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3 The Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games iesterdny Boston C, Cleveland 1. Washington C, St. Louis 2. Chicago C, Philadelphia [. Detroit 4, New York Z.
 
 Games Today Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Boston. St. Louis at Philadelphia. ChlCnEo nt WHBhlugtOu,
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BILLIARD MISSIONARY
 For two years, Rev. Charles liar. ries of Hurley, Wise, has sponsored tho installation Of billiard tables around town.
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Gnncs Today

Boston nt Cincinnati. New York nt Pittsburgh. Brooklyn ht thlc1Ro. Philadelphia at St. Louis.
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Totals .......,27 27 x~--Bntiod for Nnymlck in 3rd. xX---Iihitcd for Allen in 7th. XXx---fatied for DobsOn in 8th.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Yesterday

UNhIVN EtNIVTHHF Cincinnati I, New York C. Philadelphia 1, Chicago 0. St. Louis 1S, Brooklyn 2. Boston II, Pittsburgh Q.
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Runs--Trosky. Keltncr, fIemslcy. Mack, .FInney, Williams, Foxx, Cronln, Tabor, Desnutels. fGrrors.--. None. Runs battod in--1femAleY q, Wenthorly, Trosky. lrlnney 2, De- snutels Z; Crnnor. Two bnse hltA--- rinney, Williams. II Q mo ru II s--- TroAky. IIomalcy. stolen baAe--- Foxx Senrihcca--Cronln, Hash. Doubi 0 piays--lf lfcmsley and Keltner; Mack and. Tr0sky: Doerr and Foxx. Left Bases on bnlIs,--0ff NavniIck {, off Allen {, off Dobson 1, off Harder |, of Grove 2. Struck 0ut--by Nav. mick ?, by Aller 2, by nobson 1. by mick, ?. in ? lnnIngsfl off Alien, 4 In ~ off Dobson. In f.: off Harder, Q in f.3; of ElsenstaL in 2.3; off Grove, 12 ID 1.3j off Hash, 1 in 1 3-3. Winning pltcher.--Gr0ve. Los. Ing D tG h . i''-Nhyinlck. Umpires-- ft0nmeL. Ttue,. Morinrty hnd Hub. bard. Time--2:i. Attendance --- B..
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Score by innings; Wllby ,..,...0 co 900 27 0-- Q
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Score by innlngs: Cleveland ..0 % 900 2 0--4 Boston .,....1 29 0O0 0 Nd
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AW%SSy, W,Sy. PfGs" Mfs! sSa SsS ss----iId 'S g
 iossett, Numdr Hnd Grig1rnitls: Wyrthek and Petit. Umpire-lGerdce.
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Incidentally, Miss Harris. | for
got to give you these things. They
arrived this afternoon"
She handed Edith the missing spe-
cial delivery letter-and a huge
package from homei Edith tore into
the Christmas box and found a note
from Mother. They'd had a biz.
Yard; couldn't get to town; she
hoped Edith would get the package
Christmas day.
A few minutes later happy Edith
sat across the table from her Ken
in the little restaurant around the
corner.
''And now. dear" he began very
carefully. How about your Christ
mas present for me?"
But gave you the fountain pen.
Ken" she protested
Yes. silly one. and I appreciated
it. But if you want to make me
still happier, listen to this. The boss
came in tonight and said I'd done
such a fine job on that research
project that he was raising my sal.
airy. Know what that means?"
mot the faintest idea" Edith lied.
For. after all. you can't take the
words out Of a mans mouth when
he's about to propose!
(Released by Western Newspaper Union J
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"Heard from Jean. SOM" he asked.
that, 10 see a familiar face. MIND
if use your phone? 1 caught an
early train and Dad wasn't expect.
ing me until tonight"
A few minutes later the old fam.
lily car was carrying him home. His
Dad looked older, and a mite wor.
ried- Something was on his mind.
Heard from Jean, SOM" he final.
y asked.
mo. Pop" he answered truthful.
". The house doomed up ahead now.
''Why 90 you ask"
"Oh, Just wonderin', son, that's
all Forget it. There's Mother wav.
in at Us up yonder!"
But Dick couldn't forget it. Marys.
vile and Jean were like ham and
eggs. He thought about her when he
stopped at the drugstore that night
they used TO drink sodas there.
Maybe Dick was looking for more
of those memories next morning
when he started out alone on skis
for Murray's hill. They used to
play there in the winter, he and
Jean.
Forget it, you imbecilel" he
snapped at himself. That's closed
chapter in your life!"
It was a couple of hours later that
he saw her. Skiing down Murray's
hill for the last time he rounded
Horseshoe bend TO find Jean direct.
ly in his path! There was a Shrek,
a thud, and then four feet sticking
out of a SnoWdrift.
"Jean!" he cried. unstrapping his
skis and running to help her. 'Are
you hurt?"
1t was rather unromantic, per.
haps. pulling her out feet first. But
she laughed at him and fell down
again, pulling him after her.
you're going to get your face
washed for that, Mr.. Wright" she
cried.
He came up suffering to find her
suddenly serious.
Dick dear" she said. 'T was
wrong. Mother wrote that you'd be
home for Christmas and-weI. ]
had to come too. It's you and
Marysville that I want, not New
York This morning when ! saw
you going past cur house, / some.
how knew that I should go with you.
Not just today, Dick, but aIways!"
It was ike ham and eggs, Dick
thought. only the next day was
Christmas-and Christmas meant
turkey!
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ERESH snow crunched I'M
L der Dick Wright's shoes
as he stomped into the wait
ing room.
Old Peter was still there,
still minding his telegraph
key as ne had when Dick was
a boy. But now it was Christ
mas; now Dick was home
from the city. a successful young
architect.
As he walked up to old Peters
grilled ticket window, Dick recalled
the last time he st5od in this station.
Two and a half years ago, it was,
the day after Jean had left for New
York IN search Of a career.
''Just can't stand Marysville," she
had told him. You'll understand,
Dick, won't you?"
He had forgotten as best he could.
Nothing in Marysville for him then,
either. There had been a quick de-
cision, closing Of half-open doors,
a fearful gCod-by to his parents and
then-Of 10 the city. It was odd
how blow Ike that could give a
fellow determination. Today, just
30 months later. he was coming back
home with q career already carved
out.
Old Pete looked up from his sheaf
Of train orders.
"Wen, Richardi" he cried. "Glad
to see you. boy. and Merry Christ
mas! Your folks know you're COM
in'?"
Merry Christmas to you, PeteI"
Dick answered. It was nice, at
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~ ~ aw- ~ ~ So ~
THIS NIGHTINGALE
WIRED FOR SOUND
Cry Associated Press)

