Reserves in Navy to Get Orders Soon
The Navy announced a stand by mobilization affecting about 28 000 reservists. Within days specific active duty assignments afloat and ashore will be announced. The move expands seagoing forces to roughly 240 000 and covers organized reserve and fleet reserve members plus Marine Corps reserves.
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Thanksgiving Day designation splits states for 1933
New York will celebrate Thanksgiving on November 21 as designated by President Roosevelt. Thirty one states will observe that date. Wisconsin's Gov. Julius Heil has not decided. The Association of National Advertisers notes the remaining 16 states will keep the traditional last Thursday, November 28. States listed include Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont and possibly Maine.
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Devil resigns, hands over hell job to Adolf Hitler
The poem records the devil resigning his throne by a lake of fire and asking that his post be given to Adolph Hitler, claiming he is out of date in the art of raising hell. The piece ends with the devil expressing reluctance to leave the home he loves.
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Women Hope Draft Will Cure Husbands and In-Laws
Washington officials report a flood of letters from wives and mothers urging conscription to curb infidelity and domestic strife. A South Carolina wife calls her husband a mechanic and hopes the draft will reform him. An Indiana mother asks Roosevelt to place her son-in-law first in line due to desertion. Doubtful notes aside, the item closes with a note about ancient Egyptian candy molds unearthed in tombs.
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Whitewing dove banding project in Rio Grande Valley progresses
More than fifty bands have been returned in the Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission and U S Fish and Wildlife Service effort to study whitewing doves. Biologists aim to learn nesting rates life span and migration patterns while partners in the Valley assist by reporting bands and nest findings.
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Do Ducks Drown Themselves The Contention Returns
A Texas Game Department warden recalls a wounded duck case from last hunting season. He marked the hit spot and later found the duck buried in vegetation with grass blades protruding from its bill, suggesting the duck drowned while submerged.
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Capitol Squirrels Increase At Austin Grounds
Visitors at the Texas State Capitol in Austin will notice more squirrels on the lawn after the Game Department added fifteen squirrel nests last spring. The nests, built from old logs, were placed in trees to support the growing population.
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Hunters Warned On Public Highway Shooting Dangers
Game wardens warn that shooting from public highways is illegal and dangerous after Dove hunters wounded a brother and sister in Hunt County on their way home from school. Three hunters fled but were arrested. one pled guilty and paid 100 dollars plus costs. Hunters urged not to shoot toward livestock to avoid conflict with landowners.
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No Stirring A Sharp Quip From The Stage
A wry quip on youth and privilege surfaces in a stage dialogue. The line targets a young man named James and his inherited advantages, noting he has not used them to create impact. The comment reflects social satire within a brief exchange.
Understanding Community Property and Wills in Law
The article explains community property rules for married couples, including how debts, homestead rights, and spouses’ signatures affect liability. It covers separate property for women, inheritance impacts of afterborn children, and the legality of wills that exclude children, plus how gifts or devises post marriage remain the wife’s separate property.
Hat Misread Sparks Domestic Gossip
A joke turns into gossip as a husband denies an accident after a stranger misreads his wife’s eye patch as injury. The punchline reveals the patch was part of her new hat.
Bone money used on these islands
Down in the South Sea about 600 miles southwest of Java on the Keeling Cocos isles little flat bone tokens are used for money. They are square and round about the size of quarters with island coats of arms on one side and rupees and cents on the other. Adopted about 100 years ago after natives refused silver or copper coins, holes punched in them for necklaces and earrings, a use bone coins could not sustain.
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Chronic Grumbler Chooses Pork In Dispute
The Chronic Grumbler argues over a dish, requesting clarification about chops and lamb and pork. The waiter replies that taste reveals the difference, while the patron presses for the distinction.
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