War Today on Vichy and the Nazi bases urging France to resist
DeWitt Mackenzie argues that if Vichy accepts Hitler's terms and concedes bases to Nazi forces, Britain and the United States may sever all relations and even occupy French bases. He cites Wil face the risk of a Nazi-dominated Europe and notes French opposition to Hitlerism despite political paralysis. James Gerard adds that Syria crisis shows France’s perilous path and the need for a Franco-American alliance against Nazi expansion.
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England
United States
Vichy
Hitler
Vieny
Spain
Portugal
Atlantic
Mediterranean
United 28
Britain
James W. Gerard
Amera
Germany
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Syria
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League
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Americas
Weather and tide notes for Monday August 11
Daylight ends at 7.5 pm with sunset. Moon waning. Tomorrow rises at 5.48. High tide at 3 pm and 3.15 pm PST. All vehicles to signal at 6.21 pm tonight.
Amusements and Notices Hinted in Newspaper Page List
A fragment from a Herald page shows sections and columns such as Amusements Legal Notices Cartoon Listen World Newfields Newington Paging NE Personal ads Radio Salmon Falls South Berwick Weddings and Woman’s Bittery with mentions of York and South Berwick.
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Salmon Falls
South Berwick F
Uampton
York
Japan Warns U S Break Near as War Mobilization Moves
Tokyo reports Japan on a full economic war footing under the general mobilization act with only two steps seen to trigger a complete U S break. Kaname Wakasugi cautions Washington ready for worst eventualities as Chugai cites embargo and consular severance as possible preludes. Government asserts economic controls, including stock exchange and marine transport.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Kaname Wakasugi
Washington
Chugai
Wakasugi
Konoye
Stock Exchange
Expect Move Into Siberia
Observers in Peiping and Shanghai believe Japan will strike into Siberia rather than Thailand. They assess a powerful force mobilized in Manchukuo and Mongolia and say action could arrive any day, with August the latest before winter stalemate. Reports from the northeast hint at large developments in Manchukuo.
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Peiping
Manchuluo
U.S. Waits Vichy Action On Nazi Demands
Washington reports the United States will tie future diplomatic relations to Marshal Petain's cabinet decisions in Vichy. If Vichy yields to German demands, severed ties could follow and recognition of the Free French under De Gaulle may be considered. Officials stay noncommittal, but policy favors strong action against Franco‑German collaboration that would place Nazis in Atlantic bases.
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Washington
Marshal Petain
Vichy
United States
Charles de Gaulle
State Department
Pelief
Atlantic
Shipping Warned Of Artillery Fire At Local Forts
Shipping and local vessels are warned that starting tomorrow and continuing until further notice sub caliber artillery firing will occur daily from 9 am to 4 pm except Saturdays and Sundays. The firing area is the water bounded by a line from Jaffrey Point to Whaleback Light and a line from Jaffrey Point to Odiorne's Point seaward from Jaffrey Point to 6000 yards.
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Jaffrey Point
Whaleback Light
Odiorne’s Point
Battle Woods Fire Engine Responds to Greenland Woods Fire
Fire engine 4 from Battle Woods was dispatched to a woods fire in Greenland near the North Hampton line on the Fost road this morning.
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Greenland
North Hampton Line
Fost Road
Portsmouth motorists cautious as gas curfew lingers
Portsmouth residents show mixed response to New England fuel cuts. O re station reports a 10 percent drop while most stations remain normal. Sunday drivers slow on main routes, curfews cause late arrivals, and locals ponder the curfew’s future.
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Portsmouth
New England
Ore
Pierce Island
Interstate Bridge Traffic Figures Dip Over Weekend
The Bridge authority reports 25,000 vehicles used the Interstate Bridge over the weekend with 11,000 on Saturday. This marks a drop from last week's 28,000 total.
Offer Substitute for Income Tax Increase
Washington Aug 11 AP A proposed consumer tax as an alternative to steep income tax hikes. The Investment Bankers Association urged a 5 percent levy on items between necessities and luxuries, 10 percent on luxuries, with basic goods exempt. Estimated revenue about 802 million dollars.
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Washington
Investment Bankers’ Association
Senate Finance Committee
Harcours Amery
Boston
Federal Taxation Committee
Childiren
Nazis Press Deep Into Front Lines At War Front
German invasion armies shoved 60 miles toward Leningrad in the north and threatened Odessa in the south. Berlin columns advancing from the north and west were reported to be making very considerable progress, imperilling the wheat center of Nikolaev, about 80 miles northeast of Odessa.
