The War Today on Vichy Move and Allied Stakes
The piece analyzes Vichy France potential cooperation with Nazi Germany and the risk to Western Hemisphere bases such as Dakar. It notes U S pressure for an air base in Brazil and hopes Weygand might resist surrender of colonial bases, while highlighting French public sentiment against totalitarian rule and the fragile situa tion in Ukraine with German advances and Russian reverses.
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Newitt MacKenzie
Chieti
Peter
Hitler
Sve
Brat Ib
Western
Vichy
New Order
Allies
Americas
Dakar
North Mica
Atlantic
Mediterranean
United States
Bra
Hakar
Brazil
South Atlantic
Weygam
Oh al Weygand
Phere
Germany
France
Cortain
Berlin Charges U S To Seize Martinique
Berlin says American groups with covetous eyes on Martinique may seize on Persia speech to justify action. German foreign officers deem Petain's remarks pivotal, arguing outside powers seeking guardianships over France are debunked and that Petain aligns with Europe’s push for a new order.
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Berlin
Germany
Martinique
Persia
West Indian
Marshal Petain
Europe
Daylight Time Details and Nighttime Vehicle Lights
A dated notice lists sunset and moonrise times with evening activity guidance. It notes vehicle lights should be on tonight and provides approximate times for tomorrow evening's events. The fragmentary text references daylight and night hours and general safety reminders.
Fires After Heights Blaze Alarm Defense Housing Risks
Federal investigators probe two mysterious fires within four days at Portsmouth Atlantic Heights defense housing sites. A $3,500 two story four family house burned at 800 defense homes. Winds dropped saved numerous under construction buildings. Fire officials note similarities to a prior Navy project blaze at Kittery. Fire started after supper with no clear cause. Guards increased at both projects and nearby Sherburne road homes.
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Portsmouth
George T. Cogan
Navy
Kittery
Fie
Sherburne Road
Eliot
PBA
Single Vote In House Extends Draft Law
Washington August 13 AP by a hair line margin a tumultuous house approved an 18 month extension of army service for the rank and file after a 10 hour session. The final roll called 203 to 202 with a later recheck confirming the result. Speaker Ray declared the vote standing and passion rose as the record was set.
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Washington
Speaker -Rayburm
Ray
Governor Opposes Navy Seizure Of Struck Plant
New Jersey Governor Charles Edison urged the federal government not to seize the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock plant in Kearny. Navy Secretary Knox and Sidney Hillman planned renewed talks with Korndorff, head of the shipbuilder, after two conferences failed to reach a decision on his offer. Edison warned that government takeover of plants could foster a system threatening free enterprise.
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Associated Press
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
N. J
Navy
Gov
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Knox
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
H. Korndorff
Korndorff
Edison
U. S. Seeks Brazil Bases in Broad Hemisphere Strategy
Washington reports the United States is negotiating airbase rights with Brazil to guard the hemisphere against German threats. Officials urge Brazil to resume control of an Italian operated airport near Natal, a seaport on the continent's hump. From Natal to Dakar is about 1,620 miles, making Dakar a potential jump-off point for Western Hemisphere operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Brazil
Dakar
French West Africa
State Department
Natal
South Atlantic
Auto Kills Woman On Lafayette Road
Mrs. Anne Geysen of Revere Mass was killed when crossing Lafayette road one quarter mile north of the Rye Portsmouth line. Car operated by Mrs. Della Baton Bath Me reported southerly travel. Geysen died en route after hospital transfer by army wagon. passenger in car was her sister Mrs. Mary Otterson. Accident investigated by Kennard Goldsmith and John Scannell. Images of injuries noted by Dr Herbert Taylor.
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Anne Geysen
Beach Street
Revere
Mass
Lafayette Road
Rye-Portsmouth
Della Baton
Lincoln Street
Bath
Geysen
Ernest Ropers
Sgt
Bertuccio
Set. Morency
Mary Otterson
Richborn Street
Warresy Otterson
Kennard EB. Goldsmith
John J. Scannell
Ree Laraoa
Herbert L. Taylor
Youth Faces Epping Court Tomorrow In Car Holdup
Emilie Le May aged 15 or 16 of Methuen Massachusetts will be arraigned in Epping district court tomorrow afternoon on a charge of armed robbery of an automobile. He was the companion of Willed Charest of Lawrence who was killed when the car they stole crashed into a tree in Epping. Le May has been under guard at Mitchell Memorial Hospital since the incident.
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Emilie le May
Methven
Mass
Epping
Willed Charest
Lawrence
Stephen M. Wheeler
le Mayr
Ander
Mitchell Memorial Hospital
British Bombers Hit Berlin In Wide Foray
British fliers raided Berlin heavily last night and dispersed incendiary bombs across a dozen German cities from Norway to France. Main targets included Magdeburg Hannover and Essen with Krupp armaments works cited as a principal aim. The air ministry said large fires were spreading and substantial damage was caused.
