War Today Analysis Warns of Hitler Plans and Near East Tension
DeWitt MacKenzie discusses German propaganda and strategic moves in World War II. He flags potential German offensives in the Mediterranean and Western theaters, focus on the Near East, and possible aims to seize the Dardanelles and extend operations via Turkish fronts.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Geman
Britain
Ae Tag
Gersany
Meddins
Frankfurter Zeitung
Hitler
Mediterranean
Near East
Fuehrer
Al-Qut
Herr Hith
France
Daxar
Bulgaria
Greece
Wnagis
Dardanelles
Turkey
Nery
Berlin
Germany
Vichy
British Isles
Russia
Atlantic
Kitler
Augsta
Maine
Black Sea
Fragmented local notice on daylight times and signals
The readable text lists times for daylight, sunset, sunrise, and vehicle lights with odd spellings and errors. It mentions today and tomorrow and includes nonsensical phrases, providing no clear event or authoritative details.
Maine Sees Gasless Sundays End With Sewall Victory
Gas shortage debate fades as Gov Sumner Sewall wins back half of August fuel cut and rescinds gasless Sundays. New Hampshire and Maine stations adjust prices and rationing while drivers face mixed practices and speed limits to conserve fuel.
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Sewall
Portsmouth
Maine
Sumner Sewall
Washington
George A. Colbath
Colbath
New England
Frank E. Southard
Capitol
Office of Petroleum Co
Ickes
Britain Not U S Rout Nazi Plane Over Iceland
Reykjavik August 22 AP British airmen chased a German Heinkel bomber over Iceland before American forces fired a shot. U S pilots stayed grounded during the air alarm and U S anti aircraft batteries were silent. The incident marks the first German aerial over Iceland since American occupation was announced.
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Reykjavik
U. S
U.S
Iceland
North Atlantic
W H Miller Dies After Lingering Illness
William H Miller a former Woonsocket resident and seven year Portsmouth resident died this morning after a lingering illness. He was 84, born in Hope Village Rhode Island, survived by son William G Miller of this city and brother Robert L Miller of Rhode Island. He was a member of Morning Star Lodge No 13 AFAM and Union Chapter No 5 RAM of Woonsocket.
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William 3. Miller
Woonsocket
R. I
Portsmouth
Mr. Miller
Hope Village
William G. Miller
Robert L. Miller
Star Lodge
Union
Fire Near South Street Sewer Project
Firefighters from Engine 1 battled a small blaze last evening when a warning lantern near a compressor ignited footwear during a street sewer project. Very little damage resulted.
Axis Planes Hit British Warships
Rome reports Italian High command says Axis bombing planes damaged two British light cruisers and a destroyer in the Mediterranean. The cruisers were attacked off Tobruk, while Italian planes torpedoed a destroyer during a strike on a British naval formation in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Rome
High Command
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Unyielding Deadlocks Prolong Major Strikes
Unyielding deadlocks today prolonged the nations two main strikes at the Kearny New Jersey shipyards and Detroit public transit. Eighteen thousand workers stayed home as negotiations in Washington failed to break the impasse over a closed shop or maintenance-to-membership clause.
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Associated Press
Kearny
N. J
Detroit
Mu. i: Pal
Federel Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Joan Green
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
L. H. Korndorff
Washington
Roosevelt
Greet
Adamnant
National Mediation Board
Borndorff
Navy
AFL
CIO
Hopes U S Bombers Won't Go To Vladivostok
Koh Ishii, Japan's foreign office spokesman, said Tokyo hopes for U S assurances that any American made bombers sent to Russia would not stay at Vladivostok. He voiced grave concern over U S ships delivering supplies to Vladivostok and noted routine talks are under way in Washington and Tokyo to resolve traffic matters as shipping between the two nations is at a standstill.
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Tovice
Japan
United States
Russia
Vladivostok
Koh Ishii
Foreign Office
Ishii
Near East
Washington
Tokyo
Lord Halifax Arrives In Britain
Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, arrived at a British airport today after crossing the Atlantic from Canada in a bomber. He will report to Prime Minister Churchill and the cabinet on British American relations and his Pacific coast visit, and is expected to return to Washington late next month.
