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25 Jun 1943
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Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
1
Ister Iris and Immy Don Color Grable Mentioned
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Bombers Hit Wuppertal as Allies Strike Sicily and Greece
RAF bombers in a great force attacked the German chemical plant at Wuppertal in the Ruhr before dawn. In the Mediterranean, Allied air forces struck Sicily Sardinia and Greece. The Air Ministry defined a great force as enough to wipe out a city of 200 000 in one night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF
Wuppertal
Ruhr
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Greece
British
Air Ministry
Middle East
Salonika
Sedes Air Tome
Aegean Sea
Balkan
North Africa
Catania
Chilivania
Venafiorita
Golfo Aranci
Canaterra
U.S
Balkans
Lgorod
Red Army
Kharkov
Forrest Listed Missing After Kiel Raid Observation
Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, 38, was listed officially missing after the U S Air Force raid on Kiel June 13. RAF bombers struck heavy targets including I G Farben and Jaeger roller plants while Berlin quoted Goebbels on vigilance for an allied invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P
Nathan Bedford Forrest
U. S. Air Force
Kiel
I. G. Farbenindustries
Jaeger
Berlin
Goebbels
Europe
North Africa
Pantelleria
RAF
Wuppertal
Remscheid
Elberfeld
Barmen
Wupper River
Sixty Percent of Miners Still Idle After Work Order
A survey shows about 60 percent of the nations 521 000 coal diggers and loaders stayed out on the day after the work order. Regions report mixed returns with Ohio and Pennsylvania seeing large abstentions and some districts voting to resume. Adolph Pacifico notes miners would return if the government operated the mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Shenandoah
Lackawanna County
Associated Press
West Virginia
Johnstown Democrat
Pittsburgh
Kentucky
UMW
Illinois
Alabama
Tennessee
Jellico
District 19
Indiana
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Pacifico
Roosevelt frames inflation blame on Congress in press remarks
President Roosevelt argued against a food czar and warned Congress faces full responsibility for inflation. He said the key is whether prices stay down and cautioned that bypassing price controls could spark a wage price spiral. He noted food costs comprise about a third of family budgets as wages rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Bombers Hit Solomons Bases In Daylight Raid
United States bombers attacked three Japanese bases in the Solomons by daylight. Liberators struck Buka and Kahili causing fires near runways and encampments. A heavy force of Dauntless and Avenger bombers with Wildcat escorts hit Munda Bay, sparking fires in bivouac areas. all planes returned safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
United States
Solomons
Buka
Bougainville Island
Kahili
Munda Bay
Curfew Aimed To Curb Juvenile Delinquency
Reports of growing juvenile delinquency led four city councilmen to draft an ordinance. It would prohibit children under 15 from the streets 10 30 p m to 5 a m and bar minors from establishments selling beer and liquor unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Widespread Violations of OPA Orders In Ohio Cited
James C Gruener of the regional Office of Price Administration reports half of Northeastern Ohio slaughterers and meat distributors violated OPA price and ration orders. The check-up aims to ensure equitable meat distribution and curb diversion through irregular channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gruener
Regional
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
OPA
Candidacy of Bricker Grows More Probable
Gov John W Bricker remains noncommittal on a presidential bid but indications favor a Bricker candidacy. An anonymous admin spokesman said the Republican State Committee would meet within six weeks to endorse Bricker for president. Bricker planned to speak on national and international issues this fall and winter and to advocate American participation in a postwar world peace organization after the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Republican State Committee
Bricker
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Bar Association
United States
Predicts Toll Roads After War at Highway Conference
Nationally known engineer Charles M Upham told a Columbus gathering that post war toll roads like the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be popular. He forecast a 50 percent rise in automobile traffic. Hal G Sours urged local planning committees for a streamlined road program. Murray D Shaffer cited Ohio's postwar plan with 900 projects and about 150 million dollars in expenditure near metropolitan areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Charles M. Upham
Washington
American Road Builders Association
United States
America
Upham
Hal G. Sours
Murray D. Shaffer
Mansfield
Sea-Going Guerrillas Challenge Axis Amid Balkans War
Stockholm reports Greek and Yugoslav guerrillas, long fighting on land from Balkan hideouts, have begun operating at sea. The movement disrupts Axis resources for over a year and now signals a new maritime threat to invasion efforts in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Balkans
