Roosevelt backs TVA for Texas in river authority plan
President Roosevelt urged a nationwide system of river valley authorities modeled on the Tennessee Valley Authority. He pressed Congress to push river basins legislation, including Missouri and Arkansas regions, noting Texas could form a separate authority for its watershed.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
Congress
Missouri
Arkansas
Gulf
Texas
U S Rubber Surplus Reaches 900000 Tons at War Start
United States rubber firms reported a 900000 ton raw rubber surplus by December 7 1941 at a dedicatory ceremony for General Tire and Rubber Co s new six million dollar tire factory in Waco Texas President William O Neil addressed about 3500 attendees noting the huge stock compared with Hitler s holdings Motor vehicles barred on Lord Howe Island and a note lists four wartime flag nomenclatures.
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Waco
United States
Hitler
William O'Neil
General Tire and Rubber Co
Roosevelt to be inaugurated for fourth term at White House
President Roosevelt will be inaugurated for a fourth term at the White House instead of at the Capitol. Senator Harry F. Byrd announced the decision, citing shortages of materials and cost savings by skipping the usual elaborate Capitol ceremony on January 20.
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Roosevelt
White House
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Senate
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Byrd
Christmas Moved To Sunday For Tot In Cheyenne
In Cheyenne Wyoming 3 year old Nubbins Hoffman diagnosed with an incurable bladder ailment will have a Sunday Christmas complete with a tree. His father Marshal Hoffman says doctors say the child may not reach Christmas. The Park Commission helped locate a usable evergreen after the family struggled to find a tree.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Forest
Nubbins
GOP Backing Crop Insurance Plan with Administration
Washington report says substantial Republican support aligned with the administration for a revived federal crop insurance proposal. Rep. Hope of Kansas, ranking Republican on the House Agriculture Committee, hopes for passage before Christmas as Speaker Rayburn schedules action amid prior funding refusals and liquidation orders.
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Hope
R.-Kan
House Agriculture Committee
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Congress
No 1 Smoker Gets Plenty of Cigarettes
A White House check shows the No 1 smoker is not short of cigarettes. Since before Roosevelt, the White House has traded with the same tobacconist, who ensures the top customer never runs out during lean periods.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Farm Price Support May Be Needed Further
Washington. The War Food Administration told Congress the chance of farm surpluses justifies continuing the federal price support program and asked to raise the Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing power from 3 billion to 5 billion dollars. Ashley Sellers urged legislation to lift the cotton sales cap beyond 300000 bales per month to meet domestic needs.
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War Food Administration
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Sam Rayburn
WFA
Ashley Sellers
CCC
Byrnes to Continue as War Post Head
Velt announced James F. Byrnes will remain director of war mobilization and reconversion until Germany is defeated. Vendors of all kinds travel on wheels in Holland.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Brynes
Germany
Holland
Divorce Petition in Grayson County Denison Suit 53134
Citation directed to Clarence Shives commands appearance by 10 am on first Monday after 42 days from issuance, to answer Etheleen M. Shivs petition filed November 1 1944 in District Court Grayson County Sherman Texas. Case involves divorce for cruel treatment and partition of community property at Miller's Second Add Denison.
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State OF Texas
Clarence Shives
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Etheleen M. Shivs
Miller
Denison
S. V. Earnest
Inez Steed
Hidden Tuberculosis Cases May Run Into Hundreds of Thousands
Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe of the USPHS told the Southern Medical Association that a survey of 750,000 workers in war industries found 1.5 percent with X ray evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis. He warned that many cases remain unreported, estimating hundreds of thousands are hidden while noting the disease still kills about 60,000 Americans annually.
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ST. Louis
United States Public Health Service
USPHS
Southern Medical Association
Herman E. Hilleboe
Hilleboe
Good Steaks Coming But No Corn Whisky
Washington reports this year emphasizes steak progress while corn whisky is absent from plans. Officials note developments in local cuisine and agriculture without mentioning specific events or dates.
Corn Harvest May Boost Beef, Delay Bourbon Stocks
War Food Administration officials foresee heavy corn output driving cattle into the corn belt for fattening and possible beef gains next year. They have not yet granted distillers permission to convert corn into Bourbon during the January whisky holiday.
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War Food Administration
WFA
Bolivia Rich in World's Richest Mineral Resources
Bolivia is described as having the richest mineral resources among South American countries, highlighting its vast deposits and potential impact on regional mining.
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Bolivia
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