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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
1
U S experts in Washington say Tokyo’s hollow Coral Sea victory claims may push Japan to launch a large scale assault on the routes to Australia. They note Japanese losses were heavy but claims remain inflated and could prompt another major battle with heavy fleet units.
Ravenna court records reveal Virgil Atkins an 18 year old Navy deserter from Charleston West Virginia pleaded guilty to armed robbery of a tavern at Atwater. His sister Edith Ibanez 26 of Elkview West Virginia received a related sentence. Both were sentenced to state reformatories per the plea.
Toronto police reported that two Luftwaffe detainees escaped overnight from the army prison camp at Bowmanville, forty miles east of Toronto, amid heightened security.
W Va AP official inquiry paused as rescue crews seek 11 bodies among 56 presumed dead in Tuesday disaster at Christopher Coal Company No 3 mine. Four more bodies recovered late last night. officials warn hours remain to reach others buried three miles underground. Chief Rhinehart says mine not badly wrecked. inquiry awaits complete body count.
Washington said the United States is not interested in any Vichy French solution to the Martinique situation. French warships on the island are to be immobilized as U N and French interests seek protection. Officials emphasize direct talks with Admiral Georges Robert as the final authority in the Caribbean and deny any note from Vichy.
Philadelphia dispatch reports that non essential auto traffic may stop under gasoline rationing to save rubber. Dr C F Phillips of the OPA tire division says civilians will get no new tires and existing tires may be requisitioned for essential vehicles.
Rep. James E. Van Zandy told a gasoline dealers meeting that Eastern Ohio would be rationed within two weeks. He noted Western Pennsylvania has a surplus around Oil City and Titusville that delays rationing there.
Fire destroyed twenty tons of scrap rubber bought before the war and a saw mill garage machine shop and residence three miles south of Chardon. Loss estimated at $18 000 by Fire Chief Harry Brannon. William Johnson owned the property and buildings.
AFL Hotel Service Workers Union strikes Cleveland’s Lake Shore Hotel nine stories high in protest over the discharge of a wailer.
The War Production Board adopts concentration of production to keep essential civilian industries running. Large non electric stove makers must halt by July 31 and shift output to smaller firms, with small segments kept in production for essential civilian goods through the war.
Ohio state defense council outlined evacuation plans for nine target areas in case of an enemy bombing. Mayors of Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Akron Dayton Toledo Youngstown Canton and Springfield approved assigning emergency planning to the defense council at a meeting of the state evacuation committee.
The teacher school board dispute that closed Bryan High School last Friday ended today as officials announced classes would resume. Eight teachers who resigned after the Miami Township Board of Education refused to support expulsion of a student charged with insubordination said the board agreed to bar the boy from classes.
The war production board named Cleveland Akron and Massillon as labor shortage areas. An order restricts stove production after July 31 in these and fourteen other states. Electric stoves were not allowed to continue production in shortage zones.
Washington hearing sought views from Army Navy and Selective Service leaders on how much of a fighting man’s pay should support dependents. House action had already raised private pay from 42 to 50 dollars a month and boosted first class private and seaman ratings from 48 to 54, with Senate and House committee backing.
Allied bomber raids sank a 3,000-ton Japanese ship off Ambon and damaged two others north of Australia. Additional air strikes at Rabaul targeted shipping and 15 Japanese bombers on the ground. MacArthur’s headquarters reported ongoing Allied pressure to avert invasion threats along the northwest and northeast base network.
A strong quake struck Guayaquil Ecuador last night causing multiple deaths and injuries. Most victims were patients at a four story clinic when buildings collapsed. A separate three story building also collapsed, resulting in additional casualties.
Congress circles forecast nation wide gas rationing with eastern states likely to be extended after July 1. Senator Aiken predicts control of rail and water movement and reduced domestic transport use while Downey warns of dwindling eastern reserves. Some legislators support inland waterway options as a workaround and Congressmen debate rationing preferences amid the card reclassification turmoil.
Local 177 CIO Utility Workers Organizing Committee set next Tuesday morning for a strike at Ohio Public Service Co. Ravenna plant serving the Ravenna Ordnance plant. About 135 workers would be affected after a vote followed company rejection to negotiate a contract for a single plant.
Ohio's 1942 winter wheat crop is projected at an average 21.5 bushels per acre, down from 25 bushels last year. Total state yield set at 37,410,000 bushels due to May 1 conditions, with about 1,740,000 acres planted, a 2 percent decline from the prior year.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau proposes a minimum tax on anyone who files an income tax return. He suggests a $5 minimum and says it could raise about 100 million dollars yearly. He notes constitutionality study and references Senator George’s similar idea. Capitol Hill pressure shifts against a general sales tax.
President Manuel Quezon arrives in Washington to set up a temporary government in exile for the Philippines. This marks the first exile government based in the United States, following escape from Corregidor before its fall to Japanese forces.
Thomas J. Thomas warned delegates at the Ohio Coal Conference that a coal shortage this fall could trigger government emergency distribution. The official said the government has urged early buying of coal.
RAF fighter sweep off the North African coast attacks a Junkers 52 troop carrier formation. Thirteen planes crash into the sea in 15 minutes, seven damaged, two Me 110 escorts lost, one RAF fighter killed, as the operation targets Rommel's forces near Libya.
War Department urges newspapers to stop publishing soldiers addresses and bar revealing regiment or unit. Stories may note branch and location but must not disclose specific unit affiliations. The Messenger is instructed to avoid publishing such addresses to encourage letters to service members.
Secretary Wickard warned senators that labor shortages and transport problems may hinder wartime food and fiber production. He testified the Agriculture Department is on a war basis as the appropriations panel approved about 680 million dollars in cash and 185 million in loans for a broad farm program for the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
Norwalk Ohio man Charles Mitchell, 47, who surrendered to clear his name 16 years after being indicted for second degree murder, was acquitted by a jury. He faced trial for the killing of Mrs. Mary R. Rubino at a Bellevue party on Christmas Eve 1926.
Soviet dispatches report a breakout from Kharkov and a widening battleline from Leningrad to the Black Sea with heavy German losses. In Crimea, Red Army pressure continues despite a claimed German victory at Kerch Peninsula. Battles rage in Burma and Atlantic U-boat warfare intensifies as Allies cope with Japanese and German forces.
Funeral services for Mrs. Addie McAfee wife of William McAfee will be held Friday afternoon at 1 30 o clock at the Orange Church of Christ Burial will follow in the nearby cemetery Friends may call at the residence in Richland Ave Athens at any time
Temperatures remained warm in Athens with a noon reading at 70s. Yesterday’s high reached 86 and the overnight low dipped to 57, keeping a mild day on the horizon.
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