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54 Stat. 2763 Proclamation of a State of War Between Italy and GreeceNovember 15, 1940[No. 2443] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 1 of the joint resolution of Congress approvedPreamble.*Ante*, p. 4.[22 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 245j](/us/usc/t22/s245j). November 4, 1939, provides in part as follows: " “That whenever the President, or the Congress by concurrent resolution, shall find that there exists a state of war between foreign states, and that it is necessary to promote the security or preserve the peace of the United States or to protect the lives of citizens of the United States, the President shall issue a proclamation naming the states involved; and he shall, from time to time, by proclamation, name other states as and when they may become involved in the war.

” " AND WHEREAS it is further provided by section 13 of the said*Ante*, p. 11.[22 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 245j–12](/us/usc/t22/s245j–12). joint resolution that" “The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this joint resolution; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this joint resolution through such officer or officers, or agency or agencies, as he shall direct.

” " NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, PresidentProclamation of state of war between Italy and Greece. of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution, do hereby proclaim that a state of war unhappily exists between Italy and Greece, and that it is necessary to promote the security and preserve the peace of the United States and to protect the lives of citizens of the United States. AND I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States,Officers to prevent violations. charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violation of the said joint resolution and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same.

AND I do hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the power toDelegation of powers to Secretary of State. exercise any power or authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution, as made effective by this my proclamation issued thereunder, which is not specifically delegated by Executive order to some other officer or agency of this Government, and the power to promulgate such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of its provisions.

Provisions of previous proclamation made applicable to Greece.NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, in order to preserve the neutrality of the United States and of its citizens and of persons within its territory and jurisdiction, and to enforce its laws and treaties, and in order that all persons, being warned of the general tenor of the laws and treaties of the United States in this behalf, and of the law of nations, may thus be prevented from any violation of the same, do hereby declare and proclaim that all of the provisions of my proclamation*Ante*, p. 2629. of September 5, 1939, proclaiming the neutrality of the United States in a war between Germany and France;

Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand apply equally in respect to Greece. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and [seal] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Cordell Hull *Secretary of State*. 2445 November 15, 1940 Use of Ports or Territorial Waters of the United States by Submarines of Foreign Belligerent States by the president of the united states of america A Proclamation Use of Ports or Territorial Waters of the United States by Submarines of Foreign Belligerent StatesNovember 15, 1940[No. 2445] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION Preamble.*Ante*, p. 9.[22 U.

S. C., Supp. V, § 245j–10](/us/usc/t22/s245j–10).WHEREAS section 11 of the joint resolution approved November 4, 1939, provides: " “Whenever, during any war in which the United States is neutral, the President shall find that special restrictions placed on the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines or armed merchant vessels of a foreign state will serve to maintain peace between the United States and foreign states, or to protect the commercial interests of the United States and its citizens, or to promote the security of the United States, and shall make proclamation thereof, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any such submarine or armed merchant vessel to enter a port or the territorial waters of the United States or to depart therefrom, except under such conditions and subject to such limitations as the President may prescribe.

Whenever, in his judgment, the conditions which have caused him to issue his proclamation have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclamation and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply, except as to offenses committed prior to such revocation.” " 54 Stat. 2765 WHEREAS there exists a state of war between Italy and Greece; WHEREAS the United States of America is neutral in such war; WHEREAS by my proclamation of November 4, 1939, issued pursuant*Ante*, p. 2672.[22 U.

S. C. Supp. V, § 245j–10](/us/usc/t22/s245j–10) (note). to the provision of law quoted above, I placed special restrictions on the use of ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines of France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, PresidentProvisions of previous proclamation made applicable to Greece. of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of section 11 of the joint resolution approved November 4, 1939, do by this proclamation declare and proclaim that the provisions of my proclamation of November 4, 1939, in regard to the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of France;

Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa, shall also apply to the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of Greece. AND I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States,Officers to prevent violations. charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said joint resolution, and this my proclamation issued thereunder, and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and [seal] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Cordell Hull *Secretary of State*. 2446 November 18, 1940 Pan American Aviation Day by the president of the united states of america A Proclamation Pan American Aviation DayNovember 18, 1940[No. 2446] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the past ten years have witnessed an amazing developmentPreamble. of civil aviation in the American republics; and WHEREAS the easy and rapid intercourse made possible by this development has already contributed in a substantial manner to a better understanding and friendship among the peoples of the American republics and brought regions heretofore considered commercially inaccessible within the radius of world markets; and WHEREAS by Public Resolution No. 105, approved October 10,*Ante*, p. 1093. 1940, the Congress of the United States, considering this progress and appreciating the important role which it is possible for civil aviation to play in fostering the development of closer cultural and economic relations between the peoples of the American republics, authorized the President of the United States to designate December 17 of each year as Pan American Aviation Day: 54 Stat. 2766 Pan American Aviation Day.Designation of December 17, 1940, and December 17 of each succeeding year as.NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D.

ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate December 17, 1940, the anniversary of the first successful flight of a heavier-than-air machine, and December 17 of each succeeding year as Pan American Aviation Day, and do hereby call upon all officials of the Government, the Governors of the forty-eight States, our possessions, and the people of the United States generally to observe with appropriate ceremonies this day as Pan American Aviation Day. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the city of Washington this 18″ day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of [seal] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Sumner Welles *Acting Secretary of State*. 2447 November 23, 1940 Pan American Health Day by the president of the united states of america A Proclamation Pan American Health DayNovember 23, 1940[No. 2447] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION Preamble.WHEREAS the Fourth Pan American Conference of National Directors of Health, held in Washington in May 1940, adopted a resolution recommending “that a ‘Health Day’ be held annually in the countries of the Pan American Union”; and WHEREAS the National Health Authorities of the American Republics have agreed upon the second day of December, 1940, as the date for the first celebration of Pan American Health Day, inasmuch as this is the anniversary of the opening date of the First Pan American Sanitary Conference, in 1902, marking the beginning of inter-American cooperation in one of the fields most important to progress, civilization, and the general well-being—that of Public Health; and WHEREAS the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service have requested that the United States Government and the people render their fullest cooperation and support to this new demonstration of the unity of interests and ideals of the countries of the Western Hemisphere:

Pan American Health Day.Designation of December 2 of this and of each succeeding year as.NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the second day in December of this and of each succeeding year as Pan American Health Day, and do hereby call upon the citizens of our country to celebrate the day appropriately, do invite similar action on the part of the Governors of the several States, Territories, and island possessions of the United States, and, in order that our people may become better informed concerning the importance of Pan American cooperation in the field of public health and of the work which has been and is being done in this field, do invite the medical, sanitary, dental, pharmaceutical and nursing professions, the scientific groups, all organs of opinion, including the press, radio, and the motion picture industry, and all agencies and individuals interested in health, and54 Stat. 2767 especially public health and school authorities, to join with each other and with similar bodies in our sister Republics in the celebration of Pan American Health Day, thus emphasizing once more the ties that bind our countries together.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 23d day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of [seal] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Sumner Welles *Acting Secretary of State*. 2448 November 23, 1940 Extending the Period for the Establishment of an Adequate Shipping Service for, and Deferring Extension of the Coastwise Laws to, Canton Island by the president of the united states of america A Proclamation Extending the Period for the Establishment of an Adequate Shipping Service for, and Deferring Extension of the Coastwise Laws to, Canton IslandNovember 23, 1940[No. 2448] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (41 Stat.Preamble.[46 U. S. C. § 877;

Supp. V, § 877](/us/usc/t46/s877/877). 997), provides: " “That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise laws of the United States shall extend to the island Territories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise:

PROVIDED, That if adequate shipping service is not established by February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island Territory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate shipping facilities therefor . . .”;and " WHEREAS an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of Canton Island has not been established as provided in the aforesaid section; and WHEREAS the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island, as provided in the aforesaid section, is dependent upon the establishment of such adequate shipping service; and WHEREAS by Proclamation No. 2346 of August 21, 1939, the*Ante*, p. 2627. period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island was extended to January 1, 1940, and the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Island was deferred to that date; and WHEREAS by Proclamation No. 2379 of December 29, 1939, the*Ante*, p. 2677. period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island was further extended to January 1, 1941, and the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Island was further deferred to that date: 54 Stat. 2768 Canton Island.Period for establishing adequate shipping service for, extended.Extension of U.

S. coastwise laws to, deferred.[41 Stat. 997](/us/stat/41/997).[46 U. S. C. § 877; Supp. V, § 877](/us/usc/t46/s877/877).NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 21 of the aforesaid Merchant Marine Act, 1920, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island is further extended to January 1, 1942, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island is further deferred to January 1, 1942.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 23d day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of [seal] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Sumner Welles *Acting Secretary of State*. 2449 December 19, 1940 Administration of Section 6 of the Act Entitled, “An Act To Expedite the Strengthening of the National Defense” Approved July 2, 1940 by the president of the united states of america A Proclamation Administration of Section 6 of the Act Entitled, “An Act To Expedite the Strengthening of the National Defense” Approved July 2, 1940December 10, 1940[No. 2449] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION Preamble.*Ante*, p. 714.WHEREAS section 6 of the act of Congress entitled “AN ACT To expedite the strengthening of the national defense,” approved July 2, 1940, provides as follows:

" “Sec. 6. Whenever the President determines that it is necessary in the interest of national defense to prohibit or curtail the exportation of any military equipment or munitions, or component parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or material, or supplies necessary for the manufacture, servicing, or operation thereof, he may by proclamation prohibit or curtail such exportation, except under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe. Any such proclamation shall describe the articles or materials included in the prohibition or curtailment contained therein.

In case of the violation of any provision of any proclamation, or of any rule or regulation, issued hereunder, such violator or violators, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The authority granted in this section shall terminate June 30, 1942, unless the Congress shall otherwise provide.” " Export of iron and steel, restriction.NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D.

ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby proclaim that upon the recommendation of the Administrator of Export Control I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on and after December 30, 1940, the following-described articles and materials shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license *Ante*, p. 2712.as provided for in Proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940, entitled54 Stat. 2769 “Administration of section 6 of the act entitled ‘AN Act to expedite the strengthening of the national defense’ approved July 2, 1940.”:

IRON and STEEL IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and [seal] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Cordell Hull *Secretary of State*. 2450 December 19, 1940 Suspending Quotas on Imports of Certain Cotton by the president of the united states of america A Proclamation Suspending Quotas on Imports of Certain CottonDecember 19, 1940[No. 2450] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural AdjustmentPreamble.

Act of 1933 as amended by section 31 of the act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 773), as amended by section 5 of the act of February 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1148, 1152), and as reenacted by section 1 of the act of June 3, 1937 (50 Stat. 246), I issued a proclamation on September[7 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 624](/us/usc/t7/s624).*Ante*, p. 2640. 5, 1939, limiting the quantities of certain cotton and cotton waste which might be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; and WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has made a supplemental investigation pursuant to the said section 22 with respect to cotton and has made findings of fact with respect to certain cotton the entries of which were limited by such proclamation; and WHEREAS the Tariff Commission has transmitted to me a report of such findings and its recommendations based thereon, and has also transmitted a copy of such report to the Secretary of Agriculture:

NOW, THEREFORE, I FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, PresidentFindings as to certain cotton; proclamation. of the United States of America, do hereby find and declare, on the basis of such investigation and report, that the circumstances requiring the provisions of the aforesaid proclamation with respect to cotton having a staple of one and eleven-sixteenths inches or more in length no longer exist. Accordingly, pursuant to the aforesaid section 22, as further amended by the act of January 25, 1940, Public, No. 406, 76th Congress, I hereby proclaim that such provisions*Ante*, p. 17. of such proclamation as limit the quantities of cotton having a staple of one and eleven-sixteenths inches or more in length which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption are suspended, effective immediately.Effective date.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 19” day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of [seal] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Cordell Hull *Secretary of State*. 2451 December 20, 1940 Control of the Export of Certain Articles and Materials by the president of the united states of america A Proclamation 54 Stat. 2770 Control of the Export of Certain Articles and MaterialsDecember 20, 1940[No. 2451] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION Preamble.*Ante*, p. 714.WHEREAS section 6 of the Act of Congress entitled “AN ACT To expedite the strengthening of the national defense,” approved July 2, 1940, provides as follows:

In case of the violation of any provision of any proclamation, or of any rule or regulation, issued hereunder, such violator or violators, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The authority granted in this section shall terminate June 30, 1942, unless the Congress shall otherwise provide.” " Control of exports of certain articles and materials.NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D.

ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby proclaim that upon the recommendation of the Administrator of Export Control I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on and after January 6, 1941, the following-described articles and materials shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a *Ante*, p. 2712.license as provided for in Proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940, entitled “Administration of section 6 of the Act entitled ‘AN Act to expedite the strengthening of the national defense’ approved July 2, 1940.”: 1.

Bromine 2. Ethylene. 3. Ethylene dibromide. 4. Methylamine. 5. Strontium Metals and Ores. 6. Cobalt. 7. Abrasives and abrasive products containing emery, corundum, or garnet, as well as abrasive paper and cloth. 8. Plastic molding machines and presses. 9. Measuring Machines. 10. Gauges. 11. Testing Machines. 12. Balancing Machines. 13. Hydraulic Pumps. 14. Tools incorporating industrial diamonds. 15. Equipment and plans for the production of aviation lubricating oil. 54 Stat. 2771 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 20th day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of [seal] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Cordell Hull *Secretary of State*. 2452 December 28, 1940 Uruguay—Suspension of Tonnage Duties by the president of the united states of america A Proclamation Uruguay—Suspension of Tonnage DutiesDecember 28, 1940[No. 2452] by the president of the united states of america A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 4228 of the Revised Statutes of the UnitedPreamble.

States, as amended by the act of July 24, 1897, c. 13, 30 Stat. 214 (U. S. C., title 46, sec. 141), provides, in part, as follows: " “Upon satisfactory proof being given to the President, by the government of any foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or imposts are imposed or levied in the ports of such nation upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in the same from the United States or from any foreign country, the President may issue his proclamation, declaring that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States are suspended and discontinued, so far as respects the vessels of such foreign nation, and the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported into the United States from such foreign nation, or from any other foreign country; the suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels, belonging to citizens of the United States, and their cargoes, shall be continued, and no longer . . .

” " AND WHEREAS satisfactory proof was received by me from the Government of Uruguay on December 10, 1940, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or imposts are imposed or levied in the ports of Uruguay upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in such vessels, from the United States, or from any foreign country: NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of theUruguay.Suspension of tonnage and impost duties.

United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the above-quoted statutory provisions, do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and imposts within the United States are suspended and discontinued so far as respects the vessels of Uruguay and the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in said vessels into the United States from Uruguay or from any other foreign country; the suspension to takeEffective date; duration. effect from December 10, 1940, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes shall be continued, and no longer. 54 Stat. 2772 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the city of Washington this 28" day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and [seal] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Cordell Hull *Secretary of State*. 2773 INDEX **A** Page **Abbitt, Thomas G.,** consideration of disability claim 1278 **Acme Die-Casting Corporation,** payment to 1284 **Acosta, Francisco R. (Master Sgt.),** payment to 1258 **Adams, Emory S.

(Maj. Gen.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Adamson, George E. (Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Agreements.** *See* International Agreements Other Than Treaties. **Air and Naval Bases,** agreement with Great Britain respecting 2405 **Air Navigation,** agreement with Liberia 2018 **Air Transport Services,** arrangement with Canada relating to 1805, 2422 **Airworthiness for Export, Certificates of,** agreement with New Zealand respecting 2263 **Alaska, Registration Day,** designation 2760 **Allen, Guy F.,** credit allowed in accounts of 1313, 1328, 1331, 1338, 1348, 1352, 1354, 1390 **Alvarado, Josefina,** admission for permanent residence 1373 **Ambrose, Joseph R.

(2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **American Insurance Company of New Jersey,** payment to 1242 **American Republics:** European colonies and possessions in the Americas, agreement respecting provisional administration 2491 Publications, convention respecting interchange of 1715 Radio communications, arrangement respecting 2514 **Amos Handle Company,** payment to 1353 **Anderson, C. Max (Dr.),** payment to 1278 **Anderson, Katheryn S.,** consideration of disability claim 1246 **Anderson, Nanette,** payment to guardian of 1396 **Anderson, Stina,** cancelation of deportation order, etc 1267 **Apachite, John,** deposit to credit of estate of 1394 **Apalachicola National Forest, Fla.,** lands reserved as addition to 2716 **Arena, Bruno,** payment to 1280 **Argentina,** agreements with, respecting— Exchange of official publications 1855 Military aviation instructors 1813, 2320 **Armistice Day,** observance invited: 1939 2664 1940 2751 **Arms, Ammunition, and Implements of War,** export to— Canada 2653 Revocation of proclamation 2672 France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, India, Australia, and New Zealand 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 South Africa, Union of 2644 Revocation of proclamation 2672 **Army Day, 1940,** designation 2688 **Arrangements.** *See* International Agreements Other Than Treaties. **Arthur, Mary S.,** payment to 1308 **Artick, George Louis,** admission for permanent residence 1252 **Asaro, Andrew,** payment to 1343 **Ash, Geraldine,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claim 1306 **Ashland District Council, Boy Scouts of America,** donation of certain log house to trustees 1336 **Australia:** Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Neutrality of U.

S. in war with Germany 2629 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2671 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 **Avery, John E.,** payment to 1376 **Aviation Instructors, Military,** agreements with Argentina respecting 1813, 2320 **Aviation Mission, Military,** agreements respecting, with— Chile 2282 Ecuador 2437 **Aviation Mission, Naval,** agreement with Peru respecting 23552774 **B** **Back Bay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Va.,** regulation designating certain lands and waters adjacent to, as closed area 2665 **Baird, Joseph A.

(Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Balls, Alfred G.,** credit in account of 1319 **Banks, Wilson H. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Barbados,** parcel post agreement with 1838 **Barber, Charles N.,** credit in accounts of 1327 **Bardin, Edgar C.,** payment to 1340 **Barker, Verdie,** payment to 1391 **Barlow, Lester P.,** payment to 1360 **Barnholtz, Albert L.,** consideration of disability claim 1292 **Barr, Sallie,** payment to 1374 **Barraclough, H.

H.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Bases, Naval and Air,** agreement with Great Britain respecting 2405 **Bastow, Stuart,** payment to 1310 **Batrack, Alfred,** payment to administrator of estate of 1367 **Baumgarten, L. E.,** credit in accounts of 1338 **Bear Robe, Betty Jane,** payment for account of 1381 **Beaver, E. C.,** payment to 1244 **Beck, Frederick,** nonquota visa authorized 1314 **Belgium:** Neutrality of U. S. in war with Germany 2704 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2703 Submarines of, restriction on use of U.

S. ports or territorial waters 2705 **Bell, E. B.,** payment to 1351 **Benedict, Jay L. (Brig Gen.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Bennett, William D.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Berry, John H. C.,** payment to 1351 **Bessell, William W., Jr. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Bickers, Frances,** payment to 1339 **Bickers, Jane,** payment to 1339 **Bilaitis, Rose,** payment to 1297 **Birds.** *See* Migratory Birds. **Black, B.

