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Christmas
(From tht Gospsl according to Luks)
AND it came to pass in those days,
Ihnt there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed.
And this taxing was first made when
Cyrenius was governor of Syria.
And all went to be taxed, every
one into his own city.
And Joseph, also, went up from
Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,
into Judca, unto the city of David,
which is called Bethlehem (because he
was of the house and lineage of David).
To be taxed with Mary, his espoused
wife, being great with child.
And so it was that, while they were
there, the days were accomplished that
she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her first born
son, and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger;
because there was no room for them
in the inn.
And there were in the same country
shepherds, abiding in the field, keep
ing watch over their flocks by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came
'upon them, and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them; and they
were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear
not; for, behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to
all people.
. For unto you is born this day in the
city of David, a Saviour, which is
Christ, the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you:
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly
host, praising God, and saying,
. Glody to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men.
And it came to pass, as the angels
were gone away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said, one to an
other. Let us now go even unto Beth
lehem, and see this thing which has
come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us.
And they came with haste, and
found Mary and Joseph, and the babe
lying in a manger.
And when they had seen it, they
made known abroad the saying which
was told them concerning this child.
And all they that heard it wondered
at those things which were told them
by the shepherds.
But Mary kept all these things and
pondered them in her heart.
And the shepherds returned, glorify
ing and praising God for all the things
that they had heard and seen, as it was
told unto them. -
EPLEY
Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEY
WALKING down to work through
the frosty morning, we en
countered as is inevitable when one
has lived in one town
so long many peo
ple we know. A bit
low and sour at the
start of our trek,
their cheery greetings
so bucked us up that
we arrived at the of
fice in high good
humor, and our loyal
staff was spared one
of those bad days
when the ME is on a
grouch. The day be
fore Christmas is no
time for cantankerous peevishness, but
there was a definite danger before
we ran into all those pleasant people.
No one knows better than we
that a man's greatest treasure is his
friends.
.
AND that goes, too, for a newspaper.
To the great family of friendly
Herald and News readers, scattered
over vast stretches of south central
Oregon and northern California, in
the towns, on the high deserts, in the
forested mountains, this department
brings the greetings of the season
These folks have given us support
and patronage, have praised us when
we did something worth while, have
been tolerant when we have erred
AE especially need that friendly
VV tolerance right now, for The
Herald and News isn't its usual self.
The near exhaustion of its paper sup
ply lias necessitated the production of
this abbreviated edition we call Jun
ior, from now until January 6.
' We didn't create Junior because we
' wanted to. We did It because we had
. to. Advertising revenue is too impor
tant to the operation of a newspaper to
forego it for a couple of weeks "just
for the heck .
Mallon's Column
Br PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 You may
have noticed President Trumnn
announced the White House economic
outlook for the now year predicting
a short slump and long prosperity
thereafter in a rather indirect way by
saying he had not studied it.
Objective economists and statisti
cians here generally concede In private
they would do well to evaluate pro
perly the statistics of the closing year
the true economic meaning, for in
stance, of the dollar decline in value
through increased prices and such mat
ters as that. You can see the same
understanding reflected in tho stock
market and presidential hedging of
the prophesy by saying "If the na
tion continues at work." It was with
a wise bow to that inner and deeper
understanding of the matter, that the
president somewhat kept himself per
sonally aloof from the report while at
the same time sponsoring it.
An editor has written me saying I
have had too many "think pieces" late
ly, and says I should be a "reporter."
Now if I followed that advice, I could
today become only a gatherer of cold
and confusing statistics on the busi
ness outlook for the coming year. I
have met some reporters who have
been doing just that, and they profess
themselves dizzy from the results and
I have encountered some dizzier results
in print It seems a reporter can get
nearly any kind of statistics in Wash
ington he wants these days. Axegrind
ers are using the mimeograph ma
chines rather freely.
A reporter on the track of future
business prospects today, for instance,
can and some did find "a business
boom in the middle west" on one hand,
and "an uncertain course in the stock
market," on the other. They have
found an unprecedented volume of dol
lar sales in a New York department
store on this hand, and hesitant buy
ing which has piled back stocks else
where. Similarly on new year prophe
sies they have discovered seers who
predict a great year ahead and other
authorities equally gifted who see a
depression.
NOT A THINK PIECE
NOW I have set up the job for my
self generally of ascertaining
what objective facts are what is the
"news behind the news." This is a Job
of a modern type of reporting which
sometimes may mislead an unwary,
sleeping, misguided editor or reader to
fall into the erroneous impression that
I am writing a "think piece." In the
midst of dizzy news, there is often no
other way you can tell objectively the
best obtainable interpretations.
