Sunday, September 3, 1939

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The Headlines

BIG FARM SHOWS ON; City Folk Renew Ties With the Soil at Hundreds of Rural Expositions A Changing Phenomenon Home-Coming" Days Along the Midway

The must-have

View-Master

On This Day

• World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.

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• World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936)
• Carl David Anderson (1905)
• Urho Kekkonen (1900)
• Ferdinand Porsche (1875)
• Ryōji Noyori (1938)

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Tech Check

Television Sets (World's Fair), View-Master & Helicopter (Sikorsky).

Cost of Living (1930)