14 Dec 1944
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
1
A jumbled, partial OCR of a wartime news page mixes scattered names, places, and phrases. It mentions war topics, political signals, and disjointed references to people, dates, and events, but the content is largely unreadable and lacks coherent detail.
Allied forces drive toward the Roer river with a two front assault as Hodacs and the Seventh Army press toward the Saar region. In the south French forces push north of Colmar while Russians tighten ring around Budapest and advance on Kassa and Kosice. Canadian units reach Laomone river bridges near Faenza in Italy amid counterattacks.
Legislative clerk Carl J. Fretwell sent letters urging members to submit bills before the January 3 opening. The notice lists Alfred L. Guay of Laconia and Corso H. Duncan of Jaffrey as the oldest expected members at 72 and 70, while Charles A. Ghandiey of Gorham at 82 will begin his seventh term and Robert Johnson of Northwood is viewed as the youngest at about 20s.
The Fortamouth city council will meet at city hall at 7:30 this evening to canvass the votes cast in Tuesday’s city election. The session aims to approve the WOMEN SHILLS measure as required by city energy policy. Members expect general business items to be discussed, marking the first session since last December.
The board conditionally approves a midweek second shift premium for workers in nine New England wooden and worsted mills. The decision mirrors the National War Labor Board ruling affecting the American Woolen Company and specifies the premium becomes effective on the ruling's effective date.
Cloudy and continued cold with high about 32 and low near 23 degrees. The entry merges The Times and The Herald and lists almanac details for Thursday December 1 1944 including sunrise at 804 am and high tide at 1240 pm.
Los Angeles December 14 attorneys aquarted of today for a new attck in the pre liminary to picking a jury for the Charlie Chaplin paternity trial. The defense faced awkward moments as the red-haired toddler cried, prompting her grandmother to carry her from the courtroom. Laat April Chaplin was acquitted of a federal mantel act indictment involving transporting Joan to and from New York for immoral purposes. In the present civil action she seeks to have Chaplin declared the father at Carol Ann.
Washington December 14 AP The Postwar World committee of the Catholic Association for International Peace rejects peacetime conscription as outdated. It calls for cooperation toward an international security organization and says universal peace time military service should be a last resort.
Robert M. Herrick was reelected to the city board of appraisers after correcting vote totals. An error reduced his ward one count from 480 to 418, boosting his five ward total to 2,290 from 2,223. He now places second among Tie publican candidates. Fred V. Hett was reelected to the board of street commissioners with the top total of 2,313 votes.
Reports from Leyte and Nagoya describe extensive air operations as B29s from India strike Thai targets and Hatsudoki factory at Nagoya. Japanese forces retreat under heavy pressure in Leyte and Kwangsi while Chinese troops advance toward Hochi Cheho.
ELAS forces center of Athens halted after 12 days of clashes with Greek and British troops. British authorities ban civilians from streets midday to 2 pm. British brigades secure three miles of central Athens and five square miles of Piraeus. terms demand ELAS evacuation of Athens and surrender of arms. PM Papandreou hosts talks with Gen. Scobie. ELAS radio calls Greeks to defend fatherland and take up arms.
Six youths identified as Greater Boston college students picketed the British consul general's office for an hour in a protest against Prime Minister Churchill's reactionary policy in Belgium, Italy and Greece. Two girl picketers described themselves as Japanese-Americans.
Melbourne Australia December 14 AP five more Japanese rear admirals were reported dead by the Japanese news agency Demei in a broadcast recorded by the Australian Department of Information. The tally since May reaches 79 with the new deaths Katsuji Makano Sabur Tshise Saburo Kondao Satoro Kubota and Goro Miyakawa.
Frederick O'Hearn aged 13 drowned in a clay pit after the ice broke while he and two companions skated on Hews Pottery Company ice. The boys formed a human chain in vain to rescue him, despite efforts of friends to save him.
Three administrators of the Vaillancourt estates sue the Atlantic Coast Line for 300000 in federal court. They allege negligence and unsafe operation after a passenger wreck near Lumberton, DC on December 26, 1943, killing Sgt Nelson J Vaillancourt, his wife Mary, and daughter Catherine Mary. About 70 people died and many were injured.
Harry L. Moore, superintendent of Portsmouth schools, announced all elementary schools will close tomorrow at 12:30 pm for Christmas holidays. Schools will reopen Tuesday, January 2.
Peter J. Hickey, postmaster, urged urgent cooperation as massive Christmas mail volume makes timely delivery unlikely. Outside New England, cards and packages should be mailed now, with New England mail postmarked by Saturday night and Teal deliveries by next Wednesday night at latest.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill faces continued attack over Britain’s Greece and Italy policy. He defends actions, notes Greek casualties this year and 460 plus, and discusses King Vittorio Emanuel with Count Sforza. Labor MPs press for clarity and accuse government of meddling while Churchill denies constitutional interference.
A House-Senate conference restored a provision exempting California's Central Valley from reclamation limits in federally funded irrigation projects. Interior Secretary Ickes opposed the change, signaling a bitter Senate showdown. Additional items include lifts on authorization for Sentee-Con garee and Clarks Hill projects, and no new action on St. Lawrence Seaway or other waterways. The controversy could delay final passage of the postwar rivers and harbors bill.
Eighteen ward election officials and board of registrars pleaded noto in municipal court this morning to failure to follow state primary laws in the July 1 Portsmouth primary. Seventeen defendants were fined $5 and costs of $4.70. City Councilman Samuel H. Birt was fined $5 and $4.70 on two counts, with fines suspended on costs.
Washington December 14 AP Republicans declare they will oppose President Roosevelts two nominations to the new three man Surplus War Property board. Former Gov Robert Hurley of Connecticut and Lt Col Edward Heller face confirmation despite administration confidence. Hurley and Heller linked to Narragansett Machine Co Pawtucket RI which had Navy equipment order troubles.
Rockingham county commissioners at Exeter voted to hire engineers and an architect to map postwar work at the Brentwood complex. They will study the pump house boiler room and pipelines and draft remodeling plans for the infirmary and related facilities including the house of correction county home sail hospital and Mitchell Memorial hospital.
Rome radio reported a serious diplomatic incident between Greece under Premier George Papandreou and Bulgaria. Greece protested to the Allied Armistice Commission in Sofia over Bulgarian arms supplied to rebel forces in Macedonia, as broadcast by the Federal Communications Commission.
The Portsmouth committee reports the Crippled Children and Handicapped Persons fund nears $2,000 as donations continue. those wishing to contribute may send gifts to Albert G. Hunt, treasurer.
Massachusetts road usage rose to 758,747 vehicles in the first eleven months, up 3,479 from 1943, per William Bartlett, registry statistician. Driving licenses issued reached 1,936,937, down 1.6 percent from 1943.
New York dispatch reports Florida’s winter race track revival near Miami despite a previous 1939 collapse after four days. The piece contrasts revived operations bringing profits with Hollywood’s betting scene near Los Angeles and a cinema colony where large $100 bets headline daily activity.
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