Sea-Going Apostle of Action Directs British Naval Power
The British navy enters a critical 25 year period under Sir Alfred Dudley Pound first sea lord and leading advocate of initiating action. Known as the father of Britain's modern naval strategy Pound led the Mediterranean fleet from 1935 to 1939 and played a key role in World War I and the looming new war. He balanced frontline command with extensive staff work and contributed a naval textbook.
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Britain
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Jutland
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Ethiopia
Spain
Palestine
Mediterranean
King of England
George VI
Naval Staff
The
Admiralty
League of Nations
Sir Dudley Pound
Football Time and the American Spirit of Play
A literary reflection celebrates football as a shared American pastime amid global conflict. It argues the game offers meaning and respite, while acknowledging real-world costs and the need for effort and resolve beyond luck.
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America
United States Loans Spur South American Rail and Ship Projects
A six month old US loan to Brazil yields deals worth 11.5 million for American rails ships locomotives and freight cars. Proposals for loans to Bolivia and Colombia follow as American workers gain jobs building engines cars rails and ships.
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United States
Brazil
Bolivia
Colombia
Amarillo Personalities in Historic Stone Wall Story
Local column profiles Amarillo figures with ties to a long standing stone wall tale. The feature names Bob and Kelly among a cluster of community personalities and notes their origins and family connections. The piece hints at local business, ancestry, and regional history.
Globe News Publishing Company masthead and rates 1939
The Amarillo Globe and Amarillo Daily News publish notices in 1939 with staff credits GENE HOWE as President and Publisher and JOHN McCARTY as Associate Publisher. It notes subscription rates, delivery service details, and that The Globe is an independent democratic newspaper dated Friday October 13 1939.
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Amarllo
Texas
Amarillo
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Daily News
the Globe
Winter sport prep and fitness routine by Artie McGovern
A fitness feature urges year end prep for winter sports readers. It describes balance and coordination drills and a knee to floor roll exercise, with progressive reps up to twenty five. Also notes a free fitness chart offer and a local school report: Roger Jones, a Milan third grader, read 119 books last year.
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The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Artie McGovern
Globe
Milan
Roger Jones
B. L. Pierce
Roosevelt mediation viewed as possible Hitler tactic
Washington dispatch notes Hitler sought Roosevelt as mediator to split blame with Britain and France, while press terms suggest Moscow’s pressure on Hitler and U.S. peace sentiment grows. Analysts doubt any German offer satisfying Allies. war may end only via German revolution or blockade, with U.S. keeping peace stance.
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Roosevelt
Hitler
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Chamberlain
Britain
France
Russia
West Europe
Asia
Europe
U. S
Hull
Goering
Stalin
Berlin
Moscow
Man Overcomes Adversity Turns Mill Leader in Ohio
The Lebanon Farmers' Cooperative mill in Lebanon Ohio recounts the tale of Herman W Goodwin a 52 year old worker who lost a hand in an accident yet learned to write with his left hand adapt to new methods and rise to assistant manager and then manager guiding the mill through hard times. At 68 he remains active leading a 400 share stock cooperative with a nine member board and plans to repay longstanding debt.
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Lebanon Farmers’ Cooperative Association
Lebanon
Ohio
Herman W. Goodwin
West Silver Street
Herman Goodwin
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