GREENVILLE. Miss. Dec.
24.--TheY've enlisted the birds
in selling" the Mississippi
delta country TO tourists.
Because many people never
have heard the dulcet tunes
of a della Eiehtingale"-
really d mocking bird-John
A. Fox. secretary of the
Washington County Chamber
of Commerce. rugged no a re-
ccrding machine with a 800
foot wire 10 a microphone In
a cedar tree.
Before long nightingale"
obliged by perching nearby
and rendering an aria re-
curing two sides of a disc to
record. The record will be
sent TO travel agencies.
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AID TO THE BRITISH
TO SPEED ASSISTANCE
LANDoN FOR GIFTS
PRESIDENTS SUGGESTION
AMBASSADOR LOTHIAN
FEDERAL POWER BROAD
OUR PLANE EXPORTS
AID TO THE NEUTRALS
ST. LAWRENCE PROJECT
DEFENSE ITEMS LISTED
BLAMES DELAY ON STRIKES
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Yes, it was the mailmanI And
then came the shrill cry: Miss
Harrisi Some mail for you'll"
Edith practically leaped down.
stairs. for there would be her pack
age from home. Then her heart
sank, for the landlady handed her
only two letters. a greeting card
from her friend Margie and (of all
things at ChristmasD a bill from
the department store.
Edith climbed sorrowfully back to
her room and wept. Something was
wrong, for Mother and Dad never
forgot her at Christmas. She cried
spasmodically the rest of the day,
while downstairs she heard the
other roomers shouting Christmas
greetings as they arrived and de-
parted.
But finally Edith consoled herself,
for she could still look forward to
Christmas dinner with Ken tomor-
roWl
He was due at two o'clock that
day, and after church Edith hurried
home to. get ready. At 100 she
was seated restlesSly awaiting the
doorbell.
She was still waiting at 2:30, for
Ken did not arrive. And Edith was
getting hungry.
Three O'Clock passed. and Edith
frowned.
-. ai could have happened to
him. she asked herself.
AT four O'clock she cried. It was
too muchi First her family had for
gotten. and now Ken had chosen
Christmas day to tell her in this
painful fashion that he didn't care!
At p. m. misery began mingling
with the pangS of hunger. Edith put
on her coat and started to the corner
restaurant. But she never got past
the door. There she ran into
breathless Ken.
Edith, dear" he cried. Sorry
to be so late, but l knew you'd TN
derstand when you got my note"
But" Edith was confused. Z
didn't receive any note. Ken"
What? But I sent a special de-
livery message when the boss asked
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0EINK/
"a CHRISTMAS STORY

