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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1931
Page
8
The report recalls Christmas celebrated in Christmas Florida a small town near Orlando. Palm trees cypress and tropical scenery frame Yuletide joy while hunters recently killed a 400 pound black bear near the village.
In Austin ex Mary Christmas serves as pianist for the Church of the Assembly of God and arranges Christmas programs. She previously lived on Holley Street, where clerks would respond with disbelief to her name when she asked to charge it to Mary Christmas.
Elmer aged 33 Rosa aged 31 and their daughter Shirley aged 5 share a Christmas birthday at a Chicago rest home in a rare family celebration.
Washington dispatch reports Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania learns his children James Jr Jane Jean Joan and Jewel will still hang stockings on Christmas Eve while two large stockings mark the senator's privilege. In Ada Oklahoma a local milling company plans a full 24 hour Christmas Eve shift grinding flour for distribution to the needy.
City Prosecutor Charles P. Johnson and Municipal Judge Oda Faulconer host a Christmas party for 900 children whose fathers were jailed for nonpayment of support. Invitations went to every child with a parent in county jail. A large Christmas tree sits in the prosecutor’s office.
Spokane report says Howard Tustin, a young golf prodigy, survived after a medical crisis. Journal details routines as postal workers in Spokane process Christmas parcels for hours, revealing a day of backlog and community strain.
After three days Young Tustin survived on injections of pneumonicocci antibody following abdominal surgery. With the serum nearly exhausted, Dr. W. W. Robinson sent a rush order to Seattle chemists and had it mailed.
A conference with Baron Shidehara on Chinchow followed Wakatsuki’s fall as France and Britain warned Japan. Tokyo’s reply to notes will stress no difference between regular and irregular bandits in Chinchow. Japan regards its anti bandit drive as recognized by the League of Nations on December 10.
In Nanking on December 24, party leaders discuss possible changes to foreign policy with a focus on Manchuria. A spokesman notes confidence in the League of Nations to resolve the issue and hints at a tougher line toward Japan. The Chinchow garrison is pledged to resist any Japanese move, signaling nationalist morale will not accept further non resistance.
Japanese troops repulsed Chinese bandits in two battles near Tsingshan and Yingkow in Manchuria. They captured the village of Taituchen and claimed a victory thirty miles northeast of Yingkow with Chinese casualties reported. no Japanese deaths noted. Occupation of Newchawangcheng remained unofficially confirmed.
A fire last night destroyed all barracks of the Japanese garrison at Chuliuho, 31 miles west of Mukden. One Japanese soldier is missing and seven are injured by a blast from munition sheds. The fire wiped out food and clothing stores for the temporary battalion, which moved in after Chinese and Japanese armored train clashes near Tienchuangtai, 12 miles northwest of Yingkow.
Morenci Arizona December 24 production at the Phelps Dodge Copper plant will be reduced from 3,000,000 pounds to 2,417,000 pounds monthly beginning in January. The move aims to align output with demand and trim mill costs.
Detroit police say Dud dington Yancy confessed to passing about 90000 in bad checks across the west and southwest over the past year. He was arrested after offering a worthless check for a car. Police say he was a former banker and used at least 50 aliases in cities including New Orleans Santa Barbara Spokane Reno San Antonio El Paso Chicago Los Angeles Seattle Phoenix and Denver.
Officials announced a curtailment reducing the standard four day week to three days for 700 workers. The move shifts labor schedules and could impact production and wages, with details expected from plant management later this week.
The weather forecast signals a mute Christmas as snow chances fade east of the Mississippi and are limited in the West. Only scattered northern plains and Rocky Mountain regions may see some snow, with larger parts of the United States unlikely to get a white Christmas.
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