New Defense Office Plan Ties Agencies to Roosevelt
Washington reports outline a central Office of Management and Production to coordinate defense efforts under Roosevelt. McReynolds would head an overarching budget and fiscal control system, replacing scattered agency powers. A new policy commission including Stimson and Knox would steer Lend Lease and defense direction, with Knudsen still influential.
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Washington
Knudsen-Hillman Party
OFM
Mse
Dlopa
Arco
Naesense
Paul McNuty
de of Health Bureau
Hut MceReynolds
Polliee
Stimson
Knox and
Karl
New Policy Commission
Weather and sky notes for the weekend and moon phase
Continued on page five with Saturday March 8 entries. Mentions standard times 42 pm and 6.07 tomorrow, high 7.1 pm, moon described as full waxed. Also references Friday lunar events and vehicle evening time 612.
Eliot And York Hold Town Meetings In N H
Eliot and York plan busy election day as Rye voters prepare for town meetings. York candidates mostly unopposed with Carroll Yratton opposing Haven Winn for road commissioner and Mary Littlefield challenging Theodore Blaisdell for school board. Warrant covers cutting town debt, funding for forestry hose, road work, and a new snowplow.
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Rye Chigeng
York
Carroll Yratton
Haven Winn
Trafton
Dean Woodward
Mary Littlefield
Seabury
Theodore J. Blaisdell
Dixon Avenue
Eliot
Rye
Exeter Voters Debate Budget Requests for Fire Dept
About 200 Exeter residents gathered in the town hall to review the town warrant. Articles 18 and 19 dominated discussion, seeking 10757 for fire department needs. Engineer George Dearborn backs 9000 for a ladder truck while Chief George Adams and engineers push 2757 for a hook and ladder truck with booster pumps and 240 feet of ladders.
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Exeter
George B. Dearborn
Board of Engineers
George Adams
Board of Engineeers
Nazis Seek To End Italo Greek War Diplomacy
Associated Press report from Sofia indicates Germany with about 150000 troops pressing a diplomatic bid to end the Greece Italy conflict. Greece cautions while diplomats weigh terms and potential guardial concessions as Athens reacts to stalled negotiations.
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Associated Press
Sofa
Bulgaria
Grez Vorder
Germany
Greece
Athens
Albania
Macedonia
Thrace
Salonika
Amusements and Notices in Today's Herald
A compact page of amusements and notices from the Herald featuring sections on Kittery Boy Scouts Kittery Point Cartoon and legal notices. Includes classifieds and crosswords with local civic and social items noted for readers in Exeter Madbury Newfields Wells York and surrounding towns.
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Kittery Boy Scouts
Kittery Point Cartoon
Madbury Comics
Newfields
N. E
Public Forum
Exeter
Mampton
Wells Uere
York
Major Eliot to Speak on War at Exeter Lecture
Major George Fielding Eliot, noted author and columnist, will discuss the European war and the United States at the Merrill lecture in Exeter town hall next Friday at 7 30 PM. He served with the Anzacs in the Dardanelles and on the Western Front, later becoming a postwar intelligence officer in the USA.
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George Fielding Eliot
United States
Merrill
Exeter_ town hall
Milsary Authority
el Does
Daly
Eliot
Portsmouth
Maron
Time
Ramparts.” Eliot Served With the Anzacs At Lithe Dardenli¢s and On the Westlern
USA
Three Nazi Bombers Shot Down Over English Coast
British fighters battled German bombers over England's east coast. One bomber was downed off Lowestoft after a raid on a town, another fell into the Channel, a third wrecked homes before being shot down. A fourth aircraft hit a trawler. crew drowned. Isolated raiders were reported along the East Scottish coast and South Wales.
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London
England
Britain
Lowestoff
Channel
Ast Angle
Portsmouth Mail Contract Awarded to Berounsky
Jerry Berounsky has been awarded a four year contract to transport mail from the railroad station to the Portsmouth post office beginning July 1, 1941. Postmaster Peter J. Hickey announced the decision today.
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Jerry Berounsky
Portsmouth
Peter J. Hickey
Mrs A Scannell Dies At Age Of 83
Mrs Adeine Scannell died at her daughter’s home late yesterday. A native of Lowell she lived in Portsmouth the last 30 years. Survived by daughters Mrs James Wilbur of Portsmouth and Mrs Adelise Whalen of Norfolk with two grandchildren Trene and Virginia and a grandson Gerald and great granddaughter Jacqueline Frear.
