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What you should know? about Christmas

RIGINALLY, holly was. regarded as magic. It was believed that if a house were. hung at Christmas with thorny

ally, thehusband wouldrule

throughout the years if hung withsmoothholly, the woman would be the "master,”

Copricht, ip49, King Yeatsires Byndicate, Ind.

Xmas Spirit Starts In Stockholm

Stockholm, December 4 More than one hundred extra policemen marshalled the citi zens of Stockholm, thronging shop windows which started their Christmas displays today.

Coloured lights, Chinese lan- terus and bly papier mache balla festooned the main streets.

The first of 15 giant Christmas trees, decorated with hundreds af electric fights,put up by, the Town Council at a cost of 800 the crowne cach, toppeared in principal squares....

In the "Great Market," in the old part of the city, shopkeepers opened up old fashioned wooden stalls selling handicraft work and ather Christmas presents.

Boarded Father Christmases steffeci those selling toys.

The sellers' cries were drowned by the reedy chorus of toy trum-

to children by pela sold hundreds by other Father Christ- makes on nearly every corner.

street

Adenauer Assumes Post Of Political Strong Man

*Bonn, December 4.5

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Konrad Adenauer, agad Christian Democrat who loss than thred months ago was confirmad as Chancellor of Western Germany by one vote, has since then.. assumed the position of a virtual, political strong mans

From the position, co-operation and concessions given him by the three Western, occupying. powers, the "old fox" has accumulated suf- ficient power and prestige to:

friendly with John McCloy, the American representative--has not bit- stopped Adenauer from terly criticising his workers on occasion.

Allied co-

The 'Chancellor's determina- tion to re-establish German relations without the foreign blessing of Parliament has boom- cranged uncomfortably but not dangerously

The Socialists have attackerl him for agreeing to the protécol and "security guarantees"

1. Extablish foreign poĺby with the throa High Commis-; without bothering to keep Par- without giving Parliament aslonors. The confidence which liament Informed, but the sold voice in its creation..

he engendered in thein resulted backing he has received from the

2. Bluntly criticise merkbers of in the svcoping "Petersberg pro- three-Party government has al- the Allied High Commission tocol" of last week.

lawed the 72-year-old Chancel- with whom he works and nego- This document, which stemmler to go on unworried by erles tlotes.

ed from the Paris meeting of the of opposition.

Pledged to wipe remnants Western Foreign Ministers, hand-

3. Stretch House rules to allow for secret ballot on crucial issues, ed Chancellor Adenauer a huge Nazism from the German

of

gov-

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4. Put former Nezia and higher package of success to display beernment, the Chancellor has par- to. Im- officials of the Hitler era in in-fore the German people. It near-mitted the appointment

Chan-ly ended dismantling, the frost portaut ministerial positions Aluential positions in his

Allled unpopular

activity in several men who were

barred ccllery.

by the Germany in four years since the from holding office in the earlier 5. Approve expulsion the

war. It softened restrictions days of the occupation because top political Bundestag of his

It al- of their political backgrounds. rival, Bocialist Kurt Schumacher on German shipbuilding. for "Insulting" Adenauer

Among these are Hana Globke, by lowed Western Germany to send of the consular and commercial repro- author of the calling him "Chancellor

Jegal apology for It called for the anti-Jewish "Nuremberg Allies."

(This penalty was later sentatives abroad,

Gorman re-entry into interna-

Laws", Theodor Thedieck, Lay

who cancelled.)

tional

organisations.

has been roked ovor in Parlia- In return for these, Adenauer

ment for his activities NA Smooth Co-Operation

elvil yielded "security guarantees" boss of part of Belgium during

later publicly termed the German occupation, and sc The ladder which has enabled which he the Chancellor to scale these largely psychologieni.

officials This happy relationship heights in so short a time is bis #mooth working relationships the Commissionera-be

Only snow was lacking on this domp first Sunday in December, when Sweden traditionally starts her Christmas preparations.

Council officials said that the Extra cicctricity used by the decorations and shops today would heat and light a town of 5,000 Inhabitants for 20 hours.--Reuter.

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Manila, December 5.

A destructive storm today lashed Northern Min- danao and the Visayan islands in the Central

Philippinos, where two typhoons last month millions of exacted a heavy death toll and dollars' property damage.

Portions of Cebu and Iloilo cities were reported, to have been flooded by heavy rains brought by the storm, which the weather Bureau said had winds of 65 knots at the centre.

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The area affected extended|usly. It had 75-mph winds from Surigao in Northern Min- the centre.

The Bureau added that at two 10 us fur denuo in the South

p.m. today the typhoon was cx- North us Leyte, where telegraph and telephone lines were repeleri | posted to be centred at 10.0 do- broken in some Eastern towns. grees North 120.4 East--between

10 have

Huge waves were sald destroyed fish corrals 1st Eastern Leyte areas which face the Puck- fic.

The Red Cross

manager. Dr. H. Yanzon, said that Surigan, the Aret province hit, had been reel-- by buffeting ing under severe strong winds since yesterday and

villages people in many abandoning their homes lo sholler in stronger houses in the towns proper,

were! seek

Dr. Yanzon said that, accord- at Red ing to reports received Cross headquarters, churches, schools and other public build- ings in Surigao were jammed with refugees. He sald Cebu and Itollo

baltered were

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