Inmates At Ohio Prison To Have Christmas Dinner
Columbus Ohio December 24 Christ mas dinner for the men in Ohio penitentiary will be served Monday or Sunday Warden James Woodard said today it will include roast pork dressing canned sweet potatoes bread butter coffee oranges and cigars There will be a movie and vaudeville show for everybody Monday morning London opens a new clinic for the one eyed where those losing an optic learn to readjust their vision Italy orders slaughter under scientific supervision of all aged or unproductive cattle.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
James Woodard
London
Hollywood
Jimmie Fidler
Santa Claus
Amherst College Boys Attend Noon Day Club Meeting
Mrs B A Jenne hosts as Amherst College men join the Noon Day Club at Brown helm Congregational church parlors. Dinner for 16 members and guests followed by plans for a Christmas party at Oberlin Inn with a theater outing. Officers named: Henry Wesbecker president Paul Mori vice president Atty J J Smythe secretary treasurer.
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Amherst — College
Brownhelm Congregational Church
Eric and
Evan Nord
Eric Penton
John Smythe, Jr
John Brown
Herbert Gammons
Ervin Maxwell
James Nabakowski
James Ehrman
Robert Cromwell
Harry Powers
Oberlin Inn
Apollo Theatre
Henry Wesbecker
Paul Mori
Atty. J. J. Smythe
Concordia Club and Junior Walther League Christmas Party
The Concordia Club and Junior Walther League of St. Paul Luther an church held a joint Christmas party in church parlors. Winners included Louis Schick Ruth Miller Milton Nabakowski Ula Johnson. Gifts were placed under a large tree and later distributed. Lunch with red and green decor served to many members and guests. A business meeting discussed purchasing a ping pong table. A skating party was announced for Jan 23 at Rainbow Gardens Elyria under Walter League auspices.
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Concordia Club
AuCourant Club Christmas Party at Mrs Bauer’s Home
AuCourant Club held its annual Christmas party on Wednesday evening at Mrs. A. J. Bauer’s Park Avenue home. Mrs. George Smith and Miss Edna Beller won games honors. A gift exchange followed and a two course luncheon was served.
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AuCourant Club
A. J. Bauer
Park Avenue
George Smith
Edna Beller
Christmas Services Across Local Churches
A roundup of holiday worship schedules from area churches including St. Peter Evangelical and Re formed, First Evangelical, Congregational, St. Paul Lutheran, Methodist, St. Joseph R C, Foursquare, Brownhelm Congregational with times for English and German Christmas services, unified services, programs, and a Christmas pageant “When the Light Shone” at Town Hall.
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St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church
C. E. Schmidt
St. Paul Lutheran Church
R. C. Bosse
Foursquare Church
Daniel Buser
Hollywood Christmas Spirit Quiets Ranks Among Film Folk
Jimmie Fidler notes Hollywood pauses and shares a Christmas mood across studios. Stars and workers set aside status to help the needy, recalling past hardships and promising Turkey dinners for local families. Personal vignettes reveal quirks of Basil Rathbone to Errol Flynn and others.
4 H Club Members Prepare For 1939 Season
Four-H Club leader W H Palmer says members are already preparing for 1939 by buying livestock for fattening projects next spring. In Seneca county 33 beef club members bought 70 Herefords and sheep club members bought 80 lambs. Ashland county beef club began the year with 16 head. Members finance purchases with bank loans and insure their calves to protect lenders and themselves.
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W. H. Palmer
Palmer
Beef Club
Seneca County
Sheep Club
Ashland County Beef Club
Australian boy scout earns V C for skill with one good arm
In Brisbane a local boy scout, paralyzed in one arm, earned the Boy Scout V C from Lord Baden-Powell for completing scouting requirements. He learned to harness horses and swing an ax despite his disability, demonstrating remarkable perseverance.
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Brisbane
Australia
Lord Baden-Powell
Pasadena Seeks Motto to Honor Sports Champions
Pasadena officials say the city has produced more world national state and local sports champions than any other city and are seeking a motto to place on the city scroll to symbolize the achievement.
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Pasadena
Cal
Woman’s modest tree turns into artful display and a jab at Hollywood
A humorous note recalls a tree decorated for fifty cents and a $20 photograph payment from Ladies Home Journal. This year decorations cost seventy five cents, inviting readers to write in for the method. Frank McHugh cites Maxie Rosenbloom’s quarrel with Bette Davis over grammar and a quip about a class in electrocu tion.
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Ladies Home Journal
Frank McHugh
Maxie Rosenbloom
Bette Davis
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Shipboard cure for life’s emptiness amid festive views
A quirky note on a sailor who finds meaning only by sea adventures and a bold swim around the boat as a cure. Longing for Christmas cheer, memories surface of Winnie Lightner’s lavish Beverly Hills decorations and Florence Roberts once stranded in Texas using imagination to decorate a tree.
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Bounding Main
Winnie Lightner
Beverly Hills
Florence Roberts
Texas
Brookline WPA to Trace Water Mains by Diviner
In Brookline Massachusetts the police lost a job to the Works Progress Administration as several men are assigned to locate missing water mains and shut-offs amid Washington Street widening confusion. WPA workers will map mains using an electrical water diviner.
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Brookline
Mass
WPA
Washington Street
One-man Campaign for League of Nations by John J Hamilton
Pasadena author John Judson Hamilton 84 launches solo campaign for the League of Nations with the slogan Geneva Forever. He mails 130 manifestos to 100 libraries and 30 world affairs figures worldwide. News reports also note gas-filled ships carrying food from New Zealand to London.
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Pasadena
Cal
John Judson Hamilton
League of Nations
Geneva
League
New Zealand
London
Among the Bequimaux, Half of Children Die Young
A passage notes that among the Bequimaux people about half of children die before reaching age two. The line highlights high infant mortality and suggests severe living conditions or health challenges affecting this community.
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Christian Endeavor
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Frederick Cook
Pistor
Colted Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Paulette Goddard
Hedy Lamarr
Binnie Barnes
Sidney Toler
George
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Henry Armetta
Humphrey Bogart
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Marie Wilson
Ann Sothern
James Ellison
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United Shoe Store
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