Santa Cluas Delivers Pierre’s Christmas Violin
Marie, a widowed dressmaker in New York, begs for penny donations to buy her son Pierre a violin he saw at Sam Rubens' pawn shop. A gruff policeman helps collect five dollars, and a kind elderly buyer finally gifts the instrument after Marie explains the plan. Santa Claus, a grandfather, and a policeman conspire to ensure Pierre’s joy.
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Pierre
D. Pierre
Marie
Jacques
San- France
New York
Santa Claus
Rubens
Sam Rubens
Gran’pere
Paris
Broadway
Leetle Pierre
Old Marie
Sam
Merci
Union
Japanese Diplomat Karusu Meets Roosevelt in White House Talks
Japanese diplomat Karusu held a one hour White House conference with President Roosevelt in the Red Room. No statement was issued on the discussion as Tokyo cites U S moves against Japan, with Tojo accusing economic war in the Diet.
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Roosevelt
White House
Cordell Hull
Washington
United States
Tokyo
Tojo
Japan
John L. Lewis Defies Roosevelt Over Miner Strike
The article reports John L. Lewis defying President Roosevelt by refusing to cancel strike orders. Miners in captive pits are on strike, with only two contingents working. Mediators wrangle as coal production stops, signaling a prolonged impasse while Roosevelt faces congressional scrutiny.
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John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
Congress
Germans Press Ahead Toward Kerch and Tula in Russia
German high command said Kerch has fallen and forces push toward Tula, a key industrial center, as Hitler presses demands on France for naval transport in the Mediterranean. Maxine Wygand traveled to Vichy to confer with Petain, while John Atkinson of Waco visited his sister Lillian Atkinson.
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Kerch
Russia
High Command
Tula
France
Hitler
Mediterranean
Maxine Wygand
Vichy
Patain
John Atkinson
Waco
Lillian Atkinson
German-Crewed Nazi Ship Seized by U.S. Cruiser Off South America
The navy department said the surface raider captured by an American cruiser near South America is a German ship with a German crew and is now in port off Porto Rico. Charges will be filed in a U.S. court. The German government claimed it was British, but the U.S. asserts it flew an American flag. A German crew aboard attempted to blow up the ship, but a cruiser crew member saved the vessel. Vestey Boggan of Munford visited friends in Cameron Sunday.
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Navy Department
South America
Porto Rico
United States
John T Thweatt Sr 78 buried at Maysfield
John T Thweatt Sr 78 longtime Milam County resident died at his Maysfield home on November 15 1941 after years of declining health. Funeral services were held at the family residence led by Rev Allen Reid with burial at Pebble Grove Cemetery. He is survived by eight children in the Maysfield area and nearby cities.
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Maysfield
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Mr. Thweatt
Will
Allen Reid
Calvert
Maysfield Methodist Church
Pebble Grove
Green Funeral Home
Cameron
Emma Vaughan
John Thweatt
Roy Newton
Bennett Thweatt
Gifford Thweatt
Vaughan Thweatt
Bill Thweatt
Herbert Thweatt
Freeport
Ralph Massengale
Houston
Couple from Kansas City Visit Cameron after Texas trip
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Collins of Kansas City Missouri spent Monday in Cameron on the way home from a visit with her sister in south Texas. Mrs. Collins will be remembered as Miss Minnie Meserve and was rented in Cameron.
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Kansas City
Cameron
South
Texas
Mrs Jack Vick Spends Weekend in Brownwood
Mrs Jack Vick spent the weekend in Brownwood visiting relatives and sightseeing around town. Local residents noted her interest in historic sites and nearby lakes during the stay.
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Jack Vick
Brownwood
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Gene Raymond
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Glenn Ford
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Ray McDonald
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Gene Autry
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