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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1945
Page
3
Allied forces press raids on Rangoon and Hainan while Japan endures a drastic population collapse and crippling defeats. Tokyo reports mass desertions and martial law calls as U S air power targets ships and fortifications across the Pacific and Asia.
A 46 year old mother of eight is hospitalized after a man knifed her claiming she hexed him. Police hold the assailant as Chief John B. Thomas reports the attack occurred yesterday while she walked with friends in Youngstown.
London dispatch reports the Fourth Fighter Group under Cpl Everett Stewart of Abilene Kansas as the highest scoring unit in the Eighth Air Force. They destroyed nine enemy aircraft on a field in northwestern Germany, bringing their total to 856 German planes, 520 in combat. A later item from Washington notes the currency commissioner calling for a statement of condition of all national banks as of Tuesday March 2.
The Office of Price Administration sets price ceilings on hay for the first time across the Eastern Seaboard and beyond. Maximums range from 1.50 to 7.00 per ton depending on grade and region, with parity ensured against producer divisions and stock levels.
Russian forces pressed a two front assault into Danzig's defenses near the Frisches Haff and from the south and west. Marshal Rokossovsky's wedges drove toward the city as units neared the coastal road toward Gdynia. The siege around Breslau continued with little major Berlin front action reported.
Severe storms hit Northern and Eastern Ohio with snow and sleet, toppling power lines and cutting electricity in Youngstown and Unity. East Liverpool logged about five inches of snow while the Ohio River neared flood stage as waters rose three feet per hour.
Columbus Ohio The House Taxation committee last night recommended extending the one cent a gallon liquid fuel tax for two years. The tax yields about 11 million dollars a year for the state's general revenue fund. A bill diverting proceeds to highway purposes was killed. Youngstown barbers raise prices with haircuts at 1 dollar and shaves at 60 cents.
The article notes Major General Claire Chennault's China based air force and Lt General George C. Kenney's Far East Air Force operating together in the Pacific theater. Bombers from both theaters tighten blockade on Japanese shipping along the Ching and boast. Brig. Gen. Donald Hutchinson, deputy commander of the Far East Air Force, comments on the joint air effort.
Youngstown reports scrap drives may restart due to a severe shortage. Authorities consider plans with the Federal Production Board and War reposits to map a return of house to house collections, aiming to secure steel industry supplies.
Son's birthday gift to 93 year old Van Wert resident Col Samuel G Conley recalls the 274th division crossing the Saar and entering the Siegfried Line in Germany. Residents at Castle Convalescent Home share the memory of the historic achievement and the family pride.
London AP reports hundreds of thousands of German civilians flee the Ruhr and eastern Rhine areas hindering Nazi transport as Allied forces advance. Swedish and Swiss papers note deserted Ruhr cities and Hitler’s possible last stand plans. An Ohio coal meeting is planned in Cambridge to discuss current bills.
Allied forces push through the Palatinate with Seventh and Third Armies closing on pockets of German troops. About 38,335 prisoners reported for the campaign as Patton and Patch link advances toward Speyer and Ludwigshafen. First Army moves toward Gladbach and Mulheim with operations to isolate the Ruhr basin.
Washington chairman Whittington of the House Flood Control Committee urged priorities for flood control projects halted by water restrictions. He pressed whether completion of a flood wall to protect Portsmouth Ohio and other works in Louisville and Paducah Ky should be prioritized. Maj Gen Eugene Reybold said Army engineers are ready to proceed when materials are available. Local interests plan to present the path to the War Production Board.
Meteorologist Leroy Stone predicted a flood crest at Point Pleasant as 40.1 feet after heavy rains, with Huntington expected to reach 43 to 44 feet. Flood level at Point Pleasant is 59.5 feet, and current readings show 35 feet in Huntington. Two ships, the Epola Victory and the Oberlin Victory, were launched at Permanente Shipyard in Richmond California to mark contributions to the war effort.
Ohio's livestock and poultry population fell due to wartime conditions yet overall animal health is reported better than ever by the State Agriculture Department. Dr. David C. Hyde notes possible gains if a million dollars is allotted in the biennial budget. Bangs Disease control seeks 700000, with 150000 last year exhausted but 870 obtained to continue work. Hyde says cattle abortion illness cleared in several counties and near completion in others.
New York night clubs and restaurants say they will close at midnight amid a three day curfew clash. The Allied Food and Entertainment Industries of Greater New York announced members will ignore the mayor's extra hour of tolerance.
Washington price administrator Chester Bowles urged ceilings on movie tickets and barber and beauty shop services to ease the psychological burden on families. He testified before the Senate Banking Committee that exemptions have demoralized the retail price control program. Queen Wilhelmina returns to the Netherlands her first homeland visit since fleeing the Germans nearly five years ago.
The Third Army destroyed remnants of nine German divisions between Trier and Kaiserslautern and reported 11,335 prisoners taken yesterday, bringing total prisoners since Feb 1 to 6,775. The Seventh Army held about 10,000 awaiting processing and 111,000 more remained to be counted.
Gov. Frank Lausche heard two hours of testimony before the Senate Conservation Committee on a bill to require bond posting by coal mine operators to guarantee restoration of land damaged by strip mining. Proponents say mining devastates farmland and reduces tax revenue. opponents warn of burdens on industry. R. L. Ireland Jr. testified for the Ohio Coal Association in Cleveland.
Premier Kuniaki Koise told Japanese in a domestic broadcast that the loss of Iwo Jima to American marines is the most unfortunate event in the war. He warned against a U S invasion and urged a burning determination to defend the nation amid American numerical superiority.
A New York youth faced police lineup after allegedly setting fire to empty cartons. He claimed someone else forced him to carry cartons down stairs and denied intent to damage property.
In Guam reports, U S aerial strikes on Tokyo Kobe Nagoya and Osaka with 300 plus B 29s show the Allies’ massive air offensive expanding. Carrier task forces and long range P 51 mustangs prepare to back raids as Japanese naval strength dwindles and Spruance notes ships likely damaged in Inland Sea actions.
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