US to observe 150th Birthday of the Bill of Rights
The United States to celebrate Bill of Rights Day on December 15 under a national observance led by the Office of Civilian Defense with local defense councils. The event marks the ratification of the first ten amendments in 1791 and highlights fundamental liberties contrasted with totalitarian regimes.
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Washington
Onions
Panga
Europe
Asia
Office of Civilian Defense
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
United States
Library of Congress
MacLeish
Virginia
Jefferson
Occupation of Dutch Guiana Strengthens Defense Bases
New York dispatch notes the US occupation of Dutch Guiana with Brazilian and Argentine cooperation to bolster hemisphere defenses and guard bauxite deposits along the Surinam river. The piece links the move to broader anti invasion aims amid Vichy France and Nazi influence in Africa, plus potential aid to Free French forces.
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Dutch Guiana
New York
United States
Netherlands
Brazil
Argentina
Surinam
Iceland
Britain
Natal
Paramaribo
Dakar
Lati
French Guiana
Vichy
British Guiana
Martinique
General Weygand
Africa
U. S
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
West Indies
Panama Canal
Puerto Rico
Boringuen
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Bureau of Mines
Christmas Trees Pay for College in Ithaca NY
Homegrown Christmas trees and teen sandwich men helped Gene Hansen a Cornell sophomore finance his education. From a nine year plantation he harvested trees sold for 456 dollars in three seasons with 75 more this December.
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Ithaca
N. Y
New York State
Cornell Universe
Gene Hansen
New York State College of Agriculture
Gene
American Tanks in Libya Show Mechanical Edge of U S Armored Force
The article argues American 13-ton tanks outperform German models in Libya’s early fighting. It praises American mechanical skill, field maintenance by rolling workshops, and high muzzle velocity anti tank guns. It also previews a civic project lauding private sector innovation like the Sea Otter cargo craft and US British wartime collaboration.
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Africa
United States
Montezuma
Tripoli
Germany
America
First Armored
Hitler
Libya
Macchinery
Esc
Weaver Associates
Great Lakes
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Navy
Knox
Washington
Farm families cull flock reducing 900 hens from 3200
A group of Colorado farm families hired a poultry specialist under Farm Security guidance to prune their flock. Of 3,200 birds, 900 were deemed non productive and sold for cash. The note adds census data showing rising female labor participation from 1900 to 1940 with over 45 percent of 20 to 24 year olds in the labor force by 1940.
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Colorado
Farm Security Administration
Census Bureau
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