War Today analyzes Budyonny retreat and Soviet defense lines
The column notes Budyonny pulling back from Nikolaev and Krivoi Rog with no large casualties, while Soviet counterattacks on the northern flank press German advances into Ukraine. It argues a new Soviet line along the Dnieper with Crimea and Sevastopol strongholds, Odessa’s defense, and a cautious hope against a decisive German breakthrough.
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Ukraine
Budgenny
Dnieper
Crimea
Bataklava
Ainsi
Orlessa
Odesgam
Odessa
Budyenny
Hitler
Jacror
Iran
Persia
Fragmentary notice of events on August dates
A fragmented OCR item refers to events on August dates including times like 4.55 pm and 9.50 pm and mentions vehicles tonight at a location B11. Details are unclear but indicate a schedule or notice with times and dates in August.
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Mday
Seliris Enters Annapolis Navy Academy Appointment
Louis George Seliris, son of Mr and Mrs George Seliris of Portsmouth, took the oath as a midshipman at the U S Navy Academy in Annapolis on Friday. He is the first Greek descent Portsmouth high school graduate to gain a principal appointment from Senator Styles Bridges.
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Louis George Seliris
George Seliris
Hanover Street
Portsmouth
U. S. Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Lesa Seliris
Styles Bridges
Portsmouth High School
Gas Stations Await Clear Rule On Gasoline Sales
Portsmouth gas dealers report no rationing orders yet amid a JOPACS decree. Stations sold as usual with average Sunday traffic while managers await instructions. Drivers fear shortages, plan to hoard or leave trips uncertain, and some consider purchasing auxiliary tanks.
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Portsmouth
Bit Chilly Weather Breaks Records in New Hampshire
Temperatures plunged across Portsmouth and New Hampshire to record lows as Mount Washington saw a drop that nearly froze puddles and broke 70 year records in Concord. The Portsmouth thermometer fell to 44 and the beach water reached 54 as locals noted the unseasonable chill.
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Junior
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Mount Washington
Mercury
Portsmouth Herald
Concord
Weather Bureau
Cannell Named Traip Grid Coach From Dartmouth to Traip
Jack Cannell a former Dartmouth football head coach and recent St Anselm assistant was named Traip Academy football coach by Roy A Fowler chair of the joint school and trustees committee Cannell will teach one subject at the school He lives in Kittery Point and will replace Foster H Slayton who led athletics for 11 years and becomes director of physical education while continuing to coach baseball.
Journey to Washington contest winners named in Portsmouth
Start Journey To Washington Nine Portsmouth Hersld Carrier Salesmen Jett this morning with City Circulation Manager Edward Lawrence for New York and Washington. More excited than these kids no settlor could be. Winners of an eight weeks circulation contest are Deane Roberts York Arthur Thyng Yor's Irving Callahan South Berwick and August Anania John Bearcon Frederick Tosi Raman Bozacchi Continued on Page Two.
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Portsmouth Herald
Washington
Herald
New York
John Reardon
Ramon Borzacchi
August Awania
Don Lawrence
Deane Roberts
York
Irving Callahan
Berwick
Arthur Thyng
Fred Tosi
John D. Mills
Edward Lawrence
The
Portsmouth
Hersld
Jett
Edward
Lawrence
South Berwick
August Anania
John Bearcon
Frederick Tosi
Raman Bozacchi
York Fireman Injured After Truck Hits Tree
On Moody Lane near 41 a substitute York fireman Thomas Bridges swerved to give a car room, left the road, hit a ditch and struck a tree. He was taken to York hospital with a damaged back. Thomas Thunith, riding on the truck, was also injured while another fireman, Permanent Jim Sullivan, remains in hospital.
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York
Thomas Bridges
Moody Lane
Moses Goodwin
Webber Road
Long Beach
Berlin Says Foe Routed in Ukraine Front
Berlin reports Red Army forces in southern Ukraine falling back toward the Inowet and Dnieper as German armies advance. High command says Russian defenses on the southern bank deteriorating with “considerable results” elsewhere in Russia, while Nazi forces tighten control around Nikolaev.
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Berlin
Red Army
Ukraine
Russia
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Germany
Hitler
Red Army counterattacks reported on Ukrainian front
Moscow dispatch reports heavy Red Army counterattacks on the central and northern Ukrainian front. Germans suffer large losses, with up to 80 percent fighting strength after defeats and multiple divisions crippled. Russians claim gains north of Nikolaev and near Evivoi Rog as the drive toward Odessa continues.
