Christmas in 1650 In German Hungarian card ban
A historical note recounts Christmas being illegal in parts of Europe and early America, detailing Puritan bans, Pope and church influence, and the 17th century suppression in Britain and Connecticut. It introduces Sgt Beef Stew of the 28th Infantry Division, a mascot tied to suppression of Christmas on base, and mentions general morale and historic attitudes toward the holiday.
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Jody Barden Manheim
Germany
28Th
Infantry
George Burrill
Camp Atterbury
Get
Britain
America
United States
Keystone Division
Daniel B. Strickler
Butty Britain
Camera Ora
Massagha
Ford
Coulter
Donald
Oth
Harrisburg
Connecticut
Christ Tians
Berlin
Willia
GLOBAL TREND SHOWS RISING ADOPTION RATES WORLDWIDE
Paris reports a rise in official French adoptions from 194 in 1939 to 3 515 in 1930 with many more through religious and private homes. Foreigners may adopt French children if qualified, with legitimization required. Britain notes adoptions exceed 15,000 yearly, a fivefold increase since 20 years ago, with a preference for girls. Adoption laws tightened in 1950 requiring adopters to be at least 25 and 21 years older than the child.
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Paris
Nana-Kemnews
France
Pat Henry London
Britain
World greets Christmas across lands in diverse customs
A survey of Christmas traditions describes how France observes le reveillon after midnight services, Belgium and the Netherlands honor Sint Nicolaas on December 6, Norway stops business at noon on Christmas Eve and distributes fruit and marzipan, while the Southern Hemisphere keeps mid summer feasts and Boxing Day follows Christmas. In England Boxing Day involves gifts to friends and staff. In the Middle East Christians view the Nativity with a midnight service and a grotto site marking the traditional manger.
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France
Belgium
Netherlands
Sint
Norway
England
Middle East
Christ
Jerusalem
Mellifluous Author Daphne du Maurier keeps wealth in trust
London report notes Daphne du Maurier, already Britain's highest paid woman writer, earned about $140,000 in three months from film rights and royalties, yet she lives largely in privacy at Menabilly. Her wealth goes to her children and trust funds, while she maintains a hermitlike existence, focused on work and a modest household.
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James Dow London
Nana
America
Rachel
Lear
Tessa
Cornwall
Flavia
Douglas Browning
Menabilly
Rebecca
du Maurier
George du Maurier
Trilby
Daphe
Angela
Sir Gerald
Was There Ever a Real Santa Claus
Mary Jane Moore surveys the origins of Santa Claus in American tradition and how a home grown figure has traveled across the Atlantic. The piece weighs the evolution of the jolly gift giver and its adoption abroad, noting the cross cultural reception and the enduring myth.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Adenauer program under fire as Western troops debate postwar army
Berlin dispatch reports Western Allies weighing an integrated European army with Wehrmacht elements. Adenauer backs a revived force of 256000 to 500000 men as a bulwark against a potential Soviet invasion. Remer’s Nazi faction draws scrutiny as Bonn faces pressure over reeducation and postwar policy.
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Berlin
N4na-Kemnews
North Atlantic Council
Rome
Germany
America
Britain
France
Konrad Adenauer
UNICEF Aims to Aid 400 Million Asian Children
The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF faces a vast task spanning 12 countries and six territories in Asia. With 400 million children at risk and infant mortality high in Nations like India, UNICEF funds training and disease control, leveraging local personnel and supplies, supported by voluntary contributions from 62 countries.
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United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
Asia
India
U. S
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Sint Nicolaus
Seaseh
Daphne du Maurier
Lady Browning
Querry
Mary Jane Moore
Adenauer
Remer
By Anthony Terry
Fuehrer
Otto Ernst Remér
Supreme Court
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