Hopkins retirement stirs political and health questions
Washington reports pivot on Mr. Hopkins resigning from the Commerce Department amid health concerns for President Roosevelt's ally. The move follows disclosures of staff cuts and budget shifts, with Edward J. Noble leaving to join the Willkie side. Internal quarrels and machine politics criticisms cloud the Democratic camp as Roosevelt's health and Hopkins' campaign role are debated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commerce Dept
Hopkins
Washington Business Advisory Service
Yeaders
Business Department of Government
Iis
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Congress
Edward J. Noble
Willkie
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hopkins
Anova
Almanac notices and tide times for Wes August 27 1940
The Day's Almanac lists Wes events for August 27 1940 with high tide at 7 PM tomorrow 7:30 AM sunset at 8:21 PM and moon rising at 7:38 AM. Vehicles should be lit tonight starting 7:30 PM per night guidance.
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Wes
Toxnorrow
McNary To Accept Nomination Tonight
Salem crowds swelling to over 80 000 as Senator Charles L. McNary readies to accept the Republican vice presidential nomination. The event at the Oregon state fairgrounds follows days of rest at Fir Cone and includes conferences with party leaders, a 430 p.m. start, and a 100 journalist luncheon during the notification ceremony.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Charles L. McNary
Land Office
Fir Cone
McNary
Joseph Martin
Harold
Stassen
Minnesota
State Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Two Sessions Of School II Enrollment Reaches 900
Superintendent Harry L. Moore announced that if Senior High enrollment exceeds 875, the district will switch to two sessions to handle the overflow. He noted peak figures around 875 with about 200 overload and prior overload of 8300 before a new addition. Crowding was anticipated at Plains and Lafayette schools despite renovations.
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Harry L. Moore
Moore
Plains
Lafayette
Pleasure Schooner Docks Here
The Odyssey, a chartered schooner owned by Wendell Mansfield of Detroit, is docked at Frisbee's wharf in Kittery under Canadian registry and will sail down the coast Tuesday toward Portland. Mansfield formerly worked with Henry Ford in Detroit.
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Wendell Mansfield
Detroit
Frisbee’s
Kittery
Portland
Mansfield
Henry Ford
Past Chiefs' Club Meeting at South Berwick Camp
The Past Chiefs' Club of the Pythian Sisters held its monthly gathering at the summer camp of Past Chief Evelyn Freeman in South Berwick. Fourteen past chiefs attended and enjoyed games and woodland walks, voting to give a substantial sum to the Pythian home, and sending recovery cards to Past Chief Gertrude Berry of Warren. Supper was served outside. Grand Temple events were noted for Lakeport in September, with updates from Past Grand Chief Cora Woods. The next meeting pledges to be hosted by Past Chief Agnes Herrington with Eva Belle Pago as co-hostess.
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Pythian Sisters
Evelyn Freeman
South Berwick
Gertrude Berry
Warren
Lakeport
Cora Woods
Supreme Grand Temple
Cincinnati
Ohio
Agnes Herrington
Eva Belle Pago
To Serve Tea At Garden Show In City Club Venue
Afternoon tea will be served Wednesday at the Portsmoush Garden club summer flower show at the Woman's City club Masonic auditorium and lawns. A porch setting will feature garden vines and bowls of tropical fish and canaries. Tea service runs 3 to 6 p m with the show open 2 to 9 p m.
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Portsmoush Garden Club
Woman's City Club
Masonic
Defense Group Plans Portsmouth Local Committee Forming
E. Bartlett, chairman of the Rockingham County unit of the New Hampshire Committee to Defend America, met with a group of Portsmouth citizens at the Portsmouth Athenaeum this afternoon to discuss plans for forming a local committee.
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E. Bartlett
Rockingham County
New Hampshire Committee To
America
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Athenaeum
Field Day at Playground Field Tomorrow
Portsmouth youngsters will hold their annual Field day tomorrow with a 2 PM costume parade. The event features relays marches and drills with prizes. Boys from Pine Street will play softball against South playground boys as part of the organized recreation.
