13 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1943
Page
1
War analysis notes Tito's rising influence in the Balkans as Partisan leaders, unions, and guerrilla factions challenge Hitlerite forces. Moscow remains silent on resistance, while leadership disputes and shifting loyalties unfold across Rumaina and Greece, shaping a volatile regional future.
Beginning today through December 13 seats for Gaels basketball games will be sold for the first exhibition games only. Price 3.30 including tax. Previous seat holders have preference if called by December 15. Bets may be received at the Democratic office, High Heel Building, during office hours 2:30 to 5:00.
A second wave of extreme cold threatens Portsmouth as temperatures dip to 15 degrees below zero. The week end ice thinning caused two drownings near Kittery and Exeter as Irene Unruh, 12, and Thomas Mayo, 12, ventured onto unsafe ice. Rescue efforts failed. medical examiners ruled accidental drowning.
Cold-related illness has led to many blood donor appointment cancellations. The Red Cross committee urged healthy individuals to donate to save lives on the battlefields. Donations will be accepted at the North Church Parish House tomorrow and Wednesday afternoons. About 290 soldiers and WACs have signed up to donate and will be transported to the donor center and back by the Red Cross Motor Corps.
The Office of Price Administration selects Portsmouth as a focus for a three day price control check conducted by local board clerks and state OPA staff. The study aims to gauge price compliance and inform nationwide efforts while highlighting Portsmouths war time price activities and local volunteers.
Postmaster Peter J. Hickey urged immediate mailing of Christmas letters and packages. He noted deadlines have passed for the West and South and advised using special delivery for late parcels. Post office parcel post and stamp windows stay open until 7 pm through the season, with hours possibly extended.
Washington bulletin reports Marvin R. McIntyre, longtime secretary to President Roosevelt, died at age 65. He served throughout Roosevelt's ten years in the White House, leaving a legacy as a trusted aide and correspondent.
A flawed, hostile line mocks apologies for payroll savings and invokes Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini in a derisive context, reflecting an inflammatory and inappropriate stance.
Labor and management at the Portsmouth Navy yard outline cooperative programs to preserve production amid power shortages. Capt H F BD emphasizes reducing idle time and maximizing Shore plant efficiency with defined duties for management and labor. A related Washington dispatch notes War Manpower aims to maximize labor use, moving seasonal workers to essential war jobs with safeguards on deferments and reclassification.
President Roosevelt, after Cairo Teheran conferences, stopped in Sicily to award Distinguished Service Crosses to Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark and five Fifth Army officers for heroic actions at the Salerno bridgehead. The ceremony occurred at Castiglve, as Roosevelt toured troops with Eisenhower and other Allied leaders.
The Balkans faces crisis as Bulgaria looms as a potential theater of the war. Air war intensifies in Germany with heavy American bombers and Mosquito raids. Italy repulses Nazi counterattacks while the Adriatic front yields ground toward Ortina shaping routes to Pescara and Chieti. Soviet forces renew the Kiev region offensive with tanks and troops, reclaiming villages west of Kiev and advancing near Dnieper bend. The Bulgaria situation darkens Nazi hold, with the government wavering under pressure and Allied bombs.
Chinese forces push Japanese from Panhingkigo near Changteh, advancing about 24 hours. They claim to have cleared a 13 mile arc northwest of Changteh and report heavy fighting around Ichang and Aeníang as Japanese units counterattack. Chinese high command cites poison gas use by Japan and says many of its officers and men were poisoned.
Fire at the Congress and Chestnut street complex caused water damage to two stores below the Arcadia theater. The blaze started from a smoldering cigarette butt, was discovered at 4 30 am, and three men extinguished it within ten minutes. Sprinkler water flooded merchandise on the first floor and basement but did not affect the Vaughan street side shops or the second floor apartment. Insurance is expected to cover losses with reopening planned this week.
Dr Win tsit Chan told nearly 300 Ports mouth Junior High attendees that civil war in China is unlikely after victory over Japan due to strong public opinion and Anglo American support. He warned inflation remains a domestic problem with rice prices wildly variable across districts, while noting Chinese communists have abandoned pure communism for personal ownership and basic needs.
A satirical New York column mocks Nazi threats to London, ridicules use of ships for sea power, and questions Allied leadership antics. It jests about Eleanor and Franklin away, Henry Wallace at the White House, and potential travel to Brenner Pass with Mussolini while lampooning postwar diplomacy.
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