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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1945

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Russia Holds Key to Atom Control

Washington AP says Russia holds the key to success or failure of Anglo American atomic control efforts. United Nations plans propose a five power commission to exchange data and set safeguards for peaceful use, with France and China included. The United States Britain and Canada agree to withhold bomb know how until enforceable safeguards are in place and to share scientific information only on a reciprocal basis.

John At. Hightower Washington Russia Moscow United Nations Truman Attlee Britain Mackenzie King Canada United Nations Organization London Byrnes Charleston Atomic Commission Security Council America France China United Nations Security Council United States

Ohio Division Starts Home From Philippines Move

MAWILA reports Ohio’s 37th Division has begun homeward travel. The Dutch transport Weltervreder carries 94 officers and 1157 men of the 148th Infantry, all high point men, leaving San Fernando. Puebla slated to sail soon with 189 officers and 2249 men including Maj. Gen. Beightler and staff. Final contingent planned by Nov 25. crossing about 20 days. Troops travel by train to Camp Atterbury for separation.

Mawila Ohio Weltervreder High Point San Fernando Nsea Philippines Puebla Robert J. Beightler Camp Atterbury

Klinder Rites Set at Trimble Church Sunday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ane Klinder 78 will be held Sunday at two o'clock at Trimble Methodist Church. Interment will be in Bishopville. She leaves husband Clark Klinder a brother Charles Jewell of Glouster and sisters Ellen Frazier The Plains and Amanda Williams. Friends may call Wallace Funeral Home until the hour of the service.

Glouster Ane Klinder Amanda Williams Bishopville Trimble Methodist Church Klinder Clark Klinder Charles Jewell Ellen Frazier the Plains Wiliams Wallace Funeral

Phi Delta Theta Plans National Home Building

Phi Delta Theta, founded at Miami University, will construct a new national fraternity home on the site of Hine Scott’s former residence, which was the home of President Benjamin Harrison. The $150,000 house will begin after the Scott residence is razed.

Oxford Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Miami University Hine Scott Benjamin Harrison Scott

Chiang Plans Mass Move of Army to Manchuria

Chinese government dispatches report Chiang Kai-Shek and nationalists preparing a large transfer of forces toward Manchuria, with Changchun airfield as focal point. Russians reportedly yield control of Changchun facilities while U.S. air crews protest unmarked flights. Chinese Communists denounce Hurley’s remarks as interference.

Gengrelissima Chiang Chiang Kai-Shek Manchuria Changchun Capiar Changcehun Kunming 10Th Airforce U.S Orth China Chungking Hurley

France Blocks Central Germany Plan Says Price

Byron Price warned that France bears almost full responsibility for Germany failing to remain economically united under Potsdam. He said Paris argues Germany is not ready for central government and opposes a unified transit postal system and crop control, hindering central planning.

Washington Byron Price France Germany Truman Price

Dr. Frost dies in Virginia auto crash

Dr. Albert D. Frost, 56, chair of ophthalmology at Ohio State University, died in a car plunge down a 300 foot embankment near Monterey Virginia while returning from a conference in Hot Springs. Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins of Youngstown announced his candidacy for Republican renomination in May 1946.

Dr. Frost Virginia Columbus Albert D. Frost Ohio State, University

GM Workers Offered 10 Percent Wage Increase

CIO leader Neil Brant says 30 000 electrical workers including Packard Electric Division Warren are offered a 10 percent raise by General Motors. Six plants across three states are covered in the talks between the union and the company.

Washington Packard Electric Warren General, Motors Corp Neil Brant Cio-United Electrical Workers

Truck Drivers of West to Stage Wage Strike

Some 50 000 AFL truck drivers are expected to walk out over a new contract halting over the road trucking from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. Chicago firm spokesmen said the strike would begin at midnight. The dispute also touches back pay awarded by the War Labor Board in 1943 and broad labor unrest as CIO UAW wage talks with GM and Chrysler continue. Six Alaska Steamship passenger ships idle in Seattle threaten food and Turkey deliveries to armed forces as a separate dispute over dining rooms and overtime affects crew meetings at sea.

