Jack Squirrel and the Nut Heist
Thornton Burgess tells how Jack Squirrel and Chatterer the Red Squirrel quarrel over nuts that vanish from the chestnut tree. The Merry Little Breezes and Sammy Jay discover Striped Chipmunk has already tucked away the nuts, provoking further squabbles and a plan to help him instead.
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Jack Squirrel
Chatterer the Red Squirrel
Striped Chipmunk Accepts Help From Merry Breezes
In a playful tale from 1933 by T. W. Burgess, the Striped Chipmunk explains he cannot climb well yet, and the Merry Little Breezes offer to help shake down nuts. They plot to avoid Happy Jack and Chatterer as they assist the chipmunk in gathering ground nuts, then plan to play once work ends.
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T. W. Burgess
Wntu Service
Debutante on Sunday Morning Dramatic Phrase
A brief syndicated item from 1933 notes a debutante theme tied to a prompt about listlessness, attributed to Bell Syndicate WNU Service. The quirky line pairs a common exclamation with a hints of social debutante culture in a concise caption.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Brainy Beulah
Boners Boners and Oddities from the Page
A fragmented collection of humorous tidbits from exams and essays cites a variety of whimsical statements. It mentions Lincoln’s shooting in a moving picture show, garlic on hosts at Roman banquets, and a rattle of quirky lines about fish, floods, geography, and a wedding guest in a poem.
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Tempting Death by Poison Gases Cook Ten Minutes Longer
A mysterious wartime warning from 1933 advises extending cooking time by ten minutes and adding flour and butter before four tablespoonfuls of minced ham. The fragment, credited to the Western Newspaper Union, appears as a perilous misattribution or odd clipping rather than a standard recipe or safety notice.
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Western Newspaper Union
Dessert sauces and blends for pudding and meats
A recipe list describes Butterscotch sauce for cottage pudding and steamed dishes, with steps to mix brown sugar flour cinnamon salt and water, then finish with butter and vanilla. It continues with hard sauces creamed butter and sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, and variations with brown sugar, then a Spanish onion tomato celery parsley bay leaf sauce option.
The Way We Figure by Douglas Malloch
A 1933 poem notes that simple arithmetic fails to capture life’s complexities. The speaker contrasts schoolhouse rules with real-world problems, arguing that carrying multiples, not just one, reflects how troubles grow. Written in a reflective, didactic tone.
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Douglas Malioch
WNU Service
Champion Jockey Johnny Gilbert Sets 1932 Record
Champion jockey Johnny Gilbert topped 208 firsts in 1932, a mark that broke all records of the past 24 years, signaling a dominant season in horse racing.
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Girls Under Five Married Reported in Mysore State
A report from Mysore state India lists fifty children as married including thirty nine girls under five years old and suggests child marriage practices impacting local families and authorities.
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Mysore
India
Lame duck session stirs Congress and Hoover veto fears
Edward W. Pickard surveys a tumultuous session as Democrats struggle for control in the House while Republicans and radicals clash. Huey Long filibusters the Glass banking bill, Roosevelt readies a post inauguration foreign policy push, and calls for budget balancing hinge on beer and gas tax acts.
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President's Emergency Action and Hoover Plan Debated
Congress debates emergency action to ease foreclosures and debt. House Judiciary begins four bills reflecting Hoover's debt relief principles. Also reported: Alvin Coolidge's will leaves estate to Mrs. Coolidge, with a $250,000 estimate. son James Coolidge provided for via a $100,000 trust. Illinois Democrats' low-cost victory noted with diverse campaign spend. Farmer protests and Purdue plan outlined a fourteen-point program for cost cuts and production efficiency.
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Battles intensify for Jehol as Japan and China clash
Japanese forces attack Chinmenkow pass in the Great Wall region and occupy the northern end while Chinese troops defend the southern sector aided by rugged terrain. Japanese planes bomb Jehol city and other towns prompting a Chinese protest to foreign legations over alleged protocol violations. General Tsai Ting-kai seeks to direct the Nineteenth Route Army from Falkien against invaders, challenging Marshal Chang in ShanHaikwan.
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