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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1942
Page
1
China warned of a very grave danger from a major Japanese offensive in the five year war with Japan. The note signals mounting concern over Chiang Kai-Shek's armies amid signs of an imminent big push by Japan.
The Empress of Asia, a 16,909 ton Canadian Pacific liner in wartime service, was sunk last spring by air attack in the Far East while transporting troops to Singapore. Allied air forces targeted Japanese shipping as Burma and Australia fronts heated.
Texas oil operators began the longest production run since January with about 99 000 wells allowed to flow over 1 400 000 barrels daily for the rest of May by order of the Texas Railroad Commission. Commissioners Sadler and Culberson warned further cuts could bankrupt many small operators.
Catherine Hawkins age 79 died Monday night at a friend’s home near Rutland. She leaves her husband Newton Hawkins and nine children from a previous marriage. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at two in the afternoon at the Methodist Church in Harrisonville with burial at Wells Cemetery.
James T. Begg announced his bid for the Republican nomination for Congress in the 19th District. He previously served five years as a representative from the 13th District.
An old advertised notice promotes selling livestock and farm produce via classified pages. It emphasizes quick uptake, urging farmers to advertise now for money making opportunities.
Kenneth Barnard, chairman of the War Activities Committee of the National Association of Better Business Bureaus, denounces merchants who accept War Stamps in place of money. He warns stamps undermine inflation control and become a new medium of exchange. He cites dealers giving stamps with purchases as a sales lure and argues the merchant effectively adds stamp value to goods.
In Bern Switzerland an Italian press outburst demanded French territories as a reward for Italy’s war participation. Crowds chanted Nice Savoia Corsica Tunisia before the war, but now these claims are the strongest since the 1940 armistice.
The Post Office Department advanced many fourth class post offices to third class with regular salaries for postmasters. Third class salaries range from 1000 to 2300 dollars annually based on receipts, and Chauncey Ohio was included in the July 1 upgrade reflecting this change.
Actress Alice Faye known as Mrs. Harris gives birth to a daughter at 2 38 a.m. in Hollywood weighing seven pounds two ounces. The infant joins husband Phil Harris at their home in California.
Washington AP officials predicted a war food administration would be formed soon. A plan proposed a Wickard chaired committee to boost agricultural output and allocate it for Army Navy and United Nations needs. The WPB would handle machinery inputs processing equipment and export allotments.
A military observer in London says Allied forces now outnumber German units on both fronts for the first time since the war began. American reinforcements in Northern Ireland, plus Canadian and British training and rising air strength, enable plans for an offensive with about 20 divisions, 300,000 men, as Nazi spearheads deteriorate.
CIO president Philip Murray urged unity among unions and warned against internal disputes as President Roosevelt emphasized steel's pivotal role in the wartime economy. Murray advocated democratic civilian rationing to ensure fair distribution and curb inflation, arguing wage stability depends on equitable rationing and eliminating price incentives.
Welfare Director Charlies L. Sherwood reported that Ohio's poor relief caseload fell to 38,936 in April, the lowest since comparable statistics began in 1933. The figure was 3,084 below October 1941's prior low of 42,020 and well under the 65,564 seen in April 1940.
A New York Central freight train struck an automobile near Deerfield killing Richard Robert Winans 23 of Alliance.
Empire Sheet & Tin Plate Co. in Mansfield faced bankruptcy in 1938 but stayed operating when SWOC members offered to surrender a portion of their wages for a 90 day period. The experiment, later echoed by War Production Board principles, saved the plant and yielded substantial savings. The company remained profitable, ending each year in the black since the wage-sharing program began.
Congressional leaders forecast a 25 percent rise in output from present facilities as they back the War Production Board move to taper plant expansions to speed weapons delivery. Some seniors warn communities may protest cancelations of plant contracts. Senator Pepper says aircraft factories could lift output by 30 percent with assured material supply.
Newsmen cruising several miles from New York Harbor observed that millions of lights from the metropolitan area still glow skyward. The report notes the glow creates targetable ships at night despite drastic new regulations aimed at dimming the city skyline.
