12 Oct 1942
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1942
Page
1
Soviet communique reports a stalemate in Stalingrad with German assaults repelled by bitter defense. Russians claim gains northwest of the city and counterattacks in the Caucasus while bomber raids hit Hannover and targets in France.
Moscow radio said French sympathizers ambushed a German column in a Paris suburb, killing 17 and burning two trucks. London noted Flight Lieutenant Lance Wade of Reklaw Texas received the Distinguished Service Cross bar as top U S RAF scoring fighter with 15 Axis planes. New Rochelle reported Tommy Manville wed Wilhelmina Boze of Andrews South Carolina, his sixth wife.
Washington officials outlined a 1943 food for freedom program in which farm subsidy payments, once used to curb overproduction, would be can be used to maximize war food output. The Agriculture Department expects possibly over 600 million dollars, with past totals exceeding 750 million. Payments tied to planting within allotted acreages and soil conservation practices.
Investigators probe the cause after a New York Central freight collision in Garfield Heights. Engineer Hugh Robertson of Elyria, 47, died as a coal train of 96 cars plowed into a stationary 12-car freight on the Youngstown Elyria Belt Line, overturning a locomotive and wrecking six box cars.
Fire destroyed Ridgeway Grain Co elevator in Kenton wiping out eight thousand bushels of soybeans and tons of salt and seeds. Owner Everett F Brugler estimated the loss at about forty thousand dollars.
Columbus report shows falling tax returns and higher operating costs likely reduce Ohio's 1942 treasury surplus to about half the $13,218,018 accumulated in 1941. Finance Director H. R. Defenbacher issued the year end 1941 report today.
Police say 12 men were arrested in a counterfeit ticket ring linked to Ohio State football games. Ten suspects were rounded up near the stadium during Saturday's USC game, with two more taken yesterday. Detective Chief Leo Phillips announced the arrests.
Robert Harold Ickes, 28, foster son of Harold Ickes secretary of the interior, charged his wife moved to Reno Nevada and filed for divorce.
Washington AP reports the Treasury may seek higher social security payroll levies tied to a new war financing plan. A conference committee will meet to reconcile versions, with Secretary Morgenthau planning a $6 billion tax request after passage.
State highway patrolmen arrested three drivers on U S Route 33 and brought them before Mayor Franz Woodworth. Milton Cooksey of Athens Rate 3 was fined 100 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated. Robert K Kerr aged 19 of Athens and Everett Brunton aged 35 of Glouster Route 1 were fined five dollars and costs each for speeding.
Two people burned to death in Toledo when an automobile and a fuel truck collided while forming two trailers carrying 6 000 gallons of gasoline and were destroyed by fire. One deceased is Harry P Bayless the car owner. The truck driver remained unidentified. Hared Miller escaped unharmed.
A Japanese submarine sank a coastwise tanker off a West Coast port during an October night, killing six of 44 aboard while 38 were saved. This marked the first Pacific coast sinking announced since June, and the eleventh submarine attack reported in West Coast waters with five sinkings overall.
Robly K. McKinley age 25 from Burnsville West Virginia died in Fort Thomas post hospital after being shot Friday in a gun battle with military police at the Fort Thomas guardhouse.
President Juan Antonio Rios postponed a planned visit to Roosevelt after Sumner Welles's Boston remarks sparked Chilean displeasure. Chilean Ambassador Michels had protested at the White House, while Alessandri accused Welles of scurrilous criticism and Argentina also lodged a protest.
State police and sheriff officers block a road in southwest Michigan after a motorist reports Roger Touhy and four or five companions threatened him with a Tommy gun at 5 am. Illinois troopers pursue Touhy and six convicts who fled Stateville prison Friday afternoon. Monsignor Conroy received a call from a lisping caller claiming to be with the Touhy gang and promising action today.
A U S Employment official says labor piracy is draining Youngstown steel mills and other factories of 2000 workers each month. Herbert R. Weller the USES manager reports 500 men go to out of town plants, 500 to Ravenna Arsenal and other government projects, and 1000 through selective service.
John T. Thomas 68 a filling station operator died at his home on Kerrs Run. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday at 2 PM at Ewing Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Catherine a son Edgar a grandson John Edgar a brother William and a sister Mrs Mary Michael all of Pomeroy except the sister in Sunbury.
From Oslo the Mos cow radio notes Jonas Lie is dismissed as Norwegian chief of police and Major Vidun Quisling takes charge of the civil police. German occupation claims state of emergency in Trondheim after 34 arrests. Norwegians may resist with new outbreaks. Belgians report signs of German morale decline and potential collapse in the war.
Government anti inflation controls tighten farm profits as price ceilings loom. Indirect limits via processed foods curb grain quotations to under half old levels. Livestock ceilings may drop $4 to $8 per hundredweight, with butter and eggs also set lower.
A street car overturned near Akron on a trip to Barberton injuring 13 passengers and Motorman W A Lamb. The motorman said the accident happened when an automatic switch failed to operate properly.
Second Lieutenant Francis Schwarzenbeck and co-pilot Kenneth Jones escaped death after their Alma Jane Fortess suffered multiple engine failures 32,000 feet above England. Schwarzenbeck guided the burning bomber through a cloud layer and touchdown in hilly country, tearing off the tail but landing safely. Farmers rushed to aid the wreckage as tears flowed from Schwarzenbeck.
A state wide manhunt tracked escaped kidnappers Roger Touhy and Basil Banghart who led five convicts in a bold jailbreak from Stateville Prison Joliet Illinois. Their kidnap victim John Jake the Barber Factor sought police protection after learning of the escape.
Ohio heads toward the general election as Gov. John W. Bricker the Republican seeks a third term will deliver a statewide radio address on state government and appear in Cleveland after visiting Youngstown for Republic Steel’s blast furnace opening. Democrat John McSweeney stays in the capital for two appearances and attended a Canton rally after speaking yesterday.
Xenia Ohio XENIA Floyd R Hartpence retiring commander of the Ohio American Legion is named superintendent of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home He will take office November 1 The post pays 3600 yearly plus maintenance Hartpence a native of Morrow County taught in Columbus for 15 years succeeding F R Woodruff who resigned to join the Army chemical warfare service
General MacArthur announced three Ohio lieutenants were among 32 U S Army Air Force personnel awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. The honors cover actions in battle areas across the Pacific.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva 72 a prominent Zion sect figure died in Chicago. The Newton Indiana native was known for linking global events to his pancake world view and predicting armageddon. Portland briefs note farewell plans for the historic battleship Oregon slated for scrapping after wartime service. London dispatch cites a Swedish radio claim of a lively engagement between British submarines and four German ships off the Norwegian coast.
Edinburg Scotland AP reports Prime Minister Churchill framed Allied and Allied nations as growing stronger while Hitler saw prospects darkening. He cited August and September as least bad shipping months, high British bomb tonnage on Germany, rising Allied air superiority, and safe Allied troop arrivals in Britain. Churchill claimed Hitler killed 54,000 in Kiev on first entry.
The White House announced a fireside chat at 10 p m to discuss manpower selective service and a second front. Churchill criticized Hitler and reaffirmed resolve, praising Allied shipbuilding and U S troop arrivals while noting U boat threats as the main wartime challenge.
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