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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces report heavy losses as Allied and Japanese forces clash during the Kwajalein action. The U S Army and Marines push to secure the atoll despite air and naval bombardment. Casualty tallies are not yet confirmed.
Elmer Davis emerged the winner today in an intraoffice struggle with Robert Sherwood, chief of the Office of War Information overseas branch, over coordination of psychological warfare. The dispute was referred to the White House and settled when Davis announced the resignation of three top New York officials in Sherwood's division.
Probability rises that Wendell L. Willkie will enter Ohio May primary to challenge Gov. John W. Bricker for Republican national convention delegates. A Cleveland industrialist has been authorized to prepare candidate plans to contest the Nebraska and Wisconsin primaries.
Washington report shows Ohioans paid 2 360 246 122 dollars in federal income tax in 1943. This compares with 1 203 382 892 dollars in 1942 according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Soviet forces tightened the noose around 15 German divisions trapped in the Dnieper Bend as the Red Army crushed Cherkasy and Nikopol pockets. Reports describe massive German losses, advancing Soviet artillery near Nikopol Krivoi Rog, and heavy street fighting with Luftwaffe airfields under Russian bombardment.
P O Wilson executive secretary for the National Livestock Producers Association warns of a civilian famine in pork and beef within 60 to 90 days. He cites government policy as forcing farmers from livestock. The Agriculture Department estimates meat supplies will be similar to last year amid higher military demand.
In Wooster Ohio John E Boyes fifty three, father of twelve, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the knife stabbing of his son Emmet twenty eight at the Boyes home in Rittman last December twenty third. He was sentenced to one to twenty years in Ohio Penitentiary after arraignment on a second degree murder indictment. The defendant said he could not recall details due to heavy drinking at the time.
Reports from Chungking say more than 20 million Chinese face starvation due to Japanese oppression in enemy-held areas of Hopei Province, threatening widespread famine across northern China.
Moscow asserts in Izvestia that Helsinki bombing was a prelude to harsher measures. The editorial promises Russia will exact retribution and that Finns will regret continuing the war, both now and tomorrow.
An Akron rubber company spokesman told a Ohio Bottlers convention that the truck tire crisis will worsen before it improves. William H. Mason of General Tire warned the industry to conserve tires as 50,000 tons of synthetic rubber monthly fails to relieve the heat problem in heavy tires. He cited interference by oil and grain alcohol interests with a synthetic program and blamed the BEW for delaying guayule rubber development.
Matthew Smith, leader of the Mechanics Education Society of America, was set to explain to the War Labor Board why penalties should not be imposed for delaying strike terminations in about 44 Ohio and Michigan war plants. Smith, British-born, is MESA secretary and recognized leader. the national committee called off the strike and named a ten member group including Smith and President George White to attend the WLB hearing. both were subpoenaed.
Louis Bromfield of Mansfield Ohio novelist and farmer urged Ohio state governments to purchase and reforest eroded farm lands to counteract rainfall loss. He told the Ohio Society of New York last night a reforestation program could yield 10 million to 30 million dollars in 17 southeastern counties.
Cincinnati report says Elmer Schroer a 35 year old fireman from Madeira died after becoming tangled in electrical wiring while fighting a residential fire late last night. The accident occurred at a local house, disrupting emergency crews and prompting investigations. Schroer leaves a widow and two children.
FOR SOCIALISTS CLEVELAND A A Al baugh of Massillon is the gubernatorial nominee of the Socialist Labor Party of Ohio, the party's secretary Louis P Wettstein of announced.
On Feb 7 two German fighter bombers struck a crowded evacuation hospital at the Anzio beachhead, killing 22 and wounding 63 among American personnel, including 16 nurses and four doctors. Witnesses said bombs targeted the Red Cross marked site with no nearby military objective, and the attack was deliberate.
Washington area report says excessive use overloaded eight switches serving 243 farm subscribers, burning them out and starting a fire at the telephone exchange. Superintendent Fred Rost commented on the incident and its cause.
A wartime recruiting appeal shows Pvt. Gordon Berggren guarding lingerie at the St. Paul Victory Show in Minnesota. The display features a bra and girdle with a bold invite to women: Join the Services and Get a Girdle.
Washington report notes a $2.3152 billion tax bill faces a signature dilemma for President Roosevelt. The measure blocks a Social Security payroll tax rise he wants, risking about $87 million in potential revenue if he lets it become law without a signature. It cannot reach the White House before Wednesday and would take effect about 10 days after signing, with overall federal revenue projected above $42.2 billion for the year.
Royal Navy Commander Anthony Kimmins calls the Kwajalein operation the most perfectly executed action he has seen. U S submarine losses rise to 19 with the Cisco and S-44 sunk in Pacific waters. Casualties at Pearl Harbor show Japanese dead at 8,122 and American dead at 286 as the Marshall Islands campaign continues with further Allied bombardments and landings in the Pacific theater.
Stockholm reports Quisling SS troops in Norway ready to aid any Allied invasion. The paper notes rumors of Hird members planning to kill leaders and switch sides if invaders land. It cites morale claims and mentions a German Viking Panzer division reportedly encircled by Russians in Ukraine.
In Cape Gloucester New Britain two Ohio Marines Privates First Class Grant A. Gibson of Painesville and David M. Marshall of Circleville alternated firing a machine gun and used a hand grenade to kill 19 enemy soldiers in a single day of heavy combat.
Staff Sergeant T. C. Weaver is awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster after parachuting into German captivity to seek medical aid for wounds. A Red Cross report later confirmed he was prisoner in a German hospital recovering.
Washington senators began anew a long running struggle over who should supervise next November's armed forces voting. The dispute centers on federal versus state control and was sent back to near the start by parliamentary maneuvers. Administration leaders expect passage in some form.
Baldwin Elevator Co of Decatur Illinois claims meat packers shift costs created by hog runs at livestock markets onto farmers. Packers deny the accusation, saying farmers bear the expense of holding hogs overnight until slaughter. Old minstrel Frederick Charlies Schmidt, 66, dies in Cincinnati.
Washington observers expect a strong German counterattack on the Nettuno beachhead but believe the Allies will weather the storm. The piece analyzes supply limitations at Anzio Nettuno, the role of armored columns, and why rapid inland thrusts were unlikely given fuel, trucking, and beachhead constraints.
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