Washington Dec 3 Eyes on 1941 Economy and Defense
Washington reports show Roosevelt aides forecasting continued expansion into 1941 with rising national income near 80 billion dollars and strong consumer demand. Steel, machinery, aviation, shipbuilding run near capacity, autos high, while defense plants slow only as new capacity comes online. Postwar conversion plans gain traction within the defense commission to shift factories from arms to consumer goods.
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Washington
Jesse Commerce
Roosevelt
Vaew
Indus
Almanac snippet from Page Two with tide and sunrise data
The Day's Almanac continues on page two with time details. Information notes sunrise at 6:56 a.m. tomorrow, high tide at 2:00 p.m., and lunar phase data. The entry is dated Tuesday in 1940 under standard time.
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Bee
Unclear fragmentary page captions from Herald Amusements
The text presents a jumble of section headers and city names such as Hampton Exeter Stratham Wells York and items like Comics Crossword Editorial and Public Forum, with no coherent event or article content to summarize.
Pope Urges Christmas Truce Amid War News
Pope Pius XII called for a spontaneous or mutual Yuletide truce to spare more bloodshed and keep the angel chorus of peace. Meanwhile Nazi U boats sank 14 ships totaling 148,247 tons and possibly two more. Britain faced renewed pressure as RAF bombers hit Naples and Lorient, with continued convoys and naval action noted.
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Associated Press
Pope Pius XII
Britain
Mackay Radio
New York
Salvonia
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Hitler
Caledonia
High Command
Victor Ross
London Admiralty
Naples
Gusta
Fastist
Lorien
Greeks Threaten To Cut Off Southern Albania
Athens reports Greek left wing forces smashing past Porto Edda and advancing toward central Albania, threatening to cut off the last Italian troops in southern Albania. The high command says Greek shock troops seized new mountain heights north of Premet and near Pogratetz, while Italians retreat toward Delvino. Prisoners total more than 13 000 across sectors, with 3 000 surrendered yesterday, signaling Italian morale collapse as Greek forces push toward Hibasani and Argiracastro.
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Athens
Porto Edda
Albania
Premet
Pogratetz
Hibasani
Delvino
Santi Quaranta
Mussolini
Argiracastro
Noe
High Command
Greece
Jarvis Nephew in Greek Front Line War tale
Andrew and Peter Jarvis of Greece run a local restaurant and cafeteria. Corporal Peter J. Jarvis, Greek king's guard, serves on the front lines in Greece Italy conflict. A Greco American paper printed a cousin’s letter from Astoria about orders to advance and expected Italian flight.
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Andrew
Peter Jarvis
Greece
Italy
Peter J. Jarvis
Pyragos
Jarvis
Europe
Young Jarvis
Astoria
Tim
Officials Confer on State Budget
Concord reports officials conferred with Gov. Robert Blood on the next two year state budget. Requests from 47 departments will be considered before budget estimates are drawn for the incoming legislature.
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Concord
Robert O. Blood
Governor elect pushes early filing of legislative bills
Concord report says Governor elect Robert Blood wants an early filing of bills for the January session. He has urged prompt action and met with legislative readers. Bills will be filed with the secretary of state by December 15. Granite State Press of Manchester has won the contract to print legislative bills and journals.
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Concord
Robert
Granite State Press of
Manchester
Legislative Bis
Trains Collision in Zarago zs Wreck Kills Dozens
Between Madrid and Barcelona a high speed express from Barcelona to Madrid crashed into a waiting train at Velila de Ebro station in Spain. Forty to fifty people were believed killed and at least eighty injured as rescuers worked to extricate victims amid reports of a faulty switch.
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Zaragozs
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Velila de Ebro
Aid for Migrant Farm Workers Proposals Released
Secretary Perkins and Wage Hour Chief Fleming urged Congress to ease migrant labor distress. Fleming urged extending wage regulation to large farms for 15 to 20 cents per hour minimums. Perkins proposed covering workers in industrial agriculture and processing plants under labor and social laws. They spoke to a House committee on interstate migrant issues.
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Washington
Perkins
Philip B. Fleming
Congress
Colonel Fleming
Miss Perkins
House
Tax deadline set for December 5 in Portsmouth
Tax collector Philip M. Trafton today set December 5 as the payment deadline in Portsmouth. He asks all residents to comply with the new deadline, noting this is the third extension granted.
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Philip M. Trafton
Portsmouth
Mr. Trafton
Fire Destroys Stratham Home on Newmarket Road
Fire this forenoon gutted the home of Mr. and Mrs. James O'Brien on Newmarket road Stratham. Discovered before 10 by a passerby, Exeter Fire Department responded but the fire had full headway. Loss estimated around $3,000 for building and contents. only a nearby henhouse remained undamaged.