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Adeine Scannell
James Wilbuy
Scannell
Lowell
Mass
Portsmouth
James Wilbur
Adelise Whalen
Norfolk
Trene
Virginia
Gerald
Jacqueline Frear
Fire Damage Tears Through Family Home Early Today
A fire swept through a family home early today waker Mary Ayer and two siblings alerted by flames. They guided their brothers to safety and phoned firefighters as the blaze caused unofficially estimated damage of 5500 dollars.
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Medicre
Mass
Mate 8
Mary
Ayer
Proofreader Wanted at Local Printing Co
Portsmouth posting seeks a part time proofreader with strong English, spelling and grammar. Experienced applicants like former teachers favored. Hours about ten to twelve and one to three, allow home duties. Apply by letter to Personnel Manager, Care of Post Office Box 119, Portsmouth, H.R.
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Neern
PostoHice Boz
Portsmouth
H.R
Seek Cause Of Ogunquit's $50,000 Fire
Ogunquit Fire Chief Reginald F. Jacobs disclosed a fire yesterday that destroyed two bathing pavilions and part of a cottage, with investigators probing possible arson. No definite conclusion was reached as insurance investigators and local authorities review the scene and nearby properties for links to other fires.
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Portsmouth Herald
Tangier
Ogunquit
Reginald F. Jacobs
Gilles Jacobs
Src
Walter M. Perkins
Florida
Edward R. Hoyt Esate
Hoyt
Jacobs
Cape Elizabeth
Ogunquis
Threatened Strikes Halted in Defense Industries
Progress reported on averting two large New Jersey work stoppages tied to defense contracts at Aluminum Company of America plant in Skywater and Thomas A Edison Inc with three New Jersey plants and one in Pennsylvania. An Aluminum Company employee authorized leaders to call a strike if wage demands aren’t met.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Michigan
Aluminum Company
Amerivera
Sdgewater
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Andone
Pennsylvania
Surgeon Paints Hospital Murals at Mitchell Memorial
Dr. Donald W. Leonard, a surgeon, painted murals in Mitchell Memorial Hospital’s reception area Wells. One mural shows a young nurse with her diploma as she graduates. Side murals depict her as a student and as she works in an operating room and at patient bedsides.
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Donald W. Leonard
Mitchell Memorial Hospital
Wells
Sam
Auto Owners Storm City Hall Over Tax Fees
Automobile owners gathered at the tax collector’s office of Philip Sanderson to pay their fees before applying to Concord for final registration. Mr Ganderson and his assistant Miss Mary Cronid were rushed from the scene as the disruption continued until noon.
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Philip Sanderson
Concord
Ganderson
Miss Mary Cronid
At Sea No Doubt Vahem Scene At Women's City Club
A young man at the Women’s City Club door last night asked for someone to take him to a naval party but said he had forgotten the house number and the name of the host. The club manager pressed for details as the night unfolded in light humor.
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City Club
Matsuoka Plans Unprecedented Axis Visit To Berlin And Rome
Japan's Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka will visit Berlin then Rome in an unprecedented trip. Officials say he will discuss Axis alliance affairs with German and Italian leaders as authorized sources announce the plan.
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Berlin
Japan
Yosuke Matsuoka
Rome
Lions to Hear Sgt Gray at Portsmouth Club Meet
Sergeant Herbert Red Gray will address the Portsmouth Lions Club at the Rockingham Hotel next Monday evening. He will discuss his experiences in state police service. Two candidates for membership will be voted on during the meeting.
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Herbert
Red” Gray
Portsmouth
Rockingham
Gray
Grate Police
Wil
Nazi Press Lashes FDR Over U S Meddling Rumor
German outlets denounced a Budapest report claiming President Roosevelt urged aid to Yugoslavia amid Axis influence fears. State Department and Washington officials denied knowledge of such discussions while Berlin pressed lack of confirmation and noted the three power pact concerns.
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Associated Press
Berlin
March
Poti-Ying
Roosevelt
E“Tstate Department
Ay Washington
Budapest
Aun
Yugoslavia
Fire breaks out at Lincoln avenue residence
A still alarm fire responded shortly after noon to a blaze at the Dr Fran EBoit residence on Lincoln avenue. The fire started by matches igniting near an oil burner causing smoke and property damage with minor injuries reported.
