Harry Yarnell Dies at 64 After Service as Admiral
This fragment notes Harry E. Yarnell of the U S Navy, connected to the Asiatic fleet, who served six years on a key post and is described as smiling and American. It references retirement after reaching the 64 year age in October and a firm stance amid tensions with Japan.
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Harry E. Yarnell
USN
América
San Francisco
Orient
U.S. Asiatic
Japan
Ortober
Behind the News of a Great Fair Show
The author praises an August 22 fair as the greatest show ever, noting three visits since June and spending by attendees. He defends the event against critics, argues ticket value and artistic/technical displays justify the admission, and hints at concerns from organizers about recovering costs.
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Ray
New
T Teft
Five Die As Nodska Sinks Off Rye Harbor In Explosion Suspect
A 25-foot cabin boat Nodska with six aboard, five men and a girl, vanished after a possible fire or explosion off Warrell's Point Rye Harbor. Bodies found Monday. rescue crews search choppy waters as Rye Beach officials press for a Coast Guard station to protect the coastline. Names include Ralph Pryor 43 Dover owner and Ethelyn Cutter 18 Newmarket, among others.
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Warrell’s Point
Rye Harbor
Ralph Pryor
Dover
Ethelyn Cutter
Newmarket
Pryor
Walter Hargreaves
Frank Plante
New Boston
Joseph Warner
Clarence FP. Yeaton
Straw's Point
Isles of Shoals
Portsmouth
Rye
Bridge Project Work Is Approaching Peak
Construction on the Portsmouth Kittery Bridge project is nearing peak with over 500 workers on site daily and weekly payrolls around 20000 dollars. Steel erection began August 7 by Phoenix Bridge Co with five plate girder approach spans on Nobles Island. caisson work continues on pier foundations by Frederick Snare Corp as observers note progress from Memorial Bridge.
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Portsmouth-Kittery Bridge
PWA
New England
J. BR. Gardner
Portsmouth- Kittery
Phoenix Bridge Co
Noble's Island
Memorial Bridge
Frederick Snare Corp
Brides of Forefathers Parade At York Farm Event
On a hill overlooking the York River the brides of four centuries modeled wedding gowns from the 17th to 20th centuries. The event by the Association for the Preservation of Historical Landmarks at the Williams estate raised funds for a historic preservation foundation. Miss Jean Sewall wore the 1860 Louise Anderson dress loaned from the Museum of Costume Art in New York City. Continued on page six.
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York River
McIntyre
Teview
Highland Farm
Andrew Murray Williams
York
Association For the Preservation of Historical Landmarks
Williams
Jean Sewall
York Village
Louise Anderson
Museum of Costume Art
New York City
Corsets Back in Fashion Skeptics Dismiss Revival Talk
Neal O'Hara notes chatter about corsets returning in Paris fashion. He mocks the idea as a press agent dream and jokes that Venus de Milo's figure inspires the trend while archaeologists dispute the girdle theory. The piece satirizes fashion cycles and comments on public perception.
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Mae West
Venus de Milo
Venus
It’s Everybody’s Move Calls For Coast Guard Action
The Herald urges readers to back a focused effort to restore Coast Guard stations at Wallis Sands and Rye Beach after a tragedy along the Seacoast. The appeal lists lawmakers and officials including Senators Bridges Tobey Jenks Stearns and Rear Admiral Wache as part of the push for safety.
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Seacoast
Coast Guard
Wallis Sands
Rye Beach
H. Styles Bridges
Charles W. Tobey
Arthur B. Jenks
Foster Stearns
Russell R. Wache
U.S.C.G
Washington
Finds Kin After 35 Years Apart
Hibbing Minnesota August 22 AP Separated from his family for 35 years John Rinne was reunited with the children of two dead brothers through the death of his wife He had emigrated from Finland in 1910 and lost all trace of kin until an obituary notice led to a family reunion with relatives in Gardner Massachusetts and Washington DC The two sisters remain unaccounted for
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Hibbing
Minn
John Rinne
Rinne
Finland
America
United States
Washington, D. C
Gardner
Mass
Toivo Tuhonen
Marie Laitinen
Guard Increased At Barre Plant
At Barre Wool Combing plant South Barre Vermont Aug 22 AP a skirmish between striking pickets and deputies left at least one striker hit. Twenty more deputies were summoned after the 40 minute protest outside the plant as superintendent Levon Yacu bian was knocked down and deputies aided him to safety at the mill gates.
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South Barre
Mags
Barre
Levon Yacubian
Oscar Rocheleau
Three Die After Maine Cloudburst Sweeps Southwest Villages
A cloudburst in western Maine caused three deaths and widespread damage. A 30 foot wall of water from White Mountain foothills swept six residents from a culvert into Breakneck brook, with bodies recovered or believed lost in the Saco river confluence. Bridges, roads, and lines ruined. crops damaged. Hiram blocked. 50 families fled valley farms.
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West Baldwin
Maine
White Mountain
Hiram
Martha Cotton
Rachel
Maine Central
Mountain Division
Portland
St. Johnsbury
Canada
Last Pontoon Is Removed From Squalus Today
Nine pontoons used in the lift of the submarine Squalus were being removed from stern hoisting cables. Navy divers will make the first inspection dives tomorrow to assess location, hull openings, and valve conditions before deciding the final method to raise and tow the 4,650 ton vessel.
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Navy
Navy Yard
Cyrus W. Cole
U.S.N
Rye Beach
F D R Plans Gulf Stream trolling on vacation cruise
President Roosevelt, aboard the Tuscaloosa and Lang, sails from Halifax toward the Gulf Stream to try fishing along the warm current. He hopes to troll from naval craft if weather allows, uncertain what he might catch, as the trip nears Annapolis to end a 3000 mile vacation. Fog has delayed mail coming from Boston and Maryland documents requiring his signature pass WPA projects.
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U.S. S
Lang
Roosevelt
Gulf Stream
Canadian
Virginia Capes
Tuscaloosa
Helifax
N. 8
Halifax Harbor
New York
Boston
Nonaggression pact looms between Germany and Soviet Russia
Berlin reports Germany and the Soviet Union will sign a non aggression pact aimed at eliminating the threat of war. Von Ribbentrop heads to Moscow to finalize negotiations as German forces mass near Poland and Berlin warns France of a strong Siegfried Line.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
Russia
Europe
Reich
DNB
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Tass
von Ribbentrop
Norrow
France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachhter
Italy
U S Would Have Definite Neutrality Code
Washington August 22 AP The United States would enter a major European war under a definite neutrality code four year old law guiding government and people if invoked Embargo on arms and munitions would be enforced by the National Munitions Control Board The cash and carry provision would be revived to require title to goods pass to foreign hands Continued on page five
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Hull
National Munitions Control Board
Finish Fight prep as National Guard holds five mile line
In Plattsburg New York Aug 22 194? regular army forces fight on a five mile front with a 6000 strong black units facing a larger blue enemy. In the east two National Guard forces about 16000 each prepare for a separate finish fight as seventh cavalry disrupts 16th and 18th infantry advances. Continued on Page Three.
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Plattsburg
Seventh Cav
Alry
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Paul Mallon
Herald
Brigge
Hove
H. Russell Sawyer
Shirley S. Philbrick
Abbott B. Drake
Rye Heach
Straw’s Point
New Hampshire
Hampton Beach
Wood Island
Sawyer
Cnair
Neal O’hara
Paris
The
Australia
Squalus
F.D.R
Troll
Mississippi State College
Great Britain
Poland
U.S
National Guard
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