Dec 27, 1944: FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward

Dec 27, 1944: FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward

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On this day in 1944, as World War II dragged on, President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders his secretary of war to seize properties belonging to the Montgomery Ward company because the company refused to comply with a labor agreement.

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This Week in History, Dec 27 - Jan 2

Dec 27, 1944

FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward

Dec 28, 1856

Woodrow Wilson born in Staunton, Virginia

Dec 29, 1808

Andrew Johnson is born

Dec 30, 1852

Rutherford B. Hayes marries Lucy Webb

Dec 31, 1961

Kennedy and Khrushchev exchange holiday greetings

Jan 01, 1863

Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 02, 1890

Harrison welcomes Alice Sanger as first female staffer

Jan 02, 1974

Nixon signs national speed limit into law

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