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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
11
Japanese land armies press the pace of offensives in India and China as Allied air power and naval actions persist. The report notes heavy losses in Burma and details from Mountbatten on Japanese operations and the Dutch East Indies convoy encounter.
The Tokyo Asahi Shimbun reports the 14th U. S. Air Force under Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault is reinforced from India and moving 450 miles closer to Tokyo for an air assault. In India’s Imphal Kohima sector, heavy fighting continues as Allied patrols clear roads and capture villages while Japanese losses mount.
A freight train struck an automobile at Crum in heavy rain, wrecking the locomotive and 21 cars and tying up the main line between Norfolk and Cincinnati for over 12 hours. Special agent S Z Kinstler said the car skidded onto the tracks as the driver briefly stepped out to assess the situation.
President Roosevelt resumes work at the White House after a month away in the south recuperating from influenza. He reports feeling much better and addresses reporters on military and political issues. He stayed at Bernard Baruch's Georgetown South Carolina estate during the break. Wooster reports only 20 ballots returned from service personnel in Tuesday's primary.
The Messenger will provide state and Athens County election returns by telephone from editorial rooms Tuesday night. Returns for top Ohio races will come via Associated Press lines, available one hour after polls close. Local counts come from the Athens County election board and will be slow due to many candidates.
Gov. John W. Bricker, Republican presidential hopeful, will open a Washington campaign headquarters at the Carlton Hotel next Thursday with Roy D. Moore in charge. He will speak in Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha, Milwaukee, then head to Houston for the Texas State Republican Convention on May 23, with additional stops in New Orleans and Tennessee en route home.
Canton's Timken roller bearing Gambrinus mill halted by a 1,200 worker walkout protesting promotion of helpers to inspectors. Walkout began last Wednesday with inspectors and helpers leaving.
The Rev. Harold Godfrey Green says he verified reports of hundreds of Ipswich residents who saw a vision of Jesus on a cross in the sky during an April 27 air raid alert. Clouds drifted past while the vision stayed stationary.
The War Department disclosed that 183 618 prisoners are held by the United States with 133 135 Germans 50 136 Italians and 347 Japanese. They are confined in camps across the United States and are used to relieve labor shortages in some regions.
Second Lt. Mary W. Harrison of Belpre Ohio was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in Italy, the War Department reported. She served in the U S Army during World War II and earned the decoration for combat injuries.
A Soviet commission reports Nazi murder of over 102000 civilians and prisoners in the Rowno area of Old Poland. It cites 49000 bodies in a timber dump on Street, 32500 in vegetable or grain depots, plus executions as proof of a planned extermination. Witnesses say victims dug their own graves before being shot or killed in gas trucks. The commission names implicated Nazi officials and vows inevitable punishment.
As Democrats in six states choose delegates, Roosevelt may clinch a fourth term with pledged and claimed party support. Missouri Wyoming Ohio and North Dakota and Washington State delegates could push the total past 531, while Bricker gains from Ohio and West Virginia. Tennessee also selects GOP delegates as Taft heads to renomination.
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio, chairman of the Republican food study committee, said he was instructed to discuss with Rep. Walcott of Michigan a proposal to amend price control legislation. The plan would place rationing distribution and price ceilings under a single official authority.
Citizens urged to vote in the Ohio May primary while many are in uniform or at farm work. The piece argues the elected officials will influence postwar policy and stresses duty to democracy, urging timely participation to back fighting men through the ballot.
R J Thomas president of the United Automobile Workers CIO urged a 30 hour work week to ensure full postwar employment. He spoke to union workers in St Paul Minnesota and warned against the Little Steel Formula while advocating a guaranteed annual wage as part of a postwar plan for workers.
Columbus reports a weather forecast of cloudy with rain for election day seen as favoring rural voters while urban turnout may drop. Polls open 6:30 a m to 6:30 p m Central War Time and 7:30 a m to 7:30 p m Eastern War Time. Estimates range 500 000 to 1 250 000 voters with 1 419 017 in 1940 as context.
The Associated Press reports a vast German police network ready to seize political targets after an Allied invasion. General Von Woyrsch is named to command the force, with plans for rapid rounds of executions as invasion threats loom and German and Allied firepower build.
Major Christien Petri Jr 29 of Cleveland a veteran with 50 combat missions in Australia and New Guinea died when his single engine fighter crashed near Mansfield He served as a test pilot at Wright Field Dayton and is credited with destroying at least 17 planes on enemy airfields Elyria reports an automobile killed Joseph F Barylski 49 along a highway Saturday night
Ohio officials distribute letters and booklets to re employment committees and clerks to explain unemploy ment compensation rights for World War II veterans. Eligible veterans may receive state benefits after one week of unemployment if they had at least 20 weeks of covered employment in the 15 months before induction or the year after discharge.
First Lord of the Admiralty A V Alexander said the United States Britain and the British Empire produced 127000 aircraft in 1943 about 14 percent of hourly output. In Cleveland a river flood cut 800 West Side telephones. in Elyria a 22 year old man drowned after falling into Black River.
Allied air and ground forces pounded targets across Europe including Ber lin and Brunswick in Germany, French invasion nerve centers, and Bucharest. Russian bombers intensified the Sevastopol siege as German and Soviet actions target decisive summer battles amid the vast war effort.
Reports describe massive RAF night exercises with transport planes and paratroopers landing across Britain as Germany warns of possible invasion within days. Allied air raids devastate Berlin Bucharest and other targets while Mediterranean and Yugoslav fronts see ongoing bombardments and patrol actions.Temperatures plummet to record lows in several southern cities over the weekend.
The Attorney General prepares an opinion to clarify how returning G I Joes and Josses regain prewar employment. The 1940 act requires restoration to former jobs unless changes make it impossible. Questions include conflicting seniorities and shop downsizing, with 40 days to apply after discharge and expedited court hearings if reinstatement fails.
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