Defense week roundup shows US wartime controls and mobilization
A broad defense briefing outlines export controls on aviation fuels to Western Hemisphere and allies, plus wartime measures. It notes Japan concerns, silk and cotton fabric rationing, and metal and labor shifts. It details lend lease cotton goods for China, extended Soviet trade talks, and army expansion measures. It covers civil defense, housing for defense workers, and inflation risk with farmer leadership urged to curb price rises.
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Roosevelt
British Empire
Hull
Japan
Thailand
United States
Treasury
Morgenthau
Lendlease
Hull Returns to Desk Urging Unified Resistance
World Affairs Secretary Hull returns after six weeks, citing a world movement of conquest backed by savagery. He calls for full effort and rising production for defense to mount a successful resistance.
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Hull
Overtaking the Undertaker Exceeds Speed Limits
The Travelers analysis of 1940 traffic accidents shows speeding as the top illegal action, with 9 600 speeding drivers killed or caught and nearly 250 000 others stopped by speed violations. The study ranks excessive speed as the major cause of U S traffic accidents.
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U. S
One Variety Cotton Program Announced for Texas Regions
The Department of Agriculture announces a four-area one variety cotton program in Texas with Wharton Red River Delta Lamar and South Plains areas using Delta Pine Land Rowden and Paymaster varieties. Up to 225000 bales from 1941 crops will be made available to spinners in uniform lots, with growers able to loan or sell their cotton.
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College Station
Texas
United States
Department of Agriculture
Wharton County
Red River County
Delta-Lamar
South Plains
el Campo
Clarksville
Paris
Floydada
M. C. Jaynes
A. and
M. College Extension Service
Jaynes
Red River
Delta- Lamar
Man Gives Shoes to Needy Office Visitor in Columbia
In Columbia South Carolina Julian Price of Greensboro North Carolina, president of a large insurance firm, arrived at a business meeting with his shoes off after being approached by a shabby man outside the building. Price removed his own shoes and gave them to the visitor who stood speechless.
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Columbia
S. C
Julian Price
Greensboro
N. C
Lonesome Bill Donates Pots and Pans for Defense
A humorous letter from Lonesome Bill notes he and his wife gathered old aluminum pots and pans to support National Defense. He jokes about aluminum legs and cork legs, recalls a lazy uncle who fished with a cork leg, and quips about revivals and watermelons as distractions from neighbors.
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Lonesome Bill
Uncle Sam
Times
National Defense
Sermonette Reflections on Purpose and Freedom by Milner Brakefield
Josie Milner Brakefield argues good intentions fail without action. A compelling life needs a clear point and skilled effort. She equates success with purposeful work and freedom to life’s flowing channel. If faculties lie unused they atrophy and decline. An inviting note mentions buying adding machine paper at the Sun office.
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State Department
Soviet Union
Department
Silk
Office of Production Management
Army
Navy
Price
Henderson
OPM
McNutt
War Department
U.S. Army
Senate
Congress
Ickes
Harriet Elliott
Miss Elliott
Defense
Gulf Coast
Defense Housing
FWA
Carmody
Galbraith
Farm & Home
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Reserve Board
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
S. H. Montgomery Agency
the Undertaker
Josie Milner
Sun Office
Kirkpatrick’s
America
Americas
Texas Petroleum
Lee
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
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