Exposed In Kefauver Hearings
United States Senator Estes Kefauver details a wide web of California corruption involving gambling rings, payoffs to officials, a Sunset Strip operation, and the Mickey Cohen network. He highlights efforts by Chief Parker and Lt. Fiske, the rise of Arthur Samish as a powerful lobbyist, and tax evasion cases linking Cohen and Lavonne. The report previews further coverage on laws enforcement in Upstate New York.
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Los Angeles
William H Parker
Guarantee Finance Co
Sunset Strip
Parker
James Fiske
Mickey
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cohen
Lavonne
Arthur H. Samish
Samish
California State Brewers’ Institute
Howard R. Philbrick
California
Arthur E. Samish
Philbrick
State Brewers’ Institute
Institute
Upstate
New York
Wisconsin Village Earns Treasury Flag Award
Manawa Wisconsin becomes the first U S village to win the treasury flag award for bond savings success. With 97 percent of wage earners and self employed enrolled, the village of 990 people leads in participation as six Wisconsin cities hold the award and 15 more communities may qualify this year.
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Manawa
Wis
United States
United States Treasury
Wisconsin
Wheelchair Burglar Claims Mastery of Crimes in Oakland
Leo Whaley a 15 year old cripple in a wheelchair was caught burglarizing a home in Oakland. He boasted he led two gangs in earlier burglaries and demonstrated skills by opening police files. He cased the MacDonald residence and entered through an unlocked rear door. He said he attended handicapped classes at a local elementary school.
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Oakland
Calif
Leo Whaley
Leon Carroll
Leo
Whaley
Harry J. MacDonald
Early American Yule Candles to Modern Fancy Shapes
The article contrasts early American practice of hand dipped tallow candles with today’s elaborate Yuletide candles. It cites a Hyannisport, Massachusetts factory that grew from a hobbyist venture to a major supplier of decorative tree candles for millions of homes.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Christmas Celebrations Rise From Ancestral Traditions
The piece contrasts modern Christmas customs with those of ancestors, noting changing adornments year to year. It highlights the enduring colored glass globe as a favorite, while new decorations appear, including peasant-dress figures, dwarfs, and a lighted plastic bird. It muses on pre decorated trees becoming a market trend.
Christmas Seals Sell Well From Start to Present
The sale of Christmas seals in the United States began strong but public awareness grew slowly. Philadelphia columnist Leigh M. Hodges helped launch the cause in 1907 after witnessing a newsboy buy a seal with the line I’m sorry. The effort has persisted for 44 years, promoting Tuberculosis prevention through collective purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Leigh M. Hodges
Philadelphia
Philly
Hodges
America
Early Puritans Scoffed At Famed Mince Pies
The Puritans derided the mince pie naming it Christmas pie and spurned it. John Bunyan, imprisoned, refused an offered mince pie to avoid compromising his morals. Ancient bakers shaped the pie as a manger.
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Bunyan
Scissors Holder Built From Flat Curtain Rod
A short piece of flat curtain rod tacked inside a sewing machine drawer forms a handy scissors holder. The rack allows easy sliding in and out and keeps scissors from getting lost among tools.
Camel Christmas Cartons And Prince Albert Gift Tin Ad
A Christmas advertisement promotes Camel cartons as ready gifts with a personal greeting space for smokers. It also suggests Prince Albert one-pound tins in a festive box for pipe and roll-your-own smokers, urging immediate purchase from local dealers.
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America
Prince Albert
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H.lphillips
ST. Stalinus
Mama
Moscow
George
Crime In America
Estes Kefauver
California Crime Commission
Florida
Rummel
Guasti
Carl Pearson
Lawrence Shaffer
Sheriff's
Shaffer
Mickey Cohen
Max Shaman
Shaman
Hollywood
Estes Kefauver. Cor
Doubleday, Inc
General Features Corp
WNV
Treasury
Dept
Weet Adams &T
Chicago
WAR Dept
St. Joseph
Tobacco By Products & Chemical Corporation
Richmeld
Virginie
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