Santa Claus Letters From 1932 Kids Whose Wish Lists Include Guns
A collection of Christmas letters from 1932 shows children requesting toys including a pistol, gun belt, handcuffs, drums, dolls, candy, fruit, nuts, and firearms related gear. Letters from TOMMIE McDANIEL EDWARD HERBERT ROSENWASSER CHARLES HENRY SORRELL and BILLIE JACK SORRELL express eagerness for Santa to bring these items and remember others less fortunate. December 8 to December 18 1932 reflect youthful wish lists and festive appeals from Stamford Texas and other places.
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Santa Claus
Edward Herbert Rosenwasser
Charles Henry Sorrell
Billie Jack Sorrell
Stamford
Texas
Avoca
Swenson School
Evelyn Anderson
Hamlin
Vernon Berry
New Light
Nettie Ruth Burleson
W. A. Sledge
Reviie McLemore
Lagerton
Joyce Lucile Stegemoelle
Rule
Reginald
Marshall
Eugene Conner
Santa
Eva Ann Allen
Santa letters from Stamford area children bloom in Christmas plea
A collection of handwritten Christmas requests from Texas youngsters in Stamford and surrounding towns asks Santa for dolls, tricycles, dolls houses, toy trains, bicycles, firearms, books, dishes, candy, fruits and nuts. Many notes emphasize sharing with poorer children and mention family illness or travel.
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Santa Claus
Dorothy Lanell Crow
P. S
Is liquor controlled government what we want
An American rebuttal to a Canadian visitor’s critique of U S liquor policy. The piece cites Canadian statistics contrasting Canada’s liquor control with the United States 18th Amendment. It aims to defend prohibition and question American hypocrisy while praising Canada’s system.
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Canada
Dallas
Government liquor controls in Canada report rising sales and social harms
The Christian Herald cites Ontario, Alberta, Quebec boards claiming high liquor sales and costs under control regimes. Reports show increased hard liquor and beer sales, rising drunkenness among women, and more arrests, with moonshine as a regional issue.
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Canada
Canadian Liquor Boards
The
Christian Herald
Ontario Liquor Board
Alberta Board
Quebec Commission
Boards of Control
Montreal Star
Burton
Manitoba
Saskatchewan Liquor Board
Sascatchewan Board
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Old Santa
Thane
OD O.u48
Western Gas Ca
Vernon D. Bishop
Love, Doris Faye Rosenwasser
Sam Edd
Dorothy Lee Hardin
Lov Alvie Jo
Hardin
Low Lavern
Harlan
Ozona
Tam
Edward Earle Lockhart
Lueders, Texas
Kenneth Wayne Williams
Stanley Gene Williams
Brothers
Norvell Royce Williams
Peggy Sue Young
J. M. Terry
Country Club
Frien Marguerite Jane McLeroy
Joan Taylor
Montes
Milford Stevenson
Essie Pearl Burleson
Carol Hagler
Gertrude Sullivan
Ida Mae Jones
Gladys Buske
Eva Lee Welch
Aileen Hollaway
George McIlwain
Avoca, Texas
Alton Carlton
Stamford, Texas
Dixie May
George Wiley Miller
Elmer
Sinclair Refining Company (Inc
C. D. Shamburger Lumber Company, Inc
C. G. Lewis
Tom Smith
Gulf Service Station No
C. H
Olie) Crockett
Remington
Remie
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