There is certainly no other way to
tell this one.
I think the basis of the president s
advice in this instance is well founded,
to this following extent beyond the
realm of statistics:
The elements for success in 1947 arc
greater than they have been for many
years past. The country is in a better
position now to meet its troubles and
handle its dangers than it has been.
The prospects of stopping inflation,
getting production, really stabilizing
prices with production, are an in
creased by the facts of the economic
and political situations. In short, peo
ple are getting in the frame of mind
of going to work and staying there.
This is my view after reading tons
of statistics, consulting experts, and
some weeks of personal intermittent
study. The gravest danger was that
Lewis first and then CIO would start
another round of wage increases with
their devastating strikes, which would
force prices even higher beyond aver
age reach, and thus cause depression.
Lewis was called off or delayed his
strike, and the CIO campaign is based
on such weak economic and statistical
grounds that it is not as serious a
threat today as it was last year.
.
INTERIM SITUATION
THE simple truth in this country is
in an interim situation, a transition
period from war to peace a period
which has been greatly aggravated and
extended beyond necessity by failures
of production, caused considerably by
the labor situation. In this transition
period, there is coming into political
being here a new force, a fresh repub
lican congress, bent on sensibly taking
hold of the situation in answer to rop
ular demand in the election which
leaves matters somewhat up in the air.
All this naturally leads to confusion
I could jam you with statistics in a
tightly compressed column space but
none could tell the story shorter or
better. Congress may have difficulty
on the labor legislation which has been
popularly demanded. It might be de
laved. Unsatisfactory prospects ean be
marshaled by thousands. But the ele
ments the basic elements seem gen
uinely favorable.
SIDE ' GLANCES
ffOm HW BT A MaWOU. T. W. atO. a. WT. QTF. ' I
."Remembar, dear, whsn you naadtd a pillow to fill out
that suit?"
The World
Today
Br DeWITT MaoKENZIE
AP foreign Allairs Analyit
that suit?"
Boyle's Column
Jet Propelled Letier To
Santa Pleads Modernity
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK, Dec. 24 T)
Dear Santa Clans: She believes
in you. So do I. You don't think
I throw away these five-cent air
mail stamps on a myth, do you?
But If your best friends won l
tell you, I will, old-timer. Get
wl.se lo yourself. Modernize.
Shave off thoso unsanitary old
whiskers, climb out of that red
flannel suit und buy yourself
some dinner clothes and quit
whipping those reindeer. The
SPCA doesn't like It. Buy your
self a supcrsonslc jet chariot.
Most of ail. get out ot tne
peppermint candy business. You
still have the kids sewed up, but
you're sure losing out with the
grown-ups. You've got to take
inventory and streamline your
stock.
Give em something new for
a change. For example, here's a
gift list that will lake you out
of the middle car class and win
you more fans than Frank
Sinatra:
Mohandas K. Gandhi A pin
striped zoot suit.
Mother Machree A retired
Irish cop with a good pension.
John Li. Licwis An ou-ourn-
Ing eyebrow warmer.
The Three Blind Mlc A see
ing eve dog.
Fred Allan A portrait or
Jack Benny.
Jack Benny A portrait or
Fred Allen.
Ingrid Bergman My phone
number Gramcrcy 7-bus.
The Man With the Hoe A
tractor.
Lana Turner A suit of armor
(no more sweaters, plvuc.)
Tommy Munvlllc A commu
tation ticket to Reno.
llirohlto A copy of "Twi
light of tho Gods."
Doug MacArthur A press
pass and a new roll of gold braid.
Bins Crosby A raco horse
that runs on all four legs.
Wultcr Wlnchcll A door with
two kevholcs.
Our War Veterans Anything
in the world they need.
The National Association of
Manufacturers An erector set.
Henry Ford A new car.
Henrv Kaiser Any car.
Milton Berlc A new edition
of Joe Miller (he knows all the
old ones).
Tho Old Lady Who Lived In a
Shoe A shoe horn.
Hollywood Criticism,
" The Radio Criticism.
My Wife Patience.
My Landlord (he's throwing
me out) A hair shirt.
A New Londlord Mel Mel
Hurry Truman Earmuffs.
Joe Louis Some competition.
Joe Stalin Ditto.
Winston Churchill An Iron
curtain-pull.
Tho High Cost of Living A
greased toboggan.
The Wolf at tho Door A bone
and a new address.