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James O'Brien
Newmarket Road
Stratham
Exeter Fire Department
Roosevelts Caribbean Cruise Aims For Rest And Defense
President Roosevelt travels by Roosevelt train toward Miami to sail into the Caribbean for rest and to review defenses vital to the Panama Canal region. The cruiser Tuscaloosa waits at Miami with two destroyers as possible inspections of Atlantic patrol bases near Puerto Rico and Jamaica are anticipated.
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Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
Poonama Canal
South American
Tuscaloosa
South Atlantic
Great Britain
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Portland Bight
The
Bight
Portland Island
Four WPA Workers Die in Truck Train Crash
Four WPA workers were killed and 42 injured, six seriously, when a truck carrying them to work was struck by a one car motor train at a crossing near the Egyptian Zephyr of the C. and I. railroad. The Chicago bound train from Cypress was derailed and damaged, but no passengers or crew were hurt.
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Benton, I
WPA
Zephyr
Chicago
Cypress
U S To Seize Land For Flood Control Project
Federal court officials announced condemnation for land required by a flood control project at Franklin. About 86 acres will be taken in total, with petitions due by January 21.
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Franklin
New Jethro H. Swett Memorial Building Dedicated At Traip
The Jethro Swett Memorial Building at Traip Academy was formally dedicated before a large gathering of citizens, officials, and trustees. Portsmouth officials attended, with remarks on the Swett fund growing from 30 000 to support a modern addition to Kittery’s high school. A Civil War flag with 45 stars was presented, and speakers urged continued focus on education and democratic principles.
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Decro H. Swett
Traip Academy
Portsmouth
Harry JL. Moore
James M. Culberson
Raymond I. Beal
Hollis B. Cole
Cole
Jethro Swett
Kittery
Fredric Olsen
Ralph Newton
Newton
Jethro
United States
Washington
Teo
Jethro H. Swett
Former Shoals Coast Guard rescues drowned surfman details
Leroy Manchester 27, a Surfman attached to Isles of Shoals Coast Guard station, drowned near Spruce Head Maine during a motorboat trip from Spruce Head to the lighthouse. He was on temporary duty, had been transferred from Isles of Shoals, and clothing recovery fuels theory he attempted to swim ashore after the tent exploded. Manchester, a Jonesport native, had been on leave.
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Leroy Manchester
Spruce Head
Isles of Shoals
Manchester
Jonesport
Commissioners To Meet Tomorrow
The board of Street Commissioners meeting was postponed to 7 o'clock tomorrow night. C. W. Lauman & Co. contractor for the city's driven wells and Paul Howard, engineer of the new water project, will discuss the well situation with the board. Roland A. Sukeforth, chief engineer of the power boat Jacona, is invited to explain his plan to save $100,000 on the new water project and tower the water rates.
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Board of Street Commissioners
C. W. Lauman & Co
Paul Howard
Roland A. Sukeforth
Jacona
Concord man eyed for vacant FCC post
Nelson Lee Smith, longtime chairman of the New Hampshire Public Service Commission and former Dartmouth College faculty member, was reported in Washington today as a candidate for the Federal Communications Commission seat. The news notes his years of state service and prior academic role.
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Concord
Nelson Lee Smith
New Hampshire Public Service Commission
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Smith
Dartmouth College
Census Shows Westward Population Shift in 1940 Apportionment
The Census Bureau advised President Roosevelt that the 1940 census supports a westward population trend with California gaining three House seats and seven others gaining one each. Ten states would lose one seat, while totals show a continental U S population of 151 669 275, placing New York first with 13 479 142. Continued on Page Two.
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South
Census Bureau
Roosevelt
California
House of Representatives
Mississippi Valley
Continental
United States
Arizona
Florida
Michigan
New
Mexico
North Carolina
Oregon
Tennessee
Arkansas
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
New York
Iron Guard Chief Dismisses Romanian Police Unit
Bar Iron Guard leader Horia Sima abolished the Guardist police to restore order amid purges. He ordered disarmament within 24 hours and banned group walking and street singing. Premier Ion Antonescu backs the move as Romanians blame exiles for current unrest after a violent purge and the king’s ousted regime. German reinforcements enter Romania as calm briefly returns.
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Bucharest
Iron Guard
Horia Sima
Tron Guardist
Sima
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Igh
Carol
Cracksmen Net $400 in Two Market Breaks
Manchester burglars escaped with about 400 in loot from two stores last night. They entered via a cellar partition from a vacant tenement, tried a sealed door to open Cotes market safe, drilled tumblers and took 369 dollars in cash and bills. At Frank's Market they found an unlocked safe and took only a few old coins.
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Manchester
Frank’s
Defense Spending Boost Reported
The treasury disclosed that defense expenditures more than doubled in the first five months of the fiscal year started July 1. War and Navy Department spending totaled 365,283,578 dollars, with monthly totals rising from July to October.
