Vallee, Bettie Divert Plans Reconcile After Wedding
Los Angeles report says sine er hani leader and his bride cancelled divorce plans and reconciled marriage prospects. Betty Jane Greer, 39, and Vallee, 41, now coast guard lieutenant, were married last December 2. The statement cites they are very much in love and will continue with their marriage.
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Los Angeles
Iy Vallee
Sineer Hani
Ray Sandler
Vallees
Water
Bettviane
Fim
Betty Jane Greer
Vallee
Coast Guard
Dee
War Today overview of Burma front and India famine relief
The War Today column reports on American, Chinese, and Allied troops in Burma under Brigadier General Frank Merrill and the India-Burma theatre. It notes famine relief varying by source, with some deaths still occurring from malnutrition and disease, while overall relief is improving, especially in Bengal.
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Harmore
Frank Merrill
Orf
Barthei
Junges
Burma
Japan
India
Uncle Sam
Southeast Asia
Willkie to Visit Concord Tomorrow Afternoon
Wendell Wilkie is set to arrive in Lochester tonight and meet with Republican hopefuls and unpledged candidates in Concord tomorrow. A 1:30 p.m. gathering at a state meeting, a 4 p.m. dinner with Gov. Blodgett, and a Red Cross rally address are on the schedule before Wilkie departs for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goxcord
Robert P. Burroughs
Manchester
Wendell Wilkie
Willkie
Burroughs
Lochester
Stirting
Robert G. Blosd
Red Cross
New York
Plans for Mass Funeral of Seven York Fire Victims
Plans for a mass funeral of seven child victims of a York fire were announced. A single service for the Roxey children is to be held Friday with Rev. George Sparks officiating. The seven will rest in individual caskets in one grave at York Illege cemetery. their cottage home burned Monday night near Long Beach as their father worked in the Force yard. The father learned of the fire upon returning to York and is staying with relatives. the mother, hospitalized for a week, was told yesterday and remains dazed.
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York
Raymond Roxey
George B. Sparks
Methodist Church
Repo
Wi DE
Edward Donnell
York Beach
York Hospital
House Speaker Sees Nonpartisan Soldier Vote Support
Sherman Adams, speaker of the New Hampshire House, told Manchester Institute that soldier voting is not a partisan issue. He urged changes to ensure absentee ballots reach service members in time, noting 1842 war ballots and calling to shift the state primary to allow four months for overseas ballots and possible reform of filing periods.
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New Hampshire
Sherman Adams
House of Representatives
Manchester
Adams
Hampshie
Sheld
Scout Troop Gets Charter At Services
Scout Troop 9 received its charter in an investiture service at Sherourne School conducted by Troop 285 of Temple Israel. Eagle Scout Stuart Sosines of Troop 165 led the service as credentials were handed to members by Lawrence L. Lee and TL Daniel Hayes. Eagle Scout Meader earned his badge and the audience heard remarks from local officials. a supper followed.
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Svaurs of
America
Pannawsy Manor
Sherourne School
Temple Israel
Stuart | Sosines
Lawrence L. Lee
Daniel Webster Council
Goramiiton
Daniel Hayes
Portsmouth
Russell E. Daviser
USN
James L. Coter
Robert Meader
Scoummaster
Davison
Meader
Lee
Hayes
John Page
Exeter
Willem Cleary
Community Chest Meeting Tomorrow
A Portsmouth meeting of the Community Chest budget committee is set for 3:30 at the Chamber of Commerce office. Chairman R. C. L. Greer announced the session, with Raymond I. Beal inviting representatives from member agencies to attend to discuss financing from year end to the fall drive.
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Portsmouth
Get a Horse Keene Taxi Service Suspends Operations
Keene residents face three weeks without taxi service as three local taxi firms halt operations at 6 pm due to a gasoline shortage. Officials said service will resume on or after April 1 or as advised, leaving riders to seek alternative transport.
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Keene
Gaiziats
GOP Man Defeats War Hero in Colorado
Denver voters chose 55 year old Republican Dean M. Gillespie over Maj. Carl E. Wuertele in a special election to fill Denver's vacant congressional seat. Gillespie led 41,413 to 35,440 Official tabulations credited Gillespie with a 2,978 margin, marking the first Republican representative from Denver since 1932.
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Denver
Gillespie
Wuhertele
Wuertele
South Pacific
Lawrence Lewis
Congress
Labor Course Starts Here at YMCA Building
A new labor and industrial relations course opened at the YMCA Building with management and labor representatives debating if a company bonus from June 1941 to June 1943 should count as part of the wage state. Participants included Alfred C. Johnson Edward Duffy John Barry Clayton E B Osborn J Paul Griffin and Wr Marry Smith. Twenty five subscribers. another meeting set for Tuesday.
