Garden party for Navy Relief at Portsmouth Yard
The annual garden party for the New Hampshire Auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society was held at the Portsmouth navy yard. Rear Admiral C. S. Kempff hosted the event on his residence grounds with Mrs. Kempff and a large crowd enjoying concerts, dancing, bridge, and refreshments. Mrs. L. S. Stewart chaired, with numerous committees and patronesses listing many local and naval figures. The gathering supports welfare work for dependents of enlisted Navy personnel and attracts residents from the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Relief Association
Portsmouth Navy Yard
C. S. Kempff
UC. S. N
L. S&s .Stewart
P. Finnes
C. 8. Kempft
T. W. Leukze
W. P. Williams
B. T. Bulmer
W.C. Wade
Eleanor Kempf
Go, Campbell
Russell
G. E. Mott
F. F. Lane
W. H. Leahy
H. G. Zitzewitz
Elizabeth Bliss
Frances Brooks
John Cadwalader
George Coggill
Joseph P. Conner
Douglas E. Dismukes
E. A. Dodd
L. Lawrence Green
Dwight Hall
F. W. Hartford
B. H. Hawkins
A. ©. Hessenger
Henry H Hough
Lovell Hodge
John G. M. Stone
Edmund O. Tarbell
John Thaxter
Henry Tuck
Wallis D. Walker
Horace Loa Washington
Barrett Wendell
Templeton Coolidge
New Hampshire Auxiliary
E. P. Finney
A. H. Robnett
H. G. Taylor
L.S. Stewart
T. W. Leutza
L. 3. Stewart
Family reunion season blooms in August across region
August brings a string of family reunions. The Miram McIn tire clan gathers at York Village. Descendants of Capt John Locke, killed at Ragged Neck in 1696, meet Aug 30 at Rye Town Hall. Shapleigh and Folsom reunions planned in Somersworth and Portsmouth area. Batchelder reunion at Hampton Falls Town Hall and Stackpole gathering at Ashworth Hotel Hampton Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miram McIntire
York Village
John Locke
Ragged Neck
Rye
Rye Town Hall
Shapleigh
Central Wark
Somersworth
Folsom
John Folsom
South Parish Parsonage
William Safford Jones
Batchelder
Hampton Falls Town Hall
Stackpole
Ashworth Hotel
Hampton Beach
McIntosh Starts Ten Day Fishing Trip North State
D. H. McIntosh begins a ten day fishing excursion in the northern region of the state, planning to fish the lakes and streams and return home afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. McIntosh
Threaten to Call Troops to Havana
In Havana on August 7 a citywide strike cripples transport and food supplies. Violence rises as police struggle to control mobs. one person is killed and dozens injured. A government edict warns troops may be deployed if order cannot be restored. Federated physicians plan a strike and most drug stores will close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Havana
United Railways
Federated Physicians Organization
National Pharmaceutical Association
French fliers break nonstop flight record over Aleppo
Report from Paris via Reuters states Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos flew nonstop from New York and passed Aleppo Syria breaking by about 200 miles the prior nonstop record of 5340 miles set in February by Oswald Gayford and Gilbert Nicholetts of the British Royal Air Force. Confirmation pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Paris
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codos
New York
Aleppo
Syria
Oswald R. Gayford
Gilbert Nicholetts
Royal Air Force
Cooperation of Boat Owners Sought Near Fort Stark
New Hampshire antiaircraft artillery seeks the cooperation of pleasure and fishing craft owners near Fort Stark and Ragged Neck to ensure safety and enable training. The regiment requests boats avoid operating during designated morning and afternoon periods this week and next week, expressing appreciation for local residents and offering to greet visitors and explain defense roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
War Department
Fort Stark
Ragged Neck
City to open job service office under re employment act
The first official move in New Hampshire under the National Re-employment Service act will establish an unemployment and employer registration office tomorrow in the probate court room at the Court House. A C Graves will oversee, with Harold M. Davis directing state efforts and John P Cyr and Mrs Hannah J Ott as supervisors expected to attend the opening. The office will open at 8 am to register unemployed not on relief and inform employers of available labor and vacancies statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Graves
Atlantic Gypsum Products Co
Court House
Harold M. Davis
New Hampshire
John P. Cyr
Hannah J. Ott
Davis
State officers guard camp amid kidnapping threats
Camp Bueno at North Sutton on Lake Kezar remained under state guard as federal agents investigate threats to kidnap Betty Downes, daughter of a Philadelphia railroad official. A dozen troopers patrolled six rowboats while Concord officials said no confirmation of the threat. Federal teams in Philadelphia and New York joined the case, with Holmgren naming the Downes girl and her railroad ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
North Sutton
Camp Bueno
Lake Kezar
Betty Downes
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Hampshire
Downes
Samuel W. Holmgren
Concord
Philadelphia
Holmgren
New York
Buy Now plea launched to spur job-boosting purchases
Washington August 7 The recovery administration opened a Buy Now campaign urging citizens to spend to support employment. Hugh S Johnson said spending with blue eagle producers creates jobs, while buying elsewhere harms business and wages. The program targets cotton textiles coats and suits shipbuilding electrical and woolen textiles under permanent or temporary codes. Johnson plans continued citywide messages this week urging people to turn money into goods to sustain demand already outpacing wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Recovery Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
Blue Eagle
Johnson
Cleveland
Jolmnsor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Navy Relief
Navy Yard
Roy Taylor
Portsmouth
Sugrue Hall
Kittery Navy Yard
NEW Orchestra Dance Tonight
Parrott Avenue
Mountaineers
D. S
Gen
Peirce Hall
Denver
Castlewood Dam
American Legion
Lafayette Road
NO. Sutton Camp
Betty Downs
Newcastle Boats
Gerard Amazeen
Newcastle Tel
B. M. Warrell Grain Co. Farm Service Stores Inc, H. A. Yeaton & Son
Badger Farms’ Creameries
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!