War Crimes Extradition Push Shapes Postwar Justice
Dutch representative Dr. Jan Maarten de Moor calls for extradition of war criminals as a condition of surrender and urges Alliance courts to act through national systems. His career spans Amsterdam, Almelo, Rotterdam, and leadership in Dutch legal bodies. Also profiles Yoshida and Joao Alberto, noting Japan’s envoy and Brazil’s mobilization leader with Vargas ties.
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York
Berlin
Jan Maarten de Moor
United
Hitler
Commission
de Moor
England
Low Countries
London
Netherlands Navigation Council
Netherlands Maritime Court
Municipal University of Amsterdam
Almelo Court
Rotterdam
Netherlands Law Society
Zengo Yoshida
Japan
Supreme War Council
Admiral Yoshida
Tokyo
United States
Europe
Brazil
Joao Alberto Luis Bandiera de Barros
Matto Grosso
Luns Barros
Joao Alberto
Teddy
Roosevelt
Getulio Vargas
Olinda
Polytechnical Institute
Pernambuco
Prestes
Vargas
Sao Paulo
The Christmas Crib in European Tradition Across Nations
The article traces the Christmas Crib origins from St Francis of Assisi in 1223 to iconic global displays. It notes Greccio Greccio’s live animals, Capuchin shrines, Caserta Bambino, Oberammergau, and Renaissance elaboration enhancing realism and pageant splendor in Naples.
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Europe
France
Italy
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Spain
St. Francis Assisi
St. Francis
Greccio
Assisi
Gaggini and
Maragliani
Caserta
Charm of Village Candle Lights Christmas Legend
A quaint tale from Austria tells how a humble shoemaker lit a window candle for travelers during famine and war. Inspired villagers later followed, lighting candles on Christmas Eve, believing the light guided the Christ Child and brought peace and hope to their town.
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Star of Bethlehem
Austria
Christ Child
Antiquity and derivation of Yule name
The word Yule, an ancient name for the Christmas season, has disputed origins. Some philologists link it to the Anglo-Saxon hweel meaning wheel, tying it to ideas of the sun’s circular path around the earth during the year.
Irish Light Candle Guides Christ Child Legend
An old Irish legend says Mary and the Christ Child travel on Christmas Eve seeking shelter. To aid them a lighted candle is placed in every window and kept burning through the night to guide wanderers toward refuge.
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Christ
Mary
Christ Child
Bethlehem
Storing Items in a Barn and Dampness Odor Remedies
A barn is not ideal for storing furniture wood should be waxed and kept off the floor. Oil unpainted stove parts lightly, rugs cleaned and sealed in strong paper. For dampness odors scrub cellar walls with washing soda rinse well ventilate and sprinkle lime. Air mildewed items and use calcium chloride to absorb moisture.
Do not fill upstairs bathtubs to humidify very dry air
Filling the tubs adds little humidity unless water is hot and steam is absorbed or broken into fine mist. For best results use heat to produce vapor or mechanical misting rather than relying on large volumes of cold water.
Russian actress recites unnammed piece counting to 230
A Russian actress at a reception could not recall a prepared reading and asked to perform a short selection in her language. The audience, unable to understand, was captivated by her gestures and tone and gave loud applause. She finally revealed the recital had no name and was simply counting from one to two hundred thirty in Russian.
Quiz questions from General Knowledge round
A set of eight trivia prompts covering chemistry metals history geography law music and exploration. Questions include gold alloy with nickel and zinc name the island settled by mutineers from the Bounty in 1790 native land of an Hibernian Penelope and Odysseus name the Isle of Penelope husband, city known as the Bride of the Sea, chief justice at Andrew Johnson impeachment, Aztec empire location, and inventor and patent date for the saxophone.
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Bounty
Penelope
Italy
Andrew Johnson
Answers of the World Echo Across Time and Places
A compact list reflects diverse references including White gold Pitcairn Ireland Odysseus Venice Salmon P. Chase Mexico and Adolphe Sax in 1846, framing a mosaic of people places and artifacts. The grouping hints at historical cultural and geographic links across eras and regions.
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Pitcairn
Ireland
Odysseus
Ulysses
Venice
Salmon P. Chase
Mexico
Adolphe Sax
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Who’s News
Consolidated Features
Pacific
Philippines
Japan Society
New York City
America
Pearl Harbor
Mous Bambino
Oberammergau
Lange
Naples
Roger B. Whitman
Wwnuu
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Dom
Camel Holiday House
Amazon Valley
Bfgoodrich
Eig
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