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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1943

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40 000 Ordered Arrested In Marseille Invasion Plans

A crisis in France and North Africa dominates the war scene as Hitler faces revolts and Allied moves. Marseille braces under siege after Vichy declares state of siege while German forces shell the port district. DNB reports 40 000 arrested there as evacuation and port destruction are ordered. British and American advances press toward Tunisia with 80 Axis prisoners taken in a raid near the Tunisian coast.

Marseille France North Africa Russia Adolf Hitler United Nations Hitler London Charles de Gaulle Henri Honore Giraud United States Britain Vichy DNB Eighth Army Tripoli Tunisia Tunisian

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Ohio Legislators Pursue Time Change With WPB and AG

Ohio lawmakers seek WPB guidance on daylight saving time amid possible shift to Central Time. Nelson says no flat stance while Herbert drafts opinion on legislature authority. Senate panel backs tuition-free college for armed forces. House sees horse meat sales penalty bill.

Columbus Ohio Washington Michigan War Production Board Power Division WPB Donald M. Nelson Nelson John W. Brick‘er Harry F. ‘Kelly Baltimore Thomas J. Herbert Congress General Assembly Senate Education Committee House

Eight Billions In Lend Lease Sent To Allies

Washington lawmakers consider extending lend lease after June 30 as a detailed report shows the program delivered 8.253 billion dollars in goods and services to the United Nations. Lend Lease Chief Edward Stettinius notes one in three U.S. tanks and combat aircraft last year went to allies. The piece also covers a proposed 3.5 million volunteer land army and McNutt Wickard proposals on a 48 hour week and wage hour act implications.

Washington Congress United Nations Edward R. Stettinius, Jr United States McNutt Wickard

11 Die in Crash of Bomber Near Columbus

The lone survivor, Sgt. James H Foldesi, 23, of Superior Wisconsin, was listed in critical condition after an Army bomber crashed near Columbus and burned at New Albany. An investigation board pressed its inquiry into the explosion that killed 11 crew members. Foldesi suffered multiple injuries including two broken ankles and a fractured leg with severe burns.

Columbus New Albany Sergt James H., Foldesi Superior Wis Grant Hospital J. E. Briggs

Girl Kills Self in Grief Over Canary Death

In Sodus New York 13 year old Jennie Lewis killed herself after her pet yellow canary died. A stray cat killed the bird as it fluttered after Jennie when she stepped outside her farm home. She left a note for her mother expressing sorrow for the loss and then shot herself according to Coroner Arthur Besemer.

Sodus N. Y Jennie Lewis Jennie Wayne County Arthur Besemer

Dog Survives 800 Foot Fall Over Embankment

In Medford Oregon a dog named Two Bits reportedly fell 800 feet from a cliff while chasing a squirrel. Two weeks later the master found the dog slowly climbing back up the trail, head low, tongue out, tail wagging.

Medford Ore

East Clayton Woman Dies at Home

Mrs. Paulina Kitchen, 65, died Monday at her home near East Clayton. Survived by husband and son Louis Kitchen in the U S Army stationed in North Carolina. Funeral Thursday at 10 30 a m at Stout Funeral Home Nelsonville with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the home at any time.

Nelsonville Paulina Kitchen East Clayton Louis Kitchen U. S. Army North Carolina Stout Funeral Home Greenlawn

Reservists of Colleges Will Be Called Soon

The War Department announced that enlisted reservists in colleges will be inducted into active duty soon. Induction dates will vary by term length and college type, with about 150,000 soldiers yearly under the specialized training program. Exceptions cover medical and engineering students and certain ROTC groups. A joint Army Navy panel is evaluating college participation limits.

Washington Army War Department Ohio University Sherman Miles First Service Command Boston Army and Navy War Manpower Commission Paul V. McNutt

40000 Gas Rationing Coupon Books Stolen

Police joined with OPA investigators and FBI agents in a search for thieves who stole 40000 gasoline rationing books from the Queens County rationing board in Long Island City. The books would have entitled holders to more than 11000000 gallons of gasoline.

NEW York OPA FBI Queens County Long Island City

Walkout Closes Faultless Rubber Co Plant

Ashland report of a CIO United Rubber Workers walkout shuts down the Faultless Rubber Co plant, manufacturer of surgical supplies and specialty products for the Army and Navy.

Ashland CIO United Rubber Workers Faultless Rubber Co Specia Army Land Navy

Announcement Tonight From White House On Axis War

Washington flash reports a 10 PM White House announcement on United Nations war strategy toward the Axis. Roosevelt and Churchill reportedly prepared a new broadside as North Africa dispatches suggest French factions may join UN action. The press is bound by secrecy and no details can be published.

United Nations White House Washington Office of Censorship Roosevelt Churchill North Africa Axis

Kentucky Burley Auctions Set for Final Dates

Louisville AP reports the tobacco season nears end as major burley markets announce definite final auction dates marking one of the most successful seasons in history with multiple centers setting closing days.

Louisville Kentucky Burley

Bombardment Rebels Japanese Base at Rabaul and More

Allied warplanes struck hard across Burma and the South Seas in night and day assaults. Over 15 tons of bombs hit the Japanese base at Rabaul, with ships damaged and harbors lit by flames. Additional strikes hit Lae, Salamaua, Finschhafen, and Gasmata while RAF bombers targeted Shwebo Airdrome and shipping in the Bay of Bengal.

Burma South Seas Rabaul New Britain New Guinea Solomons Lae Salamaua Finschhafen Gasmata Milne Bay Port Moresby Lower New Guinea RAF India Shwebo Bay of Bengal

Boy Dies While Playing In Wheat Bin

Gale Schelling found his five year old son Bernard Charles Schelling suffocated after falling into a wheat bin on the farm as he was unloading grain. The accident occurred today on the Schelling property near Defiance.

