Collegiants Find Yule Here Novel in Tucson
Three foreign students at the University of Arizona share how Christmas is celebrated in their homelands Norway Peru and Singapore during a Tucson visit Arve Michelsen Alberto Sady and Philip Yeong Wai Chow describe family customs songs carols porridge riding in sleighs and lavish but regional practices including church plays and nativity displays.
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University of Arizona
Tucson
United States
Arve Michelsen
Hamar
Norway
Alberto Sady
Lima
Peru
Philip Yeong-Wai Chow
Singapore
Malaya
Arve
Santa Claus
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Royal Norwegian Navy
Sweden
England
U. S
al Sado
Germany
Chinese Receive New Constitution
In Nanking on December 25, the government ordered China's new constitution into effect while extending the present government until March 29 when the national assembly is to convene. The Kuomintang coalition had been to cease functioning, but delays in certifying assembly members postponed its opening. The constitution envisions one party government, sovereignty with the people, and guaranteed rights, though public interest remained muted.
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Nanking
China
National Assembly
Kuomintang
Commission For Promotion of the Constittion
Artie Shaw and Ex-Wife Face Trust Battle
Artie Shaw and his former wife Elizabeth Jane Cummings are preparing for court to settle a $25,000 trust fund created in 1944 to secure alimony payments. Shaw argues the trust should revert to him because she has remarried, while she seeks her share. Shaw is now married to Kathleen Winsor.
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Los Angeles
Artie Shaw
Bandman
Elizabeth Jane Cummings
Shaw
Kathleen
Forever Amber) Winsor
Pima County Fair Delays Premium Lists For 1947
Norman B Cobb secretary announced that the Pima county fair set for February 11 to 15 will not mail full premium lists until mid next month due to printing difficulties. He provided advance details on poultry pigeons and rabbits for breeders. The poultry division will be open to the world and judged by a licensed APA official with cash prizes for top finishers. Tucson Pigeon Association and Southern Arizona Rabbit Breeders Association will run the pigeon and rabbit shows respectively.
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Norman B. Cobb
Cobb
American Poultry Association
APA
Tucson Pigeon Association
Arizona
Rabbit Breeders’ Association
Yule Tree and Program Planned at Willcox High School
Willcox will hosts a Yule celebration at 8 p m Wednesday in the union high school auditorium. The event features a tree lighting and songs by second graders and a chorus under Ruth Anne Eikenberry with a playlet The Night Before Christmas staged at Kit Armagnac s home. Rev John Berentschot leads carols. gifts will be presented after benediction by Rev Murphy.
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Willcox
Daily Citizen
Willcox Union High School
Santa Claus
Jill Mellenbruch
Louise Saponara
Alice Haily
Karen Berentschot
Reader
Ruth Anne Eikenberry
Mouse
Jimmy Rameriz
St. Nick
Paul Waltz Jr
Paga
John D. Waltz
Murphy
Moscow Mercury: Cold Christmas Amid Snow in Moscow
Moscow records two degrees below zero as winter grips the city. The American colony marks Christmas with private gatherings and embassy events. Russians observe Christmas on January 7 due to calendar differences. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith will host American colony members at the U. S. Embassy.
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Moscow
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
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