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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
4
Washington reports that Speaker Bankhead may win the congressional odd jobs title as his mail fills with requests for laws and favors. One woman asks him to retrieve stolen horse race tickets, another seeks help locating Confederate money once deposited in a Georgia bank by her Civil War grandfather.
Premier Mussolini held a long cordial conversation with Heinrich Himmler at the Venice Palace. Reports say Hitler left Berlin for the holidays and may meet Mussolini in Italy to discuss the war, with Himmler possibly arranging Tyrol minority evacuations.
This column advises getting cost estimates from local installers for attic conversion and heating. It suggests consulting a local heating contractor, choosing insulation type, and having a reputable builder handle work with possible savings from practical suggestions. It also shares a DIY repair method for defective magnesite stucco with wire mesh and cement coats. It ends with a tip for cleaning gilt frames using a ammonia and denatured alcohol mix, avoiding rubbing.
County purchasing agent Oliver S. Cane announced the county will pay 26 cents a pound for 515 pounds of turkey, one cent below the Thanksgiving price. The birds will be distributed to the county home and sanatorium patients and to the penitentiary staff.
Syracuse Lodge of Elks to host 6000 institutional crippled and indigent children at Loew's State Theater and Keith's Theater next Tuesday and Wednesday mornings for the 10th annual Christmas party. Free motion pictures ice cream cookies and gifts funded by local businesses plus transportation donations. Mayor Rolland Marvin to welcome. event organized by Dr Paul Steinberg with lodge and auxiliary volunteers.
Reports from the Petsamo area describe Russian troops moving north along the Arctic highway near Nautsi, Finland as a blizzard abated. Observers question if the withdrawal represents a broader strategic shift or isolated detachments hindered by cold and equipment issues.
Premier Mussolini distributed 1,460,600 lire and awarded medals to 188 wives of industrial workers for bearing the most children in the last decade. Insurance policies of 1,000 lire each were given to the last-born children.
Mrs Martha Harrison and her husband known as Tex form a hillbilly duo after a night at a jackup club and a Canton Ohio pursuit. She apologizes and offers to pay a lawyer for assault charges as he admits love despite a nose injury and a threat to end their feud.
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