Balkan
Italy to be hammered by Allied air power predicts AP journalist
Edward Kennedy, AP veteran, says Allied air forces will deliver a massive air pounding on Italy. He cites perfect flying conditions, accurate bomb sights, light resistance, and a strategic view that the African campaign opened a front supplying a long reach into Axis territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Italy
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
United States
Roosevelt Faces Decision on Anti-Strike Bill
President Roosevelt must decide by midnight whether to veto or sign the anti-strike bill rushed through Congress during the coal strike. The measure, drawn amid labor tensions, would curb wartime strike rights and confront the administration with a major policy choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Railroad Brotherhood
Selective Service
House
Senate
Labor Ready to Demand Increase and Government Aid
President Philip Murray warned a congressional committee that unless a rollback and subsidy program are in place by July 15 organized labor will demand scrapping the hold-the-line order and the little Steel wage formula. Mayor LaGuardia joined with warnings of unrest over food and price conditions as Congress weighs anti strike legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip Murray
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Beef Shortage at Union Stockyards Shuts Pens
Beef shortage threatens both military and civilian supplies as hundreds of cattle pens at Union Stockyards lie silent. Farmers hold cattle from market while packers cut prices, causing a paradoxical buildup of cattle on ranges and feed lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union
Senator Mead Opposes Auto Use Tax Plan
Senator Mead of New York derides the $5 annual automobile use tax calling it a pay as you don’t go plan and asks Treasury to withhold enforcement until Congress rules on repeal. He cites windscreen stickers to begin on vehicles operated after next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Mead
Treasury
Congress
Hold Youths for Theft Of Gas Ration Coupons
Two Canton youths were arrested for stealing 200 sheets of gasoline rationing coupons worth 8000 gallons of motor fuel. Police said the theft occurred while they were jailed in Dover Tuscarawas County where the Dover Rationing Board stored supplies in a jail cell.
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Canton — UP
Canton
Dover
Tuscarawas County
Corn Stocks Are Ordered Requisitioned
The War Food Administration ordered requisition of corn stocks in 15 principal terminal markets to supply processors making essential war products. U S district attorneys will be served papers on elevators, with formal announcement to follow. The government will pay the $1.07 Chicago basis ceiling price and resell to processors at that price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
U. S
WFA
Chicago
Midwest Gas Stocks Decline Prompt Possible Rationing
Secretary Ickes said eastern gasoline demand is balanced with supply but mid western stocks are dropping quickly. He warned rationing could tighten suddenly in the Midwest, though no date was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Midwest
WLB Demands Full Compliance From Mine Workers
President Roosevelt refused to recognize an October 31 deadline set by the United Mine Workers for continuing production in government mines. The War Labor Board pressed James Byrnes to enforce orders or impose penalties. Lewis and UMW dispute signatures on a contract tied to war-time production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
U. S. Steel
General Motors
WLB
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Ohio Rep A Lee Fair declares bid for secretary of state
Columbus reports Rep A Lee Fair of Holmes County backed by Democratic House members announced his candidacy for the secretary of state nomination next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
A. Lee Fair
Holmes County
Predicts Postponement Of Fathers Induction
Washington reports that drafting of fathers to replace 18 year olds is likely to be postponed for the foreseeable future. The note cites pressure from the House Military Committee and quotes a DC observer on the cautious stance of Hershey and military leaders amid uncertain war needs and possible casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Capital
House Military Committee
District of Columbia
Hershey
Army
Navy
Ohio Miners Lose Compensation Awards
Ohio miners who refused to work during a nationwide mine holiday in early June are not eligible for unemployment benefits. Administrator Hugh S. Jenkins ruled that 462 claims filed for the period should be disallowed due to a labor dispute, as Ohio law bars compensation for those unemployed because of a non lockout labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Hugh S. Jenkins
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jenkins
King George VI Returns to Britain from North Africa Tour
The king completed an extraordinary tour of North African battlefields and returned to his homeland today, landing in Britain after a lengthy overseas journey.
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Britain
George VI
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