Britain Aid Debate Signals New Defense Funding Split
Congress weighs tying Britain aid to defense funding with ships and ammunition, possibly placing it alongside deficiency funds. White House explores options including Johnson era amendments, while Midwestern senators push for a historic stand. Hemispheric defense measures and old Hull reciprocity trade return as broader policy debates unfold.
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Britain
White House
Snethod
Norram
Hull
Mid-West Farm
Electon
Argentina
Almanac style lapsed entry with scattered data
Fragmentary almanac note lists daylight times and prices with unclear context. Mentions Page Nine and Bee, a 98th reference, and a few timed phrases. Data is garbled, offering little cohesive event or person names to anchor a fuller summary.
Local Herald Classified Fragments Amid Odd Headlines
Fragmented OCR reads like a noisy classified page with names and stray phrases. The readable bits mention places such as Kittery Point Newfields and New England locales alongside garbled terms. No clear event or person emerges.
Eden New Foreign Secretary Takes Post Amid Speaking of New Diplomacy
London December 23 AP Anthony Eden assumed the foreign secretaryship in a swift cabinet shift. Some neutral sources foresee a tougher British diplomacy and possibly warmer ties with Soviet Russia. Halifax, shifting to ambassador to Washington early next year, will rest in northern England before leaving his post. Eden succeeds Halifax who had guided policy through appeasement debates and wartime stress.
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London
Anthony Eden
Russia
Lord Halifax
Nort
England
Washington
Eden
Halifax
Churchill
Chamberlain
Nazis Pour Troops Into Rumania Frontier
German forces crossed into Rumania on December 28 with full war gear to reinforce divisions and guard oil wells. Rumanians say the move is part of a corps to instruct the Romanian army, while observers note over 100000 German troops already in the country.
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Lokushaza
Hungary
Rumania
Bortier
Rumsnis
Reich
Battery D Boys Arrive In Boston On Christmas Leave
Members of Battery D, 197th artillery from Portsmouth will reach Boston tonight around 9 05 p m on Christmas leave from Camp Hulen Texas. The exact headcount isn t known but is believed to be ai store or more from Portsmouth. Several have wired families to meet them in Boston and drive home. Others are expected to arrive on the Streamliner at 2 44 a m with some staying in Boston tonight and returning here tomorrow.
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197Th Boast Artillery
Portsmouth
Boston
Camp Hulen
Texas
Itas
Chief Abandons Search For Pilot
Las Vegas Nevada dispatch reports the disappearance of pilot Bud Hussey aboard a North American Aviation training plane bound for the Canadian Royal Air Force from Palm Desert California. The air search was stopped overnight and 12 remaining ships prepared to resume the journey to Montreal.
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Las Veens
Nev
Bud Hussey
North American Aviation,Inc
Royal Airrorse
California
He Oregt
Palmdale
Calif
Hussey
Montreal
North American
Paul Balfour
John Dearborn Dies After Newark Motor Accident
News from New Jersey reports the death in Newark of John Dearborn age 47 of Lafayette Road following a motor accident at St Joseph's Hospital. A Gardner Maine native, he had lived in Maine before moving to Portsmouth and then Newark for work. Survivors include his widow Ernestine McAlpine Dearborn, son Arthur of Bangor Maine, his father, two sisters, and a brother.
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Newark
N. J
John, Dearborn
Lafayette Road
St. Joseph's Hospital
Gardner
Maine
Portsmouth
Ernestine McAlpine Dearborn
Arthur
Bangor
May Close Memorial Bridge For Repairs
Local State Highway office warns a possible closure of the Memorial bridge to highway traffic for repairs though efforts aim to stop movement of the sheaves on the towers. Dowels are planned to immobilize the wheels, with repairs likely to delay water channel openings.
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State Highway Department
Memorial Bridge
Ralph L. Kimball
Mgr. Kimball
Kittery Tower
Christmas Light Awards Are Made
The Portsmouth Garden Club issued awards for decorative Christmas displays with 24 entries. Carl Schulta of 293 Rockland Street won first prize for the most effectively lighted house, Bernice D. Macintyre of 74 Sagamore Avenue earned second prize, while Dr. W. County of Pinehurst, Franky Builder, and Jeremiah J. Lynes of Pinehurst received honorable mentions. Class two offered prints to winners.
