IN RUSSIA
CHRISTMAS PROHIBITIONS. United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, December 26. The “Manchester Guardian’s” Moscow correspondent reports: There were no external signs of Christmas celebrations here. A prohibition of sale of the Christmas trees and decorations was strickly enforced. Christmas was declared a day on which the workers must contribute their wages to a special fund for the industrialisation of Russia. Anti-religious propaganda was strenuously disseminated. There is a campaign in progress to melt down the church bells. The Atheists’ Union calculates that there are 333 thousand /tons o'f bell metal available The press' states that two thousand churches have been closed since the revolution and the movement is being accelerated. All the theatres have been instructed to stage anti-religious plays including a dramatisation of Sinclair Lewis’ novel “Elmer Gantry.’
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1929, Page 5
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132IN RUSSIA Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1929, Page 5
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