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London
Lord Halifax
United States
Atlantic
Canada
Churchill
Pacific Coast
Washington
Stenstrem Ordered to Support Son in Abuse of Non Support Case
William Stenstrem was ordered by Associate Justice Harry W. Peyser in municipal court to pay Corinne Rolston $10 bi monthly for their son Raymond Stenstrem. He was found guilty of non support and a sentence in the house of correction was suspended on condition of the payments.
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William Stenstrem
Corinne Rolston
Raymond
J. Stenstrem
Harry W. Peyser
House of Correction
Services Held for John E. Burnham Exeter Grounds Keeper
Funeral services for John Eugene Burnham of Bow street Exeter were held at St. Michael's church Exeter with Father Cotter officiating. Burnham a former minor league player and Phillips Exeter Academy grounds keeper for 30 years died early Wednesday at Exeter hospital. Bearers were grandsons and nephews, with academy representatives from Phillips Exeter including Martin Sanders.
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John Eugene Burnham
Bow Street
Exeter
Exeter Academy
Exeter Hospital
St. Michael's Church
Daniel J. Cotter
Behoir and O'Connor
Newmarket
Cornelius Cahill
Exetet
Manchester
Cotter
Daniel, Jr
William Scully
Robert Burnham
Philip Greenwood
Eugene Morgan
Albert Bradeau
Martin Sanders
Phillips Exeter Academy
Oscar Pearson
Lee Taylor
Academy
Burnham
Dillingham Dies in New Jersey at 71
Milburn New Jersey August 22 Frank Ayer Dillingham 71 retired lawyer and former president of the South Puerto Rico Sugar company died after a long illness Survivors include a daughter Mrs Sherwood Smedley Exeter N H
F D R Denies U S Defense Production Lagging
President Roosevelt countered Senator Byrd’s claim that U S defense output lags. He cited War Department checks showing Byrd’s data inaccurate, noting tanks and planes already supplied to Britain and Egypt. He disputed the predicted four 900 mm anti-aircraft guns monthly, saying the program should reach 61 monthly for the last four months of 1941.
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Hyde Park
Byrd
D-Va
Roosevelt
Washington
War Department
England
Egypt
Roestvels
City Council Will Meet Tonight in Portsmouth
The Portsmouth City council will hold a routine meeting tonight at 7:30 in the council chambers at city hall. On the agenda is a water report and discussions by Meeteatt & Eddy about available supplies for the city.
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Portsmouth
City Hall
Meeteatt& Eddy
Devens Troops Battle In N H During Maneuvers
Fort Devens Mass August 22 AP mechanized units of the first infantry division conducted combat team exercises while the first reconnaissance troops fought a delaying action near Hanover New Hampshire to defend the rear of a retreating foe. Sixth Army Corps units continued arrival for three weeks of maneuvers starting next week. The 101st cavalry regiment led pursuit with horse and mechanized squadrons. All battle action ends today and troops will return to base. Next Thursday is slated as the maneuver start.
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Fort Devens
Mass
Hanover
N. H
Sixth Army Corps
101St Cavalry Regiment
Defense Priorities Cut Supplies For Private Building
Private home builders feel the pinch of defense priorities as shortages hit nails, copper fittings, and zinc coated nails. Builders press the Office of Production Management and other agencies for word on allocations while non-defense areas wait. Housing authorities report scarce supplies and note defense areas take priority, complicating civilian construction.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Office of Price Administration
Atlanta
Hopacs
OPM
Retired Sunapee Police Chief Fred Noyes Dies
Aug 22 AP reports Fred Noyes 67 longtime Sunapee police chief and former Woodsump Steamboat Co. captain died today at home in Sunapee. He led local police for decades and was a noted figure in the community and region.
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Sunapee
Sunspee
Fred Noyes
Woodsump Steamboat Co
Birth of a son to Henry La Chapelle Exeter couple
The New Exeter Citizen reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Henry La Chapelle of Exeter at Exeter hospital today.
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New
Exeter
Henry la Chapelle
Exeter Hospitel
Local rents rise in Portsmouth area study finds
U S Labor Department report shows one quarter of rental homes in Portsmouth and nearby communities increased rents over a 20 month period ending last June. Increases ranged mainly from one to five dollars monthly, with few over ten dollars, averaging about 14 percent across affected homes.
