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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1941
Page
2
President outlines a comprehensive defense plan for the Western Hemisphere as he proclaims a full national emergency. The message emphasizes naval actions and strategic monitoring of sea battles, with emphasis on safeguarding critical shipping routes.
The fireside address solidified US resolve to aid Britain and China, with emphasis on broader action if needed. Reactions abroad favored the pledge while skeptics questioned how much would be translated into action. British response was enthusiastic as US industry ramped up, eyes on 50,000 planes and 10,000 tanks amid wartime goals.
Reports from British dispatches describe two French flag vessels sunk in the Mediterranean, a 5 000 ton tanker loaded with oil and a 18 000 ton Axis liner carrying German troops. The fate of Weygand, defections to Free French forces, and Laval-Darlan influence hint Vichy aligning with Germany as Amb. Winant recalls to Washington. The Hood and Bismarck battles highlight air power's rising role, with Crete losses and costs of ships yet planes prove decisive in modern naval warfare.
British and Greek defenders faced a difficult battle in Crete with German claims of victory, while British reports praised gallant resistance. The air campaign proved decisive with Royal forces inflicting German losses at sea and landing reinforcements, though questions lingered on translating the Crete formula to Britain and a wider Mediterranean struggle.
National defense chiefs warn June will show if railroads can handle a huge rise in freight. Texas wheat harvest will test car availability and routing, with 25 000 cars mobilized and rules against storage or delays. Meantime mechanization spreads from cavalry to tanks as 201 religious objectors start eight training camps run with private funding. Australian PM Menzies forecasts Britain’s victory path and Allied timeline through 1942–43.
The commentator argues high wages and crop loan hikes threaten living costs. He notes price controls may be tried as Congress weighs defense inflation and farm parity. Public protests near the White House prompt reflections on postwar trade and Hull’s five-point plan for global economics.
Practical household hints cover cleaning with kerosene to remove grease and tub rings, cooling water temperatures for laundering, moonlike eggs cut with damp knives, borax drains, roof gutter screens, and using hot suds to dry glassware while warning on soap amounts.
Sherman Minton of Indiana is named to the U S court of appeals marking a third judicial reward for a member of the famed senate lobby investigating committee famous for exposing utility lobbying and pushing the holding company law. Hugo Black of Alabama is a Supreme Court justice and Lewis Schwellenbach is a federal district judge in Washington.
In Washington, Chinese correspondent Joseph Chiang and Japanese reporter Mitsui Kato spar over peace talks with Kato claiming progress. The government’s largest telegraph office is in the agriculture department with a million dollars in business last year from two major firms. Aiken County records student Kindly Draft registered for selective service training.
Athletes once primed bodies and minds before practice, oiling both mind and manners for suppleness and flexibility. Strength alone won’t suffice in preparation.
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