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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
8
Scattered eateries along the lower East Side function as neighborhood clubs where residents gather to discuss business and daily life over coffee. Card games, chess, and stuss keep activity lively, with families, musicians, and performers contributing to a colorful, inexpensive scene that contrasts with uptown venues.
London announces formation of a civil air guard to train a large reserve of pilots for emergency use. Open to men and women 18 to 50 with only fitness and British nationality required. Members may serve in various aerodrome roles, not solely as pilots. Gliding section planned.
A collection of light humor and cartoons includes a Sunday School quip about talking like a four year old, a waiter misdirection about soup on the bill of fare, a hitchhiker greeting, a boastful race with Mr White, and a Scotsman wallpaper joke showing a move to another house.
Washington reports estimates by War Department experts that within days an army of up to one million can be mobilized, with 5 million under arms in 18 months and up to 15 million in a protracted war. The regular army totals 12,760 officers and 165,000 enlisted. national guard brings total to 400,000, plus 600,000 more in reserve. A selective draft could be used upon invasion. Modernization includes improved tanks, artillery, machine guns, mortar, rifles, and 1,378 planes with 961 under construction, signaling rapid mobilization readiness.
The long running world chess match between 1000 British players and 1000 Americans began in 1936 and is not expected to finish until 1941. Over 20 players have died with another expected, 20 more. Moves travel by postcard and about 80 000 will cross the Atlantic. England leads 174 to 151 with 37 draws. Organizer W Ritson Morry says friendly ties will form.
In Crawfordsville Indiana a transplanted 45 year old apple tree at Mr and Mrs Leroy L Miller on West Wabash Avenue bore apples twice in one season. The second crop was as tasty as the first and, says Miller, never before has fruit appeared twice in a single year.
Lemon Grove in Babson Park, Florida, is noted as the largest lemon grove in the world, marking the ridge city as a regional standout in citrus.
Ernest Biegajski of Bath New York intends to travel from New York to London in a six by ten foot reinforced sailing barrel with a telescopic mast and 320 square feet of sail. He previously sailed between Cleveland and Buffalo in the same design and estimates a 40 to 60 day voyage aided by an auxiliary motor when conditions worsen.
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