Rockbridge Relays Show Strong Leadership in Small Meet
In a tight field, Kraft leads as leaders Mire and Pa shine for Rockbridge at the local meet. The event featured runners from nearby schools and a steady pace set by the top quartet.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1943
Page
1
Boys Skiing IRS Mention Echoes of Price Tag
Fragmentary note records a price figure of 2.98 and a reference to boys activities or items. The readable portion suggests a listing or pricing detail tied to a boys' item or event, with unclear full context.
Wallace accuses Jones of obstructing wartime material stockpiles
Vice President Wallace chairman of BEW charged Secretary of Commerce Jones with obstructionist tactics against BEW efforts to stockpile strategic materials. Wallace said Jones delayed rubber and fats and oils programs and hindered stockpile creation despite funds and directives from Congress and WPB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vicet
Wallace
Secretary of
Commerce Jones
Board of Economic Warfare
BEW
Senate Appropriations Committee
Jones
Ruction Finance Corporation
Congressional Economy Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of Economic Welfare
War Production Board
WPB
Congress
RFC
Pearl Harbor
Senate Banking Committee
Milo Perkins
South America
Africa
Caribbean
Makig
Board of Fonomic
Japanese Bases From Kiska To Solomons Under Attack
Allied air and sea forces pounded Japanese bases from Kiska to the Solomons. American submarines report sinking six Japanese ships while damaging three others and blasting airfields at Munda Vila Amboina Cape Gloucester and Rabaul. RAF and Allied bombers hit targets at Akyab Chauk and inland routes with several enemy aircraft downed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiska
Solomons
Navy
U. S
Pacific
Far East
Munda
New Georgia Island
Vila
Kolombangara
MacArthur
Darwin
Banda Sea
Amboina
Boeroe Islands
Australia
Cape Gloucester
Rabaul
New Britain
Burma
RAF
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Irrawaddy
Kaladan
Chauk
Roosevelt Receives Lieutenant Colonel Rating in Marines
Washington reports James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, has been advanced to lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps general announced the promotion effective June 1, replacing his prior rank of lieutenant colonel in the raider forces with the new rating for his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Cal
James Roosevelt
Belgian Patriots Reported Killed by Nazis
A British wire cites the Stound newspaper Linsoumis claiming that more than one Belgian patriot has been killed by German forces since the occupation. The report notes ongoing executions amid the occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linsoumis
Texas judge named to succeed Davis as food administrator
Judge Marvin Jones, a Texan with strong agricultural ties, was appointed as wartime food administrator replacing Chester C. Davis who was drafted to address internal policy disputes. The move signals a priority on stabilizing prices over other aims in the national food program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Davis
Washington
Marvin Jones
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Jones
Ickes Hints at Continuing Control of Coal Mines
Interior Secretary Ickes signaled possible ongoing federal control of the nations coal mines until a contract is signed between mine owners and the United Mine Workers. He appointed Carl Elbridge Newton as federal director of mines and began organizing a long-range supervision structure for war-vital coal diggings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ikes
United Mine Workers
Carl Elbridge Newton
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Ickes
Davis resigns as food boss amid interference claims
Chester C. Davis quits his post citing interference from others and opposition to food subsidies. His successor Judge Marvin Jones is expected to implement President orders to cut prices by taxing all to cover the nation’s grocery costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Marvin Jones
Government Press Handouts Criticized by Rep Grant
Rep Grant denounced government handouts to newspapers as wasteful and waste paper, saying WPB urged five percent newsprint cuts while officials flood outlets with publicity. He displayed a four page release with ten 8 by 10 photos sent to papers and a request to return a clip sheet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grant
R.-Ind
House
WPB
War Production Board
Connecticut Pastor Fights OPA Gas Rule
Hartford report on Rev. Fletcher D. Parker a 55 year old Congregational minister opposing OPA gasoline limits. He travels 140 miles to Sunapee New Hampshire with family cars washing machine bicycle and gear for a summer stay while facing an OPA summons for non essential use of his car. A Hartford OPA hearing is set for Friday and Parker may return by train for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Fletcher D. Parker
OPA
Parker
Sunapee
N. H
Washington
Convictions Reversed in Nazi Saboteur Case
The US Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of Hans Haupt Otto Wergin and Walter Froehling and their wives in Chicago. The six were sentenced on treason charges for harboring Herbert Haupt, son of the Haupts and linked to eight Nazi saboteurs brought to the US last spring, and the cases were remanded for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Herbert Haupt
Haupts
United States
One-Man Hay Baler To Be Introduced Soon
Development of a one man pick up hay baler described as a new design aims to convert large crews to one man family farming. The operator handles both tractor and baler as it runs automatically producing compact bale like a wrapped carpet roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Church Ships Cattle to Europe for Relief
