04 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1943
Page
1
A garbled wartime record notes government figures shaping coal labor conflict. It mentions a secretary and a president’s call for a special session to address controversy, with implied actions affecting fuel supplies and public policy during the period.
The War Today bulletin notes rising alarms of possible Mediterranean invasions. Reports mention convoys moving toward the region and Allied fleets preparing operations to seize Pantelleria and nearby islands. Malta remains a key base, with shelling ongoing and strategic moves shaping a potential Sicily offensive.
Allied warships bombarded Pantelleria harbor and shore on Wednesday night and dawn yesterday as part of a fifth straight day of attacks on the Italian fortress. British and Creeks destroyers also struck an Axis convoy off Capo Spartivento, while Axis broadcasts claim imminent Fascist fleet action despite no sign of Italian response from their ports.
The Portsmouth rationing board has expanded from three members in January 1942 to a board of 12 volunteers with 13 commodities rationed and maximum prices set. Originally housed in Rockingham County court house, the office moved to Fleet street after outgrowing its former headquarters. The board added staff as sugar rationing joined duties, with a second clerk hired in May 1942.
New Hampshire salvage drives households to save waste fats for explosives supply. Emile J. Soucy heads the effort urging every family to save one pound monthly, aiming for 113000 pounds per month statewide. April totals lag behind Maine and Vermont. grocers pay four cents per pound, renderers pay five.
The State Health department announced a 50 cent fee for issuing birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificates. Payment must be deposited before file search begins, under the vital statistics law. City and town clerks may also charge the same amount for vital statistics records.
Chinese forces after advancing 20 miles in three days smashed into the Yangtze port Itu 23 miles below Ichang and fought fierce street battles with Japanese garrison. Japanese retreating from Changyang tried to cross the Yangtze after a Chinese rout, while Chinese and Allied planes bombed retreating units and ships at Itu.
Boston June 4 AP Indictments against Police Commissioner Joseph Timilty and six other Boston police officials for conspiracy to permit gambling were ordered quashed by Superior Court Judge James J Donnelly.
New dimout regulations effective June 1, promulgated by the army for New England, became law in New Hampshire this week when signed by Gov. Robert O. Blood. Local police gain enforceable powers and courts may punish violators statewide.
President Roosevelt said the understanding between him and Premier Joseph Stalin is excellent. He commented at a press conference on the return of special emissary Joseph E. Davies from Moscow and on the reply to Davies letter.
Prospects of an early international conference on relief following the United Nations Food conference formed the dominant topic among food Darley delegates as they departed for home at Hot Springs Virginia. Montreal and Washington were mentioned as possible sites for the relief parley.
Washington June 4 The nations 500000 striking coal miners face a choice to obey President Roosevelt's order to return to work by Monday or continue striking amid the union’s long refusal to mine without a contract with operators.
Concord New Hampshire June 4 AP Mrs Ellea C Nelson secretary of the New Hampshire Communist party says the coal miners strike is a victory for Hitler if Lewis keeps the mines closed even briefly She asserts the working class and its unions will back President Roosevelt to ensure uninterrupted production and orderly labor relations The piece notes idle mine communities wary of the four day window before actions by Congress and possible government troop involvement Meanwhile John L Lewis notes he did not order the walkout and few Pittsburgh area miners would return without his orders
Revolutionary troops moved toward the heart of neutral Argentina advancing in columns about four miles from the government house. President Ramon Castillo named Gen. Rodolfo Marquez as superior commander of Argentine forces of repression amid a military movement centered at Campo de Mayo, 15 miles from the capital. Police said the nationalist character was unclear and the army held the situation.
Algiers report says Gen. Charles de Gaulle and Gen. Henri Giraud reached a compromise. Giraud remains commander in chief but concedes several high officers to Fighting French leaders Paul le Gentilhomme Eduard Rene de Larminat and Marie Louis Koenig. Giraud’s role would be headquarters only, with no field command.
Educational civic and social service leaders met at the USC club in Portsmouth to hear Miss Dorothy Richardson discuss juvenile delinquency. Introduced by Mrs. M. Isabelle Briskay, Richardson outlined effective approaches as consultant for the USC division of the YWCA.
In New York on June 4 Secretary Ickes promotes eating fish long spurned by Americans. The piece mocks his campaign, arguing people prefer familiar seafood like mackerel, haddock, and cod over whale steak or seahorse. It notes spring salmon and trout remain at risk in streams.
A Portsmouth Navy yard sailor, Eugene A. Knocke F2c, was found guilty in municipal court of assault on Ruth R. Smith and Anne Beatrice Lanne. He allegedly grabbed, kissed, and choked the two women on Islington Street between 9:30 and 9:45 pm, threatening to choke them to death.
Local salvage committee member Frank W. Hollis laments idle scrap stored in cellars attics garages and barns. He says the material should be pressed into planes guns shells tanks and ships to fight Germans and Japs. Continued on Page Two.
Plots of land on New Castle avenue Victory garden will be distributed tonight at 6 30. Desiring sections and those who already applied should attend at the garden near the first bridge to New Castle. Hartford lot plowed. Flynn field still wet but will be readied soon.
London reports Aeroplane magazine tallies show 13 744 Axis planes destroyed since start of war excluding Russian front and Pacific losses. Allied losses total 9 358. British Information Service notes American squadrons in the British Isles have destroyed 914 Axis planes since the U S entry into war.
A humorous and biting column notes beef prices rising 37 percent in the open market not the stock exchange. It jokes about butcher shop displays and hunger, with satirical lines on politics and food insecurity while wryly blaming brains for high prices.
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