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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
8
Atlanta January reports Governor Walker is receiving petitions for clemency from individuals and groups about several prisoners. No action has been taken yet. He opposes Christmas pardons as holiday gifts but will review petitions on their individual merits.
New Yorks Christmas drive spreads among hospitals orphans and prisons as charities plan large distributions. The Charity Organization Society will aid at least 1200 families while the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor targets 6000 recipients with red stockings. Funds from newspapers exceed half a million dollars for clothing food and toys. Radio sets for shut ins and Salvation Army kettles launch the season with baskets for 6000 families and 25 000 people.
A grim feature on youth crime in New York recounts Gordon Pirie, 19, who murdered his friend George Nye for $8.40 after “baby booze” parties. Pirie disposed of the body, robbed him, and later surrendered, illustrating a brutal slide from childhood recklessness to violence as Christmas charity efforts mobilize for the city’s poor and orphaned children.
A pupil defines a volcano as a mountain with a hole in the top. If you look down the hole you can see the creator smoting, quoted by the London Post.
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