War Today on Laval Assassination and French Resistance
DeWitt MacKennie analyzes the attempted assassination of Laval in Versailles and German sabotage aimed at a travel lordship in France. The piece discusses the Republic’s crisis, Nazi reprisals, and Britain’s propaganda and aims to spur a coordinated revolt in occupied nations. The column notes the peril of premature uprising and the strategic timing of resistance efforts.
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DeWitt MacKennie
Laval
Versailles
France
Lafayette
Free Republic
Ab Daval
Republic
Vranca
Britain
London
Columbia Broadcasting System
Weather fragment notes tides and times from August page
Continued on Page Seven fragment lists dawn and high tide times with small notes about daylight time, moon phase, and vehicle lights. Contains jumble of numbers, a city time cue, and a partial date context, indicating a cropped forecast snippet.
York Village legal notices and classifieds digest
Local page aggregates York Village notices and adjacent listings including public notices, personals, and classifieds. Reads as a mosaic of briefs, listings, and community items with sparse context and no single dominant story.
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Joney Newfields
Newmarket
Hil & Ogun
Public Forum
Ebiat
Radio Exeter
Salmon Falls
South Berwick & Hampton
Hampton Falls
Kittery
York Kittery Point
York Beach
York Village
Third Annual For Get Me Not Day Observed by DAV Chapter
The Piscataqua Chapter No 4 Disabled American Veterans announces the third annual For Get Me Not Day to be held Saturday August 30 1941. The event supports veterans with wounds that have not healed and urges buying a For Get Me Not item on the day.
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Piscataqua
Ports mouth Merchants' Bureau Urges Immediate Council Action
A letter from Andrew C. Graves secretary of the Ports mouth Merchants' Bureau requests prompt city council action on a parking and traffic survey conducted by a Yale traffic research expert. The study cost 225 dollars and was referred to the council's parking and traffic committee on July 16 but has not yet been reported out.
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Andrew C. Graves
Bureau
Mouth Merchants’ Bureau
Yale Bureau of Traffic Research
Merchants’ Bureau
Portsmouth “Merchants’ S Bureau
Portsmouth
Japs Seek Permanent Peace In U S Talk
Tokyo reports Premier Konoye sent a message to President Roosevelt amid delicate U S Japan relations after the Russian German war. Domei states Japan seeks a co prosperity sphere and permanent Pacific peace after cabinet and high military officials met in response to the message.
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Tokyo
Premey Prince Koroye
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Domei
Pacific
Domai
Konoye
Washington
Exeter Man Slightly Improved After Vehicle Collision
John McDougal of Exeter, struck while walking home from Hampton on the Exeter-Hampton pond, was reported slightly improved by Exeter hospital authorities. The accident involved Chester W. Legacy Jr of Exeter driving the car.
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John McDougal
Exeter
Exeter Hospital
McDougal
Hampton
Exeter-Hampton Pond
Chester W. Legacy, Jr
Hampton's Second Fire Destroys Beach House
Fire at Briar Road Highlands Beach in Hampton destroys a cottage owned by Herman Smith of Exeter. A mop hung on the back porch is suspected to have started the blaze, which required four alarms and two hours to control. Maid Carly Barbara saved two Leahy children from Melrose Mass tenants as firemen battled to prevent spread to three nearby homes. Damage is listed as total loss with no estimate yet.
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Hampton
Herman Smith
Exeter
Briar Road
Highlands
Hampton North Beach
Carly Barbara
John Leahy
Melrose
Mass
Fire Box 24 Relocated To Daniels Street Intersection
Portsmouth city council approved moving Fire Box 24 from Daniels and Chapel to the corner of Daniels and Bow last Friday to boost industrial protection amid the national emergency.
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Portsmouth
Daniels Street
Chapel
Daniels
Bow
Federal aid waits as Kittery and Portsmouth seek funds
Kittery and Portsmouth school officials await federal funding as Labor Day nears. Kittery reports a 347,960 elementary grant with other aid not yet approved. Navy housing residents may be barred from Kittery schools until funds arrive for education and teachers.
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Portsmouth
Kittery
Washington
John BD. Wainwright
USN
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy
Admiralty Village
Associated Press
Federal Works Agency
Boston
Midnight Telegraph Prank Sparks Quiet Neighborhood
Two bored boys built a toy telegraph between their houses and sent a string of dot dash messages. Throughout the day wires hummed as each shouted the next line to neighbors. At midnight the improvised system produced a lively cadence of dots and dashes signaling “Signing Off” and a playful jab about a haircut.
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Telegraph
Expect Airport Engineers To Be Here Soon
Army engineers will survey the Portsmouth airport and arrive shortly, said Warren Sholz of the Coastal Airways. They are supervising work at other landing fields in the state and will join Portsmouth at the end of their trip.
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Army
Portsmouth
Warren Sholz
The
Coastal Airways
Bed and mattress fire at Webster house on High Street
A bed and another item caught fire at the Webster residence on High Street this morning. Fire Chief George Cogan estimated damage at about $100.
