Washington Sees Hitler May Prolong War With Mediterranean Drive
U S analysis argues Hitler could limit British blockade by seizing Gibraltar and Suez, securing Near Eastern oil and food. Romania’s output supports Germany for winter, but occupied Europe remains economically fragile. Britain could endure a longer conflict. American defense expansion must accelerate within five weeks to boost steel and war materials production.
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Washington
Hitler
Mediterranean
Britain
Selgre
Romania
Germany
Belgium
Holland
France
Denmark
Norway
Gibraltar
Suez
Roumania
Gibralttar
Sin
Vex
Defense Commission
Almanac Data From The Day’s Almanac 1940
The entry lists times for Standard Time sunrise at 6.14 am and sunset 4.43 pm with moon phase notes and tide indications. It notes moonrise and moonset times and mentions a light signal for vehicles tonight at 5.27 with references to a Wednesday moon new phase and general almanac data.
Amusements and Notices Highlight Durham and Exeter
A compact page notes public forums, personal mentions, and local entertainments in Durham Exeter Kittery Point and nearby towns. Listings include Scouts activities and wedding notices alongside classified ads and a crossword puzzle feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amusements
Boy Scouts
Durham
Eilat
Exeter
Kittery Point
Wisten
World Sewields
Newmarket
Taring
New England
Public Forum Radio Rye Sports
Stratham
British Italian Ships Clash In Battle Off Greek Coast
British and Italian forces clash at sea off the Greek coast amid Greek war declaration and Italian invasion. Reports say British fleet seized Crete and a Corfu area island while Turkish moves into Thrace intensified. A Florence meeting between Hitler and Mussolini sparked speculation of broader peace efforts and potential German actions near Spain. Strong British Mediterranean forces race to aid Greece as Athens confirms mobilization and Greek radio notes imminent British arrival.
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Associated Pressi
Britain
Greece
Italy
Athens
Crete
Corfu
Thrace
Turkey
Great Britain
Tun
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Florence
Berlin
Pyrenees
Spain
Gibraltar
John Metaxas
Precs Association
Germany
Hitler
Excitamens
Wendell Willkie Attacks Democratic Party Over Third Term
Wendell Willkie declares the current Democratic Party is captured by the New Deal and the New Dean of Hopkins, Ickes, Corcoran, Cohen and Wallace. He argues they seek to replace Democratic doctrine with the indispensable man theory and violate the unwritten law against a third term.
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Tbis
Real
Democratic Party
Hopkins
Ickes
Corcoran
Cohen
Wallace
Music Group Ends Sessions Here
Plymouth district of the National Federation of Music Clubs closes its two day convention on Junior Day with reports from junior counselors of New England states and remarks by national president Mrs. Vincent Hilles Ober. Readings and solos cover New Hampshire Maine Rhode Island Massachusetts and Maine performances by young musicians including piano harp and vocal numbers.
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Plymouth
National Federation of Music Clubs
New England
Vincent Hilles Ober
New Hampshire
Berceuse
Jocelyn
Godard
Liliane Boisvert
Manchester
Maine
Lowell
Shyrlee Teazé
Tor Symphony
Haydn
John Knowles Paine Oléb
Portland
Rhode Island
Marylin Dunn
the Birch
Spaulding
Richard
Thomas
Alfred
Ronald Leonard
Marguerite
Zabel
John Leonard
Five Leonard Boys
Chopin
Lirst
Betty Tie
Massachusetts
MacDowell
Cynthia Brown
Gitanerius
Lecuona
Santa Anna's Patio
Strickland
Antoinette Giannini
Alleluja
Mozart
Verdral Garino
Campbell Tipton
Ivor Novello
Margaret Smith
Local Civic Patrol Receives Official Charter
Portsmouth New Hampshire civic patrol gains official charter from the Civic Patrols of America at Navy Yard quarters. Miss Natelie Hammond presents the charter to President A. Richard Chase of the Portsmouth Patrol during a ceremony hosted by Commander and Mrs. J. B. Longstaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Civic Patrol
New Hampshire
Mahoney To Speak Before Lions Club
James B. Mahoney former commander of Prank. E. Booma post American Legion will explain the Legion policy change from no war intervention to aiding Britain at the Portsmouth Lions Club dinner tonight at the Rockingham Hotel scheduled for 6 20 p m members of the Lions meet for their regular bi monthly dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeway
Portsmouth Lions Club
Rockingham Hotel
James B. Mahoney
Prank
E. Booma
American Legion
Legion
Britain
Civil Service Clarifies Hatch Act Rules