H. (Mrs.),** payment to 1351 **Black, C. W. (Mr. and Mrs.),** payment to 1315 **Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colo.,** lands added 2669 **Black Hills Methodist Hospital, Rapid City, S. Dak.,** payment to 1307 **Blackburn, C. A.,** payment to 1331 **Blanton, Arnold,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claim 1298 **Bond, Charlie R., Jr. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Boomer, L. L. (Mrs.),** payment to 1351 **Borsellino, Anthony,** payment to 1384 **Boston and Maine Railroad,** payment to 1381 **Bowen, Sidney M.,** payment to 1245 **Bowie, William (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1257 **Boy Scouts of America, Ashland District Council of,** donation of certain log house to trustees 1336 **Boyd, Mary,** payment to 1322 **Boyd, Thomas,** consideration of disability claim 1293 **Boyer, Allen B.,** redemption of certain stamps 1382 **Branscome, Ruth Gainey,** issuance of land patent to 1385 **Bray, Hannah S.,** payment to 1339 **Brazil,** agreements with, respecting— Exchange of official publications 2329 Reciprocal customs privileges for Foreign Service personnel 2419 **Breithaupt, Le Roy,** cancelation of charges against 1279 **Brieger, Simon A.,** payment to 1312 **Briggs, Mary D.,** credit allowed in account of, for payments to Simeon G.

Rigor 1304 **Broggi, Edward J.,** payment to 1337 **Brown, Edward B., Jr. (Lt., Jr. Gr.),** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Brown, Lillian,** payment to 1379 **Brown, Vernon C.,** payment to 1327 **Browne, Howard R. M.,** payment to 1388 **Bruce, James P., Jr.,** consideration of claim for compensation 1295 **Buchek, Marjorie,** payment to 1337 **Buchholz, Madeline Vera,** admission deemed lawful 1267 **Buck, Nathan A.,** payment to 1304 **Buddrus, D.,** credit allowed in accounts 1331 **Burstein, Adolph,** admission for permanent residence 1393 **Busalacki, Anthony,** payment to 1343 **Bush, C.

Z.,** payment to 1386 **C** **Cabell, DeRosey C.,** correction of military record 1347 **Cache National Forest, Idaho and Utah,** lands added 2648 **Caietti, Clyde,** payment to guardian of 1344 **Cairo, Ill.,** determination and payment of claims for emergency work in 1937 flood 1241 **Calder, Richard L.,** payment to 12632775 **Caldwell, Charles H. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Caldwell, Euel,** payment to 1364 **Camastro, Mary,** payment to legal guardian 1298 **Canada:** Agreements with, respecting— Air transport services 1805, 2422 Exchange control measures 2317 Great Lakes fisheries, establishment of Board of Inquiry for 2409 Great Lakes-St.

Lawrence Waterway 2426 Load line regulations 2300 Rainy Lake, etc., emergency regulation of level of 1800 Reciprocal trade 2290, 2413, 2445 Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2653 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Neutrality of U. S. in war with Germany 2652 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2671 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 Tonnage duties, suspension of 2728 **Canal Zone,** neutrality regulations 2638 **Canal Zone,** Panama, and Central America, regional radio convention for 1675 **Cancer Control Month, 1940,** designation 2688 **Canton Island,** extension of period for establishment of adequate shipping service for, and deferring extension of coastwise laws to 2627, 2677, 2767 **Caperton, James N.,** correction of military record 1347 **Carmack, Marguerite P.,** payment to 1264 **Carney, P.

J.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Carrico, Ivan,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Carter, Joe,** consideration of disability claim 1297 **Cattle, Heavy,** reciprocal trade agreement with Canada respecting 2290, 2445 **Cauley, John,** payment to heirs of 1242 **Cavill, J. C.,** credit in accounts of 1338 **Census, Sixteenth Decennial,** proclamation 2685 **Central America, Panama, and the Canal Zone,** regional radio convention for 1675 **Certificates of Airworthiness for Export,** agreement with New Zealand respecting 2263 **Chaney, James E.

(Brig Gen.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Charland, Louis A.,** consideration of disability claim 1362 **Charles H. Amos Handle Company,** payment to 1353 **Chattahoochee National Forest, Ga.,** lands added 2645, 2716 **Chavez, John,** deposit to credit of estate of 1394 **Chavez, Roy,** deposit to credit of estate of 1394 **Chequamegon National Forest, Wis.,** lands reserved as addition to 2716 **Cheyenne River Indian Reservation,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Chicouras, John Nicholas,** admission for permanent residence 1338 **Child Health Day, 1940,** designation 2691 **Chile,** agreement with, respecting military aviation mission 2282 **Chippewa Indian Lands, Minn.,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Chrystal, Charles B.,** payment to 1284 **Chwalek, Walter,** payment to 1353 **Clark, Alan D.

(2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Clark National Forest, Mo.,** lands reserved and set apart as 2657 **Clemmer, William Lee (Lt.),** transfer of certain rights to heirs of 1276 **Cleveland, Grover,** pension granted to former widow of 1396 **Coast and Geodetic Survey,** reimbursement of certain officers and men for loss of personal property, etc 1383 **Cobbs, N. H.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Cochrane, Carlos J. (1st Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Cockrill, McFarland,** correction of military record 1347 **Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Cole, W.

C.,** adjustment of claim authorized 1265 **Collins, Earl P.,** payment to 1316 **Colville Indian Reservation,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Combat Areas,** definition of 2673, 2693, 2708 **Combs, Fulton,** payment to 1342 **Commerce and Navigation,** treaty with Iraq 1790 **Commercial Agreements.** *See also* Reciprocal Trade Agreements. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 2366 **Compton, Keith K. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Compton, Louis J.

(Maj.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Concurrent Resolutions:** Congress— Adjournment 1401 Joint meeting of two Houses 1401, 1402, 1404 Recess 1405, 14062776 Constitution, painting of scene at signing of— Temporary placement, etc 1404 Unveiling, printing of proceedings at 1405 District of Columbia public schools, correction in enrollment of bill relating to 1405 Excess Profits Taxation Act for 1940, printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1407 Foreign trade agreements, printing of additional copies of hearings relating to 1402 Forestry, Joint Committee on, extension of time for report 1403 Hawaii, U.

S. District Court, corrections in enrollment of bill 1406 Inaugural ceremonies, 1941, erection of additional stand 1408 “Intermediate Report of Special Committee to Investigate the National Labor Relations Board,” additional copies of House report ordered printed 1403 Interstate migration of destitute citizens, printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1408 “Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies, and Affiliated Companies,” additional copies of Senate report ordered printed 1403 Mediterranean fruitfly eradication, creation of joint congressional committee to investigate losses 1406 Navy Department appropriation bill, 1941, appointment of conferees rescinded, etc 1404 Neutrality, printing of additional copies of hearings relative to 1401 President-elect, inauguration of, joint committee on arrangements 1402 Prison-made goods, signing of enrolled joint resolution rescinded; correction in reenrollment 1405 “Second Excess Profits Tax Act of 1940,” additional copies ordered printed 1407 Silver, investigation of, printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1403 Supreme Court, sesquicentennial, printing of proceedings at commemorative ceremonies 1402 “Transportation Act of 1940,” additional copies ordered printed 1407 Wessely, Kurt, relief of, correction in enrollment of bill 1405 Work Projects Administration, investigation of, printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1404 **Congress:** Adjournment 1401 Convening in extra session 2660 Joint meeting of two Houses to receive communications from President 1401, 1402, 1404 President-elect, inauguration of, joint committee on arrangements 1402 Recess 1405, 1406 **Consolidated Chippewa Agency,** superintendent authorized to file claims for unlocated claimants 1292 **Constitution,** painting of scene at signing of:

Temporary placement, etc 1404 Unveiling, printing of proceedings at 1405 **Consular Officers,** convention with Liberia 1751 **Conventions.** *See* Treaties. **Converse, Laura Trice,** payment to 1283 **Cook, Roy D.,** payment to guardian of 1246 **Cooley, C. F.,** payment to 1321 **Coon, George W.,** consideration of disability claim 1356 **Cooper, Florence Sinclair,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1317 **Copeland, F. L.,** payment to 1327 **Corbett, Estelle M.,** payment to 1380 **Cothran Motors, Inc.,** payment to 1321 **Cotton and Cotton Waste,** quotas on imports 2640 Suspension of certain provisions 2769 **Cotton and Rubber,** agreement with Great Britain for exchange of 1411 **Crane, William C.

(Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Crawford, Wade:** Credit allowance to 1353 Refund to 1354 **Credle, B. A. (Mrs.),** payment to 1351 **Crossing, Dorothy,** payment to 1275 **Cuba,** reciprocal trade agreement with 1997 **Customs Privileges, Reciprocal,** for Foreign Service personnel, agreement with Brazil 2419 **D** **Daggett, Ralph W. (Lt.),** credit in account of; payment to 1388 **Daley, T. H.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Dambach, J. E.,** payment to 1344 **Daury, Howard,** consideration of disability claim 1259 **Davis, George E.,** payment to 1351 **Davis, Lou,** issuance of license to practice chiropractic in D.

C. authorized 1397 **Davis, William,** cancelation of certain claims 1288 **Dawson, Cary,** credit in accounts of 13292777 **Dawson Springs Construction Company,** jurisdiction to hear claim for damages 1395 **Death, Causes of,** multilateral protocol revising minimum nomenclature 2308 **Dennis, Edmund S.,** payment to 1322 **DePonti, Albert,** payment to 1370 **Destitute Citizens, Interstate Migration of,** printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1408 **Devine, Mark A., Jr.

(Maj.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Devoe, Luther,** payment to 1270 **District of Columbia Public Schools,** correction in enrollment of bill relating to 1405 **Dominican Republic,** suspension of tonnage duties 2754 **Drier, Katherine M.,** payment to 1341 **Dudley, L. A.,** payment to 1351 **Duncan, E. D.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Duncan, Lorena,** credit in accounts of 1329 **E** **Easton, Edith,** settlement of claim authorized 1251 **Ecuador,** agreements with, respecting— Military aviation mission 2437 Naval mission 2429 **Edmunds, Eugenia Howard,** Court of Claims directed to readjudicate case of 1256 **Edrehi, J.

Montrose,** payment to 1303 **Egypt:** Parcel post agreement with 1822 Tonnage duties, suspension of 2752 **Ehrenfeld, Luise,** entry for permanent residence 1268 **Eiswald, George H.,** naval record corrected 1248 **Elizabeth Buxton Hospital, Newport News, Va.,** payment to 1347 **Elliott, Donald D.,** payment to widow of 1352 **Elliott, George O.,** payment to 1327 **Elliott, John R.,** credit allowed in accounts of 1277 **Emergency, Limited National,** proclamation 2643 **Emerson, Hama Torii (Mrs.),** admission for permanent residence 1378 **Emery, Edna,** payment to 1312 **Emmons, Delos C.

