Gaving Thanks

Sixty small children from New York’s tenements ate a turkey-less Thanksgiving dinner (of beef loaf) November 20, 1940, and dropped 120 pennies in a plate in front of an empty place representing war-afflicted British children overseas. The pennies will be sent to purchase food for British youngsters. Saying grace before the turkey-shaped loaf are (from left) Theadore Timms, Margaret Mackin, 4; John Hanley, 5; Joan Barthelmess, 5; and Edward Sloconi, 5

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