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GUNFIRE RATTLES IN HILLS OF HARLAN (5/19/39)
Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz | 5/19/39 | Kenneth Campbell

Posted on 05/19/2009 5:23:00 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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1 posted on 05/19/2009 5:23:01 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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In a debate in the House of Commons on May 19, the British Prime Minister had again taken a cool and even disdainful view, as Churchill thought, of the Russian proposals. Somewhat wearily he had explained to the House that “there is a sort of veil, a sort of wall, between the two Governments which it is extremely difficult to penetrate.” Churchill, on the other hand, backed by Lloyd George, argued that Moscow had made “a fair offer . . . more simple, more direct, more effective” than Chamberlain’s own proposals. He begged His Majesty’s Government “to get some brutal truths into their heads. Without an effective Eastern front, there can be no satisfactory defense in the West, and without Russia there can be no effective Eastern front.”

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

2 posted on 05/19/2009 5:25:47 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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This story developed over the course of a week or so. The paper was full of strikes and other labor unrest stories throughout this period. Consider this article a sample.

There is a wooing Stalin update at #2.

3 posted on 05/19/2009 5:27:12 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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I’ve been to Bloody Harlan and also to Welch, WV many times.

Tough folks in coalfield country.


4 posted on 05/19/2009 5:30:10 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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Post 2 - was that May 19, 1939?
5 posted on 05/19/2009 5:33:51 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: fredhead; r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; GRRRRR; 2banana; ...
I have a special request today. For those of you who did not get the word from another thread, CougarGA7 suffered a heart attack over the weekend and is hospitalized. It sounds like he is going home today and the prognosis is good. Nevertheless I would like to relay a prayer request to the Realtime bunch to aid his recovery and support his family.

Thanks,
Homer

6 posted on 05/19/2009 5:33:55 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Post 2 - was that May 19, 1939?

Yes sir.

7 posted on 05/19/2009 5:37:39 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Heartfelt best wishes for a speedy recovery, CougarGA7. You're in my prayers.

Leni

8 posted on 05/19/2009 5:40:41 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Roughly three months before the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, then.


9 posted on 05/19/2009 5:40:46 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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My prayers and best wishes go out to CougarGA7 and his family.

Thanks and please keep us informed Homer.


10 posted on 05/19/2009 6:01:46 AM PDT by unkus
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Roughly three months before the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, then.

Yes. Molotov replaced Litvinov as Foreign Minister on May 3 (see the article I posted on May 4). That was a sign that Stalin was moving towards the Germans and away from the British and French.

11 posted on 05/19/2009 6:15:39 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Probably Blair Mountain vets and some of their kin.


12 posted on 05/19/2009 6:22:46 AM PDT by MadJack ("Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." (Afghan proverb))
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Prayer for a speedy recovery CougarGA7.

Thanks for the heads-up Homey. I've talked to a lot of folks who lived through those times down in Harlan and eastern KY back then. It was a real battlefield all through the area. A lot of out-of-state strike-breakers and thugs were brought in to fight the locals. It was a tough time in America for those folks.
13 posted on 05/19/2009 6:42:25 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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Ping.


14 posted on 05/19/2009 7:10:11 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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CougarGA7 will be remembered in prayer, absolutely.

Thank the Lord for that good report (going home and getting OUT of the hospital), and thanks for the news Homer.


15 posted on 05/19/2009 7:21:29 AM PDT by mkjessup
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I’ll absolutely keep him and his family in my prayers, Homer.


16 posted on 05/19/2009 7:36:43 AM PDT by nodumbblonde (Produce, and feed us in exchange for our not destroying your production.)
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Looks like the National Gaurd had their hands full there. Don’t worry, by Kent State their aim improves.

Chamberlain dragged his feet with Stalin all the way into August. Even when he knew that there was something brewing between Hitler and Stalin.

The odds look good on me going home today. I have to just prove that I can get around which I think I’m doing. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.


17 posted on 05/19/2009 10:38:46 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (If medicine was socialized I'd be dead right now.)
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I’ve passed on that you’re on the mend to the folks here.

No one’s asked if you mentioned “the source code.” :)


18 posted on 05/19/2009 10:40:43 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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Excellent. Because I don’t know where I put the source code. Are they taking my furnature yet?


19 posted on 05/19/2009 12:21:29 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (If medicine was socialized I'd be dead right now.)
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Are they taking my furnature yet?

Goodwill pickup on Thursday.

20 posted on 05/19/2009 12:39:17 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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