President Roosevelts Sunday Night Defense Address
Washington December 23 The White House announced the president will discuss the present emergency in a fire side radio report next Sunday night between 930 and 10 pm EST to be carried on all major networks. Draft reform debate grows with proposals to place conscription on an annual age class and among senators varied views.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Adams
D-Cole
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Gurney
R-S. D
National Economy League
Planning Commission
Defense
League
Bituminous Coal Commission
Congress
Treasury
House of Representatives
Winter songbirds return to feeding stations in Winchester
MA Winchester notes that mockingbirds cardinals and occasional song sparrows remain present this winter. The mild season lessens bird hardship but spring will bring food and shelter challenges. She urges feeding stations as a humane gift over firearms to teach children about birds.
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Jenn
White Christmas Looks Unlikely Amid Warm Weather Forecast
The weather bureau dampens hopes for a white Christmas across most of the nation with only light precipitation expected. Forecaster H A Downs of Chicago notes a possible exception in Nebraska and the Dakotas where rain could turn to snow though little new snow is anticipated elsewhere. Northern states have existing snow and ice, while temperatures may stay above freezing in Wisconsin and upper Michigan.
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H. A. Downs
Chicago
Nebraska
Dakotas
Downs
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Indiana
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
New England
25 Children Of European Refugees Reach U S Shores
Twenty five refugee children from war torn Europe arrived in Jersey City aboard the American Export liner United States Excambion. They join American sponsors for their first Christmas in the United States. Most headed to Boston under care of the Unitarian Service Committee. sheltering families unnamed. A five year old American boy travels to Hingham to join his Hawthorne lineage.
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Jersey City
N. J
Europe
Santa Claus
United States
Excambion
Committee For the Care of European Children, Inc
Amelia
Marianne
Eveline Diamante
Boston
Unitarian Service Committee
Stephen Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hingham, Mass
Darden Enters Virginia Governor Race in 1941
Representative Colgate W. Darden Jr. announces candidacy for governor of Virginia with a Democratic primary set for August 5 1941 He plans to resign from Congress before active campaigning and may name his lieutenant governor running mate William M. Tuck Both align with the Byrd political machine and will file by May 5 1941.
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Norfolk
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Virginia
Darden
Congress
Second
House of Representatives
Tuck
William M. Tuck
South
Boston
Harry F. Byrd
Richmond
E. R. Combs
Milo Thompson Misses Deadline Omitted AP London War Piece
One of Milo Thompson’s war condition reports from London could not be published in time. The Associated Press dispatch, received too late for this issue, was slated for this edition but omitted.
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Milo Thompson
Associated Press
London
England
The
Star
Santa Claus Post Office Overwhelmed By Holiday Mail Rush
Santa Claus Indiana endures a Christmas mail surge as Postmaster Oscar Philipps adds nine extra workers. About a half million pieces of mail expected to be cancelled by Christmas day and 6,000 visitors anticipated on Sunday. Odessa Philipps helps run the post office amid mail from across the United States and abroad.
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Ind
St. Nicholas
Indiana
Annie Martin
Oscar Philipps
Philipps
Odessa
United States
Santa Claus
Post Office
Senator Vandenberg seeks full defense program details
Senator Vandenberg asked William Knudsen to publish full information on defense progress to enlist public cooperation. He said certain statements should be withheld only if truly incompatible with public interest and noted Knudsen favored keeping some data confidential briefly.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
William S. Knudsen
Defense Production Management
Knudsen
Senate
Michigan
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina sample tax
The Supreme Court ruled that a 1937 North Carolina law taxing $250 annual privilege for displaying samples in hotels or rented homes to obtain retail orders is unconstitutional. Justice Reed delivered the unanimous opinion in a test case by Best and Company of New York City, noting potential interstate commerce discrimination. The North Carolina Supreme Court had upheld the tax and denied recovery of the tax payment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Reed
Best and Company, Inc
New York City
North Carolina Supreme Court
New York
Best and Company
Star to Not Publish on Christmas Day 1940
The Star will not be published on Wednesday December 25 1940, Christmas Day, due to the national holiday.
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The
Star
Prison De Luxe For Captives In Italian Camp
Report from Sulmona Italy describes a villa once owned by the Orsini family being used as a deluxe prison for high ranking officers at a camp housing about 350 British and French prisoners. Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd and other officers are expected to join soon. British officers receive pay for food and clothing while lodging is provided.
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Fonte D’amore
Italy
Orsini
Air Marchal
Owen Tudor Boyd
Sicily
Middle East
Ovid
Sulmona
Rome
France
Oswald
Taranto
Murray Submits Speed-Up Plans to Boost Aircraft Output
President Murray of the CIO told President Roosevelt he submitted a plan to produce 500 all metal pursuit planes daily by pooling automobile industry facilities. Walter Reuther's survey says auto plants can adapt to mass aircraft production and that labor is available. Output goal is 500 planes a day within six months with autos spread over 12 months.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Roosevelt
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Murray
Reuther
Berryville Christmas Program Set At American Legion Hall
Berryville officials announce the annual Community Christmas program to be held tomorrow night at the American Legion Hall. Committee members are E. P. Berlin W. D. Cameron and R. E. Potts. Candy and oranges will be distributed to 800 children and 200 youngsters at Clarke County Training School will be remembered.
