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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
2
An editor’s note accompanies a roundup of war dispatches with RAF Reich blitz forecasts, Hoover urging broader power for FDR, Soviet advances on the Kharkov front, and a U.S. outline of a pay deduction tax plan. The piece marks opinions as those of the analyst, not the newspaper.
President Roosevelt pinned Brigadier General Doolittle with the Congressional Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony honoring the Tokyo raid. The article notes the squadron’s takeoff and return routes, low altitude “tedge hopping” over Tokyo, and direct strikes on Japanese industrial targets.
Former president Herbert Hoover called for granting President Roosevelt broader dictatorial economic powers to win total war while preserving civil liberties. He warned against ignorance of economic measures and noted a need for public critique to guide wartime conduct.
CIO chief Philip Murray urged Steel Workers Organizing Committee delegates in Cleveland to act as missionaries of national unity. He said he wanted no internal strife in the union or the CIO as the nation faced a world war and workers must rise above bickering.
RAF heavy bombers struck German war plants and submarine bases in France while targeting Holland and Mannheim. Sir Stafford Cripps said the raids aid Russian resistance and pave the way for a planned continental invasion. A detachment dropped 40,000 fire bombs on Mannheim's industrial zone.
Treasury outlines collection at source plan with employer withholding for single workers over 11 dollars weekly and childless couples over 26 dollars. Deductions become tax credits as war revenue bill envisions higher rates up to 80 percent beyond 200 thousand dollars. Front-line World War II updates report heavy fighting near Kharkov with Russian advances and losses, plus Kerch defense delaying access to the Caucasus oil region.
Reich Marshal Hermann Goering announced a temporary reduction in Germany's food rations due to an unfavorable crop outlook. Speaking to 137 war workers at the Berlin chancellery, Goering cited three hard winters, poor harvests, and ongoing heavy war strain, warning there was no quit in front positions despite ruins behind.
Secretary Cordell Hull indicated that United States armed forces and production are expanding on a massive scale. He noted improvements in air and naval strength and the steady flow of men and material abroad, suggesting war duration calculations may be revised based on growing U S power.
Defense Transportation Director Joseph Eastman and Price Administrator Leon Henderson predict gasoline rationing for about 20 million car owners outside the East and Pacific Northwest, with pleasure driving nearly banned by summer’s end. Eastman warns synthetic rubber may run short within three years. Roosevelt hints rationing could expand beyond current regions already applying it.
A Cuban study reports a simple liver function test using oral carotene followed by venous injection and timed blood checks. After five minutes, carotene levels indicate liver filtering ability, with no change signaling normal function and increases signaling impairment.
Australia grants honorary membership to General Douglas MacArthur and Brigadier General Hugh Casey of the Philippines as lead engineers. In New York the Pan American clipper service celebrates its fourth year with a passenger tally of 18 647 across the Atlantic.
Public health note discusses rheumatic heart disease in children, citing Dr. Alexander T. Martin and a 20 year study of 1,398 cases. It notes high mortality, long care in homes, and outcomes showing many living children in school or gainful work, with some in special classes for heart patients.
A Washington writer warns that wartime shipping losses and shipyards face scrutiny by the Maritime Commission and government. He cites torpedo attacks offshore, questions about tankers, rail and pipeline use, and calls for faster production and labor cooperation to avert broader investigations.
Fort Benning hosts Chaplain Raymond S. Hall, described as the army’s lone parson paratrooper. Commissioner Elizalde of the Philippine Commonwealth voices why Filipinos fight with vigor, saying they have a just cause. The U.S. Office of Education releases Job Training for Victory, a chart listing federal programs to train workers for war industries and services.
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