The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-08

Men who reached the age of q since
October 16. 194O,. register for the
draft.
7-President Roosevelt informs con-
gress that U: S., armed forces have
occupied Iceland
15-Grand jury names German reich
in indicting 80 as spies.
l7-Nation's second peacetime draft lot.
terry held.
21-President asks extended term for
Nationwide drive for scrap alumni.
UNI opens.
26-President mobilizes Philippine forces
on wartime basis.
31-President forms economic defense
board to wage economic war on
Axis. Wallace named head.
Gas stations ordered closed at night
in Eastern Seaboard states.
August
1-Oil shipments to Japan banned.
6-C.I.O. calls strike at huge Kearny,
N. j., shipyards.
7-Senate passes act extending draft
term by Is months.
9-OPM puts steel under full priority
control.
11-Tnstallment buying curbed to check
imitation trend.
12-House passes draft extension bill.
16-President returns to u S. after his.
toric sea meeting with Winston
24-Strike at Kearny, N. j., shipyards
ends as navy takes over.
September
Senate passes largest tax bill in
11--President orders U. S. navy to
shoot at Axis ships sighted in de
fensive" waters.
18-Congress gets new request for &c..
000,000,000 lease-lend. -
Lynn Stambaugh, Fargo, N. D., at
torney, named commander of Amer
lean Legion.
20-President signs -billion-dollar
record tax bill.
25-Duke and Duchess of Windsor visit
Washington, D. C.
October
Increased taxes on many commodi'
ties become effective.
George Hopkins, parachutist, res
cued from top of Devils Tower,
Wyo., after six days.
11-Navy reports Selling Nazi radio sta
tons in Cuba and Greenland.
17-U. S. destroyer Kearny torpedoed
with loss of II lives while on patrol
duty off Iceland
19-AIartin Dies committee lists 1,124 in
U. S. service with affiliations with
subversive groups.
81 Government announces sinking of
two u S ships; Lehigh, flying U. S.
flag off Africa. and Bold Venture,
Panamaniar flag off Iceland. All
hands saved.
24--Gasolipe sales ban in eastern states
lifted.
27-"We're at battle stations" and 1.-The
CT fod
dents Navy day address.
3O--Strike of $4,000 miners in "captive"
coal mines broken by 15-day truce
agreement after five days.
Army takes over Bendix, N. j.. plant
of Air Associates, Inc, to keep up
production of vital aviation supplies.
31-U. S. destroyer Reuben James tor
pedoed and sunk while on convoy
duty off Iceland; A saved. IS miss
ing
November
2-U. S. coast guard transferred to
l3-House completes congressional &C.
ton on neutrality act allowing mer-
chant (armed) ships to sail through
war zones
16-Captive coal miners again out on
strike.
17-President signs order permitting
arming of U. S. merchant ships.
22-Lewis calls off captive coal mine
strike, agreeing to mediation.
28-House votes 5.man price control
board after defeating plan for one
man rigid control.
December
Rail strike averted by wage boost.
mime workers win union shop in cap
tive coal mines.
8-President calls for seven.day week
and about effort in defense industry
Victory drive
13-Fourteen convicted in New York as
Nazi spies.
15-Navy Secretary Knox issues report
on losses at Pearl Harbor.
16-President names Justice Roberts
head of Pearl Harbor inquiry board.
18-Laura ingalls,, famous woman f1ier,
seized by U. S. as German agent.