Berlin, Dec. 24, The Ministry of ganda said today that it would delete parts of Washington, Dee, 25.
President Roosevelt went to Lafayette Square to-night and pressed button lighting" a community Christmar tree there, He then read 8 message which was broadcast 10 the yration, saying. have been reading the 'Christmas Carol' I want to quoted you. the pledge of Scrooge...."1_ will honour Christmas in viny heart and try to keep if all the year'... The teaching of the Sermon of the Nfount as, adequate for the needs of men and nations to-day as when it was first proclaimed.....We of the west ern hemisphere this year rendered 1 special tribute to the spirit of Christ mas, and pledged anew our faith Ju arbitration, in reason and in the practice of frlendship."—United Press, Many Tragedies in U.S.A, New York, Doo, 26, The Christmag holiday death ioll'in: automobile accidents, murder, suicide, Growning and other accidents passed, '47 here to-day, while It appeared Meat the Anal "count "wontd exceed Automobile accidents accounted for three-fourths of the casualties, while murders, suicides, train and aeroplane rashes aso took' a heavy toll of life, California led all other states in {he number of violent deaths with ty list of inols reported, 83 dead; New York, 32; Pennsylvania, 30; Alabama, 26; Michigan, 24; Ohio, 2; and Texas, 20, From the basis of early returns, number of violent deaths was not ceted to exceed 300, but numerous serious accidents, after nightfall sent the ure skyrocketing.—United ress.
Tulsa Newspaper's Effort Tulsa, Deo. 25, The Tulsa "Tribune" to-day de yoted its entire front page to news "of a more gentle character" oliminaing all dispatches relating to crime, war or other violence, in observance of the spirit of Christmas.—United Press.
Wollday Tragedy At Kingston Kingston, Dee, 25, Eleven adults and. children' were drowned to-day when 'a holiday excussion launch capsized in Kingston Harbour. Twelve survivors wore vemoved to a local hospital after being rescued from the ey waters and were reported to be in a critical condition—United Press,
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