People, Sep. 2, 1940

In Congress Representative Overton Brooks God-blessed America, told his colleagues: "When . . . we hear Kate Smith on the radio, every red-blooded American feels a deeper admiration and a greater love for the last republic in the entire world."

Bearded Montagu Collet Norman, 69, Governor of the Bank of England since 1920, began harvesting cabbages on what was formerly his smooth lawn in Kensington.

In Manhattan, the swank hairdressing salon of Antoine de Paris stood on end when a cable came from the Duchess of Windsor asking that Manhattan Hairdresser Wayne Forrest be...

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