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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1945
Page
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AP reports the coal and sugar outlook remains grim despite brighter notes on meat and gasoline. Housewives join the OPA effort against high prices while reconversion progresses. unemployment benefits bill is in trouble. the federal budget is cut by 19 billion dollars.
Government cuts 1946 spending estimate to 66 billion, with total public debt projected at 273 billion by June 30. Krug notes industry may exceed prewar civilian output by year end, while wage and price controls adapt to reconversion.
New York and other financial and commodity exchanges across the United States and Canada will be closed Monday September 3 for Labor Day. The New York stock and curb exchanges will also close on the preceding Saturday marking the last summer Saturday closure. Sandusky selected Cincinnati Procter and Gamble plans a 1 million dollar soap plant erection.
Washington report notes new legislation to authorize a canal from the Ohio River to the Youngstown steel district. Advocates cite President Truman support for inland waterways and the St Lawrence Seaway as signs of momentum. Opponents include railroads and Pennsylvania interests who warn the Ohio canal would aid only a few steel mills while Youngstown faces competitive pressure from cheaper water routes elsewhere.
Columbus Ohio State University completes a peace time graduation for 350 graduates in summer exercises. The ceremony includes a Navy mark of commendation presented to the university's research foundation.
Capitol Hill pushes for full investigation of Pearl Harbor with bids for court martial of officials. Hull denial of war ultimatum cited as precursor to broader push for unified command and a permanent joint staff within a Defense Department. Senate and House leaders signal hearings within weeks. plans include merging Army and Navy and formalizing the joint staff.
A mercy plane carried a small amount of fibrin film donated by Harvard University to Arizona for five day old Siamese twins daughters of Rita and Jesus Miranda of Colwater. The aim is to save the children.
Reports detail Marine Major Gregory Boyington’s 20 months of secret imprisonment in Japan where he endured torture including a baseball bat beating at a covert navy camp in Tokyo Bay. He was rescued by a squad commanded by Commodore Roger Simpson after surfacing from a Japanese sub near Cape St George. He survived bomb injuries and a ruptured Mae West vest, then endured bleak medical neglect before capture.
Off Yokohama aboard USS Ancon, 1000 more Allied prisoners were rescued, joining 1494 freed from seven camps. Many Wake and Bataan survivors suffer severe malnutrition and isolation. Dr. Gottfried and guards described brutal conditions at hospitals and torture centers. A British destroyer provided honors for a fallen Australian. Despite danger, prisoners welcomed Allied bombing raids on Japan. Separately, Warren County Farm Bureau Cooperative faced a federal suit by the OPA over price violations.
An American airman of the 84nd Airbourne Division died at Tempelhof Airdrome during a parachute drop honoring Marshal Zhukov. A fellow airman was fatally entangled. three others injured as a stiff wind affected the jump witnessed by a U S House group. Unidentified casualties were reported.
Columbus report shows the state treasurer’s office earned a profit of $259,993 in 1944 from interest on deposits and loans, while costing taxpayers nothing in 1943 and 1944. The state’s investments in U.S. bonds total $77,000,000.
Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel, a Cincinnati Republican, announced today he will seek reelection in 1946. He is serving his second term.
New York report says civilians will have trouble finding shirts and pajamas until spring 1946 at least. Max Lovell, executive secretary of the National Association of Shirt and Pajama manufacturers notes ongoing shortages amid wartime fabric controls.
An Associated Press team led by Vern Haugland faced hostility in Japan after two tire failures. A Japanese interpreter refused to help and cursed the Americans, prompting the group to sleep on the ground and later ride a passing truck and then a bus to Atsugi.
Manila hosts Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright and fellow officers released from Manchuria prison. They are treated as heroes with new uniforms and equipment, rooms filled with visitors, and promotions announced among the group. Wainwright plans to depart for Japan to witness its surrender, amid a mood that feels unreal to the ex-prisoners.
Stilwell, the Burma veteran who led U S Tenth Army on Okinawa, was to accept Japan surrender of the Ryukyu islands aboard an American cruiser at Truk and head to Korea. Vice Admiral Murray would command the surrender alongside other holdings, while Lt General Tomoyuki Yamashita was slated to surrender in the Philippines.
Richard Hetherington O Kane, commander of the Tang, 32, listed among those released from a Japanese prison camp at Yokohama. The Navy had announced Feb 5 that the Tang was overdue and presumed lost.
Unarmed Americans wander Tokyo streets as occupation troops spread 200 miles south and reach Tateyama Naval Base. Freed POWs describe brutal camps while General MacArthur plans headquarters move to Tokyo as Eighth Army arrives to take over control.
Allied forces landed on Japan's main island with no incident as the Eighth Army moved into Tateyama and Yokohama while minesweepers cleared Tokyo Bay. Chinese troops entered Hong Kong and Beijing's approach roads opened for Western relief, as U S and British units pushed to stabilize occupied areas and prepare for further advances into Kyushu.
In Kansas City Kansas, 19 year old Ann Ross Birdwell learns her husband Gene Birdwell, long believed dead after a Borneo mission, is alive among recently liberated prisoners. Her 12 day marriage to his uncle Jack Marshall now stands as a surprising turn in a wartime tale. The War Department had listed Gene as killed in action last October.
In Rome the favorite child of Mussalni, Countess Kida Clan, was taken into custody by the Italian Ministry of Interior to face possible fascist crime charges. Allied Headquarters announced the widow of Count Galeaeza Crann was transferred from Silis authorities at Chiasso to Salian authorities in Rome six hours later.
Three crewmen of the Norwegian tanker Herbland were missing and feared dead after a fierce explosion and subsequent fire tore open the bow while the vessel lay at anchor in Portland harbor. The 15,000-ton tanker had just discharged 529,826 gallons of crude oil at the Portland Pipe Line Co. facility.
Washington-PI reports unemployment compensation claims reached a record 396,458 in initial filings last week. Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board testified before the Senate Finance Committee that the figure was over 50 percent higher than any prior week since the war began.
New York reports many distilleries will shut for seven days due to limited supply. J Yeading Beverage Company states this will not cause a liquor shortage. Quality aged bourbon will be scaled, Texas blends reduced, but neutral spirits and other liquors will stay plentiful.
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