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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1945
Page
1
The War Labor Board announces a hold the line wage program for the months of adjustment to a one front war. It pledges no wage shrinkage during reconversion and continued controls over workers as OPA tightens price lids on items returning to the market. The policy is part of the war phase two plan to sustain high wage levels during the transition.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force issues a postwar censorship guide and signals ongoing censorship as long as occupation forces remain in Europe. The War Labor Board plans gradual wage easing, with changes not retroactive, while the War Manpower Commission maps staged relaxation of controls by July and a broader transition through summer 1945, depending on labor markets and Japan’s defeat.
A strong bloc of small nations pushes for greater authority in global peace efforts at Dumbarton Oaks talks in San Francisco. Canada and Mexico back expanded Security Council roles, while Latin America presses for an independent hemispheric security system as debate over council enlargement to 14 or 15 members continues.
The Office of Price Administration reports thousands of counterfeit Red Points sold in Cleveland at about 65 cents per hundred. Four meat dealers face suspension for possessing fakes, as 50 000 more counterfeits are found with five other Cleveland traders. Regional OPA Administrator Birkett Williams testified to the House Food Committee as auditors review slaughterers' records across five states amid the meat shortage.
American Airlines has discontinued passenger transport and air express service in Huntington due to facility limits and ground conditions at the Huntington Ironton Chesapeake Airport. The move affects aviation operations in Huntington West Virginia and surrounding areas.
A War Department announcement outlines a coordinated Allied military government in the American zone of Germany. It calls for a special intelligence section to ruthlessly suppress Nazi underground networks, plus divisions for demobilization, reparations, economy, and internal affairs.
Carlton Koepge of Sardusky Ohio urged Congress to create a new advisory commission drawn from management labor and consumers. The panel would advise on shaping a 55 000 000 job postwar economy and balance competing pressure groups without merging with existing congressional facilities until proven valuable.
Allied forces trap the last Nazi holdouts in a 4000 square mile pocket in Czechoslovakia led by Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner and Col. Gen. Voehter. German surrenders rise across the Dodecanese and Crete while U.S. and British fronts push to end the war in Europe.
Herbert H. Gehman, director general of UNRRA, says the agency is not authorized to aid Germans or supply food to Germany unless a majority of council members with one vote each approves. He stressed that decisions require collective consensus.
PORTSMOUTH two Portsmouth youths were in a hospital today after stunt flying and a crash landing of a trainer plane owned by H. Coleman Grimes at Raven Rock Airport. The 16 year old, a part time employee, took the plane, with an 18 year old Merchant Marine on leave as his companion.
Corporal Arthur Chenoweth of Jennings IKan was wounded by a bullet and bayonet slash and burned with hot irons while resisting enemy torture in Manila. He is now recuperating at Walter Reed Hospital after receiving the Purple Heart and four Oak Leaf clusters for his bravery in combat.
A proposed U S plan to try both individuals and organizations for war crimes could allow forced labor in postwar Europe. The idea, discussed with Britain Russia and France at the United Nations Conference, envisions an international tribunal to indict Nazi parties and affiliates with war crimes and impose penalties on members if convicted.
Cincinnati report shows Tanner's Council of America laboratory shares wartime research on leather treatments that stop stiffening in freezing temps and allow molding in humid tropics. Warren County briefly imposes dog quarantine by order of county commissioners after tabies cases reported. quarantine takes effect yesterday in Trumbull County.
Lt Gen James H Doolittle, commander of the U S Eighth Air Force in Europe, said 2000 plane raids against Japan will rise as airfields and supply routes expand. He noted the Eighth's manpower nears 200 000 with 100 000 rotating, and that Fortresses and Liberators would shift to the Pacific as heavy bombers, augmenting Superfortresses.
Washington reports B 29s laid floating mines in Tokyo Bay and other Japanese harbors while 200 Superfortresses roared over six home islands. The raid signals a planned massive strike as Tokyo vows to fight on amid mounting losses.
Chinese army spokesmen claim a sweeping counter-offensive has trapped thousands of Japanese and killed at least a third of the 86 000 invaders who began driving toward the U S Chihkiang air base in western China. Nipponese reserves were sent in as Chinese columns formed a pincers 40 miles from Paoching. Japanese broadcasts spoke of prisoner releases in Thailand. Civilian mobilization was urged in Sumatra to shore up wartime structure. The Mikado’s envoy to Indo China was recalled for conferences.
A Japanese naval lieutenant commander who surrendered to U S Sixth Division troops said Japan would surrender soon. Meanwhile Superforts raided Japan's home islands with 400 planes targeting Kawamaki Seaplane plant near Kobe and Kyushu targets. On Okinawa the Sixth Marine Division crossed the Asa River as Australian forces cap oil fields on Tarakan.
A weather binge hits May as snow falls across New England and Upper New York while the Midwest cools to freezing. Rain dampens spring enthusiasm though forecaster R C G Schmidt of the Chicago bureau promises relief nationwide with no immediate severe cold in prospect.
Federal District Judge Paul Jones granted a temporary injunction preventing eviction of war worker Walter T. McCon nell from a two family home. The order blocks Nicholas F. Molar Mrs Myra W. Dobbs and her daughter Clara Stevens from ousting him while the War Production Board seeks a permanent restraining order.
A Czech town near Pilsen recalls two years since Rommel’s Afrika Korps were defeated and prisoners moved from Bizerte. The piece contrasts German exiles returning toward the Reich with Czech families suffering hunger and fear as war shifts northward and Russian retribution looms.
A four man B-17 Flying Fortress crew from Leckbourne Army Air Base bailed out after their bomber crashed near Canal Winchester south of Franklin Fairfield field in Ohio. The plane landed and burned with all crew members parachuting to safety.
The $27.7 billion relief and reconstruction bill, aimed at flood swept areas, sits before the House after Senate passage. Representative Sverson of Louisiana reported the measure moves forward pending House action.
London reports final tabulation showing the U S Eighth Air Force dropping over 4.6 million bombs on Europe and destroying about 15,429 enemy aircraft in air and ground actions during the air war against Germany.
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