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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1945
Page
11
Washington AP reports the House Military Committee heard Army leaders testify on a nine member commission to govern peacetime atomic development. The Senate Military Committee also resumed action on a proposal to create a panel to study the same bill, with ongoing debates over its structure and duties.
Emperor Hirohito acknowledged foreknowledge of the Pearl Harbor plan but said he believed a declaration of war would precede it. Congress debated peacetime atomic progress, a proposed national research agency, and continued studies on the tax trimming bill and full employment measure while Senate and House sessions resumed after a five day pause.
Wiesbaden reports two Hadamar nurses testified that wards filled with Russians and Poles on several nights but were empty by morning. The witnesses, Margaret Borowski and Emmy Berlin, testified for the prosecution at the second day of the trial of Dr. Heinrich Wehlmann and six others charged with murdering more than 400 slave laborers and women and children.
POMEROY staff special Herb Riggs former Meigs County commissioner funeral services set for Burlingham Church Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial in nearby cemetery under Harrisonville Masonic Lodge direction. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until Wednesday evening when body moves to his Bedford home.
Allied forces seized and guarded over two hundred fifty million dollars in Japanese gold silver and platinum reserves held by banks in Tokyo and across Asia. The move aimed to prevent loot disappearance and to recover military records detailing wartime assets as Premier Tojo's ministers reshuffled Japan's cabinet.
Paris reports Laval continues his sit down strike during treason trial with testimony finished and prosecution pressing for death. Laval remains in a dungeon beneath the palace of justice as ministers and De Gaulle discuss the case and Paris papers vent criticism of the courtroom scenes and Laval’s ousting by Judge Mongibeaux.
In Columbus a state plan to convert the former Tiffin Orphans Home into a mental hospital was cleared by Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins. He ruled a city zoning ordinance would not block the transformation, following requests from Welfare Director Frazier Reams and the Tiffin mayor amid citizen protests.
President Truman addressed the Kentucky TVA dam dedication in Gilbertsville praising regional decentralization and urging adoption of TVA principles for other river valleys. He noted administration details may differ, but the aim is continued power, flood control, navigation, and regional development.
The government pressed to end a major postwar labor dispute as soft coal strikes shut 675 mines affecting about 177000 workers. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach reported progress in meetings with John L Lewis and bituminous operators, aiming to avoid seizure. Coal mine closures spread to steel mills, with U S Steel cutting to 51 percent capacity and plans to close more furnaces. Dock workers in New York faced a stalled port with tens of thousands of tons of freight backlogged. Across the country, numerous work stoppages and a large lumber strike in the Pacific Northwest reduced output as carpenters consider withholding hot lumber to secure wage gains.
Japan's premier told a press conference that there were several regrettable points in Japan's share of the Pacific war but he would not discuss whether Japan was guilty of starting the hostilities. He favored diplomacy to achieve ends and supported Allied punishment of war criminals.
A panel of physicians and witnesses was summoned today to autopsy Li Shao Shih secretary-general of the Chinese Communist Party Chungking headquarters to determine the type of gun used in his assassination aboard a Communist sedan. His killing occurred as tensions rose between Communists and the central government amid a drafting of a communique. In Cleveland a city-wide drive against concealed weapons was announced to curb violence amid five weeks of conferences. Police will confiscate any car or passenger found with a concealed weapon.
Picket lines formed at Hope Metal Products Co Ltd as 60 employees from CIO United Automobile Workers walked off the job over a wage dispute. Manager Ivor H Hope reported the walkout, noting his brother, comedian Bob Hope, is a partner in the firm.
The Justice Department filed a civil action in federal court for Southern New York accusing General Electric Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation of violating anti-trust laws in exporting electrical equipment. In Middletown a three and a half year old, Linda Mull, died after injuries from a fall from a moving car. New York expects about 40,000 U.S. troops to arrive today aboard 100 vessels at eastern and western ports from both European and Pacific theaters.
Josef Kramer testifying before a British court denied mistreating prisoners at Belsen and Oswiecim. He defended Irma Grese as diligent in duties and rejected testimony of her cruelty and dog attacks, stating he never shot at people.
Columbus report notes continued rainy weather may doom Ohio's winter wheat crop due to planting delays. State Agriculture Director Hodson explains wheat should be planted in a window after Indian Summer to avoid hessian fly damage and frost, with late-planted corn hurt by last week's frost and rain.
Canton area veteran Robert E. Kitts 23 of Louisville pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter for the death of Lloyd R. Wright after being struck by a car and driven into a train. Wright, a Pennsylvania watchman in Louisville, died in the incident. The defendant asked for probation. Governor Lausche said he would not halt the scheduled execution of Charles Stewart, Akron, 30, for rape slaying of Mrs Mabel Baxendale of Akron.
President Truman announced at a press conference in the Reelfoot Lake area that the secret of the atomic bomb will not be shared with other nations. James F. Byrnes was designated to start talks with Great Britain and Canada to outlaw its use, while denying a U.S.-Russia clash and urging smoother U.S. and Russian relations amid postwar tensions.
President Truman told reporters at Mrs. Morris’s Tiptonville lodge that no ally has asked for the bomb’s engineering and industrial know how. He cited Great Britain and Canada as sharing knowledge and emphasized the U S alone has the resources to develop it while all nations access scientific know how.
The President declared he was not alarmed by labor strikes delaying recovery. He argued such disputes followed every war and would be adjusted. He said the Berlin Conference was successful and does not rule out another Big Three meeting. He planned to travel from Tiptonville to Dyersburg then to Gilbertsville, Kentucky, to dedicate the TVA dam.
James W. Huffman arrives in Washington to take the Senate seat left by Harold H. Burton. The 51 year old Democrat from Shandlersville, Ohio, was appointed by Gov. Lausche to replace Burton who joined the Supreme Court. Huffman will be sworn in after 12 noon with Taft guiding him.
A 20 year old Pleasant Township youth Gordon Leichorn from Marion Ohio earned the top FFA honor at the Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City. He and his father C P Eichorn operate a 15 acre home and farm near Marion producing yarn hogs and poultry while he also custom picks 300 acres of corn for neighbors. Discharge policy changes were discussed by Brig Gen Robert W Berry with plans to ease Army discharge eligibility next March as high point scores are reduced from 70 to 60 points.
Washington awards First Lt. Edward A. Silk a Medal of Honor for his actions near St Parayel France on November 23 He threw rocks to enforce surrender and led a weapons platoon earning multiple decorations.
The Committee for Economic Development reports optimistic readings from Ohio cities about job prospects as wartime shifts end. Akron and Cleveland note plant backlogs easing, with peak male employment around 8,206 in Akron, while Canton Columbus Dayton and other areas foresee rapid reemployment within six months.
New York harbor dawn scene as Queen Elizabeth returns 14,886 troops from Europe aboard. Major units of the 70th Infantry Division and 700+ WACs crowd the deck. Also brief notices from Cleveland: nurse killed in auto accident and taxi driver beaten and robbed.
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