22 Oct 1943
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1943
Page
1
Allied forces of the Fifth Army resumed the advance in the Balkans advancing about ten miles toward a key road junction town. American units repelled a German counterattack as General Brisbin reported progress from Allied headquarters.
Allied bombers and fighters targeted Evreux-Fauville in France and advanced into Western Germany. British and American forces repelled German counterattacks on the Volturno line in Italy while Allied operations extended to Yugoslavia and Albania. RAF and US aircraft damaged rail lines and bridges near Acquedente Orbetello and Orvieto, with coastal bombardments near Split and Albanian waters.
Allied reports say Japanese forces northwest of Finschhafen press toward the New Guinea coast amid multi-sided Allied pressure. A six hour harassing raid by 30 planes, losses on both sides, and air attacks by Mitchell bombers and Thunderbolts are noted. Col. Neal E. Kearby tallies two more kills in a San Antonio Dallas unit.
In Moscow Premier Joseph Stalin personally received British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden at the Kremlin and hinted he would also meet U S Secretary Cordell Hull soon. Talks were described as proceeding satisfactorily with potential decisions to skip higher leaders. A personal meeting of the three powers was seen as probable after this conference.
Chunking presses predict closely coordinated action against Japan by Britain the United States and China as Mountbatten returns to India after talks with Chiang Kai-shek and Allied officials. Stilwell and other officers accompany them at Chiang’s countryside retreat near the capital.
Pittsburgh city engineer Chester F. Drake told the Propeller Club that mine drainage is causing annual damage of more than 2 000 000 dollars to boats barges and floating equipment in the upper Ohio watershed.
Syracuse report quotes Wendell Willkie predicting Republican unity will propel a 1944 victory against a Democratic Party he calls split by southern oligarchies and internal feuds. He argues the GOP has a developing philosophy and program and rising potential unity. Ottawa dispatch confirms state Rep Julius S. Ogan, 50, a Republican, has died.
Seventeen women in WASPS begin nine weeks at Lockbourne Air Base to train for Army ferry duties piloting Flying Fortresses. They come from Sweetwater Texas with prior air experience and study engines and flight basics before soloing heavy bombers. Peg Kirchner 23 of Youngstown notes the effort required to lift the aircraft.
Representatives of 350000 members from five operating railroad brotherhoods prepared for a strike vote as they push a ten month wage dispute. Union leaders indicated a call for a vote would be issued, with section meetings underway and 700 general chairmen to meet at 2 p.m. to decide next steps.
Washington directs military commanders to speed up release of publishable information on service airplane accidents to relieve anxiety of parents and relatives of air force personnel.
Don Power said Ohio Governor John W. Bricker will visit Washington to address GOP leaders in an open meeting, date to be set. Ohio Republicans in the House voiced support but wait for Bricker to clarify his nomination plans.
Secretary of War Stimson said the army will need about 75,000 men a month after year’s start to maintain a total strength of 7,700,000. He dismissed Downey’s 1,000,000-call figure and cited 400,000 new enrollments plus 300,000 replacements by year end. In Chicago, railroad brotherhood chiefs planned further steps in wage talks.
Washington American motorists probably will have no further cuts in gasoline this year but prospects for 1944 depend on aviation and all purpose military fuel needs. Ralph Davis told the House committee that reducing civilian automotive fuel next year is a considerable possibility.
Warren officials report Col Lynn Black head of the Ohio Highway Patrol urged raising the limit from 35 mph to 40 or 45 mph claiming motorists would obey and cheating would drop. In Alexandria Virginia John L Lewis UMW president ill with influenza improves slightly in hospital.
Senator Chandler proposes declaring wood pulp a strategic material and releasing trained loggers from the armed services to avert a newsprint shortage. He cites last year’s miner releases and warns the pulp shortage has reached serious proportions.
Gov. M. M. Neely warns that Supreme Court approval of the Federal Power Commission method for evaluating Hope Natural Gas could deprive West Virginia of revenue for aged and infirm care. A fourth federal circuit ruling reversed a prior order directing Hope to cut rates by 3,609,857 dollars annually for gas produced in West Virginia and used in Cleveland Akron Ohio and several Pennsylvania cities.
President Roosevelt plans to nominate Chester Bowles to replace Prentiss M. Brown as Price Administrator in the Office of Price Administration. The move comes amid calmer reaction and no stamp shortages despite the leadership change. Bowles is described as business-trained and sharp-minded, with a nomination anticipated within days.
Russian forces push south from the Kremenchug bulge threatening to trap 500,000 Germans in the Dnieper Bend and Crimea within 18 miles of Krivoi Rog. German reports claim a Crimea landing was repulsed as Germans lose their lines and retreat to improvised positions.
The German high command announced it found details of a supposed plot by Marshal Pietro Badoglio to kidnap Hitler and Mussolini. Berlin radio reported the discovery among captured documents as Moscow battles for Melitopol and Krivoi Rog continued with the Red Army gaining territory.
Soviet forces push through the southern front64 reaching Alexandrovka Petrovo and Annovka as they encircle Dniepropetrovsk and threaten Melitopol. Moscow reports claim German counterattacks fail while 1,500 German dead are counted. Front bulletins note new air bases west of the Dnieper and crossings increasing toward Kiev.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Dorothy Fields aged eighteen faces murder and arson charges after admitting starting a fire that killed her husband Oliver Fields and their three children Bessie 3 Arthur 2 and Patricia 1. Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph Feldman said she threw a burning match into oil from a leaky stove and fled as the children slept. Oliver died attempting to rescue them.
London's World War II era report explains the use of million candlepower searchlights by RAF coastal command to illuminate the sea at night forcing U boats to surface or fight in daylight. Leigh Light Squadrons under Wing Commander Humphrey Leigh proved effective, aiding anti submarine operations and morale.
A moonlit hand to hand knife duel between two teenage girls over a married man left both wounded. Doris Rhodd 17 a telephone operator is in hospital with deep arm wounds while Betty Reeves 19 a drug store clerk stays at home nursing cuts. Detective Lt. Marr did not disclose the man's identity.
The BBC reported a German language broadcast said about 900 Allied POWs escaped from a Hagen camp during an Allied air raid and are being hidden and fed by German civilians. The broadcast cited a Hagen mayoral decree ordering immediate reporting of the escape to police.
Cleveland reports Germany adheres to Geneva Convention in prisoner care and Japan shows improvement says Tracy Strong coordinator of YMCA Prisoners Aid. He notes American prisoners struggle due to unpreparedness for captivity and cites relatives at a meeting. Laval faces repeated assassination attempts prompting added security per Dakar radio.
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