This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 28 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
1
London AP reports Hitler must speed up defense of Axis Europe while cushioning German morale at home after the Tunisian setback.
Washington AP reports the cap on pay up tax programs dominates discussions on Capitol Hill. Senator Vandenberg says the Carlson skip-a-year bill gains support while Senator George notes the sole issue is tax abatement amount. House and Senate panels push labor and trade measures amid veto-override and War Production Board authority debates. ow
Army promised police protection to up to 200 striking workers at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Brier Hill plant who return after an unauthorized 13 day stoppage. Despite the offer, officials said no more workers reported than last week as CIO United Steelworkers disclaimed responsibility for the strike over a wage dispute affecting war material production.
Government winter wheat forecast shows production at 515,159,000 bushels, up from prior pessimistic estimates but below last year’s 703,252,000 bushels and the ten year average of 550,181,000. Earlier projections had placed this year’s crop at 558,551,000 bushels.
The Akron Industrial Union Council CIO affiliates vote to observe a Labor Day holiday on June 2 unless the Labor Board by that date approves a wage panel recommendation. The WLB rubber panel recommends an eight cent an hour raise for workers at Firestone Goodrich and General Tire Rubber Co.
A mine floated ashore near the west coast village of Donegal exploding and killing 17 people with four others injured. Authorities reported the incident as a maritime mine accident affecting residents and coastal patrols as rescue services responded to the scene.
Tokyo asserts Japanese troops moved within 12 miles of the India Burma frontier shaping the gravest invasion threat to India's 390 million. British say they bombarded Japanese on the Maungdaw Buthedaung road and RAF fighters hit troops. In Indo China and New Guinea, Allied air and ground actions against Japanese forces continue with several locomotives and river boats destroyed.
County party bosses in Columbus gave Jones a July 1 deadline to deliver more federal patronage for loyalists. They accused him of backing Wendell Willkie in 1940 against Roosevelt, calling the surprise meeting led by State Auditor Ferguson to seek explanations from Jones and the patronage committee members.
Columbus plans to switch to Eastern War Time from the first Sunday in April to the first Sunday in October during the war. The ordinance, if signed by Mayor Floyd Green, would last six months after the war ends and align Columbus clocks with wartime needs.
About 500 members of the Philadelphia Retail Live Poultry Dealers Association staged a morning protest, refusing to open their stores, to oppose what they termed black market activities by certain New York dealers.
In a wartime column, DeWitt MacKenzie notes Hitler’s faltering position as Axis forces face Tunisia’s collapse. Franco urges peace as Berlin chills under Allied blowback while Russia sustains pressure in the Novorossisk sector of the Western Caucasus.
The regional office of Price Administration said the next War Ration Book No. 3 would be mailed directly to Ohio residents late next month. Postmen will leave a card at each home in the first week of June and applicants can mail post-card forms at their convenience.
The War Department lists 15 Ohio Army officers and 32 enlisted men missing in action in the Alaskan, European, North African, South Pacific and South west Pacific theaters. North Africa losses include Logan Staff Sergeant Charles O Starcher and relation Hattie E Starcher. Portland Pfe Paul J Ward. The Plains Corporal John M Lucas and Bertha Lucas as mother.
John Owens, president of District 6 UMWA, says all union miners in Ohio and West Virginia Panhandle will stay off coal properties after midnight May 18 unless a new contract is reached with mine operators. The action was decided Friday by the district executive board.
Corp. Alvin Sharp of Sandusky Ohio served as orderly to the American general who accepted the unconditional surrender of the German African Corps in Tunisia. The assignment gave him a ringside seat for a pivotal World War II moment.
Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews and thirteen other high ranking officers killed on May 5 in an Iceland crash were honored today at a large gathering likely the largest postwar UN officials memorial. The ceremony brought together senior Allied and United Nations officers to pay tribute to the fallen leaders.
London reports Eden reaffirmed Allied terms are unconditional surrender. Berlin papers describe Germans as stunned by North Africa victory. Goering and Himmler named to reorganize and stabilize Italy. Dutch state of siege and executions noted. Romanian premier cites heavy losses. Montgomery’s force redeployments raise Axis concerns.
Lieut. Gen. Ashinari Uchida of Japan admitted a gap in technical skill but promoted Japanese spiritual strength as superior to American. In Tokyo via OWI, Uchida, director of aero nautical affairs, urged greater war production and said Japan must strike the American mainland by air as the Pacific war heads into a critical phase to decide if Japan will eat or be eaten.
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 4,934,725,000 dollars more for the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics for the 1944 fiscal year. In a special message to the House he called the funds essential for successful prosecution of the war and offered no further details.
Ten men were killed and five others seriously burned today in an explosion at Praco coal mine No. 10 of the Alabama By-Products Corp., 20 miles west of Birmingham.
The War Labor Board reports it did not raise consumer prices with voluntary increases and that straight time manufacturing wages rose only 1.9 cents per hour, 2.3 percent, from last September to February. Chairman Davis argues wage gains since stabilization have not raised the cost of living for Americans despite higher prices on goods.
War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson urged full-time schedules at essential war plants over Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends. He suggested moving civic observances to Sunday to sustain production after Allied victories in Bizerte and Tunis.
The Office of Price Administration fixed a ceiling price of 1.65 plus taxes on the new war alarm clock effective tomorrow. Reports say hard sleepers paid up to 9 for scarce models. About 100,000 units have been produced but not sold, while 10 million are needed annually.
Allied forces drive into Hammamet on Cap Bon Peninsula trapping about 80 000 Axis troops in the 45 mile long area. British ships sink several small Axis boats while Axis prisoners and a German general are reported as captured in a fierce North Africa breakthrough.
U S and British forces report massive Axis captures in North Africa with 25 000 prisoners including six generals and 5 000 taken by the British as they drive toward Hammamet Soliman and Grombalia. RAF strikes hit Sicily airfields while Russian forces press around Novorossisk as German high command claims limited repulses.
Secretary of the Navy Knox declared after the Tunisia victory that Germany will try to bar Allied shipping from Mediterranean routes eastward but cannot prevent access. He noted the opening would shorten the route to the Middle East by about 5000 miles, contingent on Sicily’s status and future naval actions. He said American units did not participate in the Tunisia blockades.
British ambassador Lord Halifax said more than 8 million Polish men and women suffered barbarous punishment or death under the Nazis. He cited estimates of 150,000 killed in actual fighting and about 400,000 Poles plus 1,500,000 Polish Jews dying by execution or maltreatment.
Trucks delivering for the Army Navy and Maritime Commission may exceed the 35 mile per hour limit while fire wear tests are completed. In Canton CIO workers halt street water and garbage services and postpone a tin can salvage drive.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.