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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
1
Wartime rationing winds down with hopes for easier credit and postwar shopping. Reports say cheese and butter will loosen next Sunday while travel and shipping resume gradually. Farmers expect investments in machinery and home improvements as households spend wartime savings.
ALLIANCE The first postwar airplane from Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. was a two passenger personal model turned over to George Galipeau of North Hampton Massachusetts yesterday for use as a trainer at Smith College.
Youngstown hosts the Mahon Pang Valley postwar air show Sunday at Youngstown Municipal Airport. More than 200 Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania flyers are expected to participate in the event.
Congress presses for full records and possible courts martial over Pearl Harbor after top secret findings by Army and Navy boards. Calls grow for joint defense department and for trials of Maj. Gen. Walter Short and Rear Admiral Husband Kimmel amid continued scrutiny of Marshall Hull and senior officials.
Washington reports that nations allied with Germany could plead cases before the Big Five foreign ministers in London as the council convenes September 10. Secretary Byrnes may propose full hearings to reveal facts threatening European peace and to draft peace treaties for Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland with expert committees on major issues.
General Eisenhower announced plans to reduce the 200000 American troops in Germany to a fixed occupation force of about 400000 before winter ends. The statement outlines a significant reshaping of postwar American forces in Europe.
Ohio AAA reports 72 percent of farmers on 11.15 million acres qualify for conservation aid. State AAA chair Elmer F Kruse says program covers 82 percent of cropland and targets farms needing the most conservation, with aid not covering all costs.
Maj. Greg Boyington of Okanogan Washington a Solomons campaign pilot long listed as missing since January 1944 is reported alive in Tokyo He reenlisted in the Marines to command a fighter squadron and had numerous planes shot down at the time of his disappearance.
Washington reports a Pearl Harbor inspired drive in Congress for a unified armed forces under one head. Advocates say coordination failures between Army and Navy allowed the attack and push for a national defense department to prevent recurrence. They aim for early action by the postwar Military Policy committee.
Chicago Captain Arthur W. Wermuth famed as a one man army in the Bataan defense has been liberated from a Japanese prison camp his wife reported to the War Department. A troop transport ship from the Pacific brought 1 609 American servicemen home to Seattle bringing renewed hope and relief as the war moved toward its end.
In Neumnberg bombed city center, a gathering prepares for the Nazi arch war criminals trial before an international military tribunal. Defendants include Goering Ribbentrop Papen Keitel Jod Streicher Daluege Ley Frick Rosenberg Buch Seyss-Inquart Frank Lammers. Four U S judges and four alternates.
At Wright Field Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Knerr announced new chiefs for the Air Technical Service Command divisions. Brig. Gen. Laurence C. Craigie will lead research, development and testing of RAF aircraft and gear. Gen. Carrell heads overseas assignment. Lorain native Admiral Ernest J. King to attend the university victory celebration on October 2.
President Truman told Congress the more than 42 billion dollars lent to Allies should be written off, citing military aims over a pure dollar settlement. He outlined three priorities: defeating Germany and Japan, reverse lend-lease of about 5.6 billion, and postwar world trade cooperation. The report says most aid was consumed in the war and that imposing a large debt would harm United Nations trade and U.S. production.
A strong British naval force commanded by Rear Adm. C H S Harcourt entered Hongkong to reoccupy the crown colony, with British Pacific Fleet headquarters announcing the move tonight in Sydney Australia.
Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright steps from a plane in Manila en route from Chungking to Tokyo to witness Japan's surrender. Pale from years in enemy camps, he sees a Manila transformed by Allied military power and wears three stars on his shirt.
President Truman stated at a news conference that the nation bore responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster, not just individuals. He supported unity command, denied ordering court martial, and defended secrecy to protect sources while criticizing congressional push for tribunals.
Service men returning from Europe will stream into the United States today with more than 4,600 men due to arrive on seven ships. Three vessels including a hospital ship are set to dock in New York while four arrive at Newport News Virginia. no arrivals were expected in Boston.
Brig. Gen. P. W. Johnston of Cleveland was named vice president of the Erie Railroad by President R. E. Woodruff. Johnston has just returned from three and a half years in the Far East where he led procurement tend-lease and reciprocal lend-base activities on General MacArthur staff.
Junior J Spurrier, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and Veterans of Foreign Wars spokesman, proposes a six point program for returning veterans. The plan includes jobs with at least 200 dollars monthly net, revised discharge benefits, extra ration points, government credit for furniture, 10 percent discounts on purchases with a commissary card, and tax exemptions. Spurrier praised by 40 veterans as a militant, energetic group demanding a fair homecoming.
A sub committee of penology and criminology specialists will be appointed by the Ohio Postwar Program Commission to survey Ohio's penal system and choose a site for a new penitentiary. Governor Lausche requested the study following a suggestion from the former lieutenant governor and a commission member, and asked also to explore buying a government reservation such as the 2000 acre Scioto Ordinance works at Marion for the site.
During a one day Canada visit General De Gaulle stated the atomic bomb should remain a national weapon not under international control. He warned its indiscriminate use would unleash immense wealth of destruction and alter humanity.
John W. Snyder director of War mobilization and reconversion told the House Ways and Means Committee that unemployment during reconversion could reach six million by year end and eight million by early spring. He warned that reducing the swing standards for displaced workers is threatened.
Eight U.S. airmen describe brutal beatings by Japanese captors in Shanghai. Victims report wrists tied, thumbs hung, and repeated beatings with sticks and rods as they endured threats and forced interviews. Several were later freed. others remain in Japanese custody with wounds healing.
Paratroopers, Marines, and sailors pour into Japan as Allied forces seize Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo and raise the American flag at Yokosuka Naval Base as General MacArthur establishes headquarters in Yokohama amid Japan’s occupation.
General Douglas MacArthur arrives at Atsugi Airfield near Yokohama to assess the seized base and oversee the occupation, as Japanese officers and troops watch and paratroopers secure the area. He notes the occupation is proceeding in orderly fashion with allied forces in control.
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