~ 81 Roger Wheeler
&1faessEase z29Ak&
EDITH's drab room over
IL looked a snow-covered
roof. Not the clean, CHEEKY
snow like they had back home
on the farm but a murky gray
covering on which rested SCOT
of a thousand city chimneys.
$50 this is Christmas" she
moaned, leaving her chair to pace
the floor. 'Ohi What I'd give to
be back home tomorrow"
But then, Edith had two Christ
mas presents to which she could
look forward. Today, Christmas
eve, the mailman MUST bring her
annual package from home. And
tomorrow there would be Christmas
dinner with Ken-dear Ken who was
working so hard these days that he
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me to finish that
laboratory ex-
perrin mt this
afternoon. What
happened to
it?"
The blunder-
ing old landlady
answered him.
please come
in or 60 out, and
close the door"
she barked from
the hall. Then
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COuIQ nd TQIy
take time off to
think a gu t
Christmas.
Edith heard
the bell rim g
downstairs and
she skipped to
her door, open
ing it softly and
waiting tenSely
while the old
la ola dy, an
SWered.
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WHITE CHOCOLATES
CHRISTIANS SPECIALITY

NEW GORk-AIrS. Mari Nor
dith of Manhattan makes white
chocolates her Christmas special
~ She gives the bonbonS a
creamy white coating by mixing
chocolate with milk after a secret
process ConteTS are cream fon-
dant. cherries. or Brazil nuts.
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One OF the strangest surviving
Christmas customs is the badger
feast held at Leicester, Somerset II
was started by poachers In Norman
times. says the Montreal Herald,
and has continued without a break.
The lads Of the village catch q
badger, kin and dress it some time
before the feast On Christmas eve
it Is strung On . spit over q huge
ere at the Inn and cooked slowly,
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BRIGHT SAYINGS DEPT,
THTRD-GRADE DIVISION
Rx Associated Pre<s)

COLUMBIA. S. c.. Dec. "A.
"A third grader came home
from school with the asser-
ton that he was through
with that racket.
What racket" his mother
asked
'1Gcing to school It's q
racket because they've been
doing If for a long time and
haven't finished it up yet.
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Apparently, the chief problem
before the Government at this
time is how to speed up delivery
of war supplies to Great Britain.
Officials seem to be convinced
that the need is extremely urg-
ent, but whether this is due to
the effectiveness of German
bombing attacks, or to the inn
minence of a Hitler offensive is
uncertain. At any rate, definite
emphasis is being placed upon
measures designed to strengthen
British resistance.
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The fact that the British have
requested financial aid is not tax
en- to mean that the cash resourc-
es of the Empire are now ex-
hausted. 1t should be remember
ed that the British have commit
ted themselves for the purchase
of vast supplies of war materials
which will be delivered during
the coming year. 1t seems that
the question now uppermost con-
Germs the problems which will
arise in the future when British
dollar resources have been ex-
pended.
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MEANS TO AN END

MEMPHIS, Tenn-h order to
get arosnd the provisions of a
new ordinance against auto-horn-
blowing except to avoid collisions,
one man swung out his arm and
tangled q cow bell, while a wo-
man stopped before a friends
house and summoned her friend
by blowing whistle.
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PECK. . .NECKl


