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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1943
Page
3
The War Labor Board moves to form a three man fact finding panel to study the soft coal wage dispute. Hearings begin Wednesday after a preliminary meeting set for tomorrow. John L Lewis of the UMW may not nominate a panel member. In Chicago, Col. Davis denies troop moves linked to coal field tensions.
About 1,500 Southern Kentucky coal miners stopped work amid failed talks in New York over a new contract. George S. Ward of the Iran Coal Operators Association cited the lack of agreement and a pending union meeting to issue statements. The Southern Coal Producers Association denied travel pay claims, arguing miners are paid for travel time. The dispute centers on wage awards, OPA pricing, and future price guarantees.
Newark New Jersey morning report says Celanese Corporation of America plastic division workers returned to work within hours of a presidential directive to end the two week strike. They reentered the plant five hours before the noon deadline. The move follows Roosevelt's order to halt the strike to protect national war interests.
Soviet Russia cut ties with the Polish government in exile accusing it of colluding with Germans in a postwar campaign linked to killings near Smolensk. In Washington three Ohioans were named to a new Republican postwar problems committee: Frances Bolton of Cleveland, Robert McGregor of Westlake, and P. W. Griffiths of Cincinnati.
Governor John W. Bricker calls for a war footing in American agriculture linking farm output to morale soldier welfare and war material. Louis Bromfield attacks past farm policies as dead and warns against regimentation while defending farmer freedom to experiment and self sufficiency.
New York dispatch reports the early month sinking of a small Norwegian freighter in the Gulf of Mexico, one of four Allied and neutral merchant losses announced by the Navy. The tally shows 649 ships sunk in Western Atlantic waters since Pearl Harbor, with 258 being U.S. vessels. Only one life was lost among 167 crewmen across the four ships.
Eight Nipponese planes raided the Chinese river and highway center of Kienow in Fukien Province on the coast between Shanghai and Canton. The Chinese high command identified the site as a potential base for bombing Japan.
Lieut. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, commander of all ground forces, was severely wounded by shell fragments on the Tunisian front but not critically injured. He is evacuated for treatment as Lt. Gen. Ben Lear is ordered to temporary command the ground forces.
Easter in Southern California was marked by the sixth air raid alert since Pearl Harbor and a five night blackout. The 8:30 p.m. sirens wailed as devout observers marked dawn. At 9:26 p.m. Los Angeles air defense ordered all clear after confirming targets as friendly.
The Social Security Board data show Americans spent about 24.83 billion dollars on dole and work relief for public projects over the last decade. The sum surpasses the total national debt through 1933.
North Tunisia front report from April 23 describes Pvt. James R. Foote of Defiance PA sheltering in a hillside slit trench under German bombardment. He jokes with visitors including a newspaper correspondent while shells fall daily and a colonel and British major join in nearby trenches. Pvt Herbert Adery of Steubenville OH is among the waiting soldiers.
The measure would separate civilian supply authority from the War Production Board and place final allocation decisions with James F Byrnes as an assistant president style figure. Taft pushed for a wartime council to settle disputes. McNary urged Congress veto power over reciprocal trade pacts. Hull insisted on renewal with no amendments. Wallace returned from a South American tour.
Allied dispatch reports Capt Becourt Foch grandson of Marshal Foch was seriously wounded when a cannon shell exploded in his cockpit. He crash landed and, though weak from blood loss, was saved when a companion RAF pilot landed near him in enemy territory and ferried him to safety.
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Finland looked near rupture with advices from Helsinki suggesting little change in Finnish foreign policy. The Swedish language newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet noted the Finnish people strongly want to stay on good terms with the United States.
Patrons at 470 Ohio theaters contributed 115296 during the February 18 week in the March of Dimes drive led by state chairman P. J. Wood.
Washington observers note a lull in the South Pacific may signal new Allied offensives after American occupation of the Ellice Islands. Bombers and fighters struck Kiska in the Aleutians, Munda in the Solomons, and Wewak in New Guinea, while RAF bombers hit Rangoon. American air activity also targeted Namtu mines in Burma.
The Office of Price Administration will issue monthly tabulations of civilian supply of canned bottled and frozen fruits and vegetables. The lists will detail quantities sold and available under blue stamp rations to help plan purchases and reduce waste. Meat ration coupons will continue weekly for at least one more month.
CHICAGO Robert Roloson 9 was the sole survivor of a blaze that killed his father Robert M. Roloson 39 a United Air Lines director his mother Ella 36 his sister Cary 12 and his brother Edward 5 all residents west of Winnetka The fire is believed started by sparks from a fireplace.
American fighter squadrons based in England now conduct 100 percent American attacks from their own bases. They anticipate a major clash on any day as they wait for the first joint mission with a flotilla of American bombers to strike occupied Europe.
Four year old George Archer drowned in Mentor Harbor when he fell from a raft while playing with his brothers. The incident occurred on the lake near Painesville as rescuers responded to the accident.
A freighter loaded with explosives rested on the bay bottom off Bayonne after water pumped into its smoking holds and seacocks opened. It sank following a Jersey City fire, towed down the Hudson, while radio alerts urged civilians to keep windows open amid the wartime danger.
The Duke of Connaught aged 28 died suddenly today at government house where he had stayed as a guest of the Earl of Athlone Canada’s governor general and Princess Alice for several months.
Allied siege forces advance across all five sectors of the 140 mile Tunisian front as German positions retreat from northern peaks. French 19th Army Corps pins down a German salient while the British Eighth Army seizes Djebel Terhouna near Enfidaville.
Navy refutes Berlin claims that the aircraft carrier Ranger was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic. A Navy spokesman said no US carrier has been sunk or damaged by any ocean, while the Berlin report described the Ranger as ten years old. The bulletin also notes Allied actions around Medjez El Bab and Djebel Tanngouche with German forces retreating.
U S Army forces under Gen. Patton captured an important height 13 miles southwest of Mateur and about 34 miles from Bizerte after heavy fighting in the Sidi N'Sir sector. Allied air forces pounded German positions as 64 tanks were reported knocked out and German defenders were said to fight to the last bullet.
CIO Transport Workers Union No 208 President William Buskirk says Columbus bus and streetcar operators will strike May 5 after members voted to walk out. He cites a new situation created by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. Morgan Evans of the utility says no notification was received.
Across the globe Easter observances spread amid continuing warfare. In Moscow churches were packed as bombers quieted for a day, while North Africa and Russia saw sustained fighting. London held a dawn service for American troops, and religious leaders visited bases and fronts. Archbishop Spellman led the Jerusalem Holy Sepulchre mass with tight crowd limits.
Windsor Ontario reports Ford Motor Company of Canada workers return to their posts after a production tie up halted five industries. About 17 500 workers were idled nationwide in plants tied to Britain Empire war vehicle needs. Arbitration under Louis Fine of Ontario Labor starts after UAW CIO dispute and breach accusations.
Two fires in Hudson County yesterday destroyed a United States naval supply depot building and damaged four adjoining four story brick tenements in Jersey City. Nine people were injured including six firefighters. In Newark a basement apartment fire claimed three lives identified as Louis Ellis, his wife, and Archie Grant, a visitor.
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