The Portsmouth Herald from Portsmouth, New Hampshire • Page 1

THE WEATHER Wellington. July for New Hampshire: Generally fair tonight aod Friday. Not much change in temperature. PORTSMOUTH HERALD SUN AND TIDE Sun Rises Sun Sets 5.33 8.07 VOL. LIE.

NO. 258. PORTSMOUTH, N. THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937 AND TIMES Portsmouth Daily Republican Merged With THE HERALD. July 1.

1902. High Tide 3.49 a 4.18 Light Auto Lamps at 8.38 p. m. PRICE TWO CENTS ANOTHER FLIGHT WAY A Haven For Americans In Peiping (Ey Associated Press) July aro'jnJ ideal weather imst way lay ahead of a :iur.l Soviet airplane flight to from Moscow unannounced destination in An pilot, Sigismund Lav 13 the Lindbergh of H'-iwii." set -lie off for 8 a E3T. to flv-2 persons will accompany a four-molorgd plane.

Df word jf the takeoff after ilie announced time recalled, the delay of Moscow in announcing previous trans-Polar flights. The start of trie first flight wa-s not reported for 24 hours. Fairbanks was listed as a refueling stop. A group of Russian engineers hastily completed establishing s. refueling station here where the plane can land, take on gas and then fly possibly to Chicago or New York, The TJ.

S. Signal Corps giant northland radio network was busy long be- Core the flight started, sending out reports of good weather most of the day and of Ideal temperature prevailing on the American side of the Pole undeclared vvarbeweenJaan and 1,300 Americans took in the United PROTEST VISIT TO NORTH IRELAND OF KING AND QUEEN Newspapers Ask Why It Was Thought Necessary To Have Monarchs Meet Peril (By Associated Press) London, July against the official arrangements that took King George and Queen Elizabeth to Northern. Ireland for a coronation celebration that was marred by widespread political terrorism was voiced here today. The Daily Mirror referring to tho peril involved in the service yesterday said "may we ask why it was thought necessary for the King and Queen to go to Belfast?" Belfast police carried on an exhaustive inquiry of a powerful land mine which exploded near tha route of the royal procession but made no arrests that connection. The Ulster authorities declared the explosion at a warehouse was deliberately planned and executed but there was no official intimation it was an at', tempt on the life of the King.

Rather it was thought the terrorists had tried to damage the city's main power and light plant which was nearby. CBy Associated Press) Greenfield. July E. Elder. 55-year-old former dean of Mount School for Boys, was acquitted last night of a charge )f assault with iuter.t to kill a former school associate.

S. Allen Norton, who once accused Elder of kissmg his pretty stenographer. Elder also was acquitted of a charge of simple assault on Norton The Franklin County jury, which had heard testimony for nearly a week returned its verdict at 8 -15 p. m. t'ter deliberating since 3.31 p.

m. The Commonwealth had charged that Eider accosted Norton, former school cashier, in Norton's GreenHeld garage on the night of last May 25, Norton testified Elder had pointed a gun at Elder in testimony denied he was in Greenfield that night. Elder told the jury ho was at Keene. N. 40 miles away, and his wife corroborated his story in her testimony.

Witnesses testified that Norton, six years ago. accused Elder of "kissing i and embracing" his stenographer, Miss Evelyn Dill, but both Elder and Miss Dill denied that Elder ever had kissed or embraced her. Elder and Norton were associates of Dr. Elliott Speer, headmaster of Mount Hermon School, who was shot and killed nearly three years ago. His slayer never has been identified.

When the verdict was announced Elder turned quickly to his wife, sitting directly behind him, and embraced and kissed her. Measures For Authority And Me. H. Compact (By Associated Press) Washington, July 39 President Roosevelt signed today a bill authorizing the Maine-New Hampshire interstate bridge authority to build a toll bridge across the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth. The President also approved a bill granting congressional consent to a Maine-New Hampshire compact creating the interstate bridge authority.

Swanzey, July Murray, 79, of 86 4th Lowell, met instant death yesterday when his automobile was in collision with a lumber truck driven by Richard Leroux of Keene. Medical Referee Arthur P. Weston said Murray suffered a broken neck. BARBERS IN SIT-DOWN STRIKE (By Associated Press) I Kankakee, 111., July members of the Kankakee Barbers' Union locked their shops, slipped into nonunion establishments In guise of customers, climbed into waiting barber chairs, and announced a sit-down strike, ESCAPES AS SCHOONER SINKS Seventeen Men Row 15 Miles To Gloucester And Rockport After The Natalie Hammond (By Associated Press) Gloucester, July members of the crew of the fishing schooner Natalie Hammond, escaped from their sinking vessel early toflay as the $15,000 craft sank 15 miles east by south of Eastern Point, Gloucester. After launching eight dories by moonlight the men rowed through the dawn to this port and Rockport to the north, where news of the ship's foun- dering became known.

