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Germans fight back British planes attempting to raid Kiel 3--Lltvloov dismissed at foreign commissar of Russia _ queen of Great Britain sail for 14--Moeoow abort of food; army ordered to save mi motor fuel. i»--Twenty million dollars reported paid to Hitler to release Baron Louis Rothschild 17King and anew of Great Britain wel comed at Quebec 18--King and queen start on tour of Canada. One hundred Jewish youths injured In clashes with police in Jerusalem. 22--Dioone quintuplets greet queen with hu and kits as British sovereigns vis Toronto. 4-r."- ?•> t. "«•*•.? COMPILED tY JOHN D. GRANT ftfbts for a new Europe. Cbim **y$. MM four Russian soldiers, es nds Ftttw remove soldiers Finland offers to negotiate e; Russia threatens war ices mmaggression pact nd: Finland declares Russian WISHES EUROPEAN WAR gtfn i; 24--German troops In Spain leave for home. 25--Bill setting up dictatorship over industry introduced in British parliament border war develops between Japan Russia in Manchukuo MCHENRY Green Street border attacks false claims BB>r itish-cruiser sunk by •j Britain Finland after plomatic relations; Finns break advance into Fred J. Smith, Prop. JUNE 10--Bombs in mall 1a England injure sevan persons. 4--J a nan i Claim 10-mile i bamb Helslngiors. R «i*ble Russian sruiaer wW» MQ apaa presents Britain with new deinanda as troops tighten blockade at Tientsin. Klas a queen given tremendous re cepBon on their rotura to England. 98--Soviets repute* Jap air attack on MonHere's a merry toast f| gol border; shoot down 35 planes. what 1940 holds in store for you, otir patrons. |Nrc best wishes to yea for,the very jolly Neil ant capture Finnish port. cabinet takes over Finnish (ovtn- merry wishes let'f .• 1 regtma cedes territory to JULY U--France jtiis two newspaper executives. Vlnfttsh covarnmeBt receiving pay from G«rof ail southern towns. ns Its defenses. sties attack German naval sco.-e hits on Germ an war charred with MARS GOES TO W$RK many. French juaUu puzxlet ovar stree9 sign in captured German v:llngt>. Hitler StStt CrtMiiif MARCH troops mam Mar border of Dans* rwlmfiii Chamber£sla pn out of Japan's w»y m cntna. purge city pramlsec ; ' V > . Ji' police troopt m of nations summoned shatter Arwc h *pa*tl for aid. BriSain ppuutt?s blockade against German exports into effect. ttleshlp sinks British in south Atlantic, heavy casualties concentration srtu. to blockade in--German Slovakia. 1 vakia submits to Butler's aer further breakup of the Ciech troop Russian army of 900.000 PALACE RECREATION jtilliards and Bowling 14--Slovakia formally secedes from Czecto* and becomes indepe ndent state er German protection Hitler seizes Bohemia and Moravia, completing subjection of Czecho-So- Hardware May you and your loved ones enjoy the best of New Year's! We hope you win the race of gopd fortune with 1940 to spur you on for another year! I: k: GREEN STREET TAVERN Jos. J. Miller coast; IS--Hitler absorbs Slovakia. Hungary notes part of Carpatho-Ukralne. 27--Germany puts pteswiwe on Poland. 2ft-HPoland refuses German demand pathway to East Prussia. APRIL 4--Poland Joins British In war alliance. 17--Germany pushes drive to take Danzig. French fleet guards Gibraltar. Mwi fleet sails to Malta. ' MAY 7--Nazis plan plebiscite in Danzig. 8--Pope invites five powers to Vatican parley to settle Polish-German dispute. 20--Germany fortifies Us eastern frontier against Poland. JUNE 1--Hitler pledges Gerfnwiy will support Jugoslavia's border. 20--German troops move to encircle Poland. 28--Britain appeals to Germany to settle dispute by negotiator*. fighting planes beat off German repel offensive on Karelian isthmu K«. 1)--League of attack* repelled requests Russia to OCTOBER warn i ssr •--Finns isthmus. 19--Finns report Russian Xronts. ft Of Nations cease hostilities against Finland 13--Russia rejects league of nations proposal to mediate conflict with Finland. German liner Bremen runs British blockade to home port. -British ships disable and chase German raider Graf Spee into South American port 14-- Russia expelled from league of nations. Uruguay gives Graf Spee 73 hours to make repairs. II--Finn coast artillery sinks Russian destroyer. 