Associated Press AFL Mississippi Rocky Mountains Chicago Omaha War Labor Board Detroit CIO United Automobile Workers General Motors Chrysler Corporation Ford Motor Company Chrysler Alaska Steamship Company Seattle Kodiak Naval CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards Association

Eisenhower Urges Unified Command for All Armed Forces

In testimony before the Senate Military Committee General Eisenhower warned that without a unified command the nation risks another emergency like Pearl Harbor. He argued that land sea and air forces must operate under a single direction to maintain a balanced war power and peace. Admiral Nimitz attended a Washington naval conference amid speculation over Navy views on merging the services. Eisenhower asserted unity would not threaten independence and cited Germany's lack of unity as a cautionary example.

Washington Eisenhower Ito Tome Pearl Harbor Senate Military Committee United States Adm Chester W. Nimitz Pacific Fleet Navy Army Africa Europe Germany

Dutch official calls Indonesian cabinet to peace meeting

Batavia UP reports acting governor general Hubertus J. Van Mook urged the new Indonesian Nationalist cabinet to meet at once to avert more bloodshed and famine. Soerabaja resistance appears slackening as British Indian troops advance with winks guns and planes. British summary says nothing to report on Soerabaja. Aneta dispatch says 3,000 British Indian troops landed on Sumatra and rounded up Japanese. A regional commission of Britain Australia New Zealand and the United States is seen as a possible long term arbitrator or trustee.

Batavia Hubertus J. van Book Netherlands East Indies Indonesia Soerabaja Hilversum Radio Aneta Sumatra Java Britain Australia New Zealand United States

Long Life Tire Predicted by Kettering in Ohio

Dr. Charles F. Kettering of GM Laboratories predicts tires and synthetic tubes will yield 100000 miles per set within a few years and natural rubber tires vanish. He spoke at the 23rd annual State University Trustees convention and took chairmanship of Ohio Postwar Planning Commission science committee to map Ohio industry and research development.

Columbus Charles F. Kettering General Motors Corporation Laboratories Kettering State University Ohio State Ohio

Goss warns farmers against overreliance on federal gifts

Albert S. Goss, master of the National Grange, urged delegates at the 73rd annual national convention to avoid becoming too dependent on government subsidies and loans. He said farmers now rely on government aid for “this, for that, for everything else” and warned against getting tighter tied to subsidies.

Kansas City IFI Albert S. Goss National Grange Goss

John Younger Dies, Ohio State College Chair

John Younger, 63, longtime chairman of Ohio State University’s Industrial Engineering Department, died Wednesday. He was prominent in engineering circles in three countries and served the department for 20 years.

Columbus John Younger Ohio State University Iistes

Atomic powered British car claim sparks London hype

Daily Sketch reported an obscure Briton, named J. Wilson, drove an engineless car through central London at normal speeds. The mechanism appeared as a three inch metal box fitted where the engine would be, with an invisible stream of atomic energy. No authority could confirm the sensational claim.

London Daily Sketch J. Wilson

British seize Krupp property in Lueneburg area

British military government takes possession of all Krupp assets in and around Lueneburg. The move covers Friedrich Krupp of Essen and its subsidiaries, signaling full control of armaments and steel producing operations. A separate report notes a small explosion and fire at a Goodyear plant affecting a two story building used for mixing accelerators.

Lueneburg Germany Friedrich Krupp Essen Akron Mbber Goodyear, Tire & Rubber Co

Approve Pay Hike for Washington Civil Service

The senate civil service committee approved a bill raising civil service employee pay by twenty percent. The measure moves to the full chamber for consideration and faces questions about funding and impact on state finances.

Washington Civil Service Committee Civil Service

Mystery Portraits From Hitler's Album Surprise Treasure Found

US intelligence reports reveal Eva Braun and Hitler posed with a baby girl named Uschi in an album hidden with Eva's personal treasures. The haul includes money, jewelry, silver, and a diary signaling affection for Hitler, with Uschi pictured from infant to about age three in 1944.

Frankfurt Eva Braun Hitler Uschi Eva Berlin Hiller Blone

Labor Ranks Blamed on Communists in Steel Metal Trades

Louis Ruthenburg, president of Servel Inc., told the Evansville convention of the National Metal Trades Association that labor has been corrupted by a Communist minority within. He warned of coercive bargaining and urged an alert public opinion to counter subsversive tactics.

