20 Jan 1943
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1943
Page
1
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Ohio agricultural interests urged Gov. John W. Bricker to back nullifying Daylight Saving Time to protect farm production schedules. Rep. Willis I. Cory argued disruptions from fast time would hurt crops and livestock, with the governor asked to relay concerns to the War Production Board. The Senate sought Attorney General Herbert’s opinion on whether Ohio can shift to Central Time without constitutional issues.
United Mine Workers warned 12 000 striking miners they face dishonorable expulsion if they do not return to work by noon tomorrow under Roosevelt's order. District 1 leaders urged obedience while protests continued as the War Labor Board sought resolution of wage and dues issues amid fears of troop involvement to secure coal for the war effort.
Sheriff Fred Sanders said 17 year old Emerson Grayman of La Grange would face murder charges in the slaying of 73 year old Dennis MecMackin. MecMackin was fatally wounded January 13 while waving to a passing freight train. Grayman signed a confession stating he fired the shotgun blast. he reportedly told authorities he did not know why he did it.
Ohio juvenile judges back county welfare work under home rule. The Ohio Association of Juvenile Judges endorsed Bricker’s plan to unite county welfare under one organization while limiting state control to prevent county units from being bossed by the State Welfare Dept.
The CIO urged immediate over all rationing of all foods and necessities and strict enforcement of price ceilings, claiming current rationing and controls have not been vigorous enough. The call was made in Pittsburgh, aiming to broaden wartime economy measures.
Edward J. Flynn testifies he did not know the man sworn in as a Bronx deputy sheriff was Dutch Schultz. He rejects Bridges charges as false and notes State Department backing for his Australian appointment. An OPA spokesman cites meat price violations and meatlogging amid shortages.
Local draft boards gain power to defer agricultural workers deemed essential. New guidelines lower the required production units from 16 to as few as eight, using measures like one milk cow or one acre each for beets and carrots to determine essential status. The change aims to prevent farm labor shortages amid wartime inductions.
Allied submarines warships and planes have destroyed at least 445 Japanese naval and merchant ships as Axis reports indicate shortages. American submarines alone sunk 117 vessels with 22 probably sunk and 31 damaged. Losses include 98 cruisers and destroyers vital for convoy escort amid Aleutians Solomons and New Guinea campaigns.
The Justice Department announced indictments against Safeway Stores Inc and Kroger Grocery and Baking Company along with 18 individuals and 11 subsidiaries for alleged violations of antitrust laws.
The first of many navy tank landing ships built at the Ambridge yard of the American Bridge Company will launch into the Ohio River Saturday, nine months from work start. American Bridge is a U. S. Steel subsidiary and the 64 acre site marks a major wartime production effort.
Charles Erwin James aged 52 a World War I veteran and great grandson of Logan's first mayor died at his Logan home after a long illness. Funeral services will be Friday at 1 pm at Leonard Funeral Home with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. He was a retired insurance salesman. Survived by brother Harold of Columbus and sisters Faith Welpner of Columbus and Rhea James of New York City.
Crown Princess Juliana of The Netherlands gave birth to her third daughter last night weighing seven pounds eight ounces. A note from Ottawa says Canada would gain a touch of Holland as the birth was celebrated to avoid foreign soil.
Columbus AP report says to cut costs for 1943 road maps the Ohio Highway Department will reprint the 1942 edition with a cap of 50 000 copies versus 420 000 the previous year Director Hal G Sours announced the move to conserve materials for wartime.
Navy communique reports 1,032 Japanese killed in five days on Guadalcanal. Allied forces also take 27 Japanese prisoners at Sanananda, clearing the last major garrison on the Papuan Peninsula. MacArthur says isolated groups remain. air strikes hit Lae Timor Kaiei Gasmata. RAF night fighters down two Japanese bombers over Calcutta. Burritt Hiatt reported transferred from Lourdes to Baden Baden for evacuation.
The deep freeze grips Ohio with readings as low as 12 degrees below zero in some sections. Akron Cleveland and Youngstown report zero temperatures while Columbus and Cincinnati sit near 2 to 4 degrees above. Winds lessen little as ice coats highways with Route 95 in Wayne County and Sandusky Bay Bridge remain closed.
Harvard economist Dr J B Black forecasts higher price levels for agricultural commodities this year but says farm land values should not rise immediately. War effects drive current conditions and a postwar land boom could follow, though machinery and labor shortages deter purchases.
London reports British naval observers say 200 U-boats remain at sea from a fleet of about 500 under Hitler. Germany is estimated to build 15 to 20 submarines monthly, with new craft staying at sea longer and receiving torpedoes supplies and crews from large mother U-boats.
London faced a major daylight Luftwaffe attack the largest since the Battle of Britain. At least 11 German planes were shot down by British fighters. A school was destroyed and bodies recovered from the wreckage as two sections of the city suffered damage and casualties rose to twenty four. RAF intruder patrols over Northern France Belgium and the Netherlands reported no losses. One raiding force was repelled outside London and another twenty German planes were turned back over the southeast coast.
The War Department aims to speed monthly pay allotments to soldiers families. Brig. Gen. Wilton B Fersons notes 4100 new staff are needed to operate the mail and check systems, addressing delays from late payments, address errors, bank changes, and unsigned authorizations.
Ohioans received 14,408,108 dollars in unemployment compensation in 1942, up 2,236,950 from 1941 despite fewer weeks of benefits. The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation notes total contributions to the unemployment fund would reach about 44,000,000 dollars, with an average employer tax rate of 1.23 percent in the first full year under merit rating.
Portsmouth Ohio officials sought WPB authority to resume flood control work halted last fall to conserve strategic materials. They argued enough equipment could be found to protect industries important to war.
In Santiago Chile a formal rupture of Chile's relations with Germany Italy and Japan was expected to be announced today after the senate approved President Rios decision by a vote of 30 to 10 breaking ties with the Axis nations.
Akron Ohio 52 year old George Meyer a rubber worker was killed last night when his car collided with a trailer truck near Stow authorities said no other details were available pending investigation by police and county medical examiner officials.
The Rev. Clarence V. Sheatsley died aged 68 in Columbus. His wife was found burned to death in their suburban home furnace 18 years ago, with a coroner ruling she self sacrificed, though chemists later questioned the cause of death.
The Liberty Ship William McKinley will be launched tomorrow in Baltimore with Miss Edith Louys of Field Elementary School Fostoria Ohio as sponsor. Field School pupils led Ohio in a salvage campaign by collecting 1460 pounds of scrap per capita.
Logan Chamber of Commerce directors vote to close the Elks building offices. Business will be conducted from the president Charles Bell’s office to reduce expenses during the war.
A Cairo broadcast said British Eighth Army vanguards were within 30 miles of Tripoli pursuing Rommel. British forces closed on Homs and Tarhuna, 56 and 40 miles from Tripoli as Erwin Rommel's retreat continued.
Lend-Lease Administrator Edward R. Stettinius said more than 8 200 tanks 2 600 planes and 81 000 military vehicles had been shipped to Russia with further British and UK deliveries. Allied forces press Rommel in North Africa as Axis forces suffer setbacks near Tunis and Pont du Fahs. Soviet front reports show intensified fighting with prisoners taken and Russian manpower expanding despite Nazi propaganda claims. Archer F. Knisely dies in Ohio Penitentiary hospital serving life for murder in Warren.
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