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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1941
Page
2
Edward C Wayne reports Yugoslavia sees a new monarch as Peter ascends the throne. A mediation board moves to end strikes in key industries delaying U S defense efforts.
The article describes Jugoslavian coup and national reactions as Axis and Allied powers press for stance. Britain Greece and Bulgaria react while King Peter II assumes throne. U S reaction supportive as labor unrest grows in American war production context.
Wendell Willkie campaigned in Canada ahead of the next presidential race winning warm receptions in Toronto and Montreal. He urged liberty through democratic enterprise, calling for ships and air superiority for Britain and urging American business leaders to prove liberty can outproduce totalitarian methods.
A new submarine active zone may extend toward Iceland and the North Atlantic, bringing American ships near potential German submarine action. Analysts report heavy lend lease aircraft being ferried to Britain, while Britain seeks access to roughly 100 more vessels for transatlantic trade. The $7 billion British aid bill raises total defense funding to about $42 billion, with $39.1 billion direct government outlays and most contracts yet to be spent.
News that American food shipments to unoccupied France began under Red Cross supervision reports the workers’ satisfaction that aid reaches French men women and children and not German hands or mouths.
In Santiago, Chile, King Carol of Romania and Magda Lupescu are allowed to live there with permission. Reports say the U S moral turpitude clause blocked the couple, a fate once shared by a titled Englishwoman. Berlin sources express optimism over Slavic axis alignments and impending moves toward Turkey.
Washington observers analyze that defense work stoppages may exceed estimates and delay cargo ship construction. The piece notes the Allis Chalmers strike's impact and recalls a long-forecast shipping shortage feared since 1939, with Congress finally authorizing 200 ships amid broader authorizations to follow.
A slender white haired man Andrew Mellon funded the National Gallery of Art opposite the White House. David Finley discusses the gallery as a living national temple, plans TV outreach, and two affordable publications for art lovers and students.
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The oldest university in the world, Al Azhar in Cairo, Egypt, prepares to mark its thousandth anniversary this year. It stands as a center of Moslem learning and authority, drawing students from Arabia, India, Malaya, China, the Philippines, and the Balkans.
A column mentions the Federal Communications Commission in Washington receiving a letter from an organization accusing broadcasters of spreading false and misleading information aimed at eliminating horses and mules. The piece also notes Private William Williams of Williamson West Virginia now on duty at Fort Williams in Maine and ends with a reflective quip on missed experiences.
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