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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1944
Page
11
Washington AP reports a plan to ban all but physical deferments for men age 18 to 26. Chairman May reopens the House Military Committee draft deferment inquiry and schedules a special sub committee meeting to scrutinize War Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt and War...
The War Department will stop deferments for most of 7,800 male civilians aged 21 to 26 on federal payrolls. A new order bans occupational deferments under 26 with key exceptions, aiming to draft more fathers and bolster essential war industries.
Washington reports that Russian British American and Canadian treasury experts are close to an agreement on a multi billion dollar gold based fund to stabilize postwar foreign exchange. Talks have included British authorities and a Russian delegation being introduced to the white currency stabilization plan.
Premier Pietro Badoglio proposed delaying talks on Italy s future government until wartime end. He urged dismantling the Fascist octopus that permeated the state after 22 years and outlined a reconstruction program for postwar Italy.
Washington officials plan an action to pull two to three million extra head of beef cattle from western ranges in spring and early summer. Aimed at boosting civilian supplies, it may take the form of a special price premium to encourage earlier marketings and prevent a possible market glut later this year. War Food Administration notes cattle numbers have risen beyond the feed save expansion and western ranges risk failing to carry the pasturing load this summer.
The Finnish Parliament was summoned to meet again behind closed doors to consider Premier Edwin Linkomies recommendation that Finland turn down Russia armistice terms. Viewers expected the session to decide if Finland remains in the war.
A proposed food constitution for the United Nations was readied for Senate Foreign Relations Committee review. Senator Bushfield charged administration planners planned to feed the world, and officials Dean Acheson and Paul Appleby testified on the proposal.
London reports the Irish expect lean times as Dublin voices fear that British policy toward isolation amounts to a blockade. The mood in Dublin centers on economic pressure and political strain.
San Diego reports several Fighting Corsairs the Marines premier flying group arrived in the United States with top ace Capt. Har iad Spears of Newark Ohio among them.
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles plans to renew his push for congressional funding to obtain evidence against gasoline coupon counterfeiters, calling it the agency’s top handicap. He testifies as the A ration is cut in the Midwest and Far West, extending validity and reshaping B and C rations to curb black market activity and support reduced driving limits.
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the State Tax Department ruling that the Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority is subject to taxation. It upheld a previous decision that a Columbus housing authority project is taxable, because the project was not public property used exclusively for a public purpose.
Joseph B. Eastman long served 25 years on the Interstate Commerce Commission and directed Defense Transportation, dying at age 61.
German forces attempted a curious attack in Italy by rolling large concrete balls toward advancing American troops. Pvt. Edward Gazler of Michigan City Ind is pictured with one of the improvised weapons, illustrating wartime ingenuity and risk on the frontline.
U S heavy bombers in medium sized formations targeted Central Germany with strong escort. German radio reports major air battles over Hannover and Northwest Germany as Mosquito raids hit Duesseldorf overnight. Marauder bombers from Ninth Air Force attacked Northern France and Belgium with RAF and Allied fighters supporting.
London report states Philippe Henriot says France’s secret police captured the entire general staff of the resistance, with a courier en route to London also arrested. Henriot calls it a vital list of all resistance leaders inside France.
The Ohio American Legion announces the ninth Buckeye Boys State will run June 9 to June 18 at Otterbein College in Westerville.
In Buenos Aires suburb a rancher Franco Diligenti and his Italian wife welcomed five babies eight months ago three girls and two boys. They kept the birth hidden to avoid public excitement and showed photos with the remark Look, Gentlemen a full house. Names given Maria Fernanda Maria Esther Maria Cristina Carlos Alberto and Franco.
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker called for a ban on wartime work stoppages in a prepared address. He argued that strikes threaten labor rights during war and could undermine public loyalty, as he campaigned through the East for the Republican nomination.
London endures a fierce pre midnight air raid as thousands of incendiaries and bombs pound the city. Firemen and American troops battle fires in multiple districts and search for victims in a warehouse blaze sheltering 4000 people.
Allied naval task force swept the South Pacific without sighting a single Japanese ship or plane but Allied air forces claimed up to 65 enemy planes shot down at Wewak New Guinea over three days. MacArthur's HQ tallied 65 planes destroyed. two American planes were lost. In other actions Marines landed on Willaumez Peninsula to disrupt Japanese stragglers on Manus Island while Rabaul and Kusaie bases faced heavy air attacks. Chinese forces retook Black Dragon Pass in Shansi Province after six years of Japanese control.
Senator Bilbo urged slum clearance for the capital and proposed using alley dwellers as farm and domestic help. He cited Mrs. Roosevelt’s suggestion of bringing in women from Jamaica to work as housemaids and argued Washington housewives could shelter alley dwellers in basements to gain workers.
The Swedish liner Gripsholm arrives in American waters completing its third round trip diplomatic exchange voyage. She carries 663 repatriates from Germany and Nazi occupied France.
Ohio’s four internal revenue offices including Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland and Toledo report record tax returns and cash receipts as deadline approaches. Last-minute filers filled mail sacks totaling thousands of returns and millions in collections with Columbus and Cleveland posting historic daily totals.
The Admiralty announced that last night British forces in the Strait of Dover sank a small German supply ship, damaged another vessel, and hit three "A" boats.
Allied forces unleashed a massive strike on Cassino with 1 400 tons of bombs in less than a square mile, supported by ground troops aimed at destroying the fortress town and clearing the way for the Fifth Army. The operation used every type of Allied aircraft in 3 000 sorties.
Rep. Walter Brehm of Logan urges President Roosevelt to back a coal research laboratory in Southeastern Ohio. This marks his second direct appeal to promote Ohio coal region development and study coal use in oil and other products under a pending Congressional bill.
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio supports repealing the capital gains tax to spur risk taking. He introduced a bill to set up a federal Small Business Insurance Administration in the Commerce Department. It would insure loans to small enterprises up to 50 percent on common stock and 65 percent on preferred stock, and insure banks against losses up to 90 percent on capital loans to manufacturers.
New Hampshire voters in the first in the nation presidential primary favored a slate with a Willkie tinge. In incomplete returns four of seven delegates at large appeared to back Willkie’s candidacy, testing support against Governor Dewey.
Corporal Charles C. Libby wrote a brief ecard from a German prison camp near the Mediterranean. He sent just 25 words to his parents with five words noting the Red Cross is wonderful. The message underscores wartime prisoner conditions and Red Cross aid.
President Roosevelt denounces Germany using Rome as a military center calling it another affront to religion. He says the United States will spare religious and cultural moments and will continue to do so.
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