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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1945
Page
9
Japan resumes a limited air transport service from Tokyo with at most four planes airborne, subject to cancellation if it harms Allied interests. The occupation proceeds quietly as General MacArthur suggests 200,000 regular Army troops may suffice to govern Japan within six months.
Reports from Washington and Tokyo reflect U.S. and Allied leaders debating postwar Japanese occupation terms and force levels. Senators react to a $4,064,009 loan request as generals discuss demobilization, occupation duration, and disablement of industrial capacity. Lt. Gen. Eichelberger and Gen. Wainwright voice long occupation timelines, while Doolittle returns home and forces reorganize for Kyushu and northern Honshu.
Mass movement of S&hk bomb group under readjustment rules sends 250 enlisted men from Tinian to the U S Saipan base. Named personnel include Staff Sgt Harold L McArthur and T Sgt Malcolm, with Owen E Housley listed among the dead in an automobile collision near the area.
President Truman warned Americans that food shortages and rationing may not end soon. He said the United States would aid Europe and might need to reimpose rationing on some items after shipments promised through January 1. Domestic supply remains uncertain beyond that date.
Jimmy Wason, a 20-year-old from Starke Florida who lost limbs in a plane crash, seeks to donate $106,000 life fund proceeds from an auction of scarce items to his roommate Pvt Eddie Sardo who also lost limbs in Europe. The plan follows reader generosity and wartime financing steps. President notes pending settlement to prevent dissipation of food supplies. Agriculture Secretary Anderson says October meat availability will rise to about 140 pounds per person annually from 132.
Santa Josef Kramer known as the Beast of Belsen stands trial with 46 SS henchmen before a British military court in Luen for ill treatment and deaths of Allied prisoners at the Belsen camp. Among the defendants are 19 women. The case centers on crimes at the notorious horror camp.
Rep McCowen Ohio called for immediate discharge legislation to demobilize millions of troops. He argued it will take months for discharges without congressional action and warned peacetime compulsary service could be seen as approved by the public. He criticized high command for delaying demobilization.
Senator Kilgore said the fate of a proposed 25 dollar weekly unemployment aid rests with about twenty percent of the Senate as they have yet to decide while the rest split evenly amid the chamber taking up an unemployment compensation bill without the feature. The Philadelphia market item notes University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia underprivileged children each receiving 500000 bequests from Mrs. John Scanlin Scott in Tuscarawas County probate court records.
Washington reports that 47 American organizations urged President Truman to boost food shipments to Europe to avert famine this winter. The petition, presented by Food for Freedom leaders including Mrs Dwight W Morrow, argues Americans can aid abroad while feeding the nation, and calls for Secretary Anderson to authorize maximum overseas shipments while rationing continues at home.
AKRON 2 P W Litchfield chairman of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co today announced the most important development in tire making since the cord tire. The new tire uses Rayon cords instead of cotton, promising greatly increased mileage, easier rolling and gasoline savings. It may lead to tires lasting longer than the typical car ownership period. The development draws on wartime tire manufacture experience, though Goodyear had priorly produced high speed tires and rayon passenger tires before the war.
Brigadier Glyn Hughes, former chief medical officer of the British Second Army, to testify as the initial witness in the British military court trying Joseph Kramer the Beast of Belsen and 44 SS cohorts. He first described the hor ror of Belsen at its liberation April 15.
In the final days of fighting over Berlin, grave diggers haul and inter tens of thousands buried in hastily dug pits in parks, yards, and gardens. SS members move bodies from pits near the Reich chancellery while others are recovered from flooded subway sections. preparations to cremate those who die this winter have begun.
President Truman pressed Congress to push the broadest possible unemployment compensation bill. Senate plans to take up the measure as labor unrest and return-to-work talks continued amid Akron plant negotiations with United Rubber Workers and foremen signaling readiness to strike or resume duties.
Fresh fuel poured onto postwar labor strife as 200000 workers idle across the nation with oil field stoppages spreading. Truman to enter motor industry disputes as Detroit area idle rises to about 80000. CIO oil workers strike threats hit East Chicago and Texas refineries, with 30000 workers in six states warned for an industry wide walkout. Detroit plans strike votes in Ford GM Chrysler for a 30 percent wage rise as Chicago sees actions against four tractor firms employing 90000. Senate talks on unemployment bill and federal reorganization amid debate over Italy reparations and UNRRA funding.