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Orient
Farmand
Esterday
Portsmouth
Bis
Carl Schulta
Rockland Street
Bernice D. Macintyre
Sagamore Avenue
Dr. W. County of
Robert W Daniel Dies In Virginia
Robert William Daniel, longtime York summer resident, died December 20 in Richmond Virginia at age 56. Active in Yorks summer colony he lived in The Orchard near Rices bridge and served as president of York Harbor Reading room and a York county club director. Daniel who survived the Titanic disaster had been a Virginia senator a financier and horseman. He leaves his third wife Mrs Charles Bemis Daniel and a son Robert W Daniel Jr.
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Robert William Daniel
York
Richmond
Daniel
the Orchard
Rice's Bridge
York Harbor
York County Club
Virginia
Charles ' Bemis Daniel
Robert W. Daniel
Flanders Urges Defense Focus Over Private Business
Ralph E. Flanders head of the New England council urged industries to forget private business for the moment and support the National Defense program. The Vermont tool maker said air craft shipbuilding and machine tools must expand rapidly with only production limits, addressing more than 2 200 industrial groups. He warned that lingering attitudes of avoiding change threaten New England business workers and the rational defense effort.
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Boston
Gee
Ralph E. Flanders
The
New England Council
Anc
Flanders
Vermont
Ttal
New England
Death Takes Samuel Copeland
The death of Samuel Copeland of Washington D C occurred yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Faichardson 56 Hancock Street. Mr Copeland was a veteran of the Spanish American War the Philippine Insurrection and World War One. He was 77 years of age.
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Samuel Copeland
Washington, D. C
Kenneth Faichardson
Hancock Street
Copeland
Blood To Slice State Budget In New Hampshire
Concord December 23 APIM Gov elect Robert O Blood poised to cut state budget requests from 11 million to about 3 million for the next two fiscal years. He takes office January 2 as legislature convenes and backs a short session. Proposals include branch banks merit system for state employees and personnel cuts at the Liquor Commission. Attorney General Bowen consults Federal officials on a state guard replacing the national guard.
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Concord
Robert O. Blgod
State Department
Dr. Blood
New Hampshire
Blood
State Liquor Commission
South Playground Skating Awaits New Budget
The municipal tennis courts popular with youngsters last year must await Street Department funding. Superintendent Nate Stevens said costs for spraying the courts and upkeep totaled about $800 last year and no funds will be available until after the year’s end.
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Stevens
Mrs Florence Bowles Dodge Dies in Kittery Hospital
Mrs Florence Bowles Dodge widow of Samuel Dodge died yesterday morning at Chapman hospital Kittery. She was born in Portsmouth July 21, 1851, daughter of James Bowles and Susan F Rowe, descendant of Jacob Sheale. Survived by three cousins Mrs Annie Litvefield Stratham Albert J Rowe and Horace L Rowe of this city.
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Florence Bowles Dodge
Samuel Dodge
Chapman Hospital
Kittery
Dodge
Portsmouth
James and
Susan F. (Rowe) Bowles
Jacob Sheale
Annie Litvefield
Stratham
Albert J
Horace L. Rowe
Street Commissioners Meet Today at City Hall
The board of Street Commissioners will hold a 5 p.m. meeting at City Hall to transact routine business. Commissioners elect Fred V. Hetter and Mayor elect Stewart Rowe have been invited to attend.
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Board of Street Commissioners
St City Hell
Fred V. Hett
Stewart
Rowe
Raiders Take Heavy Toll In Large Industrial Center
In Santa Claus Indiana a Christmas rush overwhelmed the small post office. Postmaster Oscar Philipps and his daughter Odessa labored long hours to process cards letters and packages arriving from across the United States and abroad for Santa Claus postal handling and forwarding before Christmas Day.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Aline Martin
Oscar Philipps
Philipps
Odessa
United States
Sania Cialis
Four Midnight Services Planned On Christmas Eve
Four midnight services are scheduled in the city for Christmas Eve. At 11:15 an organ recital precedes the 12 oclock Mass at St Johns Church. A 11:30 universalist church service will be entirely musical featuring The Virgin's Gracious Hymn by Professor Robert W Manton. Soloists include Rev Arthur Rouner Ruth Price Marshall and others.