(by AanocHnted Frensl
CLEVELAND. De- A.
Answering the doorbsn Hiss
Flersnes Huber fsznS q
srenP Of prsnkish y0unszss-s
seeking handouts
IN take whzasxsr YEA
gimme" piped tia dizinz-
1--WE spokesn2n-
Miss Huber inpzlzirslY
lsansd over and Kissed An
lightly. The boy lied
Then the doorbsu rznz
again This time Il wnE q
ls-Yesr-old who wanted o
know is this the place whs-s
they're passing cut kizsezg-
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Nearly 0ne-Seventh OF all feder-
81 income Is derived from taxes on
tobacco.
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Two lower courts upheld the
power company but the Supreme
Court ruled that the stream was
navigable within the law and
that Federal control over its wa
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Whale oil is used II luh-iczfInE
fine mechanisms. such as wzfcn-
es. a.
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tiers was not limited strictly to
navigation but could be utilized
for the interest of the commerce
of the whole country.
Justice Reed insisted that the
authority of the Federal Govern
ment is ''as broad as the needs
of commerce" and declared that
water-power development, from
the standpoint of the public inte-
rest, was only a by-product of
the general use of rivers and har-
bors for commerce.
A dissenting opinion was filed
by Justice Roberts, who was
joined by Justice McReynolds
The Chief Justice did not sit in
the case because once, as a law
yer, he submitted a brief which
touched some aspects of it.
Some idea of the export of
aeronautic products from the
report for the month of October
which was made public this
month. The value of October ex-
ports was s31, 388, SOC, including
800 power land planes, l land
plane minus engine, 20 partial
shipments of land planes to be
assembled abroad, and sea plan
es. Additional shipments includ-
ed 648 engines, engine parts,
propellors and parts. instruments
and parts, and accessories. Chief
buyers were Great Britain, $40
1880; Canada, $5,577,031; Chi
ma, S2,337,471; and the Union of
South Africa, S1,087,749.
It is announced that the Ma
tional Committee on Food Sup
plies 10 Small Democracies, Of
which former President Herbert
Hoover was honorary chairman.
will seek to develop a new food
plan in an effort to find a meth
cd acceptable to the British Gov
eminent. Members of the COM
mittee insist that the populations
of the small countries can be
saved without requiring the Brit
ish to sacrifice any military ad-
vantage.
While the State Department
will acquiesce in the decision of
Great Britain not to permit food
to go through the British block
ade to Ge1nan-occupied regions.
it will make an effort to send
food to the destitute in unoccu-
pied France. Spain and other
neutral countries. Secretary Hull
made it plain at recent press
conference that he does not plan
to challange British views con-
corning German-occupied terri
tory.
Hull'S position is that the Ger
mans have taken food from these
regions and that, having occupi-
ed them, it is their responsibility
to care for the populations. He
pointed out that the United Sta
ties had definite policy on the
question of human suffering and
human need, wherever it exists,
whether in China or other coun-
tries.
AS for the German-occupied
territories, he suggested that re-
lief organizations in this country
might approach the German Gov
eminent, the implication being
that they might see what Ger
many is willing to do in order to
help the people of the territories
that have been occupied.
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Seaway project will come before
the next session of Congress and,
it is expected, revive a fight that
ended in 1884 when the Senate
refused to ratify a treaty with
Canada providing for the seaway
plan. While the proposal received
IS votes against AZ in opposition,
the two-thirds requirement for
approving, treaties defeated the
proposal.
Early in December, President
| SINGLETON
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Many of the worlds beSt ain
letes have fat feet. says q noted
foot specialist.
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Roosevelt declared that the St.
Lawrence Seaway and Power
project should be completed. The
idea has been advanced in some
quarters that the President may
seek to perfect arrangements by
the passage of concurrent and
reciprocal legislation" of the Cana
dian Parliament and American
Congress as provided in a treaty
ratified by the Senate in 1909.
Under this plan, Congress
would be asked to authorize ex-
penditures which Would be made
only if the Canadian Parliament
adopted parallel legislation. The
advantage lies in the fact that such
an authorization could be carried
by a majority vote, but if the
Iseaway plan is submitted as a
treaty, two-thirds of the Sena-
tors would have to approve it.
Speaking recently before the
National Association of Manu-
facturers, and the Congress of
American Industry. William S.
Knudsen, of the National Defense
Advisory Commission, called at
tention to the billions of dollars
involved in contracts for national
defense and then gave a quick
description of what the money
means in units of round figures,
he said, the orders involve So
900 airplanes, 10000 engines, H.
600 heavy guns, $4,000 light guns.
$4,000 term orders, $4,000, 900
shells loaded, $500 tanks, 300, 900
machine-guns ana ammunition.