Following traditions of the sea Capt. Frank Rose and his brother, Sebastian, were the last to leave the vessel. They rowed about until the Natalie Hammond disappeared from view. Members of the crew said a sea cock which took in water to cool the schooner engines broke and flooded the boat. Soon after the craft sank Ooast Guard boat 158 reported wreckage floating on the water.

Actual Sino-Japanese Fighting Here is one of the aa mc tn-if- actual hostilities between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping. II; showsmem- first photos to reach acwai de(ending historic Marco Polo bridge Mmilei southwest ol the city the -ninfh army succeeding thrusts have placed Feiplnf under virtual state of HUNT FOR PINK SKUNK PELT East Jaffrey, July hunters who dreamed of riches from pink skunk pelts were a bit crimson themselves today. The hunt for the "pinkies" began Monday when word spread that John Patterson had killed one and had mounted it. Vacationists figured the pelts would be worth money and started out. But Game Warden George 3.

Proctor of Wilton, advised the nimrods that Patterson's dog had brought in the pink pelt in April 1925. The hunt was called off. -DAY HOTEL San Francisco, July 89-day San Francisco hotel strike ended late yesterday with the signing of agreements between operators and the 17 unions involved. The 19 hotels which have been closed during the dispute were expected to open immediately. AMERICANS ARE IN PERIL IN TIENTSIN Bombs Rain On Densely Populated Sections Of City Chinese Drive Japanese Back (By Associated Press) The lives of Tientsin's many Americans were imperilled today by a death struggle between the Chinese and Japanese armies in North China.

The Japanese army a drastic effort to rout a Chinese attack that threatened to drive it from Tientsin loosed a devastating aerial bombardment on the city. Japanese officers declared the acute situation compelled them to ignore '''earlier assurances not to expose the city's foreign residents to peril." Bombs rained on the densely populated Chinese quarters both at Tient- sin and Peiping. Americans huddled In cellars of the foreign concession and swarmed for safety to embassy grounds. Three Chinese armies attacked in unison to gain the strategic Tientsin area and cut Japanese communications with the interior, striking at Japanese entrenchments along a 95-mile front. The Chinese carried their offensive to Sengtal, Japanese field headquarters west of Peiping.

The attack was sudden, swift and strong. It drove the Japanese from Tientsin's, three key railroad stations and the Japanese concession. Japanese War Minister Fugiyama intimated to the Parliament in Tokio that the conflict might spread beyond North China, Wholesale reenforcements are being dispatched to China and the lower house passed legislation revising conscription and extending military secret protection laws. MEMORIAL BRIDGE TRAFFIC COUNT TAKEN The traffic crossing the Memorial Bridge during the 24-hour period yesterday is reported as follows by the H. State Highway Department: Wednesday, July 28 Cars 16,124 Trucks 1,584 Buses 144 Total 17,852 WANTS BUTTONS Concord, July was given today by representatives of 15 sportsmen's clubs of the state to a proposed license button for anglers and hunters.

The Fish and Game Department has a bill pending in the House which provides for issuance.of buttons which would contain licenses. The buttons would be worn on the outside of a shirt or coat where could be easily seen. TAFT TO RUN Cincinnati, July A. Taffc, bitter foe of the New Deal, declared yesterday his intention of seeking tha Republican nomination for the United States Senate; EARLY GAINS IN STOCK MARKET AREREDUCED (By Associated Press) Nuw York, July selective upturn at the opening of today's stock market was followed by quiet selling which reduced initial gains. Volume was much under yesterday and prices uneven near the fourth hour.

Bethlehem Steel was in demand as the company's report, due after the closing, was expected to make pleasing reading. Grains and other commodities were mixed along with bonds. On the advancing side most of the session, although some failed to hold later, were U. S. Steel, Continental Oil, Montgomery Ward, Western Union, Lowes, National Lead, Chrysler and Chesapeake Ohio.

Backward were Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet Tube, General Motors, Yellow Truck, Goodyear, Deere, Consolidated Edison, North American, V'estinghouse, General Electric and Woolworth. $10. GIFT NIGHT THE GREENLANDER FRIDAY, JULY 30 PAINTING and PAPERHANGING T. J. BUCKLEY, JR.

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