Service members hold a Constitution event at Bik3 Hampshire
A local observance organized by state guardsmen and non commissioned officers was held at Bik3 Hampshire to mark a serviceman’s day with a one thirty afternoon ceremony.
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
1
Surprise Blackout Okayed by Portsmouth Area Officials
Civil defense officials reported a successful surprise blackout across the Atlantic coast last night with better civilian compliance than prior tests. The mock raid used 24 Army bombers from Norfolk, staged from New York headquarters, and extended through Maine and New Hampshire ending near midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
New Hampshire
Gerald D. Foss
Civllan Defense
Army
New York
Norfolk
Mr. Foss
Manchester
Maine
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Flrst
Marsland
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New
Threat Seen as Poor Substitution Draft Threat Seen as Poor
More than 20 000 miners refuse to obey United Mine Workers policy committee and continue a three day strike in Pennsylvania soft coal fields. Pickets appear in Connellsville coke region near Uniontown as locals delay return to work amid stalled wage talks. Approximately 12 000 members in district 2 remain on strike while others hold meetings or vote to return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Pennsylvania
Connellsville
Uniontown
H. C. Frick Coke Company
John L. Lewis
Scalp
Nanty-Gio
Culver
Revioe
Lilly
Johnstown
Elmora
Beaverdale
Tie Hill
South Fork
Windber
St. Michael
Barnesboro
Central City
Central Pennsylvania
Ehrenfeld
Gallitzin
Ss.Benedict and
Marsteller
Roosevelt proposes draft to end coal strike and widen service age
President Roosevelt plans to draft all eligible coal miners and raise the non combat service age to 65, signaling a possible forced return to mines at private pay. Congress reaction was cool as coal operators urged government mine control end and United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis pressed for a $2 daily raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jume 24
Roosevelt
Congress
William H. Davis
The
War Labor Board
House
Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Stork races to hospital despite blackout delay
An autoist shouted to wardens at Dover bridge during a blackout that his wife was having a baby. Wardens allowed the car to speed to Portsmouth hospital for the birth as the blackout test proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover Bridge
Dover
Portsmouth Hospital
Rochester Events and Funeral Notices Highlight Local Day
Page lists Rochester events and a funeral notice in the local Herald Mbements section. It mentions Salmon Falls Funeral and other community items with minimal details and no dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Moria
Rochester
Salmon Falls
RAF Lancasters Make 2500 Mile Raid To Friedrichshafen
RAF bombers staged a dramatic 2500 mile shuttle raid by night, striking the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen then hitting La Spezia before returning to England. No Lancaster aircraft were lost, the air ministry reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
RAF
Friedrichshafen
North Africa
England
la Spezia
British
Air Ministry
1180 More To Pay Taxes In Portsmouth
In Portsmouth 1180 people who never paid Federal income tax before will join the pay as you go plan. Total local taxpayers reach 7920 with a combined tax of 820000, payable through payroll deductions. Rockingham county reports 16300 individual returns for 1690000. National tax expected around five billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
New York
Portsmouth
Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
Rockingham County
Rochester High School Scrapbook Named for Washington Honor
Rochester High School in New Hampshire earned a national nod as its war scrip scrapbook directed by Mrs Mabelle Coleman of Spaulding High School Rochester was selected to be sent to Washington for honors. Five scrapbooks representing Schools at War in New Hampshire were chosen as best of their kind from hundreds submitted per Mrs Loren Richards Manchester director. The five include one from a public high school one from a public village grade school one from a girls private parochial secondary school and one from a parochial grammar school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabelle €. Coleman
Spaulding High School
Rochester
Washington
Ineger
Loren Richards
Manchester
New Hampshire
Whsi Lnguyracum
Richards
R. W. Coyne
War Savings Staff
Axis Forces Between Allied Air Fronts Over Europe
Allied bombers strike from the north and south as Axis forces face pressure from two aerial fronts. British-based planes pound Germany while African and Middle East commands attack Sicily and nearby targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
New Stamps Honor Countries Overrun by Axis Powers
Commemorative stamps honoring nations overrun since the war’s start are issued by the Post Office Department. Peter J. Hickes, Portsmouth postmaster, says the Poland stamp leads the set. Continued on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Peter J. Hickes
Portsmouth
Postoffice
Poland
Truck Driver Held for Court in Wells Collision
Leroy S. Barker Jr. of Chelsea Massachusetts driver of a truck in a Wells collision was ordered held in 3500 bail on a manslaughter charge in Kennebunk court for the October term. Milton Shible 17 of Wells was killed and six others injured when his truck collided with a passenger bus on Route One. He will be moved to Alfred jail after bail hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy S. Barker, Jr
Chelsea
Mass
Wells
Kennebunk
Alfred Superior Court
Wells Maine
Alfred
Milton Shible
Kittery Man Decorated In Europe
Tech Sergeant Harland J. Wentworth of Kittery Maine received one of two air medals for aerial engineer service in Europe. Born in Berwick he moved to Kittery 19 years ago and is son of Mr. and Mrs. John W Wentworth. He enlisted in 1941 trained at Keesler then sailed to England in 1942. He has two brothers in the armed forces and one at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of New Hampshire
