An Appeal To American Citizens By Burton K Wheeler
A reprinted letter from Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana warns against a lend lease bill granting the President vast wartime powers. He argues it could cede military assets, expand government control, and override constitutional checks, urging citizens to contact their senators and vote against it to protect freedoms.
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Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United States
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Britain
China
Greece
Great Britain
England
Hitler
Roosevelt
The Lend Lease Give Bill Means War
Montana politician B K Wheeler denounces the lend lease bill calling for war and the loss of American defenses. He criticizes presidential power and warns of taxes to fund aid to Britain while noting England’s wartime debts and domestic costs. He urges voters to resist intervention and dollars for foreign wars.
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New Deal
Congress of
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
England
Shylock
Public Health Talk Advises Informed Parents for Children
On February 21 Mrs Georgie Stevens State Public Health Advisory Nurse spoke to the Gillespie County Health Committee. She urged treating the child as a whole and distributed pamphlets Growing Up and Parents Responsibility in the Education of the Child. The meeting was chaired by Mrs W H Schaefer with about 60 attendees. Texas produced about a quarter of the world’s petroleum last year.
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Georgie Stevens
Gillespie County Health Committee
Investments and Accounts Grow in Texas Savings
Savings and investment funds in Texas surged in January as 119 insured savings and loan associations reported new deposits totaling 4,179,724 dollars and 8,690 savers, a state high. Balances averaged about 900 dollars per account, with growth credited to better business conditions and federal insurance protection.
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Little Rock
Ark
Savings and Investments
Texas Savers
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Southwest
Fredericksburg
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Texas Associations
Henry Ford Trade School Hosts Navy Training Center
Dearborn Michigan during World War II the Henry Ford Trade School became a Navy service school. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford pledged facilities and barracks for 1200 trainees. Rear Admiral Nimitz praised the collaboration as a landmark in wartime training and industry partnership.
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Mich
Navy
Henry Ford
Rouge
Rouge River
C. P. Cecil
United States Navy
America
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford Trade School
Ford Motor Company
C. W. Nimitz
Washington
Knox
Ford
Navy Department
Navy Service School
John Downes
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Illinois
Pacific
Atlantic
Admiral Nimitz
Renry Ford
States push constitutional safeguards to protect highway funds
A nationwide survey shows 20 states in 1941 legislatures debating amendments to shield gasoline taxes and vehicle fees from being diverted to nonhighway uses. Eleven states already adopted such protections, including California and Michigan, inspiring farmers motorists and truckers to seek more enactments while arguing that highway funds must finance roads and related progress.
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California
Michigan
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Missouri
Colorado
Kansas
Idaho
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
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Quebec
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U. S
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