Outlook for 1941 Defense Driven Economic Rise
Washington forecasts a record year 1941 driven by defense production with the first half flat and a June influx of new plant capacity. Exports fall in farm products but rise overall, aided by British orders. domestic demand strengthens with defense spending spreading beyond industrial hubs. Retail sales surge in major cities as industrial activity hits peak.
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Washington
England
Federal Reserve Board
Almanac note for December 20 1841 in standard time
The Day's Almanac lists times for tomorrow including sunrise at 7.19 am and a high tide at 12.15 am, with references to continued coverage on Page Eight. The entry reflects 1841 December conventions and time notation.
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Mon
Associated Press
Today’s Herald Amusements Page Highlights
A compact notice page from the Herald presents cartoons classifieds comics and puzzles alongside brief personal mentions and community notices. Readers find features from Amusements to Womans Page and local public forums across town.
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Paezid Durham Editorial
Exeter Funerals Gleanings
Hampton
Hampton Falls
Kittery
Kittery Point
Legal Notices
Listen World
Newfields
Newington North Hampton Paying New Snylar
Public Forum
Radio Are Sports Weddings
Womans
Seabrook
London Bombing Inferno Partly Blamed on Nazi Attack
British government calls the raid a deliberate attempt to burn the city while warplanes retaliated against targets in Germany and Naples. The assault cut water pressure, damaged historic sites along Fleet Street and the Thames, and killed several as fires raged across London.
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Germany
London
Naples
Thaly
Mussolini
Bridge Approach Deals Told In City Agreements Report
Portsmouth board to hear Nat S. Stevens report detailing transactions among John Tafolla Construction Co, Maine New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority, and City of Portsmouth. Agreement pays $6,000 to the city for land claims release and covers costs for water and sewer changes, hydrant work, and related liabilities with the authority bearing certain major costs.
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John ‘Tafolla Construction Co
Maine New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority
City of
Portsmouth
Shreets
Nat S. Stevens
ARTES
Middle Road
Islington Street
Franklin
John Jafolla Construction Co
Stevens
City Water Department
Will Pay Tribute To James Mahoney At Banquet Tonight
James B. Mahoney receives a joint testimonial banquet from Portsmouth lodge of Elks and Frank E. Booma post No 6 American Legion at the Elks Club tonight. He departs Friday for Washington to serve as a marine engineer in the Bureau of Ships, overseeing diesel engine layouts for new Navy projects. Born May 5 1895 in Portsmouth, son of James and Mary Heeney Mahoney, he attended St. Patrick's.
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Portsmouth
Lodge of Elks
Frank E. Booma
American Legion
Elks Grit Room
Mahoney
Washington, D
Bureau of Ships
Washington
Mr. Mahoney
Fortsmouth
James and
Mary
Heeney) Mahoney
St. Patrick's
New Officers To Arrive At Fort Constitution
Between now and February 5, Fort Constitution will receive 24 new officers. Col Walter K Dunn USA will assume command January 6 due to a delayed army transport from the Philippines. About 17 of the officers are New Englanders, with reserves called to active duty. Four reserves come from the Third Corps area Virginia and Pennsylvania, while two are regular officers.
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Fort Constitution
Walter K. Dunn
USA
Fort
New Zee
Philippine Islands
New
Lack Of Funds May Close Hoop League
The 1940-41 amateur basketball league may fold after tonight's games unless the alumni association gets funds from the city council or the Board of Education. Secretary-treasurer Reginald Reed says only four rounds of 13 have been completed and the $60 entry fees for six teams have been spent. The league pays $20 a night for the gym, making profit unlikely. a cancellation would mark the first such occurrence in four years.
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Eiter
Board of Education
Reginald Reed
Reed
Woman Struck Injured by Car in Portsmouth
Blanche LeBoureve, 43, of 767 Woodbury Avenue, suffered a broken leg after being struck on Woodbury Avenue about 150 feet from the Route 1 by-pass by a car driven by Guile H. Ford of Concord Way, Portsmouth. Ford said he skidded on the icy road while attempting to brake and struck the woman while still trying to stop.
