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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1944
Page
5
Allied air actions show progress in isolating Rabaul as a key Japanese base in the Southwest Pacific. Southeast Asia Command says Allied forces gain initiative on the Arakan front in Burma. MacArthur reports no Japanese interceptors flown in the latest action.
Stalin warned Nazi diplomats scurried between capitals seeking talks while Germany faced catastrophe. Krivoi Rog fell after a four month siege as Soviet forces pressed from the west, with Kherson and Nikolaev noted as probable next targets.
The report argues one tenth as many planes and bombs could cripple Japan and urges attacks on Kobe Osaka and other heavy-usage centers. It notes Lakunai Airdrome and Rabaul siege operations, plus Allied strikes on Truk Bougainville Madang and Burma fronts with substantial losses inflicted on Japanese ships and aircraft.
The ranking Republican on the House Civil Service Committee accuses federal agencies of waste worth billions. He proposes a congressional bureau of efficiency to curb overlapping duties, overemployment, and unnecessary spending.
Rep Doughton and Rep Knutson condemn Roosevelts veto calling it an executive decree. Reports say Barkley may resign as Senate Democratic leader while Congress inches toward an override with debate over taxation and war profits.
Columbus AP notes State Selective Service asks county agricultural war boards for full information on deferred farmers under 2-C and 3-C reclassification. Revised forms aid finding replacements for current farm workers and assess 4-F cases of registrants claiming agricultural experience at physical exams.
A four day storm left four dead and more than 300 evacuated from flooded homes in Los Angeles. Heavy rainfall totaling 7.17 inches caused lakes like grounds and widespread power outages as 407 public schools closed and students returned to class amid patchy heat and light.
Ralph H. Cake, Willkie's pre convention manager, sees an unmistakable trend for Willkie in the West after canvassing sentiment in the three Cleveland congressional districts. He predicts Willkie's nomination and notes the prospect of entering the delegate contest with Gov. John W. Bricker.
Santiago authorities arrest four teenage suspects in a German spy ring after formal inquiry. Police say the youths were detained for questioning as part of the national security probe.
Zanesville, Roseville resident Harry F. Pemberton aged 50, a wholesale and retail meat dealer, died of a gunshot wound to the head yesterday while shooting cattle at his livery yard. A detective pistol believed to have caused the accident.
The report, cited by Al lied military leaders and echoed by Churchill in Parliament, says Hitler still commands a strong war machine. Allied assessments, plus German underground input, suggest bombing and Soviet gains won’t collapse Germany quickly. Civilians expect no revolution, and large western-front battles are needed to force submission. German reserves are low but front line forces remain well supplied.
The Treasury announces a 30 day extension for filing declarations of estimated income and Victory Tax for 1944, with no delay for 1943 tax returns due March 15. The estimating form options remain for those earning up to 10 000, with thresholds of 2700 for singles and 3500 for married filers. Forms and first quarterly payment are due by April 15.
London endured its fourth air attack in five nights as German raiders struck from multiple directions. The raid sparked one of the fiercest anti-aircraft barrages of the war with searchlights sweeping the skies and at least 10 raiders shot down. Incendiary bombs and new explosive shells reportedly caused fires and debris across the city.
Living costs in typical midwestern cities declined between mid December and mid January mainly due to lower food costs. Egg prices citrus fruit and some fats and oils also dropped. A grain elevator of Beegee Grain & Supply Co was destroyed by fire last night at Bowling Green.
RAF fighters attacked a German convoy off Crete yesterday, leaving two destroyers and a 45,000 ton merchant ship in flames. Mitchells from VA. S. bombers assisted, contributing to the naval raid’s damage.
Allied air forces struck Germany from Britain and Italy in a coordinated raid affecting aircraft production. The operations, alongside Soviet advances and Italian front actions, reported heavy German losses including 133 fighter planes and 61 bombers, with multiple airframes hit at Bernburg, Aschersleben, Halberstadt, and Regensburg.
Floyd C. Leach, an engineer, said the Army is near taking over temporary management of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as a ten day strike leaves about 160 war feeder plants and 125,000 customers without electricity. Union officials declined comment while a union official reportedly agreed to return workers if Army control is confirmed. The outage disrupts homes, farms, and businesses with candles replacing lights and perishables at risk.
Vatican radio reports Pope Pius XII has appealed to belligerents to spare Rome from destruction by an agreement like those that saved Cairo and Athens. The plea emphasizes protecting the city from wartime devastation.
Col Neal Kearby of San Antonio Texas, a standout P-47 pilot with 21 victories, competes in the Southwest Pacific with the Seventh Air Force and may surpass Joe Foss and Greg Boyington as the war continues.
Washington report states a committee of college presidents urged the War Department to send about 100000 high school graduates aged 17 to college this summer at Army expense. The plan aims to provide wartime employment and bridge the gap before induction at age 18.
A plant in the ordnance district at Cleveland is said to produce more guns in two weeks than all American arsenals did in the entire last war, according to officials present.
Governor Bricker in Chicago says the presidential race centers on the New Deal philosophy and the Republican position rather than a party struggle. He argues the issue is constitutional government and limits on executive power, noting Democrats sympathizing with the New Deal could swing votes. Bricker cites anti New Deal Democrats forming a committee led by Harry Woodring.
Rep. Ed ward O. McCowen Republican of Wheelersburg said he would try to lift the stop order on the half completed flood wall at Portsmouth Ohio as soon as a survey shows sufficient manpower to resume construction. The project had been halted by the War Production Board for wartime material and labor needs.
War Food Administration officials meet to seek ways to avert a possible winter shortage of cooking fats oils and margarine as farmers shift acreage from soybeans to corn. Soybeans remain vital for oil and wartime support for allies while hog production may drop, suggesting lard shortfalls next winter. Base price for soybeans set at 1.94 per bushel with calls to raise to 2.25.
The Soldiers Chapel of the Air, a Fifteenth Air Forces unit in Italy, includes Ohioan Staff Sergeant Lloyd J. Fender of Portsmouth as organist. Organized by Chaplain Major John Rhodes, the choir is described by the War Department as one of the Army’s most famous groups.
Prime Minister Churchill urged Britons to ignore US election year rhetoric and seek Allied unity amid immense exertion and sacrifice. The wartime Commons review noted rough remarks about Britain and Americanism as the U.S. election cycle runs. Separately in Seymour Indiana aviation cadets Robert E Frost and John Howe died attempting a landing near North Vernon.
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