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London
Norway
France
Berlin
Air Ministry
Magdeburg
Hannover
Essen
Krupp Armaments
Jap Planes Raid Chungking In Long Air Alarm
Japanese raiders kept Chungking under an air alert for one hour and fifty minutes this morning. The attack targeted western suburbs, with the alert lasting from 1:55 AM. The record notes the city’s defenses and the scale of the raid as part of ongoing air war activity.
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Chungking
China
FDR Missing At Sea With Potomac Silence
Washington August 13 AP reports President Roosevelt remained absent from official dispatches as the Potomac, his yacht, stayed silent for the fourth day. The Navy declined to comment on the lack of messages from the vacationing president, who began a New England cruise on August 3 expecting a week to ten days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Potomac
Navy Department
New England
Hare
Germans Bomb and Bank on Sea in Ukraine Drive
Berlin dispatch reports German forces smashing western Ukraine defenses as they drive toward Odessa. Soviet retreat is said to be toward Black Sea harbors between the Bug and Dniester rivers while Nazi motorized units push forward. Predicts surrender of Marshal Budyshiny? and collapse of western Ukraine’s industry and supply centers.
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Red
Hitler
Ukraine
Berlin
Odessa
Black Sea
Marshal Enny
Cil Py the Bug
Dniester
Moscow
Bug
Semeon Budgetiny
Odesar
Dnieper
Nikolaev
Weather Forecast Warns Woolies For Cool Night
The Weather Bureau warns warm spell fades tonight with fair cool conditions and frost in exposed places. Forecaster notes mid August frost risk. Portsmouth Herald reports a high of 86 and a low of 44 in the past day with cool pockets around Isanol and Dumping Isanol.
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Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Ickes
Portsmouth
Soviet Silent on Front as Danube Bridge Destroyed
Moscow reports nothing of importance on the vast German Russian front with sector designations dropped. It notes the destruction of the Danube river railway bridge and pipeline at Cerna Voda, severing Romanian ports and oil supply, amid isolated German attacks and Soviet air bombings.
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Moscow
Danube River
Cerma-Voda
Bucharest
Romania
Europe
Black Sea
Danube
New Hampshire and Maine Fail Civil Service Quotas
New Hampshire and Maine are among 32 states failing to fill full civil service quotas under the apportionment law. New Hampshire has 8 of 257 filled, Maine 439 filled of 442. The Associated Press reported from Washington.
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New Hampshire
Maine
Associated Press Today
Washington
Nazis To Find Smoking Ruins?
London dispatch reports Soviet and British officers warn that German advances toward Odessa and Nikolaev would yield smoking ruins of factories and empty streets. The analysis says the German push is large but not complete encirclement, with Russia capable of prolonged fighting if supplied, while German troops face exhaustion from heavy casualties.
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London
Black Sea
Odessa
Nikolaev
Ukraine
Honeless
War Office
Germany
Hitler
Russia
Beaverbrook Quote Frames French Leader As Fuehrer
British radio relayed The Daily Express paraphrase of the French crisis saying Darian has become France’s Fuehrer and retains a Hindenburg aura. The remark, attributed to Lord Beaverbrook, reflects wartime tensions and leadership portrayals.
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New York
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Darian
France
Fuehrer
Hindenburg
Sec Hull Withholds Formal Comment On French Policy
Washington reports increasing strain in U S France ties as Vichy’s pledge to cooperate with Germany sparks alarm in official circles. Secretary Hull declines to comment on Marshal Petain’s radio address while signaling grave concern over Admiral Darlan’s elevation to France’s supreme armed forces command.
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Hall
Marshal Petait
Darlan
France
Hull
France Goes Authoritarian Vichy Decrees Set France on New Order
France's government under Marshal Petain moves to crush domestic opposition with broad decrees, pledging to reconstruct a Europe reshaped by Germany's power. The broadcast frames the new order as necessary to save France, overruling parliamentary democracy and aiming to reconcile a continent through active collaboration.
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Vichy
France
Europe
Germany
Philippe Petain
Marshal
Traffic Offenders Fined In Court
Three traffic law violators were summoned to municipal court. Biwnomas Vacken of Rochester pled guilty to operating a truck on Woodbury Avenue carrying passengers for hire in a vehicle designed for goods. Case placed on file on payment of 36.70. Arrested by Motor Vehicle Inspector Kennard B. Goldsmith. Elvira Truesdale of Auburn Me charged with speeding fined 5 and costs 6.70. Badger Rand Ice Company charged with operating an unregistered motor paid 10 and costs 6.82.
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Wnomas Vacken
Rochester
Woodbury
Bis
Kennard
B. Goldsmith
Elvira
Truesdale
Auburn
Badger Rand Ice Company
Taxpayer warns of New Deal spending in August letter
In a satirical wartime style message from New York dated August 13, a writer derides Treasury spending and broadening the income tax base. The piece predicts heavy personal financial strain, comparing tax hikes to bleeding citizens red, white and blue and hints at upcoming fiscal dates and unclear deadline.
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