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Portsmouth
Pine Street
Germans Eject French Bishop From Mets Bishopric
Monsignor Helpiz, bishop of Mets, expelled by German authorities on short notice from Tyon, northern France, and arrived today in unoccupied France. The move follows a broader clampdown on clergy and church leadership in occupied zones.
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Tyon
France
Monsignor Helpiz
Mets
Vocational School For Navy Yard Employes
Evening sessions for Portsmouth Navy yard workers begin tomorrow at the Senior High School. Sponsored by the federal government, classes run Tuesdays and Wednesdays for 10 weeks. About 30 to 40 workers are expected to enroll, with blueprint reading and mathematics as possible courses taught by Francis T. Marley and Forrest Gray.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Harry L. Moore
Navy Yard
Francis T. Marley
Forrest Gray
Keene State Teachers’ College
Last Of Tax Bills In Mail Delayed By Work
Portsmou th town hall staff delayed the final tax bills this year as extra nights and tasks were needed. New law prevented mailing to estates, directing bills to trustees whose names must be set. About 6,000 land parcels to be recotted. A committee led by Fred Sanborn, Sherman Newton, Reginald Trafton, Mrs Floren Kincaid and Mrs Mildred Lydston prepared the bills.
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Portsmouth
Fred Sanborn
Sherman Newton
Reginald Trafton
Floren. Kincaid
Mildred Lydston
Census May Boost Towns Eligible For Jurors
In Rockingham County New Hampshire Clerk Amos Rundlett of Exeter requests official census figures from Washington to determine correct juror counts for the Superior Court sessions. With figures unavailable the old system will be used next term. towns believed to have grown will gain juror eligibility.
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Amos Rundlett
Exeter
Washington
Rockingham County
Fathers Club Formed In Kittery Inaugural Meeting
The Fathers club of Kittery held its first meeting at Kenneth Edwards home with ten fathers present. The new group, for young fathers whose wives belong to the Mothers club, enjoyed bridge and a light refreshments. Meetings are planned monthly.
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Father's Club
Kittery
Kenneth Edwards
Mother's Club
Airport board weighs Portsmouth field future options
Portsmouth city leaders led by Chairman Frank E. Brooks discuss State and Federal plans for the Municipal airport. Officials agree city control is preferable and urge securing federal aid while in line with the state planning board. Additional information is urged before any recommendations.
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Brooks
Kennard E. Goldsmith
Alvin F. Redden
Carl L. Krieder
Frank W. Randall
Leo Liberson
Randell
Krieder
Russell Hilliard
Airborn
Portsmouth
State Planning Board
Hilliard
Frank E. Brooks
New Hampshire
Randall
Dudley Harmon
New England Counci
Joseph McCurdy
New England Council
McCurdy
Crocker Snow
Local Guardsmen May Not Be Called for Mobilization
Lieut Col Arthur L Smith states that despite expected nationwide mobilization the War Department will not draft guardsmen holding civilian jobs vital to rearmament. Secretary Stimson notes such personnel are crucial in defense industries and naval yards and should remain in their civilian posts. The New Hampshire 197th, including Battery D at Portsmouth, stands ready for orders though some units await equipment like trucks searchlights and 37mm guns.
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Arthur L. Smith
497Th Coast Artillery Caa
New Hampshire National Guard
Stimson
National Guard
Smith
New Hampshire 197Th Regiment
Portsmouth
Navy Yard Mixes Salt Water With Fresh Water
Vallejo Calif Aug 27 Mare Island Navy yard workers tasted salt water when a valve was turned allowing San Pablo bay water into the fresh water supply. Soft drink dealers profited as the incident caused flushings and repairs.
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Vallejo
Calif
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Pablo Bay
Border Clash In Rumania Reported By AP
Diplomatic dispatches from Bucharest report a bloody border clash between Romanian and Russian troops near Dorohoi in northern Moldavia. Hundreds dead on both sides and at least two fighting planes lost. Fighting began late Sunday, lasted hours, and resumed yesterday.
