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Portsmouth Herald

Location

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1931

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World fliers to leave Tokio for Seattle shortly

American aviators Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr plan a non stop flight from Tokio to Seattle next week, despite Japanese fortification photos. They faced possible punishment after authorities seized a camera found on arrival and investigations began into the fortifications photographs.

World Fliers Tokio Seattle Associated Press Toldio Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon, Jr Samushiro Beach Rosa North Pacific Asahi Shimbury Japan America Pangborn Herndon United States Naval Hernedon Khabarovsk Siberia Harold Gathy Wiley Post Pangborn and Hakodata Hokkaido Island

Highways Blocked After Severe Storm Strikes Towns

Associated Press reports a severe late summer storm hit several Massachusetts towns, causing power outages and telephone service disruption between Whitinsville and Douglas. An inch of rain and high winds blocked roads, emergency crews worked to clear routes, and a fire was caused by lightning at Lynn Wood Mills. A church in Northbridge sustained minor damage.

Mass Whitinsville Dauglass Lynn North Usbridge

Eighty-Eighth Birthday Observed At Kittery Point Home

Mrs Hurst widow of Capt John Hurst. lifelong Kittery Point resident. She marked her eighty-eighth birthday last Tuesday at her Tenny Hill Road home receiving many remembrances and calls from relatives and friends. In early life she helped at sea with her husband and remains in good health with fair sight and hearing. She stays engaged in household duties and enjoys reading and current events.

Kittery Point Tenny Hill Road Hurst Caps John Lue

Garden Party at Navy Yard Proves Great Success

Nearly 500 guests attended the Garden Party at Portsmouth Navy Yard hosted by Rear Adm. W. C. Watts and Mrs. Watts. The event featured music by the Navy Yard band, booths with candy, soft drinks, and fortune telling, rides on a miniature auto, pony rides, dancing, and a grab bag for children, with Miss Mary Virginia Lagee unable to attend due to a quarantine at the camp.

Navy Yard W. C. Watts Portsmouth Navy Yard J. Clebourne Maxwell Ganter Aways Merton Roberts Hotel Wentworth Mary Virginia Lagee Boston Mast Cove Eliot Maine Magee Wyman

Horse Show Attracts Large Local Attendance

The horse show at Gov. A. T. Fuller's farm in Little Boar's Head will draw a large number of horses and participants from the region. Officials claim it will be the largest show staged in this part of New England and invite the public to attend.

Gov. A

Tyrannic Deportation Methods Criticized by Wickersham Commission

Washington reports that the Wickersham Commission charged Department of Labor immigration officials with unconstitutional, tyrannic methods in examining about 100,000 supposed aliens yearly. It also condemned deportation rules that harshly affect roughly 15,000 people annually.

Associated Press Washington Department of Labor Wickersham Commission Hoover

Akron Christening Of Navy Sea Airship Attracts 100000 Crowds

Mrs Hoover will name the Akron as 100000 spectators gather for the Navy christening at Goodyear Zeppelin dock Akron Ohio. The ceremony features pigeons released from the ship and the lifting of the airship with its helium-filled gas cells. Guests include Mrs Ames Earhart Putnam and Mrs Blanche Wilcox Noyes. Speakers: Paul W Litchfield and Rear Admiral William A Moffett.

U.S Akron Ohio Ioch Herbert Hoover Shin Shin Sight Hoevex Charles B. Rosendahl Lets Righ Karl Ernstein Anginger Gians Associated Press Goodyear-Zeppelin United States Navy Navy Newine AK Sha Nave Mra Hoover Union Station Mletee Portage Country Club Akron Municipal Airport Ames Earhart Putnam Blanche Wilcox Noyes Paul W. Litch- Geld Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation William A. Moffett Naval Bureau of Aeronautics

Deaths Tied to Bad Liquor in Massachusetts

Medical Examiner reports Jacob E. Clark died of alcoholic poisoning in Methuen as a second local death from this cause this week. The case follows a 15 year old Lawrence youth who died Sunday from the same poisoning, underscoring a regional drink-related tragedy.

Methuen Mass Victor A. Reed Jacob E. Clark Chase St Lawrence

Arson Charge Dismissed Against Mrs. Corkery

A municipal court judge dismissed the arson charge against Mrs Mary Corkery tied to a garage fire near her home on June 27 after a lengthy proceeding before Judge Jeremy Waldr. The case was resolved in the court yesterday.

Jeremy Waldr Mary Corkery

Engagement announced at a Newton luncheon

A luncheon announcement reports Mr and Mrs Everett Wihaml Varney of 34 Boyler Terrace Newton Center announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Varney to Edward Walker Marshall of Boston son of Mr and Mrs Pract D Marshall of Portland and York Harbor.

Wits Everety Wihaml Varney Oyler Terrace Newton Cat Uent Eligabeth Varney Edivers Walker Marshall Boston Pract D. Marshall Purtland York

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