Pauline Esther Phillips (July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013)
Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was a newspaper
advice columnist and radio show host who began the "Dear
Abby" column in 1956. She died Wednesday ending a long
battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
The Great Depression began with the crash of the Wall Street stock market
and had a severe worldwide economical effect in the decade preceding
World War ll. Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 25%, and in some countries
rose as high as 33%. The negative effect of the Great Depression lasted
until the end of the war.
A storm damaged light plane at the Portland airport
The scoreboard at Gresham High School
Wind damaged sign atop a Salem theater
Damage in Eugene
The start of the war is generally held to be at dawn on Friday, 1 September
1939, when German troops and tanks raided the Polish countryside,
destroying everything in their path. A little over an hour later, Nazi
dive-bombers were attacking the civilians of Poland’s capital city
of Warsaw. The bombing destroyed cities, railroads, and military
bases. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days
later.
A German air patrol fly’s over Poland
Polish oil and gas tanks are set aflame by the German
bombardment at Westerplatte
Nazi soldiers march on Poland