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Washington
Dec
Treasury
War and Navy Department
Downs and Rows Lead Races in City Caucus Conflicts
In a quiet caucus, Republicans Thomas D. Downs and Stewart H. Rows hold mayoral leads with no changes to councilor at large and wards 3, 3 and 4. Street Commissioner contenders include Ralph Atwell and others for the GOP, facing Democratic challengers Jeremiah Horan and Archibald McEachern. Ward Five sees John Burkhardt contesting. Dennis Dondero tops Ward One for Democrats, as Republicans maintain a strong slate. Continued on page two.
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Thomas d. Downs
Stewart HE
Board of Street Commissioners
Ralph Atwell
America J. Fransoso
Fred V. Hett, Jr
John B. Golter
Roland Sukeforth
Jeremiah Horan
Archibald, McEachern
John A. Thurston
Jesse Hunt
Oliver Webber
Robert M. Herrick
Sherman P. Newton
Fred W. Sanborn
Reginald Traiton
Joseph H. Morrill
James ©. Whalley
James T. Whitman
A. Morrison Warrell
John Burkhardt
Willam H. Hopley
Henry Oo. Downs, Jr
Mary C. Dondero
Gerald Moore
Two Portsmouth Men Sentenced to House of Correction
Harry Philbrick of Portsmouth, previously given a three month suspended sentence, faced a mutinitus by county solicitor Stephen Wheeler this morning and was committed to 90 days in the House of Correction. Wali Milton of Portsmouth received six months after a muntimus issued by the solicitor for adultery.
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Harry Philbrick
Portsmouth
House of Correction
Stephen Wheeler
Philbrick
Wali Milton
Milton
Move To Versailles Seen Shrewd Move By Petain
Born in Switzerland on December 3, AP reports Chief of State Petain plans to establish his government in Versailles. Observers see the move as a strategic step to extend authority over France, with potential coordination with Vichy and partial control over German-occupied northern areas. Diplomatic circles note Laval advised delaying the move until discussions in Berlin.
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Born
Switzerland
Petain
Historic
Versailles
France
Trianon
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Royal
Laval
Berlin
Greek War Relief Fund Grows in Portsmouth
Greek community in Portsmouth reports progress toward a 3000 goal for relief of war-stricken brothers across the Atlantic. General chairman Andrew Jarvis announced the drive has reached 1700, aided by gifts up to 100, 200, and 30 dollars. A nationwide drive for all Americans will follow pending Roosevelt’s expected declaration.
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Atlantic Ocean
Portsmouth
Andrew Jarvis
Jarvis
Chaiman Jarvis
Fortsmouth
Franklin R. Roosevelt
Williamsport man receives suspended sentence
Ernest Ryder, temporarily residing in Portsmouth, was given a suspended sentence in municipal court this morning in the House of Correction. A mittimus will be issued at the call of Portsmouth's city marshal. Ryder had been charged with theft of overalls from the W.T. Grant store in this city.
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Ernest Ryder
Portsmouth
House of Correction
Forthmouth
Ryder
W.T. Grant
Speaker Sees Peril To Duce In Present War
In a Women’s City Club lecture Harrison Lakin called Mussolini in danger of losing standing as 90 percent of Italians favor England. He described Greek setbacks for Italy, Bulgaria’s Axis abstention, Yugoslav Croats Serbs and Slovenes tensions, and Riuttania fith columnists. He warned on Far East puppet government aims in North China. The talk noted the Christmas break on December 16.
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Europe
Harrison
Bulgaria
Axis
Lakin
Jugoslavia
Riuttania
Far East
China
Freighter Aground In Cape Cod Canal
A 5000 ton westbound freighter the Almirante went aground today in the Cape Cod canal near Buzzards Bay Massachusetts. The U S Dredge Marshall was summoned to assist and the coast guard cutter Argo was dispatched from Newport Rhode Island.
Stamp collectors win honors at Dover Stamp Club show
Stamp collectors from Portsmouth earned multiple honors at the Dover Stamp Club's eighth annual competition. Twenty two frames entered. local collectors captured four first ribbons and two seconds as Percival Sides led with three firsts, with Philip A. Lydston, H. Barie Seekins, and W. G. Billings also winning ribbons.
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Portsmouth
Dover Stamp Club
Percival
Philip A. Lydston
H. Barie Seekins
W. G.billings
Get Out Those Red Flannels Tonight
A New England cold snap brings Mount Washington readings of 16 degrees with gusts up to 72 mph. Portsmouth faces 5 to 10 degrees above freezing, with light snow possible. The note stresses safe fire practice in frigid conditions.
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New England
Weather Observatory
Mount Washington
Portsmouth
Gulf Stream
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