13 May 1943
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
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Logan Senior High School reports War Saving stamps totaling 415.20 with 40.20 in stamps and 375.00 in bonds, while a county extension agent warns gardeners about disease control and urges proper spraying. A Columbus BBB bulletin cautions against bond investment rackets and stresses patriotism in holding bonds.
City and state officials announce that Ohio will discard the retail liquor zone plan after it serves its purpose. State Liquor Director Don Fisher says the zoning was needed to curb chain purchases by stooges and to aid the rationing program by allocating liquor to stores. Rationing begins June 1.
The Dutch government in exile in London called on 400,000 ex servicemen to resist German orders to register for re internment today. The appeal warned they would be labor slaves and urged defiance, amid news of Axis defeats in North Africa and martial law executions in Eindhoven raising deaths to 43 since May 1.
Collins Denny, an 89 year old retired bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and a vocal opponent of unification with other Methodist branches, died at his Richmond home yesterday.
The AP reports Roosevelt and Churchill in Washington discussing India as a strategic Allied base for countering Japan. The brief covers war production, wage and price controls, taxes, and farm machinery priorities, with WPB plans prompting unemployment fears as many projects halt. The article notes a 1943 production goal of about 75,000 aircraft and a target weight of 911 million pounds for the year.
President Roosevelt asked Congress for an additional 400 million dollars for war housing to aid 1,100,000 workers migrating to war centers. He proposed increasing Lanham Act authorization and noted much would be repaid via rents during the current emergency and beyond.
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr and General Douglas MacArthur met for the first time at MacArthur's headquarters in Australia. The conference occurred as the South Pacific command announced the development of an advanced base in the region.
New York May 13 Induction of 20 year old Phyllis Jean Perry great granddaughter of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry naval hero of the War of 1812 into the WAVES marks a notable wartime service milestone. The ceremony underscores ongoing efforts to integrate women into naval reserve roles during a major military mobilization. If more specifics emerge for placement, they will follow as updates.
Orville Odle a 22 year old high school honor student died early Thursday in Lancaster municipal hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound in the temple. Fairfield County coroner says the wound was self inflicted during a running gun battle with county authorities after his car wrecked near the Sugar Grove pumping station. Odle formerly received an honorable discharge from the U S Army at Camp Wheeler Georgia on February 12 this year due to a nervous condition. He was the subject of a widespread Wednesday night search after Betty Jackson 18 Sugar Grove leaped from his car during an alleged threat.
United States heavy bombers kept up the softening-up strikes on Japanese lines in Burma. They dropped about 30 tons of bombs on a railroad bridge between Mandalay and Rangoon and destroyed the river port at Bassein, roughly 90 miles west of Rangoon.
The War and Navy departments told the House Judiciary Committee that Ohio's proposed unemployment insurance expansion favors war contractors at federal expense. The bill aims a maximum one percent payroll surtax on manufacturers expanded by wartime demand, to fund benefits after the war. Currently Ohio caps at 2.7 percent for employers with adequate reserve funds.
Columbus Ohio May 13 House endorsement of a plan for retiring Ohio judges on a maximum pension of 3600 a year prompted state experts to begin calculating potential costs. Senate Finance Committee will assess the impact after the bill’s passage 73 to 54 and return it for concurrence in amendments.
The Arkansas River flood peaked at 41.7 feet in Fort Smith and Camp Chaffee, submerging 600 blocks and leaving six dead and 22 missing. Oklahoma rescue crews aided efforts as water closed waterworks and cut Fort Smith off from main supplies. The flood extended into eastern Arkansas with levee breaches and widespread property damage.
Washington on May 13 Transportation Director Joseph B Eastman urged coal consumers to order their supply immediately to avoid serious risks of grave shortages next winter.
Allied air raid on Duisburg drops 1500 tons of bombs on Germanys inland port city as RAF losses rise, marking the heaviest air assault of the war on the Nazi transport system. Allied planes also hit the French coast at dawn, part of a broad strike across occupied Europe.
Allied headquarters in North Africa reported that shipping transfers have moved an enormous number of troops and supplies into the region for the campaign, totaling 2.16 percent of total traffic as of today May 13.
Mussolini acknowledged Axis resistance ceased in Tunisia after six months of battle. Allied commander Sir Harold Alexander called the victory one of the most complete in history as estimates put prisoners at about 175,000. Hitler’s high command admitted defeat while some fighting groups remained in coastal mountains. Washington officials anticipate Roosevelt Churchill talks may press final go ahead for European invasion.
In Australia on May 13 the New Guinea New Britain Kiwanis Club bomber crew, famed for sinking Japanese ships while reconnoitering, was decorated for extraordinary achievement. Lieut. General George C. Kenney awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to each member. The club name stems from bomber pilot and club president First Lieut. Henry Lb. Chevanee of Spokane Washington, who pronounced his name Kiwanis.
A CIO strike by bus and street car workers paralyses Akron O May 13. More than 200 operators walked out at 4 A M Eastern War Time, removing all vehicles from streets. Downtown rush hour saw no street cars buses or trolley buses, with motorists giving rides at the transfer point to thousands of workers heading to rubber plants.
One of two pedestrians struck by a tractor-trailer here yesterday died today. The deceased is five year old Shirley Lowman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Lowman. Police reported the truck also struck Ada Devoe, 24, who suffered possible skull fracture and remained hospitalized.
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