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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1945
Page
11
In Washington the Army maintains it needs a seven million man force to defeat Japan by invasion despite the possible wartime use of the atomic bomb. The stance shows no risk is acceptable and invasion is assumed. Desertion among selectives underscores tight draft prospects for men aged 18 to 30, with inductions around a hundred thousand monthly.
President Truman assumes direct control of the atomic bomb campaign after Berlin talks. He calls the weapon the most powerful ever devised and predicts it will hasten Japan’s surrender. Public broadcasts and leaflets will amplify the fear and pressure on Japanese leadership while invasion remains a last resort option. The blast will be visible and felt over long distances confirming its impact.
Ohio payrolls declined three percent from April to May with overall employment down one percent according to the Bu reau of Business Research and the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics. Manufacturing payrolls fell in several cities with Akron Cleveland and Columbus showing sharp drops. A second note records London reporting the key plan for trials of Germany's major war criminals signed by the United States Britain Russia and France.
In Cleveland area the War Manpower Commission announces removal of employment ceilings in Cuyahoga County. Stuart R. Smith says new relaxations will triple the number of employers permitted to hire male labor directly rather than through the U S employment service.
PORT ARTHUR Ontario thirteen dead and nine missing after an elevator explosion that wrecked a grain storage facility. The crash occurred yesterday as reports dated Thursday confirmed the casualty figures. In Washington, President Truman plans a Potsdam conference radio address on all networks at nine p.m. Eastern War time. In Springfield, about 350 employees of No Supply Co. returned to work for the war effort.
Navy officer in charge Captain H K Clark has named an arbiter to rule on disputes at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co plants seized by the government after naval control ends. The designation follows the government taking over the five plants and signals a mechanism to resolve conflicts regarding operations and ownership.
Allied air and naval forces hammer Japan in a third consecutive day of strikes. Superforts bomb Yawata and industrial targets near Nagoya and Tokyo while carrier pilots sweep Wake Island and China coast shipping. Aircraft losses and typhoon winds limited earlier actions.
CIO representatives led by Clifford McAvoy urge federal management of government owned plants if private firms won t operate them. They cite Federal Machine and Welding in Warren Ohio and say it could restart peace time production with 30 tons of plate steel, rehiring laid off workers. They seek changes to War Labor Board policy and oppose pushing workers into low paid jobs via unemployment boards and the US Employment Service.
Herbert H. Lehman, UNRRA director general, urged a $1.5169 billion levy on contributing nations with warnings of a grim winter. The figure excludes a separate $700 million Russian request, while the United States has funded about 72 percent of UNRRA's original $1.8627 billion pledge.
Director General Herbert Lehman told the UNRRA conference that meat shipments from the United States to liberated Europe before October 1 were remote. He noted UNRRA requested 167,000 long tons of August shipments, but through June 20 the War Food Administration had commitments totaling only 62,000 long tons.
About six thousand CIO steelworkers were idle at Wheeling Steel Corp portsmouth works as maintenance men joined a strike over an incentive pay system. The walkout began last night, with workers demanding pay incentives similar to production staff. William Ryland identified himself as the strike spokesman.
The ongoing strike by 32 maintenance workers at the Youngstown Kaet and Tuge Co. Brier Hull plant halted all operations except coke ovens, continuing today and delaying production.
President Truman announced the atomic bomb project costs 2.06 billion dollars, with Treasury experts noting this amount equals less than nine days of war spending under current rates, framing the cost as justified by a shorter conflict.
Suburban Moreland Hills faces a zoning clash as the village council bans a home war plant after the planning commission cites sanitary and fire risks. Mrs. Winifred Schultz must stop assembling a small B-29 motor part in her sunroom, despite neighbors assisting.
An expert at U S S Army Strategic Air Force HQ says there is no fire comparison between the atomic bomb and normal conflagrations. He notes Yokohama burned by incendiaries and Hiroshima’s white mushroom plume rising thousands of feet with blast dust. Dr George Willard Watt says it would destroy Japan in days.
Washington lawmakers debated whether the United States and Great Britain should share atomic knowledge to aid peacetime use. Senator Wiley warned against releasing secrets now, citing past releases in military and industrial weapons. President Truman suggested industrial use could be years away and remain secret during the war. Senator O'Mahoney predicted other nations would soon duplicate the American British advances.
Four powers confirmed plans to divide Austria and its capital Vienna into four zones of military occupation under a joint Allied council. A military commissioner will govern each zone while American forces are to move into their area within days. The arrangement aims for eventual independence via a freely elected government.
Reports from Guam and Tokyo describe a solitary atom bomb wiping out more than four square miles of Hiroshima. Terrific heat and collapsing buildings killed and burned many, with Tokyo citing widespread destruction across 60 percent of the city’s built area and overwhelming casualties.
New York reports scientists say atomic power is far from practical. it would take many years to develop useful explosive or mechanical power. The article notes the immense destructive potential and hazards, with descriptions of outdoor burn injuries and indoor building collapses after a blast.
Reports from Guam describe the Superfortress crews astonished by the blast while delivering a weapon deemed the most terrible ever. Allied sources forecast new atomic raids and Japanese leaders faced pressure to surrender within weeks as Tokyo papers urge fighting on.
The report states the U S Army plans an invasion despite ongoing draft mobilization. An army of 7,000,000 is moving toward Tokyo. Reconnaissance shows Hiroshima harbor area, home to about 343,000, barely touched by the blast, though fire effects blaze nationwide with seven firebreaks failing to contain flames. High flying camera planes monitor the scene.
Harald M. Bush, age 74, longtime Ohio National Guard officer and commander of the B ad Field Artillery Brigade, died last night. He served in the Spanish American War and World War I and retired from the Guard in 1935. He also participated in the Mexican border campaign.
Dr Walter S. Din Scott of Northwestern University says a bomb strike on Tokyo would provide the face saving option Japan seeks to end the war. He argues such an attack could psychologically hasten surrender by removing Emperor Hirohito’s aura.
About 23,000 Wright Aero nautical workers, ill since Friday, resume jobs at the B 29 engine plant in Cincinnati. The United Automobile Workers CIO members voted unanimously to return after a three hour session, led by president George Moved of Joval 17, as the War Labor Board decision looms.
Gallia Solon is named to a state commission on coal strike mining. Appointments include J A Gordon of Harrison Clifton Garvi and John Babka of Cuyahoga. Senate members and governor Frank Lausche named earlier. Other commissions include Veteran Postwar Program and Crete TV.
A War Manpower Commission official says its August jobless forecast was too pessimistic by at least 30 percent. Current figures show no more than 1.4 million seeking work, with 1.1 million unemployed in June and 63,900 in March, amid delayed munitions cuts and strong absorption by agriculture, trade, and services. The original Senate forecast of 2,009,000 unemployed was made May 14 by WMC Chair Paul V. McNutt.
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