Knox weighs offer by shipyard head
Navy Secretary Knox weighs a proposal from L H Korndorff of Federal Shipbuilding to turn the Kearny New Jersey yard over to Navy control to resume $493 million in naval and merchant ship work. The strike by 17,000 workers, the open shop dispute, and a mediation board recommendation for a union membership maintenance clause frame the deal.
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Associated Press
Navy
Knox
New Jersey
Wuge
L. H. Korndorff
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
N.d
Korndorff
Peter Flynn
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War Today on Japan Russia Ukraine and the Pacific
DeWitt MacKenzie weighs the Japan Russia Ukraine crisis in a war column. He argues Japan weighs attacking Russia in Siberia to deter U.S. intervention, while the Russo German war signals influence regional shifts. The piece discusses Bolshevik endurance, Nazi moves and the potential for Ukrainian and Leningrad battles to reshape the Eastern front.
Amusements and Newfields Classifieds Summary
Herald page lists various items including Whit personals, radio listings, weddings, legals, and sports notes. Mentions towns such as Newfields Newington Hampton Ogunquit Berwick York and York Beach with notices for N E Victoria hearings and Simon Falls Greenland.
Predicted Surrender of Odessa as German Advance Tightens
German dispatches paint Odessa as doomed amid Nazi advances on both river fronts. The DNB notes six Soviet transports sunk off the Ukraine coast near Odessa while Hitler fields about a million troops in Ukraine. Berlin maps show a bulge toward Odessa and Nikoleggrad as Soviet air forces clash in intense battles.
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Associated Press
Russia
Black Sea
Odessa
Bug River
Coenapragereene
DNB
Reporman
Ukraine
Pene
Ochakov
London
Semeon Budeyenny
South
Adolf Hitler
Ukrain
Nikoleey
Uman
Urman Secctor
Kiev
Sest
Berlin
Artillery Practice Starts Today At Harbor Defenses
Sub caliber artillery began firing today at the harbor defenses with a bounded water area from Jaffrey Point to Whaleback Light and Odiorne's Point to sea wards. The area will be out of pounds except on Saturdays and Sundays as practice continues for 6,000 yards.
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Jaffrey Point
Whaleback Light
Odiorne’s Point
Morley Workers Farm Union organized at Morley meeting
The Morley Workers Farm Union was formed by a Morley company employee at Laborer's hall on Market Street with temporary officers chosen Edward B E Vetter was named president Andrew Curfler vice president Frederick W Gove secretary treasurer and Robert Mastel business agent John Barry president of the New Hampshire Federation of Labor attended the meetings with about 85 participants The first night shift meeting began at midnight and a second at 7 pm The next meeting is scheduled for August 19 when permanent officers will be named
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Morley Company
Laborer's Hall
Market Street
Edward BE. Vetter
Andrew ©. Curfler
Frederick W. Gove
Robert W. Mastel
John Barry
New Hampshire Federation of Labor
Administration Tightens Easy Payment Plans
Washington AP The Roosevelt administration moved to curb the ten billion dollar instalment credit market as part of wartime defense needs. A presidential executive order directs the Federal Reserve to regulate consumer credit with penalties up to ten years in prison and ten thousand dollars fine. Down payments larger or no longer required, bigger monthly installments and shorter repayment terms are expected, with existing contracts exempt. The measure targets purchases of durable goods like autos, washing machines, refrigerators, irons, and vacuum cleaners.
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Washington
FDR
Roosevelt
Fies
Marriner S. Heeles
Federal Reserve Board
Japs Warn Britain and U S Over Pacifi c Pressure
Tokyo censorship reports Kokumin stating the United States and Britain were warned that further anti-Japanese pressure would trigger the worst situation and Japan would stand firm to establish its East Asia sphere. London officials warned of war if Japan seeks it. Kokumin urges calm U S Far East questions. Koh Ishii cites concern over U S shipments to Vladivostok.
