25 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1938
Page
1
Thousands in Butte finish holiday shopping under a warm clear sky as toy stocks run low and turkey heads the Christmas feast. Merchants report heavy demand and clerks look forward to a quiet night after busy season. (Continued on Page 2)
Secretary Cordell Hull announces at Lima that the Pan American conference endorses the Lima solidarity declaration. Delegates sign to show determination to defend democratic institutions amid a “critical world situation” and threats of persecution, force, and violence.
Five thousand shoppers and 300 employees were evacuated from the Sears store in Portland after an unidentified man slipped a note warning of a bomb and fleeing. The note demanded 2500 in used currency at an east side rendezvous and claimed the device would go off around 3 p.m.
Harry Hopkins was sworn in as secretary of commerce in the Roosevelt cabinet, using a big black Bible from Mrs. Roosevelt in the White House study. He joked about a Christmas mood and a busy list for Santa, then prepared to address business leaders with upcoming actions on his responsibilities and the business advisory council.
The President vows to use all power to speed up the war’s end and secure a day when it will be unthought of. He promises decisive action and full mobilization to hasten peace and bring relief to the nation.
Bethlehem observed Christmas with a church service at the Church of the Nativity as 20000 British troops maintained security amid Arab-Jew tensions. The scene mixed sacred rites with wartime reminders and ongoing patrols as authorities push operations against rebels despite curfew relaxations for worship.
Lima Peru December 24 The eighth Pan American conference ends Tuesday after nineteen days of discussion during which many far reaching proposals were adopted Hundreds of thousands of words were spoken in favor of amity and several potential quarrels were skillfully avoided A review of actions taken so far notes the looming question of what history may record about the meeting as its close nears Continued on Page 2 Col 4
Forecast warns of unsettled weather in Montana for Sunday and Monday with likely snow flurries and colder conditions on Sunday.
Washington reports Bolivia has opened its frontiers to asylum seekers and offers 50 hectares of land, free frontier passage, and free household goods entry for immigrants and families. The policy targets agriculturally inclined Jewish refugees, with colonization ministry permissions.
President Roosevelt promised to hasten the day when war shall be no more in a Christmas Eve address from Lafayette Square. He spoke during a tree lighting as four generations of Roosevelts gathered, signaling a hopeful wartime era before the continuation note on page 2.
Temperatures last night in the mining city soared to unseasonable highs on Christmas Eve. Readings Friday ranged from 18 to 37 degrees, a stark contrast to last year when Butte was shrouded in deep snow and the mercury plunged to 26 below zero.
White House sources hint President Roosevelt may appoint James Rowe of Montana as secretary, succeeding his son James Roosevelt who resigned to become a motion picture executive. Rowe previously served as the son’s secretary and came to the White House from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Christmas carolers spread a message of Peace on Earth and Good Will Toward Men across the nation as global conflicts raged abroad. Pope Pius XI voiced bitter sadness over Holy See Mussolini tensions while forecasts hint at a white Christmas. The Roosevelts shared a holiday handshake at the White House as King George VI and the royal family gathered at Sandringham for Christmas.
In Dayton Oregon on December 24 the Evangelical church members subscribed five dollars for the heathen. After reflection they concluded the funds had likely reached their designated purpose. A burglar stole the money from the pastor's home last night.
In a Christmas message Pope Pius XI lashed at fascist curbs on Catholic Action and the regime’s restrictions on interfaith marriages. The ailing pontiff spoke of the church state tensions, forgave unmentioned adversaries, and denounced Nazi symbolism seen in Rome during Hitler’s May visit.
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