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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1944
Page
11
Allied forces report continued Japanese air losses in the Southwest Pacific as P-40 fighters claim several enemy planes. The clash centered near Aidor, the Allied coastal gateway to northern New Guinea, amid heavy combat near the initial U.S. landings.
Allied air units report Catalina Black Cats damaged or sunk a Japanese cargo ship and set two more aflame in a six-ship convoy near Kavieng New Ireland. Liberators and Mitchells also bombed Arawo uthwest New Britain while Pacific fliers attacked Rabaul. Admiral Nimitz praised a deadly disciplined Central Pacific force.
A disputed report outlines opposition to King Carol's possible return in a period of unrest. The Soviet Embassy cites Carol as undermining democracy and blames him for shifting Romania toward alliance with Hitlerism, amid discussions of Antonescu and restoration.
An organization meeting of Arthur-for-President Clubs adopted a resolution calling for leadership to secure a just and lasting peace in the Pacific. State Rep. Robert A. Wilkinson of Wert, Ohio, presided over the session and introduced the measure.
At a grade crossing in the county Cloid C Swartz aged 59 and his wife Sarah aged 57 died in a collision. Authorities report the fatal accident occurred when the car failed to clear the tracks as a train approached. Emergency responders found both aboard deceased at the scene.
Washington AP reports five million volunteers begin the Fourth War Loan campaign to raise five and a half billion dollars from individuals over two weeks. Eisenhower from London vows to crush Nazi resistance, while Nimitz from Honolulu urges continued war bond purchases to guarantee success of the offensive.
The Roman Catholic Church held funeral rites for Most Rev. James J. Hartley bishop of the Columbus Diocese age 85 who died last Wednesday. Archbishop John T. McNicholas led the service at St. Joseph Cathedral joined by Archbishop John A. Floersh nine bishops an abbott monsignors and scores of priests in five days of mourning. Hartley led the diocese for 40 years and helped found the diocese’s first mass.
Fred J. Bald, representing a New York distillery firm, told Ohio retail beer dealers that there will be no near increase in liquor supply and urged them to make the best of rationing.
In Argentina a weekend earthquake leveled the Andean city of San Juan. Authorities report 900 bodies recovered and damage estimated up to 400 million pesos. The disaster triggers nationwide mourning as the death toll rises and crops are ruined.
Two Ohio airmen helped the Spirit of ’44 shoot down ten enemy fighters in a raid on Osche rsleben. Sgt. Caster W. Lekowski of Peninsula claimed three kills and Sgt. James E. Parton of East Liverpool one. Lt. Eldridge V. Greer described the aircraft flying low through German streets as it suffered severe damage yet reached base.
Washington AP reports that both major parties have quelled internal disputes. Southern Democrat governors meeting in Washington decided against forming a third party, affirming their continued place in the Democratic fold as freight rate equality debates were settled.
The House Military Committee postponed action on national service legislation sought by President Roosevelt. The panel left open future consideration while debating a plan to tax mustering-out pay for service members, with proposals for higher top pay and a $300 discharge pay cap amid party realignment discussions and Hopkins letter intrigue.
A progress report before the House Merchant Marine subcommittee outlines Bureau of Mines studies on low grade iron ore for sponge iron reduction. The first commercial sponge iron plant, by Republic Steel, Warren Ohio, will start operations in March.
Dense fog blanketed the southern half of Ohio overnight with low-lying smoke in cities. The highway department says the fog lay heavily south of a line through Eaton, Dayton, Delaware, Coshocton and Carrollton and is gradually lifting today.
Pittsburgh based Aluminum Company of America announced plans to resume manufacturing aluminum collapsible toothpaste tubes. The move aims to boost supply for toothpaste producers and reopen employment opportunities at its plants.
Washington reports that Thanksgiving Day will be observed on November 23, the fourth Thursday of the month, as mandated by Congress despite calendar quirks in 1944 which leave five Thursdays in November.
A spokesman for the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. said officials may curtail gas supplies to critical war plants rather than nonessential industries if a gas emergency is needed. Unemployment from idle less vital plants harms communities, with Lancaster seeing Anchor Hocking workers laid off while Columbus faced Federal Glass Co. idleness.
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker branded federal relief funding a takeover of state and local authority. He charged federal agencies fined states for غير enacted rules and cited the Agricultural Adjustment Agency penalties on Ohio institutions. He urged Americans to take control of government or risk being ruled by it.
An army transport plane crashed shortly after leaving Oakland airport killing eight aboard. The twin engined craft fell into a residential area, demolished a house and sparked fires in several homes. Police said occupants of the house likely escaped.
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton told the Ohio Dairy Products Association that subsidies should be used to encourage adequate dairy production and to guarantee its distribution, signaling federal support for farm relief.
Allied headquarters in Algiers announced American patrols crossed the Rapido River north of Cassino to probe German strongpoints along the Gustav Line. French forces seized Sant Elia, three miles northeast of Cassino, after engaging entrenched defenders.
General Henry H Arnold predicts a Russo to Italy shuttle for Allied air operations. He says Russian advance and standardized parts enable planes to strike German targets en route to bases in Russia. French forces seize Sant Elia and Valvori as Cassino pressure grows. Allied patrols consolidate gains while Germans rush to fortify a new line along the Rapido.
Florence Sheline, one of three women who fled the Marysville Reformatory with Velma West, is paroled effective March 1 after a 1937 Gallia County sentence for breaking and entering. West remains jailed for life. Sheline was at large longest among escapees, finally captured in Denver in October 1941.
Cairo radio broadcast a rumor claiming Marshal Tito of the Yugoslav Partisans was wounded in Monte Negro fighting. The report could not be independently verified and crowd reaction was noted.
John P. Frey, president of the AFL Metal Trades Department, urged the AFL executive council in Miami to press for unifying scattered federal labor agencies under the Department of Labor. He argued multiple agencies fuel strikes by lowering morale amid conflicting policies and called for a unified approach despite wartime tensions.
MT VERNON 4 Expulsion of 16 members from Vine Street Church of Christ was ruled illegal by the Third District Court of Appeals upholding a common pleas court decision that they remain members. The court restrained two leaders from teaching Sunday School and ordered the church board to pay court costs.
Senator Bankhead of Alabama says a subsidy compromise is impossible and urges bringing the issue to the Senate floor to let the chips fall. He leads the push to ban federal payments intended to keep retail food prices down.
Miss Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut urges business leaders to join a Westport Tea Party and halt postwar reserves to avoid a pay as you go tax. She warns the government seeks profits on work not yet done and risks bankrupting small firms, threatening 150 jobs and wartime tool production.
Soviet forces push toward Rovno as fighting intensifies around Vinnytsia Uman and Leningrad in a broad front across Ukraine. Moscow denies Cairo peace rumors as Churchill readiness and Eisenhower plans loom. Vatutin’s forces strike near Tuchin and Novograd Volynski with engineers aiding crossings on the Horyn River.
The British national debt on December 31 stood at about £19.237 billion, compared with £8.026 billion in 1938. Sir John Anderson, chancellor of the exchequer, told the House of Commons the latest figure. The U.S. gross public debt on December 31 was $165.877 billion.
Small packages of dehydrated foods like carrots cabbage and coffee are advertised in Connecticut. The ad touts compact portions and strong selling power in a small space. It promotes a table top gas range and includes contact details for placing Messenger Want Ads.
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