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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1946
Page
12
Radio schedules for Tuesday December 24 list broadcasts across networks with local variations. Times are in Eastern. adjust to Central or Mountain as needed. Programs include news, dramas, music, quizzes, and variety shows across CBS ABC NBC and mutual stations.
Lawrence Finley has arrived to spend Christmas with his mother Mrs Sadie Finley at 428 North Kent Street. He joined the Marine Corps in August and after training is stationed as the coach on the rifle range at Montford Point Camp LeJeune North Carolina.
Boise Idaho December twenty four 50 lights on the Capitol dome are out custodian Matt Garvin says they may stay dark until a young volunteer scales a 30 foot ladder. The youngest staff member is 60 and the oldest 77. Bakersfield traffic violators get tickets using red and green Christmas cards with Santa Claus to remind them of local laws.
In Peru Nebraska last night a raccoon fell from a neighbor’s chimney startling the Tear family as they woke to a clatter from a fireplace screen. The incident occurred on December 24 with the animal safely rousing no one.
A young man attempted a robbery at a north side lingerie shop in Chicago. Ruth Fagan handed over $11 from the cash register as he demanded more. He hesitated, urged her to go home, and left with a festive goodbye.
A Bethlehem Palestine mayor sends holiday greetings to Bethlehem America highlighting shared Christian ideals. In Webster City Iowa inmates plan a modest Christmas at the Hamilton County jail as a family of housing shortage victims seeks a brighter holiday.
The Hamilton family of five, evicted from a farm tenant home in mid November, faced a bleak Christmas until Sheriff Lear lent temporary shelter in the county jail. Ida Mae turns ten, the younger children are one and five, and gifts will be exchanged on Christmas Day. Hamilton secured a Webster City street department job but no permanent home yet.
Bethlehem Palestine December 24 The mayor Issa Bandak predicts a record Christmas Eve turnout at the birthplace of Jesus with nearly 30 000 people expected in the historic city center and surrounding streets.
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