Leaders of the Methodist Church convened in Columbus for the first national assembly of the Women's Society of Christian Service. Missionaries and church specialists joined about 1,000 delegates representing nearly a million members after the three branches merged.
Marion report states that Common Pleas Judge Hector H Young and City Safety Service Director Clyde C Caldwell reported the loss of one automobile tire and wheel. The cars were parked in their garages.
Pete Hansing er, a 32 year old Cleveland slayer serving life has escaped from the Lebanon branch of the London Prison Farm according to Superintendent W F Amrine.
The State Archaeological and Historical Society announced a small museum at Mound City State Memorial will be opened to the public next Sunday.
Washington treasury officials said plans to ration individual spending money were studied during anti inflation planning but the idea was dropped for now. President Roosevelt’s seven point program includes higher taxes a $25 000 income limit price ceilings wage stabilization and stricter credit controls with voluntary war bond sales and farm parity adjustments.
The CIO Utility Workers Organizing Committee holds a strike at the Warren plant of Ohio Public Service Co in abeyance for up to four days to allow peaceful settlement. Public service remains in operation feeding steel mills and the Ravenna shell-loading plant while union and company officials disagree on potential shutdowns.
Jessie L. Linton age 89 longtime Logan and Hocking County resident died Monday night at his East Street home from a heart attack. A retired teacher and farmer born near Gore he had no near survivors. Funeral services were set for Wednesday at 2:30 PM at Heinlein Funeral Home with Rev. Stanley W. Wiant officiating. burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
In MeeMechem West Virginia two more miners died after an explosion at Hitchman Coal and Coke Co mine bringing total fatalities to five. The victims were Valenbois, 27, and Dan Polis. Three died at once and ten others escaped as gas was blamed for the blast with no fire reported.
London AP reports the Belgian news agency says 15 Belgians were executed by German forces. Five executions were in reprisal for attempted attacks on German air force quarters in Brussels.
The Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus reelected James P. Lavey of Milan as state deputy at the 43rd annual convention in Columbus.
Soviet forces under Marshal Semeon Timoshenko reported advancing 30 to 40 miles on a 60 mile front near Kharkov, destroying German tanks and repelling counterattacks. Cavalry and warplanes aided the drive, with 17 German planes shot down and reports of heavy German casualties.
AP reports four year old Carol Mae Sarver fell into Comet Lake at night and drowned. Lifeguards rescued nothing, and authorities investigated the accidental drowning. The incident occurred near Lake Akron where a passerby alerted responders.
London reports the Dutch government in exile urged calm as Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler arrived in occupied Netherlands. Dutch sources see his presence as signaling possible political upheaval after a week of Nazi repression and 96 executions, heightening fears of resistance crackdowns.
Kansas City report quotes North American Aviation head J H Dutch Kindelberger saying automakers have taken 16 months to start and have not produced a complete sub assembly unit. He notes automakers only assemble parts sent by airplane makers and predicts mass production could begin very soon on an unprecedented scale.
Washington officials said a permanent wholesale pork price ceiling will be established within 48 hours. The new schedule will replace the temporary 60 day maximum price listing in effect since mid March.
An American dispatch by Philip Whitcomb reports Germany's occupation forces in France preparing for invasion, with 400 000 to 600 000 troops active. Rehearsals on coastlines, a boat fleet, air bases, and a complex to coordinate army, air defense, and Gestapo activities are described alongside German aims to maximize Allied civilian output and seize French assets.
Tens of thousands of United States soldiers, new arrivals with their own tanks and artillery, landed in Northern Ireland and reinforced prior contingents in advanced training at Ulster bases today, as a convoy nearly as large as the peak 1918 force moves forward.
U S artillerymen train with British 25 pounders as Allied cooperation intensifies. Marines report Rommel’s defeat cited in Libya while convoys face Axis submarines en route to Britain. Attlee signals cautious optimism on a western front and ongoing lend lease to Russia amid sea transport anxieties.
Donald Lee, a Chinese American soldier at the replacement training center, hobbled through a 16 mile hike before Col Edgar L Clewell urged him to ride. He refused, saying you cant lick the Japs sitting down, and pressed on with a tough heart.
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