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Main article: Republic of Texas German successes in Europe encouraged Japan to increase pressure on European governments in Southeast Asia the Dutch government agreed to provide Japan some oil supplies from the Dutch East Indies but negotiations for additional access to their resources ended in failure in June 1941 in July 1941 Japan sent troops to southern Indochina thus threatening British and Dutch possessions in the Far East the United States United Kingdom and other Western governments reacted to this move with a freeze on Japanese assets and a total oil embargo. At the same time Japan was planning an invasion of the Soviet Far East intending to capitalise off the German invasion in the west but abandoned the operation after the sanctions. .

Prisoner identity photograph taken by the German SS of a Polish girl deported to Auschwitz Approximately 230,000 children were held prisoner and used in forced labor and medical experiments, See also: List of airports in Texas 1900 63,786 71.2% Houston is considered to be a politically divided city whose balance of power often sways between Republicans and Democrats Much of the city's wealthier areas vote Republican while the city's working class and minority areas vote Democratic According to the 2005 Houston Area Survey 68 percent of non-Hispanic whites in Harris County are declared or favor Republicans while 89 percent of non-Hispanic blacks in the area are declared or favor Democrats About 62 percent of Hispanics (of any race) in the area are declared or favor Democrats the city has often been known to be the most politically diverse city in Texas a state known for being generally conservative. As a result the city is often a contested area in statewide elections in 2009 Houston became the first U.S city with a population over 1 million citizens to elect a gay mayor by electing Annise Parker. Soon Houstonians were prompted to put an end to their problems; so they wanted to make a Chamber of Commerce just for the city a bill had been introduced on November 26 1838 in Congress that would establish this entity President Mirabeau B Lamar signed the act into law on January 28 1840 This move could not have come sooner as the city was suffering from financial problems and numerous yellow fever outbreaks including an 1839 outbreak that killed about 12 percent of its population Also on January 14 1839 the capital had been moved to Austin known as Waterloo at the time on April 4 1840 John Carlos hosted a meeting to establish the Houston Chamber of Commerce at the City Exchange building E.S Perkins presided as its first president in addition to Perkins and Carlos the charter members admitted were: Henry R Allen T Francis Brewer Jacob De Cordova J Temple Doswell George Gazley Dewitt C Harris J Hart Charles J Hedenburg Thomas M League Charles Kesler Charles A Morris E Osborne and John W Pitkin Undergrowth and snags had been the greatest obstacle to navigating Buffalo Bayou; yet by 1840 there was an accumulation of sunken ships This was the principle concern of the new Houston Chamber of Commerce the city of Houston and Harris County responded by allocating taxpayer money for bayou clearance and on March 1 1841 the first wreck was pulled out the bayou under this program, Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim founder of Pilgrim's Pride Chicken Pittsburg Camp County. . .