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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1943
Page
1
RAF bombers resumed attacks on German submarine bases after the largest raid of the war on Berlin. A concentrated strike blasted the St Nazaire base, according to the Air Ministry report.
Washington reports a group of senior Army and Navy officers completed a series of briefings in the capital. The meetings, called by the joint chiefs of staffs, aligned Pacific campaign strategy with guidelines set at the Casablanca conference in January.
Baltimore report states Warsaw is a city without Jews as 500000 Hebrew residents are reported killed by German forces. Rabbi Maurice L. Perlzweig, president of the British section of the world Jewish Congress, spoke at the Baltimore American Jewish Congress meeting. A separate brief notes Harley Dilgard, 13, killed by a car on Route 42.
Reports from Tokyo claimed two enemy cruisers and a destroyer were damaged in an Aleutians engagement six days earlier, while a U.S. communique described four Japanese cruisers and four destroyers engaging west of the Aleutians four days ago. In New Guinea, MacArthur HQ said 25 Japanese raiders were shot down, with 13 destroyed, after a 40-bomber raid on Oro Bay. Allied air forces continued strikes on Gasmata, Cape Gloucester, Madang, Finschhafen, and Dobo as RAF bombers hit targets near Rathedaung and Meiktila.
Washington reports OPA Administrator Prentiss M Brown praises restaurants for voluntarily trimming menus under wartime rationing. He notes many may not be able to continue large meat portions, as OPA cuts meat purchases by 25 percent or more. The agriculture department may set meal size limits.
Cleveland report states the American Automobile Association opposes a nation wide one cent per gallon rise in gasoline. John L. Young, secretary, says the AAA executive committee informed Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes the increase is not warranted at this time.
The Tavera Packing Company, Arizona's largest meat processor, said it would curtail production 65 percent by April 10. President Phil Tovrea cited daily losses of about $3,000 due to ceiling prices on dressed products and no ceiling on livestock.
In New York, 1 250 000 pounds of beef set for rapid delivery to ease the meat shortage vanished with no trace found early today. Regional OPA administrator Sylvan L. Joseph said the emergency supply may arrive tomorrow instead of today as planned.
In Santiago Chile Vice President Henry A Wallace hailed Americas unity for post war welfare in an address to Chilean officials after a day of one of the most striking receptions afforded a visiting foreign official.
Gale B. Orwig, longtime editor of the North West News, died yesterday at age 70 after a 43 year tenure shaping local journalism. He guided the paper through many changes and was known for steady leadership. He is survived by family and colleagues who remembered his dedication.
On Capitol Hill the House prepared to wind up general debate on the new income tax bill. Rep. Knutson predicted the Republican minority would vote for the Ruml plan, resisting compromise, while Democratic leadership was expected to back Forand’s proposal canceling 1942 tax liability and moving to a current basis. The Ruml Plan, urged by Beardsley Ruml, would cancel 1942 liability and place taxpayers on a current basis. The plan has been denounced by President Roosevelt and administration leaders. The Senate recessed with six senators supporting a resolution to organize the United Nations for postwar peace and joint action, while opposing any compromise that means nothing. Senator Davis, Roosevelt’s new food administrator, held talks with officials and farm leaders on shortages, and planned discussions with Roosevelt and the Senate Appropriations Committee on farm labor recruitment.
I. W. Abel district director of the CIO United Steel Workers took over administration of the Gambrinus plant local after a recent work stoppage over promotion of negroes to machine jobs. Abel said the move was ordered by David McDonald international secretary treasurer of the union.
Lend Lease Administrator Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. announced that for January and February the United States shipped per person weekly equivalents to Allies of beef one fourth ounce bacon and pork products three ounces lamb and mutton three fifths of an ounce butter one fourth ounce and additional cheese and fats.
General Montgomer’s Eighth Army shatters the Mareth Line on a 25 mile front, trapping Rommel’s force as American and British units close the net. Patton’s troops hold and push toward the coast at Sousse and Sfax while Monty’s column advances toward El Hamma, Gabes’s vicinity.
Washington reports a Census Bureau finding that the average American family had fewer children in the 1930s and 1940s, with about 35.1 million families and only 15 percent with three or more children. The 1940 birth rate stood near 21 per 1,000, below the World War II peak but higher than postwar levels.
Washington reports five Allied and neutral cargo ships sunk by Axis submarines in the Western Atlantic raising the total toll since Pearl Harbor to 639. March losses reach twenty two vessels. Emerson Graman, 17, pleads guilty to second degree murder and receives a sentence of one to twenty years in Mansfield Reformatory.
Beverly Hills California news reports Sergei Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff died at age 69 from pneumonia. The famed composer and conductor had gained world renown primarily as a concert pianist and was viewed as a leading figure after Paderewski’s death.
The regional OPA office designated Lake County and Van Wert as hardship areas and authorized extra meat shipments of 3 500 pounds to each to forestall an imminent shortage found by a food distribution administration inquiry.
Wartime rationing began with meat butter and allied products limited to 16 Red Stamp points per person under No 2 books. Many processed foods changed point values, prompting meal planning challenges, while prunes raisins and juice moved off coupons. Blue stamps cover processed fruits vegetables soups and baby foods through April with sugar and coffee stamp details noted.
Allied forces shattered Mareth Line as General Montgomery’s Eighth Army advanced 25 miles into southern Tunisia. German and Italian troops of about 80,000 pulled back toward Gabes, with 6,000 prisoners taken, as Rommel’s defenses collapsed and a coastal trap formed by Allied spearheads.
Allied and Axis actions unfold over a turbulent Tunisian front with Patton’s Americans near El Guetar advancing toward Rommel’s coastal line while British forces press from Djebel Abiod. In the east the Red Army fights mudbound battles near Smolensk as talks link Doenitz with Riccardi over Italy’s fleet.
Washington changes cut headquarters offices from 25 to 13 and reduce air staff divisions from 19 to 6 under a new program. Field commanders will be told what to do but not how to do it, officials said in announcing the reorganization.
Chicago reached a war bonds total of 39.55 million toward a 40 million goal to replace the sunken cruiser Chicago. Campaign chairman Oscar G. Mayer said final returns would show a comfortable margin over the target as the drive ended at midnight.
London reports voiced by Fernand De Brinon that Allied air raids on France in the past 18 months killed about 4000 people and wounded 7000, according to a German radio statement representing the Vichy government.
London dispatch reports Tokyo radio says Japanese boys aged 15 to 17 will be included in a broader military aviation training program.
Three soldiers held on AWOL charges escaped from the Safety Building jail in Toledo. Police identified Rollin S. Bowers 23 of Toledo John Walker 22 alias Louis Manning Jefferson Barracks Mo and Alton Francis Wright 24 alias George Grover Worcester Mass. They pried open a window and climbed down a ledge ten feet to a third floor ledge then jumped into bushes and soft earth leaving footprints a foot deep.
Columbus report says the Legislature edging into its 13th week shows tentative Senate approval of a plan to release students for war plant and farm work without losing state subsidies. A linked bill to raise women and minor working hours faces stalemate as Republicans push a 48 hour maximum rather than 52.
Oakland meat dealer Jim Augustine states horse meat is here to stay. He runs four stores and argues horses harm ranchers by eating range grass, noting Nevada paid a bounty for culled horses and that carcasses were left on the range.
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