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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
1
Ohio lawmakers passed emergency legislation to raise maximum unemployment benefits from 16 to 21 dollars weekly and extend payments from 18 to 77 weeks with immediate effect. Governor Lausche signed it, saying a special session addressed urgent postwar job losses and he may call another by January 1946.
Gov. Frank J. Lausche designated September as grocer consumer anti inflation campaign month in Ohio. The proclamation aligns with an Office of Price Administration effort to curb food prices. Judge George G. McClelland of Portage County Probate Court resigns after a decade to practice law in Ravenna.
Six Goodrich Co plants in Akron face complete shutdown as a three day strike by foremen disrupts tire and product output. Arbitrator Paul W. Fuller to confer with Foremen’s Association of America while URWA reports only 35 percent production.
The War Department will redeploy three of six divisions to the Pacific. Acting on Gen Douglas MacArthur’s recommendation, orders for the 2nd, 5th and 95th Infantry Divisions are canceled. The 86th and 97th Infantry Divisions and the 13th Airborne Division will still redeploy. Infantry units are en route to Japan.
Pfc. George J. Eyre of Marion is believed to be among about 150 Americans massacred by Japanese at Corregidor on December 14. The War Department informed his parents that Eyre was murdered after being herded into tunnels, where gasoline was poured and fire set. Eyre, born in Cleveland, studied engineering at Hiram College and Salt Lake City University, and enlisted in June 1941.
Ohio faces dryness across many counties with soybeans and late corn at risk. Meteorologist George Mindling reports last month’s rainfall averaged 1.55 inches statewide, far below the August normal of 3.40 inches, based on reports from the southwest to the northeast including Canton Akron and Youngstown.
Several thousand Japanese have been named in 1,000 is atrocity cases already prepared for trial. Col Alva Carpenter, head of the war crimes branch of General MacArthur's staff, announced today.
A Comei agency broadcast from Japan said Japanese buying or exchanging goods with American soldiers would face death or up to 20 years imprisonment. The report warns against civilian interaction with U.S. troops.
The Japanese ambassador to Washington, Admiral Isoroku Nomura, and envoy Kurusu disputed claims they knew of Pearl Harbor plans. Kurusu said he was deeply hurt by the accusation of baiting America and insisted both officials were ignorant of the attack plans.
Washington reports the OPA set a four dollar ceiling on a one pound DDT bomb. The device, a gas pressed dispenser for home use, targets small volume production late this summer. A separate dispatch notes a Group of American army experts travels to study devastation from the first atomic bombing near Yokohama.
Harold Joe Courtney aged two died from injuries after slipping down stairs at his home in Columbus. He was the son of Mrs. Claudia Courtney. The incident occurred last night and is under local investigation.
OPA officials told Congress that tire rationing may end this year but rent controls will continue. Bowles outlined a plan to end price ceilings gradually and shift controls to states, with fats oils sugar and other items affected. Construction materials and consumer goods face extended price controls and ongoing rent eviction rules.
Wake Island survivors recount brutal capture by Japanese forces who killed wounded prisoners, feasted for two weeks to pressure for U S military secrets, and questioned prisoners about plane types tactics codes and Midway. Four Marines and 100 civilians were captured December 24 1941 and subjected to harsh treatment before being housed in a crowded underground hangar.
Lie detector tests of German prisoners held in the United States show most opposed Hitler’s regime and were forced to join the Nazi Party. Criminologist David L. Cowles of the Cleveland Police Department says a majority would rather become American citizens than return to Nazi Germany and its postwar problems. Tests for the Army Intelligence Corps aimed to gauge dependability for Allied occupation duties.
The Baltimore and Ohio National Limited sideswiped a troop train near Clarksburg yards, injuring the Limited engineer and nine soldiers. The locomotive four cars of the westbound Limited and three troop Pullman cars were derailed around 1:15 EWT, stopping traffic on the main line.
Assistant Secretary Hensel outlined nine major Pacific bases including Kodiak Adak Hawaii Balboa Guam Saipan Tinian Iwo Jima Okinawa and Manus plus the Philippines. He said Wake Midway Eniwetok Kwajalein and Truk should be kept to deter others. Atlantic bases include Argentina Bermuda Roosevelt Roads San Juan Guanantamo Bay and Coco Solo.
In Wiesbaden Germany Pfc Robert A Colby Geetingsville Indiana of the 49th Engineers Combat Battalion was convicted by court martial on June 23 of murdering two American officers a captain and a first lieutenant and was sentenced to be shot.
A panel of national poultry experts gathered in Lexington Kentucky to discuss and outline the specifications for a future super chicken. The study focuses on breeding and meatier quality as part of tomorrow's fowl. Medina County fair opens its 100th annual event with Gov. Lausche in attendance.
President Truman urged Congress to keep wartime authority during reconversion and urged a 21 point program including limited tax cuts for 1946. He warned against proclaiming victory and ending controls too soon, citing risks of bottlenecks shortages and inflation while promoting rapid peacetime recovery and full employment.
President Truman asks Congress to enact a broad set of measures for 1946 including limited tax cuts, higher federal salaries, a raise in the minimum wage, more jobless payments, a full employment bill, a permanent fair employment committee, continued draft benefits for veterans, and a centralized surplus properties agency. He also seeks reorganizing federal operations and expanded public works while urging foreign relief and Johnson Act repeal. Congress weighs unemployment compensation and veteran bonus proposals as a clock-standard time bill gains attention.
Three fliers from Doolittle's Tokyo raid in April 1942 testified at a War Department news conference about brutal treatment by Japanese interrogators during two months in Tokyo. Captain Robert L. Hite, Captain Chase J Neilsen, and Sergeant Jacob J Deshazer described beatings with bamboo poles and a 15 minute nonstop assault.
Cincinnati man Douglas Miller held on $1,000 bond for possessing counterfeit ration books with signatures official reprints and full quotas. He bought four books for 150 dollars each during a dice game. Officials said these were the first counterfeit ration books found in the United States and the stamps were high quality reproductions.
Ohio Senate in special session confirmed four gubernatorial appointments including Barton A. Hall of Hocking County and F. H. Waring of Franklin County as members of the Commission for Pollution of the Ohio River for terms ending September 3, 1949.
British officials, backed by the United States, aim to propose internationalization of Trieste at the upcoming foreign ministers conference. The move would allow landlocked Central Europe to use the former port as a free city as part of postwar settlement talks.
Nearly 100 million dollars of flood control and protection works in the Ohio Valley were halted and put to bed on December 7 1941 awaiting congressional appropriations to finish. Col Charles L Hall Ohio River division engineer reported suspensions on eleven reservoirs including the 850 million Wolf Creek dam in Kentucky along with twelve flood wall projects and the Millcreek barrier dam protecting Cincinnati industries. Washington notes selective service advises men over draft age to retain registration.
Berlin reports forecast that the American share of German reparations will be the smallest among the four occupying powers. Experts estimate US repayment at about five percent of the Soviet Union’s share, roughly half Britain's and slightly less than France’s, with hidden German assets abroad valued around one billion dollars.
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