And, no kidding, Santa, for
the people of this weary earth
mutual understanding "and end
less peace, They've got It com
ing. Yours at the wishing well,
HAL BOYLE.
Come Chrlatmus time, your
columnist's mind refuses to stick
to iU job of unulyzlng (orrlgn
nrruirs and starts wandering
back through muny yulellde
spent In divers latids so If you
don't mind we'll Just gather by
the fireside for a while and chat,
I've set'n Chrlslinus In sumo
queer spots: in the front Hue
trenches with the troops In tlie
Fur Ktl.it In llethlehent of Ju
dea by the manger of the Christ
Child. But perhaps It's niiliirul
that tho slrongt'Mt memorleit
should be those of Christmas In
the old miitiMt of the Vermont
village where dad used to
preach.
We ulways had a while Christ
inos In those days, with snow so
deep that sometimes one had to
tunnel a way through it to get
out of the house. Slelgh-hells
Jingled merrily on all the ronds,
(or nobody in those parts ever
hud seen ono of those new-fun-
f led inventions called the horse
ess carriage,
Community Affair
Christinas was n community
affair. Every year we used to
have a great tree In the church.
and the whole villuke and coun
try-side turned out tor what was
more than JtMt a clay of present
it was to celebrule the birth
day of the Christ. There always
was prayer or ihunkiigiving
those Christmas nights, und the
members of the congregutlon
contributed their part, for we
still were In the halleluiah days.
Some of them could be a bit
austere, but they were a grand,
warm-hearted folk. The Christ
mas tree was loaded with pres
ents for everybody. As for the
pastor the "elder they used to
call him his gifts were likely
to consist largely of farm
produce and were delivered at
the parsonage, since muny of his
parishioners were tillers of Uie
soil.
Most of the Christmas rards
depleted scenes in color from
the Life of Christ, chiefly those
relating to Bethlehem and Jeru
salem. Those childhood pictures
linger in one's mind, and one of
the greatest pleasures I ever ex
perienced was three years ago
when I wos able to spend Christ
mas In Jerusalem and Bethle
hem, and found that much of the
atmosphere of those old pictures
still remained. With a bit of
imagination one could see a full
parade of the incidents so dear
lo memory. -
Peace, Good-will
Christmas of days long gone
really did represent peace and
good-will. But it would be a mis
take to think that this spirit was
peculiar to a past generation and
that the world no lunger has It,
Mankind can get awfully tough
at times, but we mustn't forget
that this ,1s nothing new. It's
been that way for thousands of
years. And my guess Is that
there Is a greater percentage of
good-will In the world today
than ever before.
I don't know how mnnv coun
tries 1'vo traveled in during the
past 30 years, but they repre
sent a big part of the globe. And
taking it bv and lurce. mv ex
perience has been such as to
lli'llcrTo Simla (liiiis
Dear Old Bantu Clans: I am only a little boy a plugue'
on old Time If he tellxl and I will hung up my Blocking
on Christmas eve for you to fill ns I used to In the old duys
when you cume to see inn down a big brick chimney und
over the great black undlrons with dogs' heads on them.
No one hus a right to be grown up at Christmas time, any
how. I want you to grunt all the request sent you, There ure
so many ot them, but you alwuys manage to do what Is
expected. And please, Santa, dip nil your presents Into tho
sweet perfume wo cull content, that none may be dis
appointed on Christmas Day.
I want you to bring gifts to nil lo the churches char
ily, to the preachers courage, und lo the Democrats conso
lu'iion. I want you to bring about u dozen murriuges of
chronic cuscs and a divorce or two, und u few find-class
ascensions of people who ore of no further use down here.
And Huntu Cliius, with the Utile children remember the
tired mothers who plan und scrimp ond save Ihut others
may hiive; who sacrifice thul others may enjoy and who
deserve so much; and whg often, because of the brutal
thoughtlessness of your sex, Simla, and mine, are given so
And Santa Claus, bring sunshine Into sad hearts and
cheer Into homes where a crust is u feast; bring putlonee
where strife Is: Into homes where there Is nothing und into
homes where there Is everything God knows which hus
the greater need bring love which make Christmas and
menus life. '
To her whose little rocker abides in the gloom this night,
who sees an empty crib und llstons for a baby footfall Unit
will never come again, give vision of your own home with
girls and boys lost a little while from this earth pluylng
In the golden street.
