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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1945
Page
1
Paris dispatch reports American forces advancing across Germany with General Patton’s and Eisenhower’s armies breaking German lines. Tanks blow up suspected strongpoints as they march toward Berlin, with rail and supply trains trailing behind. despite rapid gains, supply shortages persist and civilians escape.
Cincinnati authorities aid search for Mildred Peters 33 who left a taxi at a Covington Kentucky hospital to have a baby Her husband Cat stayed home with another child as investigators pursue clues in her disappearance.
Allied forces bombard the Ryukyu Islands as a prelude to the Okinawa invasion. Tokyo radio reports increasing U S naval activity and carrier air strikes near Iwo Jima and Kyushu while Cebu City burns as Japanese forces retreat. MacArthur confirms American landings on Cebu and preparations along the eastern Cebu coast amid ongoing bombardment.
Four hundred thousand soft coal miners nationwide ballot today on striking for John L Lewis demands including a 60 million dollar yearly union royalty. Government moves to avert mine shutdown by speeding a new contract before midnight or extending the current agreement.
Washington reports the manpower control bill faces a crucial Senate vote with penalties pending for workers and employers who disrupt war production. Labor Secretary Perkins and union leaders held talks as proposals shift, aiming for a settlement by Saturday night.
The Labor Department reports rising difficulty for housewives to find meat in independent stores in three large cities from mid February to mid March. Pork shortages are pronounced with many stores lacking loins and ham while bacon is scarce. overall beef availability also declined.
In Columbus the House rejected an amendment to divert liquid fuel tax receipts from the general fund for highways. The proposed plan would have allocated 3,375,000 dollars to local governments. The roll call was 38 against and 25 in favor.
Striking workers at the estate disrupted production for a second day with as many as 600 staying away. Officials say the protest targets CIO organizing activities.
Chicago reports a substantial rise in meat production as hog marketing and slaughter increase. The War Meat Board notes about ten million pounds more meat produced that week.
Victor Guixulescu, a former Romanian diplomat in Tokyo, says Japan expects Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Benito Mussolini to seek refuge in Japan soon as Germany nears collapse. He notes Japanese officials show reluctance but believe the Nazi leaders may flee. air raids have devastated Tokyo and left food scarce while many residents endure shelter casualties.
Ottawa asserts Canada is meeting and exceeding U S requests while surpassing Britain in meat supply. A three nation food board plans possible increased exports to underfed liberated nations, potentially prompting Canadian domestic rationing to preserve goodwill in the United States. Canada ended rationing March 1, 1944 after a nine month limit of two pounds per week.
Columbus record notes first swimming fatality of the year as fourteen year old Warren Williamson drowned in the Little Miami River near Xenia. Temperatures rose above normal statewide with a five day forecast predicting light showers later in the week.
Russian forces spread pincers across Czechoslovakia toward Vienna and Prague. The Third Ukrainian Army advanced to 20 miles from Austria and 58 from Vienna, while the First and Fourth Ukrainian Armies moved through Smaland and Silesia toward Czechoslovakia. Moscow dispatches say Bedar force supports the drives as Soviet air power aids the operations.
Buenos Aires reports that Argentina’s military government declared a state of war with the Axis nations. The decree cites Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack on the United States and Germany as its ally as the basis for war against both Japan and Germany.
Police and state agents conducted raids on private homes in Columbus as part of a statewide drive against illegal liquor sales. Six people faced licenses violations, four charged with operating without one, and 20 customers were arrested for intoxication. The actions followed cooperation with local police and enforcement officials. Joe Louis divorce filing in Chicago. Marval Trotter Louis, wife of boxing champion, granted divorce on desertion grounds.
Rep George H Bender introduced an Ohio Valley Authority bill to create thousands of jobs, expand land for family farming, and control floods through dams reservoirs and irrigation channels. He stressed it would not compete with private industry in power. states and federal government would carry out construction and address soil erosion and pollution.
A delegation from poor school districts met with Governor Lausche to press for higher state education subsidies. The governor noted the need for fair allocation and invited the group to propose an updated distribution, as he targets 106,920,000 for 1945 and 1946. Delegates represented Pike, Jackson, Morgan, Logan, Gallia, Hocking, Scioto and Lawrence Counties.
The Golden Acorn Division with troops from Ohio Michigan New York and New Jersey pushed seven miles on a four mile front entering Katzenelnbogen 17 miles east of Boppard. They cleared eight towns and held nine miles along the Lahn River south of Coblenz while advancing toward the Rhine. A separate Newport Kentucky note reports missing money bonds and the disappearance of Mildred Peters a 33 year old 200 pound woman two days before a planned party.
American forces drive deep into central Germany as Patton and Hodges armies surge toward the Main River. First Army closes on Frankfurt while Third Army fights past the Rhine a major push threatens Nuremberg Wuerzburg and Fulda amid security blackouts. The Seventh Army meets little resistance as us linked advance seizes critical bridges and cities.
British forces pierced the Westphalian Plain north of the Ruhr pocket advancing toward Dorsten and Isselburg. Canadians neared Emmerich as the American Ninth Army captured Holten and Wehofen while seizing much of the RuhrChemie plant area. Seventh Army widened its bridgehead near Mannheim and Ludwigshafen as German defenses collapsed. Thousands of Germans surrendered. Eisenhower emphasized a western Wehrmacht breakdown.
The article reports that the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway plans three revolutionary coal burning locomotives. Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse Electric have completed basic designs, awaiting War Production Board approval.
Franz Oppenhof the 41 year old Burgomaster of Aachen and first mayor chosen by the Allied military government was assassinated Sunday night. He was shot through the temple on his home porch. The 394th Military Police Battalion from Camp Siebert, Arkansas has been assigned to police duty through the Fifth Service Command.
Washington reports fresh admonition that foreign food demands will mount with civilians urged to sacrifice more. Marvin Jones says military and relief calls will stretch food larder while rich nations cannot meet all commitments. Senate Agriculture probes meat packers and OPA. British ministers arrive to discuss world food complex.
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