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Blanche LeBoureve
Woodbury Avenue
Guile H. Ford
Concord Way
Portsmouth
Route 1
Ford
Has All His Teeth For 60th Anniversary
Epoom Dec 30 AP Mr and Mrs Anson By Cass will observe their 60th wedding anniversary on New Year's Day. Mr Cass said he has never lost his second teeth and cannot recall ever visiting a dentist.
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Epoom
Anson
Cass
Six Die In Fire At Easton Me
Easton Maine December 30 Six persons died in a wooden building fire at 4 30 am five of them sisters five Smith children Doreen Marie Carlene Irma and Linda and the Smiths two survivors Mrs Davenport 19 a maid and the Smiths son James 11 The cause was not yet determined The property belonged to C L Landers Three others escaped helped by neighbors
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Smith
James
Smiths
Rackliff
C. L. Landers
Frank E Hodgdon Dies Grocer in City After 43 Years
Frank E Hodgdon long time Portsmouth grocer and junior partner in White and Hodgdon died early this morning after 43 years in the city. Born September 25 1860 he came to Portsmouth at 17, worked for John Rider, then formed White and Hodgdon in 1880s. Survived by wife Mrs W Merle Hodgdon two sons Gardner and Kenneth Hodgdon and sister Mrs Arthur Cox. He was a member of Damon Lodge K of P and Crystal Temple Pythian Sisters.
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Frank
Hodgdon
White and Hodgdon
George E
Ruth A. (Pease) Hodgdon
Portsmouth
John Rider
William “H. White
White
Taken Us
Damon Lodge
K .Af P
Crystal Temple Pythian
Arthur C. Cox
Elty
Battery D Sends Portsmouth Troops to Texas for Camp Hulen
Battery D of the 197th coast artillery departs Portsmouth by train at 10 12 this morning for Camp Hulen Texas with 220 officers and men. The unit includes soldiers from Keene Nashua Berlin Dover Laconia Fr ankhiy Clare mont Newport Concord and Portsmouth and lists 29 Portsmouth men returning from a Christmas furlough.
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Battery D
Boston
Camp Hulen
Tex
197Th Coast Artillery
Keene
Nashua
Berlin
Dover
Laconia
Prankihy
Claremont
Newport
Concord
Corp
Theodore Zeidman
Sherman Remick
Victor Burke
Boucher
Willan Wood
Greenwood
Gayette
Brewster
Richard Parsons
Herbert Erickson
Joan Erickson
Francis Hughes
Philip. Haneon
Letel
Philip McWillams
Richard Hersey
Richard Ham
Henry Trinsky
Roscoe Downs
Eugene Rizzo
Ransom Careron
Charles Watkins
Shaw
Willam Fernald
Herbert Holt
Ports mouth to debate well project with Lauman and city
Tonight at 7 30 p m city hall H W Lauman & Co New York contractors discuss a supplementary agreement for the driven wells project with the Board of Street Commissioners. Paul Howard of Woitman & Howard engineers for the city will attend.
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H. W. Lauman & Co
New York
Portsmouth
City Hall
H. 3. Lauman
Board of Street Commissioners
Paul Howard
Woitman & Howard
Navy lieutenant reports for active duty at Portsmouth Yard
Lieutenant Knerr from Newport News Virginia, a reserve officer in the United States Navy, has reported to the Portsmouth Navy Yard for active duty.
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HK. S. Knerra J. G
United States Navy
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Knerr
Newport News
Senators Believe Britain Will Get More Than 50-50
Washington reports that President Roosevelt indicated U S experts would decide how best to use armament production to defend the hemisphere. Views grew that the existing 50-60 aid rule might rise, with Austin L. Diaz saying the president left the administration free to set the U S share for Britain based on overall military needs.
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Britain
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
U. S
Lees
Austin R-Vis
Great Britain
Reaction To Talk Pleases FDR
President Roosevelt was described as tremendously pleased by the defense address urging national unity and a wartime like emergency. White House secretary Stephen Early said leaders from both parties praised the speech and that supporters outweighed detractors by about 100 to one, with greater overall response than any prior address.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Blood To Keep Medical Practice In Concord
Governor elect Robert Blood says he will keep his medical practice while serving as chief executive, devoting late morning hours to state house. Former governors Wi nant and Bridges made the office full time. Murp hy previously worked part time. Legislators and officials prepare caucuses to ballot on attaches and nominees for secretary of state and state treasurer. Republicans hold a majority in both chambers and are favored in Wednesday formal voting.
