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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1942
Page
1
British sea-borne forces reportedly captured three strategic ports on French Madagascar. French dispatches claim motorized columns advance toward Tananarive as part of a drive to neutralize U-boat bases.
President Roosevelt said there may be no need to take youths aged 18 and 19 into service before year end through selective service. He discussed possible legislation to allow younger men into service and noted about 700000 enlisted in the Navy. The House Military Affairs Committee may hold hearings on the Wadsworth bill to lower the draft age with views from service and selective service officials.
Red Star said Adolf Hitler ordered the capture of Stalingrad at any price as the axis force of about a million men faced the city. Reported German attempts to break Western defenses and infiltrate outlying villages were repelled amid urban fighting and aerial bombardment.
Pierre Laval declared the United States and Britain share equal responsibility for the Madagascar assault. Churchill announced British landings at Ambanja Majunga and Morondava, with light casualties and aims to bar Axis submarine bases. In New Guinea, Australians and Allied forces countered Japanese advances toward Port Moresby amid heavy fighting and signals of strategic plans by General MacArthur.
A Nantes court was stormed by three men who shot the presiding judge injuring him and two spectators. They freed the prisoner on trial as gunmen escaped with the accused man. Charges against the suspect were not disclosed.
British bomber force struck Duesseldorf and other Western German targets last night. RAF losses were reported at 31 planes with total attackers likely exceeding the prior July 31 assault on Duesseldorf. Moscow reported Soviet raids on Berlin Budapest and Koenigsberg with fires and bomber losses.
Secretary Wickard warns of a food shortage despite a record 1942 crop, with production up 13 percent from 1937 and 27 percent above the 1923–32 average. He says per person supplies will be tight due to vast needs from the armed forces and United Nations allies, urging conservation.
Columbus AP says the U S Employment Service calls unassigned NE Ohio residents to register for jobs at the Ravenna ordnance plant to cover a 2000 worker shortfall. About 100 Ravenna ordnance employees are entering the armed forces weekly according to the state USES officer.
An explosion at the Essex Specialty Company war production plant in Hackettstown N J is believed to have killed three people according to the Army explosives branch. A floating hotel concept is proposed in Washington to house war workers, claiming past use in Florida for tourists.
The piece argues Madagascar's strategic location protects a vital sea lane around Africa, linking Egypt, India, and the Persian Gulf with Russia. It notes future air routes across Africa and credits American efforts carving air transport routes, while detailing Japanese, Rommel, and British pressures in the Middle East and Mediterranean theaters.
Piqua, Ohio, population 16000, endured a 15 minute surprise air raid drill conducted by the Army and State Defense Council. Officials warned other towns to tighten blackout plans recruit more civilian defense workers and train the public for future tests.
Congress leaders aim to quickly consider President Roosevelt's proposals to curb rising wages farm prices and profits. Amendments to the price control act are being drafted with a hoped October 1 deadline as the President warned he may act if Congress delays.
Major William Duncan Herridge, former Canadian minister to Washington, declares that the United Nations cannot win the war without English-speaking unity under one leader. He says Roosevelt should be democracy’s general headquarters in Washington while London remains on the front line.
Elyria Ohio AP report: Paul Sheets 22, father of two with one eye, inducted into the Army with White House help after writing to President Roosevelt. He sought limited service arguing his children give him greater right to serve. His wife will work in a war plant.
Secretary of the Interior Sekes, following the president's rubber committee, set a 35 mph speed limit for all national park roads and Interior Department vehicles.
Senator Harold H. Burton announced immediate construction of a $4,000,000 government hospital in Cambridge. The 1,500-bed facility for wounded service members will be built on a 200-acre tract with U S engineers from Huntington, West Virginia directing construction.
Chief J Edgar Hoover warned of a sharp rise in stolen auto accessories and bicycles. He said thefts were up 30 percent for auto accessories and 27 percent for bicycles in the first six months of 1942 compared with the previous year.
Akron AP reports Goodyear chairman Paul Litchfield endorses the Baruch Committee’s recommendations as the sole viable answer to America’s rubber crisis. Firestone chairman John Thomas says the plan reflects expert findings led by J. C. Zeder and Charles F. Kettering with the Rubber Manufacturers Association.
John McClintock, 25, of Racine, drowned near Louisville Kentucky off the towboat City of Pittsburgh yesterday. His body was not recovered at noon. He leaves a wife and infant daughter, and parents Mr and Mrs John McClintock, plus three brothers Otis George and Robert and a sister Mrs Guy Neigler.
The Senate Finance Committee approved revisions to the new tax bill raising travel taxes to 15 percent for ordinary accommodations and 20 percent for reserved seats and sleepers. The panel also kept the 6 percent normal individual rate and personal exemptions of 1200 for married couples and 509 for single persons while reducing the dependent credit from 400 to 300.
Mrs Mary Frances Kessler aged 78, widow of a Logan jeweler, died at her Columbus home. Funeral services will be at St John Catholic Church in Logan Monday at nine, with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. She leaves husband, daughter Mrs E F Hack of Dayton, son Dr John B Kessler of Coolville, and a granddaughter.
At sea off the Solomon Islands a major U S air victory over Japan is reported with 96 enemy planes downed in two days. Naval pilots Led by Donal d Runyan and Lieuts Jensen and Starkes tallied ace totals as fighters and anti aircraft joined in a dramatic ten minute battle with 31 planes shot down on the ship bridge sighting.
President Roosevelt said he hoped to implement nearly all the recommendations of a special committee that studied the rubber problem and urged nationwide gasoline rationing by Monday.
Gov. John W. Bricker lauded Roosevelt's special rubber committee recommendations as practical for nationwide gasoline rationing and support a 35 mile per hour speed limit. He said local boards would handle enforcement though full implementation may take time. The Baruch report urged tires mileage limits and expanded synthetic rubber, with a new War Production Board administrator to be named.
Louise Holland, 22, in Camden, says a typewritten letter from her fiancé John Dean, 21, a sailor reported missing in action last December, claims he is a Japanese prisoner. The letter ends with a promise to release her from all promises as they may not meet again.
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