West Coast labor clash shifts on immigration policy
Washington reports a sudden shift in administration stance from protecting to pursuing labor disputes on the West Coast. The change involves Harry Bridges and the immigration bill, with figures like Dean Landis and Edgar Hoover connected. The draft measure sees fluctuating support as Congress weighs exclusion and deportation, while White House allies push to pass the form.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
New Deal Commission
Odex
Iames Landis
Ryard Law School
Seere- Perkins
Scofold
Senate
Jackson
Edgar Hoover
California
Bridges
Jon
Almanac snippet from August 29 1940 edition
Daylight Time sunset at 7.23 pm and sunrise at 6.07 am are listed. Tomorrow’s sun rises at 8.30 am with a 2.02 am marker and sets at 9.25 am. The page notes vehicle usage tonight at 6.53.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uigrs
Early Morning Fire Damages Exeter Inn
A fire at the Exeter Inn caused about 7500 dollars in damage. The blaze started in the boiler room and spread through first and second floor walls. Guests fled into the cold in their night clothes as crews battled dense smoke and forced openings to reach the flames. The inn, owned by Phillips Exeter Academy, was not expected to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Exeter Inn
Phillips Exeter Academy
Patman accuses big business groups of appeasement toward Hitler
Washington Aug 29 AP Representative Wright Patman charged before the Dies committee that certain big business groups are pushing an appeasement program toward Hitler. He sought evidence to prove an alliance between big business and Nazi propaganda distribution in the U.S. Carl Byoir denied the charges as Patman pressed for further inquiry. Byoir had been accused of Nazi propaganda work and was linked to a German information service in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wright Patman
D.-Tex
Dies Committee
Hitler
Justice Department
Buoir
FBI
Certin
Dies
D-Tex
Patman
Carl Byoir
New York
Byoly
Rep
Dempsey
D-N. M
Byoir
Large Turnout at First Session of Vocational School
An overflow crowd of 72 attended the initial session at the Senior High School for the National Defense school led by Francis T. Malloy and Forest Gray. 45 students were admitted by superintendent Harry L. Moore based on Navy yard recommendations, with 25 employed entrants named. The group underwent two hours of blueprint reading and elementary mathematics, split into 60 minute turns. Moore planned a conference with state trades supervisor Howard H. Swain to address the 62 men who did not qualify in the first call, with aims to accommodate as many as possible.
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Francis T. Malloy
Forest Gray
National Defense School
Harry L. Moore
Navy Yard
Walf
Moore
Howard EH. Swain
Trades and Industries
Mr. Moore
Donald Ricklefs
Oswald Torrey
Robert Davis
Walter Magee
Warren Sutcliffe
Thomas Duffy
Kenneth Blaney
Paul Bergeron
Alton Donnell
Leo Parsons
Edward Hurley
Ernest Pearce
Warrell Wakefield
Otis Goodwin
Walter Salvail
Roger LePlante
John Regan
Richard Keyes
Louis Kent
Donald Plummer
Norman Champagne
Theodore Towne
Charles Claus
Robert Hutchins
John Furlong, Jr
Admiral Wainwright Addresses Portsmouth Rotary Club
Admiral John Wainwright USN commandant Portsmouth Navy Yard and honorary Rotary member spoke at his first meeting with the club. He was accompanied by aide Comdr John B. Longstaff. Wainwright recalled his love for New England, his Phillips Exeter Academy ties, and his choice of Portsmouth Forts mouth for a transfer, noting a 1901 sailing visit.
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Admiral John Wainwright
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Portsmouth Rotary Club
Admiral Wainwright
John B. Longstaff
New England
Phillips Exeter Academy
Civil Service Examinations Conclude at Local High School
Post office authorities report the apprentice and messenger civil service examinations held at the local high school over the past few days will end this afternoon. About 1800 candidates are estimated to have taken the tests.
Hampton River Bridge Planking Fire Briefly Extinguished
A fire damaged planking on the Hampton River bridge when a cigarette was carelessly thrown. Firemen fought under the planking and kept damage minimal. Earlier, two other calls: a rumble seat fire on Lafayette highway near Selectman Elroy Shaw's name and a grass fire on Mill road.
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Hampton River
Hampton
Lafayette Highway
Elroy G. Shaw
Charles Maloney
Methuen
Mass
Mill Road
Spy's Camera Was A Lunch Box And Book
In Somerville Massachusetts on August 29 AP reports Yee Fook Wing a 17 year old Chinese student appeared in court for trespassing on railroad property. The so called spy camera was a lunch box with a book. Judge Gadsby convicted him but suspended prosecution and warned of dangers of going on government or railroad property, noting this is a bad time and he could be shot if mistaken.
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Somerville
Mass
Yee Fook Wing
Robert P. Gadsby
Increase On Draft Age Limit
Washington reports the House Military Committee approved Burke Wadsworth Conscription Bill widening the draft age to 21 through 44 inclusive versus the Senate's earlier range. The panel acted 17 to 4 after Senate passage 58 to 31 and aims to bring the measure to the floor next week. The committee rejected aligning age brackets to Senate figures and set a 41 million dollar limit to cover navy conscripts.
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Washington
House
Military Committee
Senate
House Committee
May
D.-Ky
Navy
York Man Killed in Turnpike Crash During Fog
Harry Halburg of York Village died early this morning when his car struck a safety island on a two way turnpike near Newburyport and crashed into a heavy truck. He was 40, married a year, and left a two month old baby. Hallburg worked as a chauffeur for Mrs. John Breckinridge of York.
