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Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1943
Page
1
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White book reveals Japanese plan for surprise Pearl Harbor attack
The Hull white book shows Japan plotted a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor months in advance and sought to lure American leaders into talks aboard a Japanese warship. Ambassadors Nomura and Grew exchanged pleas for a high seas meeting, while Kurusu and Nomura pursued an olive branch as planes neared Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Hull
Roosevelt
Pacific
Joseph C. Grew
State Department
Japan
United States
Nomura
Prince Konoye
Churchill
Atlantic
Grew
Konoye
Navy
Army
Sabura Kurusu
Ambassador Nomura
Ohio's 95th Legislature Starts Work
The Ohio General Assembly opened amid predictions the session will finish by mid April. Republicans hold large majorities in both houses as Rep. William M. McCulloch becomes speaker for a third term. Democrats back Rep. John J. Carney for speaker. Wartime priorities include budget, labor laws, school aid, and local government relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Theth
Ohio General Assembly
Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
House
William M. McCulloch
Piqua
John J. Carney
Cleveland
William H. Deddens
Cincinnati
William M. Boyd
Lawfer A. Kane
Walter G. Nickels
New Philaelphia
Tom Jones
Middleport
Jed R. Seibert
St. Marys
Kittemore
John W. Bricker
Ohio
New Year's Death Toll Falls From Previous Year
The Associated Press reports 232 deaths during the holiday period ending New Year's Eve, with 139 traffic fatalities and 93 from other causes. Last year's brief New Year period recorded 265 deaths, including 171 motor accident deaths.
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Associated Press
Oliday
Clipper Sets Record For Ocean Crossings
Captain Joseph H. Hart Jr led a Pan American Airways flying boat crew of 11 to a record for commercial trans ocean travel. The South Atlantic crossing was made 12 times in 13 days with minimal rest as the craft arrived at La Guardia field after a voyage.
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New York
Pan-American Airways
la Guardia Field
Yester
Joseph H. Hart, Jr
Greenwich
Conn
National banks urged to issue statements by Thursday close
In St Louis, the currency compeller called for a statement of the edition of all national banks by close of business Thursday December 31. The USS Peto, a submarine built on the Great Lakes, passed through St Louis en route to the ocean.
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Washington
ST. Louis
Peto
Yanks and Australians Clear Last Japanese From Buna Area
Allied forces led by American and Australian jungle troops cleared the final Japanese pockets at Buna and Giropa Point in New Guinea. MacArthur said the enemy position at Sanananda is hopeless as air forces attacked Lae and Madang and bombed Gasmata on New Britain, with Allied losses and enemy casualties tallied.
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Buna
New Guinea
Sanananda
MacArthur
Lae
Madang
New Britain
Giropa
Port Moresby
Australia
William F. Boni
Associated Press
Buna Government Station
Giropa Point
RAF
Burma
Nazi Gasoline Crisis Polarizes Russian Front Struggle
Reports say the German push toward Grozny failed with Mozdok lost, creating a severe fuel bottleneck. Germany reportedly shifted farm machinery to gas generators as fuel shortages worsened. A traveller claims Russians captured tanks due to fuel shortages, while Hungary’s reserves were tapped last summer.
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Stockholm
Grozny
Russian Caucasus
Mozdok
Russia
Germany
Timken Employees Granted Back Wages and Pay Raise
Howard Porter of the CIO United Steelworkers said Timken Roller Bearing Co. workers in Columbus Canton Wooster and Mt Vernon would receive about 1.6 million dollars in back pay plus wage increases under War Labor Board approval. Lee Pressman said the board also approved a 5 percent hourly raise for production and maintenance workers.
