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Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1943
Page
1
Tad's Ranches Race Day Drills at Road
Tad's Ranches hosts a race day at Tad's Road featuring mounted events and equestrian demonstrations. Riders from local stables compete in endurance and sprint heats attracting community spectators and farm visitors.
Gas still a threat in Europe despite new protective devices
Washington AP reports that Allied troops may face poison gas in Europe but the Chemical Warfare Service says newly developed protective devices are effective. Officials stress gas risk remains and continued precautions are required through the fighting season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xrs
Chemical War Service
United States Warns of Gas Warfare Threats and Retaliation
The Tokyo broadcast quotes a warning of a long war with an “eat or be eaten” stance and calls for utter destruction of the United States and Britain. Roosevelt warns Axis allies are preparing gas warfare and promises retaliatory strikes on munition centers and ports if gas is used. Berlin dismisses the warning as Allied alibi while noting Roosevelt vows no gas use unless attacked first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States
Britain
Roosevelt
Europe
Asia
United Nations
Vest
United States Army
Kam N. Porter
Real Warfare Service
Porter
Mny
Japan
Berlin
Associated Press
Presi
OPA Official Resigns Over Restrictions
Cincinnati report says John K. Weig, price executive for the War Production Administration, resigns claiming he was barred from performing a fair thorough job. He states price control has little public support and cites pressure from labor and farm groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John K. Weig
We of Price Administration
Westberg
John L. Lewis
Compromise sought on Chinese immigration in House debate
Washington measure to repeal the law excluding Chinese from the United States drew a tie vote in the House. Rep Gossett of Texas urged cutting overall immigration 10 to 20 percent and placing Chinese on parity with others, arguing it would ease tensions and repay past policies toward Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Immiggation Committee
Gossett
Texas
Rumors of Slash in Ohio Gas Allowances Persist
Rumors that Ohio will ban pleasure driving and cut gas coupons spread across the state. In Youngstown, long lines formed as motorists rushed to fill tanks before potential reductions. Most large Ohio cities kept stations closed at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cleveland
Seaboard
Youngstown
Middleport Bay Is Killed Under Truck
In Pomeroy a 15 year old boy William Robert Farley died when he slipped while boarding a large coal truck near Hysell Run. Floyd Williams drove the truck and slow to let him climb on. The foster son of Mr and Mrs Dayton Russell, his mother Mrs Chester Nichols of Charleston. Coroner Henry Ewing investigated the accident. Funeral services set for Thursday at Bradford Church with burial in Miles Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Russell
Hysell Run
Chester Nichols
Charleston
Henry Ewing
Bradford Church
Miles Cemetery
Hoover Urges Food Control Plan For U S Cities
Herbert Hoover told the American Farm Bureau that cities will face less food next year and urged a centralized food control system with the secretary of agriculture as administrator. He warned European war outcomes could endanger U S supplies and called his plan the only path to end price chaos, famines, and profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture
American Farm Bureau Federation
America
Buddy Believed Dead Greets Sailor at Home
Navy coxswain Tom Cain arrived in Midland to tell Bill Cottrell’s parents that his long lost buddy was believed dead after his ship went down in the Pacific. In Columbus, Army Fifth Service Command said Camp Perry had been taken over for training units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy
Sailor
Midland
Tex
Navy
Tom Cain
Bill Cottrell
Bill
Pacific
Columbus
Army
Fifth Service Command
Camp Perry
Federal Auto Use Tax Stamps Go On Sale
Motorists were told a new Federal Auto Use Tax stamps go on sale tomorrow at post offices and IRS offices. Each stamp costs five dollars and must be displayed on the windshield after June 30. Industry reps warned a possible pleasure driving ban in Ohio Illinois and Michigan to conserve gasoline for military and eastern needs. A spokesman suggested the chance of reduced A coupons or tighter limits on fuel. Cleveland PAO questioned several hundred out of town drivers at a prize fight in cars with B and C stickers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Collectors
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Cleveland
