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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1933, until his death on April 12, 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in New York and is best known for his leadership during two of the most significant crises in American history: the Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt implemented the New Deal, a series of programs and reforms aimed at economic recovery and social welfare, which fundamentally reshaped the role of the federal government in American life.

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Feb 13, 1941

At no time shall any aircraft, other than public aircraft of the United States, be navigated into any of the naval airspace reservations herein set apart and reserved.

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Feb 13, 1941

At no time shall any aircraft, other than public aircraft of the United States, be navigated into any of the naval airspace reservations herein set apart and reserved

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Feb 12, 1941

It is hereby ordered that, subject to the establishment before the Civil Service Commission of the requisite qualifications in each case, the initial appointments to the two positions of assistant director of the Naval Civilian Police…

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Feb 7, 1941

The Boy Scouts have always responded generously when called into action in the service of their communities and their fellow citizens.

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Feb 7, 1941

The United States must be strong if our free way of life is to be maintained.

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Feb 7, 1941

I am most favorably impressed with the scope and the magnitude of the emergency service training program that is now being developed by the Boy Scouts of America.

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Feb 7, 1941

The Boy Scouts of today are approaching manhood at a grave hour in the world's history.

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Feb 6, 1941

I hereby exempt the said Alexander W. Weddell from compulsory retirement for age for such time as may be deemed necessary, not in excess of five years from April 30, 1941.

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Feb 5, 1941

Enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps on duty in the office of the Naval Attache and Naval Attache for Air, American Embassy, Havana, Cuba, who are not furnished quarters or rations in kind, shall receive, while on such duty, aper diem…

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Feb 3, 1941

I hereby exempt the said Clarence E. Ingling from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending April 30, 1942.

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Feb 3, 1941

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1752 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U.S.C. S 132), it is ordered that the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States be, and they are hereby…

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Feb 2, 1941

It is ordered that all lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 800.00 acres, more or less, in Grant County, North Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to…

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Feb 2, 1941

This reservation shall be known as the Prairie Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

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Feb 2, 1941

All lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 320.00 acres, more or less, in Nelson County, North Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid rights, for…

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Feb 2, 1941

It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of the refuge.

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Feb 2, 1941

It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of the refuge

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Jan 29, 1941

I thank all of you- every man, woman and child who has labored with my old friends, Basil O'Connor and Keith Morgan, in this great cause.

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Jan 29, 1941

The land described in section 1 of this order is hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for the use of the Department of Commerce as an addition to the air-navigation site for which public land was…

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Jan 29, 1941

I do have satisfaction on this birthday of mine because of the fact that definite progress has been made in these past twenty years on a national scale in the fight against infantile paralysis.

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Jan 27, 1941

It is hereby ordered that Mrs. Florence Bankhead of Alabama, may be appointed as Chief, National Memorials and Historic Sites Section, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, without compliance with the requirements of the Civil…

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Jan 22, 1941

The name of the Killcohook Migratory Bird Refuge is hereby changed to Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge.

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Jan 22, 1941

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 9, 1918, c. 143, 40 Stat. 845, 858 (U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1341), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described…

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Jan 21, 1941

It is ordered that all lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 721.04 acres, more or less, in Cheyenne County, Colorado, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to…

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Jan 21, 1941

It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of this refuge.

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