-- r m 1 1 n ~ n of an ir:v , an nv si 0 our rm uh 1 ro or t i o 1s L t i t oul d need three i vi i o n t o c 1 ck t e tide -(thous ails of l o el s ~ ' hun y rm n ovi across the frontier ar in i Briti an ~ Rua ian zo es} The Germa ns C ' 1 thi a r 0 t e "gr n f ro n tie r" , the no man's - - 1 n t, az d a th n d l i fe - the livin -d ath und t ' ovi ts, ~ the hope--0f -life under th r a : 1 t, rn u moc aci (L . t i t alon ' with ho p es rai ed by th s i 1 · i t f Chri tma ' , more than twelve hundred \.i rm ns cros t lin e 0 the British zone and ' (alr ea ., ood)This ~ 1 d using and m an are~ al•• ,A. Alat ov r-po ulated nd desp rately short of food. For C ristmas in 1 er some of _m got a bo · 1 ed paxati potato, ome less thiin t at, but t . • re iap y, cou t. y reac d the land of fr ed om. - · A U n i t ':! Pr s co rr p n d t il.t rvi ed a a i 0 h m 1 s and the Tren mans. Kar r n n, d if ty' and i ife nd t 0 oung li FU - - - - C il a r e ' rri v . d i t ri t i· zo aft e r a :' · i · · t n m i Ju n d r ~ cov e r of the 1 r in f a ti g o r br ad and a cr· p o c s . B 'o r he te, Karl Tr nkman ca ll on fa i l · to iv t h an s and rem e m r that the C ist ~•i•« child a born in a tabl. - 1' 1 Com1 an ant of on singl e G rm n r fugee V c m p two rnil . s fro m t e frontier, report h is r c e iving or t ~ an t o hun rd p ople a day. iJ-t£ ~ is 111'41"111'\,11~ i ~ ou ing ov 1· four thou and • op. in acc.ommodations in t c o scri p tion by t Rus i ns to I rk in the BJt&ai ■ • unariu m rui n an d on rail ay cm ~ar•i construction ga n F ro m Br iti h a u rtRr c o m s t l 1 a t no t in e c n on . to ch ck t . m r a tion - J - not n mus re d t o t, l r or our ara ivi s i ns ar tr ol th fronti r b t e en th iron curt in n « ma& a mocracy . I t s e s p o p 1 e i n ■ a BJ v ar i u s p ar t s o f uro e ecid to c le b rat Christm a s by g tting u t f r om n d r t e _iro n .s_ ur tain. ighty-one f u itiv e s fro C om unit o m in a ed o nia a rrived at Istanbul Turkey, n d bse rve d th e tr a di t i o nal Christ ma s - -~ fe s tiv a l A a Tur k ish army bar ra c k s. Th party in-Qluded liticians, sol d i e rs, s ailorsJ musicians and artists, a n ,a fe w tisk••••• fishermen, w ho succeeded in dodging und r t h e Iron ~urtain. C ri t mas t he Holy L nd ~ ~ < ni g ht,/'-~ t r o o p s ~ a r in t n fro m J rusa l m to Bethlehem , w er Chri tian attend d ervioes comm morating t h t . ·t ''h · ~ i i e _ ~ d f - ; r - ~ / lVl • '-' r1stm S D y iw Dai ned ith ne - '/'- out r as of violence. Clashes be t en gana and TP~~~ th Arabs , ith man y ••••i ■ casualti s • ..,tn the no A ma n's land b teen»• Tel A 1 iv an d Jaffa, B ritish t e e n Ar abs and re w ound ed in a smiliar p ■ • police o ration. Man• ile, t e British are ~eeding u p their lans fo r t e evacuation of Palestine. Th ' morning everal of the l~te t microfilm cameras arri ved by air , t o b used for a•,~ii•8 copying all public document, thus to p ~ s . rve t h min cas e f a d e tr u ct i v e b 1 i t z a ft e r t e B r i t is h it hd r a ' . i t· ng l 0 C t, . ' i th i i J ish ruy ga ll ~ u Lh xtr m i • Ir ,u n n d th l Il n r i i . fo C I pun V 0 i on t 1 n t C a t, f Ho ly L a . In h no r o us "r o r' v al e " - ' a u l SC t 1 dev l opi>d e n a ni p r atte m p ted 0 cut J ish i 1 i ta ry sup . li e movin nort • Ha an h nt s ' o c k tro ops into acti on , arm e d with mac 1n n nd and gz••liat g r e ' and he battle c o t inu u t il tl e Briti ~ rmor d ca rs,::: "' t u cros th a rea, f r c ~ t h "- .i ■•i J e s to retire ana tl en la o i usly cl a r Q th ,..._ ni p rs . a r a oft Arb D u i the battl , a i . a a s c ompl tely i O 1 t 11 tr a ns p t fr o m J rusal m n 1 ~ viv bloc d ,Ahun dr ds of truck from Syr·a and L b a ~ a i t i n at A cr e , f::i:#=t ~~~kl:- ei; : ~~- ~~~ ~ ~ ( f ecr t i m· l i t n t 8 o m in s r ia , e C a r n hi f z t r b . r 0 t e i e e irt ' ix r V O 1 A i D • t t h B ritish. T e A r a c i e f at t n d i n t I con e n c ar id to a v d i cu e d Fa zi ' s p lan to ck k ci t i s i« 0 f t ol L n. Fa z i, th 1t-i. s r c ntly r turn c ro A j e ruz Co r , r h con ferr d a t l e d er of th D ru z t~•a«a • trib sm n ho ~ f l > i said to · av 1 ,=ror,._.,d 4 - h e ~ h " ec.,.