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Associated Press
Germany
Leningrad
Black Sea
Odessa
London
Nikolaev
Moscow Red Militia Bolsters Army Front Lines
The Red Army, reinforced by militia, held firm along the central front while defense lines shifted back near Leningrad and deeper into Ukraine. Fighting persisted through the night in the Smolensk area and at Bel Tserkoy south of Kiev, with a new push reported near Uman between Kiev and Odessa. Russian civilian casualties rose as German forces pressed waves of attacks.
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Red Army
Leningrad
Ukraine
Smolensk
Bel Tserkoy
Kiev
Uman
Odessa
Solsui
Berlin Front Advances Reports Keep Looming
Berlin Nazi pursuit of retreating forces in Ukraine continues with general war bulletin noting progress on eastern fronts. French and other German reports claim large areas along the Dnieper bend have fallen to Soviet forces.
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Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Jnst
Dnieper Bend
Russia
DNE
Alvision
Lake Tlmen
Soltsi
Leningrad
Army Starts War Games in Louisiana
Thousands of selectees from schools stores farms and factories began a nationwide military exercise in western Louisiana near Pollock. The 31st Dixie 43rd New England and 4th Motorized divisions of the Fourth Army Corps opened a large command post exercise and field problems.
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Khski
Louisiana
Pine
Union
United States
Dixie
New England
Fourth Army Corps
Pollock. Lo
Army and City Officials Dedicate Pierce Island Recreation Center
Rain soaked ceremonies mark the dedication of the Army recreation center on Pierce Island. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe Lt Bernard J. Duffy and Maj Charles P. Watson presided as colors were raised and a benediction given amid heavy downpour. Guests from military and civic groups attended including Col Walter K. Dunn Maj George R. Burgess and Chaplain H. G. Glant.
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Army Recreational Center
Pierce Island
Camp Langdon
Stewart E. Rowe
Bernard J. Duffy
USA
Everest E. Denlinger
Liieutenant Duffy
Maj
Charles P. Watson
William G. Wendell
Maj. Watson
Major Watson
Col
Walter K. Dunn
Portsmouth Harbor
George R. Burgess
H. G. Glant
USN
A. G. Hynes
USNR
Navy Department
Army Counts On Passage Of Draft Bill
Washington August 11 AP House leaders moved to make concessions to push the draft extension bill through. Army Chief of Staff George C Marshall warned that failure would endanger garrisons as units’ service terms expire. Officials said no orders to relieve Hawaii National Guard units were known.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Emeral
George OC. Marshall
Stratham Barber N Wiggin Dies After Nine Generations
Nathan Wiggin of Stratham longtime barber at Portsmouth Athletic Club and Farragut hotel died last evening at his ancestral Stratham home. Known for trimming John Greenleaf Whittier’s hair, he once ran a shop in Amesbury. He hailed from a nine generation Stratham farm line, tracing lineage to Capt. Thomas Wiggin who arrived from England in 1631. His prized Whittler razor remained a keepsake at the Farragut in later years.
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Wiggin
Stratham
Portsmouth Athletic Club
Thomas Wiggin
New Hampshire
England
Nathan Wigell
Manchester
Amesbury
Mr. Whittier
Whittler
Farragut
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Veteran Hampton newspaperman William Dow Cram dies
Veteran Hampton newspaperman William Dow Cram died early today in Hale hospital Ba yerhill. He would have been 59 in November. Funeral services are set for 4:40 PM Wednesday at the Dole and Childs funeral home on Main Street in Haverhill.
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William Dow Cram
Hampton
Hale Hospital
Bayerhill
Cram
Dole and Childs Funeral Home
Main Street
Haverhill
Rush For Tickets To Annual Firemen's Picnic
Portsmouth fire department distributes hundreds of tickets for the annual children’s picnic at Wallis Sands. Chief Cogasl notes growing demand and a larger turnout than ever, with rides leaving from the engine house at 10 30 in the morning. The event honors the late Chief Woods, but officials warn the rising population may end the tradition.
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Portsmouth
Cogasl
Wallis Sands
William F. Woods
Topsy
Cogan
Ask Increase of 122 Cents in Wage Scale
Laborers refuse to work amid wage scale demands of 122 cents as several Cambridge Boston and Kittery construction crews face strikes. Union local laborers linked to Thomas O'Connor Co. Inc and J Slotnik Co. of Boston show prolonged dispute dating to June mediation efforts. Government involvement stalled. no final decision reached.
