Willkie Faces Pressure to Unify Republicans in Campaign
Washington reports internal GOP discontent with Wendell Willkie’s campaign style and his effort to form a unified party. Critics fear a drift from old lines while Willkie pursues an individualistic strategy, aiming to rally independent voters between Sept 15 and Oct 15. Capital draft talk grows as officials hint at plans to mobilize savings for defense and war needs.
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Wendell Willkie
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Merth Woods
Sillmore
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Roosevelt
Almanac snippet from 1940 daylight timing page
Fragmentary almanac notes for August 23 1940 include daylight time details rise and set times night schedule and vehicle timing. Estimated times list 748 pm 5.50 am 8.20 am and 9.38 pm with minor typos.
Taft Proposes Volunteer Training as Army Build-Up Plan
Senate debate over Burke-Wadsworth draft shifts to Taft substitute creating a permanent voluntary training corps. It would enlist 15 to 34 year olds for a year of service, aiming to maintain 1.5 million trained men and later transfer graduates to reserves, with post year one limits and schooling protections.
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Taft
Barkley
Kentucky
National Guard
Tat
Army Training Corps
Ohioan
Italian Yugoslav Friction Deepens Over Zara Slaying
Rome reports growing Italian Yugoslav tension sparked by the Zara killing of a Fascist official. La Tribuna notes aroused Zara population and calls the slain leader a martyr. Virginio Gayda accuses Greece of seeking Albanian territory and using the incident for propaganda.
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Pricsion
Italy
Yugoslavia
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Thalian
Zara
Leonardo Ciurcovich
Ciurcovich
Virginio Gayda
Greece
Albania
Gayde
Davi Horela
Athens
Ialian
Gayda
Tl Giornale d Italia
Mark Island Sold By Heirs
Laconia New Hampshire August 12 AP The Mark Island development corporation bought Mark Island a 100 acre site in Lake Winnipesaukee The deal wires a cable under water from Bear Island to supply rural electrification and a beacon will be placed on the island summit Heirs of George K Webster of Attleboro Massachusetts who acquired the property in 1909 sold the island to the new corporation.
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Laconia
N. H
Mark Island
Lake Winnipesaukee
Bear Island
George K. Webster
Attleboro
Mass
Board Presses State Pier Study in Rockingham Hotel
The State Pier committee, formed to study a proposed state pier in the city, met at the Rockingham hotel last evening. The panel is compiling extensive material to assess potential business and is advancing steadily toward a report for submission to the next New Hampshire legislature session.
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State Pier Committee
Rockingham Hotel
New Hampshire
Australian high office holders die in air crash
Australian leaders including Lieut. Gen. Sir Cyril White and three Commonwealth cabinet ministers perished with six others when a Lockheed Hudson bomber crashed near Canberra airport. The ministers were en route from Melbourne to attend a cabinet meeting. Police guarded the wreckage as Premier Menzies called it shocking news.
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Sydney
Australia
Cyril B. B. White
Commonwealth
Canterra
Melbourne
Canberra
Geoffrey A. Street
Defense
J. V. Pairbaira
Ain
Henry Gullet
Executive Council
Syril
Col. Thornthwait
Street
Commonwealth Loan Council
Robert G. Menzies
Lions Plan Safety Survey At Popular Swimming Spots
The Portsmouth Lions Club votes to dispatch safety committee members to popular swimming sites to assess dangers and devise remedies. A speaker from NNH highlighted preventable drownings. A joint Portsmouth Durham Exeter meeting and Coast Guard film followed, drawing many attendees.
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Portsmouth
Lions Club
Perley Ayers
NNH
Durham
Exeter
Rockingham Country Club
United States Coast Guard
Fire at Badger Park Garage Sparks Downtown Crowd
Firemen answered a still alarm yesterday afternoon at the Badger Park garage on Vaughan street shortly after three. Spontaneous combustion started a fire in a closet but no damage beyond smoke and water. Crowds jammed the downtown business district for about 15 minutes after engines arrived.
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Badger Park
Vaughan Street
Roosevelt Returns Convinced Of Defense Growth
President Roosevelt concluded a northeastern tour in New England with evidence that the national preparedness program is accelerating. He visited Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery Me Boston Navy Yard Watertown Army arsenal and Newport Navy training sites and noted rapid expansion of submarine and torpedo production and training facilities.
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New York
New England
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Portsmouth
N. H
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Kittery
Boston Navy Yard
Watertown
Mass. Army Arsenal
Naval War College
Newport
R. I
Navy
Army Shifts To Real Battle Problems In New York War Games
Ogdensburg N Y Aug 13 AP Northern New Yorks 90000 man power war games shift from mock brigade to real battle problems drafted by the First Army command with regulars ready to wage a self sufficient brigade system under unified command National Guard units face similar reorganization Brigades that yesterday made tentative thrusts were given sealed instructions and told to extract themselves Consolidated action like that of Nazi Germany will be used maneuvering today will not pit the Blues against the Blacks but neighboring brigades will be matched against each other
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Ogdensburg
New York
First Army
National Guard
Nazi Germany
Draft Threat Fails To Boost Dan Cupid’s Business Here
Portsmouth city records show 12 marriage intentions filed in July 1939 and 13 in 1940, a rise of just one. City Clerk John J. Henson cites a new blood test law as delaying filings, with no predate exemption in 1940, causing couples to consider other communities for quicker licenses as conscription fears loom. Local men shrug at a year of military training, while women face spinsterhood threats.
