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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1945
Page
13
Elderly Adm. Baron Kantaro Suzuki struggled to form a strong war cabinet for Japan to meet the threat of Soviet entry into the Pacific conflict as MacArthur and Nimitz were asked to command all Pacific forces.
Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki was named to form a cabinet after the fall of Prime Minister Koiso. Tokyo pledges a strong war cabinet as Allied forces press toward the Japanese homeland, with Nimitz and MacArthur leading final offensives. Reports cite heavy air, naval actions across Luzon, Okinawa, and the China coast, with high Japanese casualties and disputed Philippine death tallies.
Mrs. Nancy Louisa McGregor aged 88 mother of Middleport schools teacher Miss Virgie Major died at her Wilkesville home Thursday. Funeral services likely Sunday with interment at Poplar Ridge Cemetery. She had lived with her daughter in town for about a year.
New York briefing by 1944 Republican vice presidential candidate John W. Bricker denounces the Bretton Woods plan as a superstructure on an unstabilized foundation. He calls the program an invitation for participating nations to confront economic problems and urges reconsideration.
In Iowa a farmwoman Elsie Krakow killed her six weeks old baby and three other children by pouring gasoline on them and setting her clothing ablaze before dying. In Washington John L. Lewis and coal operators met to avert government seizure of pits as War Labor Board could take over if terms are not agreed. News notes widespread miner idleness and potential strikes threaten steel production during wartime.
Nearly 5 000 residents of Natchitoches gathered with shovels and sacks to defend the town from rising waters of the Red River tributary. Red Cross officials report more than 5 000 families evacuated from threatened areas along the Mississippi tributary in central Louisiana as new danger spots emerge along the flood front.
Washington reports total World War I casualties at 892 909 since the war began. Secretary of War Stimson lists Army losses at 798 383 and Navy casualties at 94 526, an increase of 20 047 since last week. A separate note mentions an Alliance fire destroying a three story brick store and damage to an apartment building and bank, marking the 28th anniversary of U S entry into the war with an estimated loss of 115 000.
Washington debates restricting use of youths under 19 in combat while continuing nurse draft and extending the Selective Service Act. Senator Johnson suggests expiration on May 15 remains possible, as Hill cautions against delaying extensions for nurses and related measures amid war talks and U. S. Mexico water treaty.
Washington observers foresee Soviet entry into the Pacific war after Russia denounced the neutrality pact with Japan. MacArthur to command all Allied ground forces in the Pacific theater with Nimitz directing naval operations. The joint chiefs outline a two-man command structure for final offensives toward Japan. A possible Soviet entry could influence the San Francisco conference and postwar peace plans. A 16 month old, William Cunningham, died after ingesting a sinking cleaning fluid in Columbus.
Senator Wheeler reports red ration points are sold freely in New York City for $6 a thousand. He says data was handed to the OPA though its source is not disclosed. House investigators plan on scene probes as maldistribution and a large black market in meat are cited.
American Fifth Army troops advanced through the mountains north of Azzana in northwest Italy, gaining almost two miles in a swift drive begun yesterday. Heavy fighting continued as German forces counterattacked near Porta, while US units from Strettoia moved forward before being pushed back. The overall offensive outcome remained unclear in initial reports.
The body of Ben Breevker, 64, Rome Township farmer, was found in a cistern at his home after neighbors followed a fire to Bricker's residence. Coroner W. W. Lyndh reported kerosene odor on Bricker's trousers, suggesting he toppled into the cistern while fetching water to combat an accidental blaze.
Allied forces drive from the east toward the Weser as U S Ninth Army armor cross the river north of Hamm and approach Hannover, while First Army units strike west toward the Ruhr. British tanks near Bremen report in range of the major port. Fierce house to house fighting and rail yard attacks intensify across Hamm Halle Leipzig.
In Cleveland a fuel shortage warning circulated as AFL nickels guarded Standard Oil of Ohio bulk plants amid a jurisdiction dispute with CIO Oil Workers Union. Sohio President Holliday warned that supplies could run dry within 24 hours if cuts continued, while Murphy of the teamsters denied a strike and cited drivers joining CIO. In Europe, Allied forces advanced east of the Weser with German flight toward the Elbe. U.S. Third Army moved toward Meiningen and Gotha as fighting neared Berlin.
Sandusky in Erie County honors William Woodward the last surviving Civil War veteran as he marks his 100th birthday. He enlisted at 14 in the 24th Ohio Division and saw action at Chickamauga. Soviet advances near Vienna and Budapest frame the broader wartime context.
B Skinner of Marysville, head of the Ohio Dairy Industry Wartime Committee, calls Senate Bill 139 a major threat to postwar farm security. The measure would let oleomargarine makers color their product yellow, currently forbidden to prevent butter imitation, and is under Senate Commerce and Labor hearings.
Ernest Kovacs, 16, indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury for second degree murder in the February shovel killing of 16 year old Carmelia Ventriglio. In a confession he said he fired at her because she made a food target.
Ohio fruit belts faced a severe frost with spotty damage after subfreezing temps. Local readings fell to 26 degrees in Akron while prior warm spells were thought to protect cherry, plum, and peach crops. Early reports from Southern Ohio speak of light damage and a slight overall impact, with warmer weather forecast by week’s end.
Fifteen two family houses will move by barge from Point Pleasant down the Ohio River toward Charlestown Indiana. A second group of 15 and a third group of 18 will follow at intervals. The houses will be used by employees of a powder plant.
Moscow in a blunt note declared that the five year non aggression pact with Japan is void and the Kremlin said conditions have changed radically since it was signed. Japanese officials and diplomats reacted with surprise as Moscow hinted at possible further moves while observers in Tokyo weighed the risk of a broader breach.
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