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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
4
The Clermont Courier is a Batavia Ohio weekly newspaper published Thursdays by the Clermont Publishing Company. Editor Harry M Tucker oversees a one year subscription rate of $1.50 and six month rate of 0.80 dollars. It is entered at the Batavia post office as second class mail matter.
Editor George W. Hopkins of Lake Region Eustis Florida won first place in the Herrick award at the National Editorial Association meeting in Milwaukee for an editorial arguing that free enterprise is a basic American principle. He contends Congress must defend constitutional rights and return to enterprise fundamentals, linking the concept to national history and WWI/II efforts.
The War Food Administration orders half a million pounds of cheddar cheese to be sold to prevent spoilage. WFA controls and spoilage records test public confidence amid wartime food management.
From Philadelphia comes word that 1,000,000 pounds of meat products were dumped into fertilizer vats. The War Food Administration regional supervisor says the storage space was needed for highly perishable meats ordered from cold storage.
The text proposes continuing Lend-Lease under a New Deal administration and jokingly suggests enlisting the stork in an advisory role to reduce diaper needs both domestically and abroad. It reads as a playful political op-ed style suggestion.
A U.S. senator learned from the Lend-Lease Administration that 600,000 diapers had been shipped to North Africa. He noted the startling use of some as turbans by Arabs, prompting astonishment at wartime logistics.
A N family portrait shows Ben Ryder serving in the Navy while his sister works at an airplane plant and his mother and sister stay home near the tool shop and canteen. The letters to Ben Jr. bind kinfolk to a common wartime purpose.
The Retraining and Reemployment administration has set up over 8,000 information centers since February 24 to link discharged veterans and war workers with jobs and training. A policy board coordinates existing agencies including selective service, the U S Employment Service, and the Veterans Administration to ease readjustment and implement GI Bill benefits. Local officials and communities must mobilize to connect veterans with opportunities, leveraging neighboring support and the new federal framework as demobilization begins.
A meditation on unity through love and courtesy, citing Paul and Mary Baker Eddy, and an anecdote of a flyer aiding natives on a remote island. It emphasizes that true kinship comes from recognizing all as fellow citizens of humanity, with love guiding daily conduct and international understanding. It also notes a postwar surge in federal receipts driven by income and excess profits taxes.
Dr John Watson defines moral courage as obeying one’s conscience and doing what one believes is right despite a hostile majority. The quote frames integrity against majority opposition.
Briefs report the United States Employment Service may place about 450 000 physically handicapped persons in 1944 amid wartime labor needs. It notes rail disruptions in southern France affect transport of prisoner of war parcels and that American-made trucks are being sent to Europe for that task. The Inter-American Affairs office adds curare once feared as a poison is now saving soldiers by easing spastic paralysis and aiding muscle relaxation in convulsive shock treatments.
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