150th Birthday of the Bill of Rights Observed
Washington announces a nationwide observance of the Bill of Rights on December 15 led by the Office of Civilian Defense with Archibald MacLeish and the Library of Congress. The study outlines the origin of the amendments, their ten provisions, and contrasts free society with totalitarian states while urging local councils to form information committees and public programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Asia
Office of
Civilian Defense
Archibald MacLeish
Librarian
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
United States
Library of Congress
F. H. LaGuardia
Office of Civilian Defense
Defense Council
MacLeish
Virginia
Jefferson
Massachusetts
New York
Occupation of Dutch Guiana Strengthens Defense Bases
The United States begins occupation of Dutch Guiana with Dutch exile government approval and cooperation from Brazil and Argentina. The move aims to fortify hemisphere defenses and protect bauxite deposits along the Surinam river amid broader concerns about Nazi propaganda and Vichy influence in French Guiana and Africa. The article notes potential strategic gains for Free French forces and British interests, with outcomes to be measured in future stability checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Dutch Guiana
Netherlands
Brazil
Argentina
Surinam
Iceland
Britain
Natal
Paramaribo
Dakar
Lati
French Guiana
British Guiana
Martinique
Vichy
General Weygand
Africa
U. S
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
West Indies
Panama Canal
Puerto Rico
Borinquen
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Bureau of Mines
Christmas Trees Pay for College in Ithaca NY
Gene Hanson a Cornell sophomore funded by home grown Christmas trees and a sandwich man advertising stunt. From a nine year planting program, he harvested 456 dollars in three seasons and expects 75 more this December, aided by a loyal local market and repeat customers. 4-H started his forestry effort in 1932 with 1000 free trees, 800 survived, a mix of Scotch pine and Norway spruce planted in close spacing on good soil, and careful management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
New York State
Cornell University
Gene Hanson
New York State College of Agriculture
Gene
State Conservation Department
British Diplomacy and Washington Snubs in 1940s Context
Washington whispers that Britain should reform its diplomatic service after the Russian Ambassador Litvinoff was barred from a plane en route to the United States. The piece contrasts British embassy aloofness with U.S. political theater, noting personalities like Viscount Halifax and Charles Peake, and recounts a dinner table exchange between Senator Wheeler and Undersecretary Forrestal amid neutrality debates. It then reports friction with Nazi Germany over Finland, including alleged Finnish anger at German treatment and a note on rising telecommunication costs paid by the U.S. government.
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Europe
South
America
Hitler
France
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Greece
Italy
United States
Germany
John H. Walthall
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals Laboratory
Surinam
Atlantic
Netherlands
Motherland
Arkansas
North Carolina
Iowa
South American
New Amsterdam
New York City
Washington
D. C
Litvinoff
U.S.A
Hull
State Department
Britain
British Purchasing Commission
Viscount Halifax
Charles Peake
India
Calcutta
Keokuk
Senate
Roosevelt
Burt Wheeler
Navy
Forrestal
Wheeler
Wheeler-Rayburn
Holding Corporation
American Tanks Prove Superior in Libya Campaign
In Libya the 13-ton American tanks demonstrate superior speed and firepower over German models, aided by mobile maintenance units and a skilled American mechanized corps. British use of U S tanks provides a final test as officers praise American mechanical genius and hands-on training that underpins a growing armored force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BAI National Farm
Hc Wnu
H Street
Washington, D. C
Africa
United States
Montezuma
Tripoli
Germany
America
First Armored
Hitler
Libya
Khagee
Warren Nobel
Atlantic
Weaver Associates
Great Lakes
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Navy
Knox
Thrifty Colorado farmers cull 900 nonlaying hens
A GA group of Colorado farm families hired a poultry expert under Farm Security guidance to examine 3,200 fowls. The inspector found 900 hens not worth feeding and sold them for cash. The census bureau notes a rising share of young women in the labor market from 1930 to 1940, with 20 to 24 year olds increasingly in work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Farm Security Administration
Census Bureau
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George Mason
Gunston Hall
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Ben
Junto Or ‘‘Council
Franklin
Ben Franklin
Oxford
The
Junte
Harvard University
Spence
Boston
Peter Collinson
London
Junto
Collinson
Howard McClenahan
American Philosophical Society
Library Company of
Union Fire Company
Pennsylvania
College
University) of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital
Washington Society
Rovaninemi
Uncle Sam
DuPont Circle
Starling Burgess
Otter
Bankhage
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