06 Nov 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1939
Page
1
A long fragment from the Thomasville Post outlines republication rights and press notices, discusses local fair and civic aims, youth opportunities, and education. It cites debates on embargo policies, wartime neutrality, and community development in Thomas County.
A stream of impressions on New York department stores describing crowds and escalators, the vast interiors, noise, and the spectacle of Macy’s like venues. The narrator notes overwhelming size, dense crowds, and a mix of admiration and fatigue from wandering through endless aisles and revolving doors.
A column notes shifts in embargo policy and naval procurement, with French orders sent to American plants and British pressure. It discusses neutrality, the Danes surrender, and Frazier’s austere stance, ending with Mrs Roosevelt handling White House social duties amid war burdens.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss military aircraft orders and production plans. Mentions the P-40 and hypothetical P-56 with reference to French needs and faster handier planes, but details are unclear and partially garbled.
In Baltimore on November 6 Col. E. R. Bradley and his two year old champion Bimelech issued an open challenge to race against any horse in the United States. The race would be a mile and 70 yards or a mile and a sixteenth, weight for age, on a fast track between now and November 15 at Pimlico. Bimelech would rest in Kentucky before the next Derby.
In the Mexican War records indicate only about 699 soldiers lost, roughly ten percent of total engaged, reflecting a low casualty rate across the conflict.
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