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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1941
Page
2
A vintage list suggests serving ideas with honey grapefruit combinations and minted apricot fillings for meats and desserts. Advice includes varnishing oilcloth for durability and ease of cleaning, plus using colored gum drops as sherpa shaped cake trims for birthdays.
War of nerves rages as fighting concentrates in the Near East and North Africa. An editor's note accompanies the analysis, released by the Western Newspaper Union, with opinions attributed to the analyst rather than the newspaper.
Government moves to curb fifth columnists by freezing Axis assets and closing German consulates and travel bureaus in the United States. Americans aboard the Robin Moor were saved but the diplomatic posture remained firm. The war of nerves spreads as Germany masss troops near Russia and speculative pacts stir tension across the Near and Middle East.
The senate eyed a bill to create a separate air arm under a new cabinet officer, with supporters arguing it would stabilize aviation under one command while opponents warned of past failures. Critics cited Crete and the Illustrious as examples of interservice aviation flaws and costly duplication. The question remains whether such a force could be built while armies and navies are occupied with current needs. The broader peril of Nazi Germany and Japan looms, with a caution that war in the Pacific may intensify if alliances fracture.
In Wilkes Barre two Joseph David Williams join the army. They share birth date December 28 1922 blue eyes brown hair ruddy complexion four missing teeth and have a brother Daniel. They are not related. Brazil halts defense material shipments to Axis powers cutting off Japan and Russia as customers. Mexico follows U S in freezing Axis assets and closing German consulates.
Knox in Canada says the United States is practically aligning its course with Canada amid the war. Stimson in Washington urges early construction of the St Lawrence Seaway to aid Britain, predicting a long war. King in the United States stresses Canada’s gift of troops and munitions to Britain and autonomy in decisions, endorsing full U S aid.
A British parachute mission in occupied France landed near a German held airport and allied with French supporters to seize the control room and airport, destroy 30 planes on the ground, burn the buildings, then withdraw to the coast where torpedo boats waited to return to England. The operation, praised by returning refugees, forced German headquarters to learn of it only after completion.
Italian sources report a large force crossed the Egyptian border and captured Fort Capuzzo as part of a full-scale British push into Cyrenaica. The attack reportedly included many of the latest American tanks, but U S production figures indicate only older designs were available for the offensive.
A government anti hunger pamphlet campaign examines enriched bread and vitamins as experts warn about hunger among well off Americans. In Washington the writer describes chaplaincy work in the army, noting 27 denominations cooperate to support troops and families.
In Trondheim district a Nazi speaker arrives at a public hall to praise life under Hitler and Quisling. Two elderly Norwegian farmers outside debate entering as the hall sits nearly empty. One man checks a silver watch and declares time to return home to hear the London broadcast.
A booklet promises scientific explanations for common dreams and how they reveal hidden feelings. It explains why some dreams seem prophetic and encourages interpreting dreams to solve personal problems.
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