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St. John’s Church
Universalist Church
Robert W. Manton
University of New Hampshire
Arthur Roune
Improvement Of Dangerous Intersection Near Marcy Pleasant Streets
Plans to start improvement of the dangerous intersection at Marcy Pleasant and South Mill within weeks proceed. The city moved to purchase the Harmon property and resolve the Woods land needed to straighten the street. City Council delayed, then considered liability bonds for tearing down the structure. A council committee negotiates with Mrs Woods to secure necessary land and store relocation.
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Portsmouth Herald
Marcy
Pleasant
South Mill Streets
Harmon
Marcy, Pleasant
William H. Palfrey
Ward Four
Goldsmith
Woods
Katherine G. Woods
First National
Counc
Chendler, Hersey and Schiegel
Churchill appeals Italians to topple Mussolini in wartime address
London reports Churchill urges Italian people to remove Mussolini and vows to tear their empire apart if war continues. German raids devastate Manchester as Greece captures Chimara after 15 days of North Africa fighting. 20 000 Italian troops trapped at Bardia face renewed pressure. Nazi air forces blitz Manchester and targets London and other cities while RAF strikes Mannheim.
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Churchill
Mussolini
Associated Press
North England
Manchester
Greece
Chimara
North Africa
Bardia
Libya
Desert Post
Egypt
Rodolfo Graziani
Verona
Adolf Hitler
Salar
Strom
Bristol
Liverpool
Southampton
Portsmouth
RAF
Germany
Mannheim
CAA Student’s Illegal Turn Causes Fatal Plane Crash
Warwick Rhode Island December 23 An airplane crash at Hillsgrove State airport killed CAA student pilot Gilbert Kornstein 19 of Woonsocket and injured Millard McInnis 26 of Barrington Both trained under the CAA program State airport chief Willard Fletcher blamed an unauthorized 360 degree turn by Kornstein noting McInnis had already turned 180 degrees The planes could not see each other and McInnis’ propeller clipped Kornstein’s craft with devastating results The left wing of McInnis’ plane struck a tree and the craft crashed 75 feet from a house
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Warwick
R. I
CAA
Willard Fletcher
State Division of Airports
Hornstein
McInnis
Fletcher
White Buckets War Fares Against Loans Legislation
William Allen White, Kansas editor and head of the Committee to Defend America, says his group only aims to keep the nation out of war. He opposes repealing the Johnson act banning loans to debt defaulting nations and dismisses convoys as a “silly thing,” arguing no shooting now or ever.
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New York
William Allen White
Kansas
Committee
America
Scripps&Howard
Alliance Today
Roy W. Howard
New York World-Telegram
White
Low Watch
Four Marines Fined in Local Court for Disorderly Conduct
Four United States Marines faced municipal court this morning on a disorderly conduct charge. They were accused of removing electric light bulbs from Christmas trees on Congress Street. Each Marine received a $5 fine plus $8.94 in costs. Named arraignees were Thomas B. Butt, Paul Arpini, Carl C. Carlucet, and Frank R. J. Clark.
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United States Marine Corps
Congress Street
Thomas 2B. Butt
Paul Arpini
Carl C. Carlucet
Frank RJ. Clark
York Garden Club Awards First Prize To Mrs Blaisdell
York Village resident Mrs Blaisdell won first prize in the York Garden club decorated doorways contest. Second went to Mrs Samuel S Thompson of York Harbor, with first honorable mention to Mrs B Allen Moulton of York Village and second to Mrs Powers Dunn of Mill Dam road. Mr and Mrs Albion K Plaisted of York Corner earned third. Judges were Mrs Peter Toenncten, Mrs Robert Hutton of Elliot Garden club, and Victor Amee of KitteryGarden club, assessing originality Christmas spirit beauty and balance.
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Redmond C. Bleisdell
York Village
York Garden Club
Samuel S. ‘Thompson
York Harbor
B. Allen Moulton
Powers Dunn
Mill Dam Road
Albion K. Plaisted
York Corner
Peter Toenncten
Robert Hutton
Elliot Garden Club
Victor Amee
The
Kittery, Garden Club
Mussolini a Nuisance but Key to World Bottlenecks
In New York, December 23, a witty column compares Mussolini to Julius Caesar noting his bald head and diminishing wartime value. The piece argues Gibraltar and the Suez Canal remain critical bottlenecks with Mussolini in the middle, mocks Nazi collaboration, and frames wartime strategic dynamics as a tense checker game.
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Il Duce
Julius Caesar
Julius
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Mussolini
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