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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1943
Page
5
FDR Price Program Faces New House Senate Hurdles
President Roosevelts price rollback program stalls as House rejects override of the CCC subsidy ban and Senate blocks subsidies. Debate over extending CCC through Jan 1 1944 and boosting loan authority continues amid Western and agricultural policy concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
CCC
Congress
Survey May Set Personnel Ceilings for Army Air Forces
A survey aimed at the most efficient use of personnel in the Army Air Forces and material commands was under way at Wright and Patterson Fields near Dayton. Col. Walter R. Jeffrey directs it and hopes the War Department manpower board will recommend fixed personnel ceilings for the department as a whole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Army Air Forces
Wright and Patterson Fields
Walter R. Jeffrey
Corps of Engineers
War Department Manpower Board
War Department
Chiang Kai-Shek Calls for Immediate United Action Against Japan
Chiang Kai-shek urged the United Nations to strike Japan with force at once, claiming the time is ripe to hasten final victory. He spoke on the sixth anniversary of China’s wartime attack, stating Japan is weakest as its resources near exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations
Japan
China
Diplomatic Academy Proposed by Rep Curtis Neb
Rep Curtis Nebraska advocates a West Point style academy of foreign service to train men and women for diplomatic posts. He says legislation is prepared to establish the academy patterned after West Point and Annapolis to promote peace understanding and goodwill Worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Point of Diplomacy
Curtis
Neb
Germans pay heavy price for advance on Orel Kursk Belorod front
Russian sources say two towns near Belgorod fell to German attacks in the 1943 summer offensive. In two days the Red Army reports 1271 German tanks destroyed and 314 German planes shot down, with German losses over 10 000 dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Orel-Kursk-Belgorod
Boda Cs
Europe
Chute Jump Safety Record Is Reported at Camp Gillespie
Lieut. Col. C. E. Shepard announced an unprecedented safety record at the Marine parachute training center Camp Gillespie in San Diego. Pvt. Robert F. Stayton of Salem Ohio marked the 20 000th jump with fellow marines from a transport plane, with 20 000 jumps completed without a fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Camp Gillespie
Marine Parachute Training Center
C. E. Shepard
Robert F. Stayton
Salem
Giraud to Meet Roosevelt in Capital Today
General Henri Giraud, head of French forces in North Africa, arrives in Washington to confer with President Roosevelt at 4 30 p m E S and to meet Admiral Leahy before tea at the White House Blair House lodging during a visit focused on war conduct with the Axis and allied staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henri Giraud
North Africa
French Committee For National Liberation
White House
Roosevelt
Giraud
William D. Leahy
Leahy
Blair House
Executive Mansion
Zimbalist Marries Mary Louise Curtis Bok at Lyn donwood
Violinist Efrem Zimbalist aged 54 wed Mary Louise Curtis Bok 66 at Lyndonwood the bride’s summer home in Rockport Maine. The ceremony followed the couple’s announcement of their marriage yesterday in the seaside town with Curtis family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Efrem Zimbalist
Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Lyndonwood
Zimbalist
Roosevelt sends radio greeting on China resistance anniversary
President Roosevelt delivered a short wave message from San Francisco to Chungking marking the sixth anniversary of China's resistance to Japanese aggression. The greeting was read to the Chinese people and included excerpts from the president's previous addresses in his own voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Allied air attack pounds Gerbini Airdrome in Sicily
Allied bombers from North Africa and the Middle East pounded Gerbini Airdrome and four satellite fields in a prolonged air raid. The operation, described as nearing completion, involved hundreds of tons of high explosive and fragmentation bombs as photographers documented the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Middle East
Gerbini
Sicily
Nazis Reinforce Italian Islands in Balkans War
Algiers radio reported fresh German troops to the Dodecanese Islands seen as potential stepping stones to the Balkans. Berlin said Yugoslav and Greek guerrillas were being wiped out, while London governments denied those claims as fantasies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Algiers
Dodecanese
Balkans
Berlin
Allied air strikes pound Sicily as Liberators smash Gerbini
Northwest African Command reports Liberators dropping over 285000 pounds of bombs on Gerbini fields. 50 Liberators participated, destroying at least one enemy fighter and damaging others. Five Fortresses reported missing from Monday operations amid heavy air battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerbini
Northwest African Command
Middle East
Gerbhini
Biscari
Milo
Middle East Command
Catania
Sicilian
Sicily
Excess Profits Tax Considered for Individuals in War Economy
Washington experts draft a plan to tax individuals whose incomes rose from wartime profits. The House Ways and Means Committee ordered study and aims to consider a general tax measure with higher levies starting January 1, 1944, seeking revenue without retroactive effects. Chairman Doughton stressed equity and avoiding undue burden while expanding taxes on top earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Treasury
House Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Lake Erie Dike Breaks Floods Farm Land and Homes
Hundreds of families faced homelessness after waves breached a Lake Erie dike near Reno Leach fifteen miles east of Toledo. Police and coast guardsmen evacuated scores by boat as more than 300 homes were surrounded by floodwaters causing thousands of dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Lake Erie
Reno Leach
Here
