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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1943
Page
5
Fragmentary Note on Local Event
A fragmented OCR item reads like a brief local notice mentioning March and a person named Pett, with unclear context and no full details to determine the exact event or action.
Allied forces seize Augusta and push toward Catania in Sicily
Allied announcements report swift Allied advances along Sicily's southeastern coast. Augusta, a major port 19 miles north of Syracuse, falls. Catania lies 30 miles north as American, British, and Canadian forces capture Floridia Palazzolo and Ragusa forming a southeastern arc. Bridgeheads extend up to 20 miles inland. Licata used as a supply port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Augusta
Catania
Syracuse
Messina
Floridia
Palazzolo
Ragusa
Licata
Gela
Point Pleasant TNT Plant Will Continue Operations
A West Virginia Ohio civic delegation assured by the War Department that the Point Pleasant Ordnance Works will keep operating sought similar confirmation for an $8,000,000 Marietta Co boatyard project at Point Pleasant. Senator Kevercamp announced War Department confirmation of continued operation of the $55,000,000 plant and civic leaders from Mason County and Gallia and Meigs Counties urged similar support from Navy officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
West Virginia
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Navy
Marietta Co
Kevercamp
W.vva
Mason County
W. Va
Gallia
Meigs Counties
More Miners Back on Jobs in Pennsylvania
A few thousand more of the 14 000 idle Soft coal workers in the captive mine region voted to return to work on the eve of a federal grand jury inquiry into the walkout. The main body of workers resuming duties are at four Jones and Laughlin Steel mines in the Monongahela River Valley where the strike has lasted longest. About 4 000 went back yesterday with virtually no pickets remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Monongahela River Valley
Ohioan Among Missing In New Casualty List
The Navy released a casualty list naming 12 more losses and additions to the total since December 7, 1941. It reports 8,246 dead 4,735 wounded 10,525 missing and 3,585 prisoners across Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Alfred M Anderson of Sabina is listed as missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Sraud
Ohioan
Alfred Matthew Anderson
John M. Anderson
Sabina
Blast at Eglin Field Kills 17 Officials and Enlisted
An accidental explosion at Eglin Field Florida killed two officers and 15 enlisted men and injured 51. Public relations said workers were clearing stumps when the blast occurred and the cause was not yet determined. Names of the dead withheld pending next of kin notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglin Field
Fla
Army Air Base
William W. Lange
Battles in Solomons Drive Japanese Losses Higher
Allied reports from General MacArthur via Admiral Halsey describe Japanese cruisers and destroyers sunk in the Kula Gulf as U S Navy gunnery and air actions near Munda and Rendova. US planes and Liberators raid Rabaul while Knox declines comment on Paramushiro attack rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Kula Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
William F. Halsey
Japan
Solomons
Munda
New Georgia
Gulf
U. S. S. Helena
United States
MacArthur
Rabaul
Rendova Island
New Guinea
Luxembourg Stamp To Go On Sale August 10
A new five cent postage stamp honoring Luxembourg will be placed on sale here August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Luxembourg
Induction of Fathers Likely Delayed Indefinitely
Washington lawmakers plan extensive hearings after recess on a draft bill including a universal registration proposal for all adults. Chairman May says the timing of fathers induction remains uncertain, with possible delays or rapid action depending on future data and fiscal needs. The Austin-Wadsworth National Service Bill also faces scrutiny amid opposition from religious groups and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
May
Senate
Congress
American Legion
Luftwaffe divided by fronts says Gen Arnold
General Henry H. Arnold, chief of the American Army Air Forces, notes the Luftwaffe faces a math problem from multiple fronts. He explains American air personnel are reassigned as routes across the oceans run both ways, with more than 9 000 officers and enlisted men brought back to the United States to train new recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Luftwaffe
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
AAF
United States
Ickes Orders Coal For Steel Plants
Secretary Ickes directed 125000 tons of metallurgical coal to be diverted to four major steel producers Republic Weirton Jones and Laughlin Carnegie-Illinois. The move, aimed at preventing a war production slowdown amid Western Pennsylvania mine strikes, channels 22500 tons daily this week to keep plants in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Republic
Weirton
Jones and Laughlin
Carnegie-Illinois
Gillette Suggested as GOP Nominee for 1944
Senator Aiken of Vermont proposes borrowing Senator Gillette of Iowa as the Republican presidential nominee. He calls Gillette a rank and file candidate suited to lead the party in the 1944 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aiken
Vermont
Senate Farm Bloc
GOP
Senator Gillette
D-Ia
Gillette
Hitler Takes Command of Nazi Kursk Offensive
A foreign diplomatic source says Adolf Hitler has assumed direct control of the German offensive in the Kursk bulge and widened the drive into an ambitious gamble for a breakthrough, despite his generals' cautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Adolf Hitler
