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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1943
Page
1
The 48 hour work week began today in 32 labor short areas with high compliance and little defiance. Exemptions are few, mainly for small firms, agriculture, and qualified individuals. Draft boards will reclassify for immediacy. the Army will shift older discharged workers to reserve.
Lieut. Gen. William Knudsen, director of production, said the US will reach the 90,000 plane production target. He urged American industry to back the effort and insisted on accuracy in manufacturing. The discussion touched on war food plans and international conferences, with lawmakers weighing a bid to attend an April 27 meeting.
The article reports a United States war shipbuilding milestone as output surpassed losses, highlighting gains in tonnage and new construction while the Axis threat and Britain's pressure are noted. It discusses the market's impact on mercantile ships and confirms the focus on increasing U S merchant shipping capacity amid ongoing wartime demands.
Report from London notes a Dutch radio broadcast dated today claiming 150 people killed in Flying Fortres raids in Jerdam. In Columbus, evaluator Don H. Ebright reports toy sales tax collections ending March 20 at 367.86 dollars, up 19.9 from the prior week.
Columbus agencies grant a grace period for auto license stickers as war workers risk job loss. Harold Culbert says thousands missed 1943 licenses and police will overlook missing tags for a few days. Strict enforcement starts no earlier than April 5 to avoid hindering war effort.
William Patrick Jennings, 23, of Youngstown, dies in Ohio's electric chair for murder. He killed 18 year old James Oswald with a timber during an argument after a minor Aug. accident in Youngstown.
The Ringling Circus moves to New York for the 1943 season opening at Madison Square Garden on April 9. The troupe departs Sarasota, Florida, heading north to begin performances in the big city.
Sumner Welles warned that after victory the United States may again withdraw from practical cooperation with allies as it did after 1918. He told the New York Chamber of Commerce that renewal of trade agreements will test U S intentions and emphasized relief aid as essential for self interest and humanitarian reasons.
Col Otto L Brunkell head of Ohio State University Military Science Department said 1325 university students would be ordered to report for active military duty by April 20.
Authorities gained a new clue in the double slaying of Miss Lucille D Aprano a 23 year old Kent State student and George W Reynolds 55 ex convict. The purse found at Silver Lake 12 miles from the body site strengthened the theory that Reynolds shot the woman and killed himself after their bodies were discovered in a car off the Brandywine Twinsburg Road between Akron and Cleveland.
In Columbus the Ohio Senate considers a bill to remove politics from congressional redistricting. It proposes combining the 10th and 11th Districts into a new No 11 and transferring Fairfield and Perry Counties from the 11th to the 15th district.
A spoof notice from a fictitious Society for the Preservation of Practical Jokes cautions against dangerous pranks during wartime shortages. It warns not to sabotage tires or wallets, avoid early bugle calls in camps, and to skip provocative shouts like Heil Hitler, ending with a punchline that no such society exists.
Republicans move to back a constitutional amendment limiting a president to two four year terms. The drive follows anti fourth term measures by Iowa Illinois Indiana and Michigan legislatures. National chairmen Spangler and Walker commented on timing and 1944 prospects.
Philadelphia report quotes Joseph E. Davies former ambassador to Russia asserting no fears of a Soviet separate peace with Hitler. Davies says the Russians’ word is good and they stand for peace and will not interfere with others’ government.
Public vocational schools and the National Youth Administration trained more than 5,000,000 men and women for war production jobs through last Jan 31, Paul V. McNutt said today as war manpower commission chairman.
Travellers arriving from Turbo report a North American aerial squadron sank two enemy submarines near the Colombian coast. In Washington the War Production Board announced 148,847 electric and gas refrigerators would be released for sale to the public this spring.
Chinese forces under Generalissimo Ching Kai-Shek report crushing 13 Japanese attacks and launching 17 counter blows last week. RAF bombed Mandalay yards and Bhamo oil fires while MacArthur announced a three hour assault on Salamaua and attacks on Lae Timika and Babo.
The Office of Price Administration unveiled new standardized retail prices for beef veal lamb and mutton to streamline meat distribution during late April. Two price points will apply one for small independent stores and one for large independents and chains likely differing by a cent or a few cents with small stores allowed to charge the higher price. This aims to reduce price confusion that has aided black market activity.
Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel announced the total cost of Ohio elections for the previous year as 2 537 901 dollars. The report highlights expenses across polling, administration, and supporting services statewide.
The Ohio War Agricultural Committee urged federal use of other nations food capacities to ease supply strain. It asked the Office of Price Administration to place rationing and price programs in capable hands to fix market confusion and speed perishable foods to consumers. The group praised the Ohio Victory Garden campaign and projected 1,000,000 gardens in Ohio.
Subdivision managers and Karl Babb discussed employing Ohio pensioners. Babb said casual non recurring work does not affect aid for the aged payments.
Surgeon General Thomas Parran announced the Public Health Service has X-rayed about 250000 people since the wartime outbreak and found slightly more than one in every hundred show significant tuberculosis of the lungs.
Allied reports say nearly 100 U S Flying Fortresses led attacks off Southern Sardinia hitting five merchant ships and 21 smaller craft. Ground damage totaled 57 aircraft destroyed or damaged and 14 Axis fighters shot down. Simultaneously British and Tunisian fronts advanced as Rommel sought a last stand, while Genoa and Sardinian port mobilizations hint at a Dunkerque fleet being formed for retreat.
American forces under Gen. Patton pressed toward the sea from El Guetar, advancing past Sed Jenane and closing to within 34 miles of Bizerte as French Moroccan units and British troops pushed gains. Axis countermeasures included minefields and retreats from Gabes and El Hamma, while air and naval activity intensified along the coast and in Mediterranean waters.
In London hearings opened for nine men charged with defense regulation violations he alleged enormous quantities of American Red Cross relief goods had been stolen and diverted to a black market. The director of public prosecutions said clothing consigned to the Women's Voluntary Service was among the items.
London reports Allied parachute troops may have established a base in the Norwegian mountains and conducted raids on Nazi factories. The Norwegian exile government notes alarm in Berlin and Rome as German Italian defenses and Balkan mobilization plans unfold. A Stockholm Reuters brief cites heightened inner Berlin tensions amid raids and strategic moves in the Mediterranean and Balkans.
Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, lauds a production miracle by management and labor. He credits businessmen and concentrated factory output for dramatic cost reductions and notes civilian production should not be cut too much, warning of uncertain war impact.
Canadians will see meat consumption fall from about two and a half pounds per person weekly to two pounds under a ration system set to start in May. Finance Minister James Haley announced the measure yesterday.
The War Labor Board trucking commission approves a general hourly raise of 2 cents for 2,500 local or die run drivers employed by Ohio truckers, aligning wages with wartime labor policy.
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