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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; GRRRRR; 2banana; henkster; ...
The International Situation – 1
Off German Soil – 1-2
Incidents in European Conflict – 3
One of Nazi Planes Downed Over Sea – 3-4
4 Bombers Fly Here to Await Arms – 4
Pope Urges Prayers For Peace in Europ [sic] – 5
Best Sellers of the Week* – 6

*Grapes of Wrath is still tops nationally.
Mein Kampf has faded from the top six everywhere but Atlanta and New Orleans.
In Chicago: Capt. Horatio Hornblower, by C.S. Forester.
Homer discovered this one some 23 years later and was hooked.

3 posted on 10/23/2009 5:32:52 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601391023,00.html

Table of Contents: October 23, 1939

WAR & TERRORISM
WESTERN THEATRE: Push? (World War / WESTERN THEATRE)

AT SEA: How Did It Happen? (World War / AT SEA)

World War: Clever Boys (World War)

IN THE AIR: 72-Hour War? (World War / IN THE AIR)


4 posted on 10/23/2009 5:46:31 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

From the past in my state of Louisiana!

http://www.britannica.com/facts/10/40956788/October-23-1939-Offices-of-Louisiana-attorney-general-and

October 23, 1939 - Offices of Louisiana attorney-general and his assistant seize by state troops on orders of Gov. Earl K. Long.


5 posted on 10/23/2009 5:48:35 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Further Finn-Soviet negotiations
Monday, October 23, 1939 www.onwar.com

In Moscow... Soviet and Finnish representatives meet to discuss border revisions. The Finnish delegation is led by Paasikivi and accompanied by Tanner, the Minister of Finance. There is little change in the terms offered by either side.

In the Soviet Union... North of Murmansk, a German prize crew steers the US ship City of Flint into Kola Bay. The steamer was seized as contraband by a German cruiser.

On the Western Front... Patrolling units engage in combat in the region west of the Saar.

In Paris... Sir Eric Phipps, the retiring British Ambassador, leaves.

In the North Sea... The British Home Fleet escorts an iron ore convoy from Narvik, Norway (arriving on October 31st).


6 posted on 10/23/2009 5:52:18 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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