(Maj. Gen.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Emory, G. S.,** payment to 1351 **Emory Heirs,** payment to 1351 **Enders, Clarence E.,** payment to 1324 **Enders, Gertrude Ray,** payment to 1324 **Energy Waves,** determination of vertical angles, patent rights reserved 1276 **Engblom, John,** consideration of disability claim 1296 **England.** *See* Great Britain. **Enloe, S. T.,** payment to 1295 **Evans, Robert W. (Capt.),** payment to 1354 **Everett, Ina May,** payment to 1326 **Excess Profits Taxation Act for 1940,** printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1407 **Exchange Control Measures,** agreement with Canada 2317 **Executive Agreements.** *See* International Agreements Other Than Treaties. **Export Control,** designated articles and materials 2712, 2726, 2737, 2743, 2768, 2770 **Extradition,** treaty with— Liberia 1733 Monaco 1780 **F** **Falk, Nathan (Mrs.),** payment to 1255 **Falk, Stanley,** payment to 1255 **Farmer, Rufus E.,** payment to 1371 **Farrell, John A.,** status of homestead entry 1282 **Faughnan, Robert,** payment to guardian of 1263 **Fields, Arthur Mortimer, Jr.,** posthumous appointment as ensign, U.

S. Navy, authorized 1249 **Fiji,** suspension of tonnage duties 2695 **Financial Agreement, Haiti** 2411 **Finch, Cardie,** payment to 1380 **Finch, Noble,** payment to 1380 **Finland,** treaty with, regulating military obligations of persons having dual nationality 1712 **Finley, John W. (Mr. and Mrs.),** payment to 1274 **Fire Prevention Week,** designation: 1939 2661 1940 2742 **First National Bank of Gettysburg, Pa.,** payment to 1333 **Fisheries, Great Lakes,** establishment of Board of Inquiry for, agreement with Canada 2409 **Flack, Charles,** payment to 1294 **Foreign Service Personnel,** reciprocal customs privileges for, agreement with Brazil 2419 **Foreign Trade Agreements.** *See* Reciprocal Trade Agreements. **Forestry, Joint Committee on,** extension of time for report 1403 **Forsman, Edwin,** payment to 1294 **Fort Berthold Indian Reservation,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 13362778 **Fort Hall Indian Irrigation Project, Idaho,** payment of certain damages in connection with operation of 1358 **Fort Peck Indian Reservation,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Foss, K.

J.,** payment to estate of 1275 **Fox, Thomas R.,** payment to 1350 **Fox Furs and Skins,** reciprocal trade agreement with Canada respecting 2413 **Frady, Betty Lou,** payment to legal guardian of 1335 **Frady, W. L.,** payment to 1335 **France:** Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Neutrality of U. S. in war with— Germany 2629 Italy 2707 State of war, proclamation of, with— Germany 2671 Italy 2706 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 **Franco-American Construction Company,** payment to 1371 **Franklin, Howard,** payment to 1255 **Frazier, Ernest S.,** correction in records 1251 **Freehoff, William F.

(Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Fretwell, J. L.,** payment to administrator of estate of 1344 **Friedman, Isadore J.,** payment to 1269 **Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation,** treaty with Liberia 1739 **Fuller, Horace H. (Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **G** **Gabbey, Albert W.,** issuance to, of patent in fee to certain lands 1289 **Gallagher, J. J.,** credit in accounts of 1348 **Gallen, Francis L. (Lt.),** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Gallup Mercantile Company,** payment to 1277 **Gann, Harry D.,** payment to 1317 **Gardiner, Edna S.,** payment to 1350 **Gardner, Thomas L.,** payment to 1326 **Gates, Alma E.,** settlement of claim authorized 1251 **Gawler, Charles S.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Gebhart, Edward J.,** consideration of disability claim 1254 **Geiger, D.

H.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **General Pulaski’s Memorial Day,** observance: 1939 2663 1940 2743 **George, Harold L. (Maj.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Germany:** Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Neutrality of U. S. in war with— Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands 2704 Canada 2652 France; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and New Zealand 2629 Norway 2699 South Africa, Union of 2643 State of war, proclamation of, with— Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands 2703 France, Poland, United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Union of South Africa 2671 Norway 2698 Submarines of, restriction on use of U.

S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 **Giacalone, Matteo,** payment to 1343 **Gibbs, CIoss,** payment to 1351 **Gibson, Samuel A. (Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Gillespie, Inez,** payment to 1249 **Gilman, A. B.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Glenn, Edward P., Jr.,** payment to 1311 **Glenn, John,** payment to widow of 1394 **Godman, Henry C. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Goich, Dane,** admission for permanent residence 1254 **Gold Star Mother’s Day,** designation of: 1939 2659 1940 2738 **Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, Calif.,** continued participation in 1940 invited 2680 **Goldfarb, Eleanor,** payment to guardian of 1373 **Goldfarb, Jackie,** payment to guardian of 1373 **Goldfarb, Lillian,** payment to guardian of 1373 **Goodpaster, Andrew J., Jr.

(2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Grab, Esther Cottingham,** payment to 1266 **Grand Canyon National Monument, Ariz.,** lands excluded 2692 **Great Britain:** Agreements with, respecting— Australian wool, strategic reserve of 2477 Cotton and rubber, exchange of 1411 Naval and air bases 2405 Reciprocal trade 1897 Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Neutrality of U. S. in war with— Germany 2629 Italy 27072779 State of war, proclamation of, with— Germany 2671 Italy 2706 Submarines of, restriction on use of U.

S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 **Great Lakes Fisheries,** establishment of Board of Inquiry for, agreement with Canada 2409 **Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway,** agreement with Canada respecting 2426 **Greece:** Neutrality of U. S. in war with Italy 2764 State of war with Italy, proclamation of 2763 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2764 **Green, Clarence D.,** payment to 1311 **Greene, Clarence H. (Maj.),** payment to 1375 **Greenland,** suspension of tonnage duties 2751 **Greenleaf, J.

J.,** payment to 1392 **Greenwood, Ernest Lyle,** admission for permanent residence 1382 **Greenwood, Phyllis Joy,** admission for permanent residence 1382 **Guatemala,** suspension of tonnage duties 2753 **Guillemette, Louis,** payment to 1341 **Guise, Sally C.,** payment to 1334 **Guy, Stella S.,** payment to 1278 **H** **Haase, P. E.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Habana, Act of,** provisional administration of European colonies and possessions in the Americas 2491 **Hagenson, Edward,** consideration of disability claim 1321 **Haiti:** Financial agreement with 2411 Tonnage duties, suspension of 2755 **Hale, Lewis Marion Garrard,** payment to estate of 1271 **Hall, Frank,** payment to 1387 **Hamilton, Ethel G.,** consideration of disability claim 1314 **Hamilton, George C.

(Mrs.),** payment to 1396 **Hampton, LaVera,** payment to 1364 **Hance, W. J.,** payment to 1361 **Handkerchiefs,** proclamation respecting termination in part of reciprocal trade agreement with Switzerland 2461 **Hannah, Frances M.,** payment to 1303 **Hanson, Roland,** payment to guardian of 1364 **Harcos, Bela A. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Harder, Edna Justina,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1282 **Harder, Elizabeth,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1282 **Harder, Elsie Anna,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1282 **Harder, Irvin W.,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1282 **Harder, John L.,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1282 **Harder, Paul William,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1282 **Harman, James Robert,** honorable discharge from U.

S. military service 1386 **Harris, Arthur R. (Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Harris, Lloyd S.,** payment to 1323 **Harrison, N. B.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Hart, John P.,** payment to 1376 **Harvey, Alva L. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Hawaii:** Registration Day, proclamation 2745 U. S. District Court, corrections in enrollment of bill 1406 **Hearon, James H.,** payment to 1355 **Heaton, F. W.,** payment to 1377 **Hecht, Erich,** admission for permanent residence 1280 **Hecht, Erich F., Jr.,** admission for permanent residence 1280 **Hecht, Grete J.

L.,** admission for permanent residence 1280 **Heidner, Samuel J. (Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Heisey, H. F.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Hendel, Janet,** cancelation of order of deportation 1289 **Hendel, Lena,** cancelation of order of deportation 1290 **Hensley, Mat,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claim 1298 **Hermosa-Redondo Hospital,** payment to 1278 **Hesterly, Norma E.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Hicks, Don E.,** payment to 1300 **Hine, V.

(Lt.),** posthumous presentation of Distinguished Flying Cross to 1267 **Hines, John L. (Maj. Gen.),** advancement on retired list of Army 1286 **Hirsch, Martha,** admission for permanent residence 1397 **Hlinak, E. L.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Hobson, C. S.,** consideration of disability claim 1303 **Hocker, Woodson F. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Hogan, Walter J.,** substitution of designated amount as payment 1280 **Holland.** *See* Netherlands. **Holmes, William H.,** credit in accounts of 1328 **Holt, John R.

(Maj.),** payment to 1274 **Honduras,** agreement with, respecting exchange of official publications 24712780 **Hoppenheim, Doris,** cancelation of order of deportation, etc 1267 **Hoppenheim, Lena,** cancelation of order of deportation, etc 1267 **Hoppenheim, Morris,** cancelation of order of deportation, etc 1267 **Hoppenheim, Ruth,** cancelation of order of deportation, etc 1267 **Houghton, Junius H.,** correction of military record 1347 **Hovel, Elliott L.,** payment to 1395 **Howard, W.

T.,** payment to 1351 **Howell, Regina,** payment to 1366 **Hoyt, Io F.,** payment to 1349 **Hughes, Thruston (Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Huron National Forest, Mich.,** lands added 2684 **Hurt, Carl,** payment to 1342 **Huston, Harry,** military record corrected 1283 **Hutchins, Robert B. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **I** **“I Am An American Day,” 1940,** designation 2701 **Iceland,** suspension of tonnage duties 2744 **Iler, Don,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Inaugural Ceremonies, 1941,** erection of additional stand 1408 **India:** Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Neutrality of U.

