Nazis threaten Czech town over killing in Kladno
German authorities in Prague threaten further measures after a Czech woman is questioned in the murder of a German police sergeant in Kladno. Nazi officials plan a memorial while Kladno honors the slain officer and Czech civic leaders face penalties.
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Kladno
Portsmouth
Kadno
Tue
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Wessel
Bohemia
Gerald
Moore Dead: Hollywood's Brightest Star Ends Tragically
Vernon Moore 52, a leading light of Hollywood dance and screen circles, was found dead at his Beverly Hills home. Police ordered an autopsy while mourners including Mary Pickford and friends recall a career filled with fame and deep personal losses.
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Verly Hills
Calif
Moore
Reed
Rudolph Valen
Normand
Roscoe Woom
Mr. Moore
Mary Pickford
Ovently
Perry
Pev
Peless
Teagh
Housing act approved by Portsmouth city council vote
City council unanimously approved a second housing contract with the Portsmouth Metropolitan Housing Authority for a 250 unit low cost project and repealed the first contract. The action allows a referendum challenge and possible injunctions over street construction and legal scope. Mayor Harold Clayton and five council members voted yes with two abstaining on emergency status.
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Portsmouth
Rottinghaus
Frank H. Rowe
George Koerner
Albert Weghorst
Frank Meyer
Evangeline Justice
Harold Clayton
Weghorst
Meyer
Rowe
Koerner
Police Seek Accomplice in Kidnaping for Mortgage Ransom
San Francisco reports police sought a male accomplice of Margaret Weil, an 18-year-old from Nassau New York who abducted 5-year-old Krehe Osborn and demanded 1600 dollars to pay her mother's farm mortgage. Weil, arrested with the child in a San Jose hotel, faces kidnapping for ransom with possible life imprisonment. preliminary hearing set for June 19.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
New York
Krehe Osborn
Margaret Polly Weil
Miss Weil
Osborn
San Jose
Graham Weir
Nassau
N. Y
Weil
Chicago
Hollywood
Squalus salvage nears first lift after sunk subs return
Navy divers in Portsmouth New Hampshire report progress on removing obstructions blocking the Squalus salvage operation. If successful they will fasten pontoon chains next week and begin lifting the hull with 26 bodies, planned in stages from 240 feet deep to warmer shallower waters.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Richard Edwards
Cyrus W. Cole
Two Enter Municipal Judge Race in Local Election Filing
Municipal Judge Horace L. Small a Democrat and former Judge N. B. Gilliland a Republican filed candidacy petitions Friday at the county election office. Under the new state law neither faces a primary, so both may be considered nominated without ballots. Small seeks a third term. Gilliland previously served as common pleas judge and two probate terms.
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New Boston
County Election Board
Douglas Bowling
W. A. Adams
Thomas Newberry
Council
Gerald Wintersole
Alger Sparks
Sparks
Selma Davis Johnson
Ralph Cameron
George Gregory
Alva R. Hall
A. C. Sowards
Ted W
Stratton
J. L. Phillips
Nelson Cox
W. O. Hall
George McManus
Gerald Winter
Horace L. Small
N. B. Gilliland
Small
Gilliland
Common Pleas
Weather snapshot from observer Schirrman today
Observer Schirrman reports at 11 a.m. temperatures reached 80 with a low of 66. A year ago the high was 84 and the low 65. Yesterday peaked at 91.
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Schirrman
Sciotoville High marks biggest class in history
54 seniors gathered for the 26th annual Sciotoville High School commencement in Harding school auditorium. Dr. Henry Hitt Crane of Detroit delivered the address on delusions and growing up to adult minds, stressing integrity and character over grades.
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Sciotoville High School
Charles E. Hard
Board of Education
Pauline Walden
W. Smith
Marvin L. Sturm
Charles Colegrove
William Dressler
J. Richard Farmer
Athalia
Mendelssohn
Henry Hitt Crane
Detroit
Portsmouth High School
Crane
Robbins Leads Ohio Commercial Travelers To 50th Convention
E A Robbins of Chillicothe headed Ohio's United Commercial Travelers as delegates to the 50th annual state convention consider a 1940 gathering site. Lancaster Lima Cedar Point and Chillicothe bid strongly for the honor. Robbins named grand counselor.
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Mansfield
E. A. Robbins
Chillicothe
Ohio
United Commercial Travelers
Lancaster
Lima
Cedar Point
Robbins
Judge McCall Receiver for Local Bank Recovers From Heart Attack
Judge H Stanley McCall receiver for the First National Bank is recovering from a heart attack suffered Thursday night at his home 1612 Highland avenue. His condition was serious until he rallied with improvement continuing Friday and today.
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H. Stanley McCall
Highland Avenue
First National Bank
Judge McCall
The Scouts An Investment in Americanism
An editor's note stressing Boy Scout ideals as Portsmouth prepares for a major fund drive. The piece links youth civic duty to tolerance and Americanism amid European conflict and Nazi influence, highlighting 1,000,800 boys embracing rights, responsibilities, and brotherhood as national response.
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Seow
King Exchanges Warm Words With CCC Boy At Camp
At Fort Hunt Virginia on June 10 Johan Dragante of Rochester Pa a CCC worker met King George VI during a visit and recounted how the monarch asked about life in the CCC He said the royal talk was friendly while Dragante claimed he gained a few pounds during the encounter and later described the scene with crowd reactions and light humor
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Fort Hunt
Johan G. Dracanza
Rochester
CCC
England
Dragente
George
Royal Visit Opens New York World’s Fair Welcome
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive in New York aboard the destroyer Warrington amid a massive greeting by hundreds of thousands. The royal couple tour the World’s Fair after a Battery reception as crowds cheer and security tightens at Union Station.
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Queen Elizabeth
Mrs. Roosevelt
Union Station
Washington
White House
Associated Press
New York
George VI
Britain
United States
Warrington
North America
George Washington
Battery
Manhattan
Governor's Island
George
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Grover Whalen’s Smile Awaits King at Fair
New York June 10 a king and queen visited the New York Worlds fair delighting Grover Whalen the prominent publicist whose top hat and décor drew cheers. The crowd marked the day as a highlight for the famed dome of the big show.
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Grover Whalen
New York
Gerdenia
Walen
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