Prohibition ends as repeal takes effect in 36 states
National Prohibition ends on December 6 after Pennsylvania Ohio and Utah ratified the repeal amendment. President Roosevelt and Acting Secretary William Phillips issued proclamations declaring the Eighteenth Amendment no longer part of the Constitution. Federal agencies moved to regulate imports and establish new liquor laws with varied state systems. Joseph Choate Jr appointed director of the federal alcohol control administration and import permits were paused as quotas prepared for foreign spirits.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Utah
Roosevelt
William Phillips
Twen- Joseph
Nevada
Montana
Washington
Joseph H. Choate, Sr
New York
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Santa Claus comes to life in a Christmas Eve tale
A boy named Tommy, famed as the eldest in a large family, disguises as Santa to bring joy to a grieving girl. After courage and kindness lead him to Salvation Army work, he returns home proudly to his own family in a house with the big yard. The page also notes disarmament discussions and naval treaty details reflecting 1930s geopolitics.
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Alexander Legge
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
The
Harvester Company
Farm Foundation
Frank C. Lowden
Ilinois
Lowden
Tommy
Santa Claus
Santa
Mooreland
Salvation Army
Christmas Menu Notes and Holiday Pairings
The piece suggests Coca lineage of festive drinks and dishes for Christmas dinners. It mentions Fonating Apple cider as a winter feast staple and recommends giving a hostess a jug of cider or including it in the Christmas menu. It also advises oyster dressing and oysters on the half shelf, plus chutney as a spicy, pleasant addition to holiday feasts and charitable gifts.
Cynthia and Sam Share Christmas Memory By Ventura
A fragment from a Ventura newspaper recounts Cynthia recalling a lost closeness with Sam, a rough childhood friend who once playfully tormented her. A Christmas Eve memory unfolds in snow and a chilling accident with a cannon ball, ending with a note of affection found in a Christmas package: You don’t need a ball to knock me cold. Merry Christmas. Love, Sam.
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Oyotha
Sam
Cynthia
West Coast
Samm
Clrovcns
Sammy
Merry Mas
Tove
Ventura
Unar
Christ
Christma
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Douglas
Edward W. Pickard
Congress
House Waya and Means Committee
Senate Finance
Georntary of Agriculture
Wallace
George Peek
Agricultural Adjustment Administraton
Gle
AAA
Natlongh Recovery Administration
Stephen T. Early
NRA
Peek
Rex Tugwell
Tugwell
Warm Springs
Treasury
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Morgenthau
Banking Committee
Lewis Douglas
Lewis Dougie
RFC
Ickes
Elgil Works Administration
Congrese
Public Works Funds
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Rolph
California
San Joze
Wwe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mra. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Bathurst
Gambia
Africa
Natal
Brazil
Montevideo
Uruguay
Enrique B. Buero
Germany
Gabriel Terra
Gran Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chaco
Western Hemisphere
State Hull
United States
Oreign
Maxim Litvinov
Russia
Vlalt
Rome
Mussolini
Europe
Litvinov
Duce
George Pesk
Geneva
Swanson
Japan
British Empire
Naval Office
Tokio
London
Western Newspaper Union
Pee Mimi
Ynthia’s
Hristmas
Martha Banning Thomas
Tel
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