Norwegian Underground Aid To Jews At Eichmann Trial
The widow of Norway’s chief rabbi testified at Eichmann’s trial, recounting how underground Norwegians saved 850 Jews by smuggling them to Sweden in 1942. She noted her husband was among the first seized and Auschwitz later claimed him, while praising gentile rescuers who defied Nazi orders.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Henriette Samuel
Norway
Gestapo
Auschwitz
Sweden
Europe
Scandinavia
Denmark
Eichmann
Mrs. Samuel
Berlin
Nansen
Mary Martha Circle Ends Season at Saco United Baptist
The Mary Martha circle held its final season meeting at the parsonage home of Mrs. Stanley A. Bennett. Circle chairman Mrs. Hilton Lamson led devotions Bible study and a brief business session. Fifteen members attended and shared current news articles during the social hour with refreshments by the hostess.
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Mary Martha
Saco
Communists From Recife Land in Jamaica Aims Toward Havana
A chartered Cuban airliner refueled in Kingston Jamaica carrying 35 Communists including two women who said they traveled from Recife Brazil to Havana to study Fidel Castro’s Cuba and its Soviet alignment. A Pentagon briefing warned the United States to expect more revolutions and Castro affiliates south of the border.
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Central
South America
Kingston
Jamaica
