Man Learns There’s No Santa At 86 In San Antonio
Antonio Jiminez, an 86 year old Mexican farmer, traveled 67 miles by foot and hitchhiking to San Antonio to seek U S citizenship papers. A naturalization clerk told him he must learn English pass an exam and pay fees. He returned to Gonzales County disappointed and without papers.
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Santa
San Antonio, Tex
Antonio Jiminez
Santa Claus
San Antonio
Tony
United States
Gonzales County
Columbia Heights Methodist church to be dedicated Sunday
Crowning long-continued efforts, the Columbia Heights Methodist church will be dedicated Sunday at 10 a.m. Rev. H. M. Johnson will preside, with Rev. W. D. Morris and local leaders delivering talks. A lawn dinner will follow, and the quarterly conference meets at 2 p.m. The church traces to 1938 with revival and growth, and since last May 66 new members have joined.
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Columbia Heights Methodist Church
H. M. Johnson
Monroe
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. D. Morris
Critchett
Mr. Sheppard
J. J. McKeithen
J. W. McKeithen
T. L. Johnson
Columbia Methodist Church
S. A. Clark
Fred Price
Hebert
Girod
Columbia Heights
Grayson
Sardis
Indians Help Dedicate $10 Million Ordnance Depot
Navajo medicine men joined white officials at Fort Wingate New Mexico to dedicate a $10,000,000 ordnance depot. Governor John Miles and Major Henry McKenzie shared the program with Charlie Turquoise and his aides. Over 6,000 workers, including 2,500 Indians, finished the defense project two months early.
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Fort Wingate
N. M
John Miles
New Mexico
Henry McKenzie
Washington
Charlie Turquoise
Race hatred law invalidated by New Jersey court
The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed convictions of nine men accused of anti Jewish speeches at a German American band rally and voided the state race hatred law as conflicting with free speech. Leaders Wilhem Kunze and August Klapprott were among those released. the court held utterances did not create the required clear and present danger.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Supreme Court Today
Wilhelm Kunze
August Klapprott
Seaboard
Klapprott
Camp Nordland
Thomas J. Brogan
Blackout Ends in Kuibyshev Earlier Than Planned
The Kuibyshev blackout, imposed November 10, was lifted today restoring power to the Volga river city long considered Russia’s alternate capital.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Volga River
Millions Move to New Places Across the Nation
Los Angeles reports defense migration as a major social problem with post war unemployment feared. Representative John H. Tolan urges action, noting 25 million Americans live outside their birth states and stressing strain on housing, sewers, and schools. Jay A. Urice cites wide impact on communities and industry as migration continues. Urice to speak at a Pacific Southwest YMCA conference in Pasadena Saturday.
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Los Angeles
John H. Tolan
California
California Department of Employment
Théeh
Congress
Canada
Defense
Jay A. Urice
New York
National Board of
The
United Service Organizations
Arice
Pacific Southwest Y. MC. A
Pasadena
Verdict of Death Signed by Mistake in Oklahoma Case
In Idabel Oklahoma on December 5 a court clerk read a verdict sending William Pat Herron to the electric chair. Bert exclaimed it was a mistake. Jurors retired and returned with a two year sentence in a case tied to a free Cinehuding Tea matter.
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Idabel
Okla
William
Pat” Herron
Farmers organize to safeguard crops from migrating ducks
Melba Idaho December 5 hundreds of thousands of migrating waterfowl crowd the Lowell refuge causing heavy crop damage. Rex Jensen president of the Melba Farmers Protective Association says farmers seek government hunting law modification and will provide their own protection.
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Melba
Idaho
Melba Farmers Protective Association
Lowell Refuge
Rex Jensen
German seizure of Haakon treasures in Norway
German authorities seized King Haakon VII era art treasures left in Norway and 18 horses in Oslo, according to a report from German occupied Norway circulated today. The report cites Oslo police actions under German administration.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Haakon VII
England
Norway
Oslo
Premium Quality Fal staff Christmas beer sold with insured flavor
For over three generations beer lovers toast at Christmas with Premium Quality Fal staff. The ad touts flavor insured by $1,000,000 breeding yeast and urges readers to keep a good supply in the ice box starting today.
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