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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
5
The Helena Independent announces daily and Sunday delivery details, editor Helene LAW RISEEN, and Associated Press affiliation. It lists subscription rates, delivery methods, and billing notes, including advance payment options and error policies for advertisements.
Expert columns debate whether Crete was a dress rehearsal for an invasion of England or a bluff. Views range from a deliberate distraction to the potential use of surprise weapons and gas, with some fearing a foothold in Britain could force a peace from the ruling class. The piece ends by questioning Britain’s resolve and future moves.
The Kansas City Times urges prioritizing defense spending over nonessential programs and questions the costly St Lawrence seaway and power project. It argues labor and funds should go to ships, guns, tanks and planes now, not to a project with delayed value, noting the roaster season and public concerns about millions.
A discussion of Nazi forced relocations across occupied Europe. It describes removal of fighting men for labor, mass population dispersal by gender and age, and plans to expel French from the north for German use. It notes Polish dispersal by both Germans and Russians and suggests smaller nations face similar fates amid occupation misery.
Fragmentary lines lament a harsh program separating families and hindering postwar efforts. Reference to the Wilson plan hints at desiring a reset after conflict, as younger generations question the value of life while a stubborn metaphor portrays dwindling hope and stubborn conditions.
The Southwest faces an urgent need for harvest hands with 22 Kansas counties seeking 000 additional workers. Wages range from 4 to 34 dollars daily with 7 dollars for combine operators. The piece notes a cycle of labor demand tied to defense drafts and past droughts, recalling the 1920s boom and later declines. It warns about misprints like “New Odor.”
The piece notes Kansas lawmakers debate repealing old statutes such as banning horse racing on roads and unauthorised smallpox inoculation, amid Kansas prohibition. It cites jail inmates drinking Aquor with doctor order and sideshow stakes. It contrasts with Missouri editor’s suggestion to purge archaic laws, and wonders if Montana holds relics from buffalo days.
Eastern critics oppose the farm bill signed by the President, arguing government purchases for training camps inflate prices and favor farmers. The piece counters that camps merely shift consumption from home, raise production costs, and cannot cause broad inflation since farm output remains abundant.
Governor Eugene Talmadge urges church workers to establish public whipping posts for intoxication. The message condemns liquor as a terrible vice and its misery, but questions whether harsh punishment is the solution and contrasts intemperance in other acts with his own style of public rhetoric.
A Washington dispatch details a commerce department push to boost citrus fruit use by 70 percent, alongside a historical survey of citrus spread from India and China to Europe and the Americas. It covers early California orange origins, Saunders and Tibbets role, and citrus’ link to vitamin C, with a closing joke.
A collage of statements from Arthur Greenwood Mor genthkau Frederick Hasler and Jay Elmer Morgan touches on postwar Britain democratic rebuilding defense bond sales and European market recovery. The remarks frame political, financial and educational perspectives shaping the late war to peacetime transition.
The essay argues the armored cruiser era misled battleship warfare theory. It discusses the Hood and Bismarck actions, Jutland outcomes, and the need for ships to be designed for their main job. It notes the value of protection, limited tonnage, and integrated naval aviation in modern sea power.
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