Christmas Benevolence Amid Weather Across Frederick
Rain dampens streets as hundreds of food baskets and gifts are distributed to needy families in Frederick city and county. Salvation Army, Federated Charities, and schools tally baskets, toys, and greens for Christmas relief, with thousands expected to wake to happier holidays tomorrow. Weather forecast calls for more rain tonight and colder, possibly drier Sunday.
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Trederich
Frederick City
Sergt. W. Y. Anderson
Salvation Army
Frederick High School
Federated Charities
Parkway School
Ella Vo Keeig
PAT. A. Welfare Committee
Hood College
Florence FE. Garner
No Paper Saturday News-Post Christmas Notice
The News-Post will not publish Saturday due to Christmas. Offices will reopen after two o clock Sunday evening for business and editorial operations.
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News-Post
Tve
Roosevelt Christmas Reunion at the White House
A four generation Roosevelt family Christmas reunion filled the White House with gaiety as the President planned holiday meetings this afternoon. Laughter echoed under garlanded doors while new arrivals drifted under mistletoe and Mrs Roosevelt prepared for travels to Seattle to join family at Christmas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Gift of House to atone for auto death in Pittsburgh
Mrs. J. D. Bair of Dermont plans to donate a $12,000 house to the mother of a youth who died when a friend’s car killed Mrs. Brickett’s husband and daughter. The gift aims to aid Mrs. Brickett, whose family was struck by tragedy, as counsel confirmed the arrangement.
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Pittsburgh
Santa Claus
Harry Bricketts
Clipper At Rest Far South Of Honolulu
Honolulu, Dec. 24 AP The 19 ton Samoan clipper rode at anchor in a limpid lagoon at Alagman reef 1 087 miles south of here early today ready for a dawn takeoff for Pago Pago Samoa on the second leg of a new American Australian airline The flying boat a veteran of pioneering trans Pacific routes of Pan American Airways had a flight of 1 546 miles ahead It flew from Honolulu to Kingman yesterday in eight hours and nine minutes.
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Honolulu
Alagman Reef
Here
Pago Paxo
Samoa
Pan- American Airways
Kingman
Family Tragedy in Danvers Ends in Double Homicide
Albert Jalbert, 43, his wife, and two children were found dead in Danvers Massachusetts. Police say Jalbert killed his wife with a hammer and then hanged himself. Charles Deering, who had treated Jalbert for a nervous disorder, made the grim discovery.
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Danvers
Mass
Albert Jalbert
Jalbert
Charles Deering
Estate of frugal bachelor hid $30000 in bakery
Relatives of George Clancy Matthews, an eccentric bachelor from Martinsville Indiana, reveal a hidden hoard of $30000 in gold silver pennies and bills found in his bakery. A $11000 stash was found in a can on a shelf and $1008 in dimes were also located as investigators sifted through the estate.
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Martinsville
Ind
George Clancy Matthews
White House faces foreign crisis as domestic woes fade
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration focuses on the Far East after the Panay incident while wage hour struggles and political battles in New Jersey unfold. The piece notes moves to repudiate the Nine Power Treaty and possible bases in the Pacific, with incoming domestic pressures, including labor battles, shaping policy.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
White House
U. S
Yangtze River
Ol Maals
China
F. Db. R
Congress
Roosevelt
Japan
America
Pacific
Hawaii
Tokyo
U.S
Philippines
Aleutian Islands
Wheeler proposes independent watchdog over federal appropriations
Sen. Wheeler of Montana urges Congress to create a permanent independent agency to audit and police federal spending. He argues lawmakers can't verify department figures or detect waste, noting many unbalanced budgets stem from executive requests and relief rolls.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Congress
Named Vice President of Columbia Bank Promoted
Ward reports the promotion of James J. Robb from assistant vice president to vice president of the Columbia South Carolina National Bank. Robb began as a collection clerk with the Carolina National and rose through the ranks. Mrs Robb is the daughter of the late Mrs S Laura Ramsburg of the city and the couple will take a Florida trip after the new year.
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Ward
James J. Robb
Columbia
S. C
Masons Attend Sunday Service Across Local Lodges
Columbia and Lynch lodges of Masons plan to attend a Sunday service at Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church under Columbia lodge. Rev. Ralph F. Wartman will preach on Masons and Mansions, highlighting fraternity themes, in a historic community gathering. The event reflects local lodge activities and religious observance.
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Columbia and
Lynch Lodges
Columbia Lodge
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ralph F. Wartman
Montgomery Board Defends County Assessment Reduction
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners defended a $1,000,000 drop in assessable basis amid a state senator’s charge. Commissioner Paul M. Coughlan said the total decrease should be $1,999,060 with $339,170 outside the board’s control. He cited factors including new schedules, sale of deceased owner’s property, removal of taxpayers, school property exemptions, pre-completion assessments, railroad right of way abandonments, rent and personal property duplications, and various exemptions totaling $650,?. the remaining balance $430,170 aimed to equalize parcel assessments with surrounding areas.
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Stedman Frescott
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Fueston
Paul M. Coughlan
Coughlan
Telegram for The News-Meet Wis ends with Santa Claus
A morning message claimed a Western Union telegram for The News-Meet Wis. The caller pressed for readiness and signed off as Santa Claus, then vanished as if to the wind, leaving the office with a fib.
