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Fragmentary OCR text mentions Alfred Roy Aus, Mrs De, and John Rage with unclear roles. Centered on a local notice, details are unreadable and cannot determine event, place, or outcome.
21 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1943
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Alfred Roy Aus, Mrs De, and John Rage with unclear roles. Centered on a local notice, details are unreadable and cannot determine event, place, or outcome.
Reading the fragment shows unclear names and places. The readable bits mention a person Mr and a Richard with implied dialogue or address. No clear event, date, or organization is established for a coherent summary.
Readable fragments indicate a local notice referencing individuals named Anna and Mrs Va and a date or day Mon. Details are incomplete but point to a civic or social alert involving named persons.
Allied and Axis broadcasts claim invasion forces massing in the eastern Mediterranean and off Sicily. Reports say landing craft moved into position in Africa and a large Allied naval buildup near Gibraltar. Axis and Italian accounts describe heavy raids on Naples Foggia Sicily and other targets with air and sea actions continuing across the region.
ALGIERS The French Committee of National Liberation reportedly failed to agree on the division of military powers between Gen Charles De Gaulle and Gen Henri Giraud. Thirteen members met in a plenary session under the threat De Gaulle might press for his proposals for organizing French military affairs.
The Supreme Court reversed a federal appeal and ordered cancellation of United States citizenship for a person linked to the Communist Party. In Cincinnati, Mrs. Ethel Behrman, 62, known as Story Lady on WSAI, has died. In Portsmouth, Pvt. Jay V. McGlothin was killed in a fall from a roller coaster at Coney Island.
Delegates at the National Editorial Association war time conference blamed a new group of policy makers for causing confusion in Washington. William L. Daley said newcomers from business, posing as experts, hinder industry government cooperation while seasoned business leaders in government service act with real experience.
Navy reports heavy bombing raids on the Japanese airfield at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands with a number of hits scored during today’s operations.
Berlin said British raids hit southwest and north Germany while a Swiss dispatch described heavy bombing near Lake Constance. Le Creusot munitions works were described as a mountain of debris with 184 dead and most of the town homeless amid 40 minutes of incendiaries. Three killed and one injured in Kuemmershausen as bombs fell in Thurgau.
An average three cent per pound reduction in retail meat prices took effect as the second OPA price rollback under subsidies. Excludes cured and processed pork for now. butter fell ten percent earlier in July. Coffee prices to follow with date not set. Columbus report: James P. Mc Reynolds, 34, Ohio State University chemistry professor, is dead.
War dispatches suggest tension stays high between Japan and Russia. Japan keeps a massive Manchuria Chosen force ready and fears a possible strike before United States and Britain mobilize next year. Russia asserts a strong Siberian frontier presence and weighs options around Vladivostok and Arctic routes.
At the 35th annual governors conference in Columbus, Maryland Governor Herbert R. O Connor urged preserving state sovereignty as closest to the people. California's Earl Warren called for federal state and local governments to work as a team with grass roots unity. New York's Thomas E Dewey urged states to handle farm labor issues locally to avoid federal failures.
War Department reports via Red Cross that more than 300 American soldiers have died in Japanese prison camps since Bataan and Corregidor. Among the Ohioans listed is PFC Philip E. Killinger of Pomeroy, with next of kin Kathryn Kilnger, mother, 2031-2 Rock St. Fomeroy.
A dust blinded driver crashed a truck into a group of soldiers at Camp Hood Texas killing seven and wounding fifteen. The dead include five Ohioans: Frederick J Ubic T D Anderzejeswski Arthur J Schmeiler all of Cleveland Donald H Voorhis of Middletown and Harold R Aldinger of Vermilion.
Senator Bridges plans to press OWI chief Elmer Davis for answers when he appears before the Senate this week to restore appropriation cuts voted by the House. The House previously voted to abolish OWI's domestic branch.
Six Negroes die and about 200 are injured as Detroit riots flare after an incident at Belle Isle Bridge. Governor Kelley mobilizes 1,000 state troops and 3,500 police to restore order amid street violence, gunfire, and widespread arrests.
The Rev. W. W. Crabtree, 65, pastor of the Carpenter and Rutland Baptist Churches, died early this morning in an ambulance en route to Holzer Hospital from his Rutland home. Officials suspect a heart attack after a strenuous Sunday. He is survived by his wife, a son the Rev. M. W. Crabtree of Marion, and a daughter Mrs. Clarence Bushong. Funeral plans pending.
Berlin radio reported a violent earthquake struck northwest Anatolia in Turkey. Unconfirmed figures claimed Adapazar suffered about 15,000 deaths, roughly half the city’s population, with reports tied to Transocean News Agency.
Ohio will draw a blueprint for postwar highway construction at a Thursday conference. About 400 Buckeye public and civic officials will attend, including county commissioners, township trustees, city service directors, engineers, planners and chamber of commerce representatives.
Military authorities trace false rioting rumors in El Paso to a camp clash that left Private Paul V. Brown severely wounded and Private Otis Carrier dead. Negro soldiers reportedly tried to seize weapons from white sentries after hearing rumors. investigations continue into origin of the false calls.
Allied forces report a five day running battle against German U boat packs last month in the Atlantic. Three percent of Allied vessels were lost with two U boats destroyed and three probably sunk. Escort carrier planes and heavy bombers aided by warships carried the assault, with about 50 U-boats reportedly destroyed in two months, totaling 250 since the war began.
Washington reports Representative Frederick C. Smith of Ohio has joined opponents of a postwar world peace machinery resolution. He warns adoption would cede U S sovereignty to a world super state and undermine American independence after the war.
Stockholm dispatch reports Italians crave exit from the conflict due to Allied bombings, food shortages, and air raids. Many seek peace while fearing German retaliation, with Pope Pius XII seen as a pivotal figure and Rome crowded with evacuees and black market trading thriving. Marshal Badoglio gains popularity amid the turmoil.
The United Mine Workers refuse a War Labor Board plan and declare no work without a contract for a third time in two months. About 64,000 miners quit, triggering production losses and raising fears of wider steel shutdowns while Ickes governs mining policy and Roosevelt weighs anti strike legislation.
Wilfred Sykes, president of Inland Steel Co.,said government should declare its party stance on free enterprise before the next election. Speaking at the Southern Ohio Post War conference in Cincinnati he warned that removing wartime controls could threaten free enterprise if the government chose to do so.
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