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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
1
Secretary Harry Hopkins warns that to sustain high industrial output into 1940, total consumption and real investment must rise. He notes income payments climbed to 70 billion in 1939 with labor gains, but inventories and unutilized capacity temper expansion. He urges balanced trade and prudent pricing to advance the recovery.
King Leopold declared mobilization Belgium’s greatest safeguard in an order to the army. He urged officers and soldiers to stay steadfast as the new year nears, praising sacrifices of those mobilized and their families and stressing the aim to safeguard homes and peace.
A Bethlehem child born on December 36 is highlighted in a Christmas feature noting a unique local role and no ordinary birth details. The piece emphasizes the town setting and the special status of the newborn inside the festive context.
Gea Czapa wept softly as three physicians told him his wife Mary had given birth to a son on Christmas Day. He prayed and walked home under a star studded sky to their modest residence, the city’s only Christmas Day nativity.
The report details 219 cases with 128 lacking adequate food and 9 actual evictions plus 30 threats. It notes 155 city cases cut off from relief from Nov 25 to Dec 4 15 and 138 with no income. Begging' 14 cases and others sought handouts. 138 faced inadequate food.
Police report two gunmen robbed Christmas night at a market owned by C. A. Berville, escaping with $365 from the cash register. A year’s worth of dollars phrase appears in the aftermath.
Paris reports a pre-dawn Christmas raid east of the Moselle repulsed by French forces. The heaviest clash began around 4 AM with artillery and mortars, lasting about ninety minutes without French casualties. The German high command said no action occurred on Christmas.
Berlin reports British air attacks on Helgoland Bay Christmas Day repulsed by machine gun fire from vanguard boats. German high command says no fighting by the army on Christmas Day and notes British fishing vessel references.
Washington December 26 Senator George W Norris 78 an Independent Neb announced he would not run again when his term ends in 1943 after 37 years in Congress. He praised his work and said friends understand and will not ask him to seek reelection despite past support for Roosevelt New Deal measures and TVA leadership. He spent Christmas quietly at his apartment with family.
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