Price Administration
Cleveland Stadium
British naval communique on coast reconnaissance of Lampedusa
Malta report states light surface forces conducted a coast reconnaissance of the island of Lampedusa Sunday night and suffered no damage or casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valletta
Malta
Lampedusa
Operators and UMW Reach Fracas Over Wage Talks
Washington AP reports operators and United Mine Workers leaders called wage talks farcical after two days. They agreed only War Labor Board intervention could avert a summer coal strike. John L. Lewis urged 500 000 members to keep working until June 21 during talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Solons Diverge on Cool-Off Period in Coal Strike Talks
Congress debates a 30 day cooling off period tied to a bill requiring union registration with the federal government, public financial records, and bans on campaign contributions. Lewis calls the talks farcical as miners push for a $2 daily rise. Burke and operators say no progress. A possible compromise of $1.50 a day for underground travel gains traction in Indiana and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Lewis
Edward R. Burke
Burke
U.M.W
War Labor Board
W.L.B
Indiana
Illinois
Cincinnati Criticized For Part in Blackout
State Defense Director Ralph H. Stone faulted Cincinnati for its role in a regional blackout drill, calling downtown responses unsatisfactory while outlying districts performed well. The report noted numerous lighted signs and windows despite the test. Cadiz Postmaster Sam F. Dickerson, 67, and former Ohio legislator, died yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ralph H. Stone
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Stone
Cadiz
Sam F. Dickerson
Cadiz Sentinel
Ohio General Assembly
FD S Ideas on New Tax Bill Awaited
President Roosevelt signaled possible additional taxes before summer recess. Senate Finance chair George of Georgia said Congress will draft a new tax bill after his proposals. He noted Americans pay heavy taxes and discussed excise hikes on cigars tobacco and whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Knox Says U S Will Not Scrap Fleet Again At Sea
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned that the United States will build thousands of landing barges and expand fleet tonnage this year. He cited shipyards producing six ships daily and vowed not to repeat postwar disarmament mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Knox
United States
America
U. S. Naval Academy
Prisoners Ride On Same Ship With Churchill
German prisoners of war traveled aboard the same ship as Prime Minister Churchill during his journey to the United States for the Washington conference with President Roosevelt. Nearly 400 POWs, including high ranking officers, were guarded by Allied forces while Canadian troops accompanied them across the Atlantic. The German prisoners scoffed at news of Allied success in North Africa, calling it Yankee propaganda and claiming Britain would be knocked out of Africa within six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Archibald Wavell
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
Atlantic
North
Africa
Wool Supply Is Increased and Ration Prospects Brighten
The War Production Board doubled the wool allocation for civilian fabrics aiming to avert clothing rationing. WPB cites ample raw wool from Australian munitions shipments and tight conservation, forecasting enough material for civilian and military needs despite manpower and machinery hurdles. In Toledo, a collision involving two cars and an Army ambulance killed Carl F. Cooper, 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Australia
Toledo
Carl F. Cooper
Two Ohioans Among Dead in Plane Crash
Two Ohio residents are among 20 Army aviators killed when a Pope Field transport plane crashed near Laurinburg Maxton Air Base during a thunderstorm. The victims include Second Lt Lendrum A. Foster Jr of Toledo and Flight Officer Zan E. Roberts of Zanesville. Also noted is Reno G. Hoag of Marietta appointed to the Ohio Development and Publicity Commission for a term to April 7, 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
N. C
Sam Price
Pope
Laurinburg- Maxton Air Base
Lendrum A. Foster, Jr
Toledo
Zan E. Roberts
Zanesville
Columbus
Reno G. Hoag
Marietta
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
John W. Bricker
British warships entertain Yank fliers at Pantelleria view
American airmen escorting B 17 bombers over Pantelleria watched British warships pound the Italian island from the sea as P 38 crews enjoyed a rare cloud seat above the action. Lieut. Col. Troy Keith called it a swell grandstand, noting the coordinated assault with red flashes from cannons and dust clouds from bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Little
