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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1942
Page
1
War Department bulletin says American units destroyed Japanese artillery positions on the southeast shore of Manila Bay. Batteries were moved up for an attack on the island fortress Las Corregidor guarding Manila Bay entrance.
Allied pilots claim to have shot down ten Japanese planes and damaged many as Rangoon suffered a daylight raid. In the Java Sea and Singapore region, Japanese claims clash with Allied reports of ongoing resistance and reinforcing transports moving toward Lingayen Gulf.
The current session has appropriated or authorized about 339.05 billion dollars for war effort, at a rate of roughly 14,566 dollars per second since it began a month ago. The figure covers appropriations and contract authorizations aimed at countering national foes.
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a $100,000,000 Civilian Defense program as part of a $160,590,611 omnibus. It warned enemy air raids could occur on the continental U S and urged readiness including gas mask production and defense industry training funds. LaGuardia testified predictive attacks could cause heavy losses and city leadership would return to normal duties post-approval.
German air chiefs disclosed that Italy joined the Soviet front fight as 38 enemy aircraft were destroyed or forced down yesterday. The report notes heavy German losses and reports advances around Petropavlovka and Kursk Kharkov as fighting rages.
A forge explosion at Mount Gilead High School's farm shop injured no one as dynamite possibly overlooked in coal caused the blast. Instructor Francis Dalrymple and students Richard Patterson Robert Sawyer and Dale Doyle were near the incident. Separate notice reports 1941 shoe production totals in the U S.
Abraham Hoosier a 48 year old farmer from Slate Mills was killed when a team of horses bolted and knocked him to the ground last night in Chillicothe.
Kalinin declares Germans cannot recapture the initiative gained by the Red Army as Hitler’s Russian gamble backfires. Stalin’s wall message is echoed in prophecy that Nazi Germany will collapse under its own crimes. German forces retreat under heavy losses despite fresh divisions and brutal winter fighting.
Howard A. Benesch 23 of Mack Ohio member of Jehovahs Witnesses faces a court martial on a desertion charge in Fort Thomas Ky. after losing a federal habeas corpus bid to gain release from military custody Judge Mac Swinford declined the writ saying religious belief has no bearing on exemption and Benesch will appeal his minister status claim for deferment.
A American passenger liner reached New York yesterday after escaping three Axis submarines that surfaced near it off the West Indies. The ship attempted to ram a sub as plane patrols appeared prompting the U boats to crash dive. The captain, unnamed by the Navy, did not comment on the incident.
Raymond J. Jeffreys announced the Ohio Society of Old Age Pensioners is forming bundles for Congress committees. He criticized a pensions for Congressmen law and urged pensioners to donate worn clothing to influence their local congressman during the emergency.
Ohio Department of Agriculture analysis finds eighty percent or higher germination in field crop seeds including soybeans for this spring. January zero temperatures’ impact remains undetermined.
Farmers directing the war food program in Ohio and North Central States were told production of vegetable oils must be more than doubled this year. Officials of the U S Department of Agriculture urged a 54 percent rise in soybeans and a 50 percent rise in flax.
Ohio Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert ruled that all clocks must be set forward one hour on Monday to conform with the new war time. The opinion follows conflicting views on whether courts and elections should operate under war time or standard time.
Lieutenant Carl E. Danner Jr. 24 of Marion Ohio, OU Class of 1939, died when an army training plane hit a high tension line and crashed near Santee California. A cadet student was injured. Danner belonged to Beta Theta Phi, played golf for OU, and wrote sports for the Marion Star during summers.
Under secretary of State Welles said at a press conference that famine in Axis occupied Greece is utterly appalling. He noted State Department reports from European sources and the Green Legation, with infant mortality among the undernourished rising alarmingly.
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels told reporters in Bern that widespread German dissatisfaction exists due to the Russian campaign and fuel and food shortages. He blamed the public mood on overwork and irritability rather to state policy.
Federal agents raided alien establishments near Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo and arrested nearly twenty Axis aliens, mostly Japanese. They seized navy signal flags maps weapons cameras and radios in the operation.
The Agriculture Department reports the current tobacco marketing season showing comparatively high prices and rapid selling of the crop.
Daniel W. Cunningham known as Uncle Dan, aged 92, longtime law enforcement officer who in 1903 commanded 85 deputies in a clash with 300 criminals, died last night in Charleston West Virginia.
War Labor Board assumed jurisdiction over two major war production fights. General Motors and CIO Automobile Workers clash over overtime pay while Bethlehem Steel and CIO steel workers seek a $1 daily raise in wage talks across 14 plants with about 90,000 employees.
A 48 mile trans Isthmian highway now allows army machines to travel ocean to ocean in two hours. Begun in 1940 as a joint Canal Zone and Panama project the road gained military importance after the 1941 U S Panama entry into WWII.
In Canton a narrow AFL vote approved the union as the collective bargaining agent for production workers at the naval ordnance plant. The CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America plans to seek certification to replace the AFL.
The City Health Department announced Toledo's first leprosy case in many years, naming the patient as Thomas O Balle, a Mexican.
President Roosevelt said a Pacific council with offices in Washington and London has been operating for a month coordinating military and political actions. Analysts note Japan retains time and initiative after Pearl Harbor with major advances in the Pacific, while Allied materiel must be allocated to multiple theaters as reinforcements are hard to come by.
Mary Anderson director of the Women's Bureau U S Department of Labor says surveys show women are uniquely fitted for many demanding industrial tasks and should not be confined to unskilled jobs. She notes one fourth to one third of aircraft assembly could be done by women and criticizes the industry for limited recognition of women workers.
Safety Director Roy Weed ordered police reassignment to the motorcycle division after three traffic fatalities in 24 hours. Left turn bans at 14 uptown intersections during rush hours took effect today.
Washington lawmakers dispute a two week old pension law for senators and representatives. Senate members favor repeal while House members mix support and criticism. Ramapeck says pensions equal to other federal workers. Capper calls pensions immoral. Byrd seeks repeal hearings as six senators shift against the measure.
Butler Centralized School 15 miles south of Mansfield closed after a student demonstration over a 10 day suspension of Butler superintendent Willard S Weekley. During the protest board members Kinsey Morgan and Rupert Roberts were dragged from a car and beaten, requiring medical treatment.
Washington reports outline prewar activities of about 8 000 members in five Japanese military groups operating in the United States. The forthcoming Yellow Paper from the House committee on Un American Activities is described by committee attaches. Chairman Dies notes Pearl Harbor might have been averted if disclosures had been allowed earlier. Also, Senator Murray indicates an immediate Senate Banking subcommittee study to create a small business division within the War Production Board.
Advertisers must place ads by 3 PM Saturday for the upcoming Sunday section. Early phone-in secures exposure to thousands of Want Ad readers ready to pay. Vacant houses should be rented now with bargain rate of three lines six times for 1.44.
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