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Budapest
Bucharest
Dorohoi
Moldavia
Plans Target Industrial And Government Centers In Bombing Raids
Allied air attacks by British RAF bombers hit Germany and Italy before dawn. Berlin faced a fresh 40 minute air raid alarm while Turin Milan and several Italian targets were struck. British raids on Portsmouth Plymouth and Birmingham were reported with limited damage. Nazi Germany warned of retaliation for any non military targets.
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Associated Press
RAF
Germany
Italy
BBC
Wilhelmstrasee
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Fiat
Turin
Milan
Britain
Brandenburg
DNB
Hitler
England
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Cornwall
Birmingham
English Midlands
Hull
Newcastle
Hampstead Woman to Face Murder Arraignment
Hampstead Aug 27 AP A grandmother Florence L Pratt 60 accused of shooting and killing her five year old grandson David Caracaglia of Wakefield Mass to win custody will be arraigned on murder charges this afternoon County Solicitor Stephen Wheeler Exeter said the boy died in a hospital after the Sunday shooting in Pratt farm home the father Louis Caracaglia waited downstairs Buckland said she was distraught and quoted she could not bear to lose him he belonged with us custody litigation had long defined the dispute
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Hampstead
Stephen Wheeler
Exeter
Wheeler
Florence L. Pratt
David Caracaglia
Wakerfield
Mass
Gilman Buckland
Five Towns In Section Without Representation
Five towns in this vicinity will be among the 34 towns without representation in the 1941 legislature, according to an announcement by Secretary of State Enoch D. Fuller. These towns are East Hingston, Greenland, Hampton Falls, Madbury and South Hampton.
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Enoch D. Fuller
East Hingston
Greenland
Hampton Falls
Madbury
South Hampton
Three Year Old Injured By Bus In Portsmouth
Robert Hoheld Felger aged three of 86 McDonough street was struck on Islington street near Langdon park by a bus driven by John Bartlett 25 of 117 Maplewood avenue. The child played in the street with others and ran in front of the bus then back as it slowed. He sustained a bad bump but no skull fracture was found after X rays at Portsmouth hospital.
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Robert Hoheld Felger
McDonough Street
Michael Felger
John ‘Bartlett
Maplewood Avenue
Islington Street
Langdon ‘Park
Bartlett
Islington
Portsmouth Hospital
L. R. Hazzard
Xaverian Brother Dies On Vacation
In Keene New Hampshire Rev Jean Ryan aged 35 a Xaverian brother and teacher at Mission High Roxbury Massachusetts died after being stricken at Lake Spofford while on vacation He was a Boston native and studied at Mt St Joseph s Ol Point Comfort St John s University and Boston College His body was taken to St John s Preparatory School Danvers Massachusetts for services tomorrow.
Hospital Chairman Undergoes Surgery in Boston
H. Clinton Taylor, chairman of the Portsmouth hospital board, is at the Phillips House of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he will undergo a surgical operation tomorrow.
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Boston
H. Clinton Taylor
Portsmouth Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass
Italian Front Page Fury In Virginia Evening
In New York on August 27 Virginia Gayda returns home to a wild supper chat about a scorching editorial. Virginia declares Italy’s bold claims and invincible legions will shake Roosevelt and the world, with a nod to the Giornale d Italia and a request for spaghetti.
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New York
Virginia
Gayda
United States
Pole
Virginio
Italy
Somaliland
Duce
Signora
Chirehill
Roosevelt
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Canadian Army General Staff
Denae Board
Amerigi Soardh
Sin Ostawne
Canada
Herald
Editerind
Fedeeral Notions
New England
South Berwhele
Dows
Past Chief's Club
Gen. George ©. Marshall
U. S. Army
Camp Ripley
Minn
City Council
Navy
Rumania
St. Paul's
Xaverian
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