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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
1
American tanks advanced to within three and a half miles of Saarbrucken reaching the outskirts of Forbach as Third Army artillery battered the coal and iron region's Little Pittsburgh for the eighth day. Infantry cleared German forces from the last streets of Sarreguemines near the border.
Americans push on Leyte in the Philippines while Superfortresses raid Manchuria and possibly Tokyo. Japanese sources claim a grand scale paratroop offensive against U S airfields on Leyte as new gains appear in China, marking the third anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Washington reports men under 19 years old are being sent overseas as infantry and armored replacements. Under Secretary of War Patterson says policy changes due to urgent military needs. The move follows airfield strikes on Eastern Leyte and allied operations against Japanese shipping in the Philippines and surrounding waters.
Allied proclamation to Germans promises religious and racial freedoms and the purge of Nazi influence. On the ground, fighting continues around Saarlouis and Saar, with American forces extending to 22 miles on the Saar River and probing along the Roer front. Lt Gen Hodges lauds gains as Inden and Bergstein measures push west toward Pier and Hurtgen Forest.
A fourth strike in six weeks halted production at the Fruehauf Trailer Company in Detroit. About 1,400 workers were left idle as labor action stalled army truck trailer output.
Residents hit $1 077 000 in War Bonds marking Sixth War Loan success in Virginia Minnesota as community efforts push the flag ceremony milestone. The town tracks daily progress by a local barometer.
The Senate rejected President Roosevelts picks for an undersecretary and three assistant secretaries for the State Department. The roll call 37 to 27 sent them back to the Foreign Relations Committee amid liberal opposition and charged rhetoric from Senator Connally.
London report describes a Nazi V bomb crashing into a busy Southern England street. The blast killed and wounded several people, including American soldiers, and leveled a pub along with damage to nearby stores and buildings.
Red army vanguards near Lake Balaton within 35 miles of the Austrian frontier. Soviet communique says gains along a 46 mile front and 2,375 prisoners taken. 62 miles northwest of Belgrade, Sid junction captured with 14 other positions in Northern Yugoslavia. German and Hungarian casualties around 2,000.
British bombers attacked Merseburg synthetic oil plants and rail yards with 7000 bombs after U S raids on Leuna and rail centers. Berlin suffered a 172nd night raid, with heavy losses cited for both sides and continued Allied air operations across Germany ending a 72 hour bombardment run.
Britain faces a heated showdown as Churchill and Eden prepare for a full dress debate on intervention in Italy and Greece. The discussions may expand to core foreign policy principles and contrast with the U S hands off policy, with Britain backing free elections in liberated lands and asserting that disorder cannot persist behind Allied lines. Russia remains silent on its stance.
Atlanta journalist Morgan Blake, a Sunday School teacher, mediated with 25 convicts at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He published a 1100 word account of his barred window interview with hostages held by prisoners who seized four officers, claiming they would end the revolt if their complaints were published and found satisfactory.
Washington reports more infants and children's underwear and sleeping garments will be produced. The War Production Board allotted 2,000,000 pounds of cotton yarn to ease shortages. WPB Chairman Krug says future production will meet at least 80 percent of current demand.
About 100000 Akron war workers faced disruption as bus drivers and streetcar operators for the Akron Transportation Co voted to strike next Monday to demand higher wages. Mayor Charles E. Slusser said he may request government takeover of the system if the walkout occurs.
Washington lawmakers push for higher pay for Senators and Representatives claiming cost of living and war duties require more funds. One proposal would raise congressional salaries from 10 000 to 12 500 dollars and another would lift clerk hire allowance from 6 500 to 9 500.
West Bromwich seismologist J. J. Shaw says a violent quake shook the globe for six hours and likely originated near Japan or the Aleutians, Kuriles, complicating direction due to wind tremors on the third anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Mischa Auer discloses he has been expelled from the Russian American Club of Los Angeles for remarks supporting Governor Thomas E. Dewey's presidential candidacy. The move follows his public speech and club policy on political endorsements.
British commander Maj. Gen. R M Scobie reported progress in clearing the Athens Piraeus region of ELAS forces using RAF planes and field artillery. Fighting extended into Innace as Spitfires and Beaufighters attacked resistance nests on the second day. Papandreou blamed EAM for civil war and delays to elections while a German officer was captured amid ELAS actions.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co paid four dollars fifty cents per pound for the grand champion steer at the Chicago Market Fat Stock Show. The steer, raised by Benjamin A. Greve of Bryant Iowa, sold for 5265 dollars plus about 600 dollars in prize money. Firestone plans to exhibit the steer.
A ceiling blaze swept through a Baltimore Catholic parish hall during a church card party, killing at least three patrons and wounding more than 50. Firefighters battled the flames as smoke filled the hall and emergency crews evacuated attendees.
Union leaders convened a meeting of striking miners as two large Bellaire area mines, Rail and River Mine No. 6 and Barton Mine of the Y. and O. Coal Co., idled over safety-compliance claims. The stoppage affects more than 400 workers per mine. Pacifico cited removal of a fan attendant at Rail and River and halted work at Barton for lack of surface drilled methane drainage holes.
Allied forces have strengthened their bridgehead over the Lamone River southwest of Faenza and cleared all resistance east of the river. Polish troops within the bridgehead captured Brisighella ten miles southwest of Faenza and seized the Monte San Rinaldo high ground.
London report says RAF revealed a V-2 storage and launching site was attacked yesterday in The Hague near the 300 year old House in the Wood, once the consort palace of Orange and a landmark of the 1899 Hague Peace Conference.
American forces shot down six enemy aircraft and damaged others in Leyte Gulf and over Luzon to Mindanao. U S bombers and fighters attacked airfields while Japanese claims of damage were reported as slight. American Superfortress strikes hit Manchuria, and Chinese forces recaptured Pachai as Kunming’s fall threatened the route to India.
Washington reports James F Byrnes leads a new War Materials division targeting shortages from cotton for tents to radar and B 29 parts. Gen L D Clay and aides seek about 300000 workers to increase materials flow while reconversion plans for agriculture move forward.
Washington wartime manpower drive requires more than 130000 extra workers with Paul V McNutt noting many jobs can be filled by women The War Manpower Commission region needs 15971 workers across Ohio cities including Canton Massillon Alliance Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Hamilton Middletown Toledo Youngstown and Warren.
Eugene Burns, author of Then There Was One, reflects on three years of war against Japan. He notes how air, sea, and land combat forced rapid lessons from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal and Tarawa, including new anti-aircraft and jungle fighting know-how and the shift to more efficient future victories.
The mass sedition trial ended with a mistrial after 22 defendants opted out, leaving only Prescott Bennett ready to proceed eight months into the proceedings under a new judge to be appointed following the death of Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher last week.
A Vinton County man and his four year old child died in an auto truck collision two miles south of Lancaster on Route 33. Clarence Allen 41 and Sharon Minton of near MacArthur were killed in the wreck.
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