*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.
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)
From the past in my state of Louisiana!
October 23, 1939 - Offices of Louisiana attorney-general and his assistant seize by state troops on orders of Gov. Earl K. Long.
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).