& . ~ ra1s t n th usand arm d Druz /, \ for t e conflict i n Pa. e stine . 1form at io fr m B ei rut hints that th l ea er o · t e rab Lea u hav e a ppr ov e d Fa zi ' s p l an to a ti a ck nd th t he ma s nd his tr oops into a cti on in m areas of t h Hol y Land on January ia Fi nether rep o rt sa s that Fawzi's lans h a v e b en - la ed b the ou b r ak o f cholera in ~ , r i a ~ r e d d i ase h ind ring • ~ - $ r de r ~ his t movem nt of t Ara b ~/\ Fa zi ~ A. men n t to nter t in f ct d area . r · · ~ n i lo l t in co, t kin a t o tl ill II fo rm Li of Co wun i t u rril a g ov nm ut i n n • t ee r r C • ~ C .i l ,'.: o vi e t on·o r u rrilla gov ~n men t 11 a n • . it i 11 · a v . r v im pl icat ion in th t up i i c of tn al a 0 • r v r nt 0 t (, t t h o v as b n p cL ' n c r o c l m ti o n 0 t Truman do ctrine in 1 tl a o . u i a n n " p p rs and ov e r nm e n t po m n b V p r ist e nt l y 88 e r+. d that the Greek Arm "' ' r uilt wit Am rican ai ' r pr P D ts/a menace to P rin Ba ~a ns stat e s - t Bal an states o c o ur n de r o vi e t dom inat· o n. n ov i et spo man dec l r d t a t Gr c is no firmly i n t a d of t.l U nit d Stat s, with Am . rica controlling its ov P r m nt, its industr , and man in the Ar my. y t t h Ru s s i an n cw s p p r v made no com nt, m r e l , pub l i sh in g a fi v pa ragraph dis patch 0 f i c ial T s N v A ~ nc ' v : i ch r rt th o r m i 0 L Com u i~t u rril o r n m nt t, comp i i n of i m· ni try. 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Bank ing ' a r old tassen to appear for committ e an prove his char es of comma ·t p cul ion y o r ment officials. ~ ~ ~ 6 n ~ t a s s n to back u i a cc u at ~ o n s, say in l ~ t if the f o rme r inn ota overnor as any specific evidence, he should iv it to t he S cfal Bouse Committee Investigating mark t trading. # an bile, t ' Depa:rtment of Agi·iculture is exp ct d to issue, to orrow, the Econd installment of its i t of trad rs in the commodity markets. Later t t li t will be pu li s ~ sevent:,- on loc 1, state and federal · employe s who wer in th eat market on Septemb r seventeenth, Nineteen - Forty- · ev n . OG -- On o h . n r :i ur 0 ne sis a o .!:..:.!:.J.i - bu , he ' s o g o m. T s of Chri t fl 0 n . out h n~ om V um ritten ~ " t - ~ ~ .. ~- fr\Pti 0 i . ro ?r ' rd n n 1' The ti le " V ry ri on --4k ith 1 P he or t.he hri kind ~ 0 h i y. " E . c of t.h V riou b ue ri - r r re en e ' 1 0 he ongrel. F. ch, rb dr in b Mor an en . h h's RY in ' 0 ver y Ed Ant . ony. So, in kee . ing with ..i.c.J-~ s . . 1 e+' t lre~the moat sant . iment al m ,.. . ' . 0 col 1 ie, W 0 ys: "In ~iction t les we ke~p erforming Hero'cs th tare ost heart-warming~ e r cue babie left smother I urn'n house. Ther~'s no other Do in the orld o oft select To v e th C ild t , h ~ n ro ected. " ~ .]Ji the book ev ry/\doP. h (! 8 say • 'F(kd now, Nelon, you have your !=:ay. - In l t r C ' i 1 , 1 t o t h an arins, r ul in n gc 1 om ' t C m , t u o c r cy, i i r i 8 l f o r t in h d olin o f hi long a c h UC i . C r I' . 1 y • Cl l ia- a ' o· 01 i u n n ~ ~ ' n i · ovinc e , i fi hting 0 0 f i · V .t o i s 1 t battl - and ' i n mi Com unit · , ho r i nfilt ring i to Ka:::!tlt-~.