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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1945
Page
11
In San Francisco, 46 victorious nations convene the first historic wartime conference to design a preventive postwar framework. The assembly marks a pivotal moment as leaders seek to avert a future global conflict, with the Poland chair empty in symbolic gesture.
Delegates reported cautious optimism as eight United States representatives backed by President Truman pressed for an agreed path to peace at the United Nations conference. Poland remains a contentious point, with a deadlocked debate shadowing hopes for a lasting settlement. External powers show signs of cooperation, while Russia signals willingness to aid the talks, amid plans for an international court and trustee arrangements for former enemy territories.
Huntington West Virginia report states C E Compton of Portsmouth was named in a warrant by Magistrate Harold Kitchen on manslaughter charges as Greyhound bus driver in a crash on U S Route 60 near Huntington. Four people injured, including Mrs John M Morton 58 of Milton who died last night. Her daughter Anna Morton hospitalized with a fractured knee.
A fragmentary report reveals debate on whether quotas will shrink soon as long term veterans are released and other discharges rise under the Army's policy. Draft calls now run about 100000 men monthly and may continue at that rate through June. Navy announces survivors of families with two or more war deaths will be assigned to non hazardous duties.
Washington debate sharpens over draft reform with the House approving an amendment to extend the draft law beyond May 15 1946 andbar combat assignments for 18 year olds until they complete six months training Navy combat ship exceptions apply. Senate action unclear. White House decision pending.
Senator Revercomb of West Virginia told the Senate that young American fighting men face disproportionate risks because the United States has no statutory minimum training. In other news, Stanleyec of Piney Fork, 53, father of six, was killed yesterday by a slate fall at the Hanna Co. mine.
RACINE Staff special Joseph Sherman aged 77 died this morning at his Racine home after a long illness. Retired Ohio River engineer he leaves his wife and children Mrs Addie Bilters of Middleport Mrs Helen Strickland of Pomeroy Mrs Paul Curtis of Racine and Elwood Sherman of Bellview Kentucky. Funeral services are being arranged today.
Leipziger dispatch reports Sgt Mike Tkacsi k, a New York sheet metal worker turned soldier, visited Buchenwald to verify tales of Nazi brutality. He found the camp vile beyond belief, noting stench, crematorium rooms, and survivor accounts that confirmed mass executions and terror by SS and Gestapo. Tkacsi k says seeing the horrors changed his understanding of the Nazi crimes.
American Third Army reached the Danube and moved within 82 miles of Berchtesgaden as two other Allied armies closed in on Munich. Tiger Division captured Oberbalzheim, and Seventh Army troops neared Munich from the north. Western troops advanced toward Regensburg while a planned American Russian junction loomed. Allied gains totaled 35,039 prisoners that day, pushing the D-Day total to 2,364,586.
The Associated Press reports American infantry tightened their grip on newly won high ground on Okinawa and near Baguio in the Philippines. Amphibious forces seized Kaouri and Heanza islets while Cebu Island garrison was trapped. The Seventh Division captured high ground near Okinawa village Ishin, as the 33rd Infantry and Northern Luzon pushed within about a mile of Baguio.
Columbus four highway director Perry T Ford said counties will get about ten percent of their 1940 income from gasoline taxes and auto tag fees for the new postwar secondary road program. Distributions will follow a formula county engineers and county commissioners help set before June 1. Ohio expects to receive 34 650 000 annually from the federal government the first three years for the network. Athens will receive 18754 followed by Fairfield 20225 and Hocking 14751 in the annual federal funds.
A Senate food investigating sub committee holds an inquiry in Pittsburgh into reports of a Western Pennsylvania black market in meat. A Pittsburgh Post Gazette reporter testified he bought more than a ton of meat in eight days without points as fat prices rose to twice OPA ceilings.
Senator Taft of Ohio dismissed Rep. Coughton’s forecast of tax changes soon after V E Day. He said no tax reductions are likely while the war with Japan continues, except perhaps minor ones.
Washington shows House plan to spend 50000 dollars to reclaim land damaged by strip mining. Representatives Lewis and Jenkins of Ohio Republican party predicted the action today. Also reported is an order authorizing the manufacture of 522,144 electric irons by 33 plants in the second quarter.
LONDON Prime Minister Churchill said in Commons that all German officers and known Nazis will be interned while guerrilla warfare continues in Germany. War Secretary Sir James Griggs noted nearly one third of German prisoners in British camps are classified as Ardent Nazis and segregated when identified.
Paris report cites Maj. Gen. G W R Templer of Montgomery 21st Army Group saying four million Germans in the Ruhr face starvation next winter. He warned there is not enough world food and urged Germans to gather seeds and plant them wherever possible.
The Chin Water Supply Board says it is developing plans to store surface water in lakes and reservoirs to address anticipated rainfall deficits in future years.
British based American bomber force attacked Hitler's private rail line near Berchtesgaden and bombed the Skoda armament works at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia today.
Soviet and American forces push toward central Berlin as city battles rage underground. Nazi counterattacks flare while Red Army and Royal Air Force bomb Berchtesgaden targets. Subways are mined and streets, water, and power falter amid furious combat and advancing units from Zhukov and Konev.
Gov. Frank Lausche met with a five member House conservation sub committee to draft strip mining control legislation. He cited hope for passage and noted bills to require operators to restore land torn up by strip mining and to examine constitutional aspects. The subcommittee planned a visit to Harmon Creek Coal Company project in Western Pennsylvania to inspect reclaimed land.
COLUMBUS The House Taxation committee yesterday recommended passage of legislation to raise local governments share of the sales tax from 12 million to about 16.09 million dollars. The panel changed the distribution formula to 60 percent by tax valuation and 50 percent by population to boost rural counties with low property value.
Ohio Senate leaders moved to raise appeals court judges salaries by 50 percent to 12 000 dollars a year from 8 000 as part of a package widening pay for legislators and state officials. Senators Stanley Mechem and Fred Seibert sponsor the bill.
British Eighth and U.S. Fifth Armies crossed the Po River driving a disorganized German force toward Italy’s northern border. The combined advance cleared several sectors in the Po Valley, signaling a strengthened push on the Axis position in northern Italy.
In Columbus rural lawmakers pushed a bill to withhold state funds from cities not observing Central War Time. The measure follows a 2 year drive to make Central War Time official, with centers on school funding and rural convenience. Opposition argues cities may choose their own time.
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