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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1944
Page
11
Associated Press reports Soviet troops push toward the Bug River with German forces retreating. Bombing, heavy U S air strikes target Central Germany as the Berlin radio notes. The Soviet advance threatens routes toward Romania with 12 000 German casualties cited in some reports.
Count Galeazzo Ianio was shot to death today after his conviction on charges tied to voting to use his father in law Benito Mussolini as Italian dictator. Allied and Axis reports describe intense fighting across Italy and Ukraine with major troop movements near Cervaro Cassino and the Dnieper bend. Noted singer Charles King died aboard ship en route to entertain troops.
The Army Air Forces say its air force has reached peak unit strength and is gradually shifting to a replacement training basis. Closing 69 air bases nationwide is estimated to account for five to seven percent of all AAF installations in the United States.
Washington reports both parties gearing up to push a bill allowing absentee voting this fall. A Senate substitute favors state control with the Army and Navy distributing ballots, scrapping a federal war ballot commission.
War plants in about 80 metropolitan areas will receive employment ceilings beyond which they may not rise under a new manpower rationing program. Chairman Paul V. McNutt announced the agreement among the War Manpower Commission and the Army Navy Maritime Commission and War Production Board to limit labor supply in areas dominated by a few plants.
King Gustav V opened Parliament in Stockholm declaring Sweden must remain armed and on guard while belligerents rally forces to gain a decision in the great struggle.
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. says the Japanese fleet is seriously crippled and vows continued pressure until Tokyo is occupied. He cites air and sea superiority and notes Japan’s possible efforts to wear down U S forces. Other actions include bombings of Madang Kendari and Cape Gloucester area and losses on both sides with about 300 American dead or wounded.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania hundreds of tobacco buyers gathered before sunrise seeking leaf for cigars and stogies but farmers refused to sell until prices exceeded ceilings set by the Office of Price Administration. The order against selling the crop expired at 7 am but the Lancaster Tobacco Growers Association urged members to hold crops worth an estimated 9 million dollars or more.
Senate War Investigating Committee Chairman warns $8 billion in Army and Navy contracts canceled to date and predicts areas may face serious unemployment as manpower shifts. He urges increased civilian production and careful stock management to avoid peacetime excess.
President Roosevelt in a Washington message urges immediate passage of a national service act. He cites full mobilization of manpower and capital as essential even if victory is possible without it, citing joint recommendations from the War Navy and Maritime commissions.
Sherman H. Dalrymple, president of the International C I O Rubber Workers, branded the strikers as wilfully violating the contract and revoked union membership of all male band room employees involved in the General Tire and Rubber Co. stoppage in Akron Ohio. The edict cancels cards of about 70 workers, with about 500 idle.
Washington officials warn fall drought reduces prospects for a record 1944 crop as rain and snow fall short. Agriculture Department and War Food Administration focus on supplying food for civilians, armed services, and lend-lease, noting 1942 ranked top while 1943 dipped slightly.
Washington examines T. D. 5325 as a milestone in IRS practice. The rule allows income tax payers eligible for refunds under the pay as you go act to claim refunds by simply marking a check box on their March 15 returns.
Nine American missionaries, eight men and one woman from the Tribes Mission, are reported dead after entering the Bolivian jungle near the Brazilian border last November. Their party departed Robore, the Bolivian frontier village east of Santa Cruz, aiming for the Matto Grosso frontier further east.
Crooner Frank Smetersh and wife Nancy celebrate the birth of an eight pound thirteen ounce baby boy in New York. The event marks the couple’s second child and adds a new member to the family.
The 303 foot escort frigate named for Alexandria Virginia will be launched at the American Ship building Co yards this Saturday.
The Republican National Committee moved toward endorsing state federal cooperation to facilitate absentee voting for armed forces in the November election. Democrats accused GOP motives, prompting a sub committee led by Russell Sprague to draft a resolution. Rep Halleck said a Republican win would keep military leadership intact and could shorten the war by months.
Senator Vandenberg requests a freeze of the 1 percent social security payroll tax for the rest of the year arguing no justification exists to doubt the current rate. Congress already paused the rate for January and February before the Christmas recess.
Representative Thomas of New Jersey demanded the impeachment of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins in the House. He urged replacement by a strong labor advocate and charged there is no sound labor policy in government today.
One of the first U.S. photos shows Soviet General Nikolai F. Vatutin, 43, sparkplug of the southern front. Commander of the First Ukrainian Army, Vatutin is a former Czarist and Red Revolution veteran who staged skillful retreats and counter-attacks as the Germans advanced.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether insurance firms fall under the Sherman Anti Trust Act or the National Labor Relations Act. Congress is considering exempting insurers from federal anti trust law while thirty five states urge keeping regulation at the state level. The case stems from the Justice Department appeal in Atlanta challenging anti trust charges against 198 southeastern stock fire insurance firms.
The Republican National Revivalist Committee urges the party to draft Col. Robert R. McCormick editor of The Chicago Tribune for president. A resolution passed after committee chairman James J. Culwn said enough signatures exist to place McCormick on the Illinois preferential primary ballot.
Earl Browder, general secretary of the American Communist Party, announced at a rally before 15,000 supporters that the party will abandon its status and its aim of establishing socialism and will cooperate with free enterprise to realize Tehran perspectives and promote national unity.
President Roosevelt proposes a national service act plus four other aims to speed wartime production and stabilize the economy. He calls for a realistic tax law renegotiation of war contracts a cost of living law and re enactment of the Economic Stabilization Act. He argues total mobilization is needed for victory and urges maximum manpower and resource use.
The president argues a real istic tax law taxing excessive profits will cut war costs and curb profiteering. He criticizes the current revenue bill as far short and urges renewal of stabilization and renegotiation to prevent price chaos and sustain a dollar.
President Roosevelt defends Allied wartime conferences of late 1943, denying secret treaties and pledging open commitments while aiming for security in all forms. He urges all out effort in 1944, calls national service a nonpartisan issue, and champions fair treatment for all.
In a vigorous address President Roosevelt urges Congress to study an economic second Bill of Rights outlining rights to a good job, adequate pay, fair farm returns, freedom from monopoly domination, decent housing, medical care, security in old age, and education. He warns against fascist drift at home and notes soldiers’ voting rights may require federal action to ensure ballots in upcoming elections.
Moscow radio broadcasts a Soviet plan rejecting yield of Ukraine and White Russia. It backs a Curzon Line based border allowing Poland to join with Czecho Slovakia in a Soviet-Polish alliance to counter Germany. Emigre Polish government is criticized and Polish exile leaders in London offer no comment.
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