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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1943
Page
3
Allied headquarters announced a push to strike Japan by sea in the South Pacific. The report notes the end of the Munda air base siege in the Central Solomons and hints at further joint operations led by Lieut.-Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift.
A Pearl Harbor era bulletin reports heavy Japanese losses in the Solomon Islands campaign with 1671 Japanese dead at Munda after American forces captured the base. General Vandegrift assumes command of the first amphibious corps to deliver further blows toward Rabaul and Tokyo.
A House Military Affairs sub committee urged full review of Selective Service quotas and procedures. Reps. Costello and Harness called for no draft of fathers until a reexamination of 4-F classifications and better use of men aged 38 to 45. Hershey declined comment on local boards deciding drafts for fathers with few children versus many.
Arm ed services must take from the home front only what is needed for fighting the war while civilians receive supplies. Investigators survey nationwide civilian needs and on hand resources as OCR Director Arthur D. White voices against forcing civilians to bare subsistence.
Rep. Gerald Landis reports 37 carloads of government owned potatoes valued at $60,000 were dumped from Army trucks onto Vincennes city dump. He says he telegraphed War Food Administrator Marvin Jones seeking investigation, noting some residents picked up spuds and others sold them for about $1 per bushel.
Columbus report shows more than 8 000 Ohio American Legion members donate blood. State commander Martin V. Coffee also notes the unit collected 27 164 730 pounds scrap metal and 1 413 495 pounds scrap rubber in the past nine months.
Speaker Sam Rayburn told an East Texas audience at East Texas Teachers College that the U.S. Army has 2,000,000 men overseas and that the Navy will be twice as strong by year’s end as in 1942. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree.
Chief of Police John Blaker blamed hoodlums and pay-day drunks for inciting a riot in Vancouver Washington last night. Police dispersed the crowd with tear gas.
The British Press Association reports seven U S soldiers drowned in night exercises when a barge carrying 18 men capsized in a west estuary early today.
The deadline for filing the first declaration of estimated income and Victory Tax under the pay-as-you-go act falls on September 15. About 15 million taxpayers face a choice of simplified forms or full returns, with Form 1040-ES needing six answers.
Rescuers searched debris after a flood in central West Virginia. At least 15 people are dead with six more missing. The Kanawha River reached its highest level, boosting property losses above $2 million. Eleven bodies were found within 20 miles of Sutton as families were lost along Island Creek Tenners Creek and the Ohio River. A 12 year old girl and her eight year old sister were among victims.
Swedes welcomed by government order barring German troops and war material from transit through Sweden. Public mood shifted from wartime expedient to militias readiness as Sweden boasts 400,000 trained soldiers and coastal defenses on 24 hour alert.
Gov. John W Bricker pardoned John Lekson of Cleveland to prevent deportation to Yugoslavia. Lekson, with four sons in U S service, was sentenced in 1907 to Mansfield Reformatory for manslaughter, paroled in 1909, later returned to Europe, and then back to America.
The Solid Fuels Administration ordered 56 000 tons of special purpose coal diverted to three bi product coke plants to keep them in full operation including one in Ironton Ohio.
State Defense Director Ralph H. Stone announced surprise zone blackout tests may occur this month in Ohio air raid warning zones designated by the Army. A statewide blackout is planned for later this summer. Zone B covers numerous central counties including Dark, Preble, Shelby, Miami, Logan, Montgomery, Greene, Marion and more. Northern Zone A and southern Zone C extend across remaining counties.
The Office of Price Administration boosted maximum prices on the 1943 pack of frozen fruits berries and vegetables to offset higher labor costs. The increase applies to processor prices and may raise consumer prices by up to three cents in some cases.
About 35 000 new housing accommodations for war workers are under development in Ohio Michigan West Virginia and Kentucky with roughly half ready for occupancy in three months the Federal Public Housing Authority region office said today.
Pvt Joe Gallo meets his grandmother in Gela Sicily after serving in World War II and aiding the invasion of Sicily. The reunion reveals their family history from America to Italy across generations. The grandmother recognizes Joe from photographs.
Pittsburgh demonstration plants for producing oil from coal could spark a vast postwar industry offering jobs to soldiers and war workers. Joy O Mahoney said results at the Bureau of Mines station are satisfactory and warrant expanding the experiments. Dr. R R Sayers warned that oil may become scarce someday, and the current ban on pleasure driving will fade.
New York report says housewives may face stiffer pie crusts this winter due to a shortage of soft red winter wheat used for flour. Weather and harvest factors cut soft wheat returns, forcing millers to blend hard grains to produce a tougher but still acceptable pie crust.
The National Labor Relations Board certified the CIO United Steelworkers of America as the bargaining representative for production and maintenance employees of the Remington Rand Propeller Division plant in Marietta Ohio.
A U S amphibious force report notes that over 80 percent of assault transport crews in Sicily were landlubbers from civilian life. Captain Welch, the ship's skipper, led 15 experienced officers plus many new sailors. One casualty, a college swimming teammate, was the only fatality. Ensign Albert H. McIntyre, Princeton BA 1942, and Lieut William L. Nicholson, hailed from Elmhurst and Sandusky, served in key roles.
Allied forces drive along the north coast of Sicily with American troops and the Eighth Army breaking German lines. Catania and surrounding towns fall as Seventh Army fights near San Fratello, while air and naval bombardments blast Messina and the escape route.
Allied headquarters in North Africa said over 000 Axis aircraft, many serviceable, were found abandoned on Sicilian airfields captured to last Wednesday. Heavy air raids on Messina and surrounding targets disrupted German supply efforts and evacuated personnel. Medium bombers and fighters roved over the bridgehead hitting roads railways and towns including Adrano and Francavilla.
The Italian government announced measures to continue the war and reform the penal code while abolishing racial laws and tightening press control. In the Soviet front, Orel and Belgorod fell to a major offensive, with Stalin praising the victory as German forces retreated, as Soviet air power hammered retreating columns.
London RAF commentator lauded the American Liberator raid on Ploesti as one of the greatest air achievements of the war. The 2,400 mile low level attack against Romanian oil installations drew praise for skill courage and determination of the crew on a mission last Sunday despite fierce opposition.
The official naval account shows 3,266 surface ships from battleships to torpedo boats took part in the Sicilian invasion. Flag officers in charge of American landings on 38 miles of shore are Rear Admirals Alain G. Kirk, John L. Hall Jr., and Richard L. Connally of the U S Navy.
Catherine Houser of Canton is among 112 women pilots to be awarded wings in the Army's Women’s Flying Training Detachment ceremony Saturday at Avenger Field Tex according to the War Department.
Vice Squad Lieut David E Karr reports discovery of an illicit liquor still in an East Side apartment and confiscation of liquor.
Washington reports the giant American arsenal is nearing completion enabling greater focus on munition production. War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson says by end of June government funded plant construction was over 80 percent complete, totaling 14.582 billion with 12.038 billion finished, plus private industry financing a 5 billion expansion at 90 percent completion.
A Soviet mouthpiece urges a second front in Europe as the key to victory over Hitler in 1943. The article argues the assault would divert at least 60 German divisions from Russia to speed the war effort.
Columbus reports show Ohio's poor relief burden continued to drop in July per State Welfare Department notices. The data indicate ongoing improvement in public assistance demand and program load across the state.
INDIANAPOLIS Heinz Hammerschmidt, 34, a Germany survivor saved by relatives here, endured Gestapo torture in a concentration camp. After injuries to his arches knee teeth arm eye neck bayonet, he was inducted into the Army and remains determined to pursue revenge.
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