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FEBRUARY 21, 1941 Establish«HAD FIRST-HANDrNEWS OF FRANCEFleischmanns Rotrians Hear Talk by Freftch Representative of League of Nations0]EatintilFoutrial conning final cord the n a i theAn-1 allan-3 pen rand yeekThe directors and chairmen of various committees of the Fleisch-manns Rotary club met at the home of Vice President Art De-Witt Saturday evening, Feb. 15. | Wolt; Considerable routine business was transacted and plans for future activities were discussed.At the regular meeting Monday evening, W. A. Prestre was the,... guest speaker. Mr. Prestre Wfi escaped from France just one' « jump ahead of the arrival of the Hitler army. It was necessary and proper for him to leave France at that time as he was on the black list, because of his writings.About 1937, as a representative of the League of Nations, he spent considerable time in eastern and c southeastern Asia, in the vicinity was. of the Burma road and in the rac*;11 lands of the ‘‘Head Hunters,” °f Go about which he spoke.. His talk I £,afrn was illustrated by slides taken I * eJJ-from photographs made by him . ^alt; during this trip. After his talk Mr. Prestre answered questions j?oy about conditions in France and its future prospects. finallThe interest in the attendance In. contest seems to grow as time seni:11 goes on. More power to it!— ner’ Fleischmanns Cor. stressdue tnvpr
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Margaretville Catskill Mountain News
Margaretville, New York, US
Fri, Feb 21, 1941
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