Word: lende
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Whole Story." With solemn gusto, Franklin Roosevelt then read the roll of the war measures which the Republicans in Congress had opposed: Repeal of the Arms Embargo, 1939; Selective Service, 1940; Lend-Lease, 1941; extension of Selective Service, August...
...Their carrier task force moved south to the New Guinea theater and struck Hollandia, moved north east for strikes at Truk, Satawan and Ponape. Still the Rippers were no better than any mine-run fighter squadron. In early June the task force went north to lend a hand in the invasion of the Marianas. There the squadron found itself...
...boss. Leo Crowley, outlined the postwar duties of FEA. Cox, 38, whose hobby is mountain climbing, has a nimble and imaginative legally trained mind (M.I.T. and Yale Law School), which enables him to have a finger in every Washington pie. He wrote the first draft of the Lend-Lease bill in 20 minutes, then filled in the details in two and a half hours. Last week Cox said the President's letter will become the guiding policy of postwar foreign trade for the U.S. The policy: whenever necessary FEA will underwrite the trade, while private industry will produce...
...Presidential candidate, Willkie became the leader of the "loyal opposition," and it was as such that he became world-famed as a man of good will. From his 1941 visit to blitzed Britain, where he played darts with the men in pubs, on through the invaluable support he gave Lend-Lease, through his 1942 visit to meet Stalin and Chiang Kaishek, his prestige as an American citizen rose as steadily as did the American people's interest in foreign affairs...
...threw that snowball? In the last twelve months Lend-Lease exported six million pounds of cigarets. Typical prewar-year (1934) exports: eight million pounds. Prime reason for the home shortage: increased smoking by both U.S. servicemen and civilians...