15 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions an arrest and a person named Dean with possible legal proceedings. It references Caldway Verge and a woman, plus names Jon and Sigler in unclear context. The record is sparse and uncertain due to OCR damage.
Washington reports a bi partisan push to consolidate federal food power under a single chief to control prices. Senator Fulmer backs Chester Davis as czar while War Mobilization Director Burns opposes. Roosevelt suggests a 1.5 to 2 billion dollar fund to roll back prices, amid inflation worries. The Senate passes the McKellar bill on federal hiring confirmations. NYA funds are slashed and wind down this year. A State and Commerce appropriation bill moves forward with civilian pilot training funding.
The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a wartime Mississippi anti sedition law that outlaws oral statements or distribution of literature tending to provoke refusal to salute the flag or government. Justice Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion. case involved Jehovah’s Witnesses convicted in Canton Columbia and Vicksburg.
The United States Coast Guard has aided the Office of Price Administration in enforcing a pleasure boating ban. Since June 1 Coast Guard cutters have boarded vessels from outboards to cabin cruisers and turned over the names of 30 persons charged with running boats for pleasure.
Washington reports a postwar revival of the Civilian Conservation Corps offered to Congress as a plan to provide work for about 6,000 youths and men, easing the economic shock from closing war plants and aiding conservation of natural resources.
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported that eight American submarines lost so far in the war have been replaced many times over. He noted U S undersea rovers sunk 12 more Japanese ships and damaged five, bringing total enemy vessels destroyed or damaged to 256. He said growth was steady, not a sudden buildup, and attributed progress to increased duty and crews learning the trade.
The War Production Board signals a two thirds cut in furniture patterns starting July 1. Lightening lines will reduce knickknacks and dust catchers while 75 percent of business has always come from 25 percent of patterns. Manufacturers retain freedom to continue producing their best and most profitable items.
The Public Health Service report to Congress shows 47.7 per 1000 draftees aged 21 to 35 had syphilis in the first 2,000,000 examined across 44 states. It notes a high rate among Negroes in one southern state reaching 405.9 per 1000.
The Navy announced 11 casualties today four the total from Dec 7 1941. Seven are dead one wounded and three missing. The combined Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard toll now stands at 23 321 with seven thousand four hundred forty dead four thousand seven hundred twenty three wounded and eleven thousand one hundred fifty eight missing.
Martins Ferry and its 15 000 residents were ordered to dim out homes and businesses for three weeks after a generator at the municipal light plant broke down threatening power for at least four district war plants Mayor Lee Woods issued the decree to conserve power amid the wartime shortage The GAR encampment will end a 77 year parade tradition as affiliated groups abandon the annual parade.
Greyhound Corporation filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board to convert bus terminals into helicopter landing ports and hangars for a nationwide air bus service. C. E. Wickman said helicopters would supplement existing airlines by linking major urban airports, with experimental use possible soon after the war.
The New York Times reported Roosevelt’s push to confirm James B. M. McNally as U S Attorney for the Southern District of New York was read as an open bid for a fourth term. McNally, ally of Tamany leader, leads Tammany Hall’s law committee and was viewed as political fence-building toward the 1944 Democratic convention.
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown told food industry representatives the OPA price control program must work to prevent a national defeat on the home front. He cited four gaps in controls including tax policy, wage stabilization, farm price powers, and subsidies as factors behind rising retail prices and an unworkable system.
Seven Sandusky Foundry and Machine Co officials plus the company were fined $10,000 each in federal court for conspiring to defraud the government and shipyards with faulty castings. Judge Frank L. Kloeb said harsher penalties could follow if personal profit was shown.
President Roosevelt visited the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus in Washington and watched as more than 1.5 million dollars in War Bonds were added to a total exceeding 50 million dollars. John Ringling presented a gold pass to the president during the event.
The Regional War Labor Board announced a five cent hourly wage increase under the Little Steel formula for 3,440 Hoover Company employees in North Canton Ohio. The raise is retroactive to December 17.
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell chief of staff for allied forces in China arrived in Chungking by plane today returning from a globe girdling trip to Washington. He traveled through Washington and reached China to resume high level command duties with allied forces in the theater.
