Defense measures loom as Roosevelt seeks extension of guard service
War Department asks Congress to retain National Guard and Reserves for the emergency. Roosevelt warns of possible disintegration if Congress delays action and cites the Selective Service Act as authority for extension.
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War Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Department
Patterson
Army
Tend
Hopkins
Lonwrton
Britain
Surplus Marketing Administration
OPACS
Maritime Commission of the Merchant Shipbuilding Program
Perkins
Measur
Henderson
Atantic City
Jane
WPA
Defense
Labor Department
Department of Agriculture
Power For Defense
Federal Power Commission
If I Were Twenty-One from Lafayette Young’s Vision
A reprint of Lafayette Young’s Twenty One meditation urges a hopeful, practical view of youth. It argues a learner’s humility, steady work, frugal ambition, and enduring faith, imagining how a wiser twenty one would balance sport work love home debt health and civic loyalty.
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Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Yong
America
God
Texas Rally for Burnet Morality and National Honor
A 100 year old Texas note reports strong public support for Judge Burnet as election nears. Citizens unite to uphold morality and national honor, with even formerly indifferent individuals showing renewed enthusiasm. A letter from Victoria dated July 13 notes Mexicans visiting the area.
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Republic
West
Victoria
Arista Commissioners Seek Promised Truce in Texas Campaign
Reports from 1841 detail Arista sending two commissioners to propose a temporary halt to hostilities with the Comanches while continuing a campaign. Lamar rejects direct contact, authorizing meetings to assess intentions. Meanwhile prices rise in Houston markets as vegetables and fruit dwindle, with farmers urged to ship produce.
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Arista
Messers C. van Ness
J. D. Morris
Telegraph and
Texas Register
Houston
Lamar
Texas
Messeam Var Negs
J.D. Morris
Tinnama
Atieeemieta
Indise
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Elrenlizing
Liang
Alvin Leifeste
Burl
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Olge Leifeste
NUCLM
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Ohne
A. Mayes
Maritime Commission
Coast Guard
Rodstvelt
OPM
McConnel
LaQuardia
Defense Industries
Ial
D. H. Buchanan Construction CO
Tank and Lake Construction Titano, Texas
Mane Douper
Acrvice
Peterson
Corpus Christ
Phil Dimit
Sutherland
Graham
Matamoros
Aubrey
Kinney
Liane
Axa
Jim Llano
CLUB
Mr. and
Mrs. Newell Srostits
U.S. Royal Walter
U.S. Royal
Buttery
John C. Buttery
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