U S housing aid and European war views in press mix
Washington reports a surge in calls for more slum clearance funding driven by city machines upset at being edged from government. Wagner pushes for hundreds of millions in housing authority funds while Britain faces Chamberlain’s speech and debate over Norway, with opinions split on German aggression and British wartime strategy.
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PWA
New York City
Wagner
Phariah
United States Housing Authority
White House
Britain
Norway
Chamberlain
Hitler
Norwegan
Chamberalin
Commons
Siugerish
My. Chamberlain
New England Floods Recede as Rivers Drop After Weekend
Rain swollen streams in New England receding with the Connecticut Merrimack and Androscoggin rivers easing in upper reaches. Maine Saco and Kennebec rivers crest likely behind. Vermont Champlain breakwater nearly submerged. Some Northampton Mt. Tom areas flooded while New Hampshire highways reopen. limited Maine road flooding expected to clear later. Connecticut river at Hartford-Bridgeport area at 23.3 feet, crest projected 23.5 this afternoon.
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Boston
New England
Connecticut
Merrimack
Androscoggin
Power Company
Maine
Saco
Kennebec
Lake Champlain
Burlington
Vermont
Northampton
Mt. Tom
New Hampshire
Bartford, Conn, May & (Ap
Connecticut “River
Weather Bureau
Amsden Detached From Local Navy Yard
Captain William F. Amsden USN, longtime Portsmouth yard captain, is detached for service in June with Destroyer Squadron Four to command. Captain John J. Brown USN will assume his post, while Captain Henry C. Gearing Jr. moves to command USS Rigel. Amsden, a Navy Cross recipient, is a DC native with World War I destroyer command experience.
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William F. Amsden
USN
Portsmouth
Destroyer Squadron
No. 4
John J. Brown
Henderson
Amsden
A.W. Brown
U. S.naval Academy
15S
New York
Quincy
Human bones found in Plum Island sand
Newburyport Massachusetts May 6 AP State police investigate discovery of a human skeleton under a cottage on Plum Island on the North Shore. Medical Examiner Walter E Snow said the bones found by Aldo Poggie of Boston appeared to have lain in the sand for many years.
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Newburyport
Mass
Bstate
Plum Island
North Shore
Walter E. Snow
Aldo Poggie
Boston
Navy Recommissioning Former Squalus as Sailfish
The decommissioned submarine Squalus will be recommissioned as the USS Sailfish on May 15 at Portsmouth Navy Yard. The reconditioned vessel will undergo tests off the Isles of Shoals under Lieut. Comdr. Morten C. Mumma and Lieut. Hiram Cassedy. This marks nearly a year since the ship’s fatal Isles of Shoals plunge while returning to sea.
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Squalus
Sailfish
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Isles of Shoals
Morten C. Mumma
USN
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Hiram Cassedy
Extension Of Warfare To Balkans Looms
Budapest May 6 AP Extension of the war to southeastern Europe grew likelier with reports of Turkish troops along Greek and Bulgarian frontiers German concentrations near Yugoslav and Hungarian borders and arm shipments into eastern Slovakia Italian activity near the Yugoslav frontier Russian reinforcements near Ruthenia Hungary. Allies reportedly may land troops in Salonika and a battle fleet operates near Alexandrica. A Hungarian spy scare led to 200 arrests amid diplomatic tensions as Germany Britain sought Bulgarian support.
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Europe
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Dodecanesé Islands
Poland
Ruthenia
Hungary
Anel Dis
Cascholovakia
Salonika
Greece
Aegean
Asea
Alexandrica
France
Russia
United States
Germany
Britain
Karl Clodious
Hughe Enatenbull-Hughessen
Turkey
Sofia
Plunges To Death From Window In Rockland Hotel
John M. Quinn, 72, plunged to his death from a third floor hotel window in Rockland Massachusetts after allegedly ignoring pleas to wait. Quinn, a native of Bennington New Hampshire, was an elderly pensioner living on the hotel’s second floor with his wife and daughter.
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Rockland
Mass
John M. Quinn
Quinn
Bennington
N. H
Mexico Rejects Arbitration On Oil Dispute
Mexico rejects U S arbitration offer over American owned oil properties. Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay calls the seizure a domestic issue and says arbitration is incompatible with the facts. Washington reports on the weekend note release.
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Washington
Mexico
United “States
Eduardo Hay
Contested Oil Adjustment Methods Under Mexican Law
The article states that the United States contends American oil companies have not exhausted the adjustment means provided by Mexican law. It notes the dispute centers on regulatory avenues and potential remedies available within Mexico’s legal framework. Further details outline positions of involved parties and anticipated judicial steps.
German thrust halted by French in Saar sector clash
German offensive on the Western Front stalled by a sharp French counterattack during a third Saar sector engagement. Both sides reported losses with French casualties described as slight. fighting continued as Nazi forces pressed from no-man's-land and failed to break French outposts east of the Maginot line.
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APIA
Saar
War Ministry
No-Man's- Land
Marginot Line
Boys Chop Hole In Roof Of Building Fire
Police questioned juveniles in connection with a fire set in the Portsmouth Ice and Coal Co building on Langdon Street last evening. They reportedly entered through a roof hole they hacked with tools at 7 40 oclock. Patrolmen found the fire and firefighters extinguished it before extensive damage. Additional damage was reported by the youths.
