11 Dec 1944
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1944
Page
1
The piece discusses decisive campaigns in eastern Europe, with reference to Austria and the Danubian basin. It mentions Germany and neighboring states, and hints at strategic movements and wartime concerns. The narrative reflects on regional dynamics and potential consequences, citing observers and analysts.
Brown and Dondero lead rival slates in the city state election with Brown a Republican for mayor and Mary Monedero a Democratic candidate for top city office. Polls run from 9 am to 4 pm as voters access navy yard buses arranged by Rear Adm. Thomas Withers to ferry workers from Avantic Heights and Wentworth Acres to Dartsmouth for a 13 minute stop to vote. Other candidates across wards and boards include Republicans and Democrats for council, school board, and boards of appraisers and street commissioners with a broad slate of names listed in the race.
Brig. Gen. Charley F. Bowen said he is studying effects of draft regulations to curb war production. He noted women 36 or over have been included in New Hampshire since last spring with exceptions. A large share of men 26 to 38 volunteered monthly and were added to draft calls by local boards. Some in 26 to 38 were drafted after farm job loss or unemployment and refusal of war jobs. Bowen expected details on drafting men over 26 to be released soon.
A patriotic appeal recalls Private John W. Dutko of Homer City who died in Italy after single handedly silencing a machine gun nest and neutralizing a cannon team. The message urges readers to dedicate their extra $100 War Bond purchases to such fighters in the fight against Japan and the war effort at home.
Washington officials say new draft regulations due this week will boost the war labor pool by expanding the 26 to 37 age group for service and reallocating registrants from peacetime to essential jobs. The move, directed by Byrnes, targets cutting labor turnover and restoring critical manpower for production.
Congress debate over a pay raise for legislators heats up as a Senate House panel considers overhauling congressional machinery and a potential pay boost. A prior House move to attach a pay raise to an appropriation bill was ruled out on a technicality, with action anticipated early in the new Congress before the 1946 elections.
Private Bellacome son of Mr and Mrs Clemente Bellacome of 40 Deer Street Portsmouth is reported wounded in action in the European theater of operations. He attended Portsmouth schools and worked at the Portsmouth Navy Yard before enlisting in October 1942. He is 22 years old.
Concord reports Mayor Charles J. McKee mourning a 430 ton squash pile destroyed by fire last night. The incident ruined 1,000,000 pies intended for New England housewives, with the mayor citing grief tied to both charity and local sentiment.
Allied forces drive toward the Roer river front with Hodges’s army seizing two towns as snow lines the 10 mile front. Third army repels German assaults in Siegfried line while Seventh army advances into Haguenau. French forces push Germans toward the Rhine after capturing Thann as Russians close on Budapest.
Mrs Margaret Renner of 3 Lois street reports a telegram from the war department stating Pvt Gordon V Renner USA has been missing in action in Germany since November 16 He entered service last April trained at Camp Croft S C and was stationed at Fort Meade Md before departing overseas in September He formerly worked as a burner at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Miss Constance Martin, a Portsmouth school nurse, contracted scarlet fever last Friday. Several cases reported in Portsmouth, with one nurse returning home to East Hill Barre Vermont. Dr George A Tredick could not comment. Superintendent Harry J Moore said schools will be more exacting in reintegrating children after illness as quarantine rules largely determine the spread.
The Portsmouth street board accepted a petition signed by 83 residents urging a playground on Sherburne road Pannaway Harbor Greenland road area. The board plans flooding for skating and will seek funds in the 1843 budget for a playground on land at Pamnaway Manor. It also authorized bids for laying 2000 feet of water mains in Greenland with bids to be opened Wednesday at 5 in the water office.
American 77th division launches an early morning attack and takes Ormoc, a key Japanese port on western Leyte, as MacArthur reports Allied forces trapping large Japanese units in a narrowing pocket. Chinese successes in Kweichow and counterdetails from Tokyo accompany the broader war update.
Harvard professor Andre Morize spoke at Portsmouth Community Forum about France's postwar path. He predicted a new Fourth Republic with a revised constitution, nationalization of production, and social justice aims. He warned of political fragmentation, damaged transport, and communist concerns while praising De Gaulle and France's step toward UN Big Three councils.
Detroit December 11 AP United Retail Wholesale and Department Store Employes union widened a strike at four Montgomery Ward stores in Detroit area. CIO August Scholle urged area affiliates including UAW to provide support. Company claims business is normal, while union vows to close the stores.
About 3,500 New York City meat dealers voted a Christmas to Christmas holiday closing 10,000 shops that handle 80 percent of the city’s meat trade. Leaders said OPA ceilings, once set at 13.50 a cwt, now 18.50, make business virtually impossible without jail risk.
Manchester delegates from army navy air corps coast guard and international members met at the first rescue control center conference to review locating and rescuing downed airmen and mariners. More than 100 life saving experts participated from North Atlantic division Air Transport Command and allied armed services and civilian groups.
Mr and Mrs Harry A Parr Sr of Hampton learn their son Lt Harry A Parr Jr USA was killed in action November 27 in Germany. A Hampton academy graduate and UNH ROTC member, he trained at Fort Belvoir and went overseas December 1943. Survived by wife Evelyn, son Randall, parents, two brothers and two sisters.
A 1944 New York column mocks Adolf Hitler, joking he feeds on meat, boasts tyrant strength, and clings to power as German resistance in the Saar and Ruhr defies him. It quips about halitosis and medals for Goering, reflecting wartime sentiment.
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