12 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1939
Page
1
A garbled 1930s era community page prints political and wartime commentary with fragmented phrases. It mix includes local names, advertisements, and opinions, referencing World War II topics and various public figures while lacking clear news events or a single focal incident.
The piece weighs Italy's role in a widening European conflict, detailing British blockades and possible Italian alignment. It notes strategic targets in North Italy and how supply routes, naval power, and air raids could shape outcomes, plus local New York City color and a street portrait of police and youth culture.
The British government has placed a 31 million order for 22-pounder field guns with Marine Industries of Sorel Quebec.
George Tucker recalls New York City life in Avenue A focusing on the rough East Side and early cinema. He critiques Madonna of Avenue A and reflects on the stark, drab streets, harsh conditions, and a vanished sense of the old Chatham Square milieu. The piece blends memory with urban decay.
Camp Bullis Texas reports sergeant Wenzel Schneider of a new streamlined infantry unit says American doughbogs will be prepared for a tough scrap in any man's war. He compares current army cooking gear to World War I equipment and notes trucks and mobile kitchens now roll at 40 miles an hour versus horse drawn supply wagons.
Robert McGeorge, 26, staggered into a lunch room on a highway near Georgetown, bleeding from a head cut, saying a truck struck him while walking. He received first aid and continued walking, then was hit by a car. He regained consciousness in a Georgetown hospital and said neither vehicle stopped.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as effective against malaria and associated chills and fever. Claims quick relief, tasteless quinidine and iron content, pleasant taste, suitability for children, and availability at drugstores with a large size offering better value.
In Charlbury England archaeologists uncover remains of a Roman soldier buried around 2,000 years ago with hob-nail boots. The discovery highlights Britain’s long history of military presence and warfare.
An American vaudeville performer, who had limited early education, went to England for his first foreign engagement. In London he impressed Sir Alfred Butt’s audience with originality and novelty in song and dance. After four weeks he demanded higher pay, and the English impresario agreed, prompting a blunt response from the Yankee that he would tell Sir Alfred to go to hell if treated unfairly.
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