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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1946
Page
1
Washington AP reports the government postponed a decision on additional measures to address bread shortages at home and abroad. Officials say domestic conservation efforts begun a month ago failed to meet goals, with promised export aid to hungry regions lagging.
New York reports that a 25 percent cut in bakers flour use may force small bakers to raise bread prices. Secretary Anderson warned on wheat conservation while optimism for a record winter wheat crop suggested exports could move early. Authorities consider restricting wheat in livestock feed beer and whiskey and tightening inventories to curb hoarding.
A federal grand jury indicted two naval officers and ten civilians on charges of conspiring to defraud the U S government of tens of thousands of dollars during wartime. Prosecutors say defendants siphoned profits from the naval cantonment area and the Pearl Harbor submarine base ship service store through irregular transactions.
The body of Vic Donahey was returned to Ohio for his funeral in New Philadelphia attended by scores of political figures and family. The former governor, nicknamed Honest Vic, began as a township clerk and rose to political leadership. His six sons, including Richard and J Hal Donahey of Nelsonville, stood by his grave alongside his parents. A separate report notes a fire at Electric Bakeries Store in Kentucky destroying two thousand pounds sugar and 290 barrels of flour.
Robert Lee Jackson, 21, was fatally shot after resisting commands from two railroad detectives E. J. McDee and H. L. Young of Mation to raise his hands while riding the Chesapeake & Ohio rails from Detroit. Edward L. Baker, 23, surrendered. Baker and Jackson were spotted by officers as they jumped from a moving train. Weston College seismograph records a strong quake at 9 53 25 p m EST, noting a severity akin to a recent fatal tidal event. Eisenhower to visit Cleveland for Army Chief of Staff engagements.
In a penthouse briefing, about 20 experts draft the United Nations military staff committee. The security council could authorize armed force to enforce its decisions if diplomacy and sanctions fail, with member nations contributing manpower and equipment. The United States is expected to lead in air and sea units, while Russia may supply most ground troops.
The Associated Press reports a severe killing frost across Central and Northeastern Ohio, with Stark County hit hard on cherries, strawberries, and peaches. An estimated 1946 crop may be nearly lost, though apples escaped heavy damage. Temperatures fell to 19 in Warren and 24 in Youngstown while clouds and frost plagued regions from Canton to Ashland.
Six survivors of the Malmedy massacre returned to the field where German troops killed American prisoners. They aim to provide testimony for the Dachau trial of 75 U. S. troops accused in the killings. Witnesses including Samuel Dobins of Sandusky Ohio offered details to prosecutors.
Col. B. C. Dunn of the Columbus Army Engineer office told the House Flood Control Committee that Congress must authorize new funding to continue Ohio River Basin flood projects. He cited a plan costing about a billion dollars, matching four decades of local water damages, and noted 350 million already spent on starting or completing reservoirs and local works. He proposed several recommended jobs including the West Fork Reservoir on Miji Creek near Cincinnati.
Central News Agency dispatch from Changchun reports the Chinese flag over the former Japanese army HQ in Manchuria as the city is evacuated by Russian forces. Kirin Province peace corps members break through Communist lines to reach Changchun after fighting along the Changchun Kirin rail. A Tientsin dispatch says over 300 passengers were killed when a train was mined near Wanchiatun on the Peiping Mukden line.
Berlin reports that Germans convicted of serious attempts to reconstruct military installations such as fortifications or arsenals will face death or life imprisonment after April 17, under a decree issued by the Allied Central Council.
Early returns show a tight postwar election in Japan for the 468 seat House of Representatives. Communists trail with only a few seats while nine women lead as victors. Social Democrats gain 25 seats, Progressives 24, Liberals 23, and several independents and a People's Party member elected. Premier Shidehara's cabinet ally Narahashi wins a seat and hints at a new coalition.
New York AP report says Russia expected to back Poland in pressing the United Nations Security Council to act against Spain for harboring Nazi fugitives and scientists. Gromyko's post at the council is unsettled as Moscow installs Nikolai Novikov as ambassador to the US. Poland accuses Franco regime of sheltering war criminals and advancing new warfare tech for the atomic age, without detailing the weapons. France is accused of asylum to Nazi personnel and assets while allowing German scientists to continue research.
NEA Service reports Heywood family on a 50 acre farm near Council Bluffs Iowa. William Heywood and wife feed sixteen children ages from weeks to 21 years with no major illnesses. Two daughters aged 21 and 20 have married and left home. son Donald, 18, trains in the Navy at Great Lakes. The rest, including William 16 and Darlene 15, remain at home. The couple values their large brood and would not part with them for any price.
