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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1943
Page
2
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Allied air and naval movements massed in the Mediterranean as reports said an invasion fleet formed off the Turkish Syrian coast and near Gibraltar. Axis broadcasts claimed massing forces while Allied lines boasted air strikes and defeats, with Naples and Sicily targets cited and Italian morale reportedly low amid bombings.
In Algiers the French Committee of National Liberation failed to agree on the division of military powers between Gen. Charles De Gaulle and Henri Giraud. Thirteen members met for over two hours in a plenary session under pressure to adopt De Gaulle’s proposals for reorganizing French military forces.
The Supreme Court reversed the federal circuit court in Francisco and ordered the cancellation of United States citizenship for an alien who was a member of the Communist Party. Story Lady Ethel Behrman, 62, known for broadcasts over radio SAI, is reported dead. Private Jay V. McGlothin, of Portsmouth, is killed in a roller coaster accident at Coney Park.
Delegates at the National Editorial Association wartime conference in Cincinnati say a new group of national policy makers drawn from business creates confusion in Washington. William L. Daley cites newcomers who lack business success yet pose as experts, hindering cooperation between industry and government.
Navy reported heavy bombing raids on the Japanese airfield at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, with a number of hits claimed.
Berlin said British raids struck southwest and north Germany and a city near Lake Constance was heavily bombed. Swiss reports cited large German targets at Friedrichshafen and Le Creusot with extensive destruction. Casualties included 184 dead at Le Creusot and widespread homelessness in the town.
Washington announces a three cent per pound rollback on most meats as the second of three OPA subsidies aimed at lowering prices. Cured and processed pork excluded until July 5. Earlier this month butter fell ten percent. A coffee cut is planned with date pending. Columbus reports James P. Mc Reynolds, 34, Ohio State University chemistry professor, is dead.
A wartime dispatch from Moscow and Tokyo broadcasts show deep antagonism between Russia and Japan. Japan keeps a large Manchuria Chosen army ready while Russia holds northern frontier forces and both nations fear the other.
At the 35th annual governors conference in Columbus the visiting chiefs defended state sovereignty in war and peace. Maryland Governor O Conor urged preserving state power, California’s Warren called for federal–state–local cooperation, and New York’s Dewey argued states must tackle farm labor issues themselves to avoid reliance on federal programs.
The War Department said messages from Japan via the International Red Cross list more than 300 American soldiers dead in prisoner camps since Bataan and Corregidor. Among the Ohioans is PFC Philip E. Killinger of Pomeroy with his next of kin listed.
A dust blinded driver plowed a truck into a marching group at CAMP HOOD Texas killing seven and injuring 15. The dead include five Ohioans: Frederick J. Ubic T D Anderzejeswski Arthur J Schmeiler of Cleveland Donald H Voorhis of Middletown and Harold R Aldinger of Vermilion.
Washington action centers on OWI head Elmer Davis as Senator Bridges pledges to seek many answers in Senate hearings this week. The House previously voted to abolish the OWI domestic branch and restore requested appropriations.
Detroit faced violent race riots with six confirmed deaths and about 200 injuries as Michigan State Police and state troops prepared to impose order. Governor Kelley mobilized 1 000 troops across two armories and more than 300 miles away mobilized 400 to 500 state police. Police arrested 326 suspects as whites and blacks clashed near downtown Detroit and saloons were ordered closed.
The Rev W W Crabtree 65 pastor of the Carpenter and Rutland Baptist Churches died early today while being transported to Holzer Hospital. A heart attack suspected after a strenuous Sunday leaves a wife a son the Rev M W Crabtree and a daughter Mrs Clarence Bushong as survivors. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Berlin radio said a violent earthquake hit the northwest Anatolia region of Turkey. Unconfirmed reports claimed Adapazar city had 15 000 dead, about half its population, with the quake occurring Sunday night amid a thunderstorm and underground rumbling.
Ohio officials will meet Thursday in Columbus to draft a post war highway construction blueprint. About 400 Buckeye public and civic leaders, including county commissioners township trustees city service directors engineers planners and chamber officials will attend.
In El Paso Texas AP report military authorities traced fatal and injurious violence to false rioting rumors. Private Paul V. Brown of the 367th Searchlight Battalion was wounded by a Black soldier who tried to seize his gun. A white sentry fatally shot Private Otis Carrier from the 394th Coast Artillery.
London reports a five day running offensive against Allied convoys by German U boats ended with two submarines destroyed and three probably sunk. Allied escort carrier planes and long range bombers aided warships to detect and destroy subs far from escorts. Daily Express adds about 50 U boats sunk in two months, total 250 since war began.
Representative Frederick C. Smith of Ohio joined opponents of a resolution to set up world peace machinery. He warned adoption by Congress would play into the hands of a group seeking to destroy U S sovereignty and place people under a world super state after the war. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved the resolution endorsing American collaboration in a postwar peace program.
Reports from Italy say citizens long for relief from Allied bombing and food shortages while Mussolini’s regime loses trust. Pope Pius XII is seen as pivotal as Rome faces evacuees and chaos if bombings persist. Badoglio gains popularity amid wartime turmoil and black market inflation.
Half a million miners again refused to work under United Mine Workers policy after stalled talks. John L. Lewis led the boycott rejecting the War Labor Board plan, with 1,000 PMW members idle in Illinois and a looming government review led by Interior Secretary Ickes.
Wilfred Sykes president of Inland Steel Co told the Southern Ohio Post War Conference of the National Association of Manufacturers that if government does not declare its intentions before the next election industry should ask the two major parties whether they support or oppose free enterprise. He warned that removing wartime controls could risk upsetting free enterprise if the government wished.
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