Washington Dct Eye on Nazi Spy Case and Election Clash
A Washington column reports the Dies Committee investigations into Nazi espionage centered on Manfried Zapp and his German propaganda links. It covers political maneuvering by Rep Kent Keller to reinterpret election issues, San Diego naval base emphasis, and British demand for American tanks amid wartime production and strategic debates.
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Washington
Dct
Dies Committee
Zapp
Manfried Zapp
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Department
Kent Keller
Ava
Ill
Ed Tac
San Diego
Keller
Tid Tzac
Congress
Izac
Pacific Coast
Almanac style note on Times and events
A compact almanac style item records standard time details for the date, with mentions of blues tomorrow at 6.01 pm, a 1 pm notice, and last quarter moon on October 24. It also notes vehicle activity tonight at 5.2.
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Ines
Strength for the Day
A compact Herald page note highlights a feature titled Strength for the Day. It mentions cartoons, comics, and a crossword puzzle along with classified ads and personals sections.
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Roy Scouts
Tadloriad Flint Vixeker
Vileanings
Hampton Hove
Kittery
Eval Notlens
World New Castle
Newmarket
New England
Rata Rye
Rockingham Draft Registration Counts For 6263 Men
In Rockingham County 6263 men registered for selective service as of yesterday across 37 towns and cities. The state totals lagged behind expectations with New Hampshire at 5233 of an anticipated 73200, while Vermont and Massachusetts showed similar gaps. Navy yard registrants in Portsmouth numbered 2818 versus the 2026 forecast, helping explain regional variances.
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Herald
Rockingham County
Rockingham
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Kittery
Burnell E. Frisbee
Director Hails Registrants Spirit In Draft Rollout
Clarence A. Dykstra, UW president and new draft director, praised registrants for enthusiastic turnout and said democracy rose to the occasion. He noted about 5,000,000 men will be drafted as a first peacetime selective service system. Roosevelt issued orders to appoint local boards and officials to run the program.
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Associated. Press
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Stimson
Dyk~sora
Dykstre
Roosevelt
Akstra
Eliot Postoffice Quarters Enlarge
The Eliot postoffice is enlarged and extended to a straight front with the T. F. Staples store. It will provide more room and improve appearance. A separate street door will replace the old entry through the Staples store, with another door built in the store partition and the old doorway boarded up. A postoffice sign will be placed outside.
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Eliot Postoffice
T. F. Staples
Staples
Wendell Willkie Blames Government For Economic Suffering
Wendell Willkie voices strong accusations that government actions have created a low mood and harmed American enterprise. He argues politicians spread abuse to obscure Administration mistakes.
Nashua Fire Chief Dies Fighting Brush Fire
Nashua Fire Chief Willam E Whitney, 65, collapsed while battling a brush fire and died at St. Joseph's hospital. He had served as chief for over a year and spent 40 years with the Nashua fire department.
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Nashua
Willam E Whitney
St. Joseph's Hospital
Fire Department
Bowen Enters Federal Service Concord War Department orders induce state adjutant general
Brig Gen Charles F Bowen of New Hampshire National Guard and state director of selective service was formally inducted into federal service yesterday. He remains state adjutant and will head selective service temporarily in federal status. His $84,000 state salary is withdrawn and he will receive brigadier general pay in the US Army.
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Concord
Charles F. Bowen
New Hampshire National Guard
War Department
United States Army
Arrested Fined Jailed Registered All In A Day
William Webster, 32, of Boston, was arraigned in municipal court on evading railroad fare. He was fined 310 and costs 625 but could not pay, was sentenced to Rockingham County Farm at Brentwood. While awaiting transport, he was registered for national conscription.
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William Webster
Boston
Webster
Rockingham County
Brentwood
Three Witnesses Aid State's Case Against Five Members Of Sect
The state relies on three witnesses to prove that five Jehovah's Witnesses members assaulted and aimed to kill Dwight Robinson in Kennebunk on June 9. Dr. William F. Mahaney testified Robinson suffered gunshot wounds needing later amputation. Witnesses Nadeau Robert ge and Ralph Roberge described car stops near the Kingdom Hall and Robinson taking the wheel. Other defendants include Leathers Graves Bobb Trask Snowdale and Madison in a rifle assault tied to the same incident.
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Alfred
Jehovah's Witnesses
Dwight Robinson
Kennebunk
William F. Mahaney
Saco
Robinson
Roland Nadeau
Party of Four
Sect
Sway
Superior Court
Frederick McDonald
Kingdom Hall
Joseph W. Leathers
Benjamin Graves
Edwin Bobb
Richard Trask
Fayette Snowdale
Biddeford
Carroll
Madisden
Portland
Indictiment
Atsits
Teachers Of State Meet Opens In Rochester
The 87th annual New Hampshire State Teachers Association opened in Rochester with over 2,000 attendees. Mrs Alice Harriman of Laconia delivered greetings in Gov. Murphy's absence. Spaulding Headmaster Carroll W Peavy chaired the main session, while Edmund Downey of Nashua led a separate gathering at the Schei theatre. Noted speakers included Warden Lewis H Lawes of Sing Sing and Dr Thomas H Briggs of Columbia University.
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Rochester
New Hampshire State Teachers’ Association
Alice Harriman
Laconia
Pranell P. Murphy
Carroll W. Peavy
Spaulding
Edmund Downey
Nashua
Scehic Theater
Lewis H. Lawes
Sing Sing
Thomas H. Briggs
Columbia University
Dies in Hampton Ely Germain 72 native of Massachusetts
Ely Germain aged 72 a native of West Brooksfield Massachusetts died at the home of Miss Elia Locke in Hampton yesterday. The body was taken to Lynn Massachusetts this morning for funeral services set for Saturday.
