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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1945

Page

3

Gasoline Lines Ajar as Stations Run Dry in Tokyo

Crowds waited up to three hours at the only filling station with gasoline, two miles of automobiles queued yesterday. Allied reports note Japan’s postwar moves include labor unions reorganization, seamen’s union plans, stock exchange reopening oversight, and airfield farming use to ease shortages amid censorship and shipping reductions.

Tolado Oie Satoshi Japan Stock Exchange Mainichi MacArthur Domei Agency Nippon Asahi Doimel Domel Osaka Tokyo Allied Command Supreme Allied Headquarters

Predict Break Between Army and Communists

The Catholic Herald predicted a violent power struggle in Russia and said a cleavage existed between the Red Army and the Communist Party. It cited a Paris report that Generalissimo Stalin is ill and plans to resign after peace treaties are concluded.

London Catholic Herald Russia Red Army Communist Party Faris Stalin

Soldier Killed in Canton Car Crash Near Hulls Farm

T Sgt Malcolm D Bostwick 40 a former Alliance newspaperman was fatally injured when his car collided with a tractor trailer eight miles east of Canton yesterday. The incident occurred as he drove west toward Canton. Bostwick served in World War II and recently worked as a reporter before joining the service.

Canton —Gp Malcolm D. Bostwick Alliance Wellington Don Moreland Canton Here

World Circlers Begin First Regular Round-The-World Flight

A US Army Air Forces C-54 opens the first continuous world circumnavigation schedule. Seven men and a woman will pilot and observe the 23 147 mile flight from Washington to Bermuda Azores North Africa Egypt India China Philippines Honolulu and back. Tests will be conducted aboard the Globester with few others completing the full route.

Washington I —A Atlantic Washington National Army Air Transports Command Bermuda Azores North Africa Egypt India China Philippines Honolulu Pacific Isles

Poultry and Turkey Production Seen Boosting Meat Supplies

Washington reports USDA meat authorities expect a bumper chick en and turkey crop, lifting red meats and poultry supplies for civilians in November and December. A third of this year's 1,200,000 pounds of chicken and turkey meat may be available in the last eight or nine weeks of the year, easing rationing.

Washington Agriculture - Department

Chinese leaders Chiang and Mao reach reform pact for China

London and Moscow radio report Chiang Kai Shek and Mao Tse Tung have met in Chungking to form a broader national government. The agreement includes wider political representation and the plan for general elections at an early date.

London Moscow Chiang _Kai-Shek Mao Tse-Tung Chungking Chine

Rioting in Bombay as Hindu Muslim clashes escalate

Police opened fire at two locations to disperse crowds as Hindu Muslim rioting intensified in Bombay. Sporadic fighting continued with at least 18 killed and 75 injured over two days.

Bombay

Veteran claims 135 Sixth Cavalry men flown to Bahamas in 1942

A veteran from the old Sixth Cavalry Regiment alleges that 135 soldiers were secretly flown to the Bahamas in 1942 to help maintain order during labor troubles.

Berlin Sixth’ Cavalry Bahamas

Speed in Granting of Aged Pensions Ordered

The State Division of Aid for the Aged ordered county offices to begin checking all pension applications within ten days of receipt and to remove delays. Tra-Lamoreaux, acting division chief since Karl Al-Babb’s resignation, directed the move in Columbus.

Columbus Tra-Lamoreaux Karl AL -Babb Xenia

Ohio Group To Check on Gas

Columbus report says the governor's wartime oil and rubber committee met to assess gasoline shortages caused by a strike. Governor Frank Lausche urged the panel to judge the shortage's seriousness and said he will seek federal action if normal distribution is disturbed.

Columbus Frank J. Lausthe

Threat of Frost Looms Across Midwest Corn Belt

The U S Weather Bureau issued a frost warning for Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Northern Illinois with killing frosts expected in Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa by Saturday morning. Forecasters said a cold air mass moving from Canada would hit the plains and north central states by weekend.

Chicago U. S. Weather Bureau Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Ilinois Canada Plains States North Central States

Race Issue Fuels High School Strike in Gary

White students at Frobe High School struck to protest the board of education’s refusal to transfer about 800 Negro students. The district enrolls around 1,400 white students. In Columbus Bricker receives party endorsements for the 1946 U.S. Senate race.

Gary Ind Frobe City Board of Education

Awakening for American GIs Says Nurse in London

An anonymous U S nurse writes in Stars and Stripes that American soldiers are spoiled by European interactions and face an awakening when they return home. She says gum chewing and candy commerce have changed courtship and praise gallantry in the Allied forces.

London U.S Europe

Prisoner spends day in solitary recalling murder of son

Columbus report details Warren Patterson’s first anniversary in Ohio Penitentiary’s solitary cell as he reflects on drowning his 18 month old son. Judge Belt sentenced Patterson to life with Sept 27 solitary terms each year and warned of haunting memories. Patterson, 32, from Ashland, admitted intent to drown two other children but claimed they lacked names.

