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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1943
Page
3
Allied forces in Tunisia tighten naval blockades and prepare for a renewed offensive. Gen. Giraud predicts May brings complete defeat of the Germans as German pressure ebbs in the rugged hills.
Three Rockbridge youths Eugene Couch 19 and Robert Graham 20 and William Graham 17 died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at the Kirn Hotel in Lancaster. The bodies were found by the landlady late Saturday night after Couch registered at 3 am and the heater's fumes filled the room. Authorities said the heater flame was too high. All three worked at the Anchor Hocking Glass plant and had tried to hitch home after work before seeking rest.
Eastern Ohio miners returned to work as three major mines operated with near normal staffing under a government and United Mine Workers pact ending a stoppage that began Friday midnight. District 6 official Adolph Pacifico said workers were returning as they could be notified and expected the afternoon shift to run normally.
Washington dispatches report Allied air forces sinking and damaging large Japanese tonnage in April. MacArthur’s forces and Flying Fortresses claimed 27 500 tons sunk and 65 800 damaged, with 93 300 tons cited as a combined April total. Navy notes Marines and warships losses in later operations, while Allied air and naval actions in the European and North African theaters continue with notable engagements and tactical moves.
Washington sources say a compulsory 48 hour week ordered by a power commission could raise steel payrolls by about 100 million dollars annually. They argue the move would increase pay for more than 500000 workers but not boost production or reduce job needs.
Deneen A. Watson chairman of the Midwest conference of the Republican Postwar Policy Association urged a council of nations as a fundamental for lasting peace. He told delegates that ordinary GOP men and women will not repeat 1919 1920 mistakes and that defeating Roosevelt requires shifting the foreign issue away from him.
Hollywood reports flames swept the 15 room two story French provincial house of actress Joan Bennett and producer Walter Wanger. Wanger Bennett and her two daughters plus three servants escaped in night attire as dawn fire struck their residence.
U S Air Force P 40 War hawks intercepted a Japanese flight north of a Chinese air drome in Huan Province. Seven to fourteen Zeroes were shot down with seven more likely down. Survivors from a 30-plane enemy formation were chased off. seven definitely destroyed and seven probably shot down.
Middletown today reported an over the top second war bond drive with 112 percent of the quota achieved. Local officials announced the record through the town news release and thanked contributors countywide.
AP reports the sinking of a German submarine off the Carolina coast during the weekend. This raises the AP tally of Nazi U-boat losses in the Atlantic since Pearl Harbor to 42, and total submarines sunk since June 30, 1940 to 103.
John H. Mc Coy, campaign chairman for 20 Central Ohio counties, announced subscriptions reached 140 million dollars, surpassing a goal of 83 million. He said every county exceeded its quota.
William Samuel Shepherd died Sunday at the family home after a three week illness following influenza. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 PM at First Methodist Church with Rev. E A Brown officiating and interment in West Union Street Cemetery. He leaves his wife S Anna Stoady Shepherd, a daughter Mrs D R Zenner, and two grandsons Phillip N Zenner and Gregory S Zenner.
The second war loan drive raised about 17 billion dollars, roughly 4 billion above the goal, with most funds from non banking sources. Treasury to announce final total around May 10. Morgenthau praised the drive and signaled higher targets for future campaigns.
President Roosevelt nominated Brig. Gen. Norman T. Kirk to be surgeon general of the Army, succeeding Major General James C. Magee who will complete his term in June. Kirk commands Percy Jones Hospital in Battle Creek Michigan. Roosevelt also named Alexander C. Kirk to be ambassador to the Greek government in exile in Cairo.
Detective Captain Norman E. Van Almen announced homicide charges against Minis Mikels 60 for the death of his daughter Eva 26. Mikels confessed to beating Eva with a baseball bat while she slept and said the devil told him to kill.
Allied losses mount as a Japanese air fleet strikes the Darwin area. Japanese 21 bombers and 30 fighters engage Allied Spitfires in a fierce Darwin air battle, destroying or damaging thirteen enemy planes while Allied losses are described as heavy. Allied strikes target Mubo Green's Hill Kai Koepang Timor and Penfoei Airdrome with multiple missions. An Allied official notes Southwest Pacific submarine campaigns and compares ship losses to the Atlantic.
Ohio begins sign up for state rationing of packaged spirits with books issued alphabetically. Residents 21 and older must mail in applications by May 10 and prove residence to buy in their neighborhood stores. Distribution starts May 17 as agencies close to prepare for a June 1 effective date.
Washington reports a four month partisan clash ends today with a showdown on pay as you go income taxation. The House is expected to pass by tomorrow night a bill erasing half or more of the 1942 tax assets against individual incomes and impose a 20 percent withholding on wages effective July 1. Members return from a 10 day Easter recess to argue plans and vote.
In Gallitzin Pennsylvania and Southern Ohio, 350 soft coal miners of Local 1056 UMWA reported for work as the nationwide soft coal strike ended. Miners resumed without waiting for John L. Lewis to announce the end, citing pay rise hopes and compliance with the return-to-work accord. Pacifico praised the two week pause as proper for the war effort. R. L. Ireland called the solution welcome for the Ohio Coal Association.
Oakland Calif Phil Lip Murray president of the CIO reiterates there will be no wartime work stoppages by CIO unions. He says he would not have it said that American labor let soldiers die by failing to do its duty at home.
The Office of Fuels Administrator Ickes said today a two week truce allows mining to resume and in transit coal shipments freeze is canceled.
Police report a 44 year old Black steel worker surrendered at the East Liverpool city jail and will be charged with first degree serious case in the slaying of Phoebe Peachy 22 who was walking home from church with her mother. The assailant allegedly drove up argued with Peachy and struck her in the back as she fled.
Stockholm dispatch says the German high command aims to raise an army of 300 000 to 500 000 from captured Russian soldiers and civilians in the Baltic states. The force would include only those deemed reliable by the Nazis and led by a former Soviet general in German custody.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of the Chinese generalissimo, arrived in Washington to resume guest status at the White House as concerns about security and diplomacy continue to shape the official visit.
The Army Quartermaster Corps asks Ohio farmers to adjust sugar beet and canning vegetable planting to avert 1943 shortages. Col. William J. Calvert warns failure to hit acre goals could threaten supplies for the armed services as soldiers require fresh and canned vegetables daily. Elmer F. Kruse cites early estimates showing only about half of the sugar beet target may be planted and canning crop data are incomplete and discouraging.
Berlin radio quoted a hand picked commission from 12 countries saying the Polish officers, alleged by Nazis to be killed by Russians and buried near Smolensk, were shot in 1940 before the invasion of Russia. Seven graves opened, 982 corpses examined, 70 percent identified, death from neck shots. Moscow accuses Germany of the killings. Poland notes 1939 partition with Germany and Russia.
The Senate prepared to consider anti strike legislation after a coal mine walkout spurred action. Senator Connally of Texas proposed government seizure of struck mines and plants and hinted at an amendment targeting labor leaders to push workers to quit mines and war plants.
President Roosevelt called miners back to work under government oversight after United Mine Workers paused supply. Harold Ickes coordinates a 15 day truce to settle wage talks while UMW officials and steel plants face precarious inventories. Two Toledo residents died in a Route 2 collision near Delta.
Charleston West Virginia State Health Commissioner C F McClintic announced that quarantine orders now cover Ohio River boat travelers to guard war workers in the northern Panhandle from a smallpox outbreak in the valley.
A train fatally struck 51 year old Charles E. Shaffer near the Pennsylvania depot. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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