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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1942
Page
1
Police report notes three burglaries investigated by CY Agency in Bani K Goldg area. Details indicate nonresidential targets and quick response times with limited suspect information. Local officials urge residents to secure properties and report suspicious activity.
A Portsmouth resident writes about Australians and locals sharing similar customs, noting that people feel at home even in distant lands. The letter reflects a traveler’s view of everyday life abroad and its familiarity.
An analysis notes a movement led by Gandhi threatening global tension with a possible clash involving Britain. It discusses civil disobedience as a nonviolent tactic, concerns over wartime mobilization, and fears of widespread upheaval and famine if government authority weakens.
A cryptic note mentions Medis by Tune 07 and bots with Wacthee Feme rising, tamed figures, and a forecast of 255 weight for tomorrow. The fragment cites a Sunday quarter and references June.
A fragmented newspaper page from East Rochester area includes personals, sports, weddings, and local notices. The scattered items reference towns such as Greenland Kittery Point Madbury Newmarket No Stampton and organizations like Radio Rochester amid a collage of brief items and captions.
Francis P. Murphy longtime Republican and two time New Hampshire governor became a Democrat by registering at City Hall. He met with national and state party leaders and did not discuss future plans. Observers speculated he could seek the Democratic nomination for US Senate against Republican Styles Bridges.
A mass meeting for victory will be held in the Portsmouth Junior High School auditorium at 7:30 tonight. R. C. L. Greer, city chairman of the War Savings committee, urges volunteers to attend and help formulate plans for an all-out drive to pledge Portsmouth to pay its share of victory costs. No money will be exchanged. pledges will cover bond or stamp purchases with flexible personal pace.
President Roosevelt signed a law boosting the minimum base pay for service members to 50 dollars a month. The increase retroactive to June 1 provides at least 20 dollars more monthly for essentials and family support for ranks up to and including second lieutenant.
Professor Richard P. Doherty, consultant for the New England OPA, warned that without price ceilings inflation would have surged. He cited 38 percent rise in prices from 1939 to 1942 and urged endurance of wartime measures as essential to the total war effort.
Tonight's Sunset league game between the Navy Yard Clerks and the Marine Barracks has been cancelled. The Board of Directors meeting to discuss last Friday's protest game will be held next Monday night after the baseball game.
Prime Minister John Curtin warned Australia could be lost and linked its fate to North Africa Russia and submarine warfare. He said a setback in the Middle East would let the Axis control the Suez and threaten India and the Indian Ocean.
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox ordered broad promotions for Portsmouth Navy Yard officers with meritorious service in the Navy. The list includes reserve officers advancing one rank such as Willis P. Beal and Robert C. Campbell, plus regulars like Edward Arentzen and Jacob Ellis, reflecting a wide meritorious advancement across the Portsmouth unit.
Virgil D. White of Ossipee was named commissioner of motor vehicles by Governor Blood in Concord on June 17. The appointment replaces the late John F. Griffin of Manchester and carries a $4 000 a year salary after a three to two executive council confirmation.
American bombers and RAF crews scored 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships in a major sea air battle. A Fascist battleship suffered 20 hits and 15 hits on the other, with a cruiser set afire and a destroyer damaged. An RAF second attack also hit one battleship despite smoke screens. 14 Axis planes were shot down.
France enters its third year under German occupation as the nation endures hardship hunger and a brutal regime. Marshal Petain’s wartime plea to end the fighting is recalled as the country steels itself with Allied support in view.
Leon Winslow Hartford 24 yeoman third class is listed as missing in action while serving aboard the destroyer Sims. He was born in Wolfeboro and lived in Berwick after graduating Berwick High School class of 1936 and attending Boston University. He enlisted three years ago. The article notes his family residence and the wartime context surrounding his status.
The Navy reported two American merchantmen attacked in daylight off Virginia’s shore and in the Gulf of Mexico. One ship sank, the other was towed in. The raid drew crowds as planes, a Navy blimp, and several surface craft pursued the submarine, whose fate remained undisclosed.
Rev William Safford Jones longtime minister of the South church in Portsmouth was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity at Meadville Theological School exercises in Chicago He gave the baccalaureate address Jones who came to Portsmouth in 1922 from Newport Rhode Island is a native of Exeter New Hampshire and has long cherished his home state.
The piece argues urban residents underestimate farmers who are depicted as modern, self reliant and scientifically minded. It notes farmers generate electricity stock private cider store grain and use radio rumors in winter while Washington is represented by the Agriculture Secretary. It also mocks urban income tax agents and praises the farmer's business sense and windmill activism.
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