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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
1
Washington AP reports unemployment rises while U S munitions centers face halted construction and slowed production. The nation wrestles with scarce machine tools and essential equipment as efforts to sustain wartime output continue.
War cost figures show expenditures reaching over 7 billion with rising projections. Production shifts and planned halts loom as officials say many projects will pause by October. Officials predict rapid allocation of released workers to other war industries, while new price and wage controls seek to balance costs.
The Arkansas River surged to a record 41.7 feet in Fort Smith, flooding thousands of acres and submerging blocks of the city. Six people are confirmed dead as levees break and engineers divert efforts to protect downstream areas near Little Rock and riparian towns. Water covers West Fort Smith rooftops and cuts water supply to Camp Chatwood and surrounding areas.
President Roosevelt told Vice President Wallace and Speaker Ray that Congress should approve an additional 400 million dollars for publicly financed war housing. He argued housing construction is essential to meet needs of 1,100,000 workers moving to war centers during the coming fiscal year. He insisted that expenditures are necessary to win the war or to win it more quickly and with fewer lives.
Cheney Cowles of Spokane, former managing editor of the Chronicle, Spokane, Wash, was among five killed when a medium bomber crashed near Jerash in Al Fama yesterday. The Barksdale Field Public Relations Office announced the loss. Major Cowles, a former newspaperman, was son of We HL.
fragmented OCR text shows Ohio lawmakers debating shifts in university pensioning and job costs. references to finance committee, a Fairfield County case, a killed officer, and merger talks, with scattered mentions of Western Union and postal telegraph merger plans.
Admiral Halsey and General MacArthur held their first joint conference at the South Pacific headquarters. Observers say the Arthur Halsey meeting may herald a new phase in the Pacific War and signal closer Allied coordination.
Detroit report cites Adolf Hitler as having hysterical blindness during wartime. Dr. Victor A. Gonda of Loyola University School of Medicine Chicago references a German medic, Dufrid Foerster, who allegedly found a 2031 note in the German War Office archives stating Hitler suffered from hysterical amblyopia.
Thrush, president of the AFL Progressive Mine Workers, announced the government will release all mines in Tina under AFL control that have contracts with the union. He said 150 mines employing about 38,000 AFL members will be released, with no work stoppage or raids on United Mine Workers members. An extension of the union contract for three days was also reported.
United States heavy bombers pressed a Burma campaign with a 30 ton assault on a railroad bridge north of Pyinmana and attacks on the Rangoon area including Bassein port. A tenth Air Force communique reports direct hits and heavy damage to targets along the Mandalay Rangoon rail line and riverfront at Bassein, while American fighters harassed enemy positions across northern Burma.
London reports Prime Minister to step up plans amid Allied victory talk. A press note hints at a Friday broadcast from the capital at eight pm in London, with key remarks expected on strategy and reception in Washington.
London dispatch reports the Dutch government in exile urged 400000 ex servicemen to defy German orders to register for reinternment. Axis victories in North Africa energize unrest across occupied Europe with reports of executions in Eindhoven and shootings in cities as martial law spreads. Akron obit notes Mrs Charles Dick, widow of former U.S. Senator, dies at 84.
The article speculates on how Allied leaders Roosevelt and Churchill may plan Indian base involvement for invasions in the Balkans or Middle East. It discusses a Burma campaign across the Bay of Bengal to supply China, noting the monsoon season and the need to act before the Washington conference focuses solely on Europe.
Director Don Fisher said the zoning plan would be pursued only to the extent it served its purpose and then dropped. The report touches on wartime measures, labor shifts, and transportation disruptions in Columbus, Akron, and New York, noting authorities and workers affected by the emergency.
In the Donets River Valley near Lishchansk about 125 miles southeast of Kharkov Soviet reports say Russian forces captured a hill of major tactical importance after heavy fighting. More than 1,000 Germans were killed or wounded and equipment losses were large as the Red Army pressed the German line. Moscow also reported a German counterattack at Novorossiysk repelled and continued Soviet artillery and air strikes on German positions.
War Production Board and administration plan give priority to farm machinery supplies. Lee Marshall deputy food administrator said enough steel and materials will be available starting July 2 to reach about 80 percent of 1940 output. Machinery production this year has been under 40 percent of 1940 volume under allocations. Details of the new machinery program to be announced soon.
In New Britain, New Guinea, a Kiwanis Club heavy bomber crew earned Distinguished Flying Crosses for extraordinary achievement in combat. The unit, named after the bomber, was praised by Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney of the Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific. First Lt. Henry Le Ghovanec of Spokane, Wash., delivered the club’s name and status to the ceremony.
Columbus education director Kenneth C. Ray announced a proposed driver education program for high schools to qualify students for military service and visa post assignments. He said the war emphasizes the need for trained drivers and that victory depends on how armies are transported and supplied.
Joseph B. Eastman warns consumers to order coal supplies now to avert a winter shortage. He says railroads can move enough coal to meet anticipated demand if shipments continue without interruption.
RAF forces drop over 1,500 tons of bombs on Duisburg, Germany, described by the Air Ministry as the heaviest attack of the war. Mussolini acknowledges Tunisia defeat as Axis losses mount, while Allied reports claim large prisoner captures and continued pressure along the African and Italian fronts.
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