A proclamation for Thanksgiving Day, 1943

A proclamation for Thanksgiving Day, 1943

God's help to us has been great in this year of march towards world-wide liberty. In brotherhood with warriors of other United Nations our gallant men have won victories, have freed our homes from fear, have made tyranny tremble, and have laid the foundation for freedom of life in a world which will be free.

Our forges and hearths and mills have wrought well; and our weapons have not failed. Our farmers, victory gardeners, and crop volunteers have gathered and stored a heavy harvest in the barns and bins and cellars. Our total food production for the year is the greatest in the annals of our country.

Clockmaker student’s lawyer demands $15 million
Texas

Clockmaker student’s lawyer demands $15 million

Evan Lips

IRVING, Texas – Lawyers for Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old high school student who was arrested for bringing a homemade digital clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb, are demanding $15 million in payments as well as a written apology from the Irving, Texas, mayor and chief of police.

In a legal demand from Kelly D. Hollingsworth of the Laney & Bollinger law firm, the lawyer asserts that city and school officials of further stoking the ensuing public firestorm that enveloped the boy and his family. Hollingsworth said they "lost their home" after its address was "tweet out for all the world to see."

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