Spaniards to Eat Mulligan Stew for Christmas in Madrid Front
Spain's Socialist troops in Madrid trenches will have rancho a Christmas stew of meat rice and potatoes with bread and wine. The International Red Cross and Madrid government will distribute candy fruit meat brandy tobacco cigars cigarette papers and matches to soldiers and orphans. Fascist artillery bombards Madrid as government says Socialist forces advance three miles near Boadilla del Monte. Genera Franco sends 38 cases of wine and gifts for Twelfth Night as front lines hold for a possible feign or actual pause after New Year.
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Madrid
Spain
Boadilla del Monte
International Red Cross
City
Gran Via
Francisco Franco
Winners in Decoration Contest Known Sunday
The list of entrants for the decoration contest includes James Snell James Thomas Albert Kroeger Albert Thomas Bryant Thompson and others at multiple addresses. Two participants declined or chose to remain anonymous with further names pending reveal.
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James Snell
Lafayette
H. M. Watts
B. Capitol
J. T. Saar
Locust
Fred Raithe
Elmerine
W. W. Anderson
Lee
Charles E. Graham
Fairmount
Louis L. Ott
Moreau Drive
James Thomas
East High
Albert Kroeger
Mulberry
Albert Thomas
West Elm
H. J. Renn
Atchinson
S. A. Moke
Ten Mile Drive
John Seagumerer
Clifford Schell
Hazelton
Bryant Thompson
West Main
Janet Dumford
West McCarty
Paul Hentges
Bolivar
Henry Knott
Monroe
Pope Pius Fails to Celebrate Christmas Eve Mass
Vatican reports Pope Pius XII, 79, bedridden after radio speech, did not hold the Christmas Eve Mass for first time in 57 years. He heard the service from his bedroom doorway and broadcast a 28 minute appeal urging action against atheistic communism amid signs of weakness and breathing difficulties. His left leg discoloration and a blood clot were noted as physicians monitored his condition.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Pius
Spain
Europe
Ponstiff
Nazi Germany
Holy Father
Germany
Holy See
Vatican
Father Soccorsix
Capital City Prepares for a Merry Christmas Day
Capital City hosts church services and masses across Grace Episcopal Immaculate Conception and St. Peter's as Christmas celebrations unfold. Crowds flood stores for last minute shopping while Santa visits St. Mary's hospital. Christmas home decorations contest judges revise winner date to Sunday December 27.
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Santa Claus
St. Mary’s Hospital
World Pauses in Homage to Babe's Birth
A holiday article notes global reactions to the birth of Babe, highlighting the Nazi leader Goering gifting tin soldiers to children, Pere Noel in France, and British King George VI guiding Christmas observances. It contrasts Western Europe’s festive mood with tensions in the East Asia region where China faces civil war and Japan weighs fascism against parliamentary forces.
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Goering
Pere Noel
America
Santa Claus
Rhine
Great Britain
George VI
Sandringham House
George V
China
Japan
Chief Hails Friendly Practice and Moral Teachings
Nalion's Chief praises friendly practice and the enduring relevance of the Sermon on the Mount. He urges faith in reason and friendship as paths to peace for nations and peoples in the Western Hemisphere, expressing hope for happiness now and in the year to come.
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Nalion
Sea of Gallilee
Committee Aims to Regulate Wages and Hours by Pact
A secret committee led by George L. Berry seeks a labor wage hour amendment to the Constitution. Officials say the effort responds to Supreme Court decisions limiting commerce clause use. White House awareness exists but no official endorsement or details disclosed. Sponsors guard plans awaiting presidential input.
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Washington
Pyr
George L. Berry
Berry
Supreme Court
Congress
White House
Propose Low Rate Loans for Small Home Owners
Clarence M. Woolley, chairman of American Radiator, urged a government guaranty of private loans at 2% to 3% interest to ease a critical housing shortage. He argued such capital support is needed to provide decent housing for those earning $1,500 yearly or less, citing international experience.
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New York
Clarence M. Woolley
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp
Tree Planting Drives by Gold Star Mothers Across Missouri
Gold Star Mothers sponsor planting across Missouri with trees and shrubs. Plantings cover highways in Boone Calloway Saline Lafayette Greene Jasper New Madrid Scott Cape Girardeau Clark Pike Marion Ralls and other counties. Weather may halt work soon but efforts resume next spring with grading continuing through winter. The Missouri project is unique in the United States and originated with the Gold Star Mothers.
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Nishing
Highway 40
Boone, Calloway
Saline
Lafayette
Greene
Jasper
New Madrid
Scott
Cape Girardeau
Clark, Pike
Marion
Ralls
Sayers
Missouri
United States
Four Seamen Injured As Storm Attacks Houston Waterfront
Houston dispatch reports striking seamen stormed the waterfront police station three times, repulsed by tear gas and pistol fire. Four sailors injured, 50 to 100 shots exchanged. 11 more struck later as officers cleared cafes and streets. Police charged motorcycle officer W. W. Cook with simple assault. he denies the beating claim.
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Houston
Tex
J. E. Murray
Seventy-Fifth
Seventy-Sixth Street
W. W. Cook
Cook
Boy Killed After Car Crash With Truck on Curve
A boy was instantly killed in a crash involving a car and a truck on a curve. The driver said the Chevrolet was on the outside of the curve on the right side when the collision occurred. Local authorities are investigating the exact sequence of events and contributing factors.
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Cident
Hei
Tragic highway crash claims young life near Granite City
Eyewitness Ervin Linhardt recalls a collision that hurled a Chevrolet off the road killing a boy and injuring a woman and two others. Pendleton and Flaugher were en route to visit Flaugher’s mother, Pearl Flaugher, while Young Flaugher works at a Granite City steel plant.
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Ervin Linhardt
Useful
Chevrolet
Pendleton
Flaugher
Tuscumbia
Pearl Flaugher
Young Flaugher
Granite City
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Ira Drymon
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Lexington
Manchester Dock
Channel
Murray
Dallmeyer
Merry Christmas
Phil A. Dallmeyer
Star of Bethlehem
Central Missouri Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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