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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
3
The writer urges supporting the Scottish Rite Crippled Children's Hospital as a Christmas gift and reflects on wartime conditions, free speech, and gratitude for American citizenship in the Hill Country. It commends the nation’s stance and urges readers to feel thankful for their rights and peace this Christmas.
Winnie Ruth Judd, the notorious killer who escaped from the Arizona State Hospital, was captured twelve days after her disappearance. She reportedly walked about 180 miles through the desert before being found and returned.
Across the week reports show Graf Spee interned in South America after its sinking, the Columbus scuttled east of Cape Henry with 57 aboard, and a limited aerial clash off Helgoland. Finland receives Allied aid while paying back a large US debt as Hungary and others also remit installments. Garner declared 1940 run. Heywood Broun dies at 51 in New York.
Mrs Henry Burg underwent an operation in the early part of the week. The report notes a surgical procedure took place with hospital treatment continuing as needed.
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