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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
12
Air force cadets in training in Tuscaloosa sent one cent telegrams to Prime Minister Winston Churchill wishing him a happy Christmas and a successful victorious New Year. The message, signed by all the cadets, was directed to the White House.
Southern California officials urge tourism despite war rumors. The All-Year club reports 722,364 winter visitors spent over $100 million Nov 1 1940 to Apr 30 1941. Officials call for normalcy and truthful reporting to protect the region’s tourist economy.
Mrs Elma King Wert spends a lonely Christmas in Brookhaven as sons Aubrey and Leste King enlist in the marines to join brother Jake at Midway. Son-in-law George Friedley also heads to Navy duty. She says it would be lonelier without pride in her marines. The article notes the geographic center of the United States lies in eastern Smith county Kansas.
William Harris Billson, a Civil War veteran and longtime carpenter, died Christmas Eve in Oklahoma City. Born near Cleveland during Andrew Jackson's presidency, he would have turned 108 on January 15. He spent half a century of his 82 years as a carpenter in Fort Worth, Texas.
Bernard G. Cherau, 31, press relations chief for the Free French legation in New York, married Holma Forbes, 24, in Phoenix last night.
The Christines tree in Rockefeller Plaza New York is adorned with a mile of wiring and uses enough electricity in a single night to equal the average home’s consumption over 213 years, highlighting its dazzling display and energy use.
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