Show MR SANTA C Ci I MOVES HOME I III IIII AMERICA Massachusetts T Town O T Business From Germ JI and France I By B. B J. J 0 Donn By 87 The KerrS I Ir ul I f M- M SANTAS SANTA'S GREAT GE GENT i HEADQUARTERS Wi WincheS 11 C h j Mass MasSo Dec 23 Santa 23 Santa Clauf moved to America He has ma mid little town the toy center world As special correspondent jo 10 fo kiddies of The Telegram I h f investigated at first hand the their lous toy shops Santa Claus has 8 here and can promise for all the war in Europe the going to be no lack of wonderful l loys toys in the Christmas morning ings lUgS ft I Ever since the men of Gen Gerr Gerrand and especially of down their tools to up the tools of ot death old Su has been worried about his ai al alI I supply of playthings for lor Ame AmeI me I children I J But this year he moved his quarters down from the nort north i and established himself in thi this little toy town in northern Mass Mas's at the foot of the wooded of historic mountain Literally millions of drums rocking horses Noahs Noah's ark sl sled di mechanical toys have been sh au this year from froin this America i W is the cradle of A 1 Acan Acan can toy making Morton E. E Cons Con Consone one of Santas Santa's largest producers is father of the Industry Nearly a century ago he first put Win Windon Windon don on the toy making map of ol world by establishing a tiny fa fal tal Now his plant employs wor As many as cent 10 d d dhave dhave have been shipped from here d dj th thone one worker told me Seven fr ft cars of dolls a day go out at the K Ji of the rush The kiddie horses horses' most popular toy of the season being turned out on an 2000 a day More than half halt thel things made in America are in this one small village st The first thing tiling one sees alights from the train tram at Toy town rocking horse of heroic size 1 set up in a little square plot of gr sT near the station It is the i c symbol and guards the gateway WInchendon the America II I Up at Toy town tavern tavern tavern-a a qu qi homey spot where Santa pro prot rests after his strenuous holida saw the most wonderful toys thys ever gathered under one Here the agents of St St. Nicholas Nichola each year to make their select selectia 01 Almost every other person iri is interested one way aY ox 1 other in toy making A AThe The toy shops employ abou men and women boys and girls gis some of ot the shops are kept rum run the year round M MOne One of the shipping men sai sair if r the pieces of wood used n crates in one year here were pi 1 pl end to end they would reach around the world I |