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Columbus
Howard Porter
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Wooster
Mt. Vernon
War Labor Board
Lee Pressman
Washington
Anti Freez Dealers Cited for Violations
Ohio Michigan West Virginia Indiana and Kentucky anti freeze dealers investigated by the OPA found over 20 percent guilty for price ceiling and labeling violations. Ohio reported 170 violations from 920 checked with warning that more infractions could end licenses.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
OPA
Rockne Jr. Escapes Injury in Auto Crash
Knute Kenneth Rockne Jr., 24, employed at Plum Brook Ordnance Works and son of the late Notre Dame football coach, was unhurt when his car overturned in a ditch after skidding on a curve near Sandusky Saturday.
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Sandusky
Knute Kenneth Rockne, Jr
Plum Brook Ordnance Works
Notre Dame
San Francisco Seeks Federal Food Aid for Meat Shortage
San Francisco appealed to the Federal Government for food aid as meat beef pork veal and lamb virtually vanished from butcher shops since New Year's Eve. Grocers report no meat since Saturday and expect only a scant supply by Tuesday along with tight butter and egg stocks.
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San Francisco
Government Civilian Employes Increase
Civilian employment in the executive branch totaled 2,687,093 in October, up 137,619 or 5.4 percent from September, the civil service commission reported.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Draft Classification Cards Must Be Carried
Washington announces all men aged 18 to 45 who have registered for selective service must carry draft classification and registration cards by February 1. Failure to present either card could lead to up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Washington
Flood Crest Reached at Queen City
A 150 mile long Ohio River flood crest moved through Cincinnati causing navigation shutdown and evacuations while upstream towns from Parkersburg to Pittsburgh cleared mud and debris. The crest reached Portsmouth and fell back slowly, with Marietta drying as roads reopened and Route 7 restored.
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Queen City
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Louisville
Portsmouth
Ohio
Kentucky
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Marietta
State Highway Department
East Liverpool
Bing Crosby Mansion Fire Destroys Estate in Los Angeles
Charred remains and debris mark the destruction of Bing Crosby’s two story Hollywood mansion as flames gut the four acre estate while Dixie Lee and the Crosby children dismantled Christmas decorations. Loss is estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Dixie Lee
Los Angeles
Fire traps two in Venice California apartment blaze
A two story Venice California apartment building was engulfed in flames early today trapping at least two residents who were feared dead. Seven others were injured as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Venice
Calif
McNutt Predicts Draft to Hit All Industries
Paul V. McNutt, head of the War Manpower Commission, says the armed services will claim every replaceable male of military age in all industries. He urges firms to create manning tables to protect essential workers and train replacements, noting withdrawals could equal all previous ones this year.
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New York
Paul V. McNutt
Armed Services
McNutt
Enemy War Machines To Be Used for Scrap
MOBILE Alabama four aims to salvage captured German and Japanese metals for U S steel mills. Major Charles E Miller of the Army salvage department says trained work battalions on fronts will provide scrap metal for ship holds returning after delivering war materials to action scenes.
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Mobile
Ala
Charles E. Miller
Army Salvage Department
United States
Battleship Proves It's Still a Mighty Weapon
A Navy report on a battleship's effectiveness in two Pacific engagements last fall credits an unnamed vessel under Capt. Thomas Leigh Gatch with shooting down 32 planes at Santa Cruz on October 26 and sinking three cruisers at Guadalcanal on November 14. The Santa Cruz battle saw 100 planes definitely lost.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Thomas Leigh Gatch
Annapolis
Santa Cruz
Gatch
Guadalcanal Island
Ice Paralyzes Akron Traffic
Akron faced a severe ice storm that halted transportation and disrupted production at war industries. The icy conditions, described as the worst in 29 years, closed Medina County schools and delayed Cleveland buses and drivers while Fremont schools extended Christmas vacation due to unsafe roads.