Army Air Force
Keesler Field
Miss
Florida
England
Wentworth
Armed Forces
Norman C. Wentworth
USA
Australia
Allen J. Wentworth
Camp Howze
Tex
Carlton W. Wentworth
Potato Acreage Increases 100 Percent In N H
Concord June 24 A P figures from the agricultural service show New Hampshire potato acreage up 100 percent over last year due to more plantings by commercial growers and victory gardens. Manager E L French said squash crop also expected to be larger than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H
Concord
Agricultural Service
State Farm Bureau
E. L.’ French
Victory Gardens
French
FDR Names Three Men As Ministers
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate nominations for Ray Atherton as minister to Canada, William C. Burdett to be minister to New Zealand, and Lou W. Henderson to be minister to Iraq. Atherton, of Brookline Massachusetts and former American minister to Denmark, is acting chief of the State Department division of European affairs. He will also serve as minister to Luxembourg housed in Canada, succeeding J Pierpont Moffat who died last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Ray Atherton
Canada
William C. Burdett
New Zealand
Lou W. Henderson
Iraq
Atherton
Brookline
Mass
Denmark
State Department
Luxemburg
J.pierpont Moffat
Stimson Reports Nazi Preparations for Invasion
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said Germany is moving large forces into France and Italy to resist invasion. He noted an unusual lull in ground fighting on the Russian front despite favorable weather for operations and indicated Germany is strengthening forces in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
France
Italy
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Outbreak of Meningitis Under Investigation in Ossipee Area
State health officials widen probes into spinal meningitis in Ossipee Center Ossipee and Effingham. Four new cases push total to 14 since May prompting ban on public meetings and suspension of church services. Shipside spread suspected with Maine health department involvement and hospital precautions at Huggins Memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossipee
Oasle Health
Aulnoti la
Center Ossipee
Effingham
Mary Atherson
Edward W. Colby
State Organization
Maine Department of Health
South Portland
Roscoe L. Mitchell
Maine
Donald G. Wright
Osssipee
Ossipee Center
Chosen de Patohing
Lake
Atherson
State Board of Health
Huggins Memorial Hospital
A& Manufacturing
May Take Food Rationing From OPA
A sweeping measure would transfer all food rationing and pricing powers from the Office of Price Administration to the war food administrator. The bill, facing House Agriculture committee scrutiny, concentrates power under one head, a plan opposed by President Roosevelt. The Senate debated spending limits and producer subsidies to roll back food prices as part of the broader food policy clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
D-Sc
Roosevelt
Senate
Two Army Planes Collide Over Southville Train Crash
Two army planes collided at high altitude near Southville Massachusetts. One plane crashed in front of a six coach Worcester to Boston passenger train, derailing the engine and five cars. One pilot parachuted to safety while the other is believed killed in the burning craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southville
Mass
Worcester
Boston
One Pound Of Coffee For 3 Weeks
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will set the next two coffee rations at one pound per three weeks, the liberal rate since rationing began. Current ration is one pound per four weeks, with stocks on hand and incoming imports supporting the rise. OPA warns that any decline in supply could trigger further ration cuts and urges consumer preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Yanks Fly 2000 Miles To Batter Macassar
American Liberator bombers reached Macassar in daylight for a 2000 mile over water strike. They hit an enemy cruiser and a cargo ship, started dock fires, and lost one bomber with the Japanese fighter shootdown noted. General MacArthur’s spokesman called it the second longest mission of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macassar
Douglas MacArthur
Defense Seeks Acquittal for Dow Boy in Neighbor Slaying
In Newburyport Massachusetts 13-year-old Edward Dow faces murder charges for killing Lydia Conk a 72-year-old neighbor. Attorney T Francis Kelleher argues self defense claiming Dow struck with a hammer after Conk allegedly attacked him with a stove poker. The trial centers on a disputed remark about the boy's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Mbse
Wuuy 24
T. Francis Kelleher
Edward Dow
Massachusetts
Lydia Conk
Kelleher
Berwick Navy Lieutenant Missing in Action
Berwick residents learned from the War department that Lt. George W. Ricker is missing in action in the South Pacific. A Berwick High School and University of New Hampshire graduate, he previously worked for General Electric before enlisting. Further details are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miamu Oc. B. Haymong Havner
Berwick
War Department
George W. Ricker
South Pacific
Ricker
Berwick High School
University of New Hampshire
General Electric Company
Navy
War on bureaucrats prompts 4 F draft joke from Neal O'Hara
Neal O'Hara jokes in New York about government red tape and three million bureaucrats on the payroll. He says young workers in indolent clerical jobs should skip induction, risk 4-F status, and note the Eight Freedoms of federal employees.
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Pam RY
Council of Pencetief Societies
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Salween River
Yunnan
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Switzerland
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Berwick Navy
Neal O'Hara
Fred
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