Good morning, Whitewater.
Tuesday will be cloudy with a high of forty-six. Sunrise is 7:13 and sunset 4:20 for 9h 07m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 8.3% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, her Parks and Recreation Board at 5:30 PM, and the Zoning Code Update Committee at 7:00 PM.
On this day in 1941, America declares war:
Washington, Dec. 8.–The United States today formally declared war on Japan. Congress, with only one dissenting vote, approved the resolution in the record time of 33 minutes after President Roosevelt denounced Japanese aggression in ringing tones. He personally delivered his message to a joint session of the Senate and House. At 4:10 P. M. he affixed his signature to the resolution.
There was no debate like that between April 2, 1917, when President Wilson requested war against Germany, and April 6, when a declaration of war was approved by Congress.
President Roosevelt spoke only 6 minutes and 30 seconds today compared with Woodrow Wilson’s 29 minutes and 34 seconds.
The vote today against Japan was 82 to 0 in the Senate and 388 to 1 in the House. The lone vote against the resolution was in the House that of Miss Jeanette Rankin, Republican, of Montana. Her “No” was greeted with boos and hisses. In 1917 she voted against the resolution for war against Germany.
The President did not mention either Germany or Italy in his request. Early this evening a statement was issued at the White House, however, accusing Germany of doing everything possible to push Japan into the war. The objective, the official statement proclaimed, was to cut off American lend-lease aid to Germany’s European enemies, and a pledge was made that this aid would continue “100 per cent.”
On this day in 1917, a Wisconsin inventor passes:
1917 – Inventor John F. Appleby Dies
On this date the inventor of the twine-binder, John F. Appleby died. Appleby was raised on a wheat farm in Wisconsin and searched for an easier way to harvest and bundle grains. His invention gathered severed spears into bundles and bound the sheaves with hempen twine. His invention, which was pulled by horses, was a great success. In 1878 William Deering, a farm machinery manufacturer secured the right to use Appleby’s patent and sold 3,000 twine harvesters in a single year. In 1882 the McCormicks (of the McCormick reapers) paid $35,000 for the privilege to manufacture Appleby’s invention. Appleby spent the rest of his life in his shop trying to create additional successful machinery. [Source: Badger Saints and Sinners by Fred L. Holmes]
Here’s the Tuesday game from Puzzability:
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This Week’s Game — December 7-11
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Candle Holders
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For each night of Hanukkah this week, we started with a title with AND in the middle and replaced all the letters with asterisks, except for one instance of each of the letters in the word CANDLE, including the AND. (Those letters may appear elsewhere in the title as well.) The day’s clue also indicates the date and category of the title.
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Example:
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2015 TV show: **C**** AND L*E*
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Answer:
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Secrets and Lies
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What to Submit:
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Submit the title (as “Secrets and Lies” in the example) for your answer.
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Tuesday, December 8
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