Romania Looms in Balkans as Axis Pressure Wavers
The article analyzes Romania's shifting role as the Axis weakens in the Balkans. It notes Allied expectations of Romanian moves, fascist currents like the Iron Guard, and Antonescu influence alongside Germany’s economic grip over the region. It discusses how Romania’s pivot could alter supplies, morale, and strategic leverage for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romana
Italy
Germany
Ingen
Iron Guard
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Hitler
Hungary
New Hope Of Finnish Peace Report Surface
Finnish minister to Sweden G A Stoenbore flew to Helsinki amid war peace hopes. Reliable sources say Finland has not yet directly contested Moscow. Romania's possible wartime action was seen as potentially aiding Finland's leadership.
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Swekadm
Sweden
G. A. Stoenbore
Helsinki
Finland
Finsh
Moscow
Gripenders
Selinki
Romania
Baron Marmherheim
Almanac clockwork notes and scattered notices
Fragmented almanac style items list times and celestial phases with scattered place names Newington Eliot Newmarket Kittery and generic notices across communities. No coherent event details detectable.
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Hero Amusements
Kittery
Kittery Pt
Omics
Possord
Newington
Eliot
Newmarket Torial
Rampton Errant
Pinerals
Halioning Steeniang
Ork
Romania joins Allies as Balkans tilt shifts
Romanian forces begin marching against Hungary after Romania’s switch from the war with the Allies. Reports say Romania has turned co belh and fighting may spread in the region while Bulgaria drops further south. Yugoslavia and Greece brace for liberation as Russian troops push toward Romania’s heart, prompting German countermeasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aemania
Balkan Peninsula
Gider
Balkan
Sheen
Bulgaria
Ryimagia
Danubian
Reich
Hitler
Germany
Japan
Dhai
Romanta
Romania
Julio Maniu
Sao
London
Hungary
Balkans
Bucharest
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Greece
Arttonescu
Berlin
Mtonbbladet
Stockholm
Bolin
Saria
Pioesii Oi
OPA Chiefs Discuss Future Commodity Conditions
Chester Bowles, national OPA chief, warns butter scarcity and limited gasoline for civilians. He says production is the answer to deflation and inflation that could threaten the postwar economy and urges that labor, management, agriculture and discharged troops all share in the common good.
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Los Angeles
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
Bell salvaged from torpedoed Liberty ship to Mrs Greene
Captain Greene of the Liberty Ship William M Meredith sent a 150 pound bell from the Masaryk salvage near Algiers to Mrs Leonard A Greene of Pepperrell Point Kittry. The Masaryk was torpedoed, but her crew saved $1,500,000 in supplies after 14 to 16 hour days while under threat from German planes and submarines. The bell is on display on Pepperell Road lawn.
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Masaryk
Leonard A. Greene
Pepperrell Road
Kittery Point
Greene
William M. Meredith
Atlantic
Algiers
War Shipping Administration
Germany
Bridges and Stearns eye foreign affairs posts
Washington reports New Hampshire lawmakers Styles Bridges and Foster Stearns are discussed as potential faces for U S diplomacy if Republicans gain control. Bridges may join the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, while Stearns, with prior Istanbul embassy work, could be offered an ambassadorial post if a Dewey presidency materializes.
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Bridges
Stearns
Ber
Rep
Foster Stearns
Charles W. Tobey
Senate
Congress
Feld
Turkey
U.S. High Commission
Constantinople
Dewey
Antidésiree
U S Official Inspects Jail Here in Portsmouth
U S official Mina Kinsella, executive assistant to the Bureau of Prisons, inspected Rockingham County Jail in Portsmouth. She was joined by J D Hartford, publisher of the Portsmouth Herald, and John D Langmuir, NH Federation of Taxpayers associations secretary, who invited her to New Hampshire amid a push to close the jail and move prisoners to Brentwood.
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Tics
Bureau of Prisons
United States Department of Justices
Mina Einsélla
Rockingham County
Portsmouth
J. D. Hartford
Portsmouth Herald
John D. Langmuir
New Hampshire Federation of Taxpayers Associations
Langmuir
Miss Kinsella
New Hampshire
Harnford
Brentwood
Gas shortage blamed on military demands in New England
Boston August 34 AP urgent military demands for fuel trigger gasoline shortages across Massachusetts and possibly New England. Richard Doherty Massachusetts emergency fuel administrator said the disruption caused two to three day closings of some stations. He noted distributors spread supplies to avoid uneven drops and stressed the problem is mainly military and temporary.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Richard B. Doerty
Doherty
Strike Continues At Shipyard In Providence R I
Efforts to end the walkout of about 7,650 boilermakers at the Walsh Basiser shipyard failed last night as only a small number reported for the graveyard shift. At 11 30 pm a gross check showed 200 of 2 730 workers reported. many stayed away. A labor management conference with General Manager John M MacDonald and Providence locals of the AFL affiliated union failed to halt the strike started Tuesday afternoon.