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Moscow
Red Army
Nikolaev
Evivoi Rog
Odessa
Art Student Takes Own Life At Wells
Wells police report a 25 year old art student Dennis Rhodes of Kendall Green Massachusetts killed himself on a lonely road near Littlefield's Inn. He was found beside his car with a dagger knife in his hand and throat cut. Authorities did not provide a motive.
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Wells
Littlefield’s Inn
Dennis Rhodes
Kendall Green
Mass
Charles P. Bruno
Rye
Wellstead
Rhodes
General Gets Real Taste Of Blitz War at Camp Polk
Camp Polk La Aug 18 AP top army officers arriving from Washington for the third army war games witnessed a rapid lightning style advance. Chief of staff Lesley J McNair sped into the spearhead of the second armored division with 16 aides as tanks pushed a strong advance by the eighth army corps against the fifth army corps. Two hundred light tanks theoretically crushed horse cavalry and opened the way for medium tank charges. A miner in one tank died during the action.
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Camp Polk
Washington
Third Army
Lesley J. McNair
Second Armored
McNair
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
F D R Aides Confer on Foreign Policy
WashingtonAug 18 AP Senator Connally Tex predicted after a White House conference on international affairs that congress would be asked to appropriate about 4 000 000 000 additional for the lease lend program. Roosevelt called key lawmakers to the White House for a full accounting of the international situation. Officials listed participants including Vice President Wallace Senate Majority Leader Barkley Woodrum Cornelly Bloom and Senator George. Stephen Early said the focus would be foreign affairs.
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Washington
Connally D.-Tex
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Wallace
Senate
Barkley
Woodrum
D-Va
Cornnally
D-Vex
Lettiste Foreign Relations Committee
Bloom
D-N.y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Stephen Early
Harry Hopkins
London
Moscow
Blood Will Speak In Dover Tonight
Concord reports Governor Blood will address a state defense meeting for Strafford county citizens in Dover this evening. He will also meet visiting congressmen at Durham regarding agricultural press matters.
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Concord
Blood
Strafford County
Dover
Thas
Durham
Agricultural Press
FDR Signs Draft Age Limit Bill
President Roosevelt signed into law a measure cutting active duty for men 28 and older under the Selective Service act. The act grants mandatory deferments for those not yet inducted and allows release for those age 28 or older who request it when feasible. It applies to men who reached 28 by July 1 1941 and covers those inducted at age 23 or older who had reached that age by the same date. The law also requires posting at draft board offices of the amended Act details.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Selective Service Act
Jocel
Asleep at the Switch Causes Car Backing Incident
William Nisbet of Maplewood New Jersey returned to his parked car on Vaughn Street last Saturday evening to load groceries and found himself knocked to the ground with an injured thumb and knee. Bridge R Rowell Jr of Rollinsford New Hampshire had backed into Nisbet’s vehicle while three Rowell companions slept, one likely touching the accelerator. The Rowell car rolled in reverse, striking Nisbet and damaging the door and fender.
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William Nisbet
Maplewood
N. J
Nisbet
Vaughn Street
Bridge R. Rowell
Rollinsford
N. H
Rowell, Jr
Nishet
Rowell
Lures of Lobster Lulu Novel or Foible Tale
A whimsical item notes Lulu the Lobster being studied by U S and New Hampshire authorities. Tags count 1200 lobsters tagged since Saturday by Edwin G Towne and Leslie W Scatter. Questions arise on Lulu's home life and employment status under sea.
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Minnie the Whale
Uncle Wiggly Rabbit
Lulu
United States
New Hampshire
Lil
Edwin G. Towne
New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission
Leslie W. Scatter
Owed To Lulu Lobster Tale Prompts Reward Request
A tale describes Lulu a lobster investigator for the Federal Fish and Wildlife service in Great Bay to Great Boars Head releasing native lobsters with two disks a red and white tag. It directs catching lobsters removing tags and sending them to Mr Towne in Seabrook for information about lobster life with a reward and advises reporting exclusive tips to the Herald.
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Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Sea Service
Great Bay
Great Boars Head
Lulu the Lobster
the Herald
Collaboration and war weariness in wartime satire
Neal O Hara mocks Allied and Nazi rhetoric in a satirical piece arriving from New York on August 14. He imagines collaboration with the enemy as surrendering shirts and underwear and ridicules the prolonged Nazi successes while noting Soviet and German air losses and questioning public appetite for now-rare victories.
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New York
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