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Ely Germain
West Brooksfield
Mass
Elia Locke
Hampton
Lynn
Gourd Mystery From Wallis Sands Gardener
B S White of 81 State street brought a basket of gourds to the Herald office after finding a seedless gourd washed ashore at Wallis Sands. Despite resembling squash, the gourds vary in color green yellow and striped. He planted them from seeds discovered in the surf showing unpredictable garden results.
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B. S. White
State Street
Herald Office
White
Wallis Sands
Nazi Children Quit Big Industrial Cities
A mass exodus of 200000 German children from Berlin and Hamburg to western Romania was reported as Britain began removing mothers and children from bomb ravaged London districts. Health Minister Malcolm MacDonald said 55000 expectant mothers leave London weekly and 489000 school children have left for safer countryside. 5500 hospital beds were filled by casualties amid fears of fever from crowded shelters.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hamburg
Romania
Britain
London
Bucharest
Reichland
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Commons
MacDonald
Three New National Defense Stamps On Sale Here
The Post Office Department announces three National Defense stamps now available at the Portsmouth post office. Postmaster Peter J. Hickey says the one cent shows the statue of Liberty, the two cent features an anti aircraft gun, and the three cent carries an uplifted torch with Security Education Conservation Health on either side.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
Portsmouth
Peter J. Hickey
Communists To Get High Court Hearing
Concord reports the New Hampshire communist party was granted a hearing before the state supreme court to appeal the ballot commission ruling that removed the party’s slate from the November 5 ballot. The case hinges on the state ballot law and party eligibility.
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Concord
New Hampshire Communist Party
State Supreme Court
Bandits Rob Bank Messengers, Escape With Cash
Two gunmen robbed messengers of the First National Bank and Trust company in Pompton Lakes New Jersey, taking $4,050 and fleeing in a car driven by an accomplice. An AP report dated October 17 notes the robbery occurred today.
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Pompton Lakes
First National Bank and Trust Company
Rotary Club Hears Civic Patrol Head
A. Richard Chase of Portsmouth's civic patrol explained the patrol's aims within America's new defense program. He outlined committees handling police duties, protection, transportation, bridges, water, and sewage, modeled after Gloucester's 600 men 400 women unit, with a national charter and commendation from Adjt. Gen. Bowen of New Hampshire.
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A. Richard
Chase
Portsmouth
Civic Parol
Rockingham
America
Gloucester
Mass
Adjt
Charles F. Bowen
New Hampshire
Transportation Committee
Marston Chosen National Executive Head Of Episcopal Women
Margaret I. Marston of Portsmouth and New York City is named national executive head of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church at the Triennial convention in Kansas City. She succeeds Landley after 30 years in office and has led religious education efforts in Massachusetts and nationally. Marston also conducted a year long Orient tour in 1936 visiting India, China, Japan, and the Philippines to study missions.
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Episcopal Church
Kansas City
Cogan Elected By Fire Wardens in Epping
George T Cogan of Portsmouth fire chief was elected first vice president of the Rockingham county Forest Fire Wardens at a Tuesday meeting in Epping. Robert Smith of Fremont was chosen president. The event opened with a banquet in the Community church vestry hosted by the Ladies Aid Society under Lottie M Goodrich, followed by a business session in the town hall and an entertainment program.
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Epping
George T Cogan
Portsmouth
Rockingham County
Robert Smith
Fremont
Ald
Lottie M. Goodrith
Unclaimed Mail Lists Dead and Moved Voters in NH Check
Attorney Arthur Reinhart reports that sixteen more pieces of mail bring unclaimed voters to about 100 with many names and addresses. The list includes Julian Allard, Lois Beck, Anna Curtis, Gertrude Dickson, Marguerite Johnson, Alice Keogh, Midred Parsons, Grace Stirling, John and Florence Massenberg, Daniel and Florence Furbish, Ora Hamilton, Nellie Walden, Reginald Whitehouse, Florence Parady, Albert Fernald, and others. Officials note forwarding addresses complicate voter eligibility and urge public examination of the corrected checklist per NH laws. Additional returns show further unclaimed mail across wards as the investigation continues.
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Julian Allard
Wibird Street
Lois Beck
Junkins Avenue
Greenland
Anna
Curtis
Gertrude Dickson
Junk
Belle Isle
Saugus
Mass
Ora Hamilton
South
South Mall Street
New Hampshire
Britain Will Hold Out Until Spring Says Sheean
British correspondent Vincent Sheean told a large Portsmouth area audience at the University of New Hampshire that winter fogs and storms could hinder invasion this spring. He argued Britain could endure two years of food supply and air battles while Germany sought to conquer unoccupied France, warning that US action would shape the outcome and urging continued aid to Britain to hold out.
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Great Britain
Sepring
Vincent
Sheean
Portsmouth
University of New Hampshire
England
Austria
France
United States
Germany
Britain
London
Opinion and satirical tease on wartime names and plans
A New York briefing mocks Marsha Petain and Goering, noting a satirical exchange about naming the Vichy regime and the Nazi air force. The piece hints that Thanksgiving may shift to late November and jokes about desert sieges and the Danube crossing. It uses biting wartime humor to critique Italian and German commands.
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New York
Marsha Petain
Goering
Turkey
Desert
Danubs
Lersatz
English Channel
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Rumania
Far East
Burma Road
China
Kiel
Cuxhaven
Bandits
Rotary Club
Margaret I. Marston
Cogan
Arthur Reinhart
Arthur L. Reinhart
Pearl M.: Bergkvist
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W. 2. Beatty
Sheafe Street
Carl H. Bragg
Middle Street
M. J. ‘Dembacher
Marston Avenue
Ferdinand Badard
Austin Street
Neal O'Hara
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