Roosevelt Christmas Message Aims to Unite Nation
President Roosevelt delivers a Christmas radio address from Sherman Park near the White House urging love thy neighbor as thyself. He praises national understanding and victory over pessimism as crowds watch the illuminated 30 foot tree and hear carols from university groups and the Marine Band.
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Roosevelt
Sherman Park
White House
Marine Band
Senator King
Utah
Mrs. Roosevelt
Johnson Calls 1933 the Most Eventful Peace Year
Administrat or Hugh S Johnson of the National Recovery Act says the year has been the most eventful peace year in U S history and that a new social and economic order has been established that will affect the nation for all time. The remark came during the holiday season in Washington.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery Act
Roosevelt pardons restore citizenship to WWI era violators
President Roosevelt issued a Christmas proclamation restoring citizenship to about 1500 persons convicted of opposing U S involvement in the World War or evading the draft. Those who completed their sentences were included though exiles like Grover Cleveland Bergdoll were not.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Selective Service Act
Paris Nancy Express Wreck Near Lagny Kills 200
Fog shrouds the Paris Nancy Express wreck near Lagny as rescue teams pull bodies from the ruin. Death toll rising toward 200 with 188 recovered and 300 treated. Engineer Lucien Daubigny and fireman Henry Charpentier charged with homicide through carelessness. both jailed at Meux. An American, Anton Anderlik of Chicago, among the injured.
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Lagny
France
Paris
Meux
Lucien Daubigny
Henry Charpentier
Anton Anderlik
Chicago
Henri Rollin
Armenian Church Leader Slain At Christmas Service
Arch bishop Leon Touraine, head of the Armenian Catholic church for the United States and Canada, was killed during a Christmas Day sermon as he prepared to address factions in New York. The murder followed years of internal church strife involving a reform faction.
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New York
Leon Touraine
United States
Canada
New Thought
J R Hobbins Returns From East for Holidays
J R Hobbins vice president of the Anaconda company arrives home to join his family for the holidays after being in the East on company business since June first.
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J. R. Hobbins
Anaconda Company
East
Elks Bring Holiday Cheer to County Hospital Patients
Butte Elks lodge members played Santa at Silver Bow county hospital on Christmas Eve aiding about 150 patients. They distributed candy slippers tobacco pipes cigars and slippers while staging a singing program in the assembly hall to lift spirits and bring happiness to elderly and ill inmates.
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Butte Lodge
Silver Bow
Butte
Benevolent Elks
University Student Dies In Holiday Car Crash
Nora Perry an 18 year old freshman at Montana State University died from a skull injury after a car driven by her father W A Perry skidded and overturned on an icy hill between Power and Conrad on the way home for Christmas vacation in Shelby. She died at a Conrad hospital and is survived by her father and two sisters Mrs Boyd Morris and Nora Perry.
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Shelby
Nora Perry
Montana State University
Missoula
W. A. Perry
Power
Conrad
Miss Perry
Boyd Morris
Travellers Reach Mining City With Christmas Joy and Disappointment
Mining City bound travelers arrive for Christmas to celebrate reunions and gifts while some passengers express disappointment over delays and crowded trains. Local officials urge patience as rail service adjusts schedules during the holiday rush.
Delayed Holiday Trains Stranded Passengers In Butte
Floods and slides west of Missoula trapped travelers for 24 to 48 hours. Dozens of passengers crowded trains arriving in Butte from Milwaukee and Northern Pacific lines seeking connections home for the holidays.
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Missoula
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
Home Buried in Slide on Goat Two Are Killed
In Mineral county upper St. Regis valley more than 250 people faced food shortages as supplies ran low at Saltese and Deborgia. Sheriff Mayo said pack trains from Missoula were due to bring relief tomorrow. In Washington a hillside slid near Seattle burying two women, Mrs. Marie Peterson and Mrs. Atone, as floods eased elsewhere.
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St. Regis
Mineral County
J. A. Mayo
Saltese
Deborgia
United Press
Missoula
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Marie Peterson
Atone
Butte Welcomes Advent of Christmas With Joy
Butte residents greeted Christmas with happiness as church services drew crowded worshippers. Four thousand new civil works program workers celebrated by receiving pay and spending it in local shops, signaling a hopeful holiday mood amid economic recovery narratives.
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Butte
Father's Return Frightens Wolf Away From Door But He Comes Right Back Again
A Boise report recalls the Poorman family of Bingham County facing six years of hardship with a wolf at their home at night. The father returns after years missing, bringing a glimmer of Santa Claus hope, while the family struggles with desertion and poverty.
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Wolf
Door
Boise
Idaho
Dee
Santa Claus
Blackfoot
Pope Pius Conducts Three Christmas Eve Masses in Rome
In the Vatican, Pope Pius IX celebrated three midnight Masses in his private chapel marking Christmas Eve. The quiet devotion reflects a 25 year custom. The pope designated Christmas as a day of rest with no audiences, signaling a rest period amid a busy schedule of visits afterward.
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Vatican City
Pius
Montana Forecast: unsettled with snow in west
Weather outlook shows unsettled conditions in Montana for Monday and Tuesday with occasional snowfall in the western portion. Temperatures rise slowly in the eastern part as the system moves through.
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Montana
White House Servants Are Party Guests
President Roosevelt and family hosted a large Christmas party for White House staff including policemen chauffeurs and their families. The event featured Santa delivering gifts to children and adults receivers of presents as Mrs. James Roosevelt and the First Family assisted.
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Sistie” Dall
Anna Dall
Sistie
Buzzie
James Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Dee
Presidential Mansion
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Hyde Park
Anna
Sissie
Buzzie Dall
Chance
AGE OLD CEREMONIAL CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS NIGHT
AP reports a festive Christmas Eve with rich and poor uniting in joy. Santa delivers gifts despite weather tests as Bethlehem hosts thousands of worshippers and an electric star signals services at the Church of the Covenant.
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Associated Press
Santa Claus
Bethlehem
Sleeping Gil Will Not Awake To See Her Christmas Tree
Patricia Maguire of Oak Park remains comatose from a long sleeping sickness as Christmas Eve ends. Doctors say no awakening predicted, though signs were once hoped. In her bedroom a carefully decorated tree glowed beside gifts and messages from strangers touched by her plight.
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Gil
Chicago
Paericia Maguire
Oak Park
Patricia
Pat
White Christmas Promises Loom Over Helena Weather
After weeks of waiting old man weather delivered a light snowfall on Christmas Eve. Temperatures hovered around 30 degrees all day, dipped to 22 above at night, and the forecast suggested a possible white Christmas as snow drifted slowly down in Helena. Montana’s weather chart showed extreme readings across sections.
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Promiere
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