Willa Cather On Writing Recommended By Phoenix Library
After Christmas readers are urged to borrow Willa Cather On Writing from the Phoenix Public Library. The volume gathers essays and letters, traces Cather’s 30 years of craft, and offers guidance for writers, with foreword honoring the late author and a timeless view of literary life.
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Recognition Expected After Indonesia Sovereignty Transfer
London December 26 Foreign Office spokesman said Britain will grant full recognition to the United States of Indonesia as soon as sovereignty is transferred from the Netherlands tomorrow.
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United States
Indonesia
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A Christmas Miracle Was Buster's Safe Return
In December 1918 the Robe family awaited a post Armistice letter from Buster. After hopeful days of no word, Uncle Charlie finally found a letter just before Christmas, confirming Buster was safe. The moment sparked a shared Christmas miracle remembered by all, especially Grandma who called it a Christmas miracle.
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Buster
Nell
Charlie
Uncle Charlie
Western Front
Paris
Christmas lore and real-life angels across America in 1940s era pieces
A New York Christmas reflection recalls Clement Moore and the origin of St Nicholas myths. Volunteers recruit Kris Kringles for winter relief while mistletoe legends and evergreen symbols echo Yuletide. Nurses and heroes from Nellie Brown to Fern Riley are singled out for mercy and courage.
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Clement Clark Moore
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Moore
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Asia
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Bowery Missions
Britain
Nellie Brown
Muncie
Indiana
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al Becker
Huntley
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Carle
Ted Malone
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Christmas and war era moments from Walter Winchell radio
A radio appeal in New York for blood donors aids a gravely ill young woman. Sgt. Grimm, aided by a seeing-eye dog, responds and recalls his Iwo Jima plasma aid after earning the Medal of Honor. The piece blends wartime heroism, Christmas themes, and community relief, noting deeds from Greenville and Columbus with the Runyon Fund’s generous giving.
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Grimm
Iwo Jima
Red Cross Center
Robert Lee Williams
Elloree
South Carolina
Seattle Woman Seeks Help As Mouse Traps Seal
A Seattle woman telephoned the University of Washington job placement service asking for help after a basement mouse trap snapped shut. She said her husband set the trap before leaving for Alaska and that all her food is in the basement. She had not eaten for hours.
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Wash
University of Washington
Alaska
Czechs again use Nazi tricks against the Communists
Prague reports that some Czechs revive old Nazi tactics to thwart Soviet backed rule. During autumn arrests by police, hospitals were crowded, making it hard to ship detainees to labor camps. Wealthier prisoners faced night detentions, while Prague residents sent care packages to relatives in camps, and tips hinted at relatives sent to uranium mines near Jaov.
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Gestapo
Ja Ov
Soviet Refuses To Take Armenians In Egypt Crisis
About 4,000 Armenians in Egypt returned to Soviet Armenia as Russia ends its push to repatriate refugees. The Russian legation cites Armenia’s housing shortage as the reason, marking a tragic shift for Armenians who had fled Ottoman massacres and built communities in Egypt and the region.
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Egypt
Armenia
Russia
Legation
Ottoman Empire
Middle East
Local Alcohol Revenues Rise While State Incomes Fall
Local government revenues from alcoholic beverages have increased over the past three years while state incomes have declined.
Phoenix area crime and community notes round up
E G Simmons of Kingman says a motorist robbed him of 85 dollars after a hitch ride, being dumped at 54th and Washington. Don Boyd awoke to a burglar sleeping in his bed after breaking in, deputies escorted the intruder to jail. Motion picture producer Hubbard E Shaw and his wife visit relatives in Phoenix as Shaw finishes a 56 film TV and release project. Mrs Marvin Deshler plans to attend grandfather Joseph Udall’s funeral in Eagar. Minerva McKenzie of Bagdad to mourn in Mesa for a crash victim. Sheriff’s Deputy Albert Pina stopped a liquor store burglary, arresting a 48 year old man for investigation.
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Kingman
Sheriff's Deputies
Simmons
54Th
Washington Streets
Maricopa County Hospital
Albert Pina
Third Avenue
South Third Avenue
Pina
California Has Growing Pains
Berkeley AP reports California, now the second most populous state, expanded livestock 60 percent in 25 years, growing five times faster than the nation. Despite rising imports, California never fully met domestic meat and dairy needs, stopping egg exports in the mid thirties while maintaining evaporated milk surpluses. Turkeys remain the only livestock product in surplus.
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Berkeley
Calif
Census Bureau
California
Ivan M. Lee
University of California
Hen Has Something To Cackle About
Wilmington California December 26 AP reports Mrs William Shanks red hen set records with a four yolk first double yolk then two yolkers and triples Now the hen laid an egg weighing just under a half pound four yolks with circumference seven and a half inches and length nine and a half inches
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Calif
William Shanks
New Hampshire
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