Washington intrigue tightens around Roosevelt’s third term plans
Washington reports describe efforts by Oscar Chapman and 18 leading New Dealers to organize a Roosevelt support group. Hidden meetings and strategic timing aim to influence adjournment around June and to limit Republican publicity as the White House weighs a Roosevelt ticket. The piece notes intra party maneuvering, possible delegate shuffling in New York, and lingering tensions behind the scenes.
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Majokes
Oscar Chapman
Senate
House
Executive
Bertwheeler
Roosevelt
Montana
Piankewalk
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White House
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Great Congressional Forum
Seabrook Youth 14 Dies in Accidental Gunshot
A Seabrook youth aged 14 accidentally shot and killed his companion, Charles Dow Jr. also 14, near the Line Congregational Church. Sheriff Frink ruled accidental death with no prosecution after an official investigation.
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Fuw
Charles Dow, Jr
Line Congregational Church
Simes Frink
Portsmouth Today
Don
Sheriff Frink
Ralph Eaton
Frederick S. Gray
Portsmouth
William Davis
Milford Truck Crash Kills Hitchhiker and Injures Five
A light dump truck overturned on the Milford Amherst road killing a 15 year old hitchhiker Hugo Silvers of Milford and injuring five others including Armas Liljebers 17 of Amherst. The driver Albert H LaFrancois 28 of Amherst and his family were in the cab and survived with injuries. Local police report the youths were riding in the open dump body when the truck went out of control on a descent toward Milford on Route 101.
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Milford
N. Si
Milford-Amherst
Hurlec
Hugo Silvers
Armas Liljebers
Amherst High School
Albert H. LaFrancois
Amhersy
LaFrancois
Dxilda YeFrancois
Eleanor
Robert
Nashue Memorial Hospital
Silver
Liseberg
Macedam
Henry Davis
Davis
Oscar Burns
Liljeberg
Joseph Silveri
Allies Study Protests Allies Study Protests
British and French economic experts Frank Ashton-Gwatkin and Prof. Charles Rist are to assist Washington in smoothing blockade issues with the United States. They will aid ambassadors in examining problems with federal departments and arrive aboard the liner George Washington soon.
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London
Ate
United States
Washington
Frank Ashton-Gwatxin
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Charles Rist
Gyeernor
Bank of France
Unite States
Census Questions Draw Privacy Fire in Senate Hearing
Washington March 1 AP Senator Davis of Pennsylvania warned census inquiries verge on intrusiveness asking housewives to account for their household items and men to inventory fishing tackle. He backed Tobey’s measure to drop personal income questions while Senator Austin G2-Vb urged protecting privacy amid world tensions and cautioned against tyranny.
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Davis
Senate Commerce
Tobey
Austin G2
Fire Chief's Son Held On Charge Of Arson
Newport reports a fire department member, George II Lewis, 44, son of Fire Chief George B. Lewis, was arraigned on arson charges. Investigators claim he confessed to multiple fires from 1937 to 1939 in Newport and nearby towns, including Bailey estate Sutton, Howard Todd place New London, and Bucklin homestead New London, with losses totaling tens of thousands.
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Newport ‘Fire Department
George Iis Lewis
George B. Lewis
Lewis
Newporth
Bailey Estate
Sutton
Guild Road
Rydercorner
Cleveland Percy
Bucklin
New London
Boscawen
Flood Damage Spreads In Rich California Valley
In Meridan California four of five drownings were found safe in a tree as floodwaters from a broken Sacramento River levee swept the area. The five deaths and missing people total more than three thousand homeless with Colusa evacuated and looting reported in Redding as water advances downstream.
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California
Meridian
Calif
Sacramento River
Sacramento Valley
San Francisco
Colusa
Wis
Redding
W. W. Subleth
American
Britain and Germany clash in sea and air war
London reports Britain and Germany exchange air and sea blows as recon planes fly over Berlin and German bombers attack shipping off Britain's east coast. A Norwegian steamer Brett was hit and badly damaged with six men adrift and two rescued. Norway protests German attacks on Norwegian vessels.
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Britain
Germany
Berlin
Yorkshire
Thames
DNB
Tone
Brett
Listing
Halvdan Koht
Norway
Leading Utilities Tumbling Presses Down Market
In New York on March 1 AP reported leading utilities stocks fell sharply dragging overall market averages lower while other shares could not sustain gains. Trading volume ran around 600000 shares as the close approached.
