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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1941
Page
2
Domei reports Tokyo likely to withdraw negotiators from Batavia as talks on a trade understanding with the Netherlands East Indies near collapse. Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoika and foreign office officials reportedly reached a complete agreement on a plan details of which were not disclosed.
In a near unanimous 350 to 1 vote, the House passed two defense funding addenda within a $10 billion army bill. One bans payments to entities refusing Defense Mediation Board rulings for 10 days and to groups enforcing job pullbacks during injurious strikes. The mediation board would certify injurious strikes to President Roosevelt. Senator Byrnes backs Connally agenda with no alternative.
A national postmasters gathering praised Umstead for his address and urged unity at home. Postmaster officials announced defense stamp and bond sales near 3 million dollars for May and overall receipts projected over 800 million dollars, signaling a strong year and need for extra help. Speakers included J Walter Lambeth and Phillip Gallagher, with events at the Sherman Hotel and a banquet to follow.
Mussolini warned against American aggression and asserted England cannot win as its empires fade, while declaring the Axis will prevail in the clash of blood and gold. He noted Turkey aided Greece but warned its president faces a grim fate for siding with England, claiming Italy maintains a policy of comprehension toward Ankara.
June 10 report says Walt Willanes of the UAW negotiating committee advised strikers at North American Aviation to return to the plant. The plant had been taken over by the army under presidential orders amid the dispute.
Eleven rescued include three officers after the Brazilian ship Tamandare found baggage and toys. The radio gram notes one passenger P. C. Ecles and ten crew members with detailed addresses and roles. More search efforts ongoing near Recife as arrival is anticipated tomorrow night.
Army officers reported the UAW CIO strike at North American aircraft plant in Inglewood broken wide open as 2,600 troops took the plant on presidential order. Pickets faced one mile buffer as clashes left 16 arrested and workers urged to return. CIO organizer Frankensteen offered help to man the plant with skilled workers. Congress and the administration moved to curb strikes halting defense production.
Churchill told the House that Britain's Crete defeat stemmed from weak air support and outlined casualties, German losses, and naval limits. He defended overall war aims, noted May production gains, and rebutted Hore-Belisha's calls for stronger air action and leadership changes, while stressing resolve to defend the Nile Valley and Suez.
Hore Belisha argued that air support was withdrawn two days earlier and that without overhead protection the navy suffered higher casualties than Italian forces at Matapan. He pressed for aircraft to be an integral part of both navy and army, criticizing current arrangements as ineffective, citing Crete as proof.
Allied forces reported advancing in Syria and Lebanon with slight losses. German operated broadcasts claimed Cyprus attacked while British sources cautioned no heavy resistance yet. British fleet off the Lebanese coast threatened French attempts to hold Beirut as mechanized thrusts pressed forward.
Navy and Maritime Commission details indicate the 5000 ton vessel Robin Moor sank in the South Atlantic on May 21 after a report of torpedoing by a German submarine. Authorities lack official confirmation while intercepted messages and rescue ship records tie to Caffrey's later report. Robin Moor carried general cargo and sailed from New York May 6 bound for Cape Town. The Osorio reportedly picked up survivors.
Radio from Fortaleza reports eleven rescued sailors from the Robin Moor adrift in an open lifeboat for nearly three weeks after the ship was sunk on May 21. Osorio searched 800 miles away after spotting the lifeboat at 9 P.M. Sunday, with no trace of three other lifeboats. The sinking position lies about 600 miles south of the Cape Verde Islands between Brazil and West Africa. German sources call the sinking reports confusing and await authentic details.
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