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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
1
Washington reports MacArthur's forces in the Philippines have inflicted heavy losses on Japanese infantry and flanks as artillery pounded the enemy. The War Department notes at least 38 ships sunk or damaged in the Makassar Straits.
British and Allied reports claim Hitler restored command to generals Von Brauchitsch Von Bock Von Rundstedt and Von Leeb while Rommel advances in North Africa and Soviet forces push on in Ukraine. Arctic naval actions hit Nazi transports as Allied raids hit Muenster Boulogne and Rotterdam.
President Roosevelt approved a act authorizing a 100 million dollar civilian defense fund. OCD Director Fiorello H La Guardia may provide facilities services and supplies for protection from bombing attacks sabotage or other war hazards.
Local advert text promotes easy submission for Farmers Market Place notices. Three lines six times priced at 1.44 dollars, labeled as a bargain rate, inviting readers to mail phone or bring ads for results.
Senator Walsh proposes limiting Navy contract authority to negotiate without competitive bids to curb excess war profits. He says he hopes to amend a pending bill so negotiated contracts for ships and planes yield no excessive profits amid cost concerns.
In Washington two House committees push for a separate inquiry into U S losses at Pearl Harbor despite the Roberts commission report. Senate criticism centers on no public reinforcements to General MacArthur in the Philippines and debate over troop transfers to Northern Ireland.
Mrs William Faber waits at home for her husband a railroad conductor who vanished a month earlier on a Middletown Dayton trip. Detectives found his crumpled cap and 1 80 in change on a car floor after he told a brakeman he heard someone in an empty car and went to investigate. Each call and letter fuels hope for the four year old daughter Jean who says Daddy is on a long train ride but never stayed away so long.
Unarmed fighters claim a clouded Rangoon airspace victory. They destroy at least 18 Japanese aircraft and possibly four more with no losses. The Senate approved a 12.556 billion army appropriation for 23 000 combat and 10 000 training planes after 27 minutes of debate. Senator Tydings urged cutting plane costs amid mass production. McKellar noted Gen Arnold pledged cost reduction efforts.
The Senate Elections Committee reported that Senator Langer of North Dakota was not entitled to a Senate seat. It cited contempt for public duty and alleged acts including impropriety, lawlessness, jail breaking, oath violations, civil disobedience, and tampering with court officials as grounds for removal.
Miami federal report says Dan Tobin seeks to transfer $8,000,000 held by the Teamsters International Union to the government as an interest-free loan Tobin will meet treasury officials in Washington to discuss moving larger sums and hopes other groups will follow with sizable deposits.
Akron police report that dangerous sewer gas hazards were eliminated by uncovering manholes along a two block stretch of South Main Street.
The article argues that extended U-boat warfare in American waters and attacks like the Lady Hawkins show two core lessons for the Allies. First, barbarism threatens home soil and must be fought to prevent atrocities seen in Croatia Yugoslavia and China. Second, Axis strikes target war production and transport, demanding total Allied production and shipbuilding effort now, with universal sacrifice to avert worsening Atlantic attacks and a coming air offensive.
Civilians ordered from combat zones as forces hold a front in Central Malaya amid a siege threat to Singapore Island. British destroyers clash with Japanese off Endau while invasion plans loom for Java. Irish girls say American soldiers dance awkwardly after landing.
Logan Ohio reports Marcus Collins 79 died at his Rockbridge home after a year long illness. He leaves 12 children and 30 grandchildren. A daughter Mrs. Charles Newman resides locally. Former Union Furnace resident, funeral at U B Church there Saturday at 2 30 in Rev C H Bennington’s charge. Burial in Miller Chapel Cemetery.
In Columbus labor leaders gathered to discuss possibly relaxing state law on maximum women's industrial hours. The CIO opposed the administration’s policy to ease restrictions, arguing against any temporary relaxation amid wartime conditions.
Public Transport Inc of Chillicothe asks the State Utilities Commission for permission to run a bus line from Chillicothe to the army cantonment site at Williamsport Pike and State Route 104. The plan calls for ten 20 passenger buses.
The Pan American Conference in Rio de Janeiro closed with unanimous unity for hemisphere solidarity. Peru and Ecuador agreed to settle their 111 year boundary dispute during mediation after sessions ended. The 41 resolutions urged severing ties with the Axis and creating joint boards for finance, military, and economy across the Americas.
The House of Commons approved the Churchill government by 464 to 1 on the third day of war debate. Churchill defended Allied strategy including US expeditionary forces in Northern Ireland and Britain’s aid to Russia, Burma, and Malaya amid Far East setbacks. He cited ongoing reinforcements and urged unity despite uncertainties in Johore and Singapore.
Interior Secretary Ickes said the petroleum situation in the East was tight and getting tighter due to tanker sinkings and diversion to war service. He declined to predict rationing but might reopen a plan to build an $80 million Texas to New Jersey pipeline.
Pittsburgh AP reports James Edward Burnette, 35, of Bellevue, saved two people from drowning on July 26 and received a bronze medal for heroism from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.
President Roosevelt plans a nationwide radio address about the war effort around February 22. White House secretary Stephen Early said the president hopes to clear rumors and provide a clearer view of the war and its implications. He noted that late next month might be more propitious, though many requests prompted the consideration.
Ray Eliot, top assistant to Bob Zuppke, was appointed head coach of the Illinois football program at Champaign to succeed the veteran mentor who led for 20 seasons.
The municipal water system in Peebles was shut down after wells supplying the system ran dry, forcing the closure of the water works and indefinite suspension of classes in local schools.
Mrs. Howard Hively of Athens reports Halifax Nova Scotia in wartime bustle with crowds of uniformed men, air raids and blackouts as her husband Howard Hively, RAF, flies to England. She traveled via New York Montreal Moncton to Columbus after a two day Halifax stay.
A Tokyo dispatch claims the US garrison at Corregidor Manila Bay was urged to surrender to a Japanese commander on Luzon. The report notes no reply and cites simultaneous Allied counts of heavy Japanese losses in Luzon and at sea.
A bill sent to the House after Senate approval would exempt air raid spotters fire wardens and other part time war workers from the anti politics law. Administration favored broader exemptions for government workers but draft board members and most other employed aides remain subject to the act.
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