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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
1
The Associated Press reports both sides announcing gains in the Kharkov region. Russian forces reportedly smashed a German wedge south of Kharkov while the German high command says encircled Russian troops in the same area have had their resistance broken.
Axis armored units push from the west to south of Bir Hacheim in the Libyan Desert and clash with British tanks as the Middle East command releases the night communique. Moscow cites a standstill of the Nazi offensive near Kharkov and reports heavy German losses in the Southern Ukraine. London notes Axis moves toward a three front Mediterranean approach from the Crimea, Rostov Don, Crete, Greece and the Dodecanese.
The Rev George Barton Cutten president of Colgate University says alcohol undermined wartime effort and cites Pearl Harbor as a failure of strategy He argues prohibition on Oahu lasted 77 days before Pearl Harbor and could have saved lives and naval losses if kept in force.
Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell arrived in London to join British war chiefs in planning a united Allied air assault as a prelude to an invasion of the German occupied coast. The Daily Telegraph cites plans for intensified air attacks from the west and a coordinated Anglo American bombing strategy.
Washington P sale of fence wire barbed wire poultry netting fence posts gates staples and corrugated roofing will be permitted without priority ratings. These items join nails bale ties and small pipe in the no priority list as officials say they are constantly used by farmers and households for maintenance and repair.
The House Naval Committee disclosed that Lincoln Electric of Cleveland paid bonuses in 1941 up to 50000 dollars including a 4121 dollar a year bonus for a plant foreman. Others received 3000 to 5000 dollars and weekly 30 to 40 dollar raises. The witness said the firm was a leading welding equipment maker and that nearly all its 1940 and 1941 business was with the government. 1941 gross sales were 24449213 versus 13905059 in 1940.
Ohio remains under a state law forbidding pyrotechnic shooting despite a national relaxation by the Bureau of Mines. The August effective law was kept in force to allow disposal of existing fireworks stocks as National Director R. R. Sayers cited.
Sun Shipbuilding Company plans a new shipyard in Chester Pennsylvania to be supervised and staffed entirely by Negroes as the project progresses toward full integration and operation.
The House Interstate Commerce Committee summoned rubber experts to explain the supply crunch and possible tire rationing. Officials foresee no civilian tires before 1944 or 1945, while researchers seek substitutes to ease the famine. President Roosevelt said progress on synthetic tires is underway and emphasized the need to save rubber as work continues on non rubber tire options.
Washington officials express confidence the Senate will approve a price subsidy bill by nightfall. Senator Brown leads the bill for the Senate Banking Committee and the RFC and CCC would issue subsidies, buy and sell commodities, and expand borrowing powers to offset rising transportation costs.
Ohio officials report 5000 school buses in use to transport workers to war plants and utilities. Authorities say certificates are issued to drivers for the duration and routes are extended or rearranged to meet wartime needs.
London reports claim Germany has built 3000 ton submarines carrying two eight inch guns and 14 torpedoes. Naval circles deem the report perfectly feasible and say relay deployment to harry the eastern coast of North America is possible.
Novelist Faith Baldwin sues for divorce from Hugh H. Cuthrell of Brooklyn in superior court, charging desertion. The proceeding was filed in Bridgeport Conn. and marks another public step in their marital dispute.
Japan's premier Gen Hideki Tojo warned Australia of an impending onslaught. He claimed naval forces in defense of Australia had disappeared and nothing remained to stand before Imperial Japan forces.
The Navy said a British merchant vessel and a Greek merchantman were torpedoed in the Atlantic and a U S trawler was sunk by shell fire from an enemy submarine. Survivors were landed at an east coast port. Allied reports dispute Axis claims of victory in the Coral Sea.
Judge Florence E. Allen warns that unsuited individuals may win municipal and congressional offices if voters do not scrutinize candidates. She cautions that wartime enthusiasm could enable people unfit in intelligence or integrity to hold government power.
Cleveland authorities announce that housewives will serve as guards at 265 school crossings next year, replacing a portion of the 1,700 men previously employed. The move aims to maintain crossing safety while reshaping staffing.
Congressional backers study a House vote on wartime wage and hour controls while considering expanding the anti racketeering bill to cover union activity. Rep Hobbs drafted the measure to offset a Supreme Court ruling limiting the 1934 act, with Rep Smith opposing widening the bill.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to add 600 million dollars to war housing for the year starting July 1. He noted 1.6 million workers will migrate to war centers and that total construction funding already approved reaches about 1.02 billion dollars. He emphasized expanding labor sources as many workers will move to war sites.
An unconfirmed Recife report says a U S warship responding to the freighter Commandante Lyra May 18 chased and likely sank an Axis submarine. It would be the third enemy U boat sunk in nine days near Brazil with another near Fernando de Noronha and a further claim off Recife.
Washington report on the United Mine Workers policy committee discussing financial transactions risking a split between John L. Lewis and Philip Murray. The miners’ treasury shows 7.249 million dollars in aid to the CIO with 1.665 million labeled as negotiated loans. The CIO disputes this as debt and cites their accounting method.
Ohio State University reports rising enlistments due to a joint army and navy recruiting campaign. President Howard L. Bevis says the plan reduces student confusion from competing service appeals and aligns stay in school with wartime training needs.
Ohio American Legion headquarters reports record enrollment with 51,376 members, surpassing last year’s mark. Officials anticipate at least 2,000 more members added this year across the state.
John Sleasman a 23 year old junior at Fenn College joined a wartime work trip that became a transatlantic flight to England. He traveled by plane loaded with shipments slept on a heated flying suit and worked setting up equipment before eight hours later returning home.
The Roosevelt administration considers asking Congress to draft 18 to 20 year olds into the Army. President Roosevelt plans a conference with Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey to decide on changes to the Selective Service Act.
Mrs. Melissa R. Johnston 73 widow of Amos Johnston died late Thursday night at her daughter’s Columbus home after a visit and a heart attack a week earlier. She leaves daughter Mrs. Mitchell and son Stewart Johnston of Lancaster. Funeral services set for Friday at two in Logan with Rev. Stanley W. Wiant officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Reuters reports a Berlin broadcast saying Reinhard Heydrich, the No 2 Gestapo leader, was wounded in an assassination attempt in Prague. The claim comes from a German broadcasting source and notes the incident occurred in the Czech capital.
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