Evening star., 1949-12-25
Its Christmas Day Around the World
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BY The Assoeiaisd Press
SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. "a
Christmas Eve was a scQrcher II
Eastern Australia. Thermometer
hit 96.6 degrees in Sydney at
p m. Thousands in this land south
south of the Equator, where
Christmas comes in the summer
are spending the holidays al
beach and mountain resorts.
BATAVIA, Java.-A Republican
army spokesman announced In.
donesian troops-here to take ovel
when the United States OF 1ndo-
nesia gets independence Tuesday
will play football game Christ.
mas Day with Dutch soldiers they
were fighting five months ago.
BRUSSELS, Belgium.-For the
first time since the war, Belgian
children are asking for more COW.
boy suits and fewer toy cannons
and soldiers. That means, saio
the manager Of a large Brussels
department store: Peace is now
a reality"
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. -
Nine-year-old Jaromir Muzik il
getting a special Christmas gift
from soldiers of the Klatovy gar
rison "for his vigilance and alert.
ness with which he helped catch
an enemy spy" the army news.
paper Obrana Pidu said. 1t die
not identify the spy, give details
of the capture or say what the
gift would be.
BERLIN.-Seven men who once
helped rule all of Europe went
to a Christmas eve church serv.
ice in their jail tonight.
Recordings of Christmas carols
and a brief reading of st. Mat
thew's version of the birth Of the
Christ child represented Christ
mas for Rudolf Hess. once Adolf
Hitler's deputy; Admirals Erich
Raeder and Karl Doenitz; Albert
Speer, munitions expert; Walthel
Funk, banker; Baldur Won Schi-
rach, youth leader, and the aged
diplomat, Konstantin Won Neu.
rath.
They will get a rare treat in the
four-power Spandau Jail tomor-
row-a special dinner with trim
mings. They are serving long
terms for war crimes.
LONDON.-British kiddies who
thought Father Christmas (Santa
Claus lived in Switzerland and
addressed letters to him there
are disappointed.
Their letters came back this
week. On them. Swiss postal au-
thorities stamped: Not known >
VIENNA, Austria. - Elephant
steak will be on the Christmas
menu tomorrow Of a number OF
Viennese restaurants. About two
tons of meat were stripped from
the carcass of Bubi, a 27-year-old
circus elephant shot by police
after he went berserk and at
tackled his owner.
BARI, 1taly.-San Nicola, the
patron saint of this Southern
Italian city, Is supposed to be
resting tonight. tuckered out from
his scurrying to deliver toys to
children from Southern Italy to
the Netherlands. The tradition
is that he makes his toy-delivering
visits December 8.
PRAGUE, Czechosovakia-The
official Prague radio urged
Czechoslovak mothers to buy their
children Christmas books which
emphasize the class conflict -
The life stories of Lenin and
Stain were recommended.
BERLIN. More than $4,000
needy German children in the
American sector of Berlin were
guests at $50 American-sponsored
Christmas parties. An official sur
vey showed Americans are play
ing Santa Claus to more than
10000 in Germany.
BARNSLEY, Engl.-A Christ
mas plea in Magistrates Court
brought a decision in favor of
Norman Wilkinson and his mon
grel terrier. Peter. Now it only
costs Wilkinson a penny a day
to keep the dog catcher away.
Wilkinson was ordered previ-
ously to destroy Peter. accused OF
killing 80 hens in 1916. Wilkinson
refused. Then he was ordered to
pay a penalty of 10 shillings
GLAD a day for ignoring the
order.
Fines and lawyers fees have
already cost Wilkinson f22e
($632), though the daily fine was
reduced. His attorney asked the
magistrate to ''lift this shadow
from this mans Christmas"
The magistrate complied by
cutting the daily fine to a penny
EDMONTON, Alta.-What kline
of people steal Christmas trees:
Parks Department police say mos
would-be tree-snatchers turn ou1
to be the well-to-do.
Said one patrolman: "It'.
enough to rock ones faith in tn,
Christmas spirit"
MOSCOW. - Moscow's western
diplomatic colony will have boti
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