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Akron
Medina County
Medina Township
Cleveland
Fremont
Oregon Flood Recedes After Deadly Western Flood
The Willamette River flood eased slowly with ten dead or missing, hundreds homeless, and thousands of acres underwater. Health authorities warned of typhoid risk as water sources in small communities were contaminated. Damages ran into millions.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Frederick Dpd
Stricker
Week's U Boat Toll Heaviest in Month
Navy announcement last week reported nine more merchant ships sunk in the South Atlantic, marking the heaviest seven day toll in over a month. The AP tally of allied and neutral ships sunk in the Western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor rose to 581 in the week.
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Associated Press
Navy
South Atlantic
Western Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Colored Doughboy Is Sentenced to Death
A 23 year old Black soldier Private Sam my Mickles from Citronella Alabama was sentenced by a general court martial in Glasgow on December 30 to be hanged for the murder of Jan Ciapciak a Polish seaman of the United States Army. All such proceedings are subject to review by President Roosevelt.
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London
Sammy Mickles
Citronella
Ala
Glasgow
Jan Ciapciak
United States Army
Roosevelt
Recruiting of Farm Slat in Ohio Planned
Aggressive recruiting and training of year round workers to meet 1943 labor needs of Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky farmers was planned today by the regional war manpower commission. Importation of workers from surplus sections including Mexicans from Southwestern Texas to cultivate sugar beets and tomatoes. Mobilization of women, youths and other potential workers for emergency harvests. Expansion of the agricultural division of the U S employment service with an experienced farm representative at each local office. R C Goodwin urged universities follow Ohio State plan to teach modern agricultural methods to men taken off non productive farms.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Regional War Manpower Commission
Texas
Agricultural Division
U. S. Employment Service
R. C. Goodwin
Ohio State University
Ohio Corn and Sugar Beet Crops Hit New Highs
Ohio farmers produced record corn and sugar beet crops in 1942 with above average yields for wheat oats soybeans and tame hay. The crop report shows 185,752,000 bushels of corn, up from 169,974,000 in 1941, and sugar beet output rising to 600,000 tons from 419,000. Soybeans jumped to 28,819,000 bushels. No soy bean figures are listed for hay and other uses.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal-State
Tire inspection plan criticized and first 1955 accident toll
Washington Democrat Manasco said he will seek to end tire inspection and registration rules as Congress reconvenes. In East Liverpool, 18 year old Donald Q Musser Petersburg high school athlete die d in a truck train collision at Leetonia. In Monroe County, Ray McVay age 35 burned to death and his father Sam McVay was critically injured as flames destroyed their Sycamore Valley home.
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Washington
Manasco
Ala
Congress
East Liverpool
Columbiana County
Donald Q. ‘Musser
Petersburg
Leetonia
Woodsfield
Ray Mc- Vay
Sam Mc- Vay
Sycamore Valley
Monroe Country
Nazis Lose Foothold in Oil Region
Soviet and Allied war reports describe a broad eastern offensive pushing German forces back from Mozdok to the Latvian border while air power and ground counterattacks shape the North African front. Red Army advances across the Kalmyck steppe and Middle Don pressure German lines as RAF raids hit the Ruhr and Rommel’s forces in Tunisia.
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Mozdok
Grozny
Caucasus
Red Army
Kalmyck
Middle
Don
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Malgobek
Kalmyck Steppe
Lower Don
Red
Velikie Luki
Novosokolniki
Medjez-El- Bab
Tunis-Tripoli
Libya
Army Probes Bomber Crash in Columbus
An Army board investigates the crash of an Army bomber into an east side Columbus residence. Pilot Lieut. James S. Hansen of Milwaukee died when the bomber exploded in the air Saturday night. The residence was destroyed by fire and its occupants were away at the time.
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Columbus
Army
James S. Hansen
Milwaukee
Wis
Clarify Ruling on Dependent Children in Ohio Draft
Four state selective service offices advise that children born on or before September 14 1942 are conceived on or before December 8 1941 and considered dependents if the marriage was contracted when selection of the registrant was not imminent. Price administration announces Wednesday afternoon closures for local wartime boards to catch up on clerical work.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
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