Congress Will Act on Points in Neutrality
Washington Dec 25 AP Three major proposals for expanding America neutrality law were advanced in pre session discussions as war clouds rise over Europe. The three broad proposals include extending the war time arms embargo to war materials, limiting exports to belligerents to prewar levels, and adopting a cash and carry policy with belligerents paying cash. Objections exist to all, with most experts predicting a compromise shaped by administration recommendations.
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Weather Man Plays Trick on Children with Sleds
The forecast notes a largely snowless Christmas with clouds delaying sun and mild dips in temperature across the nation. Areas near the extreme north report light snow. rain falls in parts of the upper Mississippi valley and southern Michigan.
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New York
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Washington, D. C
Streicher Uses Christmas Gift To Teach Kids The Jew
Nurnberg Germany Dec 25 AP Julius Streicher Nazi propagandist presented a picture book themed The Devil Is the Jew at a children’s party. He told the children God helps only the good and asked Do you know who the devil is The answer The Jew was the devil after the war he took everything. His publishing house Stuermer Verlag praised the work in announcing the publication.
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Germany
Julius Streicher
Streicher
Stuermer Verlag
Vain Search for Planes Continues
Spokane reports crews battling deep snow and fog on Cemetery Ridge in a renewed, fruitless effort to locate the Northwest Airlines mail plane wreckage after a weeklong crash near a radio beacon. Weather also delays 13 planes over Utah seeking the Western Air Express transport missing since December 14 with seven aboard.
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Cemetery Ridge
Northwest Airlines
Joe Livermore
Arthur Haid
Utah
Western Air Express
Aged Twins Celebrate Birthday and Christmas in Colorado
In Canon City Colorado, 85 year old twins Mary A Bond and Cynthia Ryther share a joint Christmas and birthday celebration for the first time in 25 years. They travel between Kansas City and Colorado, each with a daughter, Wille Young and B A Countryman, and each has a grandchild. Bond, born 1834 in Athens county Ohio, taught in Meigs county before moving to Kansas where she now hosts the event.
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Canon City
Colo
Mary A. Bond
Cynthia Ryther
Kansas City
Bond
B. A. Countryman
Ryter
Wille Young
Ohio
Christmas Death Toll Update 229 States List
Continued tallying Christmas related deaths by state with counts for numerous states. The list notes totals by location including Alabama through Wisconsin and several from violent causes across Connecticut Florida Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Michigan New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Tennessee Virginia.
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California
Connecticut
Georgia
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Alabama
Arkansas
Illnois
Wandering Deer Causes Stirs on Ashtabula Main Street
In Ashtabula Ohio on Christmas Day a wandering deer marched down Main Street causing a brief panic. Startled by a car the deer dashed through a clothing store window, then ran about before being chased out and fleeing into local streets.
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Ashtabula
Europe Hopes Hitler Avoids Hinder Peace
London December 25 AP Europeans await Chancellor Hitler's decision on Spanish intervention with tension and cautious optimism that Germany will avoid actions that spark broad war. Berlin shows behind the scenes activity while France, Britain and Russia signal cautious neutrality and possible shifts toward Franco-British economic cooperation.
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Romesourves
Brothers Drown During Christmas Ice Break in Newark
In Newark New Jersey two Ferrara brothers aged 10 and 13 drowned during a Christmas romp on Branch Brook river ice while a third brother watched. Park patrolman Joseph Halpin tied a rope to rescue them but was pulled under and later saved after immersion shock.
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N. J
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William Palmer
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City Hospital
Airline Company Shows Big Increase in Travel
CHICAGO December 25 AP C R Smith president of American Airlines said 1936 set records with about 254600 revenue passengers, 1676700 pounds of express, and 14829000 miles flown. He compared to 176005 passengers, 590642 pounds express, and 11504407 miles in 1935.
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WPA worker dies after intercity duct injury
John Peterson a WPA worker from Omaha Nebraska found in the intercity via duct Monday died today in General hospital. He apparently was a victim of a hit and run motorist.
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Omaha
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Fort Peck dam boom towns revel in two Christmas trees
In Wheeler Montana and nearby boom towns the Fort Peck project era sparks raucous Christmas revelry. Decadent dance halls and gambling shade amid community church services as locals toast the season. Ruby Smith presides as Santa at her beer keg, while Fort Peck hosts a quieter holiday with a community tree.
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Mont. Dee
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G. W. Kampffer
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Ruby Smith
Wheeler Night
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Missouri River
Santa
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Roosevelt Family Attends White House Christmas Tree
President relaxes with six youngsters as James Roosevelt assists his father. Four generations occupy the church pews while Dr. Frederrick Harris denounces reaction and braggarts. Five month old Ellicott Roosevelt and James’s children join in the post service gift distribution under the festive tree.