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YMCA
Management and Labor Mre
Alfred C. Johnson
Machinists Union
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Edward Duffy
Navy Yard
John Barry
War Manpower Commission
Clayton EB. Osborn
Portsmouth
J. Paul Griffin
Wr. Marry Smith
University of New Hampshire
War Labor Concllation Board
Welsh coal strike halts large part of Welsh mines
AP reports a spreading wage strike in Britain reducing Welsh coal output to a trickle. About 60,000 to 70,000 of some 100,000 miners in Welsh fields have already walked out, threatening full production stoppage by nightfall.
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London
Waich
Best
RAF Hits Rail Yards Near Paris
British bombers strike Lemans rail yards 110 miles southwest of Paris after Allied planes target Rome Toulon and San Stefano. Italian sorties push 1,300 missions into Italy hitting Florence rail facilities and western Germany. German troop movements near Anzio indicate regrouping for a fourth offensive as Cassino fights continue in snow and mud. Russians advance to Tarnopol and Proskurow along the Odessa Lwow line as Red Army drives toward Romania.
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Associated Press
Lemans
Paris
Italy
Rome
Toulon
Riviera
San Stefano
Florence
Germany
Frisian
Anzio
Cassino
Tarnopol
Proskurov
Odessa-Lwow
Rumania
State appoints five to aid plan on workpile
Five regional association secretaries in New Hampshire including Alvin F Redden have taken new roles with state agencies. They will serve as field representatives for the State Council of Postwar Planning and Rehabilitation and the State Planning and Development commission, assisting cities and towns with work pile surveys to gauge postwar employment and promote local safety councils to reduce accidents. Applications for work-pile surveys or information may be directed to regional secretaries.
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New Hamopshure
Alvin F. Redden
Séacogst
State Council of Postwar Planning and Rehabilitation
State Planning and Development Commission
New Hampshire
Sat Council
State Council
Indus
That Was Close A U S Bomber Base in England
A damaged Flying Fortress returning from a Berlin raid crashed near the Eng land base as it landed with four wounded crew members. Maj Gen James H Doolittle was in the control tower along with senior officers. Pilot Lt Frederick J Sommer of Davidsonville Massachusetts struggled to regain control, and the plane narrowly cleared the tower.
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U. S
England
Berlin
James H. Doolittle
U. S. Eighth Airforce
Frederick J. Sommer
Davidsonville
Tax Officials To Meet in Exeter
Tax officials from town and city areas gather for a state commission meeting in Exeter at the town hall on Saturday March 18. Portsmouth attendees include Board of Appraisers members Robert M Herrick chairman Fred W Sanborn clerk and Sherman P Newton among others.
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New Hampshire
State Tax Commission
Exeter Town Hall
Portsmouth
Board of Appraisers
Robert M. . Herrick
Fred W. Sanborn
Sherman P. Newton
Allied forces surge on three fronts in southwest Pacific
Allied HQ reports sixth Army under Lt Gen Walter Krueger drives across New Britain and Madang, capturing Los Negros Island and advancing on Willaumez peninsula and Arawe to Amgoring. MacArthur’s air units pound Rabaul as bombardment totals rise. losses include 479 Japanese dead and one Allied plane missing.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest, Pacific
March
Walter Krueger
Bismarck
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Sixth Army
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Wiltlaumez Peninsula
Arawe
Amgoring
New Britain
Bismarck Sea
Madang
New Guinea
32Nd Division
Yaiau
Saidor
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
Talase2
Willaumez Peninsula
Rabaul Township
Tobere
Banquet Launches Campaign for Portsmouth Red Cross War Fund
A $87,500 goal was announced at a Rockingham hotel dinner to launch Portsmouth 1944 Red Cross War Fund. Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan spoke to about 150 attendees, praising Red Cross work worldwide and urging donations to support the national drive of $200,900,000. Notables included Mayor Charles M. Dale Rear Adm. Thomas Withers and E Curtis Matthews. The event featured a navy yard band and a Star Spangled Banner performance.
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Red Cross War Fund
Harry Winebaum
Donald B. MacMillan
MacMillan
Thomas Withers
USN
Portsmouth Navy Yard
E. Curtis Matthews
Withers
Portsmouth Herald Phatn
Portsmouth
Sponsorert
North Pole
Comeander MacMillan
Fortsmouth High School
Yesterdy
Red Crogs
North
Red Cross
Charles M. Dale
Fortsmouth
Adm
William Safford Jones
Navy Yard
Daniels Admits Trying to Make Slattery Quit
Washington March IAPI A Move to cite presidential assistant Jonathan Daniels for contempt of the Senate collapsed after he testified about efforts to force Harry E Slattery to resign as rural electrification administrator. Daniels said Roosevelt approved plans to reassign Slattery overseas if he quit and Nor ris of Nebraska was asked to take the REA chief post. Slattery refused. Daniels testified for two hours before the agriculture subcommittee. Chairman Smith said he was pleased with the witness.
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Washington
IAPI
Jonathan Daniels
Senate
Agriculture
Harry E. Slattery
Daniels
Roosevelt
Slattery
Genrze Norris
Nebraska
Worris
Subcommittee
Smith
D-S
V Day drive boosts Red Cross fund in Portsmouth
Workers from the Red Cross War Fund homes division canvassed Portsmouth homes to raise a $42,500 quota. Junior high pupils and teachers joined a citywide one day drive to collect waste paper for sale profits supporting beds and coffers.