-ctts-tic=w I k in -om an t a c ing A d il os phi · t o h i su j , ct s . in a 1 mp ror mast r h last o f th~ and rins has hi st ron g hold idatcd walled cit y , built by the Tang ~ - i 4 ~ 1 Q ~ tho us and y P. ars · ag o .A ~ ~he undisputed a p a t c ~n 1 r im e - his su j c t ac n o 1 din g fi ia{ obedience to their warlord. A He ef ated both nationalist and communist armies wh n t h came to ccupy his p rovincial capital after th surr n d er of Japan. Socialist . a n ~ pi In mod rn f ashf on e calls him elf a ~ o n • ~ ~ ' : £ and ircn mines - b r i t 1 s . ea ha a a mo n op o 1 y o f p i g I'- .LQ I l tl d ue i o n . e 0 n t v. o r i 1 a ~ 8 nd a. t f rm l d t l i i C h r nt ou t to is u j cts . n h t l c a ll a soci li t b a si - t h e l a st of t h e --f n ~ ~ ,{~gs c oll c in g t he _.i;,ent , o c ur • ~ ~ - ~~~,~CL~~ 4. 1P -de t o all t is, conduc a r t il no p oly a n a an i ~ ~ n exp rt o p r tifa::l;' airli ~ ' hat he t rms his A A u i nes o n sci e ntific mt od of taxation, b nov 1 nt in t h ory but rui ously i g h in practic .1f1one of his treasures is vat industrial .lant ~aid to b th bigge t i n C 1ina, wl ich turn out cigarettes, textiles, steel #e~ products, machine tools and artillery. ~ t kes the pro its. uite a soci list is thflast of the Mandarins. H lives in the manner of a hundr d years ago, in a vast api palace with uarded gat s, and all th tr p p i n sup ort d,.( ••IIP••••;. uy s of an ancient an arin - splen d or of old mod rn industry in as led kingdom ithout tra e unions. l ~~h1~a--1.=11'1 ...... s~~ Com unit , an t ey are t lkin g bo ot f:io the nty to the local ~ or· rs. Added to t h ~ ed p ro a g anda, th y--.. mo ving /\ edJar i - to 1 a rd his w l led city. But his sup ortere - - have aith in t he old man - he 's I n aring seventy. They .... say he h on •• battle a b fore, and ~ u i te s many A c apabl of outwittin g t e Com m unists - ev n if he ha to ive his subject~ a ne theory, a new "ism" . C T T ' --- _1.. _ _ .. __ To t t e citi 0 . Bin icott ~ m on , nd Jo r. n s City, i n y r St eld the ig e ' lind a t arty in i t o r . The gu e ts , a h un r i> d- a d -e i hty-t o fore ig h mem . r s o the U. N. P rmanent ' e c r ta ri t, at Lake uccess -- all invit e d to the homes of p eo ple of the tre e upstate citi es . The i ea of ent e rt a inin the U. N. staff at a g o d A.. American Chri tmas was propo. - ed by ~ Binghamton " t Ex-GI, who said he thought it ~ould e a fine gesture to return the hos pi ta ity shown to American sol iers in foreign lands during the •~x war. So last night a special train, provided by the Erie rai road, made the t a- h undr e d-and-twenty_ five mile trip, carryin t e stran rs-in-our.midst to meet their warm-heart ed hosts in B inghamton. And i t s e em a a go od ti m e " a s ad by a 11 , e v en the ussians. One Soviet di p lomat says: "The most wonderf sight w a s th e c ildren's faces hen they saw the Christmas tree." Two visitors from Ju oslavia made a great U __ Q!L1,J__AS - 2 cov t. ry. They s t C ri t s b r kf s t sausa e rv e t e m a t i gham t o n "sm e l e xa just li e home." All of ich g oe to rove th tan old- fas ion e Ame ican Christm a s haG omethin g for e ver bo d y, even i cluin g sauea e that smells like Ju o H lav ome-Swe t- om • 11 yo , t e J a n e e d a v a liant att em t t cel e rate C ri t a cust m they h ve inh rit from «•tour G I's. The o nl tr ouble with th e J ap anese Christ as, apart fr nobody bein 5 •i• abl to uy a t hin , is th Japane e l an g i t elf. c l o s t Ja ane e ord fo r Christmas, wbic ha s been gla ~y ad o t ed b the i pp on ese , is Iur-Ush-Inasu. a y it uic ly, an - perha s it does sound a little li e hri tma s . But the ting is in t h manning, for Iur-u h -in as u translates into the words - "giving -- us ardships" , which ev e ry American father all ~ -- understand of course as he pays the Christmas bills. Ho e ver, the Japanese eel bbated Christmas ..-i,, as ell as they could. And now,/\ 'lo Jfl..~ ~ ,w"ri; Christmas - ur-ush-1nasu Y,~, ~ LTP.1947.12.25i.pdf LTP.1947.12.25ii.pdf