SAYS FD SEES 1941 VICTORY FOR BRITISH
A federal defense statement praises British victory in 1941 and outlines concerns over Nazism and totalitarian powers. It includes remarks by Bertram Kruger and Senator Connally defending presidential authority to mobilize arms and foreign policy.
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Te Iléhate
Ameren
Bor Wating Company
Ffeantigtn
Sauter Connally
S Iilita
Menta
Europe
Japan
United States
Geraiany
Connally
Congress
Supreme Court
Legislative Branch
Conservation district aids planned for Hamilton Coryell counties
Federal and state support will fund a soil and water conservation program for Hamilton and Coryell counties. M. Blankenahle and district supervisors approve Martin, aided by county agents, to develop terracing, strip cropping, contour furrowing, grasses and wildlife protection. Surveys cover Martin's 28%C0re facility, eight miles west of Oglesby, with 125 other agreements pending.
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Okek Martin
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U. S. Department of Agei Culeurn
Washington
M. Blankenahle
Griesville
District Board of Supervisors
A. T. Jones
Hamilton
Virgil Lockhart
Pidcoke
Herman Schrank
Martin
Agricultural Adjustment
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Oglesby
Oil Convervation Service
Guy Powell
T. D. Craddock
Coryell
Guard bill signed by O Daniel to officialize home guards
Austin Feb 14 Gov. W. Lee O Daniel signed House Bill 45 by Ben Sharpe giving official status to home defense guards when approved by the Governor and Adjutant General. There are now 200 names awaiting official action.
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Austin
W. Vee O'Daniel Friday
Ben Sharpe
Debt limit boost passes in Senate
February 14. The Senate approved by voice vote the administration bill authorizing a 16 billion dollar increase in the national debt limit. Democrats urged higher taxes to finance defense spending while Republicans criticized the New Deal's makeshift fiscal policy.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Today
Bankhead Plans New Cotton Cuts and Loan Shifts
Senator John H Bankhead of Alabama urged a bill to cut cotton production to about 10 million bales annually by voluntary grower cooperation paid from parity fund. Loans on cotton rice wheat and tobacco to be set at parity price. higher loan rates could eliminate parity payments. Parity price for cotton cited at 15.6 cents per pound. Young Texans travel to Austin with Rev. Gerald Trussell to protest proposed alcohol and horse race betting bills, marching to the Capitol and presenting to House and Senate.
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Washington
John H. Bankhead
Dem
Alabama
Agriculture Department
Backbold
Austin
Gerald Trussell
Texas
House
Senate
Congress Avenue
Schumacher Gift for Waco Library Tops Local History
The $20,000 Schumacher gift is the second largest benefaction in Waco’s history, after the $100,000 Hoty donation to Cameron Park region. The money funds a public library for twenty years, with the library site and Association members to be sold. Schumacher’s gift arose after a Christmas visit to Waco.
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Schumacher
Waco
Pris Hoty
Aula Cameron
Tr. Schumacher
D Ry
Charlotte Hohhn
Fehmarn
Baltic Sea
H. Behrens
Maribel Hartman
Columbus
Arta
Columbus Museum of Art
Norwegian bishops condemn violence in Nazi-ruled Norway
Report from Oslo states police and church departments banned church readings of a circular letter by Norwegian bishops denouncing violence in their Nazi-occupied country. The letter was reportedly read in several churches last Sunday and urged adherence to Christian faith and science. In other notes, the University of Texas opened the new semester with 10,885 students, and Ruth Nickolson and Clarence Nelson of Post Texas wed in January 1941 with plans to live on a Post farm.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oslo
Norway
Nelson—Nickoleon
Ruth Nickolson
Clarance Nelson
Post
Texas
Emil Bekllind
Coupe
Mahes
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