Where Christmas Really Began 2 000 Years Ago
The narrative recounts Caesar Augustus tax edicts sending Joseph and Mary from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Their journey passes the Well of the Magi and overlooks the Plain of Rephaim They seek shelter but find the inn crowded and Mary gives birth in a grotto stable beneath the Church of the Nativity The piece links Christmas to ancient towns roads and sacred sites and notes Constantine 330 AD built the basilica guarding the grotto It ends noting the church's simple structure and the five Christian nationalities worshiping there.
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Joseph
Mary
Ann
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Jaffa
Gihon
Palestine
Plain
Rephaim
Herod, the Great
Jesus of Nazareth
Israel
Constantine
Christ
Jesus
Former Mayor Colbern Dies Holiday Notice
The Independent will observe Christmas as a full holiday and issue no edition tomorrow. Most businesses and offices close, including local courts city hall and post office, with only special delivery mail handled.
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Independent
Italy's Yuletide Spirit Narrowed by War Skies
Rome December 24 1915 Italians at home and abroad observe Christmas amid wartime sacrifice. Twenty years after entering WWI the nation faces a new fascist campaign in East Africa. Citizens pray for 30 000 uniformed men as the country remains isolated on the world stage.
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Rome
Italy
East Africa
Alps
Austria
County to Share Gas Charge Cut
Riverside County residents with monthly gas bills between two and twenty five dollars will see a 15 percent rate cut from Southern California Gas Company starting February 15. The California Railroad Commission granted the firms serving Los Angeles and surrounding districts permission to implement the voluntary 15 percent reduction.
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Riverside County
Southern California Gas Company
The
California Railroad Commission
Los Angeles
Hundreds Freed From Prisons As Christmas Gifting Gasps
The dispatch notes 268 inmates in North Carolina state prison freed by governor clemency, 100 released in Florida, and 132 Chicago minor offenders given Christmas meals before release. It also cites global reaction to the Lindberghs seeking sanctuary in England amid criticism of U.S. law and order.
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Raleigh
N. C
Florida
Chicago
French Senate votes to dissolve military factions
On Christmas Eve the French Senate passed a vote by 207 to 84 to dissolve all military political factions in the interest of French nationalism, signaling a move to unify politics away from wartime factionalism outside Africa.
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Paris
Africa
Landon Presses 1936 Campaign Amid Christmas greetings
Gov. Alf Landon spoke in Topeka to supporters, blending Christmas greetings with a political address. He labeled the 1936 campaign a major test of whether Americans favor a vast centralized government or a broader scope of personal responsibility in government.
Well known builder and public official succumbs
Charles A. Colbern former mayor and city councilman of Corona Calfornia died at 6 30 am at his home 101 Southeast Grand Boulevard from angina pectoris He was 68 and had a history of heart trouble since 1932 Survived by wife Lottie M Colbern son W M Colbern daughter Mrs H W Robinson and another son four grandchildren and a Montana brother Funeral Friday December 27 at 2 30 pm in Hoover Bell chapel with Hollister B Miller pastor of Church of Christ officiating Interment Sunnyslope cemetery Colbern born November 19 1862 in Mason City Missouri came to Corona from Bozeman Montana 22 years ago He served on Corona city council 1924 1932 and as mayor 1926 1930 driving city growth during boom years Mayor Huckins commented on his diligence and contributions to the city.
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Grim Reaper
Charles A. Colbern
Grand Boulevard
Lottie M. Calbern
W. M. Colbern
H. W. Robinson
Berkeley
F. C. Colbern
Whittier
Montana
Hoover-Bell Chapel
Hollister B. Miller
Church of Christ
Sunnyslope Cemetery
Colbern
California
Bozeman
Mason City
Corona
Huckins
C. A. Russell
James Emerson
A. M. Hinkley
Backward Vision The Quote from Hugo
A pithy maxim attributed to Victor Hugo on human orientation and forward focus, noting that life should move ahead rather than dwell on the rear. The saying uses a humorous premise about an eye in the back of the head to critique backward thinking.
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Hugo
Nation Colors Christmas With White Green Theme
Weather forecasters predicted a divided Christmas color scheme across the United States with white regions from New England to the Rockies, a green Christmas along the West Coast Gulf and Florida, and a split middle and southern belt. A northwest cold wave pushed temperatures to zero and below in the Midwest, with a gradual eastward temperate rise forecast.
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Chicago
New England
Rockies
Gulf
Florida
Middle West
Heiress Pamela Sayward’s Will Leads to Fatal Coincidence
The Boston heiress Pamela Sayward left $25,000 to Augusta spinsster Maude Rockwood Whitman in her will. A day after publication Miss Whitman died, creating a tragic linked sequence of events in Augusta.
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Augusta, No
Pamela Sayward
Boston
Maude Rockwood Whitman
Augusta
Singapore to gain four RAF airfields planned
Singapore Island will have four aerodromes when two new British Royal Air Force fields are completed. The program marks another stage in the RAF defense work at Singapore.
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Singapore
Singapore Island
Royal Air Force
Christmas Gift Baskets Reach Peak in City Distribution
Banks Can Legislature notes the peak distribution of baskets of groceries and gifts to the needy here as churches and groups, including First Congregational and the Y M D club, prepare and dispatch baskets to homes. The Chamber of Commerce acts as a clearing house to avoid duplication. Gordon's grocery and Knauer supply support for 32 people. Baskets will be distributed today.
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First Congregational Church
Chamber of Commerce
Gordom’s
Y. M. D. Club
First Methodist Church
Knauer
Hoffman Silent On Flier's Flight
In Trenton New Jersey Gov Harold G Hoffman faced editorial critiques over the Hauptmann case and the Lindberghs departure to England. Asked for comment he replied No comment amid papers linking his doubts about Hauptmann’s guilt to the Lindberghs migration.
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Hoffman
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Linberghs
Mngland
State House
Hauptmann questioned on Lindberghs departure for Europe
Mrs. Hauptmann told police Hauptmann asked why the Lindberghs left for Europe and if they were afraid to face critics. She quoted him expressing curiosity about their decision and noting his sense of oddness at their departure.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Europe
Townsend Speaker Links Pension Talk With Citizenship Lecture
Townsend Club No 2 hosts Paul J. Lichtenfels of Los Angeles who frames a lecture on good citizenship with study of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. He notes the Townsend movement as a major non partisan force and discusses potential political participation if required.
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Townsend
Corona Townsend Club
Paul J. Lichtenfels
Los Angeles
H. G. Phillips
Lichtenfels
State deficit mounting at high speed in California
State Controller Ray I. Riley warned banks can force a special legislative session by halting purchases of state registered warrants. He said education, bond interest and sinking fund payments would be excluded, leaving a large deficit to be carried by banks. He noted outstanding warrants may total 60 to 65 million dollars as the deficit nears 76 million. He stressed banks would trigger actions if longer term paper becomes unsafe.
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Sacramento
California
Ray I. Riley
Riley
Merriam
Thie
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Jhumie Pearson Charles King Arthur Lee
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Faiwin Hearn
Brian Mahoney
Rarl Collings
George M. Blair
Helen Ge. Bhair
Eugene Blair Charles RK. Miller
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A. Collbern
Bruno
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