18--Germans scuttle Graf Spee outside Montevideo harbor rather than risk fight with British ships waiting outside. U--Huge Red forces storm Finns' mountain positions. Germans claim 34 out of 44 British planes shot down In battle over Heligoland. British claim sinking of German cruiser and damage to two others. AUGUST t--Britain offer* U> mediate Japanaae-Chlrar. . __ executes S3 persons for complicity in slaying of civil guard officer. B--Sudden German toad isbortaga reuses public. ' SEPTEMBER French cabinet decree ends Communist party in France. 27--Bulgaria seeks trade pact with Russia. S--;Delegates of SI American neutrality conference fixed a safety zone around two Americas. 3--Japanese admit loss of 18,000 men tn fighting Russians. S--Chinese halt Japanese drive tn Hunan province; report 10.300 sluin. 10--Soviet returns Vilna to Lithuania. 11--Britain and Russia sign trade agreement. 27--Pope Plus In encyclical assails dictators. 38--Thousands arrested as Czechs and Nazis battle in Prague. NOVEMBER 3--Slovak mob wrecks shops and newspapers in Bratislava. Hungary. British threaten to abolish self-rule in escapes death in tw reports 8,000 Polish famines In Prussia are forced to wwve away SEASONS SMITH IMS. General Merchandise Here's hoping that 1940 proves to be a thoroughbred, riding to victory. Chalk up our good wishes for your New Year-- you're in for SGHAEFER'S RECREATION - vwnniii vp* W. pp' . v. wfc J&FFFPY ) YEA®; iELi. I gg>v. fetintrs I31D KENT & CO., INC. Real Estate and Insurance JULY S--Warsaw East from border. AUGUST 1J--Germany and Italy establish policy on Danzig: Polish attitude called unbear* - able. 15--Nazis declare Danzig must return to Germany before August 37. 18--Germany takes military possession of Slovakia. 81--Germany announces nonaggresslon pact with Russia. 23--German troops massed near Polish corridor. 23--Germany and Russia sign nonaggresston pact. 23--Britain and Poland sign war alliance. Japanese cabinet abandons Rome-Berlin lineup. 29--Poland asks British help under new mutual aid pact. Germana Invade 31--Germany opens war on PolanfKi SEPTEMBER 3--Britain and France declare wtat on Germany. , " British ship Athenla torpedoed off coast of Ireland. 1,400 aboard, 43 lost. Germany blockaded by British navy. •--Germans shell Warsaw; government and citizens flee. President Roosevelt proclaims U. a 8-JvMOftfcal to Britain to rush aid. 7--Nail torpedoes sink five ships 8 raw planes bomb Siegfried line. 10--German counterattack halts French on weatotn front. Russia rushes reserves to Polish border. 13--German forces shut a vise on Warsaw. 13--Big British army lands In France without loss. Polish defense cracks; Nazis move eastward. 10--Russian troops Invade Poland to "protect minorities." i 17--Warsaw decides to fight on after truce talk falls. Poland's defenses collapse under Nazi pressure. Russian army drives 80 miles Into Poland. _ 20--Report Red purge of former officials In Polish Ukraue. 33--French repulse wave after wave of Nazi shock troops. 39--French defeat Germans In two big sir battles: bombard whole length of Siegfried line; bomb Zeppelin works. 37--Warsaw surrenders to Germans after 30-day siege. 2»--Britain defies warn tag fcy Hoas to atop war. OCTOBER V J 1--Britain calls 250,000 more troops. 4--Daladier says France will fight until victorious. 7--Hitler makes peace proposals to Britain and France; seeks armistice. •--Hitler sets aside area in Poland for Germans to, be transplanted from other countries. 10-- French premier spurns Hitler's peace terms Finnish civilians ordered to leave danger zone near Soviet frontier. 13--Britain refuses peace based on Nazi conquests. 14--British battleship Royal Oak sunk by sub, 786 lost. 15--Nazi raid navy base in Scotland: 10 killed. 17--German planes raid Scapa Flow; Iron Duke, training ship, damaged. - 30--British repel another Nazi air raid over Edinburgh. 33--British report three U-boats sunk. Germans capture American ship City of Flint and take it to Soviet port. M--Four British, one Greek ship sunk by Germans. Nazi sea raiders slip through blockade; prey on shipping. Belgians demand British ease blockade. 38--American ship City of Flint, turned over to Germany by Russia, sails from Russia. IS--Germans claim 115 foreign ships sank since war began. 