Like all other little 1 people. I go to school, and my
teacher' name Is Experience. Fill my stocking with appre
ciation of her blessings, and teuch me, and ail who read
these lines, the lesson of faith In Him who changes a bleak
December day Into Christmas; who was once a little child
und alwoys: and who wild, what this stupid world has not
yet wholly learned, "of such Is the kingdom of Heaven.
And when this Christina doy Is over, when the dark
ness deepens and the night comes, when Sleeps twin sister
Death, kisses my eyelids shut and these toy we call gold
and silver und houses and bonds slip from my tired finger
away forever, may not the Father tuck me gently, safely,
in under the coverlet of green or snow and greet me with
a smile In the eternnl morning? And I will be a good boy
all the u"'" Wlll,. winiun,,,, the Columbia, Mo. Herald.
From a clipping In an old Scrap book.
Modern Day
Held In Theft
OKANOGAN. Dec. 24 7P) A
twentieth century version of the
old west' "sky-pllol" watt being
held In tho county Jail hero to
day. -
Sheriff Lester II. Moss said a
charge of grand larceny hus
been pluccd agnlnst Charles
Thackwell, 33, who tho sheriff
said, confessed to stealing an air
plane in racomn novemoer t 1
because he was In a hurry to get
to Spokane lo preach a sermon.
The sheriff said Thuckwell
Identified himself ns an assistant
Christmas Wish Of Your Soltlivr Hoy
Bf DOROTHEA K. McANULTr
Bex i, ntftiij, vr.
L
Once again Chrlitmni lights will ahlnt,
And voice sweet caroli sing.
Friend will coma to your noma atul
mine,
OU4 tiding and blaastnga bring.
II.
Children With eager face, wait
The aound oc eacn cniming Dan,
Hoping Santa will not be Jate,
Asking Mom M all is wall.
111.
Will tkare b lights o the Christmas
tree?
Lota of toys, lots of foodies to eat?
A sled ror uoony, a oony inr me,
And will Santa bring home Uncle Pete?
IV.
Yes, toys and goodies and a Christmas
tree,
daughter, songs and cheers,
But heartaches and sorrows too will be
While smiles will hide many tears,
V. -
But the dreadful war has ended,
And our prayers for Peace have tome,
Honor and homes were defended
By our boys, yes, with lives of some.
There will be many empty chain
Many hearts will be heavy with pain.
Mothers with faces lined with cares,
Will question Wherein was the gain?
. VII,
ror U's bard to forget the anguish
When the dreaded message came,
FranUcally tried to distinguish
The tear blurred lines and the name,
VIII.
Why, oh, why, did It have to be Jamr
Or Johnnie,- or fUlob or Pate.
Why not another Instead of him
Frantic Minds, these ejuastioM repeat -
IX.
God In Heaven why must this be
Way out there my darling lies.
Cilve me faith, and help me M see
An anguished mother cries,
X.
Others may laugh, voices may etna:.
Their boys are safely back home.
For them the Christmas bells will ring,
But mine sleeps beyond the loam,
XI.
The twilight Is softly falling
Like a soothing, sweet cares.
A beloved voice eeema railing.
Dear Mom, let your grief be lea,
XII.
Then It seems that fairy finger
Softly wipe the tears away
And a feeling of comfort linger
As she seems to hear him say , ,
XIII.
The boy that answered to the cad ,
Had to be some mother's son.
So mothers, fathers, loved ones aM S
May thank God the war la done. .
XIV.
What matter whose boy is resting there
Far beyond the distant seal
Wa fought as one, each did hi share,
Remembered a such we'd be,
XV.
Mother love means the world and all
Whether boys sleep here or there
Clreet returning boy with a cheery U
He too had It tough out there,
XVI. r
With nerves unstrung, crippled or blind,
Helpless with bodies all marred.
Doomed to suffer, young face lined,
With sorrows their heart be scarred.
XVII.
Some whose loved one have
away, .
Soma who are all alone,
Living m foxhole, eounUng each
Then returned to a broken home.
XVIII.
They bring back- a silent meesaga,
The aftermath of a war,
Yes, living eymbola of eourago.
While our lighting day are oaf.
XIX.
But they must fight on to estabsteh
A plana tn the world at home.
It not the world be aelfUh
Welcome the boys beck hetna.
XX.
Then remember ue, mom, -m atapai.
Peaceful beneath the blue.
Only our memories be keeping
Forever alive, by you.
' XXf. '
Through you we must carry onward
For things which w fought and died,
looking with fallh ever upward,
Keeping grateful heart lnaide.
' , XXII.
When you gas at the star m Heaven
ur ine moon tnai is smnina mm"
Thank Qod for the blessings given.
