Capt Ives Ambushed By Nazis
Captain Ives of the U S Navy was ambushed near St Malo while en route with a 14-vehicle convoy to inspect waterfront damage. German forces attacked from hiding as American troops advanced. Survivors recall a ruse, with two infantrymen signaling surrender before the ambush.
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Lenen
Jyornman S. Ives
U. S
St. Malo
Tne
Deaie
Pannaway Manoa
Portsmouth
N. E
Bay of
Mont St. Michel
Granville
Ives
Plan Hearing August 17 on Closing Jail
Rockingham County commissioners announced a public hearing for Thursday August 17 at 10 am to discuss closing the county jail in Portsmouth. They propose moving prisoners to Bentwood House of Correction to cut double maintenance costs and improve sanitation and work opportunities. The number of prisoners has averaged about six, sometimes as few as two, and Portsmouth jail conditions are described as unsanitary and unsafe.
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Rockingham Cour
Portsmoh
Rockingham County
Iva A. Brown
Forsamouth
Bentwood
Mr. Brown
Brannwood
House
Portsmouth
Srentwood
Local Notices and Events Highlight York Area Pages
The Herald from Kittery Point lists sections including Newfields Newmarket personals public forum radio rationing and Salmon Falls sports. Readable items cover local notices and community listings across York and surrounding towns.
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Kittery Point
Crosswearti
Nin
Newfields Newmarket
Public Forum
Salmon Falls Sports York
Yank Columns Strike Chartres as Allied Advance Presses
Allied dispatches report American armored columns moving toward Chartres, 43 miles southwest of Paris, with Eisenhower shifting command post to Normandy. Canadian and American forces press toward Falaise and St Malo while Germans claim halted tank spearheads near Le Mans. Soviet and Baltic actions widen the war theater with Riga and Liepaja fronts noted.
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Bradley
Chartres
Paris
Eisenhower
Sugland
Normandy
Falaise
Palaise
Montfort
le Mans
Toute Ta Chartres
Has
Prussia
Warsaw
Narew
East Prussia
Vistula
Berlin
Baltic
Liepaja
Auce
Rokossovsky
Vistula River
Krakow
Brittany
St. Malo
Brest
U. S
Lorient
Nantes
Loire
St. Navarre
Angers
Cearmmunique
Gathemo
Mortain
Leavy
Mayenne
Alercon
U.S. Signal Corps Radiophoty
Selectees Leave for War Duty
Eight Portsmouth high school class of 1944 graduates are among 15 local selectees who left by bus for Manchester this morning to join various military branches. The group includes Daniel Healy, E William Allen, Harry Sagris, Thomas G Ferguson, Robert W Cloutier, Adam Pesaresi, Carlton J McNeal, and Clarence W Palm. Leader is Cecil T Stackpole Jr, a UNH electrical engineering graduate. Also aboard were two fathers, Charles E Jackson and William H Copeland, plus Gerald Rooney Bernert R Anderson Leo Perini. Continued on Page Two.
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Portsmouth
Carl Palm
School Street
Cecil T. Stackpole, Jr
Islington Street
University of New Hampshire
Newersey
Sharles E. Jackson
Daniels Street
Samuel Alessi Company
William H. Copeland
Avenue
Wwo
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Gerald Rooney
Stark Street
Navy Yard
Bernert R. Anderson, Jr
Concord Way
Leo Perini
Russell Street
National Sypsum
Lorimer Nominated for Chief Justice Post
Governor moves Lorimer to senior bench post as Chief Justice Young retires. Nomination was tabled by Ander rules, with speculation of appointment from Rockingham or nearby. Also announced were holdover care, police commissioner bids, new vocational rehab supervisor, and a public health nurse appointment in Somersworth.
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Ander
Lorimer
Young
Superior Court
Rochester
Rockinghamnec
Stephen Wheel
John W. Dorking
Hampton
OPA reshapes ration values for meats and canned fish
The Office of Price Administration announces July 23 changes to ration points. Utility grade lamb becomes zero rated to curb slow movement. beef steaks and roasts removed from rationing. pork loin, ham, and other cuts see adjusted points. Canned fish return to rationing due to nationwide scarcity. salmon tuna shrimp sardines rated at six points.
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Office of Price Administraion
OPA
Launch Tirante At Yard Amid High Production Pace
The Portsmouth navy yard launched its 21st submarine this year the Tirante as the ship slid into the Piscataqua river. Sponsor Mrs. William B. Siegloff and matron of honor Mrs. George T. Street attended. Lt. Endicott Peabody II will serve aboard the Tirante with his father Lt. Peabody, a notable Harvard athlete and Navy officer, a ceremony led by Bishop Endicott Peabody.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Sasnia
Afuarpoon
Sam
William B. Siegloff
Siegloff
Navy Yard
Steglaff
George T. Street
Street
Endicott Peabody
D.D
Syracuse
M. Y
Endicott Peabody TI
USNR
Peabody
Navy
Harvard
Thomas Withers
USN
Sieglait
Wesley A. Rogers
Kine
Navy Band
William H. Sorrell
Marine Guard of Honor
Frederick EB. Wahl
USMCR
Unhurt in York Beach Car Crash Report
John P. Bramble of York Beach escaped injury when his car left Route 1 a mile below York. State police said the vehicle was badly damaged but Bramble was unhurt this morning.
