Some rare newspaper articles from area papers before, during, and after World War II.

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Front page war stories, May 11, 1940 (Asheville Citizen) The Draft in 1940 (Philadelphia Inquirer Picture Parade Section) Roosevelt is elected president for the third time in 1940 (Philadelphia Inquirer Picture Parade Section) FDR with Chiang Kai-shek (unknown newspaper)
       
Before the War, FDR planned to skip the 1940 election. (unknown newspaper) Europe, early in the War  (Philadelphia Inquirer Picture Parade Section) The story from a bomber from Brevard, NC (Asheville Citizen) World War II in the Caribbean (Philadelphia Inquirer Picture Parade Section)
       
The day after D-Day (Asheville Citizen) Front page war stories, August 9, 1944 (Graham County News) Roosevelt is elected president for the fourth time in 1944 (Current Events - a School Newspaper) Front page war stories, October 28, 1944 (Asheville Citizen)
       
No 5th term  for FDR, and other war stories (Asheville Citizen) Truman victory in 1948 rings of Roosevelt policy (unknown newspaper) 10 years after FDR's death - views on his legacy (Atlanta Journal / Constitution) The influence of presidential aide Hopkins on FDR (unknown newspaper)
        
After FDR - controversy about his actions  (unknown newspaper) War Ration Stamps Articles about the construction of Fontana Dam in Graham County during the War