S. in war with Germany 2629 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2671 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 **Indian Claims,** time extended for filing certain 1291 **Indian Reservations,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Indian Service,** credit in accounts of certain officials 1338 **International Agreements Other Than Treaties.** *See also* Treaties. Argentina— Exchange of official publications 1855 Military aviation instructors 1813, 2320 Brazil— Exchange of official publications 2329 Reciprocal customs privileges for Foreign Service personnel 2419 Canada— Air transport services 1805, 2422 Exchange control measures 2317 Great Lakes fisheries, establishment of Board of Inquiry for 2409 Great Lakes-St.

Lawrence Waterway 2426 Load line regulations 2300 Reciprocal trade 2290, 2413, 2445 Chile, military aviation mission 2282 Cuba, reciprocal trade 1997 Ecuador— Military aviation mission 2437 Naval mission 2429 Great Britain— Australian wool, strategic reserve of 2477 Naval and air bases 2405 Reciprocal trade 1897 Haiti, finances 2411 Honduras, exchange of official publications 2471 Inter-American— Provisional administration of European colonies and possessions in the Americas 2491 Radio communications 2514 Liberia, air navigation 2018 Mexico, radiobroadcasting 2483 Multilateral, Universal Postal Convention 2049 Multilateral protocol, revision of minimum nomenclature of causes of death annexed to international agreement signed at London June 19, 1934 2308 New Zealand, certificates of airworthiness for export 2263 Nicaragua, exchange of official publications 2294 Panama— Neutrality 1811 Trans-Isthmian Joint Highway Board 2278 Parcel post— Barbados 1838 Egypt 1822 Lithuania 2021 Universal Postal Convention 2049 Peru— Naval aviation mission 2355 Naval mission 2344 Rumania, passport visa fees 2487 Sweden, passport visa fees 2489 Switzerland, reciprocal trade 2461 Turkey, reciprocal trade 1870 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commercial agreement 2366 Venezuela, reciprocal trade 2375, 2451, 2456 **International Grain Company, Inc.,** payment to 12602781 **International Labor Organization,** adoption of— Minimum Age

(Sea)Convention (Revised), 1936 1705 Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 1683 Shipowners’ Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936 1693 **Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens,** printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1408 **Inventors’ and Patent Day,** designation 2689 **Iraq,** treaty of commerce and navigation 1790 **Irvine, William M.,** waiver of citizenship requirements as to compensation earned by 1384 **Italy:** Neutrality of U. S. in war with— France and the United Kingdom 2707 Greece 2764 State of war, proclamation of, with— France and the United Kingdom 2706 Greece 2763 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2707 Tonnage duties, suspension of 2702 **J** **Jacob, Herbert A. (Maj.),** payment to 1247 **Jacobs, Esther,** admission for permanent residence 1378 **Janiec, Ignatz,** payment to 1360 **Janiec, Mary,** payment to 1360 **Jeffrey, Noel,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Jenkins, Lester D.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Jenkins, Marvin C.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Jensen, C. T.,** payment to 1274 **Jermark, E. W.,** credit in accounts of 1338 **Jones, Ina,** payment to 1337 **Jones, Isaac R.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Jones, Thelma,** payment to legal representative of 1247 **Julian, W. A.,** adjustment in accounts of 1390 **Julien, E. A. (Dr.),** payment to 1364 **K** **Kames, John A.,** payment to 1363 **Kanner, Moe,** payment to 1395 **Kaplan, Ethel M.,** payment to 1272 **Kaplan, Nathan, Minneapolis, Minn.,** admission for permanent residence 1251 **Kaplan, Nathan, New Bedford, Mass.,** payment to 1272 **Karas, Nicholas G.,** admission for permanent residence 1389 **Karlovitz, Bela,** admission for permanent residence 1384 **Karp, Florence,** payment to guardian of 1373 **Kelly, Tom,** payment to 1266 **Kennedy, W. D.,** payment to 1386 **Kermath, George F.,** payment to 1378 **Kessel, Victoria,** removal from pension roll 1282 **Kessinger, Ben L.,** payment to 1367 **Ketchum, Idaho,** issuance of land patents to certain citizens of 1335 **Keuffel and Esser Company of New York,** payment to 1262 **Killian, Noe C. (Maj.),** payment to 1243 **Kinder, Naoma,** payment to guardian of 1308 **Kinderman, Harold W.,** summons for inquiry regarding retirement authorized 1285 **King, J. V.,** credit in accounts of 1338 **King, Theodore R.,** consideration of disability claim 1347 **King and Boozer, Anniston, Ala.,** payment to 1288 **Kings Canyon National Park, Calif.,** lands added 2710 **Kinney, James L.,** consideration of disability claim 1305 **Klein, Esther,** admission for permanent residence 1374 **Knapp, H. S.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Knight, Raymond C.,** payment to 1301 **Knowlen, Violet,** payment to guardian of 1358 **Knowlton, Louis,** payment to 1366 **Knutson, Emma,** admission for permanent residence 1372 **Kohanik, Paul J.,** payment to 1369 **Kosick, Anna Barbara,** payment to legal representative of 1270 **Kulmatycki, Wasyl,** payment to 1368 **Kuner, J. Frank,** validation of payments to 1277 **L** **Labor Organization, International.** *See* International Labor Organization. **Ladinsky, Charles S.,** payment to 1395 **Laird, Ruth M.,** payment to 1278 **Lake Landing Township, Hyde County, N. C.,** payments to designated claimants 1351 **LaMaster, Paul E. (1st Lt.),** relieved of liability for loss of certain funds 1331 **Lambie, Thomas A.,** naturalization authorized 1323 **Lamborn and Company,** jurisdiction conferred upon Court of Claims to hear claim of 1389 **Lancellotta, George,** jurisdiction conferred upon U. S. District Court to hear claim of 12522782 **Lange, Otto F.,** correction of military record 1347 **Larkin, P. J.,** credit in accounts of 1348 **Larkin, W. R.,** substitution of designated amount as payment 1280 **Larmour, Robert W.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Lassly, Roy F.,** credit allowed in accounts of 1287, 1352 **Lavallie, Margaret,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1317 **Lay, Anne Howard,** payment of annuity to 1320 **Leesburg Welding and Garage Company,** payment to 1339 **LeGay, Charles H.,** reenlistment in Army authorized 1244 **LeGette, Curtis W. (Maj.),** payment to 1355 **LeMay, Curtis E. (1st Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Lewellyn, Drusilla,** payment to 1299 **Lewellyn, Thomas,** payment to 1299 **Lewis, Margaret R.,** payment to estate of 1272 **Lewis State Bank, Tallahassee, Fla.,** payment to 1287 **Liberia,** agreements with, respecting— Air navigation 2018 Consular officers 1751 Extradition 1733 Friendship, commerce, and navigation 1739 **Lithuania,** parcel post agreement with 2021 **Little, Dora,** payment to 1397 **Load Line Regulations,** arrangement with Canada for reciprocal recognition of 2300 **Long, S. A.,** payment to 1351 **Longacre, Clarence K. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Looker, L. W.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Lowery, Minnie,** payment to 1300 **Lowery, Winell,** payment to 1300 **Lusse, Frank H. (Lt. Col.),** credit allowed in accounts of 1393 **Luxemburg:** Neutrality of U. S. in war with Germany 2704 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2703 **Lyon, Donald R. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **M** **Madsen, Charles P.,** payment to 1356 **Maguire, Walter R.,** consideration of disability claim 1279 **Maier, Herbert,** release from liability to make refund 1379 **Maki, E. V. (Mrs.),** payment to 1393 **Malle, Clyde E.,** payment to 1346 **Mann, J. S.,** payment to 1351 **Mann, Julian S.,** payment to 1351 **Maritime Day, National, 1940,** designation 2700 **Mark Twain National Forest, Mo.,** lands reserved and set apart as 2655 **Marks, J. W. (Mrs.),** jurisdiction of designated courts to hear claim 1320 **Marshall, George C. (Gen.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Martin, Charles F.,** payment to guardian of 1365 **Mason, D. L.,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claim 1298 **Matheny, William A. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Matteo, Bonao,** payment to 1343 **Mauri, Jose,** admission for permanent residence 1318 **Mayfield, James George,** consideration of disability claim 1318 **McCardle, E. J. (Mrs.),** payment to 1309 **McClaud, James,** payment to heirs of 1351 **McConoha, Guy A. (Mrs.),** payment to 1357 **McCracken, L. S.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **McDaniel, Carl B. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **McDougall, Francis G.,** payment to 1342 **McDougall, Walter B.,** release from liability to make refund 1379 **McGivern, M. E.,** payment to 1316 **McGowan, D. S.,** payment to 1351 **McKee, Louise,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claims 1273 **McKee, Parker, Sr.,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claims 1273 **McQueen, Joe L.,** payment to 1367 **Meadows, Lonie,** payment to 1256 **Meadows, Susie,** payment to 1256 **Mediterranean Fruitfly Eradication,** creation of joint congressional committee to investigate losses 1406 **Meffan, George A.,** payment to widow of 1394 **Metzger, Gottlieb (Mrs.),** payment to 1272 **Mexicano, Jose,** deposit to credit of 1394 **Mexico,** agreement with, respecting radiobroadcasting 2483 **Midyette, John,** payment to 1351 **Migratory Bird Treaty Act,** closed areas under: Maryland 2628, 2682 Virginia 2665 Washington 2756 **Migratory Birds,** regulations relating to 2615, 2661, 2729 **Mihelich, Joseph,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claim of estate 1276 **Military Aviation Instructors,** agreements with Argentina respecting 1813, 2320 **Military Aviation Mission,** agreements respecting, with— Chile 2282 Ecuador 24372783 **Military Service,** treaty with Finland regulating obligations of persons with dual nationality 1712 **Miller, George E.,** credit in accounts 1244 **Miller, Lehman W. (Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Mincemeyer, Ruth,** payment to 1268 **Minimum Age

