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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1943
Page
1
The Associated Press reports Lieut. Gen. Alex A. Vandegrift signaling future Allied sea-borne actions as Japanese defenses in the Central Solomons near Munda air base shift after a siege.
Allied reports say Munda fell and Japanese resistance collapsed as General Vandegrift’s forces prepared new amphibious blows in the South Pacific. U S Marines achieved major gains around New Georgia and Bougainville while air power targeted Rabaul and other bases.
A House Military Affairs subcommittee urged full review of Selective Service quotas and procedures over fathers draft eligibility. Reps Costello and Harness called for no draft of fathers until reexamination of 4-F classifications andbetter use of men aged 38 to 45. Hershey declined comment on a New Jersey board decision to defer fathers, while in Nevada he urged local boards to decide drafts for fathers with differing numbers of children.
Washington report says armed services must pull only needed items from the home front for fighting and that civilians should receive supplies. OCR Director Arthur D. White states the goal is not to drive civilians to subsistence levels amid ongoing wartime production surveys nationwide.
Rep. Gerald Landis reports 37 carloads of government owned potatoes valued at $60,000 were unloaded from Army trucks onto Vincennes city dump. He telegraphed War Food Administrator Marvin Jones seeking investigation. Residents reportedly salvaged many spuds and some sold them for $1 per bushel.
Speaker Sam Rayburn told East Texas Teachers College that 2,000,000 U S soldiers are overseas and that the Navy will be twice as strong by year end as in 1942. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree.
Chief of Police John Blaker blamed hoodlums and payday drunks for a riot that erupted last night in Vancouver Washington and was dispersed by tear gas.
The British press association reports seven American soldiers drowned when a barge carrying 18 men capsized during night exercises in a west of England estuary early today.
Ohio Ameri can Legion members donate blood amounts exceed eight thousand for soldiers. State commander Martin V. Coffee reports the unit has collected 27,164,730 pounds of scrap metal and 1,413,495 pounds of scrap rubber in the past nine months.
The Sept 15 deadline affects about 15 million taxpayers for the new pay as you go act. Individuals earning over 2700, married over 3500, and certain workers must file Form 1040 ES using a four by eight inch sheet. Copies and instructions ship Aug 15–20. Farmers have a Dec 15 deadline.
Rescuers scoured debris after a Kanawha River flood reached historic levels in central West Virginia. Eleven bodies were found within 20 miles of Sutton, with five more members of a family swept away by Island Creek and Tenners Creek tragedy. Mary Nelson, 12, survived after clinging to driftwood as eight-year-old sister's body was recovered near Parkersburg. Identification was confirmed by an uncle.
Stockholm reports government action to bar transit facilities for German troops and war material. Swedes welcomed the move as a wartime expedient adopted in 1940 and note their modernized forces now on alert with 400,000 troops and coastal defenses ready.
Gov Bricker pardons John Lekson of Cleveland to stop deportation to Yugoslavia. Sentenced for manslaughter in 1907 at Mansfield Reformatory, paroled in 1909, he later returned to the United States. the pardon prohibits his designation as an undesirable alien.
The Solid Fuels Administration ordered 56,000 tons of special purpose coal redirected to three bi product coke plants including Ironton Ohio to keep them in full operation.
Ohio defense officials report surprise zone blackout tests may occur this month in three Army designated air raid warning zones. A full state wide blackout would follow later in the summer. Zone B covers many central and eastern counties including Franklin and Montgomery. Zone A lies north of Zone B and Zone C to the south.
The Office of Price Administration raised maximum prices on the 1943 frozen fruit and vegetable pack to cover higher labor costs. Processors' prices will rise, pushing consumer costs up to three cents in some cases. Approximately 35,000 new housing accommodations for war workers are under development in Ohio Michigan West Virginia and Kentucky with about half ready in three months per the Federal Public Housing Authority region office.
Pittsburgh demonstration plants to produce oil from coal could spark a postwar industry, said Sen. O Mahoney. He witnessed an experimental hydrogenation plant and praised the Bureau of Mines results as suitable for expansion. Dr. R R Sayers warned of oil shortages in the future and tied it to fuel policy and driving bans.
New York reports that despite large wheat stocks the soft red winter wheat used for pies and cakes is scarce. Weather has reduced this harvest and mills plan to blend hard grains with soft to avert shortages, possibly yielding tougher crusts but acceptable pies.
The National Labor Relations Board certified the CIO United Steelworkers of America as bargaining representative for production and maintenance employees at the Remington Rand propeller division plant in Marietta Ohio.
In Sicily invasion reports Rear Admiral Alan K Kirk notes most assault transport crews were civilians turned seafarers. Over 80 percent of men operating assault transports had never been to sea a year earlier. The article cites Captain Philip P Welch and Ensign Albert H McIntyre among others as examples of rapid training and adaptation.
American doughboys and British Eighth Army press the Sicily front with rapid gains along the north coast. Allied forces, backed by naval and air bombardment, move toward Messina as German defenses fall back from Catania and Etna's flank. San Fratello and Centuripe area fighting continues with last-ditch German withdrawals anticipated.
Allied headquarters report Nazis abandoned serviceable airplanes on captured Sicily airfields through last Wednesday. The Flying Fortress raid on Messina marked a major use of heavy bombers after weeks. Wellingtons hit beaches near Messina as night raids disrupt German supply lines and evacuees. Medium bombers and fighters raided roads and railways around the bridgehead, striking Adrano Francavilla and other German defense points.
News from Rome reports the new Italian government showing no sign of seeking peace while enacting measures to dismantle the Fascist Party and tighten press controls. In Russia, Soviet forces drive toward Belgorod after collapsing Orel, with Stalin praising the offensive and Soviet air power destroying retreating German units.
A London RAF commentator called the American Liberator raid on Romanian oil installations at Ploesti one of the greatest air achievements of the war. He praised the crew for their skill courage and determination on the 2,400 mile low level attack last Sunday despite fierce opposition.
The Allied naval account of the Sicilian invasion states 3,266 surface craft participated. Subordinate commanders for the American landings along 38 miles of coast are Rear Admirals Alan G. Kirk John L. Hall Jr. and Richard L. Connally of the U S Navy.
Catherine Houser of Canton Canton will be among 112 women pilots awarded wings in the Women’s Flying Training Detachment Saturday at Avenger Field Texas, the War Department announced.
Vice Squad Lieut. David E. Karr reported the discovery of an illicit liquor still in an East Side apartment and the confiscation of a quantity of liquor.
Washington reports the War Production Board will shift focus to direct munitions as end June completion nears. Government financed plant construction totals 14.582 billion dollars with 12.058 billion finished. private industry adds 5 billion in plant expansion, 90 percent done. Chairman Nelson calls the achievements remarkable.
The Soviet weekly War and The Working Classes calls for a speedy second front in Europe. It argues the move would be the key to victory over Hitler in 1943 and would divert at least 60 German divisions from Russia.
Ohio's poor relief program showed a continued decline in July according to reports filed with the State Welfare Department. The note highlights shrinking aid uptake and ongoing strain on public assistance resources across the state.
Indianapolis man Heinz Hammerschmidt, 34, who escaped Germany with help from relatives, survived brutal Gestapo torture in a concentration camp including leg injuries and bayonet wounds. He was later inducted into the Army here.
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