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New York
Welles Talks With Ribbentrop on War End Phases
Sumner Welles, the U S fact finding envoy, met Adolf von Ribbentrop in Berlin. The objective centered on Germany seeking an end to Britain’s economic dominance before any postwar plans for ending autarky and totalitarian regimentation could be discussed.
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Germany
Britain
Uderstood
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Sumner Welles
Hull
Welles
Rome
Notice of barber Joe relocates on Fleet Street to Vaughan street
Joe the Barber Hag has moved from Fleet Street to 92 Vaughan Street beside Bosen Brothers. The notice records the relocation and the new business address for local residents and clients.
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Joe
Fleet’ St
Vaughan
Bosen Bros
Rev Dorrall Lee Dies at 92 After 50 Years in Ministry
Reverend Dorrall Lee longtime Congregational minister born April 13 1848 in Barkby England died at 144 Washington Street after a long career in England and the United States He served Parishes in St Helen s Peasley Cross Uttoxeter and in Massachusetts and Portsmouth New Hampshire He married Sarah Halford in 1876 and later Eva G Taylor in 1933 Survived by widow Eva Wives two marriages spanned a life of ministry and travel in Egypt the Holy Land and Syrie
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Dorrail Lee
England
United States
Washington Street
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Barkby
George Lee
Wymontham
Comfort Smith
Melton Mowbray
Thomas May
Ashby
Airedale College
Bradford
Donald Fraser
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America
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Derby
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Fairhaven
Middleton
Blackstone
Wellfleet
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Exeter
Portsmouth
Eva G. Taylor
Oldest Of Holderness Victims Three Children Die In Fire
AP report from March details Roy Paul three, Myron 18 months, and Betty Anne seven months, burned to death when a Pemigewasset riverbank two room house caught fire. The mother, in the other room, could not reach the children as flames spread rapidly. firemen found the structure a furnace and recovered the bodies after the house burned down.
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Holderness
March
Roy Paul
Myron
Betty Anne
Roy H. Paul
Pemigewasset River
Roosevelt Cruise Ends In Pensacola Landing Planned Today
The cruiser Tuscaloosa hove to off Pensacola and President Roosevelt planned to land noon central time after a Panama Canal voyage on his vacation cruise. In Washington, three paramount questions loom: third term, Welles report, and possible new laws or early adjournment around May 16 to June.
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Fla
Tuscaloosa
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Washington
Foreign Affairs
UN U
Welles
Congress
Finns Struggle To Hold Viipuri Against Reds
Finnish defenders fought to hold Viipuri as Soviet forces pressed toward the Gulf of Finland port. Russian persistence, air raids, and fortification seizures marked a month of fighting on the Karelian Isthmus with Viipuri near encirclement.
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Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Red
Finland
Karelian
Som
Viipuri Bay
Koivisto
Viipurt
Red Army
Viipwi
Visainia
Viipurt Bay
Perp
Pera
Heindoki
Ayrapaa
Heinjollis
Vipuri
Ayrapa
Registration of Bicycles Compulsory Starts in Concord
Arthur Sturtevant, 75, today received a plate number as Concord enacts compulsory bicycle registration. All bikes must display plates starting April 1 under the ordinance. Sturtevant, a 55 year cyclist, recalls his first wheel costing $150 with a 50 inch front and 12 inch back wheel. He hails from Springfield, Mass, and competed in hill climbs and speed races in earlier days.
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Concord
Arthur
Sturtevant
Ality
Springfield
Mass
Hollywood Stars Claim High Taxes Leave Them Poor
New York on March 1 reports Hollywood film stars argue high taxes leave them with inadequate after tax income. Shirley Temple buys lavish toys and stocks while Robert Taylor purchases expensive jewelry and luxury items. stars continue spending on luxury goods despite taxes.
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New York
S. Horse
Shirley
S'Emple
Robert
Taylor
Stabbing Victim Improves in Grasmere Hospital Nearby
Leo Caisse, 32, injured in an alleged stabbing at Peterborough, showed improvement at Hillsborough County hospital in Grasmere. Edward J. Peaque, 52, also of Peterborough, remains jailed awaiting grand jury action after being arraigned in Peterborough for the stabbing.
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Leo Caisse
Peterborough
Hillsborough
Grasmere
Edward J. Peaque
Peaque
James
Sweeney
Calsse
Peague
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