Saturday, November 11, 1933

I straightened up the house. Ruth Ray and Nadine were down. I stayed all night over at Mrs. Raifert's.

November 11, the date of the original Armistice Day
Now called Veteran's Day in the U.S. and Remembrance Day in the U.K.

In the U.K. the idea for a white poppy for peace arose from the concerns of the wives, mothers,
 sisters and lovers of the men who had died and been injured in World War One. Increasingly
aware of the likelihood of another war, they chose this symbol ‘as a pledge to Peace that war
must not happen again’. In 1933 the Women’s Co-operative Guild distributed the first white poppies.

The declaration of war in 1939 put a stop to Armistice Day ceremonies.

Happy Veterans Day
And thank you to all who've served





Friday, November 10, 1933

Daddy took Hattie and me to school. Also some other kids. Went swimming. Walked home with Rose.

1933 German Volksempfaenger (People's Radio) VE 301

Using only three tubes, this is a very simple radio by late-1930s standards.
It's also controversial. Why so simple and controversial?

The Volksempfänger was sold for propaganda purposes during the Nazi years.
The low price made it affordable to the masses. A similar goal fueled development of
 the inexpensive Volkswagen (people's car) which American buyers later adopted
 as the VW Beetle. The initial price of the radio was 75 Reichsmarks, which was about
two weeks' wages for a German worker, vastly cheaper than most 1930s radios.

The VE 301 in the radio's name refers to January 30, 1933, the date Hitler became chancellor
of Germany. The People's Radio could receive only long wave, meaning that it could not
 receive broadcasts from most foreign radio stations. 

Thursday, November 9, 1933

Went to school. Had Latin test today. Give report tomorrow. Mrs. Pyle is coming back next week, I think. Stayed at Mrs. Raifert's.

November 9, 1933 advertisement for Tarzan the Fearless

Tarzan the Fearless (1933) is a 12 chapter film serial starring Buster Crabbe in his
 only appearance as Tarzan. It was also released as a 71-minute feature film which
comprised the first four chapters of the serial version. Co-starring was actress Jacqueline
Wells, who later changed her name to Julie Bishop. The serial was produced by Sol Lesser,
written by Basil Dickey, George Plympton, and Walter Anthony (based on the character
created by Edgar Rice Burroughs), and directed by Robert F. Hill.

Wednesday, November 8, 1933

I went swimming today. Then I went to the library for English instead of going to Study Hall. I stayed at Mrs. Raifert's.

King Nadir Shah of Afghanistan

King Nadir Shah is assassinated on November 8, 1933, at a school prize-giving in the
courtyard of the palace. The assassin proves to be a servant of Yusufzai Sadar Ali Gholam
Nabi Khan, who was executed for conspiracy and treason exactly a year previously, and
his motive was to revenge his master. He is executed along with a number of his associates
 on December 22. Nadir Shah reigned for just over four years, during which time he laboured
 chiefly to instil into his subjects a desire for national unity and for peaceful progress in the
 arts of civilization. His son, Zahir Shah, a youth of 19, is immediately proclaimed king, and
receives the allegiance of the primie minister, the minister for foreign affairs, the minister of
war, and of the rest of the ministry, the Ulemas, as well as the tribal leaders.

Tuesday, November 7, 1933

Mother ironed today. I stayed all night at Mrs. Raifert's as Mrs. Holbrook is gone.

Mary Lee Taylor radio program - November 7, 1933
Sponsored by the Dairy Goodness People

This series, "the longest-running cooking program on radio," began November 7, 1933
on CBS and concluded October 9, 1954 on NBC. The CBS episodes were initially fifteen
minutes long and devoted to cooking tips and recipes.

Before the show switched to NBC in 1948, it had expanded to thirty minutes,
and there it became part of the "NBC Saturday morning parade of stars".

The new version, introduced informally by the announcer as "Mary Lee on NBC," was an unusual but effective generic hybrid. Each episode begins with "The Story of the Week", a light domestic drama about fifteen minutes in length featuring young married couple Jim and Sally Carter. These segments have much in common with the many radio sitcoms of the day. In one show, we find Jim seized by jealousy because an old friend of his is flirting outrageously with Sally right before his eyes. The very next week Sally has to deal with the fact that one of the neighbors, a "cute redhead", is helping Jim out in his business a little too often and far too enthusiastically to suit her.

After the story in each episode comes "The Recipe of the Week". Economy is emphasized here, but we are also reminded of the time when no dinner was considered complete without bread and dessert. The Father's Day meal presented June 18, 1949 for example consists of braised round steak, fried potatoes and green beans, vegetable slaw, rolls and butter, vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce, and coffee with milk and sugar. Using the sponsor's inexpensive Pet Milk product in preparing most of the dishes helped hold the cost to $2.06 for a meal serving four people

Monday, November 6, 1933

Went to school today as usual. Mother washed. I had quite a few lessons to do for night work.

Marlene Dietrich - November 1933
Born: Marie Magdalene Dietrich
(27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992)

The Song of Songs (1933) is a romantic drama film starring Dietrich as a naive German
peasant who moves to Berlin and suffers much heartache. It was based on the 1908 novel
 Das Hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann and the subsequent 1914 play, The Song of
Songs by Edward Sheldon.

Sunday, November 5, 1933

Mother and I didn't go to Sunday school or church today. John and Clara and Ollie and Mrs. Raifert were all over tonight.

Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan (January 12, 1884 – November 5, 1933)

Guinan was one of five siblings born in Waco, Texas. When she was 16 years old,
her family moved to Denver, Colorado, where she was in amateur stage productions
and played the organ in church. Guinan married John Moynahan, a cartoonist for the
Rocky Mountain News. The union was childless. Moynahan's career took them to
Chicago, where Guinan studied music before divorcing him and starting her career as a
professional singer. She toured regional vaudeville with some success, but became
better known for her entertaining "wild west"-related patter.

"Texas" Guinan moved to New York and worked as a chorus girl in Vaudeville
 and did some acting in movies. During Prohibition she opened a speakeasy called the
300 Club, which became famous for its scantily-clad fan dancers. Guinan has been credited
with coining a number of phrases. "Butter and egg men" referred to her well-off patrons,
 and she often demanded that the audience "give the little ladies a great big hand". She
traditionally greeted her patrons with "Hello, suckers!"

Guinan returned to acting and eventually wound up taking her show, "Too Hot for
Paris," on tour. While on the road, she contracted amoebic dysentery in Vancouver,
 British Columbia, and died there on November 5, 1933 at the age of 49, exactly one month
 before Prohibition was repealed. 7,500 people attended her funeral. Guinan is interred
in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York.