The Church of the Brethren plans to ship 5 000 to 10 000 dairy cows to Europe after the war as a sign of international friendship. Secretary Leland S. Brubaker says the Heifers for Relief Project will be carried out among the church's 180 000 members in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Ill
Church of the Brethren
Europe
Leland S. Brubaker
General Mission Board
United States
Reduction in Hosiery Price Is Called Off
Washington reports that the planned 25 percent ceiling price reduction for Grade B women s hosiery set for July 16 will not take effect. The Office of Price Administration said more Grade B stockings will be available than anticipated, risking larger losses if prices are forced lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Price
Prentiss Brown
Cleveland, O
German surprise as Allies use aircraft carriers
STOCKHOLM Reich marshal Hermann Goering's Essener National Zeitung said in copies received here today that the Allied use of aircraft carriers to protect convoys came as a surprise to the Germans who have been forced to alter their submarine tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Essener National Zeitung
Cologne
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Prisoner Pleads Guilty In Espionage Case Tied To Germany
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz, 57, a Staten Island resident, pleaded guilty to FBI charges that he supplied Germany with troop movements ship schedules and war material data from his neighborhood. The FBI said another suspect, Erwin De Spretter, 53, a defense plant consultant, was arrested as part of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Frederick Lemnitz
New York
F.b.il
Lemnitz
Germany
U. S
FBI
America
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz
Lehmitz
Staten Island
Martin C. Epstein
Harold M. Kennedy
E. E. Conroy
New York Harbor
Erwin Harry DeSpretter
DeSpretter
Ashland Firm Ordered To Pay Employees Bonus
The F. E. Myers & Bros. Co. of Ashland Ohio must pay its 425 employees a five percent bonus on wages earned from 1941 to October 31 1942 as ordered by the regional War Labor Board. The company previously paid seven to twelve percent bonuses in 1937 1940 and five percent in 1938 1939 and 1941 with no reason given for omitting a bonus in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Regional War Labor Board
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Lewis M. Gill
WLB
Salem
Lisbon
East Palestine
Leetonia
Alliance
Hamilton
Middletown
Ironton
Huntington
W. Va
Ashland
Springfield
Ravenna
Kent
Charleston
F._ E. Myers & Bros. Co
Esrnest C Wag miller Dies After Heat Stroke
Salem records report Ernest C Wag Miller, 28, farmer, died yesterday after suffocating heat exposure several days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ernest C Wagmiller
Tightened Conservation Rules Slash Tire Availability
Washington officials announce strict adherence to conservation rules as the Office of Price Administration cuts low mileage tire eligibility. Only 500000 used and recapped tires will be available in July, a 300000 drop from June, with a 90 day window to assess drivers using 240 miles a month or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William M. Jeffers
Office of Price Administration
Jeffers
OPA
Hamburg II Also Target Of Bombers
RAF raiders in great strength hit Cologne causing widespread fires before dawn and also attacked Hamburg in Northwest Germany as part of a series of eight assaults on the Nazi home front in ten days. Twenty five bombers were reported missing in the synchronized strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Cologne
Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
DNB
RAF bombs Cologne and Leghorn devastate German defenses
Allied air power continues heavy raids on Nazi targets. From North Africa, 100 Flying Fortresses struck Leghorn, Italy, destroying ships and several targets while fighting smoke over the port. RAF bombers hit Cologne and Hamburg, with large fires reported. Axis broadcasting warns of imminent invasion as Soviet advances slow on the Moscow front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logne
Europe
Mediterranean
Rome
Iraq
Turkey
Leghorn
U. S
Sardinia
Reggio Calabria
Italy
Messina
Sicily
Eisenhower
North Africa
San Giovanni
London
RAF
Cologne
Air Ministry
Hamburg
France
English Channel
St. Nazaire
Beaumont-Le- Roger
Rouen
Vichy Radio
Associated Press
Central
Moscow
Rubber Demand To Be Met by End of Year
Commerce Secretary Jones said the U S rubber industry with 40 plants will reach over 800000 tons annually by December meeting all civilian and military needs. He spoke at a Made in America Rubber luncheon in Houston Texas claiming production will exceed prior usage and suffice for essential purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Commerce
Jones
Houston
Tex
Fragmentary OCR note on estate and service terms in Ohio
Incomplete text references an estate matter in Ohio with mentions of a portable, a receipt date, a fiduciary role, and a service of process. The readable fragments imply an official notice or guardianship context but lack clear participants or actions.
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Teatlon
Kraft Wi
Mire
James Pa
Mbus
Met
ING
Ind
Jesse Jones
Hs Wordh
Phi
Grand Junction
Colo
M—A
Japanese War Ministry
Tokyo
Japan
Ottawa
Malcolm MacDonald
Canada
MacDonald
Thomas A. Jenkins
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Connecticut
Church
Hamburg II
THE
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Ned
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