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Portsmouth
Red Cross War Fund Campaign Committee
100 Trainees to Graduate at Portsmouth Navy Yard Tonight
Nearly 100 graduates from the vocational training course at Portsmouth Navy Yard will receive diplomas after a dinner at the Hotel Rockingham. Navy yard commandant and several captains will present diplomas and address the group, with Lt. Comdr. Oldfield and other officers guiding the program as the class lists its shop assignments and names.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Rockingham
Thomas Withers
USN
Navy Yard
Henry F. D. Davis
Homer Ambrose
Sidney BE. Dudley
Thomas F. Oldfield
USNR
Anthony V. DiNucci
Artur B. Learmonth
Ray A. Crasay
Frank H. Fuller
Edward L. Kirk
Arthur Trudell
George RB. Nixon
Walter Deckham
Charles H. Doughty
Frederick Goller
Anderson L. Hart
Edward E. Houle
Donald L. Hughes
William J. Aller
Robert L. Anderson
John B. Ashcraft
Francis E. Bean
Henry L. Benoit
George XX. Hernier
Albert G.brooks
Henry Bryce, Jr
William A. Cole
Donald A. Colello
Frank A. Dawson
Keith A. Dixon
Lubin Doucette
Stanley J. Dragon
Frank W. Fate
William P. Fernale
Alfred H. Frederick
Harold
Gilmore Russell T. Johnson
Timothy J. Kelicher
Wendell G. Ladd
Harold W. Maxim
Raymond McGeoch
Charles H. Miller
Russell D. Newell
Anthony Ouellet
Lorenzo E. Perry
Omer Roberto
James Rothrock
Edwin
Rumery
Walter Smart
Charles H. Tobin
Silvatore Vinciguerra
James F. Vacano
Malcolm MM. Clars
Benjamin Dewhurst
Irving F. Dodge
Russell Kimball
Thomas
McDonald John
P. O'Brien
Sylvia J. Owellett
Carroll A. Robinson
Charles A. Routhier
Everett Walker
Roland B. Adams
Henry M. Bedard
Charles L. Bernier
Leorenzo Blanchette
Mark W. Goswell
George F. Dent
Charles W. Gerrisn
Ralph J. Gerry, Jr
Joseph W. Jameson
George J, Ladouceur
George A. MacDonald
Melvin K McCarthy
Ernest R. Tarling
Albert P. Twombly
Jay G. Wakefield
Walter ©. Wakefied
George A. Wendell
Aaron A. Hall
Floyd Rockwell
James A. Shaw
Stanley PB. Batchelder
Raymond H. Bone
Kenneth N. Brown
John L. Douglas
Harold C. Jones
Bell Moore
Peter O'Malley
Rufus F. Ripley
Blythe
Chester D. Clark
Ralph D. Clark
Frank Daley
James A. Menard
Gratitude to Red Cross From a Brooklyn Wife
A Brooklyn woman, wife of a second lieutenant overseas, thanks the American Red Cross and local volunteers for aid during her Portsmouth arrival in June 1942 with her four month old son. She recalls transportation to Boston Children's Hospital, meals, and personal care provided by Red Cross workers. Her husband’s letter urged support for the Red Cross, calling it a worthwhile cause.
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Amercan Red Cross
Red Cross
Ofcena Oy
Charles van Iocal Red Gross
Pia Tve
Brooklyn
Fort Foster
Portsmouth Harbor
Ienter
Ewiterizan Red Cross
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Boston Children's Hospital
Oversess
The
Red_ Cross
Tax Chief Warns NH Towns Against Surplus Plans
Concord and Loring urge New Hampshire towns at annual meetings to avoid large surpluses under postwar planning. They advise funding only essential public improvements and paying down debt, citing the 1943 legislature capital reserve act as sound policy.
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Concord
John R. Spring
State Tax Commission
New Hampshire
Loring
Noxon Trial Delayed Again In Pittsfield Case
The John F. Noxon Jr. murder trial halted for a second time as juror James E. Cullen failed to respond during polling. Judge Pinanski postponed proceedings until tomorrow as medical issues kept Cullen from duty while pathologist Dr. Alan B. Moritz testified no brain or heart abnormalities in infant Lawrence Noxon, ruling death from acute heart failure due to electric current.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Iilnesa
John F. Noxon, Jr
Pittsfield Corporation
Lawrence
Abraham E. Pinanski
James E. Cullen
Cullen
Alen B. Moritz
Berkshire County
Lawrence Noxon
Harvard Medical School
Mositz
John ¥. Noxon
Hidden Japanese fleet rumor stirs wartime chatter
In brisk New York chatter from March, readers debate where Japan’s fleet could be, recalling Pearl Harbor and Yamamoto. The piece riffs on secrecy, foreign policy misreadings, and wartime myths about Japanese forces, with references to ships, tonnage doubts, and Knox.
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New York
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