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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1945
Page
1
Tokyo AP reports Mitsui directors, linked to the war effort and facing restructuring, weighed options as the government prepares to seek outside aid to feed the population through November. Welfare Minister Hitoshi Ashida faces the challenge of feeding the people amid the crisis.
PITTSBURGH Pa AP The U S Steel Corp said no to a $2 a day wage increase demanded by the United Steel Workers affecting about 1,000,000 workers. Philip Murray urged caution and a union committee would meet to study the refusal. U S Steel cited existing price ceilings and wartime policies preventing a raise.
The first of three big three strike votes began with General Motors employees ballotting in a federally run election costing about 250000. A 30 percent wage rise for CIO United Automobile Workers appears likely, though a union spokesman cautions a strike is not assured. Chrysler ballots follow today and Ford on November 17, as nationwide labor unrest keeps about 225000 workers idle.
The Senate opened debate on a bill to cut taxes next year by about 5.6 billion dollars, with Finance Committee Chairman George of Georgia predicting limited changes. A conference with the House will reconcile differences as talks on related price ceilings and Army Navy merger studies continue. Congress also considers flood control funding, seeking repeal of wartime construction limits to unlock over a billion dollars in projects.
Jahco To Build New Engines project announced by Cleveland firm Jack & Heintz Inc. at a banquet. William S. Jack says production will start soon on a gasoline engine tested at 75 mph in lab, with possible refrigerators and automobiles. He hints at producing an own car before end of 1947.
Starving bees in Northern Ohio require 125000 pounds of sugar to survive winter. Medina County beekeeper M J Deyell estimates 375000000 bees face hunger as late frosts and cold blossoming hinder honey gathering.
In an unprecedented move a local VFW post is named George J Mattin Sr George J Mattan Jr Post marking the father wrongly reported killed in World War I and his son who perished in a recent conflict The unusual naming draws attention to veterans and local history. Also reports on chicken production forecast and a murder charge in Columbus. The Agriculture Department estimates 21 353000 chickens to be raised this year up 16 percent from 1944 but 12 percent below 1943 record. Louis Holliday and Richard A Butterfield face first degree murder charges for the holdup related shooting of George Boyer a 51 year old filling station attendant on Ort Street.
Final official returns from Sundays election in France Corsica and Algiers show the Communist Party with 152 seats in the constituent assembly Socialists 143 and the Republican Populaire 138.
Officials report plans to end shoe rationing by late October or early November with a date to be announced. Butter values cut from 12 to eight points per pound and tire rationing changes also loom as the wartime economy shifts toward less controlled consumption.
Fredric W. Webb, 61, died at his home 29 First St Tuesday afternoon. A Ironton born miner, he lived in Athens County 35 years and retired nine years ago after an on the job injury. Survived by wife Lee Etta Webb a daughter Mildred Lighthitz Fort Knox Ky two sons Harry W Webb Columbus and S Sgt Fredric E Webb San Antonio Texas two sisters Ruth Fry West Virginia and Minnie Penn Athens Funeral arrangements incomplete.
The War Department announced overseas forces abroad will drop to 870,000 by next July 1 including occupation troops in Japan and Germany. About 3,750,000 new overseas personnel will be returned home by that date.
British authorities quoted German war prisoners liberated by the Russians as saying about 100000 Nazi troops captured at Stalingrad. Barely 6000 are alive, with the rest having died in Soviet prison camps or on trains returning home. Stations report trains carrying 200 to 300 corpses arriving at Frankfort-on-der-Main.
Maur tice Knapp a 34 year old blind war plant worker from New London Ohio was sentenced to 20 years in the federal penitentiary for mailing from Cleveland a home made bomb with intent to injure Mrs Doris Peveto a 19 year old of Vidtor the addressee.
City Engineer Frank Whitney Knapp pleaded guilty to a separate charge of mailing an unmailable plan and was sentenced to two years imprisonment. The proposed five city sewage disposal plant to end heavy pollution along the Ohio River would be constructed and served by Huntington Ceredo Kenova and others, with an estimated total cost of 8 million dollars. Sewer mains would be laid under the river bed to bring waste from the communities to the Huntington plant.
Editors were told by Supreme Headquarters to establish a free and independent press or yield to papers aligned with the war crimes issue and imperial house hold status. Cabinet approves women's suffrage and lowering voting age to 20, pending Diet action.
The 45000 ton battleship Missouri, famed for the Japanese surrender, was home today as it reassumes duty following a strong showing in national memory. The voyage marks renewed activity for a ship long associated with decisive war moments.
In a Tokyo to Manila flight, 14 wooden boxes carry the ashes of 1,091 former prisoners of war. Most remain American, with others Dutch Italians and one Norwegian. The jars were stored in Osaka temples and are the first shipment of POW ashes from Japan to the United States.
Arundel fruit farmer Russell i) from near Warrenton, Virginia, is named by Rep. Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan as having paid a $75,000 check for a social outing on Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay attended by President Truman. The event was described as a farewell for Secretary of State Byrnes before his departure for the London foreign ministers conference.
The polite Reclamation Association invites Gov. Lausche to inspect eight years of strip mine reclamation in Ohio. Alan R. Davidson, president, cites 3,500,000 trees planted and 2,503,000 more planned next spring, plus cattle grazing on reclaimed banks producing dairy and beef for Ohio citizens. The letter asks what the Legislature wants them to do that they are not doing.
TIFFIN. Four McCutchensville High School students were burned, two seriously, when an alcohol torch caught fire in a school laboratory. Eugene Arbogast, 17, and Phyllis Weininger, 17, suffered second degree burns and were hospitalized. Alton Hill, 16, and Alfred Swerlein, 16, received superficial burns and were treated and released.
William Green, AFL president, said the federation would oppose returning wartime no-strike pledges and any compulsory arbitration. He favored voluntary arbitration after failed collective bargaining and announced a Washington conference setup for November 5, with a November 4 meeting in Washington. A separate item notes Gov. Young urged state funds for day nurseries and questioned military training for workers, with possible consideration by a special legislative session on child care for working mothers.
Dr Milton Smith of Margay Oil Corp overseeing Tiffin State Hospital expansion as crude oil output rises to over 23 000 barrels. Twenty five men and women transferred from Toledo State Hospital with 25 more expected by November 1. State Welfare plans to transfer 800 to 1 000 patients from Toledo and Cleveland as soon as possible.
Air transport workers halt service in Chicago and Miami sit downs disrupt maintenance at Pan American and American Airlines. New York wage talks stall delaying flights. CIO unions press for wage rises while AFL drivers in Baltimore cripple highway freight. Bowles warns price and rent controls to curb housing boom costs.
Columbus welfare director Frazier Reams urged creating a junior jail for tough boys at Lancaster’s Boys Industrial School, while Leonard W. Maye of Western Reserve University criticized the facility as a scandalous example of mismanagement. In a separate note, the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Church announced a Toledo meeting next May led by Bishop H. Lester Smith.
Washington news reports an unsettled Congress weighing Truman's universal military training proposal. Lawmakers split into three camps: full support, modified training to avoid education disruption, and outright opposition to compulsion. Leaders offered cautious timelines as White House signals suggest the president will stand firm.
Lancaster officials vote to buy the two story brick house once home to Gen William Tecumseh Sherman from Ed Schleiger estate and convert it into a memorial. The property ties to Sherman and his brother John Sherman and Thomas Ewing, with links to Senate, state secretary roles and Harrison era positions.
State Department official George W. Allen said Stalin spoke in a whisper at Potsdam, noting no health significance. He made the remark in a piece for the American Foreign Service Journal in October.
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