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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1943
Page
3
Washington AP reports Rep day proposes a draft deferment bill to avoid inducting fathers. The plan would require all men in the draft pool with no dependents, with dependents, or with children to be called for induction, and would apply to both single and married men. Congress planned two-week recess after leadership’s session.
The Ways and Means Committee voted 16 to 9 to reject reopening considerations of pay as you go tax legislation. The draft provision would have exempted certain occupations from draft and shifted 44 million taxpayers to current payment. Amid war loan and debt limit tensions, officials signaled inflation countermeasures and possible subsidy plans. Secretary Hull and Jesse Jones advised Congress on postwar trade.
AP reports the Western Atlantic has seen at least 5,100 sailors killed and over 8,000 possibly dead due to 644 Allied and neutral vessels lost since Pearl Harbor. Last week added 73 to casualties with the destruction of three U.S. cargo ships. Seamen dead reach 1,990 and 720 are missing, most presumed lost.
The War Production Board charged Specialty Mattress Co. of Huntington West Virginia and 13 subsidiaries in Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania Indiana West Virginia and New York with violating a WPB order on mattress and bed spring manufacture. Between Sept 1 and Oct 5 1942 the group allegedly produced 3115 mattresses while the prohibition was in effect. Two people died when a tornado hit Rackleburg Alabama destroying the town center.
Ohioans prepared for the second war loan drive as parades and pledges built momentum toward a nearly 50 million dollar target. Columbus hosted a mass parade with 3,000 participants including Gold Star Mothers. prisoners pledged funds. leaders in Toledo Akron and Cleveland organized events to boost donations and morale.
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration authorized its regional office to fix maximum prices for food and beverages at restaurants cafeterias hotels and similar places. A base period is April 4 to 10 and establishments must file price lists with local boards as complaints and hearings will guide actions to district OPA offices.
Allied heavy bombers attacked the axis base at Palermo Sicily on Saturday night. Bombs fell near warehouses and the customs depot on the harbor's south side and the main railway station was set on fire. All Allied planes returned safely.
John Eugene Steffans 53 oper ator of the Grandview Inn of Westerville was killed when his car veered off Olentangy River road and plunged into a ditch. The crash occurred today and authorities reported the victim as the operator of the Grandview Inn.
Bishop Adna W. Leonard of the Methodist Church will visit American fighting men on three continents to demonstrate that united Protestantism stands with them. The departure for overseas was announced by the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains, representing 31 Protestant denominations.
The Vich radio, citing Vatican dispatches, reports Pope Pius XII held a pontificial Mass yesterday at St. Peter's Cathedral marking a return from illness.
General George C Marshall warns that war costs vast sums for planes tanks guns ships and other materiel as bomber and submarine threats rise. He urges Americans to contribute fully at home just as soldiers sacrifice overseas and in combat. Buy your share of War.
Thousands of men who became dads between summer 1941 and last Sept 15 were given draft deferment as fathers for the first time. Local boards were told to classify as fathers all those whose children were born before Sept 15. Fathers are now the only men deferred solely because of family relationship and cannot be drafted until further orders.
The Missouri River swells toward a flood crest threatening Omaha and Carter Lake Iowa as about 1000 soldiers and civilians reinforce defenses for the imperiled suburb. Efforts downstream and upstream focus on protection. no human lives lost yet, but livestock losses are heavy.
An eastbound Big Four passenger train collided with an Indiana Union Railway locomotive and caboose at a west side crossing in Indianapolis. Two railroaders were killed and a third believed dead. four other men injured. No Big Four passengers were harmed.
The Ohio Legislature weighs who gets credit for boosting school subsidies by 5.1 million for 1943-44. A House bill would regulate unions with 20 days’ strike notice. The biennial appropriation bill, 366 million, has House approval and Senate aim to finish in three weeks. Capt Eddie Rickenbacker speaks at 10 p.m. ET on radio networks.
