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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1935
Page
3
The Fairchance celebration featured Santa Claus delivering carefully chosen gifts to every child with candies and fruits. Many children shared gifts with others, and visitors left with warm smiles as they toured barracks and the hospital, noting Major Francis W. Turner’s absence due to illness.
The Sunshine chorus led by John W. Newton performed Christmas carols for the ill and shut-ins on a city tour aboard a bus with amplifiers. Afterward they gathered at the home of Dr. and Mrs. N. P. Mac Dermid on Washington Street East for a reception with many guests including Rev. Strother A. Campbell and numerous spouses and friends.
In the Rhone valley Swiss peasants opened a three mile irrigation tunnel to replace Saviese’s five hundred year old chi. The water now runs through a mountain from the River Morge to supply fields.
West Virginia communities note holiday advances in pay boosts for dozens of workers at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Libbey Owens Ford Glass and Owens Illinois. Point Pleasant plans to build 11 barges with 160 workers recalled. WPA payments reach 47 974 as state employment rises. Travel by Greyhound and railroads surges while many families prepare for Christmas dinners and charity gifts at Salvation Army and Union Mission shelters.
The Census Bureau outlines a broader 1935 survey covering bus transportation, broadcasting, insurance, real estate, banking, finance, business services, advertising, trucking, warehousing, and non residential buildings. It includes retail and wholesale trade, construction, hotels, amusements, plant distribution, and services. Over 3.4 million establishments will be canvassed starting January 2 with state reports due by July 2 1934 and rapid special reports as states finish.
In Paris the Balzac drama Le Fausteur revived by Charles Dullin features a character predicting Abyssinia will become a focal point of major events. The line foresees Abyssinia as a strange land that will surprise and eventually ignite grave affairs across Europe.
In a fierce battle tied to an old grudge, 14 people died near Diarbekir and 12 others were seriously hurt as 200 combatants fought in Anatolia. Salih, a 25 year old farmer, killed Nedjimi after a market quarrel and relatives later attacked Salih’s house. More than 23,360 houses have been built in the Irish Free State in three years.
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