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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1942
Page
1
President Roosevelt toured war plants and bases across eight states, reporting production lines turning out tanks bombers ships and ammunition. He praised 94 to 95 percent efficiency as near the year’s goals and said 100 percent output before year end is impossible due to various unavoidable causes.
Republican lawmakers condemned restrictions on newspapers and radio regarding the Presidents trip while Democrats defended voluntary censorship as protective of the war effort. Rep Halleck questioned why alleged inspection trips surface near elections and vowed to push for stricter goals for 1942 and 1943. Roosevelt praised national morale but blamed Congress, press, and radio for lower morale in Washington.
The Navy reports United States submarines sunk or damaged eight enemy ships in Far Eastern waters. Two Japanese ships probably sunk, two damaged, six Zero fighters shot down in Aleutian air attacks. five ships definitely sunk including a seaplane tender. Communique 136 notes large vessels sunk and damaged on Japan's sea lanes.
The Office of Price Administration ordered a nearly 20 percent cut in civilian meat for civilian use through December 31 to reserve supplies for the armed services and lend-lease. Large packers faced 80 percent beef deliveries, pork down 25 percent, and lamb and mutton down 5 percent, with penalties for quota violations.
General MacArthur's headquarters says Japanese retreat deeper into the Owen Stanley range as Australian troops press toward Menari 46 miles north of Port Moresby. Beaufighters and Flying Fortresses hit Buna and Se lamenta bases while targeting supply routes along mountain trails.
Washington. War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson urged that idle automobile plant machinery stored in Detroit be scrapped or dismantled to recover usable parts for other war production needs. He spoke at a press conference in reply to questions about surplus equipment.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority approved an allotment of 4,428,000 for improvements at four Ohio airports. Senator Harold H. Burton announced allocations: Canton 2,000,000 Wilmington 900,000 Columbus 660,000 and Zanesville 868,000. Details were not disclosed.
Two men died in separate truck backover incidents. James E. Wyatt of Akron, a flagman on a construction project, and John Troyer, 77, of Smithville were killed in the accidents.
Senator Herring proposes states give up sales taxes to clear the way for a federal sales levy sweeping across the board. He spoke as the Senate Finance Committee reviewed a new tax bill that excludes a sales tax but imposes a 5 percent victory tax on individuals earning over $624 annually and tightens rates on individuals, corporations, and excise levies.
Democratic candidate John McSweeney charged Gov. Bricker with fears of the labor and soldier vote. He said Bricker is afraid to extend voting hours beyond 6:30 p.m. to allow labor to express itself and spoke at a Franklin County campaign meeting.
The Mahoning County Civilian Defense Office Transportation committee adopts a resolution to end football games boxing and bingo to conserve tires during wartime shortages. The move targets unnecessary gatherings and fraternal meetings amid the wartime mobilization.
A federal grand jury indicted Elmer J. Flesher for violating sugar rationing rules. He allegedly obtained 31 400 pounds of sugar after stopping a bakery and passed the supply to another bakery.
In Cleveland a 26 year old war worker, Charles Kaly, pleaded guilty to petit larceny after taking small parts as souvenirs from Screw & Manufacturing. One missing part delayed a plane and held up 16 others en route to the West Coast. He was fined 50 dollars and costs and given 30 days in the workhouse.
Senate and House conferees worked to craft directives for price and wage controls to curb inflation. President Roosevelt urged speedy action, recalling 1933 when Congress moved quickly. The key dispute centered on farm price controls and whether to set a 90 percent parity floor for farm prices.
A hog shortage across major markets pushed prices to a 22 year peak in Chicago trading. Prices jumped 25 to 35 cents with choice hogs at 15.65 per hundred pounds, highest since October 18, 1920 when it reached 15.75.
Wooster sheriff says inmate Louis Joseph Marzi eighteen confessed strangling Earl Allshouse thirty five with a towel at Apple Creek Institution for Feeble Minded. He offered no reason for the killing.
The RAF attacked Germany after poor weather blasting the U boat building center at Flensburg with a bomber force described as fairly heavy officials said.
A 65 year old man Leon L. Larason was struck and killed today while crossing a street to board a trolley bus in Columbus. The incident occurred as he attempted to reach public transit with no further details available.
The National Industrial Conference Board said rising turnover in American industry is due to workers leaving for higher paid jobs and, to a lesser extent, military induction. About 85 percent of executives surveyed reported increased turnover.
The report centers on 20 year old Sergeant Thomas Riley of Old Landing Kentucky who walked into a U S base after parachuting Aug 7 from a plane also carrying Vern Haugland. Haugland survived 47 days in a jungle and is hospitalized in Port Moresby. A separate shipping record notes 11 847 919 gross tons of ore moved from Lake Superior in September.
Mackenzie argues Europe nears a violent eruption as Nazi oppression deepens. He predicts rising resistance, new governments, and widespread starvation unless Allied action crushes Hitler. The piece warns of intensified regimentation and ethnic cleansing as the regime consolidates power.
Washington officials consider a large loan program to aid up to two million low income farmers. The Agriculture Department seeks hundreds of millions to fund tools, machinery, livestock and facilities to boost future food production amid labor shortages. Congress had approved about ninety seven million of a proposed two hundred million request.
Fremont police reported a carnival employee stole a truck from a Port Clinton carnival showing and wrecked it during last night’s blackout. He then fled in the automobile of Joseph Shanahan after being forced to stop when lights went out.
Birmingham AP report: national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union announced the formal start of a campaign for the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages for the duration of the war and as long as needed for demobilization after its close.
Despite a labor shortage farm production is expected to increase next year according to Elmer F Kruse head of the State Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
Soviet dispatches report Stalingrad defenders counter attacking house by house while Red army and air forces strike German positions outside the city. The 39th siege day sees continued heavy fighting with sea and land offensives, many enemy casualties, and several setbacks for the invaders.
British authorities report Gen Sir Harold Alexander’s desert troops held newly won positions on the central El Alamein front west of Alexandria after repelling an Axis counterattack. RAF fighters and bombers clashed with Axis aircraft in the desert skies while RAF ships and bombers hit Tobruk shipping and Flensburg U boat areas. The communique noted no losses in the engagement and a quiet night for Britain.
A United States Army transport plane crashed on Puerto Rico's mountainous backbone northwest of Coamo. All 22 aboard died, including several civilians. Names withheld pending notification of relatives in the United States.
The Vichy foreign ministry stated that French police had nothing to do with the arrests of Americans in the German occupied zone.
The Treasury reported that the reduction in personal exemptions nearly doubled the number of individuals filing federal income tax returns for 1940 income last year, reflecting a sharp rise in filings due to the policy change.
Wendell Willkie landed in Chungking this afternoon after a five day trip from Kuibyshev Russia to receive the first organized public welcome for a foreign dignitary in wartime China. He said he was delayed by a Japanese plane during the journey and quipped there is more danger from kindness of the Chinese than from enemy bullets.
Wilbur Earl Schultz a 61 year old Richwood tailor pleaded not guilty before U S District Court to a charge of failing to register under the Selective Service Act A search of his Richwood shop revealed letters urging Roosevelt's impeachment and questioning the act's constitutionality The incident followed a claim he fired three shots at a deputy U S marshal.
Gov. John W. Bricker designates Navy Day for Ohio on October 27 and declares the navy has shifted from defense to attack as a central state message today.
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