Sidney Howard Killed by Tractor on Estate; Playwright Is Crushed in Berkshire Garage; SIDNEY HOWARD KILLED BY TRACTOR
By Special to The NEW YORK TIMES
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August 24, 1939
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The Developments in Europe
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Text of the Berlin-Moscow Treaty
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FRANCE MOBILIZES; NOW EXPECTS WAR; People Confident of Strength to Meet Aggressor as Hopes of Peace Diminish
By P.j. Philip Wireless To the New York Times
more reservists called; Superior War Council meets; defenses strengthened
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NO MILITARY MOVES APPARENT IN ITALY; Country Remains Tranquil as Regime Fails to Whip Up Any War Fervor Among People
By Herbert L. Matthews Wireless To the New York Times
conf with Ciano
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Notable Deaths
1939Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (born 1874)[†]
Frederick Carl Frieseke was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of his life as an expatriate in France. An influential member of the Giverny art colony, his paintings often concentrated on various effects of dappled sunlight.