Columbus Warren Patterson Ohio Penitentiary Clifford L. Belt Coshocton Patterson Raymond Mohican River Ashland Fred Beard

Troops From Pacific Schedule To Sail Home

General MacArthur's HQ said 1,490,000 servicemen will be shipped from Pacific areas back to the United States over the next seven months. Target departure dates were set for three divisions from the Philippines, with the 42nd Shuten first to reach home from Yokohama. Monthly return estimates list October 120,000. November 250,000. December 185,000. January 100,000. February 140,000. March 65,000. April 280,000.

Tokyo MacArthur United States Pacific War Department Philippines Sheuten

Ohio Lawmakers Back Presidential Term Limits

Ohio members of Congress show support for term limit plans as the Senate judiciary committee reviews five measures. Rep Jenkins proposes a constitutional amendment to cap tenure at two four year terms, subject to ratification by three quarters of state legislatures. Rep Lewis also weighs a single six year term idea for improved governance.

Washington Ohio Congress Senate ‘Committee Judiciary Committee Moree Ore Roosevelt Jenkins Lewis

Soldier's Wife Found Innocent by Reason of Insanity

Marion jurors clear Phyllis Ann Weller of stealing a baby from a hospital bed last July, declaring her insane. She faces possible confinement at Lima State Hospital as her soldier-husband seeks reconciliation with family.

Marion Phyllis Ann Weller Jean Eileen Creviston Lima State Hospital

Shoe production to speed civilian supply in New York

New York reports shoe output has accelerated toward civilian supply as rationing may end soon. October production of ration type shoes is estimated at 30,000,000 pairs as tanners supply leather for civilian use after a major wartime cutback.

New York Bureau of the Tanners Council Bureau

Cosmic ray box draws crowds in Long Beach

Roy Beebe faces city action after his home solar cosmic ray apparatus attracts roughly 4,000 visitors daily, causing neighborhood disruption. The Long Beach City Council orders relocation within 30 days to curb the disturbances.

Withon Roy Beebe Long Beach Calif Beebe

Reds Stand Alone on Balkan Treaty Talks Impasse

London reports say despite Moscow's push to bar France and China, observers fear the Balkan talks may return to a full foreign ministers conference. Byrnes Molotov and Bevin have been shaping drafting procedure for Romania Hungary and Bulgaria as a procedural deadlock persists. The Russians accuse a four to one advantage and seek fewer opponents while Britain and the United States back French resistance to their stance.

London France China U. S James F. Byrnes Vyacheslav M. Molotov Ernest Bevin Romania Hungary Bulgaria

New Jersey Garment Workers Join Broad Labor Walkout

A broad wave of strikes expands as 6000 textile workers in Paterson New Jersey walk out delaying 214 plants across nine states. The CIO says up to 68 000 more could lose work with total garment job losses approaching 500 000 amid wage and 30 hour week disputes.

Associated Press Paterson N. J CIO New York City Paterson Ara CIO Federation of Dyers America Federation Joseph W. Knapik New Jersey Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York Pennsylvania Virginia North South Carolina Charles Vermorel Dyers & Finishers Employers Association

Cleveland Plans Gas Rationing Amid Regional Shortages

Cleveland mayor Thomas A. Burke summoned oil industry and union leaders for a 10 a.m. meeting to organize citywide gas rationing for emergency use. The move follows a CIO oil workers strike across seven states that shut many filling stations and halted pipelines affecting Cleveland and nearby cities.

Thomas A. Burke Cleveland Burke Cuyahoga County Cio-Oil Toledo Findlay Lima Gulf Refining Co Hoaven Cincinnati Warren

Roosevelt son denies profiting in deal and cites radio project

Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late president, says none of the $200 400 borrowed from John Hartford of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co was used personally. He claims the funds went to the Texas State Radio Network he organized in 1938 and were invested in the corporation.

Hollywood Elliott Roosevelt John Hartford Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Texas Roosevelt Variety

Ohio Girl Sues After Being Bitten by Rat

Miss Bet Eigher of Milford filed a common pleas suit in Shamrock Bay against the theater manager seeking $10 000 damages for injuries from a rat bite. She says the bite caused rat fever and left her unable to work for 32 weeks after attending a local theater.

New York Europe Boston Newport News Yes Batavia Miss Bet Cartier

State-Owned Cow Tops 365-Day Milk Test Record

Lebanon Ohio State Dairy Farm owns the Holstein cow Jean Walker who finished a year long production test with 635 pounds of butterfat and 15 297 pounds of milk, exceeding the average dairy cow by more than three and a half times under supervision of Ohio State University.

Lebanon Jean Walker The State Dairy Farm Ohio State University

OPA Studies Lifting of Controls for Price Ceilings

OPA Administrator Chester Bowles surveys 7 500 industry advisory committee members on when to scrap price controls. Respondents choose lifting now between now and July 1 or later. Elyria breaks ground for a $2,500,000 foundry and office for American Brake Shoe Co selectra alloy division.

Washington OPA Chester Bowles Bowles Elyria American Brake Shoe Co

Patterson Says Yanks To Be Held in Large Occupation Force

Washington reports indicate the Army may be reduced to about 1.63 million by July 1 while occupation duties require a large force. Secretary Patterson said 320000 discharged are included in a 1950 target of 1950000, and emphasized maintaining strength for surrender enforcement in Europe and Asia.

Washington War Department War Patterson White House A. D. Surles Jazmy Public Relations Uouule Patterson Germany Japan Patterson

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