100000 automatic rifles and am
munition, 100000 regular rifles
and ammunition, $50 navy ships.
200 mercantile ships, 210 camps
and environments, 40 government
factories, clothing and other
equipment for 100000 men.
Secretary of War StimSon, ex-
planning the postponement of orig
inal schedules for the rapid ex-
pansion of the Army, says That
the delay has been caused by
strikes in military construction
work and in industries supplying
materials for the housing pro-
gram, plus private competition
for machinery and materials need
ed in the building operations
The secretary explained that
some of the delay has been due
to inclement weather, such as ex-
cessiye rains, heavy snow and
low temperatures. Because of the
fact that the camps are being
built all over the country at the
same time, there has been a Sc
rious displacement in the labor
market and the problem of main
tanning machines and equipment
has been difficult.
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I'D now is that the British Gov
eminent wishes to place con-
tracts for additional materials for
future delivery, but wants to be
assured that when delivery time
arrives, arrangements can be
made to pay for them. 1t is i'm
portant that the matter be settled
now, so that contracts can be
awarded and the work undertak-
en- with assurances that payment
will be made.
While various Administration
officials have publicly announced
that Great Britain is a good
risk, there is general agreement
that loans to the British are pro-
hibited by the Johnson Act. There
is some opinion to the contrary
but apparently little disposition
exists among officials to seek any
technical evasion of the ban on
loans to nations in default on
their World War debts.
Alfred M. Landon, Republican
presidential candidate in 1886,
has advanced the idea that aid to
Britain should be in the form OF
monetary or other gifts, express
ing the view that gifts would be
less likely to involve this country
in war. Mrs. Roosevelt has also
publicly given support to the
idea of government gifts for
Britain.
The President has suggested
that certain supplies be advanced
to the British. with the under
standing that they will be return
ed. as far as possible, when the
international emergency is over.
The upshot of the whole discus
sion on the question 'of how to
make effective the American
policy of laid short of war" and
thus assist the British in defend
ing their island against Hitler'S
attack.
The unexpected death of the
Marques of Lothian, British
Ambassador to the United States,
was the occasion for numerous
complimentary appraisals of his
work in this country.
The death of the British Am
baSSador and the resignation of
American Ambassador Joseph
p. Kennedy creates an interest
ing situation between the two
great English-speaking democra-
cies. Of course. competent stats
in both capitals attended.
The Supreme Court, in the
New River case, by a Ga deci-
sion. sustained the licensing au-
thority and confirmed wide au-
thority over hydro-electric re-
sources by the Federal Govern
ment. New River flows for two
hundred fifty miles from Virgin
Ia into West Virginia The fifteen
year case arose over construction
of the Federal Power Act of 1s-
20 which the Appalachian Power
Company contended did not au-
thorize the Commission to compel
il TO secure a license because the
river was not ,navigable.
Two lower courts upheld the
power company but the Supreme
Court ruled that the stream was
navigable within the law and
that Federal control over its wa
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BY HUGO SINS Special
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Early in December, President
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| tiers was not limited strictly to
navigation but could be utilized
for the interest of the commerce
of the whole country.
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Hull's position is that the Ger
mans have taken food from these
regions and that, having occupi-
ed them. it is their responsibility
to care for the populations. He
pointed out that the United Sta
ties had a definite policy on the
question of human suffering and
human need, wherever it exists,
whether in China or other coun-
tries.
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A dissenting opinion was filed
by Justice Roberts, who was
joined by Justice McReynolds.
The Chief Justice did not sit in
the case because once, as a law
yer, he submitted a brief which
touched some aspects of it.
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AS for the German-occupied
territories, he suggested that re-
lief organizations in this country
might approach the German Gov
eminent, the implication being
that they might see what Ger
many is willing to do in order to
help the people of the territories
that have been occupied.
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The unexpected death of the
Marques of Lothian, British
Ambassador to the United States,
was the occasion for numerous
complimentary appraisals of his
work in this country.
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Justice Reed insisted that the
authority of the Federal Govern
ment is 'as broad as the needs
of commerce" and declared that
water-power development, from
the standpoint of the public inte-
rest, was only a by-product of
the general use of rivers and har-
bors for commerce.