The Cleveland District Office of Defense Transportation announced a survey shows many truck operators failed to turn in unused gasoline ration coupons to local war price and rationing boards after the first quarter. Noncompliance could lead to revocation of certificates of war necessity for the 70,000 operators in the district covering Cuyahoga Lake Ashtabula Geauga Lorain Huron and Erie counties.
Washington reports a third account of the April 7 Guadalcanal air clash giving Japan 39 planes lost. Allied losses include a destroyer, a tanker, and a corvette sunk, a small fuel boat damaged, and seven Allied aircraft down. Five U S pilots were rescued. the fuel boat sinking earlier corrected.
In New York D C Mc Cowen of the Southwest Telephone Workers Union discussed a potential federal stance with National Federation officials over a wage freeze tied to a possible signaling of a telephone tie up. In Canton workers at Timken Roller Bearing Gambrinus plant ended a 10 day strike after the dismissal of a former walkout leader following the promotion of 27 African American workers to machine jobs.
Allied headquarters said 23 of 45 Japanese air raiders were shot down over Oro Bay New Guinea. The action disrupted a Japanese assault and marked a renewed air offensive in the Southwest Pacific.
Italy hints at potential New York bombing by Nazi bases in Western France after a crisis conference with Hitler and Mussolini. Allied reports note Japan’s offensive gains and strategic air battles with MacArthur’s forces striking Japanese bases from Timor to New Ireland, with significant destruction in Dutch New Guinea and Oro Bay.
Washington obituary notes Daniel C. Roper, first Roosevelt commerce secretary, died at 76 at his home after several months illness. A Marlboro County, South Carolina native, he had been retired since 1939 after a brief service as minister to Canada.
Fire partially destroyed a sub-depot supply building and equipment at the Lockbourne Army Air Base. Fire fighters saved some equipment including bomber parts, and towed several Flying Fortresses on a nearby runway to safety.
Allied forces under General Montgomery push toward final siege in Tunisia as Eighth Army seizes Sousse, 70 miles from Tunis, and Kairouan falls. Rommel’s forces evacuate, destroying stores and equipment on roads while regrouping in the Tunis and Bizerte mountains.
Allied advances push Rommel’s forces back from Enfidaville toward the Tunis coastal line as American units and Montgomery armor advance on Kairouan. German prisoners exceed a thousand in a week while Axis transport collapses on the coastal road. British and Soviet air offensives target Koenigsberg, Naples, Palermo, and Eastern German objectives as front lines shift in Kharkov and Belgorod sectors.
Allied advances press Axis lines in Tunisia as Kairouan is evacuated and Fondouk, Faid Pass, and other strongholds are bypassed. Eighth Army and First Army push from south and north, Rommel’s forces suffer heavy losses. Axis air and sea assets damaged including Trieste and Gorizia.
The magazine Steel quotes its London editor that Germany has lost up to twenty percent of metal industry production due to labor slowdowns and Allied bombings of plants. Malnutrition has left some workers unable to work as hard as expected.
Allied forces entered Kairouan Tunisia where residents clapped as armor moved north after breaking through Foundouk Pass. German destruction included wells water works electric plant and bakery. Jews displayed the Star of David as a show of defiance against retreating German units.
WASHINGTON War Production Board authorizes rapid completion of 32 rural electrification projects halted last July. Three in Ohio including Gallia and Adams Counties. Materials largely on hand or from excess stocks. Projects total 2 861 miles serving 6 700 farms. Expected to boost dairy poultry meat output and other foods. Ohio wells include Buckeye cooperative 124.2 miles in Gallia and Adams cooperative 97.9 miles in Adams. Cincinnati report follows. Eight-year-old Shirley Ann Griffin choked herself by a ribbon tied to neck and right ankle not fatal? coroner cites accidental.
Colabia Mo 4 Percent The first county to meet its war bond quota is Taney County famous for the Shepherd of the Hills. Bob Hill, out of state chairman, said Taney citizens bought their $50 000 allotment last Friday mainly in small denomination bonds with no single large buyer.
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