Washington Digest Christmas Abroad Stirs Memories
The author recalls Christmas 1946 amid war ruins and exile, contrasting Kipling verses with memories of home and the American Christmas heritage. He notes postwar worries, curious White House traditions, and historical holiday gifts to staff, ending with a tribute to children who keep Christmas alive.
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Yule
Washington
Rudyard Kipling
England
India
Albrecht Duerer
Meistersinger
Hans Sachs
Boulevard Montparnasse
Latin Quarter
Paris
Kipling
Auto-Telephone Sparks Worry as Driving Joins the phone
A crypto column notes the auto telephone is now real enabling in-car calls but raises crash risks as drivers chat in traffic. It mocks the overhyped gadget era while listing humorous mishaps and other dated pop culture items.
Barbs and a Satiric Take on Power and Bees
The column parodies political ambition with a quip about preferring to be right. It then riffs on a speculative future where animal supremacy and supersonic science dominate. A mock note cites McGraw Hill about a Soviet bee driven honey medicament industry and the irony of sweet coatings.
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Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
McGraw Hill
Mothproofing Clothing Requires Thorough Cleaning
The article warns that sealed containers alone do not remove moth larvae in clothing. It recommends thorough cleaning of woolens and additional protection with naphthalene flakes or paradichloro benzene moth balls, noting gas sinks and the need to renew high in the closet.
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Doan
Rise of a United Italy Through Garibaldi and Wars
The passage traces Italy’s shift from fragmented states under French Spanish and Austrian influence to a unified kingdom. It notes Sardinia’s 1859 expansion, Garibaldi’s 1860 campaigns, the 1867 proclamation, Venetia 1866 Rome 1870, World War I, and postwar gains and colonial expansion reaching 1.3 million square miles.
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Italy
France
Spain
Austria
Kingdom of Sardinia
Garibaldi
Sicily
Kingdom of
Venetia
Rome
Trentino
Istria
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Libya
Dodecanese Islands
Ethiopia
Albania
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Calif
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Richa Yosef
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Des Moines
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Washington, D. C
Lewis L. Strauss
New York City
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Lubec
Maine
Robert F. Bacher
Ithaca
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Madrid
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