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Vince
Western Union
Santa Claue
Letters And Jap Fishing Boat Seized By U S
Los Angeles reports on increased security at Mare Island and Bremerton after U S authorities seized letters tied to operations at Bremerton Navy Yard and a Japanese fishing boat. Destroyers patrol San Diego and San Pedro, with 100 extra guards at Mare Island as agents pursue suspected Far Eastern mail.
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Los Angeles
United States Customs
San Diego
San Pedro
San Francisco
United States
Frank Helnessy
Bremerton Navy Yard
Piet Sound
Hennessy
San Francisco Chronicle
San Franscisco
Seattle
Sound
Bremertoty
Chronicle
the Chronicle
Special Appointment Confirmed by Brunswick Council
At a December session Mayor Mace named Councilman James E. Albert as holiday season special officer from December 13. A Monday special meeting assessed legality. City Attorney Rohrbach concluded the appointment regular and proper, in line with the Town Charter, and the council confirmed it.
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Council of
Brunswick
Mace
Danny
James E. Albert
Jacob Rohrbach
Invited to Dress Ball by Prince of Wales Mystery Unfolds
A frail 82 year old woman in Boston is revealed as a former Baltimore belle once invited to a royal ball. Officials uncovered an inscription addressed to Olivia Travers in a family trunk during a search for a birth certificate. A Maryland land grant signed by George II was also found.
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Boston
Baltimore
Wales
Edward VII Municipal
Olivia Myers
Rele Rols
Olivia Travers
Maryland
Travers
George HL
War Stocks Rise as Peace Carols Echo on Wall Street
New York markets closed a slow preholiday session with war stocks leading the gains while Christmas carols echoed nearby. Aircraft, steel, and specialities rose one to three points as optimism tempered by profit taking limited large advances before year end.
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New York
Wall Street
Lily Pons Skips Christmas Card Mailing From Santa Claus
Postmaster Clarence C. G. Thomas reports Lily Pons did not mail her traditional Christmas greeting from Lily Pons P O This first lapse in years surprised local residents who had expected a signed French card The card was said to be mailed from New York and showed the singer kneeling behind a tree with her name beneath Signed greetings were received by some locals while others noted a water christening for a Lily Pons locomotive project in Santa Claus Indiana was not fulfilled
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Democratye Congressionael
Mary Nortom
Hep Seyet
Poytuns
Wotuse
Bath
Department of Labor
Stile
Therm
Aetna
Labor Department
Congressman Griswold
Inedian
Norton
Leo
Griswold
Mrs. Norton
Aly Security
Sam Mechey
Tennessee
Lily Pons
Malling
Clarence C. CG. Thomas
Gily- Poons Pastatice
Mr. Thomas
New York
Three Springs
Noston
Thomas
Lilypons
Mental exam ordered for Hoy Kessler in jail
Justice Patrick M. Schnautter ordered a mental examination for Hoy Kessler a 40s itinerant jailed after arrest by Deputies Smith and Shook three weeks earlier near a vacant haus at Tameville Kessler who claimed Virginia but gave no address. Investigators had learned from the FBI a prior robbery suspect case in Franklin West Virginia. Kessler was recommitted to jail pending the physicians evaluation.
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Patrick M. Schnautter
Hoy Kessler
Charles W. Smith
Denver
Tameville
Kessler
Virginia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Franklin
W. Va
W. C. Brooks
South Market
Hasten Change To Constitution Favored In Senate Committee
Washington in December 1948 the Senate Judiciary committee backs a Norris proposal to ease amending the constitution. The plan would have Congress submit a change that automatically goes to voters in all states at the next general election, requiring ratification by thirty states to become law.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Norris
Nebraska
HM Congress
Thia
Ring of Steel Halts Insurgents at Teruel
In Teruel Spain December 24 a semicircular line of Franco Aragon forces blocked insurgents from advancing on the provincial capital. Government defenders held the city with machine guns and rifles from many ages and old quarters. Supplies of water and electricity were cut, yet the besieged appeared to have food as they clung to the hope of relief despite diminishing odds.
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Teruel
Spain
Francisco
Franco
Aragon
Succot
PNR
Conan
Santa Claus body found after water search
Boston report states Corporal Harold Kraner died in a Santa Claus disguise after falling into water near Boston airport. Capt Tacha B Coby located Kraner entangled in a sodden parachute near harbor. Police transferred body to the ferry. related details in city notices and lodge elections follow.
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Boston
Tacha B Coby
Harold Kraner
Kraner
Bale Fey
Panay sinking blamed on Japanese planes in Dec action
Tokyo acknowledges responsibility for sinking the gunboat Panay after a bombing lasting nearly an hour. The Japanese promise definite steps to prevent recurrences, while U S officials demand apology indemnities and guarantees. Commander Hughes reported 24 direct hits and machine gunning of wounded boats. Hangzhou captured by Japanese forces amid tensions over a flag insult at Wuhu.
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Tokyo
Washington
Dee 24
Panay
Livut. Com
James J. Hughes
Yantee
Japan
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Hughes
Radio Frome
Shanghai
Tiger
Ate
Lani Ah
Hangshow
Chekiang Province
United States
Wuhu
Hangehow
Weather Record Shows December Precipitation Details
A weather summary notes precipitation for 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. today as none. December to date totals 65 inches with excess over 1937 by 15.69 inches. Normal December precipitation in SWL inches is referenced. Historical figures include December 1936 at 0.802 inches, yesterday’s high 45, temperature a year ago 84, last night low 27, a year ago low 13. Moon and sun timings for today and tomorrow listed.
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San Seta
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