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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
13
Hope of a large scale Allied offensive in China, backed by American-trained veterans, was suggested by U S communiques reporting 119 Japanese ships sunk or damaged. Lt. Gen. Albert C Wiedemeier, commander in China, voiced expectation of major fighting on the Continent supported by American-trained forces.
Allied forces push across Southeast China and reoccupy Pacific fronts as Japanese air losses rise. In the Pacific, U S and Australian units gain ground in the Philippines and Solomon Islands while air strikes pound Tokyo area and Kyushu. B-29s fly thousands of sorties. July tax stamp receipts rise slightly year over year in Columbus.
The 20th Air Force reports a complete blockade of Japanese home islands with Superforts mining and patrolling from Fusan to Rashin. Inland Sea shipping nearly neutralized as hundreds of thousands of tons are sunk or damaged. Attlee appoints Pethick-Lawrence as secretary for India and Burma, with AS first lord leaving the Admiralty.
About 1 800 workers at Youngstown Briar Hill plant idle after a unanimous vote to defy back to work orders amid regional and CIO United Steelworkers actions. In Cleveland 1 300 open hearth workers idle as hot mill crews prepared to resume. mill closed after overtime refusals. Ohio judge Eli Ellsworth Lindsay, 78, longtime Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District jurist, dies.
Lehman warned at a press conference that Europe must tighten its food belt to meet winter needs. He said economic strain could threaten political stability and hinder permanent peace in Europe, hoping relief by the 1946 harvest if weather cooperates and communications improve.
Washington reports the Army will keep the present discharge credit score at 85 for about 800,000 men. A later revision will raise the score to enable discharge of another 700,000 by June 1, 1846, as part of a plan totaling 1,500,000 discharged under the credit point system.
Bishop Michael J. Ready of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus announces four pastors named deans for newly designated deaneries. The Eastern district includes Fairfield Perry Hocking Vinton and Muskingum counties with Msgr. David P. Quailey of Lancaster named dean.
Capt. Carl G. Schultz of Chicago was ordered to stand court martial after an inspector general investigation into his civil marriage to WAC Sgt Kanielle Koulouvaris in Berlin. He told authorities and his wife he had believed his previous spouse was dead and was under psychiatric observation at an Army hospital.
Wooster report says about two million bushels of Ohio potatoes will be added using the new insecticide DDT. The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, part of Ohio State University Extension, released first results of DDT tests with other insecticides at the annual potato day, as growers from across the state gathered.
Seven people died and 39 were injured in a blast and fire that razed a factory district in Krasne Brezno suburb of Aussig. Interior Minister Vaclav Mosek cited German werewolf involvement while Czech press called for expulsion of border Germans. Martial law persisted and 70 Germans were detained for security. ten of the injured were German workers.
Pierre Laval testified at the Vichy treason trial that he signed a secret military pact with Mussolini to bind Italy and France against German aggression, and that the Hoare Laval agreement with Britain was known to Prime Minister Baldwin and the British government.
Governor Frank Lausche directs Liquor Director Robert Sohngen to revoke licenses of venues found to permit gambling. He calls for probe of gambling conditions in Ottawa Lake Geauga and Portage counties and Chesapeake in Lawrence County where slot machines have appeared. The Herald-Dispatch cites his demand to shut a Chesapeake gambling den.
Massillon serviceman Clayton E. Mason of Canton claims his wife Lucile Mason used part of her government allotment for flying lessons rather than caring for their 21 month old daughter. He seeks temporary custody for his father and permanent custody for himself.
Secretary of agriculture Anderson announced steps to boost sugar supplies in 1946. He said current year production cannot be greatly increased as cane harvesting is nearly done and beet planting finished, but subsidies for the 1946 crop of sugar beets and cane will rise.
Washington debate over laundry soap shortages shows Rep Landis urging civilians receive priority unless soap is bound for armed forces. The report notes soap shipped overseas and stresses domestic need amid wartime constraints.
A Potsdam plan outlined by Truman Stalin and Attlee frames Germany as divided and weakened, with loss of lands wealth and power. It envisions a five power council including China and France to govern postwar Europe and assigns large territorial changes to Russia. The report notes limited reparations and a shift toward peaceful domestic industry for Germany under Allied supervision.
The Potsdam conference proposes a five power UN security council with the United States Britain Russia France and China to draft peace treaties for Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland and admit neutral states except Spain. Germany would be placed under Allied control with limited industry and political freedoms while reparations would flow from eastern and western zones to Poland and the Allies.
United States and Britain appear to tacitly recognize Russia’s absorption of Latvia Estonia and Lithuania as part of a Potsdam era settlement. The Potsdam lines and Polish boundary agreement imply Soviet incorporation while details remain undefined.
Washington AP report notes vigorous Republican criticism of the Potsdam agreements signals possible Senate difficulty in approving the peace treaties. The statement reflects ongoing Republican concerns about the terms and handling of postwar settlements.
In Cleveland and across Ohio, discharge figures climb as 37 000 service members leave in the first half of 1945 and 77 000 in two and a half years. Senator Taft criticizes Allied Germany terms, claiming Stalin gains and no US consultation. Orin Schmitz notes German transfers and rising Ohio discharges, highlighting postwar transition.
Oklahoma City report quotes Secretary Canton Anderson saying relief from beef shortages may come after a peace conference determines stock output. Secret council aims to draft postwar treaties for several nations. August deliberations hinge on cattle feeding and feed lot placement.
At Potsdam the Allies barred Francisco Franco from UN membership, citing his regime as connected to aggressor states. The communique said only after a peace treaty for Italy and its former colonies could Italy join the UN. The peace council plans London talks by September to outline treaties and reparations.
Dayton reports an investigation into the crash near Brandenburg Kentucky of a jet propelled Shooting Star plane. Test pilot Maj. Ira Boyd Jones was killed. Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Morris of Wright Field noted the craft flew from Dayton to Newport in 62 minutes.
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