17 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
1
A garbled report notes Portsmouth Navy officers seeking essential gear and ceremonial items to aid service members. It mentions submarines fitted, a ceremony nearby, and a drive to obtain radios, cards, and play items for sailors.
Report details a guard unit gathering held yesterday afternoon at the mouth coast, including mentions of Mrs Wiate in New Castin and a new picnic setup by Mrs Helen er oo and Mes Pia Fernald.
A dense column by Mian TNH analyzes wartime dynamics with references to Berlin, the United Nations, and potential peace feelers. It notes shifts in supply risk, dictators’ wartime tactics, and ongoing rumors about strategic moves across Europe, while referencing broadcasts and political tensions shaping public perception.
Earl A Best, a former Heart Mountain Relocation Center employee and Dunkirk veteran, testified to a Dies subcommittee about secret stockpiles alleged to be traded for whisky and chickens. He said his son Clifford was killed in Africa last January. Best reported being sent to Heart Mountain as an associate steward after serving as chief steward at Poston, Arizona.
Sixteen hundred Texas State Guardsmen patrolled Beaumont after a riot left two dead Ellis Cleveland Brown skull fracture and John Johnson a 44 year old shot to death ten injured and twenty five houses wrecked in a Negro section. The riot's details followed by note of continuation on page nine.
Newburyport Mass June 17 district attorney related that 13 year old Edward F Dew faces murder charges for killing an elderly neighbor. A 43 minute opening address was given to a superior court jury with fifteen witnesses called after the district attorney’s statements.
Frederick M. Schreider, former Portsmouth Police member and longtime gall maker at the Navy yard, died suddenly at his home 77 South Street. Born in Massachusetts he had lived in this city since infancy and was 66. Survived by his wife Leonora Randall Schreider, a brother and a sister. He was a member of St. John's Lodge AF and AM and Osgood Lodge IOOF and Union Rebekah Lodge No. 3.
Charles Chaplin and 18 year old Oona O Neill married in a brief private ceremony in California. The couple avoided public attention while Joan Berry of Hollywood faced legal claims over a possible child and Chaplin's custody dispute.
Madrid June 17 AP dispatch says 75 Allied ships gathered in Gibraltar harbor including a battleship two aircraft carriers and ten destroyers. Eight freighters were reported to have arrived from the United States today.
Wartime New Hampshire in 1943 looks back to the days of Bunker Hill and Burgoyne as John Stark is hailed for leading 1200 Granite State patriots at Bunker Hill and Bennington. Gov Blood salutes Stark as worthy to be blessed with Douglas MacArthur while Stark’s military life is recalled.
Governor Blood proclaimed June 22 as Tribute to Russia Day and urged citizens to observe it officially. He noted next Tuesday marks the second anniversary of Russia entering World War II.
Waters receded across northern New England as Maine Central suspended service north of Lancaster on its mountain division. New Hampshire police said waters fell six inches before midnight. In Farmington Maine farmers assessed ruined crops and town officials estimated a $2,000 loss.
United States planes aiding Chinese forces targeted the Hupeh province town of Owchihkow near the Yangtze River, about 40 miles south of Shasi, causing numerous fires and extensive damage, according to a Stilwell headquarters communique.
Thirteen members of the French National Liberation committee with Gen. Henri Giraud presiding reached an 80 minute agreement today on procedure and collect. The gathering in Algiers aims to coordinate actions in the struggle for decolonization and political leadership amid postwar shifts.
Washington reports in a major Pacific air engagement over Guadalcanal that 77 Japanese aircraft were shot down by American planes. Six American planes were lost. The 77 enemy losses marked an unprecedented tally in the Guadalcanal area, nearly double the Japanese losses on April 7. Continued on Page Frye.
The American Newspaper Guild adopted a resolution reaffirming support of the CIO strike pledge and voiced its belief that Elmer Davis as Director of the Office of War Information is one of the strongest guarantees of a free press during wartime.
Dr Albert Bushnell Hart, world famous Harvard historian and expert on George Washington, died at 88. His son Aanan Putnam of Portsmouth, currently in Cambridge, joined family members as Harvard mourned the loss. Hart was noted as a forecaster of world events and a familiar figure with white beard and long black coat. Continued on Page Nine.
Allied efforts in the Aegean Seas claim three additional enemy ships sunk by long-range fighters from Middle East bases as part of the broader daily air campaign. At the same time British forces renewed dawn bombardment on Cologne and RAF fighters attacked targets in Holland and Belgium. The day’s tempo included further losses with fourteen RAF bombers and one fighter missing, while German fronts faced intensified air activity across the Rhineland and Mediterranean. Northwest Africa forces paused after a sequence of strikes on five Axis airfields in Sicily.
Veterans of World War One gathered at Weirs for the 25th annual convention of the State Department of the American Legion. State Commander George F. Rickey of Manchester and aides led the opening events as attendees from across the state arrived for the gathering.
Boston June 17 An intensive search continues for a Navy plane and its two crew members missing after last reporting a short distance off the New England coast on Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft, tied to Squantum Naval Air Station, was on a routine flight. Names of the crew were not disclosed.
Fifty four Traip academy seniors gathered in the Jethro B. Swett Memorial Auditorium in Kittery to receive diplomas. The program opened with an orchestra overture and the processional led by class president Dalton J. Franklin Jr. Honor students spoke on wartime themes and future peace while performances highlighted the class’s final musical moments.
New York reports Vir ginio Gayda offers the best explanation of Italian naval strategy, saying the fleet will do nothing in a valiant trepid, audacious way. He contrasts Allied claims of mop up with Italian behavior, noting Attu Japanese casualties from hand grenades and predicting political misgivings about Mussolini and Hitler.
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