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Thomas O'Connor & Co. Inc
Cambridge
PBA
J. Slotnik Co
Boston
Navy Housing
Kittery
J. Aberthaw Company
Navy Yard
Heights
R. C. Kirkpatrick
Labor Relations Department
Federal Works Agency
Moriarity
Washington
John_J. Falvey
Speedy Navy Build Cuts Time to 1944 Readiness
The United States accelerates warship construction with speeds up to 1232 percent per vessel, aiming for a substantially ready fleet in 1944 to defend against Atlantic and Pacific threats. Despite potential 1946-7 plans, overtime, double shifts, and private yard work push 38 keels laid and 8 ships launched, including the battleship South Dakota.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Planta
Gabot
South Dakota
Former President Whitney Leaves Sing Sing for Farm
Richard Whitney, ex New York Stock Exchange leader who served over three years of a 5 to 10 year sentence for client fund theft, is paroled and leaves Sing Sing in a chauffeured car. His brother J. P. Morgan partner George Whitney meets him. Whitney declines interview, plans to supervise a Barnstable dairy farm.
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Richard Whitney
Wall Street
Sing Sing
New York Stock Exchange
George
Whitney
3. P. Morgan
Finn
Barnstable
Mass
E Percy Stoddard Dies In 64th Year
E Percy Stoddard a former Portsmouth resident died Saturday after a long illness. Native of Portsmouth he was in his 64th year. He was the son of the late D Fox and Mary J Stoddard. For years he ran a real estate and insurance office and served in the State Legislature. He belonged to St Andrews Lodge 36 AF and AM Washington Royal Arch Davenport Council and Dewitt Clinton Commandery Knight Templars.
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S. Percy Stoddard
Portsmouth
Davenport Council
Dewitt Clinton Commandery
Knight Templars
Seven People Face Court Here
Three local men arrested for drunkenness were sent away for a vacation today by Judge Jeremy Waldron. Two got six months and one sixty days at Brentwood farm, with costs of 56.82. A fourth drunk from Concore was fined 10 and costs 6.82. Michael M. Christy of Sanford pleaded guilty to driving to endanger, fined 20 and costs 8.94 after withdrawing not guilty plea. John Johnson of Rochester pleaded guilty to speeding, fined 10 and costs 4.70. Albert C. Foon of Brooklyn pleaded guilty to driving 80 mph, fined 13 and costs 4.70. Melvin H. Brilliant defaulted bail of 15 on speeding.
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Iocal
Jeremy Waldron
Courtty Farm
Brentwood
Concore
Michael M. Christy
Sanford
John #. Johnson
Rochester
Albert C. Foon
Brooklyn
Melvin H. Brilliant
Seek To Settle Huge Defense Plant Strikes
Government representatives seek to end AFL walkouts at Curtiss-Wright Cridell plant in New Jersey and at Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, with hundreds of millions in defense contracts at stake. About 800 of 1,493 Curtiss workers quit after a failed 20 cent pay raise demand. Plant officials plan to resume today as negotiations with management, union, and a labor mediator continue. The five day-old strike at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock in Kearny involves nearly half a billion in contracts.
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Associated Press
Gull
AFL
Curtiss-Wright Company
Cridwell
N. Jy
Labor Department
Defense Mediation Board
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearney
N. 3
Four Hurt in Exeter Epping Road Collision
Four persons were injured yesterday afternoon in a collision on the Exeter Epping road. Bertram Datchell of Ludlow Me turning left into Sloan's Filing station caused Mrs Pauline Nicol of Manchester to crash into his vehicle. Norman Young of Hudson was the most seriously hurt and taken to Exeter hospital. Also injured were Miss Pauline Nichol Miss Ernestone Nichol and Silver Talbot who were treated at the scene or nearby.
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Exeter-Epping
Bertram Datchell
Ludlow
Sloan
Pauline Nicol
Manchester
Datchell
Normen Young
Hudson
Exeter Hospital
Pauline Nichol
Ernestone Nichol
Silver Talbot
Crewless Yacht Found Off Plymouth
Plymouth Mass August. The 35 foot racing sloop Demon was found drifting six miles off Garnet light with no one aboard as her mainsail lay shredded. The jib remained, no trailing line, and Captain Peter Marino could not identify her. The vessel was towed to Plymouth harbor and turned over to authorities.
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Boston
Peter Marino
Plymouth Harbor
Goering Obscurity and Nazi Propaganda Rhetoric
An August New York column mocks Nazi leadership and Soviet Russia in sharp, satirical terms. It notes Goering’s fading profile and contrasts Hitler with Stalin, questioning Nazi beliefs about capitalism and power while lampooning their propaganda.
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