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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
1
In a national coal crisis, miners face daily fines for walkouts under Ickes orders. United Mine Workers claim the penalties target contract terms and protest underfunded negotiations. Officials argue fines total near $800,000 with broader demands for higher wages and price controls.
Allied headquarters announce Pantelleria, Italy, capitulated unconditionally after 19 days of sea and air bombardment. Allied troops begin occupation of the key island near Sicily. Roosevelt hails conquest as good news and urges Italy to exit the war, outlining a postwar path away from Nazi Fascist rule. Reports note minimal loss of life and emphasize Italian responsibility for Italy’s role in the war.
Eeking out from behind her bonnet this baby became the decisive image in Roy Pinney’s prize winning entry for the Art Directors Club contest in New York.
Four hundred employees of the steel plant in Pana returned to work after an open meeting with management and United Steel Workers of America CIO. A New York official and local leaders urged a higher pay rate while the firm and union officials sought a fair agreement. The Dominican Fathers announced a candidate for provincial leadership and the discussion followed a holiday period observed by the workers.
Treasury acts to collect 20 percent withholding from wages starting July 1 after President Roosevelt signs paygo tax bill. Taxpayers see no immediate impact. measures aimed to fund wartime needs flow into payroll systems. Cited Ohio parks funding dispute and legislative moves to broaden unemployment insurance and school rehabilitation funding.
Ohio milk producers warn rationing loom as dairies falter with lower production, late planting, rising costs, and surge in demand. Federation cites price paid to farmers as the only controllable factor and urges an immediate rise to avert shortages by August 1.
In a downtown meeting, 15 Republican leaders including Harrison E Spangler of the Republican National Committee agreed on a postwar peace program. The council plans a twofold mission to prevent future wars and solve domestic problems, preserving full employment and transitioning industry from wartime to peacetime.
Washington news reports the Senate backed continuing the Farm Security Administration amid harsh congressional criticism and House threats to abolish it. Debates focused on a $160 million amendment within a broader $820 million farm program. Expected votes planned on Rural Electrification Administration borrowing $90 million for cooperative loans.
The Pantelleria fortress surrender signals a strategic stepping stone for the Allies in the Mediterranean. Air and sea pressure threaten Axis positions as the invasion of the Italian mainland is discussed. Leaders like Mussolini face renewed pressure while Cordell Hull and Churchill weigh risks and timing amidst ongoing bombardment.
A Grove farmer aged 75 died at his Letare home after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services are planned for Sunday afternoon at 1 o clock at the Ewing Fur home with burial in Letare. Friends may call at the s hed by one day. The notice also mentions various local limits and school sports discussions, reflecting a mixed page.
Pittsburgh report says preliminary butadiene production will start late this month at Koppers United Company's new synthetic rubber plant near Pittsburgh. Dan M. Rugg, Koppers vice president, notes that after butadiene begins, styrene production will start as a second synthetic rubber component. Both products will be shipped to Akron for conversion into synthetic rubber.
Berlin Winter reports heavy losses as floods wash away rows of houses in a western German industrial town after breaches on the Eder and Moehne rivers. An eyewitness cited by Svenska Dagbladet describes graves and buried relatives as the scene overwhelms observers.
Toronto report states the United Automobile Workers CIO division passed a motion urging the Congress of Industrial Organizations to study the advisability and possibility of organizing labor among returning US soldiers. President R Thomas of the LVAW claimed Legion leadership has sometimes acted as a stooge for reactionary interests misaligned with ordinary soldiers.
A stray caption notes a youth in plaid trousers being escorted by Special Agents of Los Angeles on a sixth day, describing knee length pleated attire and cuffs on drape shaped trousers amid a wartime era scene.
Lt Col James W Fraser warns lumbermen that Japanese origin lime bombs carried by drifting balloons could return this fire season. He noted last year’s attacks were timed to drop fire bombs after drifting over forests, possibly released by marines, with potential for air strikes and sabotage.
Vig HHite 43 longtime Gore resident and former Hocking County Infirmary superintendent died today at AU Cherrington Hospital where he had been treated since Wednesday. He was a World War I Tank Corps veteran and survived by his wife. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
General Dwight Eisenhower observed from African headquarters as Allied forces planned and carried out an island bombing mission in Pantelleria. Admiral Sir Andrew Browne-Cuningham led the naval command in the Mediterranean operations.
Allied air and naval attacks loosened Axis defenses on the Tunisian coast as heavy bombardments and night raids by RAF and U S forces targeted Mussolini's troops. The breakthrough marks a loosening of the enemy arc of invasion in the Mediterranean with heavy aerial combat and multiple Axis aircraft shot down. Intriguing dogfights saw Captain Ralph G. Taylor Jr of Durham, N C, and other American pilots claiming victories over Messerchmitts, while Spitfires and Warhawks harried enemy formations across the night sky.
Berlin reports claim Hitler’s forces massed up to two million troops for a major summer push on the Russian front. Soviet briefings say German thrusts were crushed, aerial supremacy claimed by the Soviets, with key actions around Sevsk Kursk and Kharkov as Rostov defenses hold. Maceo operations in Rabaul, Argentina tightens code bans, De Gaulle warns of purge, and U-boats claim nine ships totaling 43,000 tons.
A spokesman for the livestock and packing industry announced a predicted meat price rollback after weeks of talks including a conference with President Roosevelt. The subsidy law takes effect in retail stores on June 2, with officials from the National Livestock and Meat Council stating expectations during meetings in Texas.
A Cleveland District Office of Price Administration team checked Sutorstown fans who drove to the Cleveland St. Louis baseball game at the Stadium last night. Secretary Hull announced the United States recognizes the new government of Argentina led by President Pedra Ramirex.
Harold Townsend a former Poston Relocation Center official told a Dies subcommittee that evacuees planned to aid Japan in a U S invasion. He described theft of camp supplies and a ring moving food to support paratroopers, with occupants’ testimony of pro invasion sentiment and secret emergency parachute plans.
A delegation of high government officials led by William Jeffers and Secretary Jease Jones arrived in Charleston WV to inspect wartime synthetic rubber processes at a sprawling institute. About 190 to 200 people from the Army Navy Departments and industry traveled by special train from Washington and New York.
The State Mines Department shows West Virginia remains the nation’s top coal producer with record output for the year. Miners and industry observers note sustained demand and higher production compared to 1942 figures, signaling a peak period for the sector amid ongoing industrial activity.
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