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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1943
Page
9
Allied forces in Sicily drove back heavy German counterattacks in the northeastern sector and pressed their advance toward Axis positions. Ground torn by battle shows Allied gains as troops from American and Canadian units push forward toward captured or contested objectives.
Secretary Knox indicated Italy may exit the war in the near future if developments continue. Allied air forces claimed large German losses in Sicily and southern Italy as Patton and American forces push toward Messina and Termini. The Naples and Messina regions faced continued raids while Italian defenses dwindled and prisoners rose toward 70,000.
RAF Mosquito sorties against Hamburg marked a fifth air raid in 48 hours with flames visible as crews returned from missions over the German port. Allied forces also targeted Essen, Hannover, Wilhelmshaven, Wesermunde, St. Omer, Courtrai, Abbeville, and Merville as heavy fighting continued along the European front.
The new half size economy War Savings Bond will appear in about two months. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau says the reduction in the size of the E bonds will save about 1.75 million dollars yearly in paper and production costs. Dimensions will be 7 3 4 by 4 1 4 inches, similar to the current bond folded once. denominations remain unchanged.
Food rioting erupted in Palermo as hungry civilians overwhelmed a German supply dump at the railroad station. American troops, led by Capt. Raymond W. Robowski, distributed captured German stores to the crowd to restore order, including women carrying emaciated babies.
The Ohio State Council of Defense launched a campaign to recruit volunteers for cannery work in August and September to ensure a steady supply of preserved foods this winter. Officials aim to avoid a repeat of last year when tons of tomatoes rotted at canneries due to labor shortages.
Swiss radio reports Mussolini’s Il Popolo D Italia in Milan has been suppressed by the new government and has not appeared since Friday. Earlier reports said the plant was burned by Italians during protests over Mussolini's removal from office.
The War Manpower Commission adds Toledo to Ohio cities enforcing a 48-hour workweek in essential industries, part of a nationwide shortage response.
Washington reports a two months old Churchill prediction, voiced behind Senate Foreign Relations Committee doors, that Mussolini's regime would collapse. Senator Van Nuys says Churchill forecast the Italian government’s collapse after addressing Congress on May 19, reinforcing hopes the UN stands ready for any peace bid.
Mussolini's former cronies in the Fascist Grand Council toppled him in a brutal clash with words as dawn approached. Demonstrations erupted in Rome before the radio confirmed his departure and continued into Monday, per Corriere Della Sera.
Morgantown West Virginia P and Pursglove mine No 15 will resume production in September following a costly repair program. The mine suffered a January fire that killed 13 miners and prompted a major reconstruction effort totaling about 250000 dollars.
Hartford Conn Ches ter Bowles new general manager of the National Office of Price Administration vows a down to earth policy of rationing and price control as he heads to Washington. He favors cutting regulations to the bone and says less rationing is better. He criticizes restricting A gasoline use and plans to squeeze B and C rationing. He supports subsidies as cheaper and safer than inflation and says black market must be cleaned up.
Buenos Aires reports the Argentine government, by decree, assumed supervision of eight key industrial establishments. Six are American owned plants producing farm machinery, automobiles, and tires. The affected firms include Ford Motor Co and General Motors of Argentina along with International Harvester, Goodyear, Firestone, and Michelin subsidiaries.
Army fighter-bombers pounded Kiska Island with ten raids on Japanese installations and a Sunday night single plane assault followed the pre invasion bombardment, the Navy reported today.
President Roosevelt will speak tonight for 30 minutes starting at 9 30 p m Eastern War Time in what the White House calls a major address His first radio talk since Mussolini fell Knox reported Liberator heavy bombers struck Wake Island and a navy Catalina night raid hit Kiska causing fires and multiple enemy aircraft losses. Allied air forces also attacked Munda Solomons and Salamaua New Guinea with heavy bomber sorties and gun position strikes.
State Liquor Director Don A. Fisher said charges will be filed against a Cleveland manager who sold 24 pints of whisky to one person. The ration per person is two pints a month.
The Office of Price Administration announces butter will cost two more points per pound starting August 1, with shortening lard salad and cooking oils at reduced points. Margarine stays at four points. Meat values largely unchanged though two pork items become ration free.
A Federal grand jury in Southwestern Pennsylvania indicted 30 persons over unauthorized coal strikes. Charges include conspiracy to prevent coal production in violation of the law. The list features 19 United Mine Workers officials and 11 members, with four local presidents named.
Soviet forces pressed toward Orel on three sides capturing 70 villages as German resistance remained fierce. The midnight communique claimed 5,000 German deaths and noted Soviet crossings of the Oka River north of Orel. Russian units threatened the Orel Bryansk railway, the Germans’ last escape route.
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu said Japan will keep its war policy unchanged despite Mussolini's resignation. Tokyo political circles also held that developments in Italy would not alter Japan's situation.
Pvt. Levi Brandon, 23, Kansas City Kansas, was executed by hanging yesterday at Fort Leavenworth after a military court convicted him of criminally attacking a 17-year-old waitress on New Year’s morning. The execution was witnessed only by military officials including an Army chaplain assigned by the Seventh Service Command.
Prime Minister Churchill warned Italy's new premier Badoglio to sue for peace by unconditional surrender or face dire consequences. He said the Italian kingdom would be "seared and scalded and blackened from one end to the other" if peace was not sought.
Travelers report Mussolini fallen after backing German plans and a new Badoglio regime likely to seek armistice. Crowds in Rome Naples Turin Genoa cry for peace while Churchill in Parliament says no peace overtures yet and vows stern action if Italy stays in the war.
Churchill says London keeps close contact with Roosevelt amid a shifting war scene. Berlin claims events in Italy will not shake Berlin, while Hitler seeks a plan with Badoglio as Mussolini’s regime falters. Reports from Bern and Algiers note Italian divisions recalled as guerrilla resistance grows.
Lieut.-Commander McClelland Barclay, famed fighter-artist, reported missing in action, is shown finishing a portrait of General Douglas MacArthur in Australia. The image, captured by Carl Thusgeaard, NEA Acme war photographer, who is also missing in the South Pacific, reflects the peril of war.
President Roosevelt proclaims September 9 as the start of a third war loan drive with a $15 billion goal. He calls on all Americans to back the war effort with War Bond purchases, urging citizens to give all feasible aid to support troops under fire worldwide.
A newly formed Republican Postwar Policy Association urged Spangler of the national committee to back a strong international peace program. Four representatives from the East and Midwest aimed to present their views to the upcoming GOP postwar advisory council meeting at Mackinac Island, Michigan on September 6 and 7.
In Cleveland the Office of Price Administration reported that over 20 percent of about 1,000 slaughterers and meat distributors checked violated the rollback order. OPA attorney James C. Gruener said the investigation found widespread noncompliance with government price specifications.
The Office of War Information issued shortwave broadcasts to Europe denouncing King Vittorio Emanuele as a moronic little king and labeling both the king and Marshal Pietro Badoglio as Fascists.
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