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32 TEXAS ALMANAC -1943-1944
ANNIVERSARIES AND FESTIVALS, 1943.,
"New Year's Day.............Friday, Jan. 1
Epiphany ...............Wednesday, Jan. 6
'Robert E. Lee's Birthday..Tuesday, Jan. 19
Lincoln's Birthday ..........Friday, Feb 12
Septuagesima Sunday .......Sunday, Feb 21
*Washington's Birthday ....Monday, Feb. 22
*Arbor Day ................Monday, Feb 22
Quinquagesima (Shrove Sunday)
....................Sunday, March 7
tTexas Independence Day.Tuesday, March 2
Ash Wednesday .......Wednesday, March 10
Palm Sunday ............. Sunday, April 18
First Day of Passover... Tuesday, April 20
tSan Jacinto Day........Wednesday, April 21
Good Friday ............... Friday, April 23
Easter Sunday .............Sunday, April 25
Memorial Day ..............Sunday, May 30
Rogation Sunday ............Sunday, May 30
Ascension Day ...........Thursday, June 3
*Jefferson Davis' Birthday
d c............ ... ..Thursday, June 3
Hebrew Pentecost (Shebuoth)
................ Wednesday, June 9
Pentecost (Whit Sunday) ... Sunday, June 13
Trinity Sunday .... ..... Sunday, June 20
Corpus Christi ..........Thursday, July 1
*Independence Day .........Sunday, July 4
'Labor Day .............Monday, Sept 6
Hebrew New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
................Thursday, Sept 30
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
....................Saturday, Oct 9
"Columbus Day..........Tuesday, Oct 12
First Day of Feast of Tabernacles
(Succoth) .. ... .....Thursday, Oct. 14
General Election Day (in certain
States) ................ Tuesday, Nov. 2
*Armistice Day ..........Thursday, Nov. 11
*Thanksgiving Day .......Thursday, Nov. 25
First Sunday in Advent..... Sunday. Nov. 28
'Christmas Day ........ Saturday, Dec. 25
In addition to days listed above, any day
proclaimed by the President or Governor is
a legal holiday
Texas Special Observance Days.
The Texas Legislature has set aside a num-
ber of "special observance days" with the
provision that they are not to be considered
legal holidays In some instances, however,
they coincide with days otherwise designated
as legal holidays. The following "special
observance days" on the Texans' 1943 calen-
dar are noteworthy
Texas Flag Day........... Tuesday, March 2
Sam Houston Day......... Tuesday, March 2
Texas Week
Sunday, Feb. 28 to Saturday, March 6,
inclusive.
Texas Conservation and Beautification
Week, April 19-26, inclusive.
Texas Pioneers' Day ....Thursday, Aug. 12
Father-of-Texas Day (in honor of
Stephen F Austin) ... Wednesday, Nov. 3
*Legal holiday in Texas as well as some
other states.
tLegal holiday in Texas only.ANNIVERSARIES AND FESTIVALS, 1944.
*New Year's Day...........Saturday, Jan 1
Epiphany ...............Thursday, Jan. 6
"Robert E. Lee's Birthday
.......... ......... W ednesday, Jan. 19
Septuagesima Sunday .......Sunday, Feb. 6
Lincoln's Birthday ........Saturday, Feb. 12
Quinquagesima (Shrove Sunday)
............. .......... Sunday, Feb. 20
Washington's Birthday ....Tuesday, Feb. 22
'Arbor Day ...............Tuesday, Feb. 22
Ash Wednesday .........Wednesday, Feb. 23
tTexas Independence Day
......... .......Thursday, March 2
Palm Sunday ..............Sunday, April 2
Good Friday ...............Friday, April 7
First Day of Passover..... Saturday, April 8
Easter Sunday ............. Sunday, April 9
tSan Jacinto Day............ Friday, April 21
Rogation Sunday ...........Sunday, May '14
Ascension Day ............Thursday, May 18
Pentecost (Whit Sunday)... Sunday, May 28
Hebrew Pentecost (Shebuoth)
......... Sunday, May 28
Memorial Day ..........Tuesday, May 30
Jefferson Davis' Birthday
........Saturday, June 3
Trinity Sunday ............ Sunday, June 4
Corpus Christi ............Thursday, June 8
Independence Day .........Tuesday, July 4
"Labor Day ............. Monday, Sept. 4
Hebrew New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
Monday, Sept. 18
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
.Wednesday, Sept. 27
First Day of Feast of Tabernacles
(Succoth) ..............Monday, Oct. 2
*Columbus Day ..........Thursday, Oct. 12
General Election Day....... Tuesday, Nov. 7
*Armistice Day ........ Saturday, Nov. 11
*Thanksgiving Day .......Thursday, Nov. 30
First Sunday in Advent...... Sunday, Dec. 3
'Christmas Day ..........Monday, Dec. 25
In addition to days listed above, any day
proclaimed by the President or Governor is
a legal holiday
Texas Special Observance Days.
The Texas Legislature has set aside a num-
ber of "special observance days" with the
provision that they are not to be considered
legal holidays. In some instances, however.
they coincide with days otherwise designated
as legal holidays. The following "special
observance days" on the Texans' 1944 calen-
dar are noteworthy.
Texas Flag Day ......... Thursday, March 2
Sam Houston Day .... .Thursday, March 2
Texas Week, Sunday, Feb. 27 to
Saturday, March 4, inclusive.
Texas Conservation and Beautification
Week, April 19-26, inclusive
Texas Pioneers' Day...... Saturday,Aug 12
Father-of-Texas Day (in honor of
Stephen F. Austin) ......... Friday, Nov. 3
*Legal holiday in Texas as well as some
other states.
tLegal holiday in Texas only.TIME DIFFERENCES.
When it is 12 o'clock noon at Dallas. Cen-
tral Standard Time, it is at-
New York ..... ... ......... 100 pm
Halifax and Buenos Aires.......... 2 00 p m
Rio de Janeiro................... 3 00 p.m.
Azores ............................ 4 00 p m
Dakar ............................ 500 p.m
London ..... ................6 00 p.m
Berlin, Rome, Cape Town.......... 7 00 p.m
Leningrad, Cairo .................. 8 00 p.m
Bagdad, Aden ..................... 9 00 p.m
Eastern Iran ....................10:00 p m
Bombay .........................11 00p m
Calcutta ..........................12 00 p mSingapore, Chungking............. 1 00 am.
Shanghai, Manila, Perth.......... 2 00a.m.
'Tokyo, Darwin ................... 3:00 a m
*Sydney ............................. 4:00 a m.
Wake Island, Guadalcanal......... 5:00 a.m.
"Wellington, Midway Island........ 6:00 a.m.
Nome, Dutch Harbor, Honolulu.... 7:00a.m.
Seward, Fairbanks, Tahiti.......... 800 a.m.
Sitka ...... ...... ........... 9 00 a.m
San Francisco, Los Angeles....... 10:00a.m.
Denver, El Paso .................. 1100 a.m.
*Morning of the following day. (Wellington is
west of the International Date Line, Nome is east
of it )
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