WIDE POWERS GIVEN MR. ROOSEVELT
SAME AS THOSE OF 1917 SENATE VISUALISES AN ARMV of 8,000,n0n Washington, Dec. 19. President Roosevelt has signed a Bill giving him extraordinary war powers, including and extending President Wilson's powers in 1917. Mr. Roosevelt's powers include authority to: — Establish a censorship over all foreign communications. Redistribute Governmental and administrative functions. Permit defence contracts without competitive bidding. Control and utilise for the nation alien property in the United Stales, which is valued at approximately 7,000,000.000 dollars. The Senate has passed a Bill requiring the registration of all males from 18 to 64 years, for whom those between the ages of 19 anti 44 are liable for military service. This differs from the House of Representatives Bill passed on Wednesday, restricting military service from 21 to 44 years. The Senate Bill would establish a potential army of 8,000,000 men, compared with the House Bill of 6,000,000. ARTIFICIAL CLOUDS TESTS MADE IN U.S.A. (Recd. 5.5 p.m.) Washington, Dec. 19. Officials at Gary. Indiana, tested a new “smoke-out” device to protect vital defence plants against daytime raids by blanketing the three-miies-long Gary plant, the world’s largest steel mill with artificial clouds.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 301, 22 December 1941, Page 6
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