25 Oct 1943
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1943
Page
1
A joint British American board reports AI requirements strain coal supply. Britain faces 30,000 miners short of needs, the United States requires more, and combined employment losses reach 2,500 a month.
Washington reports a sharp week decline in U S bituminous coal production to about 11 57 million tons from 12 05 million as sporadic strikes and manpower losses spread from Alabama to West Virginia The War Production Board cites shipyard disruption and a looming stockpile shortage with 40 million tons expected by January 1 1943 leadership expects early end to unauthorized walkouts in Alabama while Ohio Powhatan Point Mine and Zanesville shaft resume full operations amid renewed labor action in Kentucky Harlan County mines push workers to stay off shift and USO drives urged
Navy Secretary Frank Knox urged United States and Great Britain to unite as one people to win victory and secure lasting peace at Williams College during the 150th anniversary commencement. He noted a proud change in American minds toward collaboration and called for support of the USO.
A Rome broadcast cited by the Associated Press said about 30 people were dying daily from starvation as German forces cut food supplies. A Zurich dispatch noted Mussolini's anniversary broadcast on Thursday, 21st of the Fascist march on Rome, reported in London.
RAF Mosquitos attacked Ruhr and Rhineland targets while the Berlin radio cited American four engine bombers striking southern Germany Austria and Hungary. US Marauders reportedly hit three airfields near Paris with no losses. British raids involved mine laying and returns to base with minor damage disclosed.
The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations urged Congress to outlaw the poll tax for voting. They argued that 10 000 000 Americans are disenfranchised. A House passed bill would prohibit poll tax collection for primaries and general elections for federal offices in eight southern states.
Police obtained a diary and two address books as principal clues in the murder of Patricia Burton Lonergan 22 found slain in her Beekman Hill apartment. Marine Captain Peter Elser discovered the unclad body while visiting for a dinner date.
The National Labor Relations Board ordered the Aetna Fire Brick company of Oak Hill Ohio to bar gain collective bargaining with United Construction Workers of the Union Mine Workers District 50 and to cease interfering with workers rights to organize.
Lt Gen Mark W Clark received an honorary degree from the Royal University of Naples and told the Italian people he expected an Italian renaissance. He voiced confidence in Italy and said the world would judge by deeds, not words.
Cairo U TM Payne Field is one of the world s largest airports rebuilt in 58 days to handle six times its former traffic. Brig Gen Ralph Royce, commander of U S forces in the Middle East, dedicated the field which formerly housed a British reconnaissance squadron.
The submarine Dorado, commissioned August 28, is listed as lost by the Navy after less than two months of combat duty. A communique says the sub is long overdue and presumed lost with 65 officers and men aboard. No location of loss is given.
Several hundred soldiers from a nearby training camp entered ALCOA Plant No 2 in Shawinigan Falls Quebec this morning scattering a strikers picket line. Police had opened passage for workers into Plant No 1 to keep all pot lines from cooling. An Army officer and an RCMP inspector were slightly injured in scuffles amid a wage petition dispute raised by Paul Fournier of the AFL linked to eight pots per worker versus seven.
Fred B. Burchfield of Logan High School will lead the Ohio High School Principals' Association for the coming year as its president.
Senator Connally opens a major Senate debate urging adoption of a resolution to join free nations to establish international authority to prevent aggression and keep world peace. He says isolation has failed and calls for collective security, promising the measure will pass with broad support and aiming for a Friday vote.
Diplomatic experts mapped the agreed points from the United States Russia and Great Britain as the tri party talks enter its seventh day. The Soviet press signals push for a three power coalition as essential for future world peace. War and the Working Class argues that any two powers cannot stand alone and calls for unity around the anti Hitlerite coalition.
Ohio Governor John W Bricker faces a possible fourth term bid while weighing presidential run His supporters say a year end decision on the gubernatorial nomination could come as Dewey lingers in the race The Dewey hurdle is the New York election November 2 which could shape Brickers presidential fate If Bricker runs it may still allow him as a dark horse and Ohio delegates could back his name Mayor James Garfield Stewart of Cincinnati plans to run regardless of Brickers decision
The Red army pushes to within six miles of Krivoi Rog and has advanced an equal distance beyond Melitopol in Crimea. The Nazi Crimean army faces growing pressure as Soviet forces press toward the strategic rail hub.
A Soviet offensive across Kremenchug to Melitopol pushes German lines toward collapse. The action, described as a steamroller by retreating Wehrmacht, has killed thousands and overrun dozens of villages while Red forces seize rail points and threaten Crimea.
Members of the Southern Michigan Milk Producers Association began keeping milk off the Jackson market to press for a price rise from the Office of Price Administration. President Roy Hart said plans to refrain from bringing milk to market were carried out as they prepared to confer with OPA officials in Detroit. Meanwhile in Britain thousands of repatriated prisoners returned home from war, landing at Leith Scotland after voyages aboard liner Empress of Russia.
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed plans to send a top flight man to sell War Bonds to soldiers in the Mediterranean theater. He praised Army special service officers for good work and noted 86 percent of the U S Army payroll returns home via allotments money orders bonds or post exchanges while 14 percent is spent locally.
Washington reports expect a modest rise in civilian goods production in early 1944 subject to war needs. The War Production Board reviews civilian versus military schedules with steel copper and aluminum supplies shaping decisions. Officials foresee aluminum driven items like flat irons while nonessential frills remain unlikely for months.
Tito's Partisans clash with Mihailovic forces in Montenegro with heavy fighting reported in Matesevo and Mont Cakor. Earlier communique claims Partisans stormed two German strongholds in Western Bosnia, taking 2,000 Nazi officers and men, while Germans and Chetniks attacked Mateševo with 300 killed so far.
Senator Roberta A Taft of Ohio urges using the League of Nations as the organizing framework for international cooperation to enforce future peace. He would have the world court assist in simplifying postwar collaboration among nations as the Senate weighs pledging American participation in a world authority to prevent aggression.
Allied Fifth Army seized a key communications town as its three mile advance deepened on the Trigno front. British Eighth Army crossed the river to widen a bridgehead threatening the Vasto to Isernia supply route. General Clark’s forces smashed German counterattacks near Sparanise while Allied bombers hit targets in Austria Albania and Italy.
Jersey City dispatch reports the Army bought eight percent of the crop, about 23 million pounds, for the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Army. Twelve million pounds will be sent overseas, with the remainder consumed domestically. A naval yard in Portsmouth will host Navy Day with a triple submarine launch.
More than 75 thousand people and many war plants in Easton and nearby towns were left without fuel after a Sunday morning explosion and fire destroyed a large portion of the Easton gas works. Mayor Joseph Morrison declared an emergency citing serious health problems.
Burley tobacco growers in Ohio's 24 counties approved continuing AAA marketing quotas for three more years. The statewide vote across 10 states gave the quota program a strong majority. Funeral services were held for Alfred Vivian, 76, dean emeritus of the OSU College of Agriculture, who died Saturday.
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