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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1943
Page
3
Democrats scored their first major victory in the present session by rejecting the Ruml Plan 215 to 198 and then sidetracked all pay as you go tax legislation including proposals for a 20 percent withholding tax from wages and salaries.
Allied command said British Eighth Army pushed deep into the Gabes bottleneck while U S troops hit Rommel's escape corridor in three sectors along about a 100 mile front as Patton's forces threaten the Nazis flank.
Allied advances push toward Gabes and Sfax as Eisenhower reports Rommel’s forces retreat. British First Army seizes Sedjenane and presses toward the Tunisian coast. Patton’s U.S. troops drive eastward while air forces target retreating Axis columns along the Gabes coastline.
In a House vote, Rep J Harry McGregor proposed a pay as you go system and halving the federal payroll. Democrats cheered the outcome as GOP strategists floated potential tax abatement schemes. Roosevelt and Eden signaled near term talks while farm, price control, and rubber policy shifts dominated briefings.
An explosion during demolition exercises at Camp Swift Texas yesterday killed a lieutenant and seven enlisted men and wounded five other soldiers. Names of the casualties were withheld.
A lone American Flying Fortress, in a night attack, is credited with probably sinking a large Japanese destroyer and driving three more off in waters near Northern New Guinea. Allied planes also hit Lae Salamua and Finschhafen bases and bombed Gasamata in New Britain. One recon plane shot down four of nine Japanese aircraft over the Bismarck Sea. RAF fighters damaged 13 of 22 Japanese bombers and fighters in Bengal Province.
Chicago report notes Bendix Aviation president Ernest R. Breech announced a major aviation advance to remove fog and night blind flying hazards. He offered no specifics, saying the development is broad for military use and cannot be detailed in public address.
Col Arthur V. McDermott director of selective service for New York City declared that industry and commerce must release 3,500,000 able bodied men during 1943. He said the Army and Navy cannot accept substitutes and industry must accept substitutes for those currently employed.
Kent State University's first batch of several hundred Army Air Cadets arrived yesterday to begin training on campus. The arrival marks the start of a new training program involving cadets stationed near the university.
A bill to pension a judge earning 12000 dollars at 6000 dollars annually was sent to the Ohio House after the Senate reversed and passed it. Opponents liken it to the congressmen’s pension plan and expect House defeat.
Ohioans crowded deputy registrar offices on the final day for wartime windshield sticker licenses. C. W. Wallace, chief registrar, estimated 1943 license sales across auto, truck, trailer and motorcycle categories would near 2,270,000 units set in the previous year.
Boise Idaho reports liquor purchases limited to a quart per week for whiskey gin rum and liquor effective April 5 under state package agency supervision. Wine not rationed. OhioApril bicycle quota rises to 3905 up 259 over March per the Office of Price Administration.
In Baton Rouge a government built plant under the Baruch program started producing synthetic rubber from petroleum. It has a 30,000 ton annual capacity, enough for about 4 million tires. All output is reserved for the Army and Navy and will not reach the public.
Rep Earl M French declares he has been threatened as he defends a labor regulation bill before the House Judiciary Committee. The measure would create a three member board to oversee unions, bar strikes without employee votes, require 20 days notice, ban sympathy strikes and mass action, and demand four fifths support to establish an all union shop. Toledo attorney William D Snow said similar rules cut strikes in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Dr Carl Watson WPA administrator said the agency which had 378000 on its rolls in October 1938 now runs only nurseries and would close by April 10 without Lanham act funds. WPA will reduce to 14 states after today with a dozen Ohio staff ending employment. Final accounting expected by May 1.
A Columbus warehouse fire at Andrus Scofield Co. destroyed 20 barrels of spices and large quantities of coffee peanuts peanut butter and sugar. A company spokesman said the spices could not be replaced.
State Liquor Director Don A. Fisher said a definite rationing program is decided upon and expected to pass in the Senate. The plan would start immediately but require time to inaugurate with a zone system and residence-based state store purchases.
General Motors personnel officer S M Dubrul testifying before the House Labor Committee says most absenteeism stems from a small percentage of workers with poor records. He adds public figures claim many causes are not the worker’s fault and should be educated.
President Roosevelt unveils a semi compulsory manpower plan to curb a dairy worker shortage by drafting farm experienced men and reclassifying older soldiers for essential industry. The program offers dairy workers deferment priority and allows former dairy staff over 38 to be urged back to dairy work where needed.
The Summit County coroner ruled murder in the slayings of Lucille Caprano and George W. Reynolds. Caprano a 23 year old Kent State student from Cleveland was found in the front seat with gunshot wounds to chest and lung. Reynolds a 55 year old Twin Lakes Country Club cook lay in back seat with bullet wounds. Both likely dead since 10 p m Sunday and robbed in a wood strewn roadside car. Caprano’s purse showed 41 cents. she had carried large denomination bills earlier.
Cleveland Detroit and Akron poultry dealers propose a two point plan to unfreeze the live poultry market. They call for a uniform nationwide ceiling on all poultry and a base price set on the farm to simplify operations for pick-up men and haulers.
Amos Ray mond Latshaw, 19, a theater doorman in downtown Los Angeles, confessed to shooting his parents, grandparents, and younger brother at the Loomis ranch on February 11 after being recognized by a traffic officer and identified by detectives. The case tracked Latshaw for almost a month as he fled the area.
Colorado's selective service director Brig. Gen. H. H. Richardson ordered local boards to send all farmer registrant cases to county war boards, aligning with Governor Vivian's demand to stop induction of farm labor. Russians derail Nazis in Ukraine according to Moscow radio cited by Soviet monitor.
OPA Administrator Prentiss M. Brown promised home canners a reasonable amount of sugar and vetoed proposals to take ration points from canned goods. In a letter to Representative Brown he said an upcoming program will govern issuance of sugar for home canning with details forthcoming. Aides indicated few if any coupon deductions would apply to canning sugar purchases.
AFL leader Daniel J. Tobin says the Democratic Party risks losing labor support by alienating organized labor. Tobin, longtime Roosevelt adviser, argues industrial workers dominate elections and that farm votes alone cannot decide outcomes.
Columbus records Patrick Jennings a 23 year old Black man from Youngstown is scheduled to die tonight for the murder of 18 year old James Oswald White.
Senator Holman of Oregon accuses federal departments of sheltering draft dodgers and non essential activities. He calls on the American Legion and other patriotic groups to direct attention to a thorough house cleaning of government agencies amid a senate hearing on a bill to draft men and women into war jobs.
Washington reports the Office of War Information says further rationing may come after current limits. A booklet released today notes three universal ration books will be printed, enabling rationing without advance notice.
Washington Lak PD Dan H Wheeler announces revocation of code membership for William Benjamin and Stanley Dishon of Sure Fire Coal Company New Straitsville Ohio on charges of selling below minimum prices.
Fran Kominsky an east side boy of 13 found 13901 in folding money and coins while three boys searched a junk heap. If no one claims it within six months police will see that it is finders keepers.
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