A week-old tropical storm, now waning, moves north along the Middle Atlantic Seaboard with warnings from Virginia Capes to Block Island. It brings heavy rains and squalls as speeds hover near 120 miles per hour, leaving one death in South Carolina and crop damage in North Carolina while planes divert inland and airlines halt over 70 flights.
More than 17,700 troops from the Pacific and European theaters are to arrive today aboard eight troopships at a west coast port and three east coast ports. Five ships with over 13,200 men are due in New York. One ship with nearly 2,000 men is due in Boston and another with more than 2,600 at Newport News Virginia.
Brig. Gen. Beverly C. Dann assumes Ohio River Division engineer duties, succeeding Col. Charles L. Hall. Dann, a veteran of the Normandy campaign, replaces Hall who will survey rivers and harbors in the Philippines, as peacetime maintenance shifts from wartime projects.
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company produced 40 ton amphibious tanks for the British army in the Normandy invasion. Chairman John W. Thomas said the weapon threw Germans into confusion and allowed infantry to face light resistance while securing beachheads. one tank reportedly drove inland ten miles in half an hour.
Former German Bund leader Fritz Kuhn boards a ship bound for Germany amid renewed tension within the organization. The image captures Kuhn with a forced smile as observers note his stance and the implication of impending deportation.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach seeks White House approval for reorganizing his department to act as the government umpire in reconversion era labor disputes. The move aims to midwife a 30 percent wage increase demand by Borg Warner workers, with stoppages spreading from California to New York and across the north central region.
A Russian demand for 600 million dollars in material reparations from Italy was presented to the Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers. It was expected to meet strong opposition from Britain and the United States.
The East Chicago walkout of 500 workers could trigger a wave of refinery closings in the Chicago area. In Detroit 300 struck Trenton plant and 200 at Refiners Transport for a 30 percent wage increase. Houston workers at Texas Company voted 7 to 1 to strike demanding the same terms plus a union shop. Gulf Oil Fort Arthur refinery backed similar strike demands. Socony-Vacuum offered 15 percent raises. Texas Company announced a 15 percent blanket raise with the 40 hour week. White House offered no comment on Frank R. Thomas's claim that Roosevelt committed to labor wage increases. TL Thomas cited Roosevelt’s supposed postwar wage pledge, which officials disputed.
Smoldering congressional dissatisfaction with peace terms imposed upon Japan flamed today with Senator Russell demanding the arrest of Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal. The Georgia senator urged strong actions as he addressed the Senate in Washington. In Columbus Ohio Governor Lausche pledged jobs and GI priority for returning veterans amid ongoing labor and political tensions. J C Penney, founder of the department store chain, marked his 70th birthday in Columbus while reiterating the golden rule as the guiding business principle.
Capt Carl G Schultz has been court martialed and dismissed from the Army after a Berlin ceremony with a WAC sergeant while he already had a wife in Chicago. He was tried on bigamy providing a false affidavit and conducting a civilian ceremony without command authorization.
Dorothy Dotzauer a Heidelberg College junior filed a $5000 damage suit in Seneca County Common Pleas Court following a September 1943 auto accident. She alleged Dewey Hessick Green Springs caused injuries when his truck collided with a Heidelberg group en route to campus. Donna Montooth and her five year old daughter are hospitalized after a gas explosion destroyed their house.
Washington reports President Truman will name Robert P. Patterson to succeed Henry L. Stimson as secretary of war. Stimson turns 78 this Friday and may retire soon with other war department changes possible. John J. McCloy and General George C. Marshall's futures also point to private life or retirement. Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell may move to private industry.
CHARDON Geauga County Common Pleas Court yesterday heard George E Hammond seek a divorce from Blade Brook Hammond citing her alleged act of driving nails through two tires of his automobile at Kiwanis Lake.
John S. Knight publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal tells Detroit Economic Club that General MacArthur is making progress in Japan with minimal confusion. He notes victors cannot mistreat the defeated and urges a measured approach to postwar conduct.
General Douglas MacArthur proposed reducing U.S. forces in the Pacific to as few as 200,000, triggering mixed reactions in Washington. The plan distressed State Department officials, while Congress considered changes to enlistments and a six month satisfaction period before automatic promotion. The debate centers on occupation policy and the pace of demobilization amid ongoing enlistment incentives.
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