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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
3
The narrative recalls Scrooge, Marley and Tiny Tim, with Scrooge facing Marley’s undead warning and the looming visits of three spirits. Ghostly chains reveal profits from life and the chance to change before the final Christmas Eve.
Scrooge awakes to midnight bells and meets the Ghost of Christmas Past, a pale figure with a radiant jet of light from its head. The spirit asks Scrooge to accompany it to witness his earlier years, a chance to review his welfare.
Washington reports parity payments may be slashed from 212 million to 50 million, with risk of further elimination to free funds for defense. Rep. Hampton Fulmer backs the income certificate plan, replacing parity loans. The plan echoes a revised AAA tax idea using government certificates to bridge price gaps.
A satirical column mocks the draft’s rejection of a New York taxi driver for failing an eye test, arguing taxis could be a decisive fighting force. It imagines cabbies as elite units and cites public figures, ending with a farcical call to mobilize 18,509 policemen.
Memos reveal Admiral Leahy unhappy over vague instructions for his ambassadorial post to France. FDR Hull issue broad statements while Wheeler Norma plan new probes into foreign links with U S industry. Francesca Sims to wed doctor in February. A women’s radio group threatens a nationwide boycott over music row. Goebbels influence continues as Nazi film houses expand in U S cities.
A jumble of snatches suggests editors, propaganda, and politics as rumors swirl about Reeders Digest staff shifts, a Columbia professor, Italian propaganda data, and Greece’s democracy claim. Naval recruiter Capt. Jones notes rising accepted applicants nationwide amid wartime chatter.
The column lists Jimmy Roosevelt's pulse taker, Roma Aldrich as model for nurse Romelle Schneider, Franchot Tone and Alice Faye film buzz, Dolly De Milo as Vanderbilt’s potential bride, and new car security for FDR. It notes Joan Crawford backstage chats, Hal Roads reconciliation rumors, Felix Frankfurter adopting Gilbert Murray's children, Fred Allen’s agency dispute, Tallulah Bankhead and John Emery sightings, and other teased chatter about socialites and celebrities.
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