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17147
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Certain recent events have been tests for the American populations, and foreshadow the extent of their willingness to participate in World War II. The first test of the machinery of civilian defense co-ordination was foreshadowed in the nation in the passage of the Selective Service Act. The second test of civilian defense in North Carolina began with the forerunners of army maneuvers. The third test began with the bombing Pearl Harbor.
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17148
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Counties, cities, and towns face the task of making more brick with less straw, as it were, as government spending is focused on wartime efforts.
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17149
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For some two million U.S. citizens who are males and old enough to fight, and for millions more who are their dependents, a national transition from a state of peace to a state of war naturally creates more or less acute personal problems in connection with debts, taxes, shelter, and food. The aims of the Soldier's and Sailor's Civil Relief Act of 1940 was set up in advance \"to promote and strengthen the national defense by suspending enforcement of certain civil liabilities of certain persons serving in the Military and Naval Establishments.\"
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17150
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Old as military history itself are many of the \"new\" problems facing law enforcement officials of an increasing number of North Carolina cities, towns, and counties. Crimes of violence and against property, always on the increase in times of stress and crisis, are especially high during war-time.
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