Judge — January 1938 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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for V YEAR’S Day: 14,276 recipients of unexpected New Year's cards send out 14,276 New Year's cards, dated Dec. 29. Betsy Ross born, 1752. Emancipation Act in effect, 1863. Parcel Post inaugurated, 1913 all parcels mailed on opening day safely delivered to addressee, 1915. 2nd— Twenty-five million persons, before throwing away ‘ew Year's cards, rub fingers over tizm to see if they are really engraved, 1938, First Olympic games; Norwegians break ski jumping records, 1483, B. C. Robbers raid post office at Limerick, Ireland, presumably’ in attempt to get correct version of the one about the pelican, 1920, 3rd—Battle of Princeton, 1877; Yale still favored in betting, 1938. Half a million persons -crack jokes about still writing it, 1937, Balm salesman driven out of Gilead, 3627. 4th—Utah admitted to Union; called a Smoot’ opera- tion, 1896. ab- lication of statis- tics for 1937 show 14.826 shines ruined by hostesses ste p- ping on guests’ ect while search ing for buzzers under dinner ta- bles, 1938. Sam Goldwyn ” opens negotiations for ilm rights to ily Post's “Etiquette” for the Ritz brothers, 1938, 5th-G) Indians capture John Smith; Pocahontas realizes it is Leap Year, 1608. “Battle of Kegs"; first use of American floating mines, 1777, Maine repo-ts heavy ' snowstorm; California orange crop gets ready to be frostbitten, 1938, 6ch—First telegraph instrument, 1838; first messenger boy jdke, 1838. New Mexico admitted to Union, 1912, 7th—First Presidential election; Ohio not only doubtful but not even present, 1789, Millard Fillmore, thirteenth President, born, 1800, ae Angeles’ Chamber of Commerce predicts bumper tourist year, 1938. 8th—, First annual Presidential message; average citizen reads a fifth of it, 1790. Battle of New Orleans, 1815. Tea discovered, 342 B.C. Seven million cups ruined by too ‘much sugar, 1938. Oh—First shot fired in Civil War, 1861. J. W. Schloss, New York architect, wins competition for new Duchess of Windsor coif- fore, 1938. “Patron consults cocktail ca:d before ordering his Martini, 1987. 10th—Ethan Allen, 1789. Standard Oil Co. incorporated, 1870, Standard Oil Co. attacked as trust, 1 Harvey invents steel armor plate: dairy lunches serving on it, Villa killed by own men, 1916, 1917, 1918, \lth—A. Hamilton, born 1804. Coshocton, Ohio, man discovers that new shoes are too tight before leaving store, 1891. Piece of ham accidentally falls into frying pan with egg, and ham and eggs are invented, Byzantium, 390 B.C. 1888. 12th—John Hancock born; personally Eli Whitney invents cotton gin, 1793, leave out the cotton, 1922, 13th—Sam'l Woods- worth, author of “The Old Oaken Bucket,” born, 1785; parodies become ‘moss cov- ered, 1856. Base- ball magnates hold annual meet- ing in New York; real news item gets onto sport- ing page, 1937. 14th—British burn Capitol at Wash- ington; business goes on as usual, 1801. Machine for eating toast igns birth certificate, 1737. Ten million other inventors The Judge Almanac January By Marc Connelly and George S. Kaufien in bed without getting crumbs under the covers invented, 1947. 1Sth—First American locomotive, 1831. First engineer photo- graphed with watch for magazine advertisements, 1831. Federals capture Fort Fisher, 1865. F. Scott Fitzgerald discovers the next generation, 1919, 16th— Garfield issues Heatless-Monday proclamation, 1918. Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii deposed; $0,000 Americans have tongues ironed out, 1893. Eighteenth Amendment proclaimed in effect, 1920: Who cares? 1922. 17th—Benjamin Franklin, famous magazine Cain married; first mother-in-law joke, 862: defends the movies, 1922. Publisher, born 1706. B.C, Rupert Hughes 18th— Daniel Webster born, 1782. Electric signs on Broad- way begin burning at noon, 1921. Electric trolley system pat- ented; receiverships invented, 1892, 19th—Robert E. Lee, fodfather of famous steamboat, born, 1807. Edgar Allan Pi ym, 1809, First Crusade started; Isadore Ein- stein arrested as spy, 1096. 20th—-Robert Morris, finan cier of Amer- ican Revolu- tion, born, 1734, Little Wonder Dy- namite Com- pany patents apparatus for loosening salt in restaurant salt cellars, 1938, 21st—Stonewall Jackson born, 182: a pair of shoes, 1906. 22nd—Ye Queen Victoria dies, 1901. President Wilson coins “Peace without victory” ‘in address to Senate, 1917, Every: body knows what be meant, 1922. Pullman Porter really shines 23rd—Congress appoints first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as national election day; those who wanted it to be the third Wednesday after the second Friday want to know if there is any justice, 1845, 24th—Samuel Morse first demonstrates his telegraph code, 1838. James Wilson Marshal discovers gold in California, 1848, So do the movie men, 1910. 25th—Philadelphia man breaks shoe lace while not in a hurry to Keep important engagement, 1918, World's record established when initials pasted in derby hat’ remain in place for three days, 1935. 26th— Beach photograph season, thus greatly increasing the chan cs of the Communist party, 1940. First settlement in Australi; kangaroos begin getting boxing lessons, 1788, Thirty-two fashion magazines begin annual Palm 27th—Edison patents incandescent lamp, 1880. Ten thousand per- iscover they make a fine noise when they're smashed, 1880. Llow-out-the-gas joke fights for its life, 1881. 28:h—Panama railroad completed; hatless passengers drive con- ductors frantic looking for place to stick ticket receipts, 1855. Shoe horn invented, 782, 29th—William McKinley born, 1843. Kansas admitted to’ Union, 1861, First California Redwood used as public thoroughfare, 1853. 30th—[] James G. Blaine born, 1830. Hours of collection printed on mail box in Tallahassee, Florida, turn out to be correct, 1906. Theatre ticket speculation stopped, 1901-1937, incl. 31st—Thirteenth Amendment adopted, 1865. One school child in Reading. Pa., is able to say what the Thirteenth Amendment is all about, 1870. "Actor takes a full three seconds to write a check during ion of a play, 1971, 3 comicbooks.com