And a love that will never die.
5tx lit.
You know that Clod so loved the wortd
That His only son He gave,
So the banner of love wae unfurled,
And covers each soldier grave.
XXIV.
Some day In the Land of Tomorrow
Our hand will be clasped once more,
Then forgotten will be all the sorrow,
Far beyond that distant shore,
'' XXV.'
So Wt the Chrtstmaa of '40 fall
On lotus na afletlnsiaai and lov.
The murmuring bre whispered Pane
to ah '
' WuT -th wkh yew aWdier Bar,
If
give me vast confidence In my
fellow men drplt tho www
and revolutions which l'vp seen
at first hand. It's difficult not
to .icq u Ire that confidence when
you've had Impoverished peas
ants offer to share their In at
crusts with you, when you've
had s BlrnnKcr rixk hi life for
you in a dark hour oi revolu
tion, when people whom you've
never met before have akcd
you to Join In their Christmas
celebration been use tney knew
you were lonely.
Yei. I think thin l a pretty
grand old world burr Inn a few
rouKh spots, of course- and it's
gettlnK better every day, There'
nothing wrong wun it tniu can i
be cured by an application of
real Ch lint mas spirit.
Sky Pilot
Of Plane
nntt)r of the Church by the Side
of the Kond In Spokimc.
Lost In n snowstorm nenr the
end of the cross-stute fllKlit.
Thackwell mnde a lorcea inna
inif on the Colvllle Indian rcscr
vution 20 miles southeast of
here, hitch-hiked Into Spokane,
nrriviiiK l:i time for the service,
the sheriff said.
Thuckwell was arrested Sun
day by the Spokane sheriff's of
fice ufter belnu identified by
Ben Barry, a Tacoma airport
niniuiKcr, from descriptions as a
former student pilot.
"He said he had taken flyinK
lessons to help in the service of
tho Lord," Moss related.
"He took the plane ust to fly
to Everett," Mow quoted the
prisoner as snyl.-iM. "He intend
ed to leave It there and hitch
hike over Stevens pass. But
when when he landed at an air
port in Everett he saw some peo
ple on the ground, got scared
and took oft ugain."
SALES UP
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24 W)
Department store alcs Increased
21 per cent in Oregon during
November and 28 per cent for
tho first 11 months, tho federal
reserve bunk announced today.
Washington nnd northern Ida
ho sales increased 17 to 1 per
cent for the same period.
OUR BOARDING HOUSE . . with . . MAJOR HOPPLE
OUR WAY
By J. R. WILLIAMS
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VvSsia' I SENSIBLE LADY" f IN A "THOUSAND BOLD, S
V I BET SHE'D BE ) -BRASSY AND HUSSY X
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AWFULLY 80RHY
NEW YOltK, Dec. 24 tl') The
pretty debutantes ttt the debu
tante cotillion and Chrlulmas
dance at thu Waldorf-Astoria
lust nlght crowded eugerly about
the smiling mun and usked him
to dance,
"I'm awfully sorry," he said,
"but I lust can't remember ull
the Intricacies' of the fox-trot."
With that, tho Duke of WLud
sor, who was occompanled by
his duchess, turned back to his
conversation with friends.
JUDGE ANGRY
NEW YOltK, Dec. 24 (It
Supreme Court Justice Henry G.
Wenzel would like to have one
certain Individual before him in
court and oil, brother, wouldn't
ho clump (lownl
He would be the one who got
into the official purking lot be
hind tho Queens General court
houie yesterday and drove off
with the Jurist's 1040 automo
bile, luden with Christmas pack'
ages.
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CAUTIOUS AGE
BOISE, Ida., Dec. 24 Ml
About 90 lights atop Iduho's
capltol dome arc burned out,
and Custodian Mart Garvin says
they can stay out as fur as his
stuff Is concerned until a young
man volunteers to scale a 30
foot ladder to the pinnacle.
"Our men arc too old to climb
the iudder," he said.
He explained that the young
est member of his stuff is 60
years old. The eldest is 77.
TOUGH FOR TEACHER
ADA, Ok la., Dec. 24 (!') It
wus cmbarraKsing enough to
Hugh TrniMou, instructor at East
Central Stnto college, lo re
deliver tho newspapers his 2-yeor-old
son, Rocky, guthercd up
in the wake of a newsboy.
But to add to his discomfort,
most of the persons who missed
their papers also were his stu
dents. PREMATURE SANTA
PERU. Neh.. tw a im
Members of the L. G. Tear fam
ily at flrwt thought Santa Claus
got his dates mixed.
