Man of the Year 1939 Stalin Tops Time Choice
Time magazine names Joseph Stalin as Man of the Year for 1939 for dramatic shifts in Europe. The piece notes Hitler’s overreach, Churchill’s rise, Mussolini’s bluff, and Franklin Roosevelt’s limited impact amid global turmoil.
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New York
Joseph Stalin
Time
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Britain
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Neville Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Review of Panama City News in 1939 Highlights Hardships and Happenings
A year in Panama City mixed pathos with lighter events. Port and highway gains, civil service expansion, and a lynching case drew national notice. Other stories cover plane crashes, a fatal stabbing at Carrabelle, narcotics seizures, a $200000 Bay Line warehouse project, forest fires, and a coastal tropical disturbance. Elections and public office candidates surfaced as 1940 loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
North Bay
van Kieeck
Harvey Btooks
Mitchell Wilcox
Jodie Penton
Carrabelle
Bay Line
Virgil Ruffing
De-Funiak Springs
Emory University of Atlanta
Here
Argosta
L. L. Vann
New Orleans
Walter C. Sherman
Bay High School
Florida
Wewahitchka
Perry Knowles
Chipley
Banare City
Optimism Bounces Through Panama City Business Leaders for 1940
A compilation of Panama City business voices predicts a strong 1940 with factories expanding and more jobs. Leaders from The Smart Shop, Daffin Merchantile, Cook Motor Co., and others note rising prices, increasing buying, and planned expansions, expecting 1940 to be a banner year for Northwest Florida commerce.
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Lillian Kilpatrick
The
Smart Shop
Panama City
W. J. Cook
Cook Motor Co
S. A. Daffin Jr
Daffin Merchantile Co
J. R
Jimmy) Daffin
Daffin Cut-Rate Drug Co
Daffin & Cogburn
M. J
Doc
Roy Blaeburn
Diamond Cabs
Panama City Leaders Predict 1940 Growth Surge
Prominent Pan ama City business figures including Holland Lumber Co Nato Bingham Moon Jewelry Co Mount Department Store Rogers Grocery Co Thompson Appliance Co SSCO and Bay Line railroad forecast a stronger 1940 with increases in home building and commerce. They credit improved general conditions, urge development of resources and beaches, and thank patrons while pledging continued service. The notes reflect optimism across retail real estate and transportation sectors for Panama City and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edwards, Jr
Robert Hurst
Causey Grocery
Julian Stovall
Champion Motor Lates Co
Travis Childs
Childs Cut-Rate Drug Co
Jesse Cogburn
Cogburn Jewelry Store
Roy Coleman, Coleman & Still Department Store
Panama City
A. H. Kruse
Perous
Forace Holland
Holland Lumber Co
Tom) Bingham
Nebi Bottling Co
Cold Cash Coal Co
Don Fay
Rogers Grocery Co
John Thompson
Thompson Appliance Co
Fredric Rabell
SSCO
Rly. Gray
Millville
Toby Schneider
Schneider's
Breeter
M. On. Fisher
Fisher-Stinson Nerdware Co
John A Streyer
Bay Line Railroad
Panama
PF. A
Evigty Sr
Babson Forecast looks for early 1940 growth and risk
The Babson forecast predicts strong early 1940 business with rising heavy industry output, higher payrolls, and more construction. It warns of persistent deficits and higher farm costs, noting inflationary pressures in raw materials and steady to higher prices, while stock sentiment remains cautious and war effects are uncertain.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Aviation
Hamill
Canada
South America
Italy
Japan
Pacific
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Stere
New York Institute of Human Art
Elaine Shepard
Institute
Sunny
Embassy Club
Babson
Congress
Wallace
Uncle Sam
Punishers Financial Bureau
Babson Park
Mass
Savines
Andrewe
Jacksonville's
Downtows
Jacksonville
DeSete - Seveam
Rogers Quality Grocers
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