20 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1930
Page
1
A fragmented OCR notice extols generosity and Christmas aid for the needy, emphasizing baskets with food and coal for cold days. It mentions adults and children receiving gifts, highlighting collective sacrifice and the joy of giving as its own reward.
About 3 am a foot motor fishing vessel named Ange Glouchester struck a submerged object 10 miles east of the Isles of Shoals. Four crewmen abandoned ship and rowed for Isles of Shoals Appledore Island reaching shore at 6 am. Coast Guard 279 recovered the men and towed them to Gloucester. Angelita valued around $6000 with no cargo.
Alfonzo Merge, 22, of Plymouth, was killed when a Emery wheel used in Fox building work broke during construction. He left a wife and young child. his father Harry Morse of Baconia, New York, survives. The incident follows a recent scaffold collapse that killed five and injured another, as workers fell through shattered planking at the Armory site.
Washington dispatch reports the Navy Department delayed submarine work at Portsmouth Navy Yard after talks with Senators Moses and Hale and Secretary Adams Fletcher Hale. The decision, tied to post holiday timing, involves an estimated additional cost around $20,000.
An OCR fragment reports Last Rites for Senator Greene of Vermont. The text is garbled but indicates funeral details at Greenwood with references to the senator’s life and passing. Named individuals and precise dates are unclear due to the damaged source.
fragmented early text reports Congress preparing for critical actions amid an emergency. unclear specifics include dates and entities.
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