Infant Dies After Fall Into Washing Fluid
Funeral services were held today for David Lee Digman ten month old son of Mr and Mrs Willard P Digman of Wellsville who died from poisoning after he fell into a tub of water containing washing fluid in East Liverpool This accident was reported in the local obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
David Lee Digman
Willard P. Digman
Wellsville
Wives of Two Soldiers Help Harvest Kansas Wheat Crop
Pretty Prairie Kansas reports war wives Mrs Venore Voran and Mrs Dottie Watson helping harvest 720 acres of wheat with three hired workers. They work 12 hours daily loading, hauling, and operating a combine to ease labor shortages while husbands fight in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Pretty Prairie, Kas
University
New York
West
Venore Voran
Pretty Prairie
Dottie Watson
Downsville
North Africa
Maas Fights News Control Over War Production Board
Rep. Maas argues WPB censorship via newsprint quotas and drafts a bill to publish all WPB decisions. He contends quotas lessen paper supply and may favor publishers, urging monthly congress review to prevent abuse and preserve press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maas
R-Minn
War Production Board
House
WPB
Star Chamber
Air accident during July 4 celebration shocks Boise City
Five small bombs fell on Boise City Oklahoma after a misdirected air raid from a Dalhart Army Air Base crew. The pilot mistook the town for a target range, the master switch at the city light plant cut power, no injuries occurred and damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise City
Okla
Oklahoma Panhandle
City Light
Dalhart
Tex, Army Air Base
Britain Faces War Tax Shift to Pay As You Go Plan
Sir Kingsley Wood told the Commons that the average Briton paid about one third of income to the war last year and a pay as you go plan may be devised. The budget expenditure this year will be eight times 1933 34 and taxes last year took 40 percent of private income. Taxes are currently paid by 12.5 million Britons of whom 10 million are small taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kingsley Wood
Exchequer
Commons
Britain
Germans Keep Arms Moving
A ministry of economic warfare spokesman said German production in the first six months of 1943 was cut by Allied bombing and material shortages but war goods output stayed fairly strong. He noted continued flow of fighter planes anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns, drawn from reserves and focusing on basic weapons while sacrificing consumer goods. The armament industry faced strain from losses at Stalingrad and in North Africa and may not keep up with losses in locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Stalingrad
North Africa
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
220000 Workers To Be Needed in Ohio
Ohio will need about 220000 workers to meet labor demand in the six months ending in October. United States employment service state director Wade Hammond estimated the figure as registrations have declined gradually over the past year. May registrations totaled 67000 versus 188000 in July 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Wade Hammond
United States Employment Service
Hammond
Train collision injures six crewmen near Ironton
Six section crewmen were slightly injured yesterday when a small railroad motorcar leaped away seconds before a fast Norfolk and Western freight train overtook it near Ironton. No fatalities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Norfolk and Western Railroad
OWI seeks publisher aid after budget cuts
The Office of War Information with a slashed budget asks publishers to help design low cost home front news coverage. Palmer Hoyt forms a nine member advisory group of editors and publishers to advise on disseminating information through existing media rather than direct printed OWI material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Palmer Hoyt
OWI
Hoyt
OWT
Advise Care in Mailing Blanks for Gas Ration Books
In Cleveland the Regional Office of Price Administration warned motorists who sent renewal applications to OPA district and national headquarters rather than local ration boards may face delays. Some applicants may not receive new books until the current one expires July 21. Errors include missing inspection records and the back cover of the original A book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Regional Office of Price Administration
OPA
Charles H. Schreiber
Knox to Speak at Mining Congress in Cincinnati
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox will be principal speaker at a war streamlined session of the American Mining Congress in Cincinnati on July 19 and 20. He will address the closing dinner on July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Knox
Navy
Japan
Solomons
Cincinnati
Secretary of the Navy
American Mining Congress
Knox
U S Forces Win Naval Victory in Kula Gulf Clash
American warships scored a decisive win in the Battle of Kula Gulf off New Georgia, sinking or damaging several Japanese vessels at a cost of one U S cruiser. Admiral Halsey reported continued Allied initiative as MacArthur’s forces tighten around Rendova and Munda in the Solomons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Solomons
Kula Gulf
New Georgia
Solomon Islands
Navy
Frank Knox
Bremerton, Wash
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
New Georgia Island
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Rendova Island
Munda
United States
Strong
Rendova
Viru Harbor
U.S
Southwest Pacific
Imperial Tokyo
Sambera Harbor
MacArthur
Coup de Grace
Rendova Iseland
Solomons
Australia
Guinea
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Woyrman
FDR
House-Senate Conference Committee
Danaher
R-Conn
Tydings
D-Md
Miles
CU. S
Choiseul
Rendova Tetipari
Georgia
Wangunu
Coral Sea
Pacific Ocean
Rekoto Boy
Russell IS. Ey
SAVO
Guadalcanal
Chiang
Diplomatic
Solon
Violinist Weds
Fort
Hague
Daily Worker
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Bombay
Bezwada
Guntakal
Madras and Southern Mahratta
The
Mining Congress
Associated Press
Lyman Young
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