Unhappy Scribe Santa Cant Fit Through Doorway
Hal Boyle recalls a chaotic Christmas when Santa delivered a couch that would not pass the doorway. The author notes the irony of gifts and letters from readers, and laughs at the failed attempt to fit the new couch into the brown study, leaving the scene humorously unresolved. Santa is humorously blamed for missing measurements and a playful wish to confront him at the North Pole.
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Mac
Mit
Santa Claus
North Pole
Mrs. Claus
Total Pecan Sales Drop In Marianna
Eight thousand pounds of pecans were sold at the Partners Trading Post in Marianna as the final sale of the season. F T MacKinnon, owner and manager, said total sales reached 250000 pounds, about one third less than last year. Buyers came from Florida Georgia and Alabama. 58 producers supplied the crop with weekly sales since October 1.
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Marianna
Partneers
F. ‘T. MacKinnon
MacKinnon
Stuarts
Nelsong
van Demans
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Oecan
The Dingle Quest for Power That Knowledge Brings
Edwin J. Dingle, an Englishman who found health and fame after meeting a mystic in Tibet, offers readers a free 2000 word tract from The Institute of Mentalphysics. He claims questions on health death poverty and wrong can be answered and invites sincere readers to request a copy at Los Angeles address before limited print run runs out.
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Forbidden
Tibet
Edwin J. Dingle
Iim
England
Far East
Dingle
Trentise
Institute of Mentalphysics
South
Hobart Blvd
Dept
Los Angeles
Calif
Evry
Dororthy Dix Talks On Attraction In Human Nature
Dorothy Dix explores whether opposites attract in people as in nature and warns that marrying opposites often leads to discord. She argues happiness hinges on congeniality and like-to-like pairing, advising readers to choose a compatible mate.
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Miss DIX
Nature
Heavy Fog Shuts Down New Orleans Area Traffic
AP report describes dense fog blanketing the coast from Galveston to Mobile with New Orleans hardest hit. Visibility was near zero as ferries guided by bells operated on the Mississippi. harbor patrolmen described conditions as so thick they could not see clearly. The fog extended up the river about 49 miles.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Galveston
Tex
Mobile
Ala
Services Planned For Atlanta Newsman Denny
Funeral services were planned for Donald Denny a veteran Atlanta newspaperman who died yesterday at Lawson General Hospital He was longtime City Hall reporter for the Atlanta Georgian and also worked for the Constitution and Journal He is survived by a son Donald Denny Jr
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Atlanta
Donald Denny
Lawson General Hospitat
Denny
City Hall
The
Constitution and Journal
Alabama Employers Warned Of FICA Rate Increase
William C. Davis, Collector of Internal Revenue, reminds Alabama employers and employees that the Federal Insurance Contributions Act raises the tax to one and one half percent for both employees and employers on wages paid from January 1, 1950. The notice also announces new deposit and reporting rules for FICA and income tax withholding starting January, with deposits due by the 15th of the month following each quarter and Form 941 to be introduced for combined quarterly reporting in 1950.
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William %. Davis
Internal Revenue
Alabama
Davis
F.lc.a
Federal Reserve Bak
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
Income Tax Witheld
New United States of Indonesia marks end of Dutch empire
The World Today reports Indonesia's transfer of power from the Dutch in Batavia as self rule begins within a federated commonwealth. The event reshapes Asia’s balance of power, with the U S backing Indonesia and a $37.5 million Marshall Plan shipment aiding its early governance. Dutch holdings shrink as Surinam and the Dutch West Indies remain, while Indonesia seeks stability amid threats from internal factions.
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United States of
Indonesia
Batavia
Holland
Netherlands
Britain
East Indies
India
Pakistan
Burma
Celyon
England
U. S
America
Far East
Washington
Republic
Truman
Russia
Donesia
United Nations
Sultan Hamengku Bowono
Yound
Netherlands West Indies
Surinare
Dutch Guianas
Atlantic
South America
Surinam
West Indies
British Guiana
French Guiana
Breda
New Netherlands
New York
Guianas
Guiana
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