Bay State Joins Day Law Repeal In Prohibition Vote
Massachusetts voted to repeal the 18th amendment joining 11 states in repeal. Delegates chosen from 15 districts reported 441,195 pledged for repeal vs 98,844 for retention. no dry delegates elected. Gov Ely praised the result and said a constitutional convention would be called. Local wets won a sweeping license overturn, with New Ashford voting 100 percent wet.
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Associated Press
Boston
Massachusetts
Wyoming
Illinois
Tidiana
New York
New Jersey
Michigan
Rhode Island
Delaware
Wisconsin
Nevada
B. Ely
New Ashford
Berkshire
Four More Adhere To Tariff Truce At World Conference
June 14 London report that four more nations joined the tariff armistice, bringing to 19 the total pledging not to raise new trade barriers during the world economic conference. Netherlands Finland Denmark and Roumania were named. Neville Chamberlain urged settlement of wartime debts and reparations, a policy of cheap money, active credit use, and currency stabilization, endorsing the gold standard.
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Associated Press
London
Roosevelt
McDonald
Great Britain
Netherlands
Finland
Denmark
Roumania
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Three Hold Up Circus Pay Car Escapes With Cash
Three men held up Hagenback Wallace circus pay car at Millbourne station on the Pennsylvania railroad and escaped with 6000 to 7000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Hagenback- Wallace
Millbourne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Poems for Your Scrap Book author from this city
Stewart Everett Rowe writes The Flag We Love in The Boston Post under Poems for Your Scrap Book. The poem is timely for Flag Day. The piece notes Jimmy Hitchcock of Auburn, an All-American backfield star, will enter professional baseball after his college days end this summer.
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Stewart Everett Rowe
Boston Post
Jimmy Hitchcock
Auburn
Circus executive tied to shooting at fleeing workers
A man fired several shots at employees who tried to block their escape. William J. Cronin of Portsmouth New Hampshire is connected with the circus in an executive position.
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William J. Cronin
Portsmouth
N. H
Roosevelt replies to British war debt note
The Roosevelt administration handed the British embassy a prepared reply to a partial payment offer. Acting Secretary Phillips discussed the offer with President Roosevelt who indicated acceptance only as part of a pledge to treat it as a partial settlement toward the full $75,950,000 due.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Phillips
A. Preese-Penneteather
London
Great Britain
Fire at summer home of Jas Roosevelt at Little Boars Head
Fire swept the interior of the Roosevelt summer residence at Little Boar’s Head owned by Mrs Slater of Peloit as Rye Beach volunteers battled the blaze. The Roosevelts had just moved in the previous evening and much furniture was moved out by firemen and volunteers. Nearby stock market notes follow with mixed fractions and point moves in commodities and equities.
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Pines Roosevelt
Little Boar’s Head
Slater
Peloit
Roosevelt
Rye Beach
Stock Market Sparks Jump Amid Erratic Trading
The New York stock market showed erratic moves at 1:30 p m with traders and investors shaping buy and sell orders around domestic and foreign events. Early rebounds from yesterday's late rally carried into today’s session as buying and selling persisted.
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Associated Press
New York
Heavy sleeper awakes broke in Waterville burglary
Frank Wideau of Fairfield reported $160 missing after his Fairfield home was broken into by removing a kitchen window screen. Sheriff Prosper S Gallant investigates the burglary as Wideau woke up to discover he had been robbed.
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Waterville
Frank Wideau
Fairfield
Prosper
S. Gallant
Flag Day Exercises to Honor Patriot Groups in Portsmouth
Portsmouth Lodge No. 97 BPOE and allied organizations plan Flag Day programs at South Playgrounds next Sunday afternoon with former mayor F. W. Hartford presiding. Chaplain William Williams USN will deliver the Day address, Ralph G. McCarthy will give the flag tribute, and a parade from the Elks Home to Market Square will precede the exercises. Participants include Elks, American Legion posts, Veterans groups, Boy and Girl Scouts, and allied societies. The parade departs at 2 o'clock.
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Portsmouth
BPOE
Frank EF
Booma Post
American Legion
South
F. W. Hartford
William Williams
USN
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Ralph G. McCarthy
Market Square
Congress
Islington
Cabot
Austin Street
Richards Avenue
Parrott Avenue
Elks
Portsmouth Votes on 18th Amendment Time Change
Citizens in Portsmouth will vote on the 18th Amendment on Tuesday. Polling hours vary by time zone, with Eastern Standard Time 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. as required by law, and daylight time affecting local hours to 11 p.m. to 8 p.m. in each ward.
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Portsmouth
Mattern Back at Khabarisk After Flight Reversal
Moscow reports aviator Jimmie Mattern reversed his globe girdling route and landed at Khabarovsk eight hours five minutes after departure from Nome Alaska. No reason given for the sudden turn, but stout headwinds and heavy weather were presumed to hinder safe continuation to Nome.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Jimmie Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberian
Alaska
Mat‘tern
Nome
Navy plans for new ships ready for quick start
Washington June 14 The navy plans 32 new ships including at least one class never before launched and ready for a quick start on construction. The first installment of 46 million dollars funds a three year 230 million building program with designers to be ready for forwarding contracts in two to three months. The ships include 20 destroyers four submarines two aircraft carriers and four six to ten thousand ton cruisers. one or more cruisers may be hybrid half cruiser and half airplane carrier.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Rlang
Ficials
Hull urges world economic conference to oppose economic nationalism
London June 14 Sec Hull outlines a nine point plan at the World Economic Conference urging removal of trade barriers adoption of a permanent international monetary standard and freer foreign exchange while avoiding concrete American proposals. He emphasizes balance sheet reform and cautions against bias amid criticism of the American war debt policy.
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Associated Press
London
Sec
Cordell Hull
World Economic Conference
Rae
Hull
France
Italy
Britain
Japan
Supt Moore Re-Elected At City Hall Meeting
Supt Harry L. Moore was re elected for another year at the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Instruction held in City Hall. Mayor Pickering presided with members present including Hoyt Jones Peyser Redden Tilton Toner and Warren. Bills totaling 714.58 were approved. Discussion covered diphtheria clinics by the State Board of Health and staff plans for next year. The Portsmouth Training School entering class was limited to six due to a surplus of teachers.
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Harry L. Moore
Board of Instruction
City Hall
A. Pickering
Maj
C.b. Hoyt
Rev. .W.S. Jones
Harry M. Peyser
Alvin Redden
Henry B. Tilton
J. W. Toner
Gladys I. Warren
State Board of Health
Portsmouth Training School
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