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Sau
Webster House
High Street
George Cogan
Willkie To Speak At Lancaster Fair
Concord Aug 29 AP Wendell Willkie Republican standard bearer will speak at Lancaster fair on Labor Day announced by Sen Styles Bridges Willkie is vacationing at Lancaster at Sinclair Weeks summer home has accepted invitation but subject unknown Bridges and Gov Robert O Blood will attend the meeting His talk is expected to draw visitors from New Hampshire and Vermont Bridges said Willkie sought a quiet visit to avoid invitation dressings
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Concord
Wendell Willkie
Lancaster Fair
Styles Bridges
Willkie
Lancaster
Sinclair Weeks
Republican National Party
Bridges
Robert O. Blood
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mrs John G Winant Starts Trip To U S
London report says Mrs John G Winant wife of the U S ambassador left England for Lisbon en route home. She aims to travel Atlantic as a clipper passenger to visit sons at Princeton and St Albans Washington before returning to London. In Biddeford Maine James P Garland 52 president of Garland Manufacturing died of a heart attack.
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London
John G. Winant
United States
Court of St. James
England
Lisbon
Atlantic
Princeton University
St. Albans
Washington
Biddeford
James P. Garland
Garland Manufacturing Company
Saco
How Not To Save Gas Tragedy Seeks Gas Tank Rack
A tearful column recalls a woman in Portsmouth who hunted stores for a gas tank rack, found a sturdy one, felt secure, and then lost the key. The piece mocks smugness and ends with the ironic note that the motorist herself cannot pilfer her gasoline, only her own security.
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Portsmouth
FDR Creates National Resources Board to Direct War Material
President Roosevelt established a seven man National Resources Board led by Vice President Wallace to control all natural resources and decide allocations between military needs and civilian requirements. The move creates a powerful central authority, a wartime super ministry of supplies, risking civilian hardships as materials and productive power are rationed.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Ministry of Supplies
Army Plans Aircraft Warning Control Center in N H
Concord August 29 AP Army will establish 12 aircraft warning control centers in New Hampshire major communities as part of the civilian air protection program. Locations not announced but Manchester Nashua and Concord expected to be included. Centers staffed by civilians. state defense council already runs 300 observation posts with WWI veterans cooperation.
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Concord
Blood
Army
New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashus
State Defense Council
Harriman to Lead U.S. Mission to Russia
President Roosevelt announced the appointment of W. Averell Harriman to head an American delegation to Moscow. The mission will discuss aid to Russia amid wartime efforts and U.S. support policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Russia
Officials Drop Plan To Bar Cars Sept. 1
The Portsmouth Navy yard rescinded an upcoming no parking order that had planned to take effect next Tuesday. The reversal followed a protest meeting led by union representatives. Bus companies arranged extra service to shuttle workers, while Kittery police kept existing parking rules. Gas stations report high demand for yard worker parking space as expansion continues.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy Yard
John J. Brown
USN
Naval
Portsmouth
Boston and Maine Transportation Company
Sherburne Road
Greenland Road
Middle Street
Market
Market Square
Boston and Maine
Alan
Cape
Neddick
Wentworth Bus Co
Dover
Kittery
Moscow Reds Make New Stand On Dnieper Defense
The southwestern Red Army under Marshal Budyonny resumes a new phase of the Ukraine battle from east bank Dnieper lines. They retreat under heavy bombardment while destroying the Dnieperstroy dam and power plant and inflicting Nazi losses before yielding Dnieperopetrovsk population over 500000. Odessa stands as the sole major island of resistance west of the river, where Red sailors and soldiers prepare to defend the port.
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Moscow
Semeon Budyonny
Ukraine
Dnieper
Dnieperstroy
Europe
Dnieperopetrovsk
Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
Laval Takes Turn For Worse In Occupied Paris
Paris reports Laval’s condition worsened as doctors attributed sustained high temperature to a possible infection from a bullet wound. Peritonitis feared. physicians weigh risky operation to remove the bullet, after initially ruling surgery too dangerous.
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Paris
France
Pierre Laval
Hitler Mussolini Hold War Talks At Eastern Front
Aug 29 report says Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Fuehrer’s headquarters from Aug 25 to 29 on the north and south fronts. Officials describe thorough discussions of all military and political questions concerning the war’s development and duration and emphasize unity between the Axis allies.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Berto Mussolini
Thefuehrer
Fuehrer
Former New Castle Man Celebrates 100th Birthday
Nathaniel Amazeen of Marblehead Mass marked his centennial by staying up past his 8 20 p m bedtime for the first time in 75 years. Born August 28 1941 in New Castle he was honored with a dinner and 100 roses from Marchiend town. He attributes his health to a longstanding 8 20 p m bedtime rule and recently visitedTentatives in his hometown.
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Nathaniel Amazeen
Marblehead
Mass
New Castle
Amazeen
Marchienend
Associated Press
Goering eclipse and US tax timing in wartime rant
A New York window on World War II satire notes the Nazi high command downtrodden by Goering and mocks Germany’s stalled invasion plans while highlighting the United States moving to collect 1942 income taxes in installments. The column likens Hitler’s plan to a disrupted timetable and mocks Britain over Iran.
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New York
Dot
Russia
Iran
United States
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