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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN Lc per copy (The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper) lc PER COPY SEth M. Vining, Editor $1.50 Year in the Carolinas Vol. 14. Est. 1-31-28 Dorothy Thompson . In Spartanburg -mJSm-vv- DOROTHY THOMPSON Under auspices of the Spartan burg Bundles for Britain organ ization, Miss Dorothy Thompson, well-known newspaper columnist and authoritative international events commentator, will speak in Converse college auditorium February 19th, (Wednesday), at 8:30 o’clock. All proceeds go to Bundles for Britain. Less than 200 reserved seats at $2 each re main available. General admission will be sl. Tickets on sale at DuPre’s Book Store, S'partanburg. TRYON, N. C., TUESDAY, FEB. 18, 1941 Letters From Britain (“K ”, the writer of the follow ing letter to Miss Wheeler, is a frail girl in government service). (Address deleted by censor). 23 August, 1940. In July our department had a few days notice to evacuate to I’ve left my cosy little room and my furniture in London, and hope to find a small flat here • It’s viTry cold and very windy, and our office in damp and dusty. We grumble at the little things as we always do. But when the big things happen, we are all ready. One captain of a small merchant vessel, who had come through gun fire and shells, and only came into port by a miracle, grumbled about the shortage of small, pink iced cakes; but no word of his sea voyage! “That’s all in the day’s work,” he said. We are getting so impatient in this little island; we want to see the Germans land, and we should enjoy driving down on them in our hordes. We want real work to do, we want to get it over, and free Europe forever from h:r fear of “To-morrow.” But I’m afraid for our hour of peace. While we are at war, Britain is united and has only one common aim. But afterwards Britain will surely have to make peace with herself. If we had been so efficient in good as Germany is in evil, France would never have shed so many bitter tears, and our children would never have to leave us to find safety in other lands. Our form of government will have to - • CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE
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