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Portsmouth Herald

Location

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1943

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Moberly-Bring Bride Orth Carolina Event

Fragmented OCR note details a local wedding event with mentions of Mrs Albert Atging and Mary o Frey. Vague references to Portsmouth and a matron, with unclear names and roles. The piece reads as a garbled social item with limited readable facts.

John Norton Atkins Theie Mars Thatiehiter Mary O Frey Shin Oe Ghanlay Portsmouth H Paul's Tor Bride Rey Albert Atging Revep Hon

Untitled fragment on prices and labeling

Fragmentary note lists prices per pound for potatoes and related trade terms. Faded text mentions cultrorata and carmiin with unclear references to measurement and handling, plus a stray line about hanging a wall and a vendor or broker.

Drafting fathers may be delayed to October 1

Washington June 15 AP a possibility that the drafting of fathers may be delayed until around October 1 was indicated by Selective Service officials today as they moved to speed the induction of 18 25 year old childless men now deferred on occupational grounds. This effort to hold up the fathers draft beyond August 1 was disclosed in instructions on employers schedules covering occupational deferments.

Washington Selective Service Bolse Navy

Enemy Warns of Massive Allied Sea Assault in Headlines

Allied fleets massing for major sea attack, German front pounded by fourth night of RAF bombing in Ruhr. Oberhausen targeted while railways and airfields behind invasion coast hit. Mediterranean reports claim Allied ships massing in Sicilian straits amid heavy Axis air attacks. confirmation awaited. Nazis claim barges sunk near Pantelleria and in Bizerte harbor.

Associated Press Germany RAF Ruhr Air Ministry Oberhausen Rhine Cologne Holland France Mediterranean Sicilian Europe Dne Pantelleria Berlin Bizerte

The War Today Reveals Global Tensions and Propaganda

Fragmentary war era text by Mian To critiques Allied and Axis actions, U.N. stance, and wartime rhetoric. It mentions Britain’s resistance, German advances, and aerial bombing debates, with scattered references to nations, places, and wartime figures, presented as a mixed, journal-style observation.

Navy Promises More Bad News For Japs

Washington reports that the Navy will reveal further Japanese losses after press notes show 12 more Japanese ships sunk or damaged by U S submarines. Secretary Frank Knox said eight American submarines have been replaced many times over as the war in the Pacific continues with sea and air attacks. He declined to forecast when large scale combat might end.

Associsen Washington Navy Frank Knox United States Pacific Knox

Stilwell Sees Tough Job To Crush Japan

Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell returning to the China front from Washington strategy talks said we have a hell of a hard job ahead to crush Japan yet the Allies are determined to begin rolling soon. He told reporters in Chungking that China was thoroughly considered and her needs examined at length during Roosevelt Churchill conferences with Allied leaders.

Associated Press Joseph W. Stilwell China

Stearns Denies Reelection Bid Report

Congressman Foster Stearns of Hancock, NH, denies a Concord story claiming he planned to seek reelection to the House. He says he is considering a Senate bid in 1944 and has not announced plans, with General Tobey and Dartmouth President Hopkins also discussed as possible contenders.

Foster Stearns Hancock New Hampshire House of Representatives Concord House Foreign Relations Committee Portsmouth Herald Stearns Aeid Charles W. Tobey Ernest J M. Hopkins Dartmouth College

Italians Ready For Allied Invasion Warning

Rome radio says Italians prepare for an Allied invasion as warships and transports mass in the Sicilian strait after Lampione capture. German reports claim Axis air attacks on invasion fleets and shipping in the Mediterranean, with few Allied confirmations.

London Rome Ttalians Sicilian

Governor Announces Candidacy for a Third Term

Governor Robert Blood declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for a third term in the upcoming election. At a morning press conference he stated his intention to seek reelection. Ambassador John G. Winant, based in England, is noted as a New Hampshire connection.

Concord Robert Blood Today John G. Winant England New Hampshire

FBI probes fire on busy railroad drawbridge

FBI agents and the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal's office investigated a fire that spread rapidly through the timbers of a heavily used railroad drawbridge over the Neponset River between Boston and the south shore. The bridge sustained extensive damage, forcing thousands of commuters including wartime workers to use shuttle transport to reach their jobs.

Boston FBI Massachusetts State Fire Marshal's Office William J. Sands Quincy Fire Department Neponset River Massachusetts South Shore

Somersworth Strikers Fail to Return to Jobs

Somersworth workers at the Great Falls Bleachery and Dye Works did not report for work. About 350 workers stayed away after a wage increase demand of 18 cents per hour, with company officials saying the raise requires War Labor Board approval and an official application had not been filed.

