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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1945
Page
1
OPA announced Sunday that BluePoint ration increases will go into effect as households begin paying more points for pork and pork products, lard, shortening, margarines and oils. Prices for butter, lamb, veal and most others remain unchanged, with civilian meat supplies in focus.
Officials arrested a man in Los Angeles identified as Naiberg amid a chaotic article fragment. The piece references a historic vote by the NLRB and mentions a murder mystery and contract extensions to May.
Washington reports that malnutrition is causing many men to be rejected or deemed passable for military service. Director Lewis Hershey notes regular diets could improve eligibility as officials prepare skeleton crews to attend Good Friday services in Columbus.
In a tense moment Lewis agrees to withhold a formal strike call while efforts to improve the 18 wage and working benefits continue. The government contemplates seizing land and operating mines to avert disruption of the war production program.
Cleveland reports the National Labor Relations Board regional office notes Mine Workers in 29 Ohio counties voted 7,722 to 1,449, a ratio over five to one, in favor of an interruption of war production amid the wartime dispute.
Washington reports new OPA regulations adjusting food and farm commodity points for No 2 and larger canned goods. Margarine and peas saw changes, while tomato juice and cherries, plums, and prunes also faced point revisions to reflect slower or faster supply movements effective Sunday.
Ohio farm leaders and selective service officials will meet Monday to discuss the impact of military induction on farmhand ranks. State Agriculture Director John T. Hodson says the session seeks clarity on how draft affects farm labor and the broader food supply.
OPA announced starting May 2 babies leather shoes will need ration stamps. Production is set at 130 million pairs annually with synthetic rubber uppers to ease leather shortages for adults. The plan targets sizes 0 to 4, aligning them with rationed footwear due to Army and civilian demand.
Ration boards in the 34 county Columbus Office of Price Administration district will begin issuing coupons for canning sugar April 16, announced district director John H. Summera. A convict named John Dietch of Franklin County escaped from a guard yesterday while attending a relative’s funeral at Ohio Penitentiary.
Eleven hundred prisoners, including 290 badly wounded Americans, freed from a German camp by the U S Seventh Army recount grim conditions. Diet averaged about 708 calories daily, with potato peel soup and minimal bread, bed changes monthly, and scarce medical supplies.
The Associated Press reports American transports entering the central Ryukyus today amid unusual naval moves. Radio Tokyo cites seaborne aircraft attacks on Kure and Okinawa area targets while U S commanders push a broader air and sea response. Admiral Nimitz reports carrier planes damaged Nipponese ships and aircraft along the Ryukyu chain. MacArthur notes ongoing, though uneven, resistance in Southern Luzon.
Joseph E. Smith, director of the war manpower commission, says about 450 laborers are being imported to ease the critical labor shortage. Sheet & Tube will receive 350 workers, Republic Steel the remainder, with housing arranged by State WMC offices. Republic also to receive 100 workers for Warren plant.
State liquor board reports enforcement surge under Lausche policy with 13 cases disposed this month. Seven revocations announced in March, compared with 52 cases in January and one revocation in February. Governor Lauscher urges stricter enforcement.
Tallahassee reports Platoon Sgt Ernest T Thomas the Marine who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi was killed on Iwo Jima days later. The notification was sent to his mother in Florida. A second item notes Harry L Grindmeier of Cincinnati facing grand jury action on stealing $13.25 from the mails after 20 years as a letter carrier.
Columbus Ohio welfare director Frazier Reams ordered superintendents of state welfare institutions to place as many inmates as possible into the Mood production program. The directive aims to expand inmate participation and boost food program support across facilities.
Washington reports announced a peace charter for labor and management to prevent industrial strife as the economy shifts to peacetime. AFL President Green CIO Chairman Murray and Eric Johnston of the Chamber of Commerce framed the plan endorsing private property, competitive capitalism, and management prerogatives while pledging labor rights to organize and bargain. A national committee of business and labor spokesmen would promote understanding of the code of principles.
U S Ninth Air Force fighter bombers mauled two German motor convoys fleeing east from Giessen. Over 800 vehicles carrying soldiers were destroyed or damaged as 250 planes dropped bombs. In a separate report, more than 2,400 soldiers from Europe were returned to the United States and debarked at Hampton Roads.
Allied armored forces under Montgomery and Hodges surged through a wide breach in German lines north of the Ruhr, with Patton’s Third Army within 214 miles of Berlin. Ninth Army seized Duisburg as Frankfurt and Mannheim regions neared collapse, while German evacuations and heavy Soviet activity marked a broad advance across Europe.
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