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Kokumin
United States
Britain
Japan
East Asia
Kokurmin
London
Pacific
Far-East
Kokurin
Germany
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Vladivostok
Soviet Russia
York Votes 5000 For Schools In Brief Session
In a 344 a minute special meeting citizens of York approved six thousand dollars for national school funds. Arthur E. Bragdon was sworn in as moderator by Clerk Reginald Frost. The town treasurer was authorized to borrow on demand notes. The meeting adjourned at 3 15. The school board requested the extra five thousand to hire more teachers next year. Washington is being petitioned under house bill 4545 for a federal grant to build a new high school in York.
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York
Arthur E. Bragdon
Reginald Frost
Nathaniel Marshall
School Board
Washington
Democrats Propose 18 Month Draft Limit Plan
Washington August 13 AP reports Democratic house leaders plan an 18 month limit on army service as the pending bill advances Chewman May of the military committee will sponsor the measure with Speaker Rayburn and Democratic Leader McCormack backing it Their polls show strong sentiment but Senator Nye opposes extended service and commented to reporters
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Washington
Chewman May
Military
Rayburn
McCormack
Massachusetts
May
Nye
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Laborers in Portsmouth Reach Wage Agreement for Future Projects
Laborers on three government construction sites in Portsmouth returned to work after contractors, OPM representatives, and local union leaders reached a new wage agreement. The pact sets the same current scale on ongoing work but increases pay for future projects to 75 cents an hour, ending over two months of strikes and protests across Fortsmouth Kittery Rochester Dover area contracts.
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OPM
O’connor Construction Co
Aberthaw Company
Slotnik Company
O'Connor Company
Kelley Tenders
Arlington
Mass
O'Connor and Co. Inc
Gam
Sarrebridge
C. E. Laudenslagter
New Jersey
J. Slotaix Co
Boston
Dederic Co
Boston Zippie Co
Davidson Company
Manchester
James Meehan
John Falvey
Fortsemouth
Kittery
Rochester
Dover Pater
Hampton
Vicinity
Washington
Expect Two Sessions At Senior High School
Portsmouth plans two daily sessions at Fortsmouth high school next year as growth from defense housing raises demand. Supt. Harry L. Moore outlined requests for funds for a new high school, eight room Plains school, and 14 room Atlantic Heights expansion, plus transport for junior high students.
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Fortsmouth
Harry L. Moore
Lions Club
Hyen
Portsmouth
Ragweed Rampage Sparks Back to the Fields Campaign
A breezy polemic urges eradication of ragweed blamed for hay fever. The piece lampoons the plant as a threatening, leafy goldenrod with pods, calling for ruthless action to rub out the weed and spare readers from sneezes and tempers.
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Ishly
Pridham Named New Castle Defense Committee Head
James W. Pridham was appointed chairman of the New Castle Defense committee by Gov. Robert C. Blood, a state defense council leader. Pridham, moderator and read agent of the town, also serves in the General Court and will lead the committee when later appointed. Junius Martin to conduct burial services at Exeter cemetery for Mrs Cornelia B Chickering this afternoon.
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James W. Pridham
New Castle
Robert C. Blood
State Defense Council
Mr. Pridham
Towr
Wells
General Court
Ree
Junius Martin
Exeter Cemetery
Cornelia B. Chickering
Train Warns Wells Of Fire
A bystander story describes a Wells incident where a passing train blew a long blast and three shots to alert Wells State Police barracks. Former engineer Savage shouted fire, police and firefighters arrived, and a potential forest fire near knee britches was halted by quick action.
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Wells
Boston and Maine
Salmon Falls Fire Official Dies From Carbon Monoxide
Leland Junkins assistant fire chief in Salmon Falls died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a truck exhaust filled a garage. He had worked late, wind reportedly shut the doors, and he was found by his sister and Chief Chase. He leaves a mother two sisters a brother and is about 52.
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Leland Junkins
Salmon
Junkins
Salmon Falls
Dorothy Barstow
Raymond Chase
Chase
Mr. Junkins
Forest
Key
Hiram _d Junkins
Junking
Littie Goodwin
Dover
Salmon Feils
Ralph
Goering and Allies in Wartime Satire Mix
A caustic wartime column mocks Goering and Hitler, questions German morale, and ridicules Nazi plans while noting plummeting currency and smoke of RAF raids. It contrasts Japanese loyalty with Hitler’s self-aggrandizement and mocks racial theories amid war talk.
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