(Sea)Convention (Revised), 1936** 1705 **Minnesota,** time extended for filing certain Indian claims 1291 **Minnis, Warren A.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Minor, M. Carlisle,** payments to 1367 **Miralia, Betty,** payment to 1346 **Miralia, Thomas,** payment to 1346 **Missoula Brewing Company,** payment to 1245 **Mobley, Max J.,** payment to 1252 **Molster, Charles E.,** credit in accounts of 1313 **Monaco,** extradition treaty with 1780 **Mondt, Howard,** reenlistment in U. S. Army authorized 1389 **Mooney, Elion E.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Morkovsky, Alphons,** payment to estate of 1243 **Morkovsky, Marie R.,** payment to estate of 1243 **Morris, Marvin L.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc.,** adjustment of claim authorized 1265 **Morrissey Construction Company,** payment to 1310 **Morton, E. C. (Lt. Col.),** credit allowed in accounts of 1352 **Mosley, Thomas L. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Mullen, Nell,** payment to 1372 **Murphy, James, Sr.,** consideration of disability claim 1362 **Murphy, John J.,** payment to 1369 **Murray, Hollie B.,** payment to 1278 **Myers, Leland G.,** payment to 1296 **N** **National Employment Week and National Employment Sunday,** designation 2696 **“National Labor Relations Board, Intermediate Report of Special Committee to Investigate the,”** additional copies of House report ordered printed 1403 **National Maritime Day, 1940,** designation 2700 **Naval and Air Bases,** agreement with Great Britain respecting 2405 **Naval Aviation Mission,** agreement with Peru respecting 2355 **Naval Mission,** agreement respecting, with— Ecuador 2429 Peru 2344 **Navy Department Appropriation Bill, 1941,** appointment of conferees rescinded, etc 1404 **Neal, T. Jack,** payment to 1310 **Needles, Charles V.,** payment to legal guardian of 1271 **Needles, Vern A. (Mrs.),** payment to 1271 **Netherlands:** Neutrality of U. S. in war with Germany 2704 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2703 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2705 **Neuheller, Ernestine Huber,** admission for permanent residence 1249 **Neumann, Alice,** admission for permanent residence 1388 **Neumann, Leo,** admission for permanent residence 1388 **Neutrality:** Agreement with Panama respecting 1811 Hearings relative to, printing of additional copies 1401 Proclamation of, war between— Germany and Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands 2704 Germany and Canada 2652 Germany and France, Poland, and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and New Zealand 2629 Germany and Norway 2699 Germany and the Union of South Africa 2643 Italy and France and the United Kingdom 2707 Italy and Greece 2764 **Neutrality Regulations, Canal Zone** 2638 **Nevada Silica Sands, Inc.,** issuance of patent to, authorized 1244 **New London, Conn., Submarine Base,** reimbursement of certain Navy personnel for personal property losses at 1315 **New York World’s Fair,** invitation to continue participation 2652 **New Zealand:** Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Certificates of airworthiness for export, agreement respecting 2263 Neutrality of U. S. in war with Germany 2629 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2671 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 **Nicaragua,** agreement with, respecting exchange of official publicat ions 22942784 **Nicolet National Forest, Wis.,** lands reserved as addition to 2716 **Nies, Ray E.,** payment to 1257 **Noland, Priscilla M.,** payment to 1268 **North, Thomas (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **North Carolina,** payment to 1351 **Norvell, M. B.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Norway:** Neutrality of U. S. in war with Germany 2699 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2698 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2699 **Nouhan, Mary,** admission for permanent residence 1254 **Nye, Glenn C. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **O** **O’Brien Brothers, Inc.,** adjustment of claim authorized 1265 **Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936** 1683 **Official Publications:** Agreements for exchange of, with— Argentina 1855 Brazil 2329 Honduras 2471 Nicaragua 2294 Inter-American convention respecting interchange of 1715 **Old, William D. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Olds, Robert (Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Olsen, Sigrid I.,** payment to 1278 **Olson, Andrew,** payment to 1286 **Olympic National Park, Wash.,** lands added 2678 **O’Neal, Elizabeth W.,** payment to 1351 **Orner, Arnold E.,** payment to 1334 **Orner, Martha G.,** payment to 1334 **Ouachita National Forest, Ark.,** lands reserved as addition to 2716 **Ouellette, Ernest,** payment to 1341 **Owen, John,** payment to 1313 **Ozark National Forest, Ark.,** lands added 2736 **P** **Pacific Airmotive Corporation,** payment to 1257 **Pan American Aviation Day,** designation 2765 **Pan American Day, 1940,** and Fiftieth Anniversary of Founding of Pan American Union, observance 2686 **Pan American Health Day,** designation 2766 **Panama,** agreements with, respecting— Neutrality 1811 Trans-Isthmian Joint Highway Board 2278 **Panama, the Canal Zone, and Central America,** regional radio convention for 1675 **Panos, Xenophon George,** cancelation of deportation order, etc 1361 **Paone, Rosa,** admission for permanent residence 1375 **Parcel Post Agreements:** Barbados 1838 Egypt 1822 Lithuania 2021 Universal Postal Convention 2049 **Parish, M. L.,** payment to, from Indian funds 1246 **Parker, Paul B.,** correction of military record 1347 **Parr, Charles H.,** consideration of disability claim 1281 **Passell, David H. (Capt.),** credit in accounts of 1331 **Passport Visa Fees,** agreements respecting, with— Rumania 2487 Sweden 2489 **Peeples, Elizabeth K.,** service credit for retirement purposes 1332 **Pennington, John L.,** payment to 1355 **Pennsylvania State College,** payment to 1301 **Pension, Philip A.,** payment to 1332 **Perry, Willie,** payment to 1348 **Peru:** Agreements with, respecting— Naval aviation mission 2355 Naval mission 2344 Tonnage duties, suspension of 2750 **Petroleum, Crude, and Fuel Oil,** proclamations issued in pursuance of agreement with Venezuela 2451, 2456 **Peyton, Bernard R. (Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Philippines, Commonwealth of,** proclamation of certain laws 2675 **Phillips, John C.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Pierce, Mary,** settlement of claim authorized 1250 **Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Ping, Robert A. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Platero, Wilson,** deposit to credit of estate of 1394 **Poland:** Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Neutrality of U. S. in war with Germany 26292785 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2671 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 **Poole, Alabama Lewis,** payment to 1253 **Post, Lawrence T. (Dr.),** credit allowed to 1331 **Postal Agreements.** *See* Parcel Post Agreements. **Postal Convention, Universal.** *See* Universal Postal Convention Poulson, Emory, payment to 1358 **Prayer, Day of** 2727 **Preble, Harold C.,** payment to 1305 **Preston, Frances Folsom Cleveland,** pension granted to 1396 **Price, Lillie,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claim 1298 **Prison-Made Goods,** signing of enrolled joint resolution rescinded; correction in reenrollment 1405 **Proclamations:** Apalachicola National Forest, Fla., lands reserved as addition to 2716 Armistice Day, 1939 2664 Armistice Day, 1940 2751 Arms, ammunition, etc., export to— Canada 2653 Revocation of proclamation 2672 France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, India, Australia, and New Zealand 2635 Revocation of proclamation 2672 South Africa, Union of 2644 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Army Day, 1940 2688 Back Bay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Va., regulation designating certain lands and waters adjacent to, as closed area 2665 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colo., lands added 2669 Cache National Forest, Idaho and Utah, lands added 2648 Canada, suspension of tonnage duties 2728 Cancer Control Month, 1940 2688 Canton Island, extension of period for establishment of adequate shipping service for, and deferring extension of coastwise laws to 2627, 2677, 2767 Census, sixteenth decennial 2685 Chattahoochee National Forest, Ga., lands added 2645, 2716 Chequamegon National Forest, Wis., lands reserved as addition to 2716 Child Health Day, 1940 2691 Clark National Forest, Mo., lands reserved and set apart as 2657 Combat areas, definition of 2673, 2693, 2708 Congress, convening in extra session 2660 Cotton and cotton waste, quotas on imports 2640 Suspension of certain provisions 2769 Dominican Republic, suspension of tonnage duties 2754 Egypt, suspension of tonnage duties 2752 Export control, designated articles and materials 2712, 2726, 2737, 2743, 2768, 2770 Fiji, suspension of tonnage duties 2695 Fire Prevention Week, 1939 2661 Fire Prevention Week, 1940 2742 General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, 1939 2663 General Pulaski’s Memorial Day, 1940 2743 Gold Star Mother’s Day, 1939 2659 Gold Star Mother’s Day, 1940 2738 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, Calif., continued participation in 1940 invited 2680 Grand Canyon National Monument, Ariz., lands excluded 2692 Greenland, suspension of tonnage duties 2751 Guatemala, suspension of tonnage duties 2753 Haiti, suspension of tonnage duties 2755 Huron National Forest, Mich., lands added 2684 “I Am An American Day,” 1940 2701 Iceland, suspension of tonnage duties 2744 Inventors’ and Patent Day, designation 2689 Italy, suspension of tonnage duties 2702 Kings Canyon National Park, Calif., lands added 2710 Mark Twain National Forest, Mo., lands reserved and set apart as 2655 Migratory birds and certain game mammals, regulations relating to 2615, 2661, 2729 National emergency, limited 2643 National Employment Week and National Employment Sunday, designation 2696 National Maritime Day, 1940 2700 Neutrality of U. S. in war between— Germany and Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands 2704 Germany and Canada 2652 Germany and France, Poland, and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and New Zealand 2629 Germany and Norway 2699 Germany and the Union of South Africa 2643 Italy and France and the United Kingdom 2707 Italy and Greece 2764 Neutrality regulations, Canal Zone 26382786 New York World’s Fair, invitation to continue participation 2652 Nicolet National Forest, Wis., lands reserved as addition to 2716 Olympic National Park, Wash., lands added 2678 Ouachita National Forest, Ark., lands reserved as addition to 2716 Ozark National Forest, Ark., lands added 2736 Pan American Aviation Day 2765 Pan American Day, 1940, and Fiftieth Anniversary of Founding of Pan American Union 2686 Pan American Health Day 2766 Peru, suspension of tonnage duties 2750 Philippines, Commonwealth of, proclamation of certain laws 2675 Prayer, Day of 2727 Railway Express Agency, Inc., and employees, creation of emergency board to investigate dispute 2715 Red cedar shingles, approving report of United States Tariff Commission on shipments and imports of 2734 Registration Day 2739 Registration Day, Alaska 2760 Registration Day, Hawaii 2745 Registration Day, Puerto Rico 2747 Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebr., lands added 2690 Shawnee National Forest, Ill., lands reserved and set apart as 2649 State of war between— Germany and Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands 2703 Germany and France, Poland, and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa 2671 Germany and Norway 2698 Italy and France and the United Kingdom 2706 Italy and Greece 2763 Submarines of foreign belligerent states, use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672, 2699, 2705, 2707, 2764 Sugar Act of 1937, suspension of operation of title II 2654 Removal of suspension 2676 Susquehanna Migratory Waterfowl Closed Area, Md., designation 2628 Additions to 2682 Sweden, suspension of tonnage duties 2697 Talladega National Forest, Ala., lands reserved as addition to 2716 Thanksgiving Day, 1939 2670 Thanksgiving Day, 1940 2760 Travel America Year 2681 Uruguay, suspension of tonnage duties 2771 Venezuela, suspension of tonnage duties 2759 Vessels, control of, in territorial waters of the United States 2711 Wasatch National Forest, Utah, lands added 2687 Wildlife refuges, certain Federal, changing names of 2717 Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, Wash., designation of certain lands and waters adjacent to, as closed area 2756 **Protocols.** *See* International Agreements Other Than Treaties; Treaties. **Public Debt,** appropriation for adjustment of accounts relating to 1390 **Publications, Interchange of, Inter-American Convention on** 1715 **Publications, Official:** Agreements for exchange of, with— Argentina 1855 Brazil 2329 Honduras 2471 Nicaragua 2294 **Puerto Rico, Registration Day,** proclamation 2747 **Pugh, Elizabeth,** payment to estate of 1351 **Pulaski’s Memorial Day,** observance: 1939 2663 1940 2743 **Pursifull, B. L. (Dr.),** payment to estate of 1397 **Pursifull, Bobby,** payment to legal representative of 1397 **Pursifull, Eugene,** payment to legal representative of 1397 **Pursifull, Grace,** payment to 1397 **Pursifull, Ralph,** payment to legal representative of 1397 **Q** **Quackenbush, John K.,** settlement of claim authorized 1250 **R** **R. G. Schreck Lumber Company,** payment to 1248 **Rabren, Marion,** payment to 1315 **Radio Communications,** arrangement with other American Republics 2514 **Radio Convention, Regional, for Central America, Panama, and the Canal Zone** 1675 **Radio Regulations, General, and Final Radio Protocol Annexed to International Telecommunication Convention of 1932.** *See* Telecommunication Convention. **Radiobroadcasting,** agreement respecting, with Mexico 2483 **Ragotski, Ella,** payment to 12642787 **Ragsdale, William P., Jr. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **“Railroads, Holding Companies, and Affiliated Companies, Investigation of,”** additional copies of Senate report ordered printed 1403 **Railway Express Agency, Inc., and Employees,** creation of emergency board to investigate dispute 2715 **Rainy Lake,** emergency regulation of level, convention with Canada 1800 **Ramsay, A. A.,** payment to 1315 **Ramsey, T. G. (Mr. and Mrs.),** payments to 1398 **Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J.,** reimbursement for certain personal property losses at 1314 **Ratcliffe, Evelyn L.,** payment to 1308 **Reciprocal Trade Agreements.** *See also* Commercial Agreements. Canada 2290, 2413, 2445 Cuba 1997 Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1897 Hearings relating to, printing of additional copies authorized 1402 Switzerland 2461 Turkey 1870 Venezuela 2375, 2451, 2456 **Recording and Computing Machines Company,** jurisdiction conferred on Court of Claims to hear claim of 1361 **Red Cedar Shingles,** shipments and imports of, approving report of United States Tariff Commission on 2734 **Registration Day,** proclamation 2739 **Registration Day, Alaska,** proclamation 2760 **Registration Day, Hawaii,** proclamation 2745 **Registration Day, Puerto Rico,** proclamation 2747 **Reiber, Arthur Joseph,** payment to guardian of 1369 **Reithel, William A.,** payment to 1387 **Reymonda, Lillian M.,** payment to 1391 **Reynar, John W.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Richardson, Hubert,** issuance of land patent to, authorized 1250 **Richardson, Roxie,** payment to 1270 **Riddlesbarger, Josephine,** payment to 1293 **Riddlesbarger, Wilbur P.,** payment to 1293 **Ridgway, Matthew B. (Maj.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Ridings, A. L. (Dr.),** license to practice healing art in District of Columbia 1383 **Rigdon, James Henry,** payment to 1259 **Rigor, Simeon G.,** payments to 1304 **Riley, Elizabeth L.,** payment to 1301 **Rivera, Francisca F.,** payment to 1370 **Roberts, Floyd H.,** payment to 1261 **Roberts, Frank N. (Capt.),** presentation of Navy Cross to 1286 **Roberts, Samuel,** payment to 1391 **Rodgers Tile Company,** payment to 1325 **Rogers, Earl S.,** payment to 1255 **Roper Lumber Company,** payment to 1351 **Rosebud Indian Reservation,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Rosenstone, Louis,** granting of visa to 1307 **Ross, Betty,** payment to guardian of 1323 **Ross, Edward J.,** payment to 1323 **Ross, Esther,** payment to 1281 **Ross, W. M.,** payment to 1351 **Roth, Gus,** payment to 1305 **Rothrock, James H. (1st Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Routhier, Joseph F.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Roy, Philip P.,** cancelation of deportation proceedings 1317 **Rubber and Cotton,** agreement with Great Britain for exchange of 1411 **Rucker, Beatrice Lois,** payment to guardian of 1309 **Rumania,** agreement with, respecting passport visa fees 2487 **Rupinski, Joseph B.,** admission for permanent residence 1387 **Rupinski, Maria Zofia,** admission for permanent residence 1387 **Russia.** *See* Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. **Ryan, Malachy,** credit in account of 1307 **Ryder, Charles W. (Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **S** **Sabatini, Antonio,** cancelation of order of deportation 1382 **Sacatero, Dempsey,** deposit to credit of 1394 **Sacatero, Meguelius,** deposit to credit of estate of 1394 **St. Jacques, Louis,** payment to 1362 **St. Lawrence Waterway.** *See* Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway. **Sanderlin, Rufus K.,** payment to 1345 **Sanders, Nadine,** payment to 1286 **Sanford, Paul,** payment to guardian of 1340 **Schiller, Henry Gideon,** admission for permanent residence 1318 **Schommer, J. B.,** credit in accounts of 1328 **Schreck Lumber Company,** payment to 1248 **Sciortino, Joseph,** reimbursement of amount of surety bond authorized 1261 **Scott, J. H. (Mrs.),** payment to 1268 **Scott, Katherine,** payment to 1268 **Scott, Robert,** payment to 1366 **Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebr.,** lands added 26902788 **“Second Excess Profits Tax Act of 1940,”** additional copies ordered printed 1407 **Seifert, Frank W.,** presentation of Distinguished Flying Cross to 1267 **Selby, Irving R. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Selby, Philip,** payment to 1351 **Sharrah, Bessie,** payment to 1324 **Shaw, Nile,** payment to 1340 **Shawnee National Forest, Ill.,** lands reserved and set apart as 2649 **Shea, Anna M.,** payment to 1273 **Sheldon, George L.,** payment to 1334 **Shelton, Fred,** payment to guardian of 1345 **Shiomi, Dexter,** admission for permanent residence 1319 **Shiomi, Elizabeth,** admission for permanent residence 1319 **Shipowners’ Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936** 1693 **Shorter, John P.,** payment to 1357 **Shurlds, Henry W.,** issuance of land patent to 1385 **Sidenstucker, Charles,** payment to 1263 **Silberstein, Alex,** payment to guardian of 1373 **Silberstein, Alice,** payment to guardian of 1373 **Silberstein, Magdalene,** payment to guardian of 1373 **Silver, Investigation of,** printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1403 **Simons, Louis,** payment to 1253 **Simpson, Gerald Henry,** admission deemed lawful 1266 **Sinnott, William,** presentation of medal to 1283 **Small, Anon J.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **Smith, Edward,** payment to 1289 **Smith, Glenn Richard,** payment to legal guardian of 1325 **Smith, Stanley V.,** payment to 1299 **Smith, Velvie W.,** payment to 1325 **Smith, Widmer,** payment to 1366 **Smith, Winslow Farr,** payment to 1327 **Snyder, Twila,** payment to 1325 **South Africa, Union of:** Arms, ammunition, etc., export to 2644 Revocation of proclamation 2672 Neutrality of U. S. in war with Germany 2643 State of war with Germany, proclamation of 2671 Submarines of, restriction on use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672 **Spearin, George B.,** payment to estate of 1258 **Spears, Frank,** payment to 1343 **Spence, J. W.,** payment to heirs of 1351 **Standing Rock Indian Reservation,** reinstatement of certain entries or purchases 1336 **Steedman, Carrie Howard,** Court of Claims directed to readjudicate case of 1256 **Stewart, Jettie,** payment to 1268 **Stockman, Robert,** payment to 1248 **Stone, David L. (Maj. Gen.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Stotesbury, R. B.,** payment to 1351 **Stringer, George R.,** payment to 1371 **Stubbs, Pearl Waldrep,** payment to 1359 **Submarine Base, New London, Conn.,** reimbursement of certain Navy personnel for personal property losses at 1315 **Submarines of Foreign Belligerent States,** use of U. S. ports or territorial waters 2668, 2672, 2699, 2705, 2707, 2764 **Sugar Act of 1937,** suspension of operation of title II 2654 Removal of suspension 2676 **Sullivan, Maude,** payment to 1298 **Summers, J. L.,** credit allowed in accounts of 1313, 1352, 1392 **Suncrest Orchards, Inc.,** jurisdiction conferred upon Court of Claims to hear claim of 1357 **Supreme Court, Sesquicentennial,** printing of proceedings at commemorative ceremonies 1402 **Surmany, Isaac,** admission for permanent residence 1376 **Susquehanna Migratory Waterfowl Closed Area, Md.,** designation 2628 Additions to 2682 **Sweden:** Double taxation, convention and protocol respecting 1759 Passport visa fees, agreement respecting 2489 Tonnage duties, suspension of 2697 **Swink, Charles H.,** payment to 1351 **Switzerland,** agreement with, respecting reciprocal trade 2461 **T** **Tait, A. S.,** payment to 1317 **Talladega National Forest, Ala.,** lands reserved as addition to 2716 **Tan, William Lawrence,** citizenship 1319 **Tanaka, Sadao,** admission for permanent residence 1338 **Taras, Salvatore,** cancelation of order of deportation 1378 **Tate, H. T.,** adjustment in accounts of 1390 **Tate, Robert F. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 12602789 **Taxation, Double,** convention and protocol with Sweden 1759 **Taylor, May C.,** payment to 1349 **Taylor, Robert L.,** payment to 1346 **Teal, Nannie E.,** payment to 1354 **Tedeschi, Umberto,** admission for permanent residence 1372 **Telecommunication Convention, International (Madrid, 1932),** general radio regulations and final radio protocol annexed to 1417 Abbreviations to be used in radio communications 1621 Accounting for radiotelegrams 1557 Model statement for 1643 Administrative conferences, invitation to 1581 Aeronautical service of public correspondence 1567 Alarm signals 1535 Amateur and private experimental stations 1473 Apparatus, choice of 1425 Bureau of the Union, expenses 1579 Call, general 1517 Call signals 1491 Call to several stations without request for reply

