NO CHRISTMAS TREES
THE SOVIET’S CAMPAIGN INTENSE PROPAGANDA THEATRES TO GIVE HELP By Telegraph —Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 8.55 p.m. London, Dec. 26. The Manchester Guardian’s Moscow correspondent reports that there were no external signs of Christmas celebrations. The prohibition of the sale of Christmas trees and decorations was strictly enforced and Christmas declared a day on which the workers must contribute their wages to a special fund for the industrialisation of Russia. An-ti-religious propaganda was strenuously disseminated. An energetic campaign is in progress to melt down church bells, the Atheists Union calculating that 333.000 tons of bell metal is available. The Press states that 2000 churches have been closed since the revolution, and the movement is being accelerated. All theatres have been instructed to stage anti-religious plays, including a dramatisation of Sinclair Lewis’ novel, “Elmer Gantry.’
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1929, Page 9
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