25 Dec 1934
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1934
Page
1
Nations set aside tasks to celebrate the nativity as crowds gather in Bethlehem and the Vatican. In Washington the White House fills stockings for grandchildren, while in Callander Ontario the Dionne quintuplets receive gifts. A poetic, globally reported Yuletide.
Huey Longs legislative inquiry into New Orleans government under Mayor T Semmes Walmsley was slated to resume in New Orleans on Friday and Saturday. State Senator James A Noe said no statements would be given to the press as auditors examine city books. Testimony will be broadcast while the public and press are barred from proceedings.
Major A B Figgins of the Salvation Army proposes a monthly $200 family income tied to family size funded by government advances and repaid via 10 cent stamps on each dollar, with monthly spending limits and universal work incentives. The piece also notes a large turnout of African Americans at a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting and a comment on Ed wards collards grown from ERA seed used unusually tall.
A vast snow cover stretched across the northern and middle west with an eastward forecast for snowfall by nightfall. Fairbanks Alaska reports a snowless Christmas while Bemidji Minnesota endures 21 below, and Chicago records 25 inches since December.
In Callander Ontario on December 25 the Dionne family celebrated a quiet Christmas. The five older Dionne children greeted gifts while the quintuplets, now seven months old Friday, rested in their hospital crib. Dr Allan Roy DaFoe donned Santa attire to deliver presents from England and Scotland.
Three persons were slightly hurt when an explosion of unknown origin leveled a three story wooden tenement at Poplar and Third streets in Newport Rhode Island. Salvatore Raffa, owner, was away for Christmas. Neighbors were thrown from beds. windows within 200 feet were shattered and debris scattered widely. Cause not determined.
In Ella ville Georgia a 17 year old black youth is sought after the shooting death of Police Chief W B Souter, age 42. Sheriff FE C Rigsby leads posses from Schley County while night chief Charles Pilcher warns emotions run high and notes the suspect was armed with the chief s pistol.
Washington reports the 2-cent tax on checks will end next Tuesday. The levy raised $41,383,198 last fiscal year and lawmakers doubt it will be renewed. Some representatives hint Congress may tax other items, though no decision has been made.
In San Pedro and other ports, US Navy ships host poor children for a holiday of guided tours, turkey dinner, theater entertainment, and a Santa Claus visit. Sailors serve as guides as the seaplane Santa delivers gifts before departing.
Observers say Rugged individualism and rising self sufficiency push the United States toward economic nationalism. They foresee long term crop output controls possibly compulsory to prevent surpluses and depressed prices. Reciprocal trade pacts are viewed as stopgaps while exports remain in decline. Four factors drive the current trade situation.
In Flemington New Jersey a conference among Attorney General Wilentz and prosecutors will decide tomorrow whether to seek a new jury panel for Bruno Hauptmann’s Lindbergh kidnapping trial. The issue follows the distribution of a Chicago mailed pamphlet parodying the case to jurors slated to appear January 2.
A flaming Christmas tree started by a flying match head killed Virginia Miller, 3, and seriously burned six others in Sedalia Missouri. The Millers and a 6-year-old son were believed fatally burned, while Barbara, Henry Gumm, and Miss Thelma Williams suffered serious injuries as neighbors rescued those upstairs.
Christmas eve traffic incidents in New Orleans left twelve injured, two fatally, with details naming William Pugh 23 the most seriously hurt after his car overturned in the business district. Adele Cheramie 19 and Nat King 19 Tulane medical student were struck by a hit and run driver outside Ring's car. Frances Fazzio 15 sustained minor injuries as another vehicle crash occurred.
Police near a solution to the death of Loretta Wilson 19 found unclothed in a thicket along a highway. Authorities say the woman died from an illegal operation and her body was placed in the woods about 12 hours before discovery. Her husband William Wilson was questioned after she vanished from New York. The mother identified the body at the Port Jefferson morgue. the couple had been married about a year.
President Roosevelt and family celebrate a traditional Christmas at the White House. Santa visits the Roosevelt children with dolls and toys as the first family shares meals, carols, and church services. The president urges courage and unity for 1935 during the national broadcast and a public tree lighting in Lafayette Park.
A Rogers Beverly Hills letter reports England’s Christmas mood as bright, noting Ireland’s antics, the Prince not marrying, and Lloyd George’s memoirs. The writer praises Scandinavians, especially a lovely Swedish princess, and ends with a cheerful salute to England.
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