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Washington, D. C
Portsmouth
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Labor
Office of Price Administration
Tourists Thrive Despite Gas Crisis at Mt Washington Cog Railway
Concord reports the Mt Washington cog railway set a daily record with 727 passengers. Operator Henry M. Teague told Governor Blood that a survey showed 397 cars at the base, only three from New Hampshire, and that most out of state motorists were not troubled by the gasoline shortage.
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Portsmouth
Blood
New Hampshire
Concord
Mt. Washington
Germans press eastward as Russians fight back hard
Berlin reports fresh Russian reserves entering the battle to halt the German eastward drive. An official German commentator notes opposition behind lines and in the Dnieper bend, while German claims say victories press forward from the north toward Leningrad and toward Moscow with Odessa under siege. The German side says losses are heavy but not disclosed, while claiming 5,000,000 Russians are out of action.
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Berlin
Dnieper
Ukraine
Leningrad
Moscow
Odessa
Still Holds Leningrad Still Holds Leningrad
Moscow reports the Red army checks the German push toward Leningrad amid a city turned into a military camp. Battles rage near Kingisepp Novgorod and Gomel as Soviet forces counter attack and withdraw to preserve their established lines.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Russia
Kingisepp
Novgorod
Tass
Gomel
Smorens
Kiev
Soviet Information Bureau
Kingskepp
Sozh
Dnieper
Danish Prime Minister Denies Iceland Choice in Occupation
August 22 AP reports Prime Minister Thoreld Stauning told the Danish parliament that Iceland had no say in U S occupation by troops. He voiced faith in American promises to withdraw after the war, while suggesting Iceland could be drawn into the conflict and stressing its historic link to Denmark and Europe.
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Coopenhagen
Germany
Denmark
Thoreld Stauning
Teéland
U. S
Stauning
Tceland
Iceland
Staunitg
Europe
Advisory Council Meets In Concord
Advisory committee on welfare of the State Defense council met at the State House in Concord for afternoon talks on activities. Harry L Lippincott of Manchester, newly named chairman, said the panel plans to prepare for any eventuality to maintain public health facilities recreation and morale of civilians.
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Concord
Advisory Committee On Welfare of
State Defense Council
State House
Harry ‘L. Lippincott
Manchester
F D R Extends Selective Service
Hyde Park N Y Aug 22 AP President Roosevelt issued an executive order extending Selective Service by 18 months for selectees reservists national guardsmen and enlisted army personnel The order serves as a formal action under the extension act and allows release for those who have served twelve months when defense needs permit
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Temperature Forecast For New England Up To Aug 27
The Associated Press reports the period from Friday 7:30 pm to Wednesday 7:30 pm shows average temperatures near normal with no major changes. Normals listed: Boston 69 Haven 69 Nantucket 67 Burlington 66 Concord 65 Port Hand 65 Westport 60. Five day precipitation expected 0.3 to 0.7 inches, mainly showers at start and end.
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New England
Associated Press
Boston
New
Haven
Nantucket
Burlington
Concord
Port Hand
Westport
Defense Chairmen Unite in Local Civilian Defense Plan
County defense commissioner explains that a town may not split authority when appointing a local defense chairman and a public safety coordinator. The coordinator reports to the local chairman and helps implement a civilian defense program focused on safety, with both officials required to coordinate efforts. They should meet promptly to plan a total defense for the community.
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Public Safety
Proposes Convicts Aid In Defense
Sam A. Lewisohn urges forming convict units for national defense. Each prison would recruit suitable inmates for service as soldiers or skilled workers, with others on maintenance tasks to free others for defense roles. He notes some inmates already seek military or defense work and argues society should reintegrate those with earned rights.
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San Francisco
American Prison Association Today
Sam A. Lewisohn
New York
The
Federal Prison Industries, )Inc
Lewisohn
Jessup Brothers Fly In Weekend Air Show
Seymour Jessup of Waterville Maine, a flight instructor in aerial aerobatics and cross country flying, stopped at Portsmouth Airport to pick up his brother EB Chubby Jessup. The two men will fly to Southbridge Massachusetts to take part in a weekend air show.
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Seymour Jessup
Waterville
Eriai
Portsmouth
Chubby" Jessup
Southbridge
Mass
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Robert. C. Blood
W. H. Miller
Kearny Shipyard
John E. Burnham
F. A. Dillingham
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