Columbus reports the Municipal Finance Officers Association of Ohio discussed Toledo’s one per cent income tax aimed at raising about 3 million dollars annually to retire bonded debt. Toledo finance director R T Anderson defended the tax as fair while colleagues questioned how sales tax distributions affect city budgets.
Senate shifts emergency housing bill back to the House and backs a companion long-range measure seeking 12,500,000 new homes by 1956. Sponsored by Wagner Taft Eben der, it favors easier government loans and mortgage guarantees to spur private construction while maintaining aid to public housing, farmers, and blighted-area redevelopment. A $5,000 home could require 5 percent down and 32 years to pay under FHA insured financing.
Cleveland area veterans will begin paying national service life insurance premiums at nearby regional VA sub offices instead of the Washington office. VA regional manager William L. Marin said Akron Youngstown Canton Mansfield Steubenville Lima and Toledo branches will handle payments by about May 1.
BELLAIRE July 1944 last two bodies of 66 men killed in the Powhatan Mining Co. explosion and fire near here were found yesterday by Edward Fellabaum the mine foreman. They lay along the main haulage route and had been bypassed by rescue crews on several occasions.
The War Shipping Administration said two former troopships will bring farm laborers from outlaying islands to the United States in cooperation with the Agriculture Department's annual harvest-help program. The effort supports farmers during the harvest season and integrates military logistics with civilian labor needs.
Lebanon CP reports eight non union workers in the municipal electric plant plan a strike on April 15 unless a $30 monthly wage increase is granted. They average about $330 monthly. Washington Lamb crop condition above average on April 1, Agriculture Department reports. Tokyo voters file numerous divorce petitions against General MacArthur. Hamilton County officials do not report the total yet.
In Wilmington Massachusetts police disclosed notes speaking of approaching death after medical examiner Ira Richardson ruled Richard P. Gale Jr. 21 MIT student and Massachusetts native died in a car as carbon monoxide from exhaust caused the death. Gale was son-in-law to a Minneapolis publisher and father of a six month old. The body lay in a woods road since Monday night.
A chemical engineer urged using waste food products as protein sources to meet a US shortage. Dr. Robert T. Aries reported to the American Chemical Society that 20,000,000 tons of protein are lacking and recovery from pulp mill wastes could offset this. He cited 150,000,000 pounds of yeast and fodder from pulp wastes and said nearly inexhaustible protein could be produced from sawdust and wood wastes.
The Weather Bureau reports that the winter wheat crop is in good to excellent condition in most regions, fueling optimism among farm officials for a potential record harvest. A large crop is needed to aid in easing a global shortage.
The government seeks to revive soft coal talks halted by John L. Lewis who walked out. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach plans separate conferences with operators and miners to restart negotiations on health funds mine safety and wages amid protests from both sides.
Republican Chairman Carroll Reece issued an open letter to Democratic Chairman Robert E. Hannegan demanding a long overdue clarification of his party policies on vital questions. He questioned when the administration would tell the truth about government operations and cited tensions over Potsdam and secrecy in foreign policy, plus domestic claims about unemployment and wage policies.
Grove Patterson editor of The Toledo Blade told the Cleveland Advertising Club that Americans are drifting into isolation and that international affairs must be sold to the people as they were for war production and buying war bonds. In Columbus, 36 of 44 incumbents on the Republican State Central and Executive Committee will seek re election in the May 7 primary, State Chairman Fred Johnson said.
In Cleveland a Canton Provision Co attorney testified that OPA price ceilings push meat to black markets. Donald Merwin said racketeers beat ceilings, hampering packing houses as cases against Canton and 16 Ohio firms proceed. He described small slaughterers diverting meat to illegal channels.
Nicolai Gregorovich Redin a Russian naval lieutenant charged with espionage agrees to return to Seattle for trial. At preliminary hearing he proclaimed absolute innocence. His attorney Irvin Goodman said Redin calls the case a political setup and urges the public to wait for the courts.
AKRON dogged by tragedy as 13-year-old Ann Dale is trampled after her horse bolted, tangling reins and dragging her about 150 feet. In Elyria Warne C Meyers, 31, of Grafton, dies when a private plane crashes near town. passenger Joseph Bur 21 remains critically injured.
Fire destroyed a Kentucky farm home about ten miles from Portsmouth. Mrs Mitzi Covert and Billy were reported as residents. the blaze left the structure a total loss with one person believed dead. Further details were unclear due to damaged text.
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