The World

President Roosevelt Asks Congress For $552 Million for Defense U.S. Renounces Japan Trade Agreement Of 1911 World War II:  Britain and France Declare War On Germany,  Roosevelt Declares U.S. Neutral U.S. Economy Begins To Recover Thanks to Orders Of European Countries For War Equipment Theatre and Literature:  Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay: "Life With Father"; Adolf Hitler: "Mein Kampf "; John Steinbeck: "The Grapes Of Wrath", Pulitzer Prize Novel (1940); Richard Llewellyn: "How Green Was My Valley"; T.S. Eliot: "The Family Reunion"; Jan Struther: "Mrs. Miniver"; George S.  Kaufman and Moss Hart: "The Man Who Came To Dinner"; Carl Van Doren; "Benjamin Franklin", Pulitzer Prize Biograhy; C.S. Forester: "Captain Horatio Hornblower" Learning: John Dewey; "Freedom and Culture"; Visual Arts: Picasso: "Night Fishing At Antibes" Films: "Gone with The Wind";"Good-Bye, Mr.Chips";"The Wizard of Oz" Douglas Fairbanks, American Actor, Dies War Songs In England: "Roll Out The Barrel";"The Last Time I Saw Paris" Popular Songs: "God Bless America"; "Over The Rainbow"; "I'll Never Smile Again" Polyethylene Invented; Sigmund Freud Dies Nobel Prize For Physics; Ernest O Lawrence; U.S., For Development Of The Cyclotron Discovery Of The RH Factor In Human Blood By Philip Levine and Rufus Stetson

Mines

Construction On New Geolgy Building Begins, Geology Building Takes Form, Mining and Metallurgy Seniors Leave On Tour, Enrollment In Band High, House Decorations For Homecoming Zenith, Mines Mascot, Halftime Mucking Contest, Homecoming Game-Miners 60 Chadron Cowboys 7 Geology Building Roof Finished, Mines Rifle Squad, Snow Season, All-School Gauntlet Mines Football Conference Champs, Frosh Ball Attendees Geology Department Moves To New Building, "M" Club Members Orediggers Play In Denver Auditorium, Kappa Sigma Wins Intramural Rifle Matches Skiers Take 2nd Place In Meet, Glee Club Gives Recital, Volleyball Next For Intramurals Final Exams Take Toll, Large Registration For 2nd Semester Scabbard And Blade Pledge 13 Men At Military Ball, "Hardrock Hilarities", Spanish Club Dinner Miners Baseball, Senior Day, 1939 Prospector Distributed, Largest Class To Graduate Senior Class Vice President - Arthur O. Detmar, Senior Charles R. Blomberg Senior Jack M. Blalock, Senior Charles K. Buell, Senior Jack S. Corlew, Senior Charles W. Delong Senior William F. Distler, Senior Van W. Donohoo, Senior Hildreth Frost, Jr., Senior John P. Golden Senior Allen E. Mayhew, Senior Laurence S. Melzer, Senior Vesper A. Vaseen Senior Frederick L. Weigand, Senior Herbert L. Young, In The Classroom, Freshmen Hazing Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Tau Beta Pi Honorary, Blue Key Honorary