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January
3-Twenty-eight men and two women are
indicted on sedition charges.
10-Congress reconvenes.
11-Roosevelt asks for National Service act
ia budget of 500, 1853, 000. 900 is Presidents
estimate of 1914 needs.
20-Army allows induction of loyal Japanese.
Americans.
26-Muster-out.pay bill passed. providing
for a maximum of $500.
29-World's most powerful battleship, the
5,000-ton Missouri. is launched.
February
TAX bill sent to White House. 1t pro-
vides for s2.3l5'2OO'O 600 of additional reve-
16-War Relocation authority (WRA) trans
ferred to department of interior.
17-Army announces more than 200, 900 men
have been returned from the Pacific
fronts on furloughs. besides the sick and
wounded, and that the rotation furlough
plan is in full swing.
18-Selective service orders farm workers
reclaSSiied.
22-Tax bill is vetoed as wholly made.
24ECongress overrides veto on tax bill. Sen.
Alben. Barley, Democratic majority
leader who resigned in hareup on veto.
is renamed.
March
6-Fiye veterans organizations combine in
asking for a bonus up to $4,000 for all
members, of the armed forces;
l4-Draf defermentS for men ID to 26 In
essential industry ended except for
15-"Sofdier vote" bill providing for short
federal ballots is passed and sent to
21-State department announces that it will
have no dealings with the Vichy French
25-Three men and two women are convict
ed as spies. and sentenced to long terms.
April
Army reports that l ,O58, 900 enlisted men
have been discharged between Decem-
Der l, 1941, and January 81, 1914.
4-House committee reveals that the fed
eral government now owns one-fifth, OF
the land area of continental United
5-Wendell Willkie withdraws as a Repub-
lican presidential candidate after defeat
12-Attorney Genera Biddle reopens investi-
cation of Political Action committee of
IA new chemical treatment that will give
wood any degree of hardness desired. is
announced.
26-Federal troops take possession Of the
SllASd6O Rldlll vi NaAA - "
by order of FDR when the company re.
fused to obey his order to recognize a
CLIO union.
29-Gen. Douglas Macarthur announces that
he will not accept nomination for Presi-
dent.
May
1-Pulitzer prize for novels awarded to Mar.
tin Flavin for Journey in the Dark"
Musical comedy Oklahoma" won a spe-
cial award for authors.
3-Most meats are removed from ration
ing. Steaks and beef roasts are princi-
pal exceptions.
draft regulations defer most men
over rs. Those under 26 are scheduled
for early induction. Men 26.29 in war
supporting industries gain at least six
months deferment, and those 80 and
- over an indefinite stay.
l5-Senate voted to delay action on poll
tax bill.
British delegation arrives for talks on
M postwar security; ,,o.o, % d,s,o,d ,
political party. but to continue as an
Association"
22-Supreme court decision upholds validity
of OPA suspension orders.
31-Synthetic sugar is produced at the Uni
versity of California. Process is too ex-
pensive to be practical at present.
Governors conference adopts resolution
calling for restoration of state powers
yielded to federal government when war
emergency ends.
June
1-Secretary of State Hull pledges that in
the postwar world organization, small
nations will be kept on an equality with
large in every practicable way.
that it viii take over absolute control
of all male workers over II to check
turnover in essential industries"
8+Twenty-one brigadier generals promot-
ed to major generals and 63 colonies to
&c. I. Bill of Rights clears congress.
3-Democrats lose majority in the house
with the election of Rolla McMillen.
passes army appropriation bill
of $40, LOT, 735, 795.
convention dominates Thorn
as E. Dewey, governor of New York,
for President, and John w. Bricker, gov
ernor Of Ohio, as vice president.
serum to prevent measles has been
developed and will be made available
soon. the Red Cross reveals.
uly
reveals that war costs for hs-
cal year total so billion dollars.
Grammar F-7-F. new two-motored
naval fighting plane, is tested. and is
called superior to the Hellcat.
3-Roosevelt's conversations with Gen.
Charles DeGaulle of France end. De-
Gaulle reported to be highly gratiied."
President Wallace returns from Chi
ma. He predicts an era of peace in the
Pacific. with Russia and China as lead
erS.
President Roosevelt says that he will
run again eff nominated"
Johnston. president of U. S. Cham
Der of Commerce, returns from Russia.
Duke and duchess of Windsor arrive In
New York from the Bahamas.
reveals that there are now 196. GAL
war prisoners in the U. s., 146. 101 be-
ing German, and 50,278 Italian.
convention in Chicago nomi-
mates Roosevelt for fourth term. {
Harry Truman mo- is nominated
for Democratic vice presidential candi-
dacy.
says that malaria has been re-
duced to two-thirds Of early war rate. g,
.ugust ,
OF Philadelphia transit workers
&c rafarred IN President