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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
6
Weekly News Analysis notes high tempo Balkan clashes impacting Greece and Britain. Citizens face tax hikes to fund national defense measures as wartime strains persist amid shifting alliances and military campaigns in the region.
German forces overran Greece in three to four weeks as Italy’s earlier attempts failed. King George II fled to Crete as British forces faced a Dunkirk-like evacuation from Piraeus. Reported German sinkings of 59,000 tons of transports raised fears of a total Greek collapse and a heavy British toll.
A near unanimous house committee vote signaled approval for Roosevelt's 3.5 billion dollar defense tax plan aimed at raising revenue for national defense. Opponents warn surtaxes will hit low and middle income families, insurance firms and banks holding government bonds. The proposal retains the 4 percent base tax, imposes surtaxes starting at 2,000 dollars income, and adds a 10 percent defense supertax, pushing bottom rates toward 15 to 16.5 percent, with estate exemptions cut to 25,000 dollars.
Dispatches portray a stalled blitz in North Africa with Britain claiming success at Tripoli and a raid near Bardia. The Tobruk siege holds, while General Wavell gains deputy commander Blainey of Australia. Japanese resistance in China continues as Dutch Indies fear Japanese reach.
The fishing industry long a pillar of America shifts toward mechanization as diesel trawlers replace snowy schooners. From Massachusetts ports sails the Forty Fathom Fleet, signaling a modern era for the venerable trade.
Washington writer tours Fort Belvoir and a new engineer camp, noting modern barracks with air cooling and entertainment for recruits while preserving civilian roots. He explains upcoming bread fortification with vitamin B complex, thiamin, and nicotinic acid to boost nerves and courage, and warns pellagra risks for corn bread regions.
In a feature on cross border ties, Schuyler Baldwin Terry, once a historian and now a travel advocate, warns that declining American visitors to Canada due to war rumors and return difficulties hurts Canada by about a hundred million dollars in lost spending. He cites fals e rumors as the main cause and urges stronger U S Canada links to revive tourism and trade.
Mrs Pierre B Clemenceau wife of Georges Clemenceau's son and her son Paul arrive at La Guardia aboard a Clipper from Lisbon. A small American flag is noted as a possible symbol of their new haven in New York City.
The piece notes many youths will enlist in ski troops as summer nears and recalls a camouflaging ski-trooper who hid until snow melt. It cites 1940 crime rates from Washington, reporting a major crime every 21 seconds and burglaries and robberies at frequent intervals, suggesting the offense program remains active.
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