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Concord
Robert
Blood
State House
John G. Winant
Styles Bridges
Murphy
House
Senate
Scientist bets 5 to 2 on more quakes
State College, Pa. 30 (AP) Recent earth shocks in the New England and Southern Appalachian regions will recur during the first week of January, said Dr. Helmut Landsberg, geophysicist at Pennsylvania State College. He bets five to two that the shocks will be felt again, but they probably would not be any more severe than those of the past week.
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State College
New England
Appalachian
Helmut Landsberg
Pennsylvania State College
Warnings On Drunk Driving For New Year Eve
Motor Vehicle Commissioner John F. Griffin and Col. George Colbeth of the state police issued warnings against drunken driving for New Year’s Eve. Troopers have been ordered on extra duty, Col. Colbath said, in Concord.
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Concord
John F. Griffin
George Colbeth
State Police
Col Colbath
Year end forecast in wartime headlines from a New York report
A December 30 forecast predicts Berlin bombers will convert hospitals, with FDR likely to reveal fireside data in May. the Chinese army is not expected to advance against Japan. Mussolini’s forces are tired of hide and seek. Stalin remains at his Kremlin desk for another year of pipe dreams and policy.
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Nagi
FDR
Musso
Joe Stalin
Kremlin
Weather Mix Harsh On Aoe Man At Garvin Falls
A humorously chaotic weather report describes a man recovering from a weekend, mixing rain lightning thunder and hailstones in a cocktail of elements. Rising streams flood the Merrimack river near Con cord with the level climbing three feet over a dam at Garvin's Falls in the state.
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Garvin's Falls
Concord
Merrimack
1941 Predicted As Prosperous Year For New England
AP reports New England business leaders foresees a prosperous 1941 across six states as defense orders boost shipbuilding machine tools airplanes engines and textiles. Executives from manufacturing banking farming railroads and retail expect higher employment and payrolls though higher taxes and costs may curb profits. Purchasing power of labor is expected to rise, providing a stimulus to the regional economy.
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Botton
New England
Austin Advocates Taxation To Stop Limits For Defense
Washington dispatch reports Senator Austin R-Vtd urging taxation to fund national defense while cautioning there is a limit beyond which tax hikes reduce incentives. He favors the gold standard for international trade and says Congress should protect citizens' living standards and find where tax rates should stop.
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Washington
Congress
Austin R-Vtd
Senate
Hold Chicago Mar On Theft Charge
Manchester, Dec. 20 (AP) A Chicago man, Thomas Jefferson DeBord, 42, is held at the county jail awaiting federal arraignment on interstate transport of a stolen car under the Dyer Act. He allegedly stole an automobile owned by Mrs Edith Bushnell in Salem and was arrested by Chicago police for the FBI before being surrendered to a U.S. marshal and turned over to the jailer.
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Manichester
Chicago
Thomas Jefferson DeBord
U.S
Alexander Murchie
DeBore
Edith
Bushnell Om
Salem
Murchie
FBI
U. S
Thomas O'Brien
Report Urges Curb on NLRB Power
The final report of a House committee recommends stripping the National Labor Relations Board of power to block defense production. The panel, backing Representatives South, Halleck, and Routzau, calls for firing employees with a "leftist philosophy" and criticizes efforts to classify Wagner Act violators as ineligible for government contracts.
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Washington
National Labor Board
House
South
D-Va
Halleck
Rind
Routzam
R-Ohio
Axis reaction to Roosevelt fireside chat across major nations
World response to President Roosevelt's radio address was mixed with Britain praising the call for aid to Britain and to defeat Germany while Rome warned of potential U S intervention. Italian and Vichy circles downplayed the speech, signaling cautious Axis wait and skepticism about immediate U S action.
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Roosevelt
Britain
Germany
London
Rome
United States
Vichy
Berlin
Hitler
Great Britain
France
What Is Your Opinion Regarding Aid To Britain
The Ports mouth Herald presents a public ballot on aid to Britain urging readers to express their views. Roosevelt backs aid to Britain but opinions vary from full support without war to no aid, plus calls to strengthen defenses. Ballots are published for tabulation by elected representatives in congress.
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United States
Britain
Roosevelt
The
Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth
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