U S Army Plans to Mobilize 400000 for War Readiness
Washington reports modern U S military readiness with 13 000 officers and 180 000 enlisted, plus 200 000 National Guard, totaling nearly 400 000 available on short notice. Officers number 100 000 reserve ready after polishing, ROTC 162 000, civilian military camps 35 000. blueprints exist for rapid draft activation if Congress passes.
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George Marshall
United States Army
National Guard
Guard
ROTC
Eden declares no peace while Hitlerism lives
London reports Anthony Eden in a radio address declaring there can be no lasting peace until Nazism is banished and that Britain will fight a long war to end Hitlerism. He accuses Hitler of deliberate aggression and notes past German wars as precedent for current conflict. He says Poland rejected peace proposals never offered by Germany and criticizes German leaders for lawlessness and bloodshed.
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London
Anthony Eden
Neville Chamberlain
Dominions
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Great Britain
Eden
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Denmark
Austria
France
U.S. War Draft Plans Ready for Immediate Action
A Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee details a full mobilization plan if war occurs. It envisions 1.1 million recruits in four months, 2.35 million awaiting call, and a broad structure of registration, local boards, and class-based drafting with lotteries and medical exams.
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Washington
United States
Johnny Jones
Army
National Guard
Johnny
Navy
Joint
Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Congress
Selective Service Committee
Johnny Jonses
Texans Brace for National Guard Expansion in War
A Austin dispatch notes that despite Europe’s war, Texas state government remains unchanged though National Guard units are expected to expand under President Roosevelt’s neutrality policy. Recruitments to full strength and new training activities are planned to prepare Texas for possible participation.
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Austin
Europe
Texas
Roosevelt
Texas National Guard
War prompts Texas oil demand review and controls
Railroad Commissioner Sadler wired the Federal Bureau of Mines for a revised Texas oil market demand estimate ahead of a Monday hearing. He said wartime conditions would alter figures and support a state order raising East Texas output while reducing other fields under a federal court ruling. Ernest Thompson and Harold Ickes warned against overproduction and urged federal control, a stance Texans largely oppose.
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Texas
Jerry Sadler
Federal Bureau of Mines
Sadler
East Texas
Ernest Thompson
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
U. S
War debate says no surge in food demand for farmers
Washington farm officials warned that the war will bring no great increased demand for food products and there is no occasion for farmers to rush expansions or changes in plans. They urged restraint and careful budgeting amid wartime uncertainties.
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Washington
Johnson heads pension setup in Texas welfare board
Adam Johnson, former Austin city manager and ex-board of control member, becomes director of the State Welfare Board to oversee pensions aid for children and the blind. Pension roll additions under liberalized act grow slowly. San Antonio Social Security office shows under 2,500 new names with average payments edging past $14, while bank repayments continue.
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Adam Johnson
Board of Control
Austin
State Relief
State Welfare Board
San Antonio
Social Security Board
Belligerents Prohibited From Borrowing in U S
Treasury experts said the Neutrality and Johnson Acts bar belligerent nations from borrowing money in the United States. The restriction also covers Canada and other British dominions involved in the war. The acts prohibit U S residents from buying securities of a belligerent or a World War I debt defaulter.
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Washington
Treasury
Europe
Canada
United States
Boy Dies After Gun Cleaning Accident in Denison
Billie Bob Simms, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Ogden Simms, died an hour after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning a shotgun at the Parker home in Denison. The blast tore through his right shoulder, penetrating the lung, while he and James Parker were present.
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Denison
Billie Bob Simms
Ogden Simms
James Parker
Parker
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