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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1945
Page
9
Washington AP William H Davis economic stabilizer said the plan allowing wage increases with government approval will not push prices higher. He cited three reasons for optimism, noting price controls should remain intact and inflation not triggered by boosts.
Officials report Soviet and Chungking efforts to settle wage policy amid wage raises and price ceilings. Workers face possible unemployment as wartime pay ends and shifts to lower paid jobs. Government allows raises if not used to lift price ceilings or burden the federal budget. non covered firms may grant raises freely.
The Office of Strategic Services reports four Doolittle raid fliers released from a Peiping prison camp. Names withheld pending family notification. Japanese broadcasts claim some fliers were executed. ABC notes the men are housed at the Grand Hotel Peiping in reasonably good care.
Lawrence A. Hackney 17 son of Mr and Mrs M L Hackney of Hamilton fell through a soft spot in asbestos roofing at an industrial plant near Trenton while working with his father a sheet metal and roofing contractor. He dropped 30 feet to a concrete floor and died in a Middletown hospital.
Detroit report notes General Jacob Coxey, longtime monetary reform advocate, plans to set up headquarters in Washington next month to push Congress for his International Currency Plan. He warns passage of the bill could avert a third Coxey March to Washington.
Circleville reports sixteen year old Donald Beadle of Lucasville drowned at Gold Cliff Park pool five miles south of Circleville Sunday afternoon after diving from a diving board and striking a swimmer. Zanesville Hoover Co. branch closes due to wide scale Navy contract cancellations.
Chiang Kai-Shek urged Mao Tze-tung to return to Chungking for talks and warned Chu Teh against independent actions in Japanese surrender. The generalissimo blamed the communists for refusing to confer and noted clashes between national government and communist forces in North China.
Le Havre reports large troop movements as units sail for the United States. In New York a portion of the 30th Infantry Division aboard the Queen Mary is en route, with several air and service units sailing aboard the Hawaiian Shipper. Newport News hosts 165 casual troops aboard General Elting and 1,848 troops aboard J. W. McAndrew diverted from the Pacific. The war’s milestone notes include the millionth American to leave Germany since VE Day, boarding a ship at Le Havre yesterday.
Columbus. The Cleveland Avenue Church of Christ in Columbus restricts its future building with conditions in the land deed. Prohibits any organ or musical instrument, any festival or activity not in the New Testament, and any voting by lots or ballot except trustee elections. Prohibits use by Christian Endeavor, Ladies Aid, Missionary Society or any auxiliary groups.
Washington AP report notes the end of 210 wartime controls with 125 remaining and about 40 to stay to prevent hoarding. WPB plans rapid retooling to full peace production and possible price controls if needed. Krug says auto production limits will lift soon and spare tires debate continues.
Washington officials authorize return of empty railroad passenger cars to carry civilians to avoid deadhead movement. The move follows a directive from the Office of Defense Transportation. The Wat Labor Board orders 9,200 CIO Steel Workers at American Steel Foundries plants to end a ten day strike immediately.
Washington AP report notes congressional leaders discuss delaying the September 5 reconvening of Congress by a week or two. House leaders fear rushing reconversion or ill considered legislation and await a reconversion program. Hearings on unemployment compensation begin next week, while draft termination may or may not secure a quorum.
Janice Boardman, 2 1/2, fell 50 feet from a third floor apartment window in Chicago. She escaped with a broken arm after grabbing a beer sign and a chain as she toppled past a saloon door. The incident occurred while she was playing and attempting to push out a window screen. Separately the United States said it will send a commission to Greece to aid free elections by secret ballot.
Washington announces civilian employees outside the capital will shift to a five day 40 hour week by September 5. An Agriculture spokesperson warns cooking fats saving remains critical. War Manpower Commission to publish weekly data on war contract cutbacks across 166 labor markets. Maritime Commission keeps 434 ship contracts after canceling 135. some cuts may halt remaining ships.
Funeral services for Lawrence O. Boles 61 longtime Wooster football coach and athletic director will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow in Wooster Ohio. He served as head coach and athletic director at the College of Wooster.
Allied airborne troops will begin Japan occupation Sunday as Nipponese high command announced. Tokyo urged calm amid warnings of incidents by hot heads while police will remain after clearness of areas to be occupied. MacArthur’s forces to land at Atsugi then seaborne units to Yokosuka Bay. occupation to be complete by August 31 with transfers to prevent outbreaks.
The Mikado sent surrender emissaries to General MacArthur in Manila, announced on Lt Gen Takashiro Kawabe's return to Tokyo. Tokyo papers show Nagasaki devastation with center of the city turned to rubble, highlighting the southeastern naval base’s loss.
Manila dispatches indicate the surrender delegation led by Lt. Gen. Takashiro Kawabe may be required to commit barakiri after completing its mission as part of terms to maintain peace and order in occupied areas.
Domei News Agency reports rising tensions among militarists as Japan nears surrender. MacArthur signals readiness with air, sea, and land forces. army plans and naval roles remain undecided. Washington notes twelve nations to attend the capitulation with US, USSR, UK, and China taking part.
Nippon Times demands a new political framework for Japan while Mainichi notes efforts to build Japan on force failed. Nagasaki is described as a dead city, all areas razed. Manchuria fronts show Soviet advances and Japanese occupation shrinking. Surrender envoys arrive in China to arrange arms lay down as fighting continues in Burma amid leaflets and jailplane drops.
Berlin reports Gustav Noske says Germany risks starvation unless a unified Reich farming administration is created. Noske, former social democratic president of Hanover province, issued the warning yesterday as winter worsens food supply concerns.
The Office of Price Administration announced that all farm implement and industrial type tires will be ration free after midnight tonight. Truck tires and passenger car tires remain on the ration list. Massillon Aluminum Co has begun full scale civilian aluminum product manufacture and seeks additional male workers.
Backers of a bill to guarantee jobs for all Americans claim strong presidential support as hearings open. The act, sponsored by Murray, Thomas, Wagner, and O’Mahony with Republicans Morse, Tobey, Aiken, and Langer, envisions federal investment in public works to ensure full time employment where private work is scarce.
The Ware Manpower Commission will issue a weekly report on how war cutbacks affect employment in 166 labor market areas. It lists 77 regions where labor supply is in balance, defined as 5 to 12 percent unemployment, including Ohio areas such as Canton Massillon Alliance Cleveland Columbus Hamilton Middletown Lorain Elyria Piqua Sidney Troy Steubenville and Youngstown Warren Sharan.
Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer announced from Chita that all American personnel landing at Mukden will likely be interned until the Japanese gain Russian approval for landings. Allied humanitarian teams, including Americans, had parachuted in last week and linked with POWs in camps, including a site about 100 miles northwest of Mukden where Gen. Jonathan Wainwright was found.
Washington reports the French government will provide a subsidy to U S armed forces in France amounting to 850 francs a month starting Sept 1. The subsidy would raise a soldier’s take home pay to about $17, potentially doubling his pocket money. Four killed in a gas explosion at a lignite mine in Cotombiera with injuries reported.
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