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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
17
Ohio lawmakers approved emergency legislation to raise unemployment benefits, increasing maximum weekly payments from 16 to 21 dollars and extending eligibility from 18 to 22 weeks. Gov. Lausche signed the measure, with a plan for a future session by January 1946 and ongoing talks on related public concerns.
Gov. Lausche designates September as grocer consumer anti inflation campaign month in Ohio. Proclamation ties to Office of Price Administration effort to curb food prices. Judge Resigns Ravenna George G. McClelland resigns from Portage County Probate Court after 10 years to enter private practice effective October 1.
Allied forces advance across the Pacific as General MacArthur leads 15,000 troops into Tokyo to raise the flag at the U. S. Embassy. US troops move to coastal China zones, with 80,000 Chinese being shifted to protect coastal targets. Allied gains include Singapore, Korea coastal towns, and liberation of prisoners across Honshu.
George F Eyre of Marion Ohio, 30, captured at Corregidor, believed among 150 Americans massacred by Japanese on December 14. War Department told his parents the son was murdered after being herded into tunnels and burned. Eyre studied at Hiram College and Utah University before enlisting in June 1941.
Weather Bureau meteorologist George Mindling reported widespread drought in Ohio with soybeans and date planted corn at risk. Reports from southwestern counties to northeast cities Canton Akron and Youngstown show last month’s rainfall averaging only 1.55 inches versus the state average of 3.40 inches for August.
San Francisco dispatch quotes Japanese special envoy Sa bur o Kurusu saying he knew nothing of raid plans and was deeply hurt by American charges that he was bait. He also asserts Ambassador Nomura to Washington was unaware of Pearl Harbor plans.
Federal conciliator planned talks as B F Goodrich Co in Akron faced a total shutdown of six plants. Foremen protest over layoffs led to a three day strike cutting civilian fire tire output by about 65 percent. URWA official said only 35 percent production remained.
The Office of Price Administration set a four dollar ceiling for a one pound DDT bomb marketed for household use. Production will start late this summer as small volume output begins. Japanese suspects named in atrocity cases await trial in Manila. A secret group of American army experts heads to Hiroshima to assess atomic bomb devastation. A Columbus child dies after a stair fall at home.
A Domei agency broadcast from Japan warned that Japanese citizens buying goods from American soldiers or exchanging items with them would face death or up to 20 years in prison. The message reflects wartime controls on exchanges between Japanese and U.S. forces.
OPA officials say tire rationing likely to extend into 1945 with price ceilings and ration rules to be removed gradually. Bowles forecasts suggest some items such as meats shoes may be unrationed by year end while fats oils may face 1946 rationing. Housing rents and other controls could shift to state handling as federal programs wind down.
The War Department will redeploy three of six alerted divisions to the Pacific. Acting on General MacArthur’s recommendation, the 2nd 8th and 15th Infantry Divisions have had redeployment orders canceled. The 86th 57th and 13th Airborne Division will still be redeployed and the infantry units are en route to Japan.
Wake Island survivors describe Japanese efforts to extract U S military secrets through 14 days of feasting and questioning. Prisoners endured hostage conditions and were deprived of clothing as they were interrogated for details on plane types tactics codes and communications. They recalled the midwar context and the broader Pacific war turning point at Midway.
Criminologist David L. Cowles of the Cleveland Police Department reports lie detector tests on German POWs in the United States show most opposed Hitler’s regime and were forced to join the Nazi Party. A majority preferred American citizenship to returning to postwar Nazi Germany, with few fervent Nazis found in the samples.
The Baltimore and Ohio National Limited sideswiped a troop train near Clarksburg yards yesterday. The collision injured the Limited engineer and nine soldiers, with the locomotive and several cars tossed off the track. Traffic on the B and O main line was halted about 1 15 EWT.
Assistant Secretary H Struve Hensel outlines nine major Pacific naval bases including Kodiak Adak Hawaii Balboa Guam Saipan Tinian Iwo Jima Okinawa Manus and the Philippines with Wake Midway Eniwetok Kwajalein and Truk cited as examples. Atlantic bases proposed at Argentina Bermuda Roosevelt Roads San Juan Guanantamo Bay and Corozal Canal Zone.
In Wiesbaden Germany Pfc. Robert A Colby Geetingsville Indiana in the 149th Engineers Combat Battalion was convicted by a court martial on June 23 of murdering two American officers his captain and a first lieutenant and was sentenced to be shot.
A group of poultry experts in Lexington and Columbus gathered to outline specifications for a “super-chicken” of tomorrow. Ohio senators confirmed four new members to the Commission for Control of Poultry, with terms starting in September 1949, including Barton A. Hall of Hocking County and F. H. Waring of Franklin County.
President Truman asks Congress to keep war powers in force through reconversion with a 21-point program. He warns that ending wartime controls now could cause shortages and inflation, while endorsing limited tax cuts next year to aid a rapid peacetime economy and full employment.
President Truman urged Congress to grant White House authority and funds to reorganize the executive branch and maintain wartime control. He proposed limited tax cuts for 1946, a large public works program, farm price support, expanded labor agency powers, higher federal salaries, a higher minimum wage, jobless benefits, full employment legislation, surplus property control, foreign aid funding, and Johnson Act repeal. He also pressed for continued draft, veteran benefits, and a single administrator for surplus property, while lawmakers discussed unemployment compensation and a veteran bonus proposal.
Three airmen from the Doolittle raid described brutal treatment by Japanese captors. Capt. Robert L. Hite, Capt. Chase J. Nelisen, and Sgt. Jacob D. Deshazer testified at a War Department news conference about beatings, torture, and prolonged confinement in Tokyo after their capture.
Douglas Miller of Cincinnati is held on a $1,000 bond for possessing counterfeit ration books with signatures official reprints and full coupon quotas. He allegedly bought four books for $1 500 each at a dice game. OPA officials say these are the first counterfeit ration books found in the United States and they contain highly accurate stamps.
Gov Frank Lausche visits Medina County to inaugurate the 160th annual Medina fair and its opening ceremonies. The event marks a long regional tradition with officials and residents attending the kickoff.
London sources report British and American support for a plan to internationalize Trieste. The city would become a free port aiding Central Europe and feature in the draft of an Italian peace treaty at the Big Five foreign ministers meeting next week.
Nearly $100 million worth of flood control projects in the Ohio Valley were put to bed on Dec 1941 awaiting congressional appropriations to finish. Figures from Col Charles L Hall show suspended work on eleven reservoirs including Wolf Creek dam, plus twelve flood wall projects and the Millcreek barrier protecting Cincinnati industry. KEEP THOSE CARDS Washington UP!.
Financial experts predict American share of Germany reparations will be the smallest among occupying powers. Estimates show US recoveries at about five percent of Soviet totals, roughly half Britain's, and slightly less than France's, with assets abroad near one billion dollars hidden by Nazi financiers.
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