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Dan Cupid
Portsmouth
John J. Henson
Henson
Driver Hurt In Accident At Hampton
Gerald Hussey of South Berwick Maine was in serious condition at Exeter hospital after a Hampton Exeter road crash yesterday. His car skidded near the Warren Batchelder house, turned end over end three times, and he was thrown through the windshield. Police Chief Jerome P. Harkness investigated and ordered medical care.
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South Berwick
Gerald Hussey
Exeter Hospital
Exeter Road
Hampton
Hussey
Lamb’s Tavern
Exeter
Warren Batchelder
Jerome PF. Harkness
Willkie Attacks Campaign Books In Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie accuses Democratic leaders of political ruthlessness over campaign books funded by corporations. He cites Attorney General Robert Jackson and Senator Hatch joining in opposition to the sale of these books and to alleged violations of the Corrupt Practices and Hatch acts. Flynn, the Democratic chairman, is urged to acknowledge the issue.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Robert Jackson
Hatch
D-N.m
Boss Flynn
Ew Democratic
Blaze damages cottage at Hampton Beach
A fire caused about 1000 dollars in damage to the Anchorage cottage at Hampton Beach yesterday when a lighted cigarette ignited dry grass. Firemen arrived by 3 42 p m and controlled the blaze after more than an hour, saving adjacent buildings and freeing a pet dog left inside a sun porch.
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Hampton Beach
Anchorage
Edgar J. Desdarey Dins
Fitchburg
Mass
Urge Caution On Excess Profits Tax
Washington Aug 12 AP An official of the United States Chamber of Commerce told Congress there is no need for extravagant haste in enacting an excess profits tax. Ellsworth V Alvord urged no delay in allowing industry to deduct defense related plant expansion costs from taxable income. Fernald of Montclair urged separate amortization and tax plans and immediate enactment of an amortization bill.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Gant
Ellsworth V. Alvord
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Federal Finance Committee
Senate-House
Henry B. Fernald
Montclair
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American Mining Congress
Alvord
RAF Fights German Raid Over Long English Channel Front
German raiders attacked 200 miles of English Channel coast as RAF fighters engaged behind low clouds. Reports from Berlin and Bern said a zero hour for invasion neared, with 40 mile Big Bertha guns at Calais and Dunkerque. shells reportedly fell on a southern coast town. Casualties rose as hundreds of German planes bombed coastal towns to blur defenses for a potential cross-channel crossing.
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Associated Press
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Berlin
Switzerland
London
Dellierent
Louis P. Lochner
Amr
England
British Isles
Berne
Bern
Calais
Dunkerque
Dover
Brugs
Portsmouth
Storm Battered Coast Counts 35 Dead In Damage Update
Atlante reports Georgia and South Carolina coastal areas tally at least 35 dead with extensive property damage. Red Cross notes several fatalities on St Helena Island and Ladies Island, plus deaths in Savannah. Beaufort, Parris Island, and Charleston suffer severe damage. Beaufort county hit hardest with 200 homes destroyed and power out.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Red Cross
Washington
St. Helena Island
Beaufort
D. C
Siday
Bahamas
Ladies ‘Island
Savannnah
CCC
Huntington Island
Charleston
S.C
Burnett
Maybank
Beaufort County
Parris Island
Fort Sumter
Battery
Battery D To Be Inspected Today
Canton dispatch reports Battery D of the 197th Coast Artillery New Hampshire National Guard will undergo its first official inspection in preparation for the First Army maneuvers. The unit traveled from Rye Beach by a 342 mile journey, arriving after a multi day train trek via Concord and Fort Ethan Allen. Maneuvers are scheduled to begin later in the week.
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Canton
Portsmouth
197Th Coast Artillery
New Hampshire National Guard
Rye Beach
Goncord
Nhs
Fort Ethan Allen
Pastor Edges Conn In Weigh-In For Polo Grounds Bout
New York August 18 AP reports heavyweight contenders Bob Pastor and Billy Conn weighed in for their 15 round title fight at the Polo Grounds. Pastor measured 182 3 4 pounds, up from his Louis bout, while Conn weighed 175 3 4 pounds, heavier than any prior match.
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New York
Bobb Pastor
Billy Conn
Polo Grounds
Pastor
Louis
Conn
Thoughts on World War II era headlines from New York
A compact reflective jumble of wartime observations from August in New York discussing Nazi maneuvers, Mussolini's conquests, and political shifts. It notes a census figure of 17 million bachelors, draft pressures, and speculative fate of Romania under Hitler and Balkan realignments.
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