Washington Diary of 1948 Upsets and Events
BAUKHAGE catalogs a year of pivotal 1948 events from January through December. He notes Eisenhower’s nomination denial, Truman’s candidacy, Berlin airlift, Dewey’s upset, Palestine, Israel’s birth, and key UN and domestic political moments with dates and brief reflections.
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New York
Assembly of the United Nations
Palestine Commission
White House
Connecticut Avenue
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gandhi
Truman
MacArthur
Jan Masaryk
House
Wallace
Christmas Holly Tea From Yaupon Herbal Brew
Yaupon holly grows in North Carolina and is brewed into tea. Elders and a Carolina hotel menu attest its long history and claimed health qualities. The leaves and twigs are cured, chopped, dried, then steeped with syrup citrus and cinnamon for the tea.
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North Carolina
John Lawson
South America
Serbians Glorify Abundant Harvest Traditions
The Serbians and Croats share Christmas customs such as planting wheat on December 10 and a window sill wheat field by Christmas. Men cut a Yule log from an Eastward-falling oak at sunrise and bring it home with candles and blessings. A neighbor adds wine and a coin for prosperity.
Biblical Stables Were Hewn Caves Not Modern Stable
The article explains that the biblical stable where Jesus was born was a cave hewn from rock, not a modern wooden structure. Judean travelers often shared such warm shelters with animals. Today a grotto under Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity features elaborate surface ornamentation.
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Christ
Jesus
Bethlehem
Church of Nativity
Yule Log Fires Guarded Medieval English Halls
Centuries ago great baronial halls in England kept a Christmas Yule log burning through the holiday. Servants brought in a log and saved a brand each year to light the next. A properly burned log was said to keep the devil from causing mischief to the household.
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England
Christmas Trees Around The World
A compact tour of holiday forests with how nations decorate trees. The Japanese add dolls, woodcuts, tangerines, and sembei fortune slips. Germans use handmade newspaper chains. the French prefer glitter and sugar balls. Italians honor the crib. Czechs adorn trees with gilded nuts apples and cookie figures.
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Germany
Martin Luther
Italy
St. Francis of Assisi
Grecio
Old Roman Saturnalia Feast Prefigures Christmas Traditions
Ancient Romans celebrated December 19 as the Feast of Saturnalia with green boughs decor. Druids marked the holiday with mistletoe while Saxons used holly ivy and bay in their seasonal observances.
Ancient Swiss Legends Recalled on Christmas
On Christmas Eve lore suggests cutting an onion into twelve layers and filling each with salt. Each layer stands for a month and those still salty at dawn are said to predict rain. The piece links winter beauty and sport in Switzerland with holiday superstition.
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Switzerland
Gods V Day Lesson for December 26 1948
A religious reflection on the Biblical struggle between good and evil. Apocalyptic literature in Daniel and Revelation is explained as dark time prophecy with symbolic imagery. The message urges courage, noting the New Jerusalem vision as a comforting beacon amid oppression.
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Daniel
Christ
Revelation
Co operative Vitamins Ad Offers Vitamin Supply
An advertisement claims vitamin bottles are available at a price with quality guaranteed. It directs readers to CO-OPERATIVE VITAMINA P O Box 5881 Cleveland 1e for supply.
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P. O. Bex
Cleveland
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