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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1944
Page
1
Allied and AP reports say MacArthur forces tightened the trap on Hollandia, capturing Tadji airfield at Aitape 150 miles southwest, with Hollandia's three airdromes poised to fall in the amphibious assault.
A high altitude Navy photo shows nine aircraft carriers and 12 battleships with more than 40 vessels in view as the U S launches a major assault in the Hollandia area of New Guinea. Reports cite 101 Japanese planes destroyed by carrier planes and heavy shelling of shore positions.
Gov John W Bricker will preside at a medal ceremony Thursday for Spot a $3 beagle hound that saved five year old Paul McCoy after he fell in a field near Columbus Spot kept vigil until searchers found the boy and alerted rescuers showing remarkable courage in a life threatening situation
Der Bund cites an anti fascist Italian journal reporting Mussolini escaped injury when a bomb targeted his car near Lake Garda. The device exploded a few yards from the former dictator, the account states.
Tech. Sgt. Charles Edward Kelly, famed for a bold wartime action that earned the Medal of Honor, rests at his Pittsburgh home after a massive homecoming. Police guard the entrance as Mayor Scully greets him. family, including his widow mother Irene Kelly and eight brothers, celebrate with cheering crowds and a demand to stay with Mom.
Lt. (j g) Wallace A. Lafleur of Lafayette Louisiana spotted a German U boat from an Atlantic patrol plane. After 25 minutes on station he drew in two fighters and two torpedo bombers. One bomb hit firmly and the U boat sank two minutes after the attack began.
Nine homeless WACs in Naples escaped injury after a bombing struck their billet apartment, damaging the nearby air force service command buildings. Pvt. Retha Lohr of Logan, Ohio, was among those who lost belongings but remained in good spirits.
Dr. Donald Bowers reported that Col. Lynn Black, superintendent of the State Highway Patrol, is critically injured in Mt. Carmel hospital following a collapse.
Washington lawmakers debate raising the public debt limit from 210 billion to 260 billion. Rep. Knutson of Minnesota advocates about 240 billion while warning the administration would reach any limit.
Senator Bankhead warns the rapidly growing rayon industry jeopardizes the Souths economic future. He says a Senate subcommittee will probe government loans for wartime rayon plant construction as an encroachment on cotton and wool industries.
William Thewes of Lakewood, Connecticut, the sole survivor among ten crew members, describes the fate of the Navy blimp after it dived into rough Gulf waters during a thunderstorm. He recounts being separated from others, their improvised paddling in life jackets, and rescue by a passing ship at dawn.
New York AP wire Roy D. Moore campaign manager for Gov. John W. Bricker predicts Bricker will enter the June Republican convention with 257 delegates. Moore argues a Midwest and South survey supports the count and indicates no first ballot nomination.
Ohio Governor John W Bricker told reporters he is not seeking the vice presidential nomination. He warned that any war setback or loss of faith in the administration could aid Democrats in November while detailing a delegate count strategy and a planned northern and midwestern campaign swing.
The Supreme Court ruled that evidence about the truth of the I Am movement beliefs was not required for the jury to convict Edna Ballard and her son Donald Ballard of mail fraud. The defendants argued excluding such evidence harmed their case. In Sandusky, Plum Brook ordnance plant will hire 1,100 more workers, many women, in the next five weeks, the commander stated.
Washington AP The nation’s steel producers reject any wage increases saying the CIO United Steel Workers demands are unwarranted. U S Steel President Benjamin Fairless warned a War Labor Board that if granted the public would pay the bill. He noted current steel wages are the highest ever and cited last year’s profits of $6.294 billion with only $171 million net income remaining.
H R Miles 68 longtime monument business operator dies at his Racine home. Funeral plans pending. Survived by wife Sybil a daughter Bonnie a Franklin Ohio teacher and sisters Edith Swan Independence Kansas Kate Cherrington Los Angeles. Brother C Miles died two years ago. Miles family long known in Meigs County Ohio and West Virginia.
Britain faces a wartime budget totaling at least 3,000,000,000 pounds for the year. The shift to a pay as you earn income tax begins this month, with seven months of preexisting payments forgiven.
Soft coal production for the week ended April 15 fell by 290000 tons from the prior week. Solid Fuels Administrator Harold L. Ickes blamed weak orders for next winter's fuel, saying consumers failed to place enough demand to keep mines busy.
Two men, Phil Norris aged 33 and Robert Little aged 22, both of Johnstown, were capsized in Buckeye Lake by two-foot waves and a strong wind. They spent about 30 minutes in the water before rescue. Both suffered shock and exposure after being fishing in the lake's middle.
The War Production Board says stores will get about half as much wrapping paper and paper bags in April through June as in the previous year. The shortage will affect every retail householder, though some relief may come from inferior substitutes from mills not normally producing them.
In Lancaster Judge Frank M. Acton lifted a temporary restraining order allowing the South Central Rural Electric Cooperative to bid on the $2,115,000 Midland Light & Power Co. projected sale. Bids were to open in New York with unions and other coops among bidders. Midland serves 8,000 customers across six Ohio counties.
COLUMBUS four officials were jailed with fines and prison terms in a tax evasion case. T. D. Van Camp, 72, a road contractor from Williamsport, received a $10,000 fine and six months in prison. John A. Kidd, 70, Van Camp’s book keeper, got a $2,000 fine and six months.
The 1943 coal mining fatality rate was the second lowest in U S history despite higher production and employment of inexperienced or aged workers. Daniel Harrington of the Bureau of Mines health and safety service testified before the House appropriations subcommittee on the interior department 1945 appropriations bill, with the testimony made public.
London reports Col Donald Blakeslee of Fairport Harbor and his squadron shot down 66 Nazi planes in raids over southern Germany. The tally marks another air victory by American pilots in World War II.
A T month old Patrick Michael Ryan poses with his mother Jo Ann Ryan after receiving the Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster on behalf of his father Lt. John C. Ryan. He is listed missing in action since a 1943 raid near Proest oil fields.
F. E. Mollin of Denver, secretary of the American National Livestock Association, told the House Banking and Currency Committee that the beef rationing program is too tight. He said 1.25 billion pounds of meat are in cold storage and no steak or roast has been on the Washington hotel menu since December 1, noting producers from 18 states represent the view that meat points are insufficient despite ample supply.
Dutch civil administrators and native policemen land the Dutch flag at Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea with American troops nearby. This marks the first reconquest of Dutch territory since the wartime territorial grabs by Germany and Japan. The unit is part of the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration tasked with civil affairs across Hollandia and liberated East Indies areas.
Cleveland city council adopted unanimously an anti class hatred ordinance requiring publishers or distributors of printed matter to identify themselves when materials expose individuals or racial or religious groups to hatred contempt ridicule or obloquy.
Senators Brewster and Bailey propose a work-or-be-drafted law for men 18 to 45. The plan would freeze workers in essential jobs and allow conscription of 4-F registrants to fill war needs, aiming to curb labor hoarding and boost war production. Unions may gain members if shifts are prevented.
Allied air forces pound Germany and occupied zones as Munich and Karlsruhe burn from large night raids. US bombers target Nancy Metz and Dijon while 181 German first line planes are destroyed in daylight strikes, with extensive damage reported across Friedrichshafen Munich Bucharest Ploesti and Belgrade.
Charles A. Hirsch, 56, manager of a farm bureau cooperative and deputy master of the state grange, was found dead in his automobile yesterday after his car stalled. Police investigated the scene as a possible accidental death.
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