Brown Sunday School Christmas Program at Brown Gym
The Brown Sunday school held its annual Christmas program and tree on Friday night at the Brown gymnasium. A large backdrop and painting of the three wise men enhanced the scene with Santa Claus delivering gifts to about 300 members. B Beasley of Brown Paper Mill helped, with Dale Cobb directing the choir and Melba Barrett reading.
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Brown Sunday School
Brown Gymnasium
Brown
Bethlehem
Evelyn Hill Moore
America
Santa Claus
Santa
B. Beasley
Brown Paper Mill Company
Dale Cobb
Eula Barrett
Melba Barrett
Charlie Gurardy
Blind man volunteers for civilian defense in St Louis
Det. 3-14 Raymond Parsons, blind since birth, volunteered at civilian defense headquarters in St Louis and was accepted for duty. A former prom wrestler on a WPA project, he claims to tape words per minute, speak Spanish, and operate a telephone switchboard with equipment a friend could supply. He plans to inspect bullets and shells in a small arms plant, aided by his acute sense of touch.
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ST. Louis
Raymond Parsons
Promrestler
Parsons
Arma
Falstaff Gift Certificates Offer Quick Beer Gift
Last minute idea for Christmas gift certificates from Falstaff dealers. No wrapping or carrying. recipients exchange for Falstaff beer. Promotes premium quality with insured flavor and $1,000,000 yeast claim, urging buyers to see their Falstaff dealer.
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Falstaff
Wabottie
America
War Today: Churchillian leadership and Washington conference
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes British Prime Minister Churchill as a direct action leader whose wartime Atlantic crossing signals Allied unity. The column discusses the Washington conference's goal of unified command, coordinating resources, and urgent Pacific battles while weighing Russia's role and Hitler's broader strategy.
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Churchillian
Atlantic
Sandhurst
England
West Point
Washington
Jone
Roose
Velt
Churchill
Far East
Malayan
Singapore
Hongkong
Philippines
Russa
Ailes
Japan
Lkely
Aeue
Conter
America
Moscow
Nippon
Hitler
Fuehrer
Britain
Axis
Pacific
Allied Council
Tickets Required for Midnight Mass at St Matthew's
Christmas Eve at St Matthew's Church will require tickets for admission to the midnight mass. Doors open at 10 45 p m and tickets secured last Sunday must be shown at the door. A Christmas musical program led by Mrs Lydia Nichols begins at 11 45 p m with candlelight and a nativity scene, followed by the Rev F P Donohoe celebrating the midnight mass.
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St. Matthew's Church
Lydia Nichols
F. P. Donohoe
St Matthew's
Diocese of Alexandria
St. Joseph's Home
Pineville
St. Matthew’s Church
N. F. Vandegaer
Stephen Dzienw
Monroe
Donohoe
Religious display draws 5000 visitors in Olympia
In Olympia Washington Leonard Huber spent over three months building a lighted Christmas scene atop a hill with a life sized Nativity, including a shining angel. Despite the contest’s cancellation due to war, about 5000 people visited Sunday night, many kneeling in the rain.
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Olympia
Wash
Leonard Huber
Huber
Day of fast and abstinence for Catholics observed
A day of fasting and abstinence is set for all Catholics to prepare for the great feast of Christmas. The observance aims to purify hearts and souls in anticipation of the holiday celebrations.
Pearl Harbor inspires 36000 Douglas workers to speed up aircraft
Santa Monica and Hollywood dispatch reveal Pearl Harbor boosted production by 25 percent at Douglas Aircraft Company with workers offered overtime and pay boosts to recover time lost during blackouts. Factory lights are blackout to save energy and production remains closely held as an army secret.
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Douglas Aircraft Company
Pearl Harbor
Douglas
California
Preacher Dornblaser Dies at 100 in Chicago
Services conducted for Dr. Thomas Franklin Dornblaser who died Sunday at age 100. The former pastor of Grace English Lutheran Church in Chicago, he was a Civil War era veteran, author, traveler and organizer of mission churches across the Midwest, and oldest living graduate of Susquehanna University. He helped run the American Protestant Union Church in Berlin and preached across Europe and the United States.
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Grace English Lutheran Church
Dornblaser
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
American Protestant Union Church
Berlin
Germany
Middle West
New York City Gets Christmas Cheer For New Year
Police Commissioner Valentine grants permission for New Year celebrations in Times Square and bars with special licenses may stay open past midnight. Discards plan to ban celebrations and to enforce a 1 a.m. curfew amid wartime restrictions as 1941 ends and 1942 begins.
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New York
New York City
Lewis J. Valentine
Valentine
Times Square
Trade policy aims to remove war production barriers
The Canadian United States joint war production committees urged abolition of tariff and other barriers to combined weapon manufacture. The seven point declaration, approved by President Roosevelt and Canadian leaders, calls for suspension of duties, full mobilization of labor and materials, integrated production toward a common program, and elimination of administrative obstacles for rapid, maximum output.
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Washington
United States Joint War Production Committees
Roosevelt
Hitler
Europe
America
United States
MacKenzie King
Canada
White House
Hyde Park
Milo Perkins
Economic Defense Board
J. V. Forrestal
Navy
W. H. Harrison
OPM
Robert P. Patterson
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Office of Lend-Lease Administration
H. L. Vickery
Maritime Commission
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James Craig
By DeWitt Mackenzie
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Los Angeles
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U. S
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Department of Munitions and Supply
J. R. Donald
H. R. Carmichael
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War Time Merchant Shipping, Ltd
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Department of Finance
Shamrock Liquor CO
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