Cleveland Louis Ruthenburg Servel, Inc National Metal Trades Association Evansville Ind Ruthenburg

British Government Plans Controls on Farming and Prices

In London Agriculture Minister Tom Williams announced in Commons that the Labour government will extend its socialistic program to farming. Compulsory directives will require farmers to grow sugar beets and potatoes as the world food situation is described as extremely serious.

London Fils Hare Jvest Tom Williams Commons

Fire guts four story office building on W Ninth Street

A fire of undetermined origin gutted a four story downtown Cleveland office building on W Ninth Street early today threatening to spread to surrounding structures. In Ashtabula former Maj Douglas Steakley who piloted the B 29 Tokyo Rose first reconnaissance plane over Japan has been named a Pan American Airways pilot.

Cleveland W. Ninth Street A0ins Airways Ashtabula Douglas Steakley Japan Pan-American Airways

Pearl Harbor Assault Probe Targets Army Commander Short

An interested spectator notes Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short, Army commander in Hawaii, was at the center of a congressional inquiry into Pearl Harbor. He was removed from command following the Japanese attack.

Pearl Harbor Walter C. Short Hawaii Admir Husband E. Kimmel Joint Congressional Committee Kimmel

Public Said To Favor Industry in Wage Snarl

Chicago based analyst Elma Roper told a meeting of American Trade Association executives that public sympathy leans to employers over unions as unions face criticism for rights without responsibilities. She predicted a guaranteed annual wage as almost certain, noting industry might deserve credit or opposition depending on its actions.

Chicago Elma Roper Roper American Trade Association

De Gaulle to Seek Coalition with Communists Reported

Paris dispatch says President De Gaulle told the Communist party he planned to form a Rhine style coalition with the Communist Socialist and Popular Republican movement parties. He warned he would resign if the portfolios offered to the Communists were rejected after talks with Maurice Thorez and other politicians. Leon Blum also met De Gaulle recently.

Paris Chamber of Deputies de Gaulle Popular Republican Movement Mauricé Thorez Leon Blum

Driver of Death Truck Placed on Probation

Daniel Eakin of Youngstown was convicted of manslaughter in the traffic death of his wife Grace when his coal truck crashed on a curve near Lisbon last spring. Judge Jor H. Sharp placed him on five years probation.

Lisbon Daniel Eakin Youngstown Mark Slaughter Grace Jor H. Sharp Eakin Here

Yamashita Trial Advances as Jap Admiral Testifies

In Manila the war crimes case against Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita neared its end with a Japanese admiral on the stand. The Philippine Supreme Court order to halt the trial remained under scrutiny as Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D. Siver sought to bypass a writ of habeas corpus. Vice Admiral Denshichi Okurui, and other officials were referenced as the proceedings moved toward MacArthur.

Manila Tomoyuki Yamashita Philippines MacArthur Wilhelm D. Siver Western Pacific Monwealth Yamashita Adm Denshichi Okeuri

Tobacco Market at Ripley Opens Dec 3

Ripley tobacco market opens December 3 with four warehouses ready to receive barley tobacco for the opening sale. Officials call the crop very good but expect yields per acre to be lower than last year.

Ripley

Army Brok Japan's Cod Before Dec. 7

Congress opened hearings on Pearl Harbor fate with intercepted Nomura message quoting a cabinet member predicting Japan would move soon. The Nov. 10 1941 dispatch and a Nov. 3 quote suggest Washington expected war and questioned if advance knowledge existed.

Washington Toky Pearl Harbor Roosevelt Japan Tochisasbura Nomur J Cordel Hull Nomura Saburo Kurusu U.army Kurusu Womura United States Sen Tokyo Army Navy Ferguson Harold R. Stark Naval Operations Great Britain Netherlands East Indies

Nylon prices to drop 25 percent after price control change

Washington report says nylon costs will be 25 percent or more lower after November 20 as price administrator Chester Bowles ties new ceilings to June 1941 costs. First quality nylon prices drop from 65 to 50 cents per yard to 20 cents or more, reflecting prewar market levels.

Washington Chester Bowles

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