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Portsmouth, Ice & Coal Co
Langdon Street
Leonard ‘Hewitt
Court Acquits Congressman in Postal Appointment Case
Congressman H Frank Whelchel of Georgia is acquitted in federal court on charges of conspiring to sell postal appointments. Co defendant H Grady Jones was also cleared as the go-between in the alleged jobs sale.
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Gainesville
H.frank Whelchel
D-Ga
Whelchel
H. Grady Jones
Bargain Days Ends as Portsmouth Shoppers Share Awards
The Portsmouth Merchants Bureau held the second annual Bargain Days finale in Market Square with 39 winners sharing 200 in prizes. Mrs Sophia Herry won 30, Arnold Baer 25, and Mrs J. plus two others took 10 each as Boy Scouts drew coupons amid a light drizzle.
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Merchants Bureau
Sophia Herry
Route 2
Portsmouth
Arnold Baer
Florence Street
Dover
Colonial Theater
Frank Hollis
Merchants ’Bureau
Portsmouth Herald
Market Square
Portamouth
Marchents Bureau
Rainbow Girls Conclave Ends With Gala Ball
Rainbow Girls conclave closes with a Saturday gala ball in New Hampshire. Mrs. Alice Sukeforth presided as association opened with welcomes from Portsmouth Assembly led by Miss Ruth French. Notables included Mrs. Mary Brown and Mrs. Cordelia Calderwood. Initiation of candidates from multiple assemblies followed, with a 50 member choir providing music.
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Hampshire
Portsmouth
Ruth French
Mary, Brown
Eastern Star
New Harmpshire
Cordelia, Calderwood
Maine
Bessie, P. Norris
Epping
Grand Chapter
New Hampshire
Grace Willey
Alice Sukeforth
Grand Assembly Order of Rainbow
Massachusetts
Helen Nelson
Grand Assembly of
Beverly Rogers
Georgina ‘Rowel
Rivermot
Atte McAllister
Katherine Jarvis
Barbara
Frank Marshall
Esther Johnson
Marion Gerrish Craig
Fortsmouth
Grace-Willey
Cornelia Calderwood
Plymouth
Keene
Nashua
Wolfboro
Peterboro
Manchester
Concord
Claremont
Barbara Sukeforth
Shirley Sanderson
Mary Low
Emery
Barbara Stevens
Grace Hamilton
Margaret Patch
Hopsie Adams
Phyllis Howard
50 Voices
Slain Man Found In Fire Ruins
Georgetown Massachusetts May 5 AP slain man Ralph Redden formerly of Lynn was found dead in a two room fire gutted house. Police said two holes were smashed in the skull and the charred body was in a bed. Medical examiner ordered the body removed to the undertaker. Redden had moved from Lynn months earlier to build lobster traps and a shot through his window was reported a month before the blaze.
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Georgetown
Mass
Ralph Redden
Lynn
Louis M., Holt
Redden
Elmer 5
Bagnall
Holt
Readen R
Hire
FDR Appeals for Civilian Bombing Protections
President Roosevelt, urging European nations to spare civilians, endorsed an international pact protecting noncombatants and pledged support for any agreement upholding that principle. He called for adherence to wartime humanitarian norms amid ongoing conflict.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dog Attack Leaves Child with Eye Injury in Manchester
May report states three year old Wayne Thompson, son of Ward and Mrs. Thompson, was mauled by a furious German shepherd. The boy, attacked while reaching for a bone near the dog, is hospitalized as doctors fight to save one eye. Grandfather Dr. Wellington A. Thompson attends. Several stitches were required.
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Manchester
Wayne Thompson
Ward E. Thompson
Dartmouth
Wellington A. Thompson
Forces Dispatched To Northern Ore Port
Stockholm reports German warplanes penetrate northern Norway in large numbers as Alpine troops move toward Narvik. Dispatches say about 100 planes were seen toward the Arctic area while Allies hold a foothold in Norway. Germany aims to press Narvik and possibly Hammerfest and Karkenes, with heavy equipment drops a key challenge. A German destroyer near Swedish waters captured a British submarine after depth charges.
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Berlin
Narvik
Narvis
Arctic
Hammerfest
Karkenes
Naxyik
Tromso
Police Hunt Mad Slayer Of Girls
Belfonte Pa May 6 AP police and state motor police hunted for a tan sedan linked to the fatal beating and sexual slayings of Fay Gates 25 a factory worker and an 11 year old co ed Rachel Taylor near 12 miles away in central Pennsylvania. Police say the same man likely killed both victims and warn the killer may strike again. A car matching the tan auto was seen near Gates prior to her body being found in spook hollow.
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Belfonte
CCO
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Lynn G. Adams
State
Fay Gates
Here
Rachel Taylor
Spook Hollow
Capitol sportscasters miss real government action
In vivid Washington coverage you might glimpse how lawmakers argued and maneuvered. Garner sat unmoved as a rookie senator from the Farm Bloc offered a long speech while a Colorado deputy stumbled in order. Spectators fainted at a sharp look and a page snatch failed in the Congressional Record.
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Capitol
Washington, D. C
Senators
Garner
Bloc- League
Mississippi
Arizona
Congressional
Washington
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