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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1943
Page
1
OCR text fragment lists names and relations from a social notice. Mentions visiting sisters, Miss Phyllis, Mrs Drew, Pearl, and Jacks, with scattered times and locations. Content is garbled and incomplete.
American troops seize Stefano and break the 7th Axis flank while the British and Canadians assault near Catania. Flying Fortresses bomb Naples and other targets as Allied seapower shells Italian ports. US positions reach Castel Di Tusa and Motta, with heavy artillery across the Sicilian front and Axis reinforcements arriving from the mainland.
Lin Sen, 1 year old American educated President of the Chinese Republic, died after a long illness. Chiang Kai-Shek was designated acting President by the Kuomintang Central Committee, with Lin Sen having become president in 1932 after Kai-Shek resigned to focus on building the army for the war with Japan.
Eighteen welders on a 20 inch oil pipeline near Cincinnati returned to work today after walking off on Saturday. Walter Mack of a construction firm said the dispute, reportedly over working conditions, had been settled and everything was fine. In another item a divorce petition was filed by Col. Ly Black, State Highway Patrol superintendent, against Dorothy L. Black of Los Angeles.
Major Gen. Lewis H. Brereton announced the big low level mass raid on the Romanian oil center Ploesti. The Middle East Air Command reported 20 Liberators shot down and at least 51 enemy aircraft destroyed. Tulsa pilot Lieut. Col. J. M. Blyer described fierce fighter opposition and success.
Soviet reports say Red Army forces flushed Germans from 100 villages around Orel and pressed toward the base at five to seven miles. They won 40 villages north and northwest of the city while aerial bombardment disrupted new German lines. Counterattacks east of Orel were repulsed with heavy losses as soviet advances continued in the Donets basin and near Voroshilovgrad.
In Washington officials debate President Roosevelt’s revised 105.869 million budget. Senators Wherry Radcliffe and Taft call for closer scrutiny of outlays and revenue sources. They note limited prospects for new direct taxes while Army and Navy spending shift.
The Treasury and War Departments announced a new Allied military currency printed in Washington and stamped Issued In Sicily. Flown to Sicily after the landings, the notes serve as the medium of exchange in the Italian-held area.
Shelby High School coach and physical education instructor Thomas Bender resigned to accept a principal position at Fostoria High School He moved to Shelby a year ago from Logan High School
The U S Department of Agriculture reports civilian meals are more nourishing now than in pre war years with higher calories protein fat minerals and vitamins in 1940 41 and 42. Per capita intake expected to rise except for calories and overall consumption to fall about 3 7 percent due to wartime demands.
Four Negroes are dead and 155 persons mostly Negroes and 40 policemen injured after Harlem disorders. Police arrested 363 and more were being taken into custody as Mayor La Guardia urged calm. Hospitals overflowed with injured, some treated in corridors, as 6,000 officers worked to quell the unrest.
A glider with its right wing missing plummeted 1,500 feet during a public demonstration at Lambert-St. Louis Field killing 10, including Maj. William B. Robertson and Mayor William Deer Becker. Lt. Col. Johnston called it the first fatal glider accident in two years. The tow plane and crowd witnessed the crash.
Two Naval air cadets on leave from Glenview Air School in Illinois died when their small civilian plane crashed at Willoughby Municipal Airport. Eugene Wardzinski 25 of North Royalton Ohio and Thomas Stanley of Bidwell Gallia County Ohio per deputy sheriff Clyde Jones who investigated. They had flown about an hour and apparently suffered motor trouble while approaching to land.
Berlin broadcaster reports Dr. Augusto Rosso, veteran Italian diplomat and husband of an American, has been appointed secretary general of the Italian Foreign Office. Earlier, Ankara cited German protests as the reason for cancelling his prior appointment as ambassador to Turkey.
In Burma, U S B 25 bombers and British aircraft struck Katha staging areas, blasting wharves warehouses and shipping facilities on the Irrawaddy head of navigation. All planes returned. In Akron, 13 year old Gene Albritton, while driving, accidentally hit his grandmother Verda Wilson, 68, killing her.
Dr. Mel chair Gist Cockey 90 of Salina Kansas, surgeon general of the United Spanish War Veterans, died yesterday.
The Associated Press reports Western Atlantic ship sinkings in July total six, matching June. Navy announcement adds one US vessel lost in the region, raising AP’s tally of Allied and neutral merchant losses since America entered the war to 676, with US losses at 272.
Monroe Weaver, 72, died this morning at his Syracuse home. Funeral arrangements are being made. He is survived by his wife Cassie and five daughters Emma Williamson of Columbus Lucie Justis of Chester Marie Michael of Rutland Mary Wolfe of Racine and Ruth Betzing of Minersville. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Joan Horn of Fremont is elected the new president of the Ohio Moose Association at the state convention held in Columbus.
Allied air force operations resumed against Naples and other Axis centers as Badoglio's government faced surrender demands. Reports from Madrid and Rome cited mass Italian exodus from industrial hubs amid warnings of further aerial destruction from Gen Eisenhower. Swiss dispatches noted about 3 million Italians fleeing cities.
German forces estimated at 18 divisions mass north of the Po River as bodies report confidence that any French surrender by Marshal Badoglio would be limited to Italy south of the Po. Strong units occupy the upper Adige Valley with fighting near Trento, 70 miles south of the Brenner Pass.
The Rome press and broadcasts criticized the Allies for not granting Italy a place of honor among nations after fascism ended. They urged negotiation rather than capitulation, reflecting a defiant tone in postwar coverage.
Reports from Madrid and Berlin describe Vatican talks and diplomatic pressure as Italy’s stance crumbles. Dispatches note Maglione and Montoni meeting foreign diplomats while Berlin warns civilians and arranges evacuation plans. German leaflets urge families to seek shelter as fear of Allied advance grows.
Kathleen Van Cooney, 10 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Van Cooney of Rutland, dies at Mason County Clinic Point Pleasant. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bradford Church with burial in Middleport Cemetery. she leaves four sisters.
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York returns home after a six month tour of Africa the Mediterranean and the British Isles including a Vatican visit He is the Catholic military vicar of the armed forces of the United States.
In a wartime briefing the USAAF marked its 36th birthday by announcing strategic bombing of the Ploesti oil fields in Romania. American aircraft output exceeds 7,000 planes monthly, surpassing Axis totals and with Russia and Britain producing as many as all three Axis nations combined.
In a letter to Mrs. Patton from Hamilton Massachusetts General George S. Patton Jr praises home front sacrifices. He credits rationing with butter at all meals coffee three times daily and eggs for breakfast. He says soldiers have improved and are now veterans in the true sense.
The Naval Observatory reports the annual Perseid meteor display will peak the night of August 11 12 with best viewing on August 10 11 from 1 a m until dawn. Meteors appear each year with often 30 or more visible in an hour.
Heavily armed military and civil police were deployed after a crowd gathered Sunday when police tried to arrest a Black woman on West Broad Street near Union Station. A soldier identified as Sergt Ed Levant reportedly tried to interfere with the arrest triggering the disturbance.
North Africa dispatch reports about ten thousand prisoners taken by American forces after the capture of Mistret ta, six miles from the northern Sicilian coast, with Allied headquarters confirming the breakthrough and large prisoner numbers.
The London Express reports from Johannesburg that Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts premier of the Union of South Africa intends to visit the United States soon.
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