Shopping in London Amid Bombing Brightens Christmas Displays
The piece notes London shoppers flocking to Oxford Street Regent Street and Knightsbridge as shop windows stay lit and displays glow despite blackout risks. Shows remain stocked with silverware pottery glassware and fabrics though wool and silk are rationed domestically with cheapened fabrics not exported.
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Regent Quadrant
Knightsbridge
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Fifth Avenue
San Francisco
Post Street
Sheffield
Senator Ellender warns neutrality laws risk entry to war
United States Senator Aller J. Ellender of Louisiana warned that extending neutrality laws to aid Britain could automatically embroil the US in the European conflict. He favored aiding Britain within existing neutrality limits but cautioned against moving beyond them or risking war.
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Houma
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Aller J. Ellender
Louisiana
Britain
Johnson
England
Ellender
Woman and five children die in Oxon Hill fire
Mrs Dorothy Heinbuck aged about 35 and her five children Catherine 15 Helen 13 Alta 12 Grace 10 Con rad 6 perished in a bungalow fire on Fort Foote road near Oxon Hill Maryland. Police said the family was likely asleep when flames broke out about nine. The father Alton 36 was away at work and did not reach home until 8 20 p m. A lack of telephones in the area delayed firefighting efforts.
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Europe Marks Yule and American Toy Trade Up
Census figures show American production for 1999 and 1937 include doll carriages valued at 2,176,240 and baby carriages at 2,954,127 with declines in mothers catering toys and gains in the doll market. Air rifles paint sets rubber balloons and scooters noted, while December wartime Europe reports ongoing Christmas spirit amid front lines and broadcasts.
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Washington
Dec
Santa Claus
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Census Bureau
America
Famed Punch Bowl Taken Out Of Its Retirement
The Fighting Ninth United States Infantry at Fort Sam Houston unveils the Liscum punch bowl, a 52 cup silver relic tied to the Boxer rebellion and Colonel Emerson H. Liscum. Officers and enlisted men toast valor through moments from Tientsin 1900 to Meuse Argonne as the bowl returns for the annual Christmas party.
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Japan
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Meuse-Argonne
Field Marshal Says Men Wait Hitler Orders Invasion Talk
Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch told the German army he knew they were eager to meet the English and hinted at a Christmas invasion plan. London buzzed with speculation as British raids targeted invasion ports and Berlin and Rome dismissed Churchill's invitation to the Italian king.
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London
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Northrop Cuts Production Hours Over Aluminum Shortage
Northrop Aircraft Corporation plans an immediate 20 percent reduction in hours for 2,000 workers at Hawthorne California due to aluminum shortages. Daily schedules drop from 10 to eight hours, later combined with a 16 hour shift. Company notes national defense orders will extend 30 to 35 weeks and warns of broader impact on the aircraft industry. Northrop has a $1.5 million contract for 24 bombers with Norway and will deliver via the English based Norway air force branch.
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Northrop
England
Weather Forecast for Twin Cities Rain Tonight
United States Weather Bureau at New Orleans predicts rain tonight and Christmas morning for the Twin Cities. Record low near 49 degrees, with 48.2 this morning at 6:30 a.m. Selman Field observers report a cloudy Louisiana forecast with rain in the east and central parts tonight and partly cloudy in the west tomorrow.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Mercury
Civil Aeronautics
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Louisiana
Pope Pius XII urges five moral victories for postwar order
In a Christmas eve message to the College of Cardinals, Pope Pius XII urged a new world order based on five moral victories including overcoming hatred and mistrust. He called for sincere political and economic solidarity in postwar Europe to avoid a forced imposement. The Vatican broadcast his remarks as translations circulated worldwide.
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Louisiana farm truckers see smaller crop returns
The U S Department of Agriculture reports Louisiana and Mississippi truck farmers earned notably less from their produce this year. Mississippi receipts fell 26 percent from 1.879 million to 1.392 million, while Louisiana declined 8 percent from 8.183 million to 7.539 million. Yields lagged the 10-year average by 51 percent in Mississippi and 12 percent in Louisiana, with strawberries in Louisiana hit hardest. Acreage harvested dropped 3 percent in Louisiana and 18 percent in Mississippi.
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Mississippi
United States Department of Agriculture
Billy Hill Found Dead in Hostel Room
Boston dispatch reports songwriter Billy Hill aged 42 from New York and Hollywood was found dead in a hostel hotel room. Dr. Herman Schwartz attributed the death to natural causes. Hill wrote tunes such as The Old Spinning Wheel They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree Rain Wagon Wheels Lights Out Old Man of the Mountain and In a Chapel in the Moonlight.
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War Bulletins From Across War Fronts
The war ministry reports de Gaullist officers at Dakar petitioned readmission to the French army after realizing misguidance by adventurers. Berlin says Germany signed a new trade pact with Turkey and sent more troops to Romania. Sir John Latham met Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo. Lausanne notes seven people including a Swiss colonel and a German-origin woman in Switzerland.
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Deputy Sheriff Kills Texan in Roadhouse Row
Loganport dispatch reports Le roy Williams, 28, of Dallas, visiting relatives in Shelby County, Texas, was shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff J. W. Jackson, 28, after a midnight altercation at a roadhouse. A crowd threatened the wounded officer as a posse headed by Constable Eddie Defriend disarmed the group and prevented further violence.
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U S Submarines Reach Manila Sector In Boost
Several additional United States submarines arrived in Manila Bay today raising to at least 15 the number of American underwater craft in Asiatic waters. Navy men offered little comment while sources note gradual Asiatic fleet buildup on surface air and subs and increased Army air strength in the Philippines.
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Tremors spread across northeast as second quake hits week
Harvard geologists report a second quake in five days rattled the Northeast and parts of Canada, with no major damage. Seismologists note similar severity to last Friday, while a rare tile gargoyle at Salem’s Peabody Museum fell during the tremor.
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South to Get Training Units in Air Corps Expansion
The army air corps surveys sites for air training schools to reach a goal of 7 000 men a year. Officials aim for 1 000 men monthly next summer and 12 000 yearly by early 1942, with about 10 sites planned mainly in the south and southwest. Locations to be recommended early next year. some schools to be run by the army, others by private instructors under army contracts.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
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Army
Restaurateur Keeps Christmas Promise in Boise
Boise, December 24. George Cordes, who went hungry twenty five years ago, has kept his Christmas vow for 25 years by feeding every needy person who enters his restaurant. Last year 285 ate. he plans for 250 tomorrow.
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