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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1945
Page
1
Washington AP report says Congress plans a decision on compulsory military training for youth by Christmas, with House leaders pushing ahead and senators also aiming for speed. A Pearl Harbor probe new sight emerges as part of ongoing discussions.
Philadelphia dispatch notes Eleanor Roosevelt skeptical about a military training plan and the administration’s stance. Senator Walter George forecasts a near 5.5 billion dollar 1946 income tax relief. Senate war inquiry heads scrutinize Pearl Harbor supply sales and gambling rumors while Congress prepares long range postwar tax legislation.
The Ohio Welfare Department plans $9 million in new hospital buildings despite labor and material shortages. Projects include duplex doctor housing at Gallipolis and Athens, a $50k dairy barn for the epileptic hospital at Gallipolis, and multiple unit additions at Massillon, Athens, Lima, and Apple Creek facilities. A 200-bed Athens expansion estimated at $230,000 awaits market conditions.
London pulp: the Queen Mary with 1,000 aboard rode at anchor off the Isle of Wight as the worst English storm in 20 years raged. Mines flood the seas. 65,000 laid, 6,500 cleared. Four small vessels wrecked and 14 seamen lost as waves up to 50 feet hampered docking at Southampton.
In London the House of Commons heard Robert Boothby Conservative call for a temporary suspension of talks on an American loan to Britain. He warned that an exchange for a loan risking imperial unity and the sterling bloc would be too high a price and urged against paying it, drawing cheers from MPs.
Marine Captain H. L. Kipp and his bride began a 3000 mile honeymoon by taxi after an all mail engagement. They married Oct 2 and left for San Diego yesterday afternoon, after a trip through the Great Smoky Mountains. Kipp quoted a fare of about 750 dollars.
Tokyo high command chief Osami Nagano said a formal declaration of war was to precede Japan's Pearl Harbor attack by half an hour, but the message was delayed in Tokyo for unknown reasons. He added the assault achieved greater success than expected.
Washington report says the House military committee will begin public hearings on November 8 to consider President Truman's request for a service bill. Chairman May of Kentucky announced the plan and indicated the hearings would address the proposal's specifics.
Nearly 17 000 servicemen from Europe are scheduled to reach east coast ports aboard nine troop ships while about 3 500 Pacific veterans land on West Coast ports. Most west coast arrivals are Navy and Marine personnel slated for discharge. Four ships with 9 153 men reach New York, four with 5 572 at Newport News Virginia, and one at Boston with 1975 5.
Washington reports RAF pilots navigators and bombardiers in the United States with 44 points and two years service may be discharged. Price ceilings on 52 food commodities will be removed October 31 by the OPA and suspended for two days on three items. Exemptions include several canned and dried foods while certain items remain controlled. Native Navy Day observances honor the nation’s victorious services as major exchanges modify markets.
Washington officials told a Senate subcommittee that 3,200,000 families will be doubled up by year end and price controls may be needed to curb housing costs. John D. Blandford Jr. warned of explosive inflation without measures while Senator Wherry urged against ceilings. He also cited a buyer’s strike risk. Blandford said 475,000 housing units could be built next year, with lumber tightness and a widening gap between costs and income. He projected 12,500,000 new houses needed in 10 years.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says mutual admiration for plumbing helps German girls win American servicemen to German sympathy. She notes servicemen quote German girls praising German plumbing while deeming the French dirty and decadent, a bond across nations that also sows distrust of the Allies.
Tokyo reports show the Japanese Foreign Office reluctant to follow General MacArthur’s isolation directive. Domei quoted unnamed sources stating officials would “sound out” Allied authorities to ensure conformity with the Potsdam Declaration while the government exercises great care before complying. MacArthur ordered Japan to transfer all diplomatic and consular properties.
Allied forces report seizures and valuables exceeding 1 billion dollars in Japan with about 3 million dollars of silver bullion and other materials taken. The capture follows a warehouse raid near Dida on Central Honshu. MacArthur awaits Washington orders on troop integration and policy. Additional confiscations include radium worth 2.5 million dollars from the German Consulate in Osaka.
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton heads a Republican group backing a plan to cancel federal use of U. S. employment service offices and return them to state control. The House approved the proposal as part of an appropriation bill.
The CIO United Auto Workers viewed a nearly six to one GM strike authorization as a mandate to press wage demands. Chrysler workers await a final tally on a possible work stoppage while GM totals show 170,853 for a strike, 12,437 against, and 364 voided ballots. Walter Reuther, in charge of GM talks, praised the vote.
Ohio representative urges humane demobilization policy to speed outprocessing. He says soldiers are individuals, not numbers, and Congress should voice support publicly. Meanwhile Lorain police hunt a former convict linked to the killing of Navy radar man’s wife, with a suspect found near a water-filled ditch and evidence including a light tan overcoat and a 25 caliber pistol.
Great grey ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets moved to Hudson River positions for Navy Day celebrations led by President Truman aboard the destroyer Renshaw. An armada of 50 vessels and 1,200 Navy planes will pass in review as veterans’ ships, many bearing scars from Pacific warfare, participate in the spectacle.
Four year old Karen Liberty was reported resting comfortably at Edgewater Hospital after doctors removed a three inch harmonica from her stomach. She swallowed the toy several days ago, the instrument measured about three quarters of an inch wide.
Foreign Secretary Bevin told a House of Commons debate that hunger and privation in Europe may bring a terrible epidemic and greater loss than war. He urged Congress to provide the UNRRA fund of 1.6 billion dollars or risk a disastrous future. he blamed Hitler for the postwar fallout. Canadians return 12,000 service members aboard the Queen Elizabeth arriving in Halifax, N.S.
NUERNBERG. Dr. Robert Ley, once head of Hitler's labor front, killed himself in his jail cell while awaiting war crimes trial. He left a document titled My Political Testimony calling anti Semitism. Ley's death may affect Nazi trial plans and evidence.
Senator drills quoted Dr Karl T Compton MIT president says Japan pursued atomic research but errant conclusions by physicists led to failure. He reported B 29s demolished the Tokyo laboratory where experiments were under way after returning from Japan.
Akron dispatch reports leaders in the tire industry anticipate production of 50 to 85 percent synthetic rubber in 1946 and 1947 with the balance natural, as the industry plans reconversion. Labor disputes include a six hour day and union demands for a 30 hour week plus wage increases. Reports from executives note large unused rubber reserves in Jap occupied areas and optimism for higher future output.
President Truman will broadcast at 10 pm EST to propose wage and price stabilization as part of a government effort to curb strikes. The plan aims to deter a 30 percent wage demand while unions pledge to exhaust negotiations before any strike. Violence and new walkouts flare nationwide as mediators seek settlements with CIO and AFL members.
The Fifth District Court of Appeals considers a mandamus petition seeking abandonment of school segregation in Bowman Grade School Mansfield. Segregation in the two lower grades was ended at the start of the term and the board planned to desegregate remaining grades within the next two to three years.
Albany report quotes Benson Hamlin of Bell Aircraft Buffalo claiming jet propelled planes can run on corn liquor or any volatile substance. He notes current fuel is kerosene and envisions Kentucky corn liquor as usable fuel. Meeting of Albany Society of Professional Engineers covers the claim. Meanwhile Moscow dispatch says Stalin expected to resume Kremlin duties in about two weeks after vacation.
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