Christmas Spirit Even in Wartime Across Europe
wartime Christmas features emerge despite blackouts and shortages. Pope Pius pleads for truce. it is rejected. Greek forces clash with Italians in Albania amid cold. In Libya British advances against Mussolini’s forces. King George VI to broadcast Christmas message. Britain guards morale with pantomimes and gifts for children in safe areas. trees scarce, cards fewer. Hitler departs Berlin as fronts remain unsettled.
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Associated Press
Europe
Pope Pius
Albania
Libya
Mussolini
Britain
George VI
Dominions
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Canada
British Isles
Rome
Italians Fight to Hold Libyan Port of Bardia
British forces tighten encirclement of Bardia as bombardment from land sea and air continues. Italian aviation fights back but suffers losses. reports describe fortified defenses in dugouts and trenches with ring fortifications and heavy guns.
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Edward Kennedy
Bardia
Royal Air Force
Libya
Saluni
Sidi Barrani
Hellfire Pass
Alles
Salum
Hélfaya
More Doll Buggies and Fewer Baby Buggies Sold
Census bureau figures compare 1937 and 1939 toy production. Baby carriages and related items totaled 2,954,127 dollars, while doll carriages and carts reached 2,175,240 dollars. Doll-related goods rose while baby carriage output fell by 946,946 dollars. air rifles, pop guns and paint sets surged. Rubber balloons declined and the wooden toy market softened.
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Washington
Stork
Census Bureau
America
Villa- to Be Prison Fonte D Amore Italy Dec 28
Italy converts an 18th century villa in Sulmona, birthplace of Ovid, into a luxury prison for high ranking British officers near a camp housing about 800 French and British captives. Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd to join later as conditions and morale among prisoners vary.
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Italy
Middle East
Sulmona
Ovid
Qvid
France
Oswald
Taranto
Rogers
Busy Day of Weddings for Judge Gray
Three couples wed yesterday afternoon and this morning by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray. Names include James Beerbower with Maxine Brown of Valley Falls, Robert Dickinson of Ft. Riley with Helene Baker of Topeka, and Glyde Shubert of Chicago with Mildred E. Taylor of Kansas City Mo. Licenses issued to Oliver O. Dare and Marjorie M. Huff of Kansas City Kansas, Richard Henry Martin and Marilois Hulet Eddins of Lawrence, Vernon A. Bechtle of Greenville Texas, and Vena Orpha Young of Melvern.
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Frank R. Gray
James
Arthur Beerbower
Maxine Brown
Valley Falls
Robert Dickinson
Ft. Riley
Helene Baker
Topeka
Glyde Shubert
Chicago
Mildred E. Taylor
Kansas City
Oliver O. Dare
Marjorie M. Huff
Kan
Richard Henry
Martin Ad Marilois Hulet Eddins
Lawrence
Vernon A. Bechtle
Greenville
Vena Orpha Young
Melvern
Former Kaiser Wilhelm II Celebrates Christmas in Doorn
Doom Netherlands December 24 Former Kaiser Wilhelm II celebrated Christmas Eve under occupation in Doorn in good health. He shared a small family circle with Hermine Henrietta and Karl Franz Joseph. He gave gifts to Dutch workers at 10 a.m. and to the German household at 5 p.m. Wilhelm read the Christmas gospel to a devout group and distributed gifts to local needy residents.
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Doom
Netherlands
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Holland
Kaiserin Hermine
Henrietta
Karl Franz Joseph
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm
Doorn
British Spread Churchill Speech Across Italy
Churchill sought to stir Italian opinion against Mussolini and the speech was circulated in Italian via varied channels before his 8 p.m. broadcast. Authorities say no method was ignored and Italy’s government charged British agents spread unrest. the address also circulated in leaflets by airplanes.
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London
Winston Churchill
Mussolini
Churchill
Italy
Maybe Next Christmas Continues From a Farm to a Name
A Christmas scene unfolds on a farm as Ma Shannon contemplates bequeathing the house and land to unexpected guests, hearing a stranger named Carpenter while reflecting on her family’s dreams and a future they may share. The tale closes with Ma hopeful that perhaps next Christmas will bring a different fate.
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Joy
Mary
Kit
Kenneth
Lydia
Mountain Creek
Robert
Sally
Hollywood
Joe
Carpenter
Soseph Carpenter
Christmas Morning in a Lonely House
Ma greets two weary travelers and a new baby on Christmas morning. With winter ice and a ramshackle car, they seek shelter until spring and offer to name the baby Christopher after Ma’s late husband, bringing quiet warmth and laughter to the household.
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Mary
Chicago
Joe
Uou
Christopher
Christopher Shannon
Farm Benefit Overhaul Talk Amid War and Surpluses
Washington officials forecast major shifts in farm aid as war and fading foreign markets lift surpluses and wages. Chairman Fulmer and Rep Hope urge moving away from parity subsidies toward a basic income certificate plan to stabilize farmer income, with possible aid for cotton, wheat, and tobacco.
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Washington
Congress
Fulmer
D-S.c
Hope
R.kan
House Agriculture Committee
Agricultural tax plan linked to crop programs ruled invalid
The proposal described a certificate system for farmers cooperating with federal crop programs. Certificates would reflect domestic consumption share and be set by the secretary of agriculture. Buyers of raw commodities would pay market price plus certificate value, a cost passed to consumers as with a processing tax.
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Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculure
Noted Song Writer Billy Hill Dies at 42
Boston reports Billy Hill, a noted songwriter of the works Last Roundup and Wagon Wheels, died at 42 after a career spanning New York and Hollywood. He was associated with popular western tunes and wrote hit songs that earned him lasting fame. He left behind influential compositions and a lasting mark on American music.
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Boston
Billy Hill
New York
Hollywood
Death in hotel room noted for Dr Herman Schwartz list
A report states Dr Herman Schwartz was found dead today in a hotel room. Aid says the death is due to natural causes. The text also references songs written by Hill including The Old Shining Wheel and Lights Out and mentions a chapel in the moonlight.
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Herman Schwartz
Hill
Wason
Moonight
One Killed In Accident In Kansas Oil Region
Eight miles northeast of Eureka Kansas a Burlington oil field worker identified as W H Midkiff was killed in a motor car crash. Miss Hazel Maddox of Wichita a member of the Kansas board of cosmetology suffered a fractured ankle face cuts and possible chest injuries and was hospitalized.
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Eureka
Kan
W. H. Midkiff
Burlington
Kat
Hazel Maddox
Wichita
Here
Maddox
Kansas Board of Cosmetology
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