Christmas memories from war years across three continents
Hal Boyle recalls wartime Christmases in Algiers Belgium and Manila. He recalls a 1942 French family meal in Algiers with Marshal Petain on the wall, a 1944 spa Belgian hotel banquet with a makeshift Santa, and a 1945 Manila Christmas Eve with Filipino hosts enjoying soup, chicken, and fruit. The piece reflects on loyalty, peace, and gratitude to hosts who opened their homes to American correspondents.
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Hal Boyle
YORK
Algiers
Belgium
Manila
Paul Million
Chewng
Marshal Petain
Verdun
Paut
Spa
First Army
Portugal
Santa Claus
Attel
Madame Beaucoup
Beaucoup
Montgomery Ward
Sears
Roebuck Roth
Jesus
Ana
Mrs. Siaron
Napier Field School Hosts Christmas Party
Napier Field Elementary school children received a Christmas party sponsored by the Parent Teachers Association. Santa Claus handed out gifts from a tree, and a noon Christmas meal preceded a Nativity film.
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Napier Field School
Napier Field
Parent-Teachers Association
Santa Claus
Christ
Stranger In Overalls Introduces Himself
Clinton resident William Eberle was fined $10 for shooting at a pheasant he failed to harvest. At 11:45 a.m. in Clinton fields, Eberle met a stranger in overalls who turned out to be the game warden Maurice Jensen. The encounter preceded the shot that led to the penalty.
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Clinton
Cup
William Eberle
Eberler
Igame
Maurice Jensen
Court Of Appeals Orders Mobile Hunter To Make Peace Bond
In Mobile Alabama a hunter Cecile Farmer must post a $500 peace bond or serve 12 months in jail after a verdict for threatening Game Warden A. E. B. Nall following a hunting violation on November 19. The State Court of Appeals denied his appeal.
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Court of Appeals
Mobile Hunter
Montgomery
Cecile Farmer
State Court of Appeal
Farmer
A. EB. Nall
Nall
Mobile Coune Ty Inferior Criminal Court
State Court of Appeals
Mother and Son Indicted in Waitress Murder
Franklin Tenn. A mother Betty Burge and her son Sherman Burge were indicted by Williamson County grand jury for first degree murder in the throat slashing death of Indiana waitress Rosa Mary Dean. A resident Bobby Woolward was indicted for accessory after the fact. Trials set for Jan. 11. A note on a rubber plate scraper unrelated to the case.
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Franklin, Tenn
Indianapolis
Dee
Williamson County
Betty Burge
Sherman Burge
Farmer meetings discuss livestock parasite control
Henry County farmers attend Haleburg school lectures led by Dothan veterinarian Dr Poitevint who warns of internal and external parasites in hogs and cows. W D Lucas organizes the series urging balanced diets, mineral supplements, and careful cattle selection to boost peacetime farm profits amid postwar economy uncertainties.
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Marcus Whiddund
Newville
Henry County
H. Poilevint
Haleburt School
W. D. Lucas
Dotham
Haleburg
Poitevint
Lucas
Licas
Duchess of Segovia Offers Divorce to Spain Heir for King Dream
Paris reports Duchess Charlotte Tiedemann, wife of Don Jaime, Duke of Segovia, announced at a press conference her willingness to divorce to aid his bid for the Spanish throne. Don Jaime, once deaf mute, earlier renounced succession. now seeking restoration with Franco. The duchess, a Viennese commoner, said she would sacrifice their marriage for his political aims.
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Jean DE Gant
Paris
Alfonso
Spain
Segovia
Don Jaime
Duke of
Don Juan
Francisco Franco
Franco
Britain
Edward VII
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Valeris Warfield Simpson
Charlotte Tiedemann
Columbiana Man Held After Wife Beaten
John H. Childress of Columbiana is jailed in Birmingham on charges of assault with intent to murder after his wife Mary Anna Childress, a former Jefferson County teacher, was found unconscious in a downtown hotel room. Investigators say he gave varied stories about her injuries.
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Birmingham
John H. Childress
Columbiana
G. V. Evans
Mary Anna Childress
Jefferson County
Evans
Childress
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