31--Soviet demands raise «rMt to Fluland. NOVEMBER 3- Norway frees City of Flint and interns German prize crew. Finland defies Soviet threat; ready to fight. } Belgium and Holland offer to mediate peace between waning nations. 8--Hitler escapes plot; blast to Muatoh beer cellar kills 8 and Injures «0. •--Dutch open defense dikes; alash at bar* der with Germans. w 10--French repulse two German attacks. 15--Four more merchantmen sunk in aaa warfare. 17--Germans shoot nine Czech students, seize 1.200 and close academies for three years. 18--Dutch liner hits German mine In North sea; sinks with 140 lives. 10--Four more ships sunk by German mines off England. 30--Germans extend war at sea: M vessels sunk since November 18; 133 dead or missing. 31--Germany charges Munich man with beer cellar explosion; arrests two British agents. Britain declares unrestricted blockade of Germany to reprisal for illegal ««»<«+ warfare: forbids neutral nations to trade with Germany. FOREIGN India. 30--Ex-kaiser narrowly storm at Doom. DECEMBER »--Japan faces scarcity Of food this winter. Peru opens great new port facilities to Callao. 11--Italy quits league of nations. DOMESTIC •m* RUSSIA FACES WEST -- Dictator Josef Sudin, having completed m pact with Germany, conquers part of Poland and moves into Estonia, LatviarJ?itty^m$*-aad then into Finland*: > " JANUARY' 1--Chines? dictator "purges" government ranks of 300 "peace party" leaders. 3--Japan's cabinet resigns over policies In China. Spanish rebels report capture of Artesa. 5--New Japanese premier declares war in China must go on. 0--Hungarians and Cxecho-Slovaks light along border. 10--Britain promises to support France against Italy In clamor for part of French empire. 18--Spanish rebels take Tarragona tn drive toward Barcelona. IS--Madrid rushes fresh troops to defense of Barcelona. S3--All citizens of Barcelona celled to dig trenches. 34--Spanish rebels bomb Barcelona. 38--Rebels tske Barcelona without a battle. 30--Hitler demands return of colonies. . FEBRUARY 4--Britain increases plana orders to H, & to 650. ' . 5--Spanish loyalist army of 300,000 flees to ( France to escape trap. 1 8--Japan refuses to give up mandated Islands Germany lost in war.\ 12--Two hundred thousand move past bier of Pope Pius in St. Peter's. \ -Pope Pius buried in tomb ben Peter's cathedral. 18--Spanish loyalists offer to surrender. France occupies African area once ceded to Italy. 30--Italy moves to place colony Libya on war footing. 33--General Franco hands Britain final terms for peace with Spanish loyalists. 34--Britain and France decide to recognize Franco government in Spain. Polish students attack Gferman embassy in Warsaw. 28--Commons approves Chamberlain's O. K. of Franco. _ MARCH 1--College of cardinal m stoOto to elect a pope. • -» 3--Franco requests Mussolini to withdraw Italian troops from Spain. Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli elected pope < third ballot: takes name of Pius XII. Spanish loyalist army seizes Madrid government, ..v.** P*y. S'1 * %. •i 9--Leader of &| control of • 8--Communist leaders flee Madrid zone; General Miaja, new loyalist chief, asks "worthy peace." 7--Gandhi won political victory for democracy in India, forced by four-day fast; accepts invitation for consultation with viceroy. Loyalist planes bomb centers of communist revolt in Madrid. 8--Franco's fleet blockadea all Spanish loyalist coast. 12--500,000 witness coronation of Pope Pius xri. 21--Lithuania returns Memel to Germany. 33--Rumania and Germany sign trade pact 23--Madrid offers to surrender to General Franco. 27--Japanese capture Nanchang. 28--Madrid surrenders, ending Spanish eivti war. 30--France flatly refuses Mussolini's colonial demands. 30--Russia rejects British plea to Join front against aggressor nations. APRIL *-- Britain offers to protect Rumania. Japanese kill S.0M Chlneae In three battles. 4--Turkey asks for part of Syria: Frenck dispatch warship. ft--Albert Lebrun re-elected president ot France 8--Italian troops invade Albania. 8--Mussolini sets up puppet government to Albania 8-- British and French fleets reported massed off coast of Greece. 13--Massing of troops near Gibraltar causes alarm; British barricade road to Spain. 18--Hitler appoints Franz von Papen ambas- Sidor to Turkey. ussla faces famine; grain croo destroyed. V. S. GUARDS NEUTRALITY-- Special congressional session institutes "cash-and-carry** neutrality as Americans ruth home from Europe, away from war gone. JANUARY 3--Former i takes Harry commerce. 