Britons Moved From Cities Face Rural Adjustment Hurdles
AP reports millions of Britons relocated from urban centers to the countryside before the war began face social and logistical strains. Exiles complain about language, amenities, and property damage while villagers cope with unfamiliar families, cost, and quiet nights. Government funds aid children and mothers, with plans for communal living, day nurseries, and school funding to ease the transition.
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London
Liverpool Docks
Manchester
City
Salisbury's 1202 Tax Collectors Hidden in Retail
In Salisbury North Carolina a city of about 17000 has 1202 tax collectors not on payrolls but working inside 252 stores. They record sales and a sales tax with every register punch illustrating how sales tax funds demand now outpaces real estate taxes and reshapes local finance.
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Salisbury
North Carolina
Melville Mucklestone
National Consumers’ Tax Commission
Shadow Gathering and the Lapse of the League
A excerpt questions whether the League of Nations still has life or merely ruins, noting a November or December Geneva meeting under Swiss neutrality. Russia, Britain, France, and 30 others may attend. Prominent quotes urge defending rights and democracy and warn against American inaction toward Hitler.
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League of Nations
Geneva
League
Russia
Britain
France
Hitler
League Assembly
Thanksgiving Hope For Missouri Convicts
Paul Renz penal farm commissioner says Thanksgiving cannot come too soon for Missouri inmates. He notes 11 000 turkeys being fattened at the penal farm to supply prison holiday menus.
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Kansas City
Paul Renz
Penal Farm
Missouri
Renz
Licking The World With Dale Carnegie
A young Maine telegraph operator, Frank Munsey, uses quiet diligence to meet James G. Blaine and gain influence. The piece links Munsey to Blaine’s near presidency and to his later publisher status while noting similar strategic study in Masaryk guiding Wilson in supporting Czechoslovakia.
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Frank A. Munsey
Maine
James G. Blaine
Munsey
Blaine
Eerse
E.C. Allen
Allen
Boston
New York
United States
Thomas Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Woodrow Wilson
America
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Amarillo Globe announces publication details and dates
The Amarillo Globe, an independent democratic newspaper, provides publishing history, staff roles, and subscription rates in a 1939 notice. It explains distribution, contact numbers, delivery service, and mail options for residents of Amarillo, Texas with date stamps showing October 23, 1939.
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Globe
News-Globe
the Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Keeping Fit Artie McGovern Avoid Bathroom Colds
Health column advises avoiding chills from hot baths by running cold water first then hot, ending with a cool rinse and Turkish towel. Recommends thorough scrubbing and a cold shower to close pores, frequent bathing as a health tonic, and notes a free Daily Dozen chart offer. Also mentions Pi Sheng as inventor of movable type in 1041.
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Artie McGovern
the McNaught Syndicate, Inc
The
Globe
Hitler seeks military help as London Washington debate embers
Washington dispatch notes Hitler’s silence masks a bid for Russian and Italian support. Berlin-Moscow-Rome wires hint at trade gains with Russia but little active military aid from Italy. British actions, embargo politics, and tobacco and cotton buying shape prewar policy while economists warn of weaker industrial demand next year.
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Paul Mallon
King Vooures Syndicate, Inc
Washington
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Italy
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Rome
der Fuehrer Hs
Mussolini
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Laughlin Currie
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