Allied air power assaults across Europe continue with RAF targets in Oberhausen and surrounding rail and air facilities. The Mediterranean sees Messina bombed as Allied ships mass in the Sicilian Straits, while Luzern and Pantelleria posts near Italy are secured. Soviet and Pacific fronts report momentum as Chinese forces push near the Yangtze frontier and Rabaul is hit by Allied bombers.
Selective Service officials indicated that the draft of fathers may be postponed until around October 1 as they speed induction of 18 to 25 year old childless men on occupational deferments. Testimony before a House committee suggested family heads could be deferred due to lowered Navy physical requirements.
Chicago reports truck drivers roam the Midwest buying corn at above ceiling prices and selling to farmers for livestock feed. The unrecorded trades threaten a shutdown of corn refining within 30 days as demand outpaces supply and enforcement remains uneven across grain belt terminals.
Washington reports that after a conference with Secretary Morgenthau Congressional tax chiefs pledged to push a bill this year to raise about 16 billion dollars in revenue. House Ways and Means Chair Doughton said early hearings could occur two weeks before Congress reconvenes and that no final tax amount or structure was set, with main provisions effective January 1 1944.
Tokyo to hold a three day Diet session to approve measures directed by Premier Tojo and the imperial rule assistance association with state propaganda. Tojo expected to address the Diet tomorrow and legislators will not be allowed to ask questions, broadcasts report.
In Philadelphia hotels and clubs room service linen napkins and fresh sheets were abolished to conserve manpower. Guests now receive only one face towel and one bath towel daily as part of a city wide effort to avoid a critical labor shortage designation.
London reports Britons receiving their 19th egg of the year under rationing. Meanwhile surplus old potatoes are sold at about $6 a ton for pig feed, a fact likely to interest potato conscious Americans.
About 19,000 workers in Ontario and Quebec walked off today demanding higher wages or union recognition amid wartime production.
Bernard Julius Otto Keuhn and his wife Friedel were captured December 8 1941 as German agents in a Pearl Harbor conspiracy. Keuhn received 50 years hard labor and Friedel was interned in Hawaii for the duration. He used light signals to tip off fleet movements to Japan.
Report from Bern based German papers says Western Germany begins mass evacuation of cities after 180 Allied raids and 600 air alarms. Duesseldorf, recently hit by a 2000 ton RAF raid, is among chief evacuation targets as Berlin reports heavy losses. Families, including those not yet bombed, flee while men stay to work.
A committee of midwestern representatives invites Secretary Ickes and other officials to a hearing to discuss potential further gasoline rationing in their regions. The aim is to prevent unnecessary additional restrictions on gasoline use in the Midwest.
Washington radio address by An Chester C. Davis War Food Administrator notes floods and a tough spring but predicts record farm production this year, second only to last year. Civilian consumption up 85 percent of last year’s output. 15 percent to armed forces and lend lease. Exports rise from 6 percent in 1942 to about 11-12 percent this year.
Allied authorities will close the Syrian border with Turkey at 6 o clock tonight semi official sources said. Turkish officials could not explain the reason or duration. Admiral Sir John Cunningham arrived from Cairo for talks with President Ismet Inonu and ministers.
The War Department announces a new V-mail rule allowing sending baby pictures to soldiers abroad. Photos must show a child under one year born since Daddy went overseas and occupy no more than one third of the V-mail space. Place the image in the upper left to prevent creasing when folded.
Yugoslav partisan raids along the old Hungarian frontier have been resumed in considerable force over the past three weeks.
Cleveland based United States Gypsum Co rejects a National War Labor Board order to add a maintenance of membership clause with check-off of union dues at its Warren plant. The ad, signed by president William L. Keady, argues board has no authority and that employees should freely choose whether to join a union. The notice claims the clause creates a closed shop and infringes the National Labor Relations Act.
Major General William C. Lee commander of an airborne infantry division was injured in a glider crash during a training maneuver near Lafayette Tennessee. The mishap occurred as troops practiced landing by parachute and glider about three and a half miles from Lafayette.
The regional War Labor Board announced that smaller pay checks from the pay-as-you-go income tax starting July 1 will not be used as a basis for wage or salary increases. The board voted unanimously to reject withholding tax as a factor in wage boosts.
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