Kursk Bulge
Canadians Transported To Sicily With No Loss
London dispatches report from Ross Munro that the large Canadian expeditionary force in the Sicily invasion was transported from Britain to the Mediterranean without the loss of a man or a ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sicily
Britain
Mediterranean
Ross Munro
Curfew Approved In Columbus For Youth Off Streets
Columbus city council passed an ordinance requiring unescorted boys and girls under 17 to remain off streets after 7:30 p.m. The measure targets late hours to curb disturbances and improve safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
German Move Fails to Breach Belgorod Front
Field Marshal Von Kluge pressed a massive armored assault on the southern end of the Orel Kursk Belgorod front to widen the Belgorod wedge but Soviet defenses held firm. Germans suffered heavy losses as Red Army artillery and grenades repelled advances and German forces were scaled back to hold positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Guenther von Kluge
Orel-Kursk- Belgorod
Belgorod
von Kluge
Orel-Kursk
Red Star
Last of Supply Bills Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the last of 20 supply bills totaling about 115 billion dollars after Congress completed action before the summer recess. The largest final measure appropriated 2.912 billion for 18 war agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
British Bombers Crash in Swiss Mountains
Two British bombers of about 100 passed over Switzerland en route to Italy and crashed on the Swiss mountainsides early today. The bodies of 12 aviators were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Greater Beef Supply Is Seen for Home Use
Chicago reports show 80 000 cattle arrived at 20 major markets including Chicago yard highs in seven months. Packers say farmers are unloading stock and moving cattle to market. The influx could ease the beef shortage and boost civilian supplies beyond recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Packing Company
AP Correspondent Wounded in Pacific Front
Allied headquarters report AP war correspondent William F. Boni was hit by nine shell splinters from Japanese planes near Salamaua New Guinea He is treated at an advanced field hospital close to the front in the Southwest Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Paramushiro
Kurile Island
Japan
Amchitka Island
Aleutians
Attu
Southwest Pacific
William F. Boni
Associated Press
New Guinea
Salamaua
Boni
Charged With Killing Wife During Argument
Elyria reports Nick Goncher off 53 was charged with first degree murder for the slaying of his wife Mary 50 after an argument about the war. Sheriff Carl R. Finegan said Goncheroff is accused of shooting his wife yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Nick Goncheroff
Mary
Carl R. Finegan
Goncheroff
Allied Invasion of Sicily Press Summary of Augusta Capture
Allied losses described as slight in Augusta with port facilities undamaged. General Achilles Davet, commander of the 206th Italian Coastal Division, captured. Allied bombers report heavy shipping traffic in the Sicilian straits aiding reinforcements. 2,000 ships moving supplies. Eisenhower personally visited the front as British and American forces advance along multiple axes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Achilles Davet
Sicily
Sicilian
Catania
Syracuse
Eighth Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied pushes open two prongs toward Sicily
British and American ground offensives press from Syracuse and Ragusa as Patton’s forces advance in Southern Sicily. Allied air power pounds northern and southern Italian targets including Turin, Reggio Calabria, and comiso airfield while 6 000 Axis prisoners are reported captured. Ragusa links with Canadian forces as invaders tighten hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Sicily
Middle East
Reggio Calabria
Turin
Government sets 1944 goal for 380 million acres planted
War Food Administration head Marvin Jones outlines a 1944 program to plant 380 million crop acres and sustain high meat dairy and egg output. The plan includes more machinery and fertilizer, price supports, and emphasis on beans soybeans potatoes and peanuts. Wheat target is 88 million acres with meat production about 50 percent above 1936–40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marvin Jones
War Food Administration
Jones
WFA
Knox Sees New Nazi Sub Activity to Follow
Secretary Knox said German U boats will break out somewhere else after reductions in losses in the North Atlantic. He noted no American Navy losses had been reported in the Sicily action yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
North Atlantic
Sicily
FSA Abandons Rural Resettlement Project
CIRCLEVILLE The Farm Security Administration will abandon its rural resettlement effort covering more than 5 000 acres in Pickaway Madison Ross and Fayette Counties and urges tenants to buy farms through federal loans Cornell Copeland Pickaway Fayette County FSA administrator reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
Farm Security Administration
Pickaway
Madison, Ross and Fayette Counties
Cornell Copeland
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Chi.daugh Sonvill Gres Eir
His. Mily
Iklin
THE
North Africa
Milo
Xis
USAAF
TNT
Tion
By C. Yates McDaniel
Marsala Sciacca
Marsala
ICILY
Miles
Canicatti “Agrigento
Palermo
Villarosa
ENNA
Gelo
Paterno
MINEO
Pozzallo
Mediterranean Sea
Epee
Acireale Eetyee
Pachino
Cape
Passero
Hitler
Pacific
Air Force
Patton
Comiso
Palaazolo
Mount Laura
FSA
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