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Harry Halburg
York Village
Safety Island
Newbury
Newburyport
Topsfield
Hallburg
Chase
Peabody
Ben
John ©. Breckinridge
York
Mary Marvin Breckinridge
Berlin
Germany
Yachts Seek Shelter Off Frisbee's Wharf
Several gond-sized sailing craft anchored off Frisbee's Wharf in Portsmouth Harbor waited for fog to lift before resuming their journeys. They sought refuge in the harbor late yesterday afternoon and will weigh anchor this afternoon according to reports.
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Frisbee
Portsmouth Harbor
Flower Show Exhibits Shine at Portsmouth Garden Event
A Portsmouth flower show at the Masonic auditorium showcased bouquets from Portsmouth and nearby gardeners. Mrs Charles Amhoff won a fifth state award for a forest scene display. Gladioli and dahlias won multiple prizes as exhibitors presented deer in brush and pond lilies, with numerous ribbon placements across cactus and decorative types. Page Seven continuation mentioned.
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Portsmouth
Masonic
Women’s City Club
Charles Amhoff
Masonic Auditorium
Charles Dale
Mabel W. Ames
Charles Green
Fred Sevlerance
Reginald Reed
Charles W. Green
John McDonald
Ames
Charles Weaver
Charles Greene
Reginald Reel
Mebel
W. Ames
Anna Obeefe
Soares
Charles Anthoff
Portsmouth Garden Club
Well Known UNH Coach Dies At 52
William Butch Cowell 52, renowned UNH coach and former American Football Coaches Association leader, died after a two year illness at Wentworth Hospital Dover. A LynnMass native raised in Clyde Kansas, he played at Kansas Illinois and Pittsburgh and earned All American honors in 1912 13. Cowell coached at UNH in multiple sports, served in WWI Yankee Division, and held numerous athletic posts including NCAA boxing rules and New England basketball coaches president. He leaves eight brothers and funeral services are planned in Dover.
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New Hampshire
Wentworth Hospital
Dover
William “Butch” Cowell
American Football Coaches Association
Big Bit
Lynn
Mass
Clyde
Kansas
Clyde High School
Llinois
Pittsburg
Haskell Institute
Cowell
New England
Roland
Whitehall
Mich
National Collegiate Athletic Association
New England Basketball Coaches Association
New England Inter-allegiate Association
Plattsburg
Field ‘Artillery
Robert G. Durgin
American Legion
Newmarket
New Eliot High School Nearing Completion
Elot plans a new high school building nearing completion with opening unlikely before September. The old high school will become a grade school while No 1 2 3 and 4 schools close and pupils transfer to the consolidated school.
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New Eliot High School
Elot
Rochester Mills To Resume Operations
Rochester August 20 AP Cocheen Woaler Manufacturing company cancels an auction set for September 3 and plans to resume operations next week. The mill, employing 400 at capacity and a city staple for nearly 300 years, had been closed for weeks. The opening reason was not announced, but president Francis B Eplaine said stockholders were weighing a plan to resume if past management obligations could be settled.
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Rochester
Cocheen Woaler ‘Manufacturing Company
Francis B Eplaine
New Castle Defense Committee Names Members
County Chairman Earl A. Barrett of Exeter announced members of the New Castle defense committee. The roster includes Oliver W. Marvin as chairman, Charles P Prohaska Edmund Tarbell Benjamin M Hartshorn Robert Bruce Dr Rolf Liam Roy J Prohaska and Hertor Priestly.
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New Castle
Committee To Defend
America
Earl A. Barrett
Exeter
Oliver W. Marvin
Charles “P. “Prohaska
Edmund ‘ Tarbell
Benjamin’ M. Hartshorn
Robert Bruce
Rolf Liam
Roy J. Prohaska
Hertor Priestly
Night of terror rocks London and Berlin raid scenes
German Stukas hit Portsmouth and firebomb London as RAF bombers strike Berlin. Incendiaries ignite a sea of flames across both capitals. Censorship limits casualty figures while reports note deaths and widespread destruction amid the sixth night of air attacks in the wartime blackout.
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Associated Press
Britain
Portsmouth
London
Berlin
DNB
British Press Association
Hitler
Suez Canal
Far East
Port Said
Ismailia
High Command
Chatham
Liverpool
Thameshaven
Middlesbrough
Tax Discounts Are Extended for Portsmouth Citizens
Portsmouth taxpayers receive a one week extension on tax discount dates due to late bill mailings. Collector Philip M. Trafton reports 70,000 dollars received by 10:30 am and estimates over 100,000 by day’s end, with 1937’s 99,000 dollars as the prior high. Payments have surged since last Saturday, rising from 1,400 on Friday to 36,000 by Wednesday.
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Philip M. Trafton
Portsmouth
Tay
Tex
Philip Trafton
Paul Chandler
Yale findings shrink Methuselah age to 192 years
New York reports Yale authorities now say Methuselah lived 192 years not 939, with further revisions to Noah’s lifespan and related antiquated timelines. The piece playfully muses on insurance costs and the ages of biblical figures in light of the new data.
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New York
Yale
Methuselan
Methuselah
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Berwick
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Pine Story
Yellow Pages
Rotary Club
Harry Hallburg
UNH
William Cowell
Rochester Mills
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Wilhelmstrasse
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British Isles
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Nash
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