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Combination 1
Toon
Fran Eboit
Lincoln Avenue
Ldsl
Seek To Identify Driver Of Kittery Death Car
Mrs. Neve A. Judkins of Haverhill files an equity petition in Essex County Superior Court seeking to identify the hit-and-run driver she says killed her husband, Lee Butler Judkins of Groveland, in a July 2 1934 Kittery accident. She names his employer Charles L. Stevens of Haverhill and alleges Stevens knows the identity but won’t reveal it, delaying civil rights enforcement.
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Kittery
Neve A. Hudkins
Haver~ Pill
Jay 2
Essex County Superior Court
Salem
Mass
Lee Butler Judkins
Groveland
Charles L. Stevens
Haverhill
le Stevens
Judkins
Stevens
Hes Tate
Fleeing Bandits Fire At Victims In Grocery Hold-Up
In Boston last night two robbers fired through a store window at victims hiding in a refrigerator. Proprietor William Ladas, 45, was cut by glass while his son Stephen, 18, escaped uninjured. The bandits fled with $206 from a cash register after taking $50 from Ladas.
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Boston
Planmari
William Ladas
Stephen
Lades
Franklin Mills to raise pay for 450 workers
Franklin Mills of the M. T. Stevens and Son company announced pay increases for all 450 employees, effective May 12. The amount was not disclosed but described as sizeable in light of business trends.
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Franklin
Franklin Mills
M. T. Stevens and Son Company
Suggested Sum For School Aids Studied In Capital
Defense housing in Portsmouth triggers federal aid study. Congressional hearings in Washington examine a $298800 need to fund school facilities for 500 Atlantic Heights homes and 200 Shereburne Road homes. Superintendent Harry L Moore reports estimated additions of about 600 students across elementary junior high and high schools.
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Portsmouth
Congressional House Committee On Public Buildings
Washington, D. C
United States Office of Education
Harry L. Moore
Dia Reeds
Atlantic Heights
Shereburne Road
Bob
Lease-Lend Bill Passage Seen By Monday Night
Washington report says Senate opponents cooperate for final vote today on the British aid bill. Barkley, optimistic, predicts House will accept Senate amendments, enabling final action by Monday. Administration leaders expect Senate approval by two to one after discarding 12 amendments.
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Washington
March
Barkley
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Three Changes In Selectee List From Maine Towns
Three changes were made in the group leaving Kennebunk for Portland to enter the Selective Service. The new names are Ronald Foss and G. Robert Bates of Eliot, Richard T. Kens of Ogunquit, and Elio avid from Elio, replacing Donald Call of North Berwick Donald A Stove of York and Carl E. Butler of West Buxton who were previously listed.
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Kennebunk
Portland
Elio Avid
Ogunquit
Ronald Foss
G. Robert Bates
Eliot
Richard T. Kens
Renplace
Donald Call
North Berwick
Carl E. Boulter
West Buxton
Donald A. Stove
York
Yistad
Gale Driven Blizzard Sweeps Into New England
A northeast storm driven by gale winds swept into New England grounding air travel and slowing shipping. New Haven Connecticut reported seven inches with heavier accumulations possible in other areas. Cape Cod could see up to a foot as the system moved southeast of Boston tonight. The storm originated near New York City where it produced about 10% inches of snow.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Connecticut
Rhode Islad
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New Haver
Conn
New York
Community Chest discussion set for Portsmouth meeting
Harry L. Linscott executive secretary of the Manchester Community Chest will address Portsmouth citizens at the Rockingham hotel Monday at 6:20 pm. The gathering aims to gauge interest in forming a Community Chest in Portsmouth and, if favorable, to set steps toward establishment.
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Harry L. Linscott
Manchester
Wacky Weather Waves Across California and Florida
New York reports March weather as wretched with California suffering in a harsh winter. Florida enjoys mild climate while Miami Beach hotels suffer drought and cancel events. Americans joke about the French Riviera and mock headlines about Hitler offering odd fashions and sea leisure in Los Angeles.
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New York
California
Chamber of Commerce
Miami Beach
Hitler
Miraclesman
Miami
Los Angeles
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