3--Seventy-sixth congress convenes. 5--President sends to congress $10,000,000,- 000 budget for 1M0 fiscal year. Felix Frankfurter nominated for U. S. Supreme court. 13--President, in message, asks 583 millions more for defense. 18--President asks extension of social security benefits. 10--President asks legislation to end tax free public salaries and to levy on all aecurities. : FEBRUARY : 7--President make* «•» demand 4e» "ISO millions mor appropriation •->-House passes bill making state and mu- ' employeea subject to income more for PWA after signing bill with that amount cut nicipal tax. 13--Justice Brandels retires from the U. S. Supreme court. 15--House approves $376,000,000 defense bill. 25--James J. Hlnes, Tammany chief, convicted of violating lottery laws. 37--U. S. Supreme court rules sit-down strikes illegal. MARCH 3--Ex-Judge Martin T. Manton Indicted by federal grand Jury In New York as bribe taker 7--Senate passes $358,000,000 army extension bilf •--House passes bill giving President restricted authority to reorganize departments. 18--Lieut-Gov. Lauren D. Dickinson sworn In as governor of Michigan to succeed the late Frank D. Fitzgerald. 18--U S. puts penalty tariff on German Im- 33--Sames J. Hlnes, Tammany leader, sentenced to serve four to eight years in prison. |7 u S. Supreme court holds federal and atate governments may tax salaries of aach other's employees. APRIL 3--C. 1. O. Hosiery company ait-down strike. 4--Jack Benny, radio combine to ring in tk»v New year that's ahead: let's shont onr 1940 v 1 greetings all throngfe city, foils!', v 7 CENTUl MJUKET Wm. Priea ft Son 80 per oeat of ordered to pay Apex - $711,830 damages for comedian, fined $10,000 for smuggling. William O. Douglas confirmed for Supreme court. 10--Senate rejects amendment to give WPA •0 millions more, then paases original bill. 1&--President addresses peace plea to European dictators; asks 10-year peace guaris War* department assigns Charles A. Lindbergh to study U. S. aviation facili- •--President makes first transfer under reorganization act; creates three super- 37--f?eeldeni a*r «£tt atiNtaa «m far relief. t- v S. Supreme court denies appeal of miners convicted of Illinois bomb outrages U--Coal conferees agree on aew Contract ith nnerators. passed record-breaking S1.3U.- ,873 farm bill. (Continued on. Pfeft Thr*e) 'Congress' Adopted in 1789 The word "congress" came into use in the Seventeenth century and was adopted for the United States legislative body in 1789. . Liberty BeD InsinlpHw Under the Biblical quotation inscribed on the Liberty Bell are listed the names of the men who recast the bell, Pass and Stow, the abbreviation Phila., and the date of its casting, 1753. Does at 7C M. P. H. In Tecent speed tests, says CSrarles E. Frily Jr., a Texas game manager, he clocked mourning doves flying 70 miles an hour. Eee--i Miss Eloise Hayos of Lattm set a noord when she took her bachelor arts from Coker college at HartsvDle, S. C. She had completed 15 const mtive years in school without missing a :c4: TOfflfiN CONSTRUCTION IMUmmm.- • We write yon a Year's message for a9 good things ahead. Majr yon benefit by goodhealth and good cheefe for the entire yea* ahead. r HCHENRT DJURT ntlDrMD'SCtttB . WALSH Insurance m Here's, broadcasting the season's spirit of good cheer and joy unbounding. What a year is ahead of us!" May w© help you share its niani-. foldjeys. % - .•.*w * M'HENRY ICE (ft Arthur Kraott with operators Senate IS--Resident names Admiral L«ahy gover nor of Puerto Rico. Xa__House votes each congressman another - clerk at annual cost of $658,500 without a roll call. 17--Senate kills New Deal Florida canal bill, la--Senate passes 8773.000.000 naval appro- ^jpriatton bill. _ Jerome Frank elected chairman of SEC ,\v Roman Engagement Rings Engagement rings were made of iron in early Roman days, the gold ring for the occasion being introin the Second century. wind tunnel under construction at tiie Royal Aircraft establish m«nt, Farnborough, England, will •Id investigation of conditions induced by flying, speeds up to 600 mfles per hour. * IK " ER /V • . , \v '9-tO , 'TV// ADAMS REPAIR SHOP Nick Adams, Prop, m