Thev wero Htnrtlrrf I mm ihnir
sleep last night when they heard
a clatter caused by a falling firo
placo screen.
Hut it wasn t Santa. A nolvh.
bor's pet raccoon had come
down the chimney.
Puppies Taken
From Pound
PORTLAND. Dee. S4 MPI
Dogs and cats are scarce this
week at tho Oregon Humane
Society kennels where parents
have been gift hunting for pets
for Junior and Sis.
Mummer Edward Silva report
ed four work horses were not
attracting much Interest, but
that he had only 30 dogs and
four puppies left.
GOVERNMENT TROOPS
CLAIM VICTORY
PEIPING. Dec. 24 (Gov
ernment sources declared today
the Chinese national army has
eliminated a communist threat
against the northwest section of
the Pclning-Ticntsin railroad
after several weeks harrassmcnt.
They acknowledged however
that reinforced communist arm
ies had stepped up attacks in
the Piloting and Tinghsein areas
of Central Ilopch province.
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"Twas the night before Christ
mas and all through the house
Dcr Bingle was singing. Any
way that's whut it'll be like
Christmas Eve when ABC plays
Santa Claus to its radio listeners.
Blng Crosby, Paul Whfteman,
Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Hecht,
Don McNeill, Henry Morgan,
Lum and Abner, Jack Smart
"The Fat Man," Tom Breneman,
Kenny Baker, Leo Durocher and
stars from the" Metropolitan
Opera company anrt the "Theatre
Guild on the Air," are a partial
list of the big name gifts which
the American Broadcasting com
pany will present.
The Christmas Eve gaiety will
get under way with Alfred
Hitchcock and Ben Hecht in Hol
lywood. For their first appear
ance on the air together, Hitch
cock will narrate and direct
"Miracle of a Bum," a Christmas
drama by Hecht in which the
author , will play the title role.
The story tells of a man in a
saloon who has spent too many
years in such places, and who,
just before he dies, sees a vision
of Christ in the tavern window.
Background music for the dram
atization, to be presented from
6:30 to 7 p. m PST, will be
conducted by Basil Adlam.
A 9 p. m.. PST. "Paul White-
man's Christmas Party" will get
under way with Whitcman, who
reucmbles Santa Claus himself,
emcecine-a eieantie hour onH n
half variety program and direct
ing his ABC orchestra and chor
us. Paul's erstwhile protege, "Der
Bingle," will be cut in from Hol
lywood to sing "St. Luke's Na
tivity" and "Little Town of Beth
lehem." Don McNeill and Tom Brene
man, each famous for his
breakfast broadcasts in Chicago
and Hollywood, respectively,
will engage In a friendly, cross
country chat.
Jack smart, who plays the
stout detective in "The Fat
Man," has undertaken his mo.it
exhaustive investigation of the
year. He will prove that there
is a banta Claus. Leo Durocher,
imbued with the holiday spirit
of good-will, will discard his an
tagonism toward umpires and
probably express the hope that
the Christmas tree this year has
been grown in Brooklyn.
fcven Henry Morgan, radios
bitterest satirist, will be in a
mellow mood and may even pre
sent a candy cane to a sponsor
or two. Kenny Baker, "Glam
our Manor" star, will embellish
the party with a song in his best
smooth tenor style; and as men
tioned above, the Metropolitan
Opera and the "Theatre Guild
on the Air" each will send one
of ' its great stars to brighten
further an already brilliant
broadcast, the "Met" star being
Patrice Munsel.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Chuck Cecil will present his
and KFLW's Christmas card to
the Klamath basin, with ap
propriate selections, both old
and new, with the never ending
and always beautiful Nativity
tale.
.
And now we'd like to take a
chance at wishing you all, from
us all, (and Junior), a very, very
Merry Christmas. .
State Buys 17,000
Pairs Of Shoes
PORTLAND, Dec. 24 (JP)
Keeping state institution inmates
shod will be an easy task for
the next five years, William C.
Ryan, supervisor of state in
stitutions, reported today.
The state has acquired 17,000
pairs of war surplus shoes, most
ly heavy GI brogans, from the
WAA for $3090 in a deal that
Ryan estimates will save the
state $30,000.
The shoes, paired from 42,970
mismatcd items bought at Camp
AHnir will Ka -1 , uA
1 - - - - v; oivim D, VI IVJ
penitentiary, the state hospital,
the Eastern Oregon State hos
pital, Fairview Home and the
State Training school. -
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