(CP)1519 Calls, procedure 1519 “CQ” call 1517 Definitions 1419 Direction-finding stations, service of 1573 Distress signal 1535 Distress traffic 1535 Documents to be carried by mobile stations 1619 Effective date of General Regulations 1581 Emergency signals 1535 Emissions— Classification 1427 Quality 1429 Final Protocol 1663 Frequencies— Notification and publication of 1501 Tolerances, table of 1589 Frequencies and types of emission, allocation and use of 1429 Frequency-band widths occupied by emissions, table of 1595 Harmonics, intensity of, table of tolerances 1593 Hours of service, ship stations in second category 1601, 1605 Inspection, mobile stations 1489 Installations, emergency, for ship stations 1533 Interference 1531 International Radio Consulting Committee (C. C. I. R.) 1577 Internal regulations 1649 License 1425 Master, authority of 1489 Meteorological messages 1569 Notices to navigators 1573 Operators’ certificates 1479 Priority of communications in mobile service 1555 Procedure, general, in mobile service 1507 Radio direction-finding bearings, procedure to obtain 1645 Radiobeacon service 1575 Radiotelephone stations, low-power mobile, service of 1567, 1643 Research and experiment, table showing allocation of frequencies 1597 Reservations 1663 Routing of radiotelegrams 1555 Safety signals 1535 Secrecy of radio communications 1425 Service documents 1499, 1605 Services, special 1569 Station of origin of radiotelegrams, indication of 1555 Stations, mobile, conditions to be observed by 1475 Strength or legibility of signals, scale for expressing 1641 Symbols, service 1617 Time signals 1573 Violations of Convention or Regulations, reporting of 1491, 1599 Waves, use of, in mobile service 1523 Working hours of stations of mobile service 1549 **Thanksgiving Day,** designation: 1939 2670 1940 2760 **Thermal Syndicate, Ltd.,** payment to 1284 **Thomas, Hazel,** payment to 1359 **Thompson, June,** payment to guardian of 1373 **Thompson, Maria Teresa Valdes,** admission for permanent residence 1291 **Thorne, Louise,** authorization for permanent residence 1319 **Thorpe, Clyde,** jurisdiction of Court to hear claim 1298 **Toepel, John,** payment to 1366 **Tomah Indian Agency,** payment to superintendent of, for benefit of Edward Smith 1289 **Tomkins, Rosetta Louise,** payment to 1333 **Tondre, Joseph F.,** credit allowed in accounts of 1285 **Torian, R. D.,** payment to 1261 **Trade Agreements.** *See* Reciprocal Trade Agreements. **Trans-Isthmian Joint Highway Board,** agreement with Panama respecting 22782790 **“Transportation Act of 1940,”** additional copies ordered printed 1407 **Travel America Year,** designation 2681 **Treasurer of the United States,** appropriation to cover certain losses in office of 1390 **Treaties.** *See also* International Agreements Other Than Treaties. Canada, emergency regulation of level of Rainy Lake, etc 1800 Finland, military service, persons having dual nationality 1712 Great Britain, exchange of cotton and rubber 1411 Inter-American, interchange of publications 1715 Iraq, commerce and navigation 1790 Liberia— Consular officers 1751 Extradition 1733 Friendship, commerce, and navigation 1739 Monaco, extradition 1780 Multilateral— Minimum Age

