Santa Claus faith and a Christmas anthology fragment
A nostalgic musing on Is there a Santa Claus recounts Virginia O'Hanlon's 1897 question and the reply that belief rests on faith beyond sight. The note includes holiday vignettes about a school tree fire, Santa impersonators, Barbados population, and iodine in storage batteries.
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Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Kris Kringle
Francis Marcellus Church
Mr. Church
New York Sun
Virginia
Papa
Virginia O'Hanlon
West Ninety-fifth Street
Faries
Irginia
Bevin Reports to King on Se Nations Meetings
Foreign Secretary Bevin reported to King George at Buckingham Palace today, presumably about the Se Nations meetings in Newark.
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London
Bevin
King George
Buckingham Palace
Newark
Local Attorneys Push Separate Municipal Court Plan
Local lawyers and court officials advocate a new municipal court building to house police court, municipal jury court, and county superior court records. They say daily police court and monthly jury terms would reduce delays, improve case study time, and aid welfare and domestic relations work.
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Police Court
Municipal Jury Court
Guilford County Superior Court
Arch Schoch
Silas Casey
Casey
Schoch
Grover H. Jones
Jones
High Point
Charles Miller
State Welfare Department
Charlotte
Asheville
JayCee
Family Service Bureaus
Louis J. Fisher
Fisher
Superior Court
Stratosphere Flight Ahead From Ottumwa Iowa
Dr. Jean Piccard and a navy pilot plan a June ascent from Ottumwa Iowa using 100 balloons to reach nearly 100000 feet. The 19 mile rise would exceed current records and aim to study stratosphere physics and chemistry.
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Washington
Jean Piccard
Navy
Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
Iowa
Picecard
Albert W. Stevens
Orvil A. Anderson
Army
National Georgraphic Society
Pottery Boss Hands Out Record Bonuses At Scio Plant
Scio Ohio 827 pottery workers faced a holiday windfall as L P Reese, owner of the plant, distributed 3500 bonuses to 88 staff and raises 20 cents an hour with a $1 floor. Average bonus 852.50. smallest ten dollars. Reese, a WWI machine gunner, also funded a new American Legion home.
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Scio
Scio-Ohio Pottery
L. P. Reese
Scio Bank
William Hughes
Reese
American Legion
Racial Casualty Rates in World War II Report
The report shows Negro casualties at 1.28 percent of Negro strength and white casualties at 6.54 percent of white strength, reflecting differing impact by race in the war effort.
Thanksgiving Proclamations Noted From Lincoln Era Onward
The record notes that every president since Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving observance beginning in 1864. The tradition spans generations and reflects a recurring federal acknowledgment of gratitude.
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Lincoln
Scientists link ancient Antarctic climate to vegetation growth
Scientists argue that about 100 million years ago Antarctica enjoyed a warm climate supporting vegetation similar to present day climates. They note the continent’s average elevation around 6,000 feet, contributing to its high topography.
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Antarctic
United States
Madeleine Carroll America’s War Era Public Service Volunteer
Madeleine Carroll after a film career became a wartime servant joining the United Seaman’s Service as entertainment head then hospital aide in Africa and Italy. She later served with the Seventh Army in France administering to a 400 patient train load and hosted a Paris radio program to aid French American relations. Born 1906 in England, she studied at Birmingham then rose as a British star before moving to the United States in 1934. She divorced Stirling Hayden recently.
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Hollywood
Madeleine Carroll
Ited
American Red Cross
Africa
Italy
Miss Carroll
France
Seventh Army
Paris
West Bromwich
England
Birmingham University
United States
Stirling Hayden
Fireplace Decor and Fox Kings Myths
A fragment notes dressing a fireplace with evergreen branches and large pine cones in the hearth. It mentions ancient beliefs about the respiratory powers of the fox and medicinal use of its kings for asthma.
Population shifts show horses decline while trucks rise
The record notes that in 1896 the U S horse population reached 20 million with one million trucks, while by 1946 horses fell to 10 million and trucks grew to 5 million. It cites onions nicknamed boilers in diameter ranges from 1 inch to about 1 and a half inches.
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United States
British Peer Studies Local Lumber Curing Methods
Sir Herman Lebus of London visited High Point to inspect new lumber yards dry kilns and storage at Tomlinson. He noted England faces furniture shortages with sub normal production and government coal requisition for plants. England once used lutes and viols for customer entertainment per Britannica.
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High Point
Sir Herman Lebus
London
England
Harris Lebus Corporation
Tottenham
Herman
E. H. Lane
Lane Cedar Chest Company
Alta Vista
Virginia
Tomlinson
High Street
Finley T. White
Herman Lebus
Bombing Shakes Buenos Aires as Peron Returns to Power
Unidentified attackers set off a blast in Buenos Aires today, damaging windows near a display of a painting about October 17 1945 the day Juan Peron was restored to power eight days after his ouster as vice president and war minister by the Campo de Mayo garrison. No injuries reported. General Peron is now president of Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Argentina
Campo de Mayo
Peron
South Carolina Law Requires Duel Oath Before Seating
Before taking his seat a legislator must swear he has never engaged in a duel. The oath requirement applies to new members as part of the seating process in the state legislature.
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South Carolina
Prehistoric Oil Pits Used by American Indians Centuries Before Drake
American Indians dug pits to collect oil hundreds of years before Edwin L. Drake drilled his first shaft. The discovery highlights early extraction activities in North American history.
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Edwin L. Drake
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North Pole
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Herman Patterson Taylor, Jr
Robert M. Martin, Jr
Robert S. Overman
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J. M. Thomas
Joe Kidd
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BY ED Kemp
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M. W. Nash
Jim Daniels
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Mac Speedie
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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