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Berryville
American Legion
E. P. Berlin
W. D. Cameron
R. E. Potts
Clarke County
Parliament Is Hit By Missiles In London Raid
London reports a German bomb destroyed a section of the Houses of Parliament including the cloister court and the public bills office. The blast damaged the inner lobby and cloakrooms while debris and shattered windows affected Westminster Hall and the Lords. John Chambers helped design the cloisters.
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London
Houses of Parliament
Public Bills Office
Votes Office
House of Lords
Westminster Hall
John Chambers
Henry VII
Richard IL
Chanters to Sing Christmas Eve at Presbyterian Church
Christmas carols will be broadcast from the Presbyterian Church tower on December 24 at 10 PM led by Floyd Haines. The Chanters’ $200 amplification will carry carols citywide before a 60 minute service featuring a male quartet and choir.
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Presbyterian Church
Floyd Haines
The
Robert Snapp
Henry Keller
Eugene Russell
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Haines
No Change In Injured Youth In Boyce
At Boyce High School an 18 year old student Bill Williams son of Mr and Mrs Snapp Williams remains paralyzed from the waist down after a fall from the top landing of the fire escape on Friday afternoon. Hospital officials report no change in his condition today.
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Bill Williams
Snapp Williams
Boyce
Williams
Boyce High School
Greeks Take Chimara as Italy’s Adriatic Hold Falters
Athens reports the Greek army occupied Chimara on the Albanian coast after crushing an Italian advance toward Valona. Greeks claimed the capture of the 153rd Fascist battalion and heavy matériel, with Italians fleeing toward Valona as a motorized Greek column pressed the pursuit.
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Chimara
Valona
Athens
John Metaxas
Porto Edda
British move to siege lines as 35000 Italian captives relocated
Cairo reports 35,949 Italian prisoners moved rearward from Sidi Barrani area including 1,704 officers. British reinforcements converge on the siege line around Bardia as artillery harasses Italian defenses. mechanized units strike westward toward Graziani's next line with no Italian rescue observed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sidi Barrani
North
Africa
Bardia
Italy
Tenth
Rodolfo Graziani
Baria
Four Sailors Die in Bus Automobile Crash Near Encinitas
In San Diego a collision between a bus carrying U S Navy sailors from the cruiser Detroit and a car near Encinitas left four sailors dead and six bus passengers slightly injured. The accident followed a reported tire blowout on the sailors machine. The deceased were D. S. Cook Francis N. Lyster K Fullis and Don K Kirsch.
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San Diego
Clif
United States
Detroit
Encinitas
Here
D. S. Cook
Francis N. Lystér
K. Fullis
Don K. Kirsch
Princess Hohenlohe Agrees to Leave United States
Justice Department officials said the Princess Hohenlohe of Hungary agreed to depart the United States at a specified time and that no deportation proceedings were contemplated. She has been described in Parliament as an ardent Nazi sympathizer.
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Washington
Justice Department
Hohenlohe
Hungary
United States
House of Commons
Cemetery theft and odd auto on Valley pike headline
Captain D. M. Sprinkle reports a 7 foot white pine tree stolen from National Cemetery, sawed off near the ground near the southwest corner. Police investigate. Cy Mee retrieves a fallen chronometer watch from a cistern, still running. Motorists note a WV tricycle car at 30 to 40 mph with hand built teardrop body on the Valley pike.
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D. M. Sprinkle
National Cemetery
Sprinkle
Cy Mee
Kernstown
Valley Pike
West Virginia
German air raid devastates Manchester as battles rage in Europe
British reports describe a massive Luftwaffe attack on Manchester with fires and heavy damage. Meanwhile Greek forces push toward Varona after capturing Chimara and observers note Italian troops trapped at Bardia. German reinforcements enter Romania as fronts shift in North Africa and the Balkans.
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England
Manchester
Greece
Chimara
North Africa
Bardia
Libya
Desert Post
Egypt
Rodolfo Graziani
Rumania
Balkan Kingdom
Varona
Adriatic Sea
Liverpool
Britain
Germany
Italy
Wanted owner for male brindie bulldog
Help locate the owner of a male brindie bulldog found by a caller. Contact via phone 1182 to claim. The notice appears in a newspaper page segment with routing notes and date markers.
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Brendie Bull
For Sale Christmas Trees Cedar Pine California Fir
For sale by G. W. Clowser at 216 North Main. Christmas trees cedar pine and California fir offered. Includes contact and location details for purchase.
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California
G. W. Clowser
N. Main
Gift Subscription Offers Year Long Joy from Evening Star
The Winters ter Evening Star promotes gift subscriptions at $3 per year by mail or $4 by carrier. Special holiday rates in effect with a greeting card delivered to announce the gift.
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Winchester Evening Star
THE
Evening Star
Shooting Match Near Sunnyside On Christmas Day Events
An item from Winchester describes a shooting match near Sunnyside along Route on Christmas Day starting at 10 a m. Prizes include keys and chickens. Organized by L F McDonald.
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Sunnyside
Winchester
L. F. McDonald
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