(Sea)Convention (Revised), 1936 1705 Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 1683 Radio regulations, general, and final radio protocol annexed to International Telecommunication Convention of 1932 1417 Shipowners’ Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936 1693 Radio, regional convention for Central America, Panama, and the Canal Zone 1675 Sweden, double taxation 1759 **Troendle, Theodore R.,** jurisdiction to hear, etc., claim of 1395 **Tucker, Helen W.,** payment to 1256 **Tucker, W. B.,** payment to 1256 **Turkey,** agreement with, respecting reciprocal trade 1870 **U** **Ulio, James A. (Brig Gen.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,** commercial agreement with 2366 **“Unione Numbered 1,”** payments to captain and crew of 1343 **United Kingdom.** *See* Great Britain. **Universal Postal Convention** 2049 Air transportation of regular mails 2233 Final protocol 2254 Appendixes 2190, 2258 Final protocol 2096 General regulations 2061 Postal correspondence, provisions concerning 2064 Regulations of execution 2105 Acceptance of articles, conditions 2109 Collect-on-delivery articles 2127 Departure and arrival, operations upon 2134 Exchange of mails 2147 Final provisions 2186 General provisions 2105 International Bureau 2176 Registered articles; return receipts 2125 Transit charges, provisions concerning 2158 Various provisions 2170 Universal Postal Union 2050 **Upton, Charles H.,** credit allowed in accounts of George Vice for payments to 1302 **Uruguay,** suspension of tonnage duties 2771 **V** **Varga, Anna T. Sifferman,** payment to 1306 **Venezuela:** Agreement with, respecting reciprocal trade 2375, 2451, 2456 Tonnage duties, suspension of 2759 **Vessels,** control of, in territorial waters of the United States 2711 **Vice, George,** credit allowed in accounts of 1302 **Villaret, Eugene (Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **W** **Wade, A. C. (Dr.),** payment to 1350 **Wagner, Zoe Hoyt,** payment to 1349 **Wainwright, Alice C.,** payment to 1288 **Waite, Sumner (Lt. Col.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Walbach, James deB.,** correction of military record 1347 **Wales, Victor W. B. (Lt. Col.):** Acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 Military record corrected 1347 **Walker, J. A.,** credit in accounts of 1330 **Wallie Motor Company,** payment to 1377 **Walsh, James H. (1st Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Walter, Fred,** payment to 1391 **Walter, James D.,** reimbursement for loss of personal property 1383 **War,** proclamation of state of, between— Germany and Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands 2703 Germany and France, Poland, and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa 26712791 Germany and Norway 2698 Italy and France and the United Kingdom 2706 Italy and Greece 2763 **Ward, Angie,** payment to 1296 **Ward, Verle S.,** consideration of disability claim 1281 **Warlick, J. D.,** payment to estate of 1262 **Warren, Barnet,** payments to 1279 **Warren, Eliza,** payment to 1302 **Warren, George T.,** payment to 1302 **Wasatch National Forest, Utah,** lands added 2687 **Waters, Roy E.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Watson, W. Warren,** payment to 1351 **Wayman, H. S.,** payment to 1292 **Weldon, W.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Wessely, Kurt,** admission for permanent residence 1290 Correction in enrollment of bill 1405 **Weston, H. T. (Mrs.),** payment to 1351 **Weston, J. G.,** payment to heirs of 1351 **Wherry, Curtis A. (Dr.),** payment to 1278 **White, Frank,** adjustment in accounts of 1390 **White, W. H.,** issuance of land patent to 1385 **Wildlife Refuges,** certain Federal, changing names of 2717 **Wilke, Julian O. (Dr.),** payment to 1278 **Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, Wash.,** designation of certain lands and waters adjacent to, as closed area 2756 **Williams, Clifford J.,** credit in account of 1335 **Williams, David J., Jr.,** payment to guardian of 1365 **Williams, Hiette S., Jr. (2d Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Williams, O. L.,** payment to 1351 **Williams, Robert B. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Winter, Alan C., Jr.,** payment to 1269 **Winter, Elizabeth,** payment to 1269 **Winter, Rose,** payment to 1255 **Wise, Henry J.,** payment to 1368 **Witzenbacher, Emelie (Mrs.),** payment to 1363 **Wold, Torgils G. (1st Lt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Wolfe, Franklin C. (Capt.),** acceptance of foreign decoration authorized 1260 **Wood, C. A.,** credit in accounts of 1329 **Wood, Tom,** deposit to credit of estate of 1394 **Woods, W. O.,** adjustment in accounts of 1390 **Wool, Australian,** strategic reserve of, agreement with Great Britain 2477 **Wootton, J. H.,** settlement of claim 1332 **Work Projects Administration,** investigation of, printing of additional copies of hearings authorized 1404 **Worrall, L. P. 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