The Civil Service Commission and the Department of Justice publish guidelines on permissible political activity by federal employees. Highlights: active campaign participation is mostly forbidden. soliciting funds from colleagues is prohibited. political solicitation inside federal buildings is unlawful. voluntary contributions to a party are allowed without coercion or retaliation. the document outlines specific exceptions for certain employees under the Emergency Relief act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Department of Justice
Central High Faces Forfeit Over Player Age
AP reports Central high football may forfeit all games this season after authorities ruled Teddy Makris ineligible because he was over 20 past February 11. Headmaster Carl P. James announced the tampering and age falsification ineligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saterios
Teddy" Makris
Central High
Carl P. James
Makris
Civic Patrol Group Plans Next Meeting After Demonstration
Portsmouth Civic Patrol leaders and participants are summoned to a meeting called by President A. Richard Chase at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night at the Central fire station to discuss further preparedness by the patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Civic Patrol
A. Richard Chase
Central Fire Staton
Pasol
Injury in Lafayette road cycle crash injures teen
Charles Smith, 17, of West Rye sustained a broken right leg after his motorcycle collided with an automobile on the Lafayette road Sunday evening. Smith had received his license a few days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
West Rye
Lafayette Road
Smith
Firemen Aid Dartmouth Students With Curbside Service
Portsmouth Fire department responded just before 11 PM when two Dartmouth students on a Boston weekend visit stopped by the station and asked crews to extinguish a fire in the rear seat. A stray cigarette caused the blaze. damage was minimal and service was prompt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Fire Department
Dartmouth
Boston
Collie Dog Averts Fire At Rye Home
Mrs Gertrude Paquette of Brackett Road heard her collie bark and investigate when the dog’s warnings grew urgent. A brush fire spreading behind the home prompted a Portsmouth fire crew to fight the blaze for nearly an hour before it was subdued.
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Rye
Gertrude Paquette
Brackett Road
Portsmouth
Additional Draft Numbers Assigned
Local draft board assigns numbers with names and addresses including Victor Parker Nash 3007 Portsmouth Arthur Paul Dodewell 3909 Newington Carl Washington Schultze B310 Portsmouth William Micholas Flores 3311 Portsmouth Philin Frederick Gray 3312 Portsmouth Harold Vincent Spurbeck 3313 Portsmouth William Shaw Thacker 3314 Hampton Falls Donald George Ross 3315 Portsmouth Rev Joseph Desmond O Conner 2316 Newmarket Thomas Telisfore Norkus 3317 Newington Leskie Charles Manning 4918 Portsmouth Russel White 2319 Rye Frank Joseph Menard 3320 Fortsmouth John Joseph Bukata 3321 Portsmouth George Howard Janvrin Jr 3322 Seabrook Milton J Rosen 3323 Portsmouth Samuel Lisagory 3324 Pleasant Roger Albert Lavoie 3325 Newmarket Irving James Sargent 3326 Newfields Robert Elsworth Day 3327 Continued on Page Three
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Victor Parker Nash
State St
Portsmouth
Arthur Paul Dodewell
R. D
Newington
Carl Washington Schultze
Rockland St
William Micholas Flores
Daniels St
Philin
Frederick Gray
Mendumave
Harold ‘Vincent Spurbeck
Freeman's Point
William Shaw Thacker
Travelers’ Rest
Hampton Falls
Donald George Ross
Spring St
Joseph Desmond O’conner
Main St
Newmarket
Thomas Telisfore Norkus
Box
Leskie Charles Manning
Thorton St
Russel
White
Wentworth Rd
Rye
Frank Joseph Menard
Newfields
Robert Elsworth Day
First City Blackout Gains Navy Praise in Portsmouth
Portsmouth observers hailed the first voluntary blackout as successful and safe. About 350 of 3500 houses stayed lit during five minutes, with lightless areas centered on Atlantic Bethtits Christian Shore and parts of Congress Street. Navy yard reported notable darkness and Ranger's Island remained bright.
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Portsmouth
Navy
Market Square
John Mooney
American Red Cross
Ralph Wood
Civic Patrol Transportation Committee
John C. Gamble
Frank E. Booma
American Legion
High Street
Andrew Greves
Lee Scott
Congress Street
Atlantic Betzhts
Christian Shore
Daniel Street
State Street
South Street
Richards Avenue
Middle Street
Portsmouth Hospital
South End
Spring Street
Kittery
Ranger’s Island
Memorial Bridge
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Three Seabrook youths die in highway crash
Three Seabrook men aged 18 to 21 die when their car overturned after hitting a telephone pole along LaFayette Road near the Overpass Salisbury. George Eaton 18 drove. Fred Eaton 17 and Leo Merrill 21 are the deceased. Myron Dobson 21 is in critical condition. Leonard Dobson 23 injured.
