Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-01-02

the navy.
20-President signs q billion navy bill.
23-Ex-Gov. Long of Louisiana and four In
dicted in payroll fraud.
25-RooseVelt halts export of oil and scrap
material.
26-Roosevelt renews demand for authority
to call the National Guard.
AUGUST
6-House approves overlapping to trap fifth
columnsts.
7-House votes permission for American
ships to bring children from zone.
Army arsenals ordered to use three daily
8-Senate gives President power to call
National Guard.
Farley resigns as postmaster general.
10-Farley becomes sales executive tor
soft drink concern
12-Russia demands America recall all its
15-House passes bill for Guard call
16-Army buys Sc oombers and orders huge
powder plant
T-Wendell Willkie accepts the Republican
nomination for President before vast
throng at ElWood. Ind.
18-Roosevelt announces pact with Canada
for joint defense board
20-Claude r. Wickard nominated to sue
ceed Wallace as secretary OF agricul'
ture.
23-Presdent approves plans for transfer
of destroyers to Britain.
24-Harry Hopkins resigns as secretary OF
commerce Jesse Jones his successor
Frank Walker named to succeed Farley
27-McNary formally accepts Republican
nomination for vice president.
28-senate passes draft bill including con-
scription of industry
29-Henry Wallace formally accepts Demo-
cratic nomination for vice president.
Senate votes billions more for defense.
30-Army orders 687 planes; 10000 engines.
SEPTEMBER
1-Roosevelt calls up 60. 500 National Guard
for year service with U. S. army:
3-President announces exchange OF 80 de-
stroyers to Great Britain for air and
naval bases in British Western hemi-
sphere possessions.
4-secretary Hull renews warming to Japan
6-Congress passes 5l4 billion defense bill.
7-House passes draft bill sets ages at 2l
s-Navy orders 200 warships.
14-Conscription bill passes congress.
16-War department calls out $4,000 more
Guardsmen
Sam Rayburn elected speaker of the
house to succeed Bankhead.
19-Senate passes excess profits bill.
House votes third of a billion to house
draft army.
Count Marc de Tristan, kidnapped in
Hllsboro. Calf; held for 100000 ran.
son.
21-Gensus bureau ire %, reports population of
22-Two hunters capture kidnaper and res.
cue Marc de Tristan in California hills.
26-Roosevelt bars export of scrap metal to
Japan.
orOBER
1-Congress passes excess profits tax bin.
3-Congress passes III billion dollar war
spending BILL
5-Navy orders out 1851 feet and marine
8-State department urges Americans to
leave the Orient because OF japanese
crisis.
amount of foreign funds.
12-President Clarence A. Dykstra OF the
University of Wisconsin. granted leave
of absence to serve as director OF the
1AJoseph H. Ball named to succeed Sena-
tor Lundeen deceased. as senator from
Minnesota.
l6-More than l6 million registered for draft
22-U. S. seizes 100 planes built for Sweden.
26-Hull warns axis to keep hands OIL col
N-Joseph B. Kennedy. ambassador to
Great Britain. returns and confers with
President.
2s-Drawing for draft begins.
NOVEMBER
s-Ferty.hour week abandoned on defense
14-Eight theological students: in New York
sentenced to year in prison for draft
15-strike closes plane plant working on
mlllLaTy OIuCTS III AdluOLIho.
l6--Navy announces 1t will accept I7-year.
ls-Lewis resigns as chief of C. I. @.
ls-HSuse ,n, se re- refuses to adjourn by vote o.
2o-U. S. transfers giant b0mbers to Britain.
N-Senator Holt asks investigation OF Brit
ish propaganda.
Phillip Murray succeeds John L. Lewis
as chief Of the c. !. o.
23-Attorney General Jackson says evidence
shows that Reds caused plane plant
strike In California.
2EInvestigation Of food prices started.
26-Senate passes Walter.Logan bill to curb
powers of government agencies.
N-Roosevelt sets aside SO million collars
to condition naval bases.
DECEMBER
Joseph p. Kennedy resigns as ambassa-
dor to Great Britain.
2-Walter.Logan bill passes house.
6-British and u. S. treasury heads con-
fer on finances.
Strike closes IS Pacific northwest lum-
s-Treasury puts tax on newest issue Of
notes.
1o-British reject Hoover plan to feed Nazi.
conquered countries.
-1l-Lord Lothian, British ambassador to
U. S., asks for more help for Britain.
17-U. s. gets new request for aid to Britain.
l8-President vetoes Walter.LoRan bill