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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
3
Western Union news analysis notes German efforts to slow Allied push toward a key industrial hub. The piece examines postwar Reich planning and strategic moves as the war nears its end.
Allies drive through Nijmegen area against Siegfried line as Second Army under Miles Dempsey fights to open Ruhr gateway. Luftwaffe counterattacks and supply strikes test British routes while First and Third Armies push east toward Cologne and the Saar. Soviet units press toward Estonia Latvia as Baltic fronts shift with Finnish exit.
Americans battling their way into western Germany with the other Allied forces follow the footsteps of earlier U S fighting men. In 1918 the American army of occupation slogged through wintry Germany to the east bank of the Rhine in accordance with the armistice terms following the Kaiser's collapse.
Allied forces tighten grip on Morotai in the Moluccas as Marines hit the Palaus and naval air power targets ships near Philippine shores. B 29s raid Anshan Manchuria to disrupt Japanese steel production as carrier aircraft strike enemy shipping.
War Food Administration outlines parity purchases of all 1944 loan cotton and wheat. Cotton to be bought in storage at about 21.08 cents per pound August 15 with CCC allowed to sell above equalization price. wheat to be bought May 1, 1945 at parity plus storage charges, equalization price loan rate plus 15 cents. Market rises across grain complex as parity plans trigger futures buying.
Secretary Morgenthau urges stripping Germany of industry to prevent remilitarization, backed by Roosevelt but opposed by Hull and Stimson who favor regulated production through strategic materials. Britain is divided with Churchill and Eden leaning Morgenthau, while others back preserving industrial cores for future leverage. Tolley cites farm price projections and export goals under 1950 conditions.
War Food administration allocates 624 million pounds of flue cured tobacco to manufacturers for the 1944 marketing season, aided by a crop of 1,047 million pounds. Production estimates rise above one billion, nearly matching 1943 levels and within 2 percent of the 1939 record. Allied and other friendly nations receive 391 million pounds.
Marine Sergeant Mer ton F. Taylor of Potsdam New York stands over a makeshift grave from 1942 on Guadalcanal. After burying four buddies in fox holes with crude crosses he vowed to return and give them proper burials. Two years later he returned to honor their memory and complete the vow.
The government holds 126 million pounds of 138 million stored butter for itself while civilian supplies run tight. The American Dairy Association notes a expected easing midyear as the government plans to leave the butter market next month. Government use diverts fat from producers to powdered milk and other uses, with civilian stocks usually at 178 million pounds at this time达到.
The War Production Board reports that eight months into 1944, heavy truck output is only 45 percent complete while big shell production stands 42 percent short and aerial bomb output 28 percent short of goals. August shows peak production for heavy duty fires and for B 29 and B 32 bombers along with heavy artillery ammo.
The July average hourly wage in manufacturing rose to 1.07 dollars, a 41.2 percent increase from January 1941. Weekly earnings averaged 48.87 dollars in July, up 59.7 percent from January 1941, despite a small month-to-month dip.
Augustus C Brown 58 former Marathon resident died after ten days of meningitis at Christ Hospital. Services Friday at Monroe Funeral Home with burial Greenlawn Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary Harlow Brown five sisters and two brothers. Local notables include George C Kipp ill in Perintown and Lt Charles F Hartsock recently reassigned to Camp Chaffee Ark. Community notices detail salvage honors, church evangelistic services and tributes for wartime campaigns across Milford and Perintown.
Edward Stump sues Kathleen Margaret Stump for divorce in the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County Ohio case 21292 on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Hearing set on or after October 7 1944. Attorney Harry Britton represents plaintiff. Aug.24-T-6
Dorothy May Lewis a minor and Ruth Freeze her mother custodian both of 328 Fifty-Ninth Street Brooklyn New York sued by Marion Sebree Lewis for divorce and relief on ground of gross neglect of duty in case 21293 in the Common Pleas Court with final hearing possible after September 30 1944 James W Walker Attorney
A election notice outlines a 5 year tax levy increase for Felicity Franklin School District Clermont County Ohio The proposal asks voters to approve an additional 3 mills per dollar valuation equal to 30 cents per 100 dollars of valuation for current expenses The levy runs 1945 through 1949 and will be on the November 7 1944 general election ballot issued by the Board of Deputy State Supervisors and Inspectors of Elections for Clermont County Ohio E C Manning serves as chairman and J M Wiseman as clerk
Notice states an Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of Augustus R. Wolf deceased of Tate Township was filed. Hearing before the Batavia Ohio court is scheduled for October 24, 1944 at 10 a.m. Excep tions to the inventory must be filed at least five days before the hearing. Court seal signed by Probate Judge Orville W Halbish. Attorneys E C Ely and Harry Britton.
Hilda L Marsh of 6 Dewey Drive Dayton Ohio has been appointed administratrix of the estate of James T Case deceased late of Bethel Clermont County Ohio Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred Dated Sept 29 1944 Prabate Judge of said County Lucian H Dawson Attorney
Harry Britton of Batavia Ohio appointed Administrator De Bonis Non of the Estate of Charles E Pringle late of Batavia Clermont County Ohio Dated Sept 27 1944 Probate Judge of said County Harry Britton Attorney Oct 5-T-3
Glen Este reports a niece wedding at Milford with Peterson family in attendance. Otto Baudenhistle of Xenia and daughter visit Mrs Peter Peterson and family. Smythe family from La Fayette and Chicago guests join gatherings with Hudson and Huh eey families. Local hosting includes luncheons, dinners and birthday celebrations for Marilyn Wortman and family friends from Cincinnati and Fayetteville.
A famous quote contrasts living by public opinion with solitude and defines a great person as one who preserves inner independence amid the crowd with equanimity and grace.
Ellis E. Wolf of Bethel Ohio appointed Administrator With the Will Annexed of the Estate of Augustus R Wolf deceased late of Bethel County Ohio Dated September 18 1944 Orville W Halbisch Harry Britton Attorneys Sept 21
James W. Walker of Batavia Ohio named administrator of the estate of Richard Hoes, deceased of Williamsburg Township. Probate judge Orville W. Halbisch dated September 13 1944, attorney Harry Britton. Sept 24 T 3.
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