Vn. Our Rarph Chabot Alphonse Doyon Richard Merritt Alcide Lacasse Jackson War Labor Board WLB

Shoppers jam shoe stores in mad rush

Shoppers mobbed Portsmouth shoe shops in a weekend rush to beat tonight’s coupon deadline. Stores closed briefly as crowds of men and women bought scarce stock, accepting any color of shoes. A manager reported trouble with persons trying to use the almost-dead coupon number 17 instead of detaching it from the coupon book.

Portsmouth OPA

Roosevelt Boy Exonerated in Fatal Shooting

Norristown Pa June 15 ARJ William Donner Roosevelt 10 year old son of Col Elliot Roosevelt and grandson of the President was exonerated by a Montgomery county coroner s jury today in the fatal shooting June 6 of his playmate Lewis Hutchinson Jr 11 of Ardmore Young Hutchinson was killed by a 22 caliber rifle shot fired by the Roosevelt boy Coroner Winslow J Rushong said evidence and statements by young Roosevelt showed the shooting was purely accidental The Roosevelt boy was similarly exonerated by Delaware County Juvenile court last Friday The inquest was called because Hutchinson died in a Montgomery county hospital though shot in Delaware county

Norristown Arj William Donner Roosevelt Col Elliot Roosevelt Montgomery County Lewis Hutchinson, Jr Ardmore Young Hutchinson Roosevelt Boy Winslow J. Rushong Young Roosevelt Roosevelt Delaware County Shott

Allies Plan To Close off Syrian Border

Allied authorities will close the Syrian border with Turkey at 6 o clock tonight. Turkish officials claim they do not know why the border is to be shut or for how long. Syria remains under Fighting French control as Admiral Sir John Cunningham visits Ankara for talks with Ismet Inonu Sukru Saracoglu Numan Menemencioglu and Fevzi Cakmak ahead of departure.

Andara Turkey Syria John Cunningham Levant Cairo Ismet Inonu Sukru Saracoglu Numan Menemencioglu Fevzi Cakmak

British Aviator Hurt in Crash at Quonset Point

A British aviator was in critical condition after his single seater plane crashed at Naval Air Station Quonset Point. The crash detonated the bomb it carried and triggered other explosives on the ground. Three bystanders suffered minor injuries.

Quonset Point R. L. Jmne 15 Naval Air Station

Mass evacuation in Western Germany amid heavy Allied raids

Bern reports German newspapers indicate a mass evacuation of Western German cities is underway following 180 heavy Allied raids and 600 air alarms, as of June 15. The dispatch notes widespread alarm and mobilization across major urban centers.

Bern Switzerland Germany

Burrfish Seventh 1943 Sub to be launched Friday

The USS Burrfish seventh 1943 submarine will be launched Friday June 18 at Portsmouth Navy Yard. Sponsor is Miss Jane E. Davis daughter of Senator James J. Davis from Washington DC. Maid of honor is Miss Jewel Davis. Harvey F. Grant of the Power Plant Force will present a yard employees gift. A limited group of officers shop supervisors and yard employees will attend the launching.

Burrfish Portsmouth Navy Yard Jane E. Davis James J. Davis Senate Naval Affairs Committee Davis Washington, D. C Jewel Davis Harvey FE. Grant

Chest Drive Extends Until Goal Reached in Portsmouth

Portsmouth's Community Chest drive will continue beyond tonight to hit the $21,000 goal. At a report meeting, totals rose to $13,000 though only about 65 percent of the city has been canvassed with several sectors yet to report. Speakers included Chest President Raymond I. Beal and Campaign Chairman Forrest M. Eaton. The Business Profession and Industrial division will meet at the Chamber of Commerce office tomorrow at 4 pm, and no further report meetings will be held. Workers will report to division heads: Business, Professional and Industrial to Mrs. Hyman Freiman, Homes division to Mrs. Waldo Pickett.

Portsmouth Community Chest Raymond I. Beal Forrest M. Eaton Chamber of Commerce Hyman Freiman Homes Waldo Pickett

New York editor riffs on world leaders in June column

Neal O Haras column from New York on June 15 skewers Adolf Hitler Mussolini and World War II figures with satirical, brisk lines. He recalls November 1918 and mocks Kaiser Wilhelm II while noting Allied bombers against Mussolini. He jokes Congress must fund veterans home travels and quips about Congressmen tipping staff.

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