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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1945
Page
3
Allied commands report Hirohito seeks talks at the American Embassy in Tokyo while MacArthur tightens control over Japan. Officials note directives to stop armed fringe influence, freeze assets, and reshuffle government offices as occupation progresses.
In Tokyo Emperor Hirohito received both Franklin D. Roosevelt's peace message and the U S State Department peace memorandum dated November 26 1941 but declined to act on them saying he would not commit Japan to any terms without the approval of the Japanese government and military leaders.
Washington reports a Navy recap shows 11 aircraft carriers sunk and 30 damaged in 52 enemy-driven hits. All but Block Island were casualties from Japanese surface or submarine attacks. Block Island fell to a German torpedo in the Western Atlantic.
Mounted police patrolled Standard Oil sites in Cleveland as AFL Teamsters and Building Trades workers return to work despite CIO picket lines. Union leaders said members would work if gates opened and no one stops them. Other cities reported limited gasoline supply amid a broad Midwest strike affecting refineries, pipelines, and tire plant walkouts.
Paris reports indicate a strong leftward shift in local elections with Communists winning 23 seats and Socialists 102 as the Center loses 53 and the right 121. One third of ballots tabulated across 90 councils, with runoffs Oct. 30 and national results due Oct. 23 to determine France's Fourth Republic fate.
Secretary Henry A. Wallace argues at a University of Chicago roundtable that the federal budget can balance by 1950 while achieving full employment and production under a free enterprise system. He cites the Murray Full Employment Bill and aims for sixty million jobs and a 200 billion gross national product. In Columbus, Perry L. Green of the Ohio Farm Bureau calls for a unified conservation department as Ohio sets an example for the nation.
Sophia Litwinska, a 28 year old Polish Jewess, testified at the Oswiecim trial that the camp commandant bore personal responsibility for thousands of executions. She described a Christmas 1941 gas chamber selection parade of 3,000 women.
Washington reports American policy aims to keep troops in Japan for years while pursuing a peaceful transformation. The plan envisions U.S. control of occupation, with allied input, a dismantling of war leadership and monopolies, and a shift to civilian rule after disarmament and reform of education and industry.
The War Department announced a new screening score system exempting about 300,000 Army personnel from overseas service. Enlisted men with 36 points or 37 years old, or 34 with over one year of service, will not be sent abroad. officers with 48 points or more as of Sept 2 are exempt. Medical and Dental Corps, Vet Admin, and certain other roles have lower thresholds. nurses and dietitians also have specific exemptions. The ruling excludes regular Army personnel and volunteers for duty abroad.
Ohio CIO attorney J C Clayman said Herschel Atkinson of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce paid three times as much to unemployment benefits in 1940 as now during WPB reconversion. He noted weekly benefits average about 512000 then and 168240 now, with WPB shifting from arms production to reconversion and preparing liquidation by Nov. 1. Pavelle, 23, Euclid, killed in Cleveland. crime and other details noted.
Pfc. Edward A. Bennett, 25, of Portage Ohio, arrives at La Guardia after earning the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at St Vith in the Battle of the Bulge. Fighting alone he killed seven Germans and captured 34, aiding the breakthrough of the Ardennes counterattack.
London reports indicate the Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers faced difficulty reaching accord under current rules as they discuss Europe’s inland waterways and Austria. A Daily Mail editorial warns the council’s first session failed to produce a lasting framework. Moscow objects to France and China in Hungarian treaty talks, delaying peace terms pending procedural clarification.
Betty Jean Webb, 16, died at home Saturday night when a boy guest demonstrated twirling an automatic pistol. The incident occurred during a party, with investigators examining the accident before drawing conclusions about fault or intent.
Clermont County Safety Council outlines a program to reduce farm accidents and fire hazards. It includes Red Cross courses on farm and home accident prevention and requires regular reporting of all farm and home accidents to Washington. Congress and the county agent's office may oversee investigations and notices.
Perry County news reports a Crooksville man, Robert C. Turner, 37, killed by an automobile in the year’s first Perry County fatal crash. National coverage notes Congress braces for Truman jobless pay fight as the House Ways and Means Committee begins drafting a weaker bill, with GOP aims to limit benefits and restore state employment services.
Columbus Ohio veterans will hear Admiral Ernest J. King address the 26th convention of the Ohio Department of the American Legion. About 1,200 delegates from 72,000 Ohio members attend the sessions, with many World War I veterans at their first legion convention.
President Truman assumed personal guardianship over the nation's atomic bomb secret with Congress to decide later. Mrs Truman indicated the president alone will determine future use and development of atomic energy, a stance announced after the Jefferson Islands trip.
CHUNGKING China Sir Bruce Frasier reports three British two man submarines entered Singapore harbor by daylight three weeks before victory and attacked a light cruiser then cut the Singapore Hongkong cable and escaped. He adds three other subs helped sink the German battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord. Ohio preparing Columbus UP I If atomic energy is on its way then Ohio should be ready to speed its development states Senator Roscoe Walcult forming an Ohio committee on applied cyclotronics.
Two new labor disputes add to a growing idle workforce of more than 323000 as lumber and sawmill workers in the Pacific Northwest and building service employees in New York join walkouts. Chrysler Ford GM wage talks, oil workers demand, and West Virginia gas shortages accompany the nationwide disruption with refineries facing picket lines and potential mine walkouts.
Eleven troop ships including the former German liner Europa are due in from European and Pacific theaters with over 20,000 servicemen. San Francisco will see seven ships carrying over 16,000 troops while New York hosts the Europa and two other vessels with more than 4,300 men. Newport News expects a transport of 40 aboard.
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