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Providence
R. 1
Walsh- Basiser
Wich
John &. MacDonald
AFL
MacDonald
Navy Yard Launches USS Toro at Portsmouth Yard
The USS Toro, third submarine completed in two weeks and 23rd launched this year, slid down the ways at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Sponsorship by Mrs. Alan G. Kirk highlighted the ceremony with remarks by Rear Admiral Kirk and Mrs. Kirk, and guests included Mrs. James D. Grant and Lt. Comdr. Chester L. Hults. The event featured silver bowl presentation, bouquets, and a prayer, with Lt. William Spragg in command of the launching stand and the yard band performing.
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Toro
Portsmouth ‘Navy Yard
Alan G. Kirk
Kirk
James D. Grant
Grant
Robert G. Mclntyre
Eliot
Yard
Chester L. Hults
USNR
New England
Rest
Gaylord Church
USN
Church
Admiral Church
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Edward S. Crocker
Kittery Point
Mr. Crocker
Tokyo
Japan
Gripsholm
Crocker
Lisbon
Portugal
Wrigger
Piscataqua
Philp J"End= leh
William Spragg
USMOR
Navy Yard
British Urge Early Security Body At Dumbarton Oaks
Washington August 24 British officials pressed for an early phase of a postwar security body to bridge the end of the European war and the full creation of a new international league. Sir Alexander Cadogan led the push, aligned with Moscow and Washington to give their Moscow pledge concrete form and possibly speed a three power meeting among Roosevelt Churchil and Stalin to implement cooperation.
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Washington
Auc
Romania
Europe
World Security Organization
Alexander Cadogan
International League
Moscow
Dumbarton Oaks
Roosevelt
Discrepancies Reported in Board of Registrars Depositions
Depositions reveal inconsistencies among Portsmouth registrars in the Niel suit against the Portsmouth Herald. Testimony before Judge Thomas H. Simes shows 1942 and 1944 checklists used and questioned, with stampings and timing of oath taking disputed. Witnesses describe unmarked lists and conflicting party markings at primary voting sites.
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Board of Registrers
Niel
Portsmouth Herald
Edward J. Hopley
Cimony
Thomas H. Simes
Courhouse
Charles W. W. Spaulding
A. J. Connor
William Cogan
Ward Tires
Samuel H. Bits
Board of Registrars
Ward
Delay in Soldier Vote Could Blur Election Result
An Associated Press survey shows 11 states may not count soldier absentee ballots on election day. More than 2,000,000 service members have applied, with estimates doubling that total voting in November. Nebraska Pennsylvania California Missouri could determine the outcome after Nov. 7 if absentee ballots swing in or out. Rhode Island also plans a post election count, risking delayed results.
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Weerk
Nebraska
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Pennsylvania
California
Missouri
Rhode Island
Japs Face Invasion Fear as Attacks Intensify
War report cites Japanese premier Koiso urging stronger air defenses and rallying the public as Allied bombers step up strikes on Saipan Chichi Jima Mindanao and Halmahera. MacArthur raids hit Mindanao Davao city and ships south of the Philippines.
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Associated Press
Sewamerican
Bonins
Tokyo
Koiso
Japan
Fae
Radio Tokyo
Chichi Jima
Chester Nimitz
Liberators
Chichi
Jima
Bonin Island
Saipan
Teo
Saybe
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Mindanao
MacArthur
Davao
Halmahera Island
Allied Drive Deep Into France and Reach Swiss Border
American armor smashed 25 miles down the Seine closing on Rouen as Allied columns seized Elbeuf and pushed toward the river mouth. British Canadian and American forces closed the western and southern ends of the noose on 90,000 Nazis while Swiss reports note American advances near Grenoble and Annety. Russians pressed into Silesia near Krakow and Lomza. French patriots reportedly seized Lyon region as Mosquitos bombed Cologne and Ruhr.
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Geneva
Algiers
Bordeaux
France
Wen
Gentiee-Honeey Marquis
Seine
U. S
Elbeuf
Cltey
Rouen
Noose
Paris
Second Armored Division
Sens
Fontainebleau
Salon
Marseille
Rhone River
Annety
Grenoble
Moscow
German Silesia
Debjca
Krakow
Warsaw
Lomzs
Lyon
Italy
Arno
Cologne
Germany
Ruhr
Ports mouth Chamber surveys servicemen job needs
The Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce will mail an information sheet to all in the armed forces to aid job placement after discharge. Secretary James W. Tucker announced the effort, with President R. C. L. Greer expressing appreciation for service and outlining plans to match returning servicemen with gainful work.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
James W. Tucker
R. C. L. Greer
Chamber
Goebbels and Hitler on the Holy Soil Debate in War Talk
Neal O'Hara reflects on Nazi leaders Goebbels Himmler and Hitler, questioning language about Germany's soil and pondering their intuition and destiny. He asks why Tojo did not commit hara-kiri after resignation and notes Hitler faced multiple fronts with no safe retreat.
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Tojo
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Thitonir
Russia
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