Gale Schelling Bernard Charles

Canned Goods Rationing Details Considered by OPA

The Office of Price Administration is weighing a limit of ten cans per family member for rationed canned foods starting about March 1 to curb hoarding. Penalties for excess supplies will be enforced as 1.5 million teachers and volunteers register the public in the coming weeks using ration books and family can totals.

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Predicts Sharp Reductions in Vegetable Crop

Columbus AP reports H D Brown of the Vegetable Growers Association of America says 1943 agriculture will shrink as farmers cut vegetable acreage by about 25 percent unless more manpower and machinery become available. A 41 state survey estimated 1942 6 449 260 acres fall to 4 836 945 without help. some states expect 50 percent cuts as labor and equipment vanish for war needs.

Columbus America H. D. Brown Vegetable Growers Association of America Brown Ohio State University Farmers’ Week Armed Services

MacArthur Observes 63rd Birthday at Australian HQ

General Douglas MacArthur marked his 63rd birthday at Allied headquarters in Australia with staff and Australian officers visiting his office. He remained at work as the war altered his surroundings from a year earlier when he directed defense proceedings from a tunnel on Corregidor the cement floor tapping with his cane.

Allied Headquarters Australia Douglas MacArthur General Headquarters MacArthur Philippines Corregidor

Allied Forces Push West of Tripoli and Rail Hub Gains

British and American reports show Montgomery's Eighth Army advancing toward Zuara near Tripoli as Axis holds retreat into Tunisia. French forces reach Tripoli after Sahara crossing. Giraud and Lerclerc squads hold Ousseltia area amid renewed German attacks. Soviet forces press toward Rostov and Voronezh with large prisoner and territory gains as Stalin extols the winter offensive.

Bernard L. Montgomery Eighth Erwin Rommel Zauia Tripoli Rommel Tunisia Jurgen von Arnim Zuara Jacques Lerclerc Sahara Desert Lake Chad Equatorial Africa Giraud Ousseltia Tunis U. S Russia Rostov Ukraine Joseph Stalin Stalin Red Armies Hitler Red Army Berlin Voronezh Moscow-Rostov Belaya Glina

Crop Bonuses To Increase Production In War Effort

The government will spend about 100 million dollars in incentive payments to farmers for boosting production of soybeans peanuts grain sorghums flax sweet potatoes and dried peas. Secretary Wickard said the plan aims to fill shortages in vegetable oils and proteins for animals and people and form part of a broader drive to maximize war material output. A similar program for milk production is being developed.

Washington Wickard

Curtiss Hell Divers Join Army Production

The Curtiss Helldiver dive bomber, noted as one of the Navy’s fastest and hardest hitting, is being produced for the Army. J P Davey, manager of Curtiss-Wright’s Columbus plant, announced that Helldivers are now produced at the Missouri plant and quantity production has been achieved.

Columbus Navy Army J. P. Davey Missouri

Roosevelt Says Allies Attacking From Now On

In Belfast President Roosevelt spoke at ceremonies marking the first anniversary of U S troops landing in Northern Ireland. He declared the Allies will now act with attack determined unrelenting smashing attack.

Roosevelt Belfast United States Northern Ireland

Ironton Man Dies in Plane Crash in West

An Army bomber from Topeka air base crashed Sunday night on Mescalaro Indian Reservation near Ruidoso New Mexico. One man died, two others parachuted to safety. The dead include Staff Sgt. Louis G. Fuller of Ironton Ohio.

Topeka Kas Mescalaro Rul Dosa N. M Louis G. Fuller Ironton Ohio

Coogan ordered to pay support for infant son

Sgt. Jackie Coogan, formerly a juvenile film star, stationed at an Army field in Kentucky, was ordered by Judge William S. Baird to pay Flower Parry Coogan $60 a month for the support of their infant son.

Los Angeles Jackie Coogan Army Fair Field Kentucky William S. Baird Flower Parry Coogan

German Spy Executed in London Prison Trial

A 40 year old German spy, Francicus Jo hannes Winter, who entered Britain under the alias Ayretee, was executed today in TM andswoit ison.

London Francicus Johannes Winter Britain

Admits Killing Wounded Man in Domestic Tragedy

In Cincinnati two women, Eleanor Caproni and Pearl Leonard, faced municipal court on murder charges after surrendering at a fire station and reportedly saying we have just killed a man. Leonard confessed to shooting Victor Caproni as he lay wounded in hospital. authorities say the pair planned the slaying in self defense amid threats by Caproni after a Sunday quarrel.

Cincinnati Victor Caproni Eleanor Caproni Pearl Leonard Capronis Emmett D. Kirgan Leonard Caproni Kirgan

Sleeper Murder Clues Sent After Train Route Evidence

Evidence from the West Coast Limited route was moved to Albany as Linn County authorities investigate the slaying of Martha Virginia Brinson James. The 21 year old Norfolk, Virginia native was killed in Berth 13 with her throat slit while aboard the sleeper last Saturday as the train traveled through Oregon and California.

Albany Ore Southern Pacific West Coast Limited Linn County Martha Virginia Brinson James Norfolk, Va Oregon California

Woman Blood Donor Has Good Reasons

Mrs Agnes Deane Tracy of Wickliffe has donated five pints to the Red Cross donor unit and plans another contribution. She cites family members in the armed forces, a brother in Libya, a sister’s missing son possibly a Japanese prisoner, and bombed home in England during 1940.

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