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1. ROAD AND RAIL IN THE CENTRAL MASSIF OF FRANCE.

Author

Bird, James

Subjects
*ROADS, *RAILROADS, *COMMUNICATION, *HISTORY, *MOUNTAINS
Abstract

When the scheme of morphological subdivision propounded is applied to Western Europe, the Central Massif of France appears as a physiographic province with a unity of major relief type and structural evolution. The geographical regions within this province have two other important features in common: they have a similar history and the majority are characterized by a "mountainous centrality" with regard to the rest of France. It is the purpose of this paper to examine the emergence of the general patterns of road and rail communications in these regions.

Published
1954
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2. Keeping Posted.

Subjects
*PILGRIMS & pilgrimages, *VILLAGES, *GIFTS
Abstract

The article focuses on the account of a pilgrimage by Major John H. Lay in search for the French people who sheltered his brother Lieutenant Colonel Beirne Lay, Jr. He shares the time he spent inquiring from village to village. When Major Lay describes the reaction of the family to the presents he gave including a box of American chocolates, a pound of tobacco, candy bars, writing papers, and flints.

Published
1945

3. Free Ad for The Daily Worker.

Subjects
*NEWSPAPERS, *NEWSPAPER advertising, *STRIKES & lockouts, *COMMUNISM
Abstract

The article comments on an advertisement in the New York Times that appeared on November 31, 1938 for the newspaper The Daily Worker. The ad announced the coverage of a French workers' strike by Daily Worker reporter Harold R. Jefferson, and the best understanding of the strike will be in his columns. The editors remark that this was the only time they agreed with the Communist paper.

Published
1938