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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
9
The piece argues that education should align with industry needs. It notes that colleges often fail to produce the proper skilled workers despite expenditure and effort. It stresses that industry must cooperate more with schools to ensure youth entering the workforce are adequately trained. Guns are opening up 4 bil eb the Americas political front.
The piece argues Churchill justified in urging defiance after the Flanders defeat, urging resolve and aiming to boost morale. It notes American sympathy for the Allies, concern over U.S. entry into Europe, and the push for a strong defense while avoiding entanglement in another overseas war. The article critiques hysteria and emphasizes the vast defense program for homeland safety.
Walter Lippmann argues the Americas must stand firm to defend independence and liberty. He warns that victory in western Europe alone cannot secure freedom and urges immediate ally support and weapons to resist total conquest.
The piece weighs whether any peace offer could be real or merely a pause for Hitler to rearm. It frames the war as a clash of ideologies between Allied democracies and Nazi totalitarianism, suggesting true peace would require defeat of Nazism and could stretch beyond 1946. It references a looming federal budget and military payroll debates.
University of Rochester hosted leaders of American industry for a discussion on college training and youth prospects. Owen D Young of General Electric urged optimism about the nation’s future, dismissing claims it is static or finished. The talk highlighted hard work, deliberate career choice, expanding apprenticeships, and colleges widening bridge to industry for graduates.
Milton Brenner, London correspondent for NESA, argues Leopold II may have betrayed the Allies in a suspected Axis deal. He notes Leopold's Belgian royal kin found refuge in Italy with Princess Marie Jose, wife of the Italian Crown Prince, amid pro Axis speeches. The theory claims a pledge to restore Leopold after victory if he sided with the Axis, while Italy abandoned Germany at WWI’s start. BleNutt for President mentions fade in polling.
The administration proposes raising the debt limit from 45 to 48 billion and selling 3 billion in defense obligations. It also seeks new taxes totaling 610 to 760 million annually for five years to service and retire the defense debt. Congress is urged to act this session to fund the United States armament program.
The Hailish Admiralty reports loss of H M S Curlow, a 4200 ton anti aircraft cruiser, sunk after a Nazi bombing off Norway. Converted World War I vessels form a defensive flotilla with four inch guns and machine guns. Admiralty claims substantial air defense capability that enables repelling heavy aerial assaults. Montana women active as state federation convenes in Dillon with expected strong representation. Vermont and Maine Democrats pledge support for FDR. GOP and Roosevelt prospects discussed by Joe Marlin and editors.
Frederick Raskin writes on potential war fronts, focusing on Palestine as a major battleground with British and Australian troops training amid religious sites. The piece notes large forces, strategic Suez protections, and growing Arab Jewish trade revival, plus Africa’s mobilization against Hitler and radio influence on tribes.
Quotes from Floyd W Reeves Sumner Welles Frank Tannenbaum David Dubinsky and Robert M Hutson reflect concerns about wartime economic boom effects on jobless and inexperienced youth. They discuss policies on hiring, political rights, military training, and education tied to the national wartime effort.
A Milwaukee Journal letter from Amarillo Texas argues for crows as allies of farmers, noting their destruction of grasshoppers and slugs. The writer contrasts distant capitals, listing Amarillo’s claim to being near Colorado Kansas New Mexico and Oklahoma capitals.
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