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Seabrook
Lafayette Road
George B. Eaton
Fred B. Eaton
Leo J. Merrill
Myron Dobson
Anna Jacques
Newburyport
Leonard Dobson
Myron
Dobson
George Eaton
Salisbury
Charles 5
Eaton
Collins Street
Fred Eaton
Charles R. Eaton
Washington Street
Meryl
Truman Merril
South Main Street
Bliss Widow Dies Following Husband in Ballimore Returns
Mrs George EB Bliss of Kittery Point dies at 71 after learning her husband Mr Bliss died in Boston last week. The widow, a First Christian Church member, endured a severe shock at the Ritz Carlton in Boston where the couple lived seasonally. Surviving daughters include Mrs Wasson of Bangor and Mrs Coyle and Mrs Lanthrell of Baltimore, plus three grandsons.
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George Eb, Bliss
Kittery Point
Boston
Bliss
Ballimore
Ritz Carlton
First Christian Church of
Mildred Wasgon
Wasson
Bangor
Alice Coyle
Phyllis Lanthrell
Balitimore
Banquet Marks Navy Day Here
The Portsmouth Navy yard unit observed Navy Day with a Rockingham hotel banquet attracting 200 attendees. Notable guests included Rear Adm. John D. Wainwright and Capt. Henry F. D. Davis with local officials and naval personnel. Speakers praised the Navy’s work and future expansion, noting plans to raise naval tonnage and replace submarines by 1947, followed by a vaudeville show produced with local support.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Rockingham Hotel
John D. Wainwright
U. S
The
Navy Yard
Henry F. D. Davis
U. S.N
A.J. McKee
U.S.N
F. A. Tussler
A. G. Bissett
Arxthuy
Jenks
Manchester
House Naval Affairs Committee
Thomas Gamester
M. A. Barrettt
William J. Monagle
Harrd Leyden
John Pethie
John Nicholson
C. B. Stephenson
Ralph Ham
A. J. Gregory
US Navy
Eddie Urquhart
Frank W. Hollis
John W. Howe
City Holds War Emergency Drill With Community Coping
A four hour city emergency drill organized by President A Richard Chase showcased community readiness as refugees arrived and the new patrol coordinated evacuations. Dorothy O Brien and two year old fell but received first aid and hospital transport. Officers managed potential trouble at a Jevovah Witnesses meeting and kept traffic and spectators orderly.
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Warren
Kittery
A. Richard Chase
Dorothy O'Brien
New Castle
Parrott Avenue
Inna Rintz
Red Cross
O'Brien
Portsmouth
Fleet Reserve Assn. Awards Honorary Memberships
The Fleet Reserve Association presented its first honorary memberships at a Navy Day banquet. Capt. James J. Brown and Lt. Comdr. Frank H. Sanders received the honors for their Reserve work. John Hannigan acted as toastmaster and noted the smaller Reserve ranks due to many recalled to active service. Lieut. Comdr. Grisham traced Navy Day history and praised the Fleet association. Mrs. Eva Olsen spoke on the Portsmouth Navy yard history from 1600 to 1813.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleet Naval Reserve Association
James J. Brown
USN
Frank H. Sanders
James E. Barnett
John Hannigan
Boston
Reserve Association
Hannigan
Plect Association
Charles F. Grisham
Middle West
Fleet Association
Eva Olsen
Branch 7 Auxiliary
Ports Mouth Navy Yard
October Snow Halts Local Motorists on Notch Road
Dr Kenneth Steady and Mrs Steady encountered snow while returning from visiting his parents in the northern city. They tried Jefferson Notch road a dirt pass opened by CCC to a high elevation area between Randolph and Crawford Notch. Weather had been threatening with snow flurries in Berlin.
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Kenneth Steady
Berlin
Randolph
Crawford Notch
Firemen Collecting Toys and Paint for Christmas Work
Portamouth firefighters seek toys and paint for their annual Christmas party for children. Broken items will be repaired and repainted for needy youngsters. Fire Chief George T. Cogan notes 59 days remain until Christmas, stressing early repairs.
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Portamouth
George T. Cogan
Herald
Neal O Hara on Nazi expansion and appeasement excuses
New York columnist Neal O Hara ridicules calls of Hitler’s aggression as defensive charm. He mocks invasions of Austria Czechoslovakia Poland Belgium Holland Denmark and Romania while labeling British propaganda as insincere and accusing critics of fueling conflict.
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New York
Isl
Hitler
Adolf
Austria
Schussnige
Schussnigg
Fuehrer
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Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Knudsen, Stettinius
Leon Tlenderson
Hampton Hampton Falls Mere
Duce
Wendell Willkie
York County
Selective Service
Kittery Press
Pol
F. Clyde Keefe
Robert E. Earley
Democratic State
Civil Service Commission
Central
Collie
Fleet Reserve Assn
Neal O'Hara
Ribbentrop
Rumania
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