A Christmas Carol excerpt shows Scrooge’s haunting by Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present leads Scrooge through a festive scene at Cratchit’s home and a miners’ hut, highlighting Tiny Tim’s fate and the Cratchit family’s warmth. The visit emphasizes generosity, family, and the spirit of Christmas amid hardship, as future warnings begin.
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Machinery and plan to mobilize industry for defense
General Hugh Johnson discusses Phil Murray's plan to unite the automobile industry into a single production unit and compares it to the World War I War Industries Board. He emphasizes forming industry committees to coordinate government and industry, reducing waste and bottlenecks, and notes a large idle pool of machine tools and skilled workers as a major bottleneck in mass production.
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Board
The Fire Hose Gag Draws Laughter Then Real Help
A comic piece centers Jones pleading for 50 feet of hose from Smith as a house fire looms. Smith negotiates a mortgage style loan of hose, offers 35 feet now with promises of more later, and finally grants it to Jones as flames rise. The sketch ends with a joke about aid short of water.
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Ask Me Another General Quis Trivia Set
A mixed set of ten trivia questions covers birds with food, Article I, reveille timing, longest Bible verse, Panama Canal Zone width, the angel phrase origin, term ad hoc meanings, Earth’s nearest month to the sun, debt payment with pennies, and Icarus legend.
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U. S
Panama Canal Zone
Parrot Answers and Historic Trivia Summary
The list cites varied facts from a 20th century trivia style source. It mentions a parrot as the sole responder, names Esther 8 9 and John 11 35 as Bible verses, a canal route spanning ten miles, Benjamin Disraeli, a note on faithlessness, a January timing, and a penny and nickel legal tender limit of 25 cents, concluding with Icarus.
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Icarus
Insignia of Officers Rise Through Rank Symbols
The article lists U S army officer insignia from Corporal to General. It details rank names with corresponding devices: Corporal double chevron Sergeant triple chevron, 2nd Lieutenant gold bar on shoulder, 1st Lieutenant silver bar, Captain two silver bars, Major gold oak leaf, Lieutenant Colonel silver oak leaf, Colonel silver eagle, Brigadier General one star, Lieutenant General two stars, Major General three stars, General four stars.
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U. S
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