02 Dec 1941
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1941
Page
1
The piece surveys Turkey as a pivotal arena in the Axis Allied struggle. It notes Soviet naval activity, Turkish-Greek tensions, and Ottoman neutrality shifts as Britain and Germany press to sway Ankara before spring fighting resumes.
Page six continues with weather details and amusement listings as well as notices from New Castle Newfields Newmarket and nearby towns. The layout mentions legal notices cartoons and personals along with sports and radio listings for York and surrounding communities.
Edwin J. MacEwan executive secretary of the Quincy Chamber of Commerce and Community Chest will speak at the Rockingham hotel dinner set for 6 30 pm. He directs Quincy Community Chest and Quincy South Shore credit association and holds multiple defense and civic roles. Organizers plan nominating a new board and by law program for next year while inviting charter members and guests to join. over 130 members have signed and more than 9000 dollars raised.
Thirty potential selectees will leave Portsmouth by bus at 7 o clock tomorrow morning for Manchester for physical examinations ahead of possible induction. The group meets at the selective service board office at 6:30 and returns tomorrow afternoon. Participants include Sidney Irving Kier of Newmarket Henry Stanley Homiak of Newmarket George Herbert Page of New Castle and John Camuso Jr of Portsmouth.
Witness testifies Wheeler funded twenty five dental treatments for Florence Buzzell whom he is accused of shooting last June. dentist records and telegrams were entered as evidence along with telephone slips showing Florence contacting Wheeler in Boston and Farmington. defense argued the telegrams implied she did not want the friendship ended.
Concord December 2 AP Governor Blood and his council reappointed Labor Commissioner John 8 B Davie for a three year term and approved a Labor department reorganization. A new executive director post was created and Edward J Haseltine named to it. Richard S Rolfe was appointed administrator of the unemployment insurance division succeeding the late Gordon P Eager. Haseltine previously led the Merit System council and Rolfe was chief accountant of the jobless insurance division.
North Bamptom firemen found coffee waiting at the Orcutt residence on La Fayette Road last night. An overheated coffee percolator smoked the house and spoiled the flavor. damage was slight.
Firemen Ernest Weeks and William Connors pose with the new serial ladder truck in Market Square near North Church during a rigid test. When extended it reaches nearly nine feet above the clock, with further tests held on the McIntosh block and at the Junior High school after a lengthy fundraising campaign led by Councilman William Palfrey.
A Welcome Wagon survey of two hundred families shows residents arriving from 35 states and several countries. Many report good store hospitality but note cultural differences and varying social integration. About 2,333 children are in these families with 38 in high school or working. mothers with young children need more social and shopping opportunities.
The 11th Company of the New Hampshire State Guard was ordered to fall in at the State Armory last evening. Vita P. Massaro directed volunteers to take permanent positions in their platoons. Officials expect vacancies to be filled by more volunteers by next Monday night, detailing the unit’s current Headquarters platoon led by Capt. Cecil M. Neal and senior noncommissioned officers.
A defense meeting will be held in Newfields Town hall at 7:30 p.m. tonight sponsored by the Women's Civilian Defense unit and the American Red Cross. Mrs. Frank W. Rattdall of Portsmouth will chair the Portsmouth Women's Civilian Defense tour. Womsnarles Caldwell of Exeter Red Cross Disaster Relief and Preparedness will speak. The Newfields defense committee is led by W. George Nixon and includes Daniel R. Smith and Mrs. D. B. Perry Smith. Committees for Public safety, evacuation, gas contamination, and other defense roles are named with chairman Alfred Conner Jr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Sheehy among others. The group has attended many Concord defense meetings.
Winter weather brought slick streets and halted traffic in Portsmouth. Notable residents Harrison Dalton of Exeter Road and Hans Storm of Atlantic Avenue North Hampton hunted yesterday at Nottingheam with no game found. Neighbors later admired pussywillows and mayflowers blooming today. William B. Goodrich of Epping reported mayflowers blooming in the woods.
The Board of Street Commissioners paused work on Woodbury avenue sidewalk after a low sewer bid of 4,825 dollars, far below expected nine to ten thousand, hoping to reallocate funds for a better sidewalk with asphalt coating and curb. Other bids included Landers and Griffin at 2,339.60 and Ralph Civitarese at 8,160, with the board to seek 4,825 more from the council before awarding the contract.
Newington exceeded its $75 Red Cross goal with $90 raised by 59 contributors including 6 percent dollar members. Chairwoman Mrs. Ralph Loomas led assistance from Mrs. Edith Knox Mrs. Carl Lundgren and Mrs. Katherine Batchelder as the Piscataqua Grange and Newington school room contributed modest sums.
Dozens of minor crashes clogged Portsmouth streets as Memorial Bridge opening for the tanker No Nox delayed amid icy conditions. Slippery highways from the Massachusetts line to Wells sent six or more injuries and two serious accidents locally. Police reported skids along Memorial Bridge and Route One with pedestrians also at risk. By afternoon fog lingered, driving remained hazardous.
Sperry H Locke reports to Washington that Portsmouth defense issues especially water supply will be discussed with President Roosevelt later this week. Locke lists meetings with Paul V McNutt Jessie Jones John H Bartlett Francis T Murphy Robert Blood Louis J Brann and Frank Knox. A power plant near Merrymeeting Lake has been approved by the Federal Power Commission with plans for a contort dam costing 1,700,000 dollars.
Soviet dispatches report a retreat of German forces from Rostov on Don turning into a rout as Nagis advance west of the Azov Sea. British broadcasts quote Lozovsky on Moscow drive failures and Cairo dispatches note a breakthrough near Tobruk with panzer pockets. Churchill warns Hitler may admit defeat.
County Solicitor Stephen Wheeler, a candidate for councillor in the second district, was the guest of honor at a Republican dinner in Simpson's Pavilion, Madbury. Speakers included Sen Styles Bridges Gov Robert O Blood Virgil D White former Ossipee councillor, Mayor Samuel Blair Dover and John W A Green Exeter. Former Mayor Joshua Studley Rochester was toastmaster.
City Marshal Leonard H Hewitt stated that Marines involved in the Saturday Daniels street altercation were innocent victims and aided police until additional officers arrived.
Washington reports say President Roosevelt directed Undersecretary Sumner Welles to ask Ambassador Nomura and envoy Kurusu to convey questions on Japan’s military moves into Indo China and toward Thailand. Nomura and Kurusu affirmed Japan’s wish to continue talks. Kurusu: I still have a fighting chance. Nomura: Nobody wants war and not settle anything.
Hadley S. Williams of Kittery paid a fine of 5 dollars and costs of 36 dollars 82 cents after arraignment in Portsmouth Municipal Court on a charge of failing to stop at a stop sign on Vaughan Street. City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt brought the charge.
New York from December recalls a satirical capsule on Benito Mussolini, referencing his authoritarian edge and multilingual boasts. The piece jests about his wartime leadership and the widening gap between early expectations and the long conflict.
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