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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1945
Page
11
Washington AP report says the compulsory military training plan has broad support in Congress with House leaders aiming to decide by Christmas or late November. The move places Truman’s yearlong youth training proposal under political pressure ahead of the 1946 elections, as a new Pearl Harbor probe dispute surfaces.
Three newly arrived soldiers at Percy Jones Hospital share stories after 41 months as Japanese prisoners. Sgt. Sidney Wolf Corp. Bob McCormick and Corp. Edgar Van Inwagen recount battles, home leave, and the death march experiences from Bataan to Cabanatuan and Pe woren winuw, with Van Inwagen losing a leg in the mine. They describe starvation, malnutrition, and the brutality endured under Japanese captors.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says mutual admiration for plumbing is turning American servicemen into German sympathizers. She quotes German girls saying Americans dislike the French for lacking plumbing, creating a bond with Germany while sowing distrust of the Allies.
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt urged clarity on the administrations military training proposal saying the address offered support but lacked specifics. Senate issues over tax cuts and Pearl Harbor investigations dominated sessions as lawmakers debated witness access and postwar fiscal plans.
In the House of Commons, Robert Boothby urged a temporary suspension of negotiations for an American loan to Britain. The Conservative MP argued that linking the loan to an economic dismemberment of the British Empire and the abolition of the sterling bloc was too high a price and must not be paid.
Fleet Admiral Osami Nagano disclosed in an exclusive AP interview that a formal declaration of war was to precede Japan's Pearl Harbor attack by thirty minutes, but for an unknown reason the message was delayed in Tokyo. He said the raid achieved far greater success than he expected.
Washington announces House military committee will begin public hearings in November on President Truman's request for a Thad service plan. Chairman May Day outlined the schedule as the House reviews the measure amid debate and anticipated testimony.
Nearly 17 000 servicemen from Europe are scheduled to reach East coast ports aboard nine troop carriers. About 3 500 Pacific veterans are due at 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, and others to Boston with 1 975.
The Ohio Welfare Department budgets $23 million for hospital projects but market uncertainty, wartime material shortages, and labor constraints mean only a few shovels may turn before spring. Planned adds include a 200 bed unit at Athens State Hospital, duplex doctor housing at Gallipolis and Athens, and new facilities at Massillon Lima Apple Creek and others.
The liner Queen Mary with about 1000 aboard lay off Isle of Wight as 90 mph gales raked England. Waves 50 feet blocked Southampton dock for a second day, while mines lay scattered in seas and minefields feared in the east coast fishing waters. The Admiralty counted 65,000 mines, with only 6,500 cleared to date. At least four Ismet vessels reportedly wrecked and 14 seamen lost, as fierce seas battered ships near the Straits of Dover.
Marine Captain H. L. Kipp and his bride began a 3000 mile honeymoon to the West Coast by taxi after an engagement by mail. They wed Oct 2, met Oct 1, toured the Great Smoky Mountains, and left for San Diego yesterday afternoon. Kipp put the fare at 750 dollars.
Washington reports RAF pilots navigators and bombardiers in the United States with 44 points and two years of service are now eligible for discharge. The price ceilings for 52 food commodities will be removed October 31, with 90 day suspensions on three items including canned carrots carrot juice and other items. Other commodities are exempted from controls and the action does not affect canned carrots sold as baby foods. New York reports broader market suspensions in commemoration of Navy Day celebrations.
Washington officials briefed a Senate subcommittee on a 3,200,000 family estimate living doubled up by next year. National housing chief Blandford called for President to set price controls on houses to avert explosive inflation. He warned of a possible buyers’ strike if prices rise further. 475,000 housing units next year seen as optimistic amid tight lumber and rising costs. He urged action to close a 12,509,000 home shortage over 100 years.
Tokyo reports reveal reluctance in Japan to fully implement General MacArthur’s orders for diplomatic isolation. Domei cites unnamed sources stating the government will exercise great care and consult Allied authorities to ensure the directive aligns with the Potsdam Declaration. MacArthur had ordered Japan to transfer all diplomatic and consular properties across the country.
Tokyo reports occupation forces sequestered valuables valued at more than a quarter billion dollars, including 3 million in silver bullion and metals. Allied directives move to end relations with neutral powers as plans await Washington orders. MacArthur critiques Japanese government silence on zaibatsu democratization. Radium confiscated from the German Consulate vaults in Osaka adds to the wartime spoils.
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio led a small GOP bloc that pushed for returning federal U S employment service offices to state control in the appropriation cancellation bill. The House approved the change.
Rep. Bender urges humane demobilization, saying soldiers are individuals not mere numbers. Lorain police hunt ex-con steelworker linked to the slaying of Mrs. Duffield, with bloodstained coat and gun, after her body found in a ditch near Sheffield.
New York hosts a seven mile display as 50 vessels from the Atlantic and Pacific fleets anchor in the Hudson for Navy Day. President Truman will review the armada aboard the destroyer Renshaw as 1,200 Navy planes fly overhead. Ships include the super carrier Midway and other vessels bearing scars from Pacific warfare.
Karen Liberty, age three, recovered at Edgewater Hospital after doctors removed a harmonica from her stomach. The toy, about three quarters of an inch wide, was swallowed several days earlier.
London AP reports Foreign Secretary Bevin warned in Commons that hunger and privation in Europe may trigger a deadly epidemic and exceed gun or atomic bomb losses. He urged Congress to approve a $1.6 billion UNRRA fund or risk a broke agency and worsening crisis this winter. He blamed Nazi policy for Europe’s devastation as they retreated. Also: Queen Elizabeth arrives Halifax with 12,000 Canadian servicemen returning from Europe.
Dr. Robert Ley, former labor chief under Hitler, hanged himself in his Muernberg jail cell while awaiting war crimes trial. A document titled My Political Testimony allegedly apologizes for anti Semitism. Ley's death may affect Nazi trial plans and evidence, with others uninformed and his body buried in an unmarked grave.
Dr Karl T Compion of MIT told a Senate subcommittee that Japan pursued an atomic bomb but failed when Japanese physicists reached mistaken conclusions. B 29s demolished the Tokyo laboratory where experiments were conducted. he had just returned from Japan.
Akron dispatch reports that the U S tire industry foresees 70 million passenger car tires produced in 1946 and 1947 with 50 to 85 percent synthetic rubber. Labor disputes linger over a six hour day and a push for a 30 hour week and wage increases. Finds 300,000 tons of crude rubber in reconverted Far East regions suggests growth potential. Executives from four major manufacturers spoke to 16 reporters touring 15 cities in 36 days about reconversion progress.
President Truman will speak Tuesday night to disclose policy proposals aimed at halting strikes. He seeks a mandate for union leaders to push a 30 percent wage increase, while urging peaceful settlements after talks. Violent incidents occur in several strikes, including Crosley and Pan American disruptions.
The Fifth District Court of Appeals reviews a mandamus petition seeking abandonment of segregated schooling for Negro children in Bowman Grade School Mansfield. Segregation in two lower grades ended at the start of the term and officials planned to desegregate remaining grades within two to three years.
Benson Hamlin of Bell Aircraft Corp Buffalo maintains jet propelled planes can use corn liquor as fuel. He notes current fuel is kerosene but any volatile substance including Kentucky corn liquor can be used. In Albany engineers group he spoke on fuel options. Stalin to return to Kremlin duties in about two weeks after a vacation.
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