Provisional government organized amid Japanese advances
Reports describe Japanese forces encircling Hangchow and advancing toward the Gulf of Hangchow. Boom barriers across the Chientang river and heavy bombing of the Ningpo railway threaten seaport access. Americans in Tsingtao prepare evacuation aboard Marblehead Pope and Sacramento as Chinese defenders vow resistance.
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Chientang
Ningpo
Hangchow
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
United States
Marblehead
Pope
Sacramento
Hankow
Namking
Hongkong
Capetown
Canton
Shanghai
Hangchow defense holds as Japanese near river bridge
Japanese forces threaten to charge into Hangchow with 109,000 Chinese defenders still opposing them. A railroad bridge over the Chien Tang river remains rigged with dynamite and ready to be blown if Japanese troops advance on the city.
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Anchi
Hangchow
Chientang
Roosevelt urges budget economy in Congress
President Roosevelt appeals for smaller federal fund slices to balance the budget. He warns that excessive spending undermines the Democratic party and government solvency, cites road building economies, and notes Congress has not acted to cancel road authorizations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Cartwright
Okla
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
House Roads Committee
Urge Passage of Wage Bill Seen by Wallace
Secretary Wallace urged enactment of wage and hour legislation at the coming session. He said farmers would benefit from a minimum wage and maximum hours law and noted farm representatives helped push the measure to a House committee for revision. The move signals another White House push for the plan in January.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculure Department
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
White House
Senate
Bankhead
Rayburn
Texas
White Christmas Prediction Sparks Forecast Confusion
An optimistic weatherman predicts a white Christmas despite an official forecast of rain turning to snow or colder. Winds shift from west to east with falling temperatures as skies stay partly cloudy and snow may stay only over the holiday. Eastern Shore expected rain not snow.
Forgotten Child Christmas Appeal in Hagerstown
Describes a needy child missing Christmas joy and asks readers to contribute to the Hagerstown Santa Claus fund. Notes a Christmas Eve event at the State Armory and the donation collection via checks payable to Hagerstown Santa Claus Inc.
Pangborn Corporation Grants Christmas Bonuses and Group Insurance
Pangborn Corporation celebrated Christmas by distributing cash bonuses to all employees based on service and other factors. The firm also offered group life sickness and accident insurance with affordable weekly premiums covered partially by the company. Coverage ranges from $1,000 to $2,009 life protection and $10 to $25 weekly sickness and accident benefits for up to 13 weeks. About 7 percent enrolled so far, with 100 percent participation in several departments. no medical exam required.
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Pangborn Corporation
Group Insurance
Christ Reformed Church Plans Christmas Services
Christ Reformed will hold three Christmas services. Christmas Eve 11 p.m. to midnight features carols, candlelight procession, and a 30 voice choir directed by Charles M. Cassel with organist Mrs. E. G. Miller. The pastor reads the Christmas story in poetry and scripture. A Sunday School pageant titled Why the Chimes Rang is set for 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The 11 a.m. Christmas worship includes special numbers and a sermon on Making.
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Christ’s Reformed Church
Bortniansky
Becker
Chas. Wardell Jr
Lord
Oller Reller
Lettie Gearhart
Charles M. Cassel
E. G. Miller
Christ’s Church
Ruth Mark
Jane Spracher
Ralph Moore
Room for the King Invites Public to Services
The notice invites the public to attend services described as cordial and open to all. It emphasizes welcoming attendees to participate and reflect in the events.
Senate Probe Of Relief To Study Setback
Byrnes leads a Senate inquiry into wartime relief, shifting from local cost cuts to potential broader spending. First week focuses on recession impacts on unemployment with John D. Biggers and Secretary Perkins testifying, followed by Lubin, Lewis, and Green. Industrial leaders from steel auto and textile slated to speak.
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Byrnes
John D. Biggers
Perkins
Isador Lubin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
John L. Lewis
C.I. O
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Child Killed As Car Hits School Bus Near Berlin
An 11 year old boy named Billy Joseph was struck and killed by a car while heaving a school bus near his Berlin Maryland home north of the town on Wednesday authorities said the incident occurred in the evening.
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Berlin
Billy Joseph
Here
Christmas Woes Strike Sheriff in Cleveland
Sheriff Martin L. O Dennell reports theft of his Christmas card list containing 750 names in Cleveland. The incident leaves the long-time official’s records compromised and under review by local authorities.
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Cleveland
Martin L. Odennell
Christman
Tax Bill Outlined by House Subcommittee on Rates
Washington December 23 The House Ways and Means subcommittee previews the 1938 tax bill amid calls to repeal the undistributed profits tax for most firms. It would tax small corporations under a flat rate and retain the levy for larger firms. The panel also seeks to simplify capital gains rules and considers taxing bond income pending constitutional amendment.
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Washington
House Subcommittee On
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Vinson
D-Ky
Professor Borodin dies in Cambridge after fleeing Russia
Cambridge Massachusetts December reports the death of Professor Nicholas A. Borodin a Harvard zoologist who fled the Soviet regime 19 years ago after serving as an emissary for the Kerensky government in the United States He died in a Cambridge sanitarium Baltimore notes a wheat price with no clear connection to the obituary
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Cambridge
Mass
Nicholas A. Borodin
Harvard
Russia
Kerensky
United States
Allegany County Farms Increase
In Western Maryland near Cumberland spontaneous subsistence home steads have grown as silk factory workers form small farms. A R Hamilton of the University of Maryland notes Allegany county farms rose over 32 percent since 1950 as workers mix home gardens cows chickens and occasional goats to cut living costs and improve health.
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College Park
Maryland
Cumberland
A. R. Hamilton
University of Maryland
Allegany County
Maryland West Virginia bridge rights delayed to January
Maryland delays court action to acquire land for the Potomac river toll free bridge with West Virginia. Condemnation against the Maryland Virginia Bridge Company lands near the former toll bridge is postponed until after the company stockholders meet on January 14. Conflicts over right of way and price have stalled construction for over a year.
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Maryland
Shepherdstown
Maryland-Virginia Bridge Company
West Virginia
Thomas Jenifer
Hagerstown
Jenifer
Commission
Etrip
Volunteers To Assist Police In Christmas Crowds
Mayor Elgin sworn in 20 volunteers to aid the Hagerstown police for 30 days during the Christmas shopping season. He says plainclothes officers in vicinity deter pickpockets and that the volunteer corps will help without extra city expense.
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Hagerstown
Elgin
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