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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 25, 1945
Page
4
LAC DU BONNET reports Stansil Halliday arrived home for the Christmas holiday becoming the first to reach home. She may set a distance record as she traveled from Vancouver where she has worked for about three years.
The community hall hosts a big New Year’s Eve dance sponsored by the Legion. Stores announce holiday hours with closures on Christmas Boxing Day and New Year’s. open January 2. Boxing Day events include a free-for-all dance by John Choma at his new implement building.
A Christmas reflection from L. K. urges goodwill among nations and people. The piece notes Christ’s birth, calls for peace and Christian charity, and reminds Americans of those lacking food and shelter during the season.
The author argues the victory went to Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and the Japanese people. He praises Selassie for leadership and warns of Western weakness, noting postwar occupation by the United States in Japan and the enduring impact of Japan's militarism. He quotes Selassie’s League speech and reflects on postwar realities.
In Nuernberg the trial of 21 Nazi leaders continued with a four hour documentary film showing the rise of national socialism from street fighters led by a former corporal to a Europe wide terror. The defendants viewed themselves across German history recalling Hitler’s era. Earlier documentary evidence showed Hermann Goering’s 1938 plan to build planes able to carry a five ton bomb to New York to silence critics.
In Morrisburg Ontario Mrs. Harold Coyle sought a fortune teller after her husband vanished for a month. The fortune teller claimed the body would be found in a disused lock. A 90 minute search confirmed the tip as the body was located in that spot.
Fragmentary quotes from poet Raleigh and writer Southwell surface in a brief literary note. The text cites the lines The bottom is but shallow whence they come and Unmingled joys no man be fall as a snippet of historical verse.
A clipped OCR line presents quotes attributing ideas to Congreve and Churchill about nature, fortune, and folly. The text mixes fragmented phrases, offering no clear event or narrative. No identifiable people or organizations beyond the named authors.
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