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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1937
Page
7
John Carlton recalls telling his mother making gingerbread dolls for the Christmas display was foolish but proves popular as customers buy multiple dolls. He notes the display’s grouping into families attracts attention and the joy comes from giving rather than profit, with happiness as the dividend.
Leonard Morris, 22, told Magistrate A. O. Marcus his car damaged a fireplug because he could not see. Marion McKenna, 20, admitted slapping him during a quarrel in Pittsburgh.
Women reporters finally gain access to gender equal facilities in the press galleries after a long campaign. The push included the News Paper Guild action and White House petitions, leading Congress to promise an appropriation and a male slate pledged to support powder puff facilities. The milestone followed the seventy fifth congress election cycle.
A Florida holiday scene describes 400 camps in south and central Florida hosting carol singalongs and gifts. Arcadia hosts Tin Can Tourist gathering as veterans praise equal access for women journalists in the congressional press gallery after the powder puff controversy.
The notice outlines that radio broadcasts from Nanking should be made in Amoy Cantonese Mandarin Ma lay and English to ensure comprehension by the majority of listeners.
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