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John P. Bramble
York Beach
York Lec
Congressmen Reply To C of C On Portsmouth Navy Yard
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce reports replies from New Hampshire's four Congress members urging support for maintaining employment at the navy yard. Merrow promises to assist and recalls a helpful Portsmouth meeting. Tobey cites reconversion planning. Bridges and Stearns' aides say the matter will be raised on their return.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Navy Yard
New Hampshire
Chamber
Avention
Talks with Nimitz MacArthur about Pacific Plans
President Roosevelt wrapped three days of wartime conferences at Pearl Harbor with Adm. Nimitz and Gen. MacArthur. He announced new offensives to retake the Philippines and force Japan to surrender, while praising the island’s transformation into a major war base. He predicted further operations and emphasized unconditional surrender as the goal.
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Honolulu
Roosevelt
United States
Pearl Harbor
San Diego
Calif
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Mr. Roosevelt
America
Philipppines
Japan
Pear Harbor
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Admiral Nimitz
General MacArthur
Wene
Doug
MacArthur
Lwwg
Navy Yard
Nimitz
Adm
William FP
Halsey
Third
Heer
Robert C. Richardson
Central Pace Army
North
South
Southwest Pacific
White House
Ash Jettha
United Press
Washington
Phillippines
North Africa
Saipan
Mar Shalls
Attu
Kiska
Awajalein
Hawaii
Port Harbor
Local Woman Learns Kin Casualties In France
Mrs. Ernest Walker of 53 Kent street learns three relatives are casualties in France. Pvt. Donald J. Milligan, son of Samuel Milligan of Gorham New Hampshire, killed in action July 15 after serving since February. He leaves parents seven sisters and four brothers, two in the army. Maynard Milligan and Howard Milligan are serving abroad. Frederick Dickenson Jr., 27, wounded in France July 8, is son of Frederick Dickenson Sr. of Berlin. S/Sgt. Harold Dickenson, USA, wounded July 8 in France, is son of Herbert Dickenson of Cascade, New Hampshire.
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Ernest Walker
Kent Street
France
Donald J. Milligan
USA
Samuel Milligan
Gorham
N. H
Maynard Milligan
Howard Milligan
Frederick Dickenson
Berlin
S/Sg
Harold Dickenson
Herbert Dickenson
Cascade
N. HK
York Soldier Missing over Germany
Sergeant Roger Haskell USAAF is missing in action over Germany since July 28. A York Village family received the notice yesterday. Haskell enlisted December 24, 1942, trained at Miami Beach Gulfport and Salt Lake City, and graduated as an aviation mechanic in July 1943. He went overseas in April, serving as waist gunner and second engineer on a Flying Fortress. He holds the Air Medal with three clusters and expected to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross after four more missions. His brother Albert is also a sergeant who recently completed 40 missions over Italy.
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Roger Haskell
USAAF
Germany
Albers Haskell
York Village
Ota Gunde
York High School
Haskell
Army
Miami Beach
Fla
Douglas Aircraft Plant
AAC Technical School
Gulfport Field
Gulfport
Miss
Albert
Italy
Portsmouth mayor's son says he is safe in Europe action
Lieutenant Commander Marvin Cables, former mayor of Portsmouth, informed his family that he is safe after his mother received a wire stating he had been wounded. A later cable from him reassured that his wounds are not serious. He has been in the European theater since December.
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Robert Marvin
USNR
Portsmouth
William E. Marvin
Middle -Street
Marvin
Portsmouth Navy Yard
New Castle Man Dies In Action
Stephen Starkey of New Castle reported killed in action in France on July 13. A native of New London, he graduated Portsmouth High School in 1940 and studied journalism at the University of New Hampshire before enlisting in October 1942. He trained in Georgia and served with an infantry unit overseas since May. He was an only child. his father is a marine engineer at the navy yard.
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Set
Stephen Starkey
USA
Virgil Starkey
New Castle
France
War Department
New London
Coun
Sergeant Starkey
Portsmouth High School
University of New Hampshire
Georgia
Navy Yard
Governor Council funds Great Bay survey grant
The Governor's Council approved transferring 800 from the emergency fund to complete pollution and marine life surveys at Great Bay led by Prof. F. Jackson of the University of New Hampshire. The original 3,000 grant, spread over two years, faced delays, leaving a balance of about 387.61, though some charges to the fisheries compact reduced funds available. The council also approved Hilbert E. Seigler of the Texas Fish and Game Department as the new biologist, to study ducks, pheasants, and feeding and propagation areas to boost New Hampshire wildlife.
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F. Jackson
University of New Hampshire
GNH Biological Institute
Great Bay
Jackson
Comptroller
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Counci
Hilbert Ek, Seigler
Texas Fish and Game Department
New Hampshire Commission
Ralph G.carpenter
Seigler
Texas Commission
Granite State
Tom
wartime chatter and shifting alliances in a volatile peace scene
In New York a chaotic war time briefing dissects shifting loyalties among Turkey Germany and Japan. Stalin faces Turkish talks while Britain and other powers watch the UN alignment. German morale flags a decline as enemy surrender rhetoric surfaces and Japan reportedly shows rising surrender trends.
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Alvin E. Foss
New Renani
Artford
Conneae
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JRO
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East Kineston
Capt
Warren
N.H
H. T. Lorimer
Beaso
Man- Serin
Dover
Miz
Exeter
Ore. A. Dexter
Ports- Mouth Commission
State Board of Cation
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Frances E. Badger
USC Club For Women
Department of Agriculture
Frank H. Pearson
Stratham
Annetta GC. Leonard
R. N
Somersworth
Health Department
Vivian E. Butterble
Manch x
Grand Army of the Republic
Cleon
Ued
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Bate
York
Marvin Cables
Governor's Council Grants Fund For
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New York
Stalin
Turkey
Mustache Joe
Dardanelles
Floventa
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