Pantelleria
Tunisia
Sicily
Pantelleria Harbor
Italy
Keith
William G. Newman
Dewey
Okla
Miss Marjorie Jones Faces Enormous Tax Bill Mystery
A stenographer at the Aluminum Company of America plant in New Kensington Pennsylvania questions a $10,000,089.25 June personal income tax bill while noting she owes under $100 for the year. The article also notes eight marriage proposals reportedly received after the news spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Jones
The
Aluminum Company of America
New Kensington, Pa
Uncle Sam
Bombers Strike Japanese Held Island Westward Offensive
Allied air power under Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney lobbed 500 pound bombs on Waingapo harbor in Soeriba Island as Liberator bombers, flying daylight missions beyond fighter range, hit a 5 000 ton cargo ship. The operation marks a westward extension of the series from Bougainville through New Guinea and Timor Seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Singapore
Waingapoe
Soeriba Island
Lesser Sundra Group
Darwin
Lombok
George C. Kenney
Bougainville
Solomons
New Ireland
New Britain
New Guinea
Banda, Arafura
Timor Seas
Services Take New Medicos
CHICAGO—Only 20 per cent of the medical graduates each year can be spared for civilian care as the rest enter the Military Medical Corps during the war. Dr. James E. Paullin, president of the AMA, outlined plans to put a doctor for every 1,500 people in the United States, improving on rural areas where ratios are as high as one doctor per 2,500 to 3,000 persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
James E. Paullin
Atlanta
United States
Huge Hangar Planned at Akron Airport for Navy Fighters
Goodyear official told Akron city council that the Navy will build a 2 million dollar hangar at Akron Airport this summer to test Navy fighters made by Goodyear Aircraft. The hangar will be among the largest in the country at 1000 feet long and a 1 million dollar runway will be constructed with the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Navy
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Ralph H. Miner
The
Rubber Company
Tax and Insurance Department
Miner
Ohio Civilian Defense Workers Plan Parley
Ohio state defense officials announce a two day conference in Columbus June 19 20 to refine a pattern system for strengthening war service programs. More than 500 participants are expected to discuss child care victory gardens recreation housing nutrition consumer interests salvage transportation welfare health block plan services and home air raid protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ralph H. Stone
Stone
Allied landing reports on Pantelleria and Greek fronts widen war
Allied forces pound Pantelleria in renewed assault as Italian garrison refuses surrender. Bombing targets Messina rail sheds and ferry terminals while strikes extend to Sardinia Greece and the Aegean. Soviet and Chinese advances also reported with several towns recaptured or attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Sardinia
Sicily
Greece
Europe
British Press Association
Tunisia
100000 Civilians To Be Cut From War Department Payroll
Undersecretary Patterson told the House Civil Service Committee that about 100000 civilian War Department employees will be released within six months. He noted the department has 1305000 civilians now, with expansion over and a ongoing consolidation. The number in July 1940 was 140000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Patterson
House Civil Service Committee
Ohio Produce Prices Rise in Mid May Report
Ohio cooperative crop reporting service notes farmers saw higher prices mid May than April with only two exceptions. Wheat potatoes beef cattle milk cows chickens eggs butter fat and milk led gains compared to May 15 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fayette Ackson
Lees
Tad's
WLB
NEA Radio
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler Youth
Storm
Stockholm
Sweden
U. S
York
OPA
Middleport Bay
Hoover
England
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Naval Academy
Pearl Harbor
Reno Hoag
Troy Keith
San Jose
Calif
Mediterranean Sea
Zembra
Cope
Pantelueria
Turisia
U.S
Akron Field
Civilian Defense Workers
Mussolini
Rome
Adolf Iltler
Middle East
Messina
Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
Kyparissa
Peloponnesus
Grecian
Aegean
Gulf of Corinth
Hitler
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Kerch Strait
Crimea
Sevsk
Moscow
Rostov
Donets River
Kharkov
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hwajung
Lake Tungting
Hunan
Shihlipu
Ichang
Hankow
Yangtze Front
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