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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1933
Page
1
Local officials urge residents to ignore harmful rumors and refrain from spreading gossip. Community leaders emphasize relying on verified information and avoid contributing to confusion or fear. Public advisories call for calm and prudent communication.
Weather bulletin from Washington notes cloudy skies with light rain overnight and possible Friday morning. Temperature is slowly rising, with lingering mist and cool afternoon outlook.
Three Plattsburg Boy Scouts Robert Glenn Tyler Gray and William La Due were trapped on Wallface Mountain Adirondacks for two days. Rescuers used a 225 foot rope from a ledge 400 feet high to hoist them to safety at Adirondack Lodge. They were weakened but survived with oranges sandwiches and water provided during the ordeal.
Laconia citizens applaud the dedication of the Laconia Evening Citizens and Democrat building. Alma Gallagher receives a white gold bracelet from Mrs. Lillian B. Carroll. Former Mayor Hartford honors Publisher Gallagher and references President Roosevelt and the NRA amid cheers. The Billy B. Van family attends. Capt. Mann and the municipal band perform. Rostel island cannibals kill their victims by smothering. South Africa produces 90 percent of the world's diamonds.
A large Hampton Beach meeting sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Regional Association, the New Hampshire Scenic Highway group, and the Hampton Beach Development Commission outlined a 200 mile scenic highway plan through New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Gov. John G. Winant and state officials attended as speakers stressed coastline protection, recreation, and job creation, with advocates proposing beautification efforts, park development, and highway improvements to benefit the unemployed.
Bradford August 31 90 girls and 16 councillors from a North Sutton camp returned home after weeks of security. National Guard police and private detectives guarded the journey to Philadelphia homes with detectives accompanying the group. Residents watched as the party boarded three Pullman cars amid stern guards and mobile watchpoints.
New York stock action showed Apathy as trading paused with prices moving in a narrow range. Alcohol stocks led a brief rally while most quotes drifted back. National Distillers rose up to four points briefly and Shenley U S Industrial Alcohol and American Commercial Alcohol rose 1 to 2. Homestate Mining gained five and Alaska Juneau edged higher. Small gains appeared for Case U S Smelting Consolidated Gas American Telephone Western Union Chrysler and U S Steel while Liggett Myers fell and Dupont New York Central General Motors and others eased.
Philadelphia on August 31 saw a deadly strike riot at the Cambria Hosiery mill as a truck carrying 12 workers tried to enter. Clem H. Norwood was shot in the head amid melee with police. at least a dozen injured and 200 officers battled aground for over an hour. The dispute centers on union recognition, with pickets and sympathetic demonstrators clashing with authorities.
Exeter Aug 31 police in the murder probe of Mrs Louise B Palmer face delays as missing witness Mrs Elizabeth J Croucher remains unseen. Alfred A Teixmiran itinerant barber jailed after a two week continuance in a morality case following a conference between county and Massachusetts counsel. Officials await State Chemist report on stained trousers and torn hotel piping clues. The case rests on the chemist's findings and a witness who saw Teixmiran with a woman matching the victim's description on a Hampton Falls road.
Wesley E. Billings of Brattleboro Vermont was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading no lo to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He drove the car that hit a telephone pole in Spofford last week injuring himself and Hobart R. Wright of Leominster Massachusetts, who remains hospitalized with a fractured jaw at Elliot Community Hospital.
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