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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1943
Page
1
Residents gathered at the home of Mrs Rex for a quilting event featured in Reg Als. The Met hosted quilting activities throughout the day, drawing participants and onlookers to the community pastime.
Washington reports the White House may intervene within 48 hours as coal mine strikes cut coke production across Alabama Pennsylvania and beyond. Talks between Inter im Secretary Ickes and UMW President John L Lewis continue while many miners idle and production lines shut down.
TUPPERS PLAINS Staff Special Miss Lena Schreiber aged ninety died Monday evening at the home of Lena Story in Darwin. Funeral services will be held at Tuppers Plains Methodist Church Wednesday at two o'clock with interment in Sand Hill Cemetery at Long Bottom. She is survived by one sister Kate Parker of Top-O Plains and two brothers W Schreiber of East Liverpool and Edward Schreiber of West Carlton.
Dayton and Springfield agencies restrict job openings for non essential occupations. War Manpower Commission area director Marion A Gregg says migrants still fill non essential posts in Dayton due to housing shortages and strained transportation.
Aneta reports the last Joma Sr dnesaans has been deported to Poland by the Germans, completing the removal of Holland's Frish population.
Riots in Detroit end as President Roosevelt orders federal troops to quell racial violence. About 23 killed, 700 injured, and 1,300 arrested, with 85 percent of those arrested being Negro. Troops reach Cadillac Square and restore order. brief Fort Custer incident reported with five detained. Continued coverage on page 2.
Secretary Hull praised the Red Army on the second anniversary of Hitler’s invasion promising they would meet any onslaught and hurl back the invader as the war entered its third summer.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a military commander may impose a curfew on all persons of Japanese ancestry in times of threatened danger. The curfew regulations were challenged by two American-born Japanese Americans.
Gov John W Bricker today signed the numbers bill imposing prison terms and heavy fines on those convicted of aiding numbers rackets.
Reliable sources say Germany maintains a secret reserve air army inside its borders, likely two divisions and at least 1,500 frontline planes. It would join existing forces on the eastern, western, and southern fronts only in extreme emergency, while heavy RAF bombings leave Berlin heavily damaged and travel restricted.
Washington reports the storm laden 875 million farm appropriations bill returns to the House with five major items. Senate allowances of 160 million for the Farm Security Administration remain disputed while soil conservation payments are debated. Conferees see progress, having settled 129 of 134 Senate amendments to the 715 million previously approved by the House.
Two Ohio youths paddled 1 476 miles down the Mississippi then toured New Orleans before heading home to join the naval reserve. Don Sando of New Madison and John Budd of Warren began their journey May 26 after final exams at the University of Miami Oxford Ohio.
The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association said under CPA limits a cattle surplus would reach about 15.4 million head by year end and could feed 74 million people plus armed forces and civilians for a year, with half sufficient for current needs.
Chief Justice Carl V. Weygant of the Ohio Supreme Court urged that traffic enforcement be handled by trained officers rather than justices of the peace. He described reliance on justices of the peace as an anachronism from earlier eras.
SAN PEDRO California Maizie the cat who spent only 10 days ashore since the war began aided Eugene M Clancy of New York after his merchant ship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. Six seamen endured 56 hours on a life raft with Maizie as their companion and salvation. They say the animal kept them calm and centered, even sparking a playful rush to pet her.
Allied lightnings swooped on a large Japanese Zeros formation near Lae New Guinea, destroying at least 14 and probably 23 aircraft. The remaining nine were aloft in flames. MacArthur HQ said complete destruction was likely. American pilots reported no losses and all planes returned.
B B Brumley president of the National Livestock Producers Association says government control programs make feeding livestock uneconomical and must be changed or eliminated. He argues OPA beef ceilings prevent feeders from covering costs and says rolling back meat prices would boost consumer buying power and be inflationary.
COLUMBUS 1944 Republican nomination race tightens as Earl Warren California governor signals he is not a candidate for any other office. Warren, 52, urges reporters during the governors conference that he does not hope to be drafted. His term ends in 1946, similar to Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
In a Governors conference speech General George C. Marshall declared Tunisia’s victory shattered the Nazi superman myth. He said the democracies exposed the bluff and noted psychological gains from the African campaign. Marshall also praised a reborn French army and improved German forces.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told governors that releasing eight to 10 million men only as needed by business might ease postwar unemployment while leaving more troops under arms than on April 1, 1940. He warned on fathers’ callups and offered no date.
Jack Green Wood, 32, of Bellaire drowned in the Ohio River. Rescue crews recovered his body after he reportedly fell from a boat during a fishing outing on an unspecified date. Local authorities investigated the incident as a drowning.
Goodyear announces a new electronic tube device to plug into any radio set that cleans radio noise. The static reduction drops from thousands of volts to about one twenty thousandths, yielding a muffled quiet radio sound. The product will not be sold to the public until after the war.
Cleveland Retail Meat Dealers Association may suspend operations soon if beef supplies do not improve. Secretary manager George H. Bubel says dealers are near the end of their rope as costs rise while meat availability falls. Earl C. Gibbs claims half of Cleveland market meat is black market and criticizes weak OPA enforcement.
J Edgar Hoover announced seven persons were arrested at Rochester New York on charges of sabotage linked to faulty manufacture of incendiary bombs and hand grenades for U S armed forces and Allies at the Antonelli Fire Works Company Spencerport N Y The arrests allege willful failure to load powder charges and attempts to pass material previously rejected by Army inspectors.
Mrs. Esther Reichert, wife of a Lucas County ration board employee, had her gasoline rationing privileges suspended for 60 days by an OPA hearing commissioner. Reichert was convicted March 1 of speeding at 70 miles per hour.
James Foley head of police labor bureau said two Negro workers were assigned to a white locker room at Republic Steel Corp strip mill in Cleveland. The incident caused a walkout that curtailed production for more than eight hours.
Navy Secretary Knox said preparations for an Allied invasion of Europe are moving right along. He avoided the term second front while noting activities continue, and he discussed Russian calls for a major European assault. He also commented on supply lines to Russia and the blockade of Kiska and denied American fleet moves to the Mediterranean.
Allied air forces smashed Germany's Ruhr industrial heartland and struck Belgium as heavy bomber raids intensified. U S Flying Fortresses hit Naples and southern Italy while RAF bombers targeted Krefeld and German industrial hubs. The Berlin broadcast warned of invasion preparations as Allied forces massed in Europe.
Home fuel oil users in Cleveland were urged by the regional Office of Price Administration to top off storage tanks before July 1 to prevent a rush of full deliveries.
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