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John Roosevelt
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Frederrick B. Harris
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Ellicott “Roosevelt
Sarah
Katie
Woman shoots daughter then herself in San Diego hotel
San Diego police say 45 year old Mrs June Ryan fired a bullet into her 7 year old daughter's chest and then turned the gun on herself in a downtown hotel. Both were critically wounded. Ill health was noted as a possible motive. Her husband said she left home after a quarrel. Nancy Ryan accompanied her.
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William
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Nancy
Incubator Holds Chance for Life for Tiny Boy
Twin boys born prematurely in Council Bluffs Iowa weigh one and a half to two pounds each and measure nine inches. Their mother Elmer Birehard prays for a miracle as doctors say their survival chances are slight.
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Dee
Elmer Birehard
Not Even a Mouse Brought Chagrin to Famed Poem Author
Troy reporter recalls the 1823 Troy Sentinel publication of The Night Before Christmas by Dr. Clement C Moore. A visit from St. Nicholas text copied by a rector’s daughter led to public print and mixed feelings from Moore who later acknowledged authorship and saw the poem widely republished.
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Clement C. Moore
New York
David Butler
Moore
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Santa Claus
Histrical Society
Rifle Gift Kills Boy in Christmas Rabbit Hunt
In Hayti Missouri 13 year old Thomas Harold McCarter died instantly when his Christmas gift a .22 rifle discharged as he reached for it after leaning it against a stump during a rabbit hunt. Coroner ruled accidental death. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Earl McCarter of North Island Pemiscot County. Johann Gutenberg printed nearly 300 Bibles on his first run.
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Jack Kelley
Earl McCarter
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Edward Duke of Windsor Reads Nativity in Vienna Church
Edward, Duke of Windsor, read the Nativity story as lay reader at Vienna's Anglican church, in a Christmas service that fueled talk of his stance toward the church amid his romance with Wallis Warfield Simpson. He sang God Save the King and planned to ski, with his brother Duke of Kent to visit in January, as a private luncheon noted the birth of a Kent daughter.
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God Save the King
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Arthur Brisbane Remembered as Pioneering Journalist
Hearst executives and colleagues mourn Arthur Brisbane, praising his keen insight and bold style. Frank B. Noyes recalls Brisbane as a trusted friend and powerful voice guiding American journalism. Details note his Buffalo birth, rise from the New York Sun to the World, and Hearst era, with public funeral set for Monday at St. Bartholomew's Church. Burial follows at Brigantine Allaire estate in New Jersey.
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Allaire
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Springfield Man Dies After Robbery Injuries
Shirley Hardin, 41, a traveling salesman from Springfield Missouri, died at Barnes Hospital from head injuries sustained when robbed on November 22 in Springfield. He was moved to St. Louis for care after no improvement. Police have few details on the robbery location.
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Shirley Hardin
Springfield
Barnes Hospital
Five Die in Arkansas Filling Station Crash
Five persons were fatally injured in a crash at a Benton Arkansas filling station on Christmas Eve. Miss Helen Styers, a 16 year old bystander, died from burns after gasoline ignited. Four in the car Anita Halbert 20 Elsa Bowen 20 James Powers 20 Quinn Halbert died early. Doris McDonald 18 and Doyle Sutton 38 were critically injured. The crash tore through a sign pole and pumps, tossing occupants into a field as flames spread. Powers said another automobile blinded him before control was lost.
Hold Two Youths In Theft of Motor Car
In Nevada Missouri two youths booked as Glen Cole and Earl Freeman Springfield Missouri were held on a technical charge of transporting a stolen motor car into Vernon county. They were arrested by city police and handed to the state highway patrol for questioning after admitting they stole a 1934 Plymouth sedan at Springfield following a grocery store robbery. The patrol recovered the car.
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Glen Cole
Earl Freeman
Springfield
Vernon County
State Highway Patrol
Fatrolman R. G. Oliver
Sharp's
Oliver
British Troops Parade in Bethlehem Town
British troops in Bethlehem Bethlehem Palestine parade in small bands singing Christmas carols. Visiting priests celebrate private masses at the Church of the Nativity and nearby grottoes as bells ring repeatedly throughout the day in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Large crowds of natives disperse after midnight.
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Will Present Bill to Limit Executive Term
Washington December 25 AP Representative George Holden Tinkham a Boston Republican announced he would introduce a congressional resolution to prohibit reelection of the president and limit the term to six years He said the resolution would seek a constitutional amendment if adopted to protect the United States from dictatorship or demagoguery in the future
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United States
Free Chang Hsueh-liang to face music in Nanking
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang will go to Nanking to face authorities and present his case to leaders. The government says his release was unconditional with no cash settlement, though some officials speculate on possible terms. Fireworks erupt as Loyong reports spread nationwide.
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W. H. Donald
Nanking
Chang Hsueh-liang
Marshal Chang
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Lianfu
China
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Shanghai
Yen Hsi-shan
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Suiyuan
Beet and Veal Shortage Across States Cited
A government report notes that twenty eight states fail to produce sufficient beet and veal to meet domestic needs, highlighting reliance on imports and regional farming limitations.
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