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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1940
Page
5
Frank Muto of International News Photos poses in a Finnish army uniform with helmet and knapsack. The image was captured in Helsinki during the Finnish war coverage.
William Powell, 47, wed former Diana Lewis, 21, at Warm Springs in a surprising move for Hollywood. This marks Powell's third marriage, following his second wife actress Carole Lombard, now Mrs. Clark Gable.
The event featured the president as chief speaker with Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. visible to the right wearing a patch over a bruise from a recent automobile accident. Garner also attended the gathering in Washington.
The article lists saddles of handworked leather with silver as costing 200 to 250 dollars and records a California man paying 2000 pounds for a saddle. It also names the three most famous vistas the Beka's plateau from Lebanon and Syria, Kashmir in India, and the Mediterranean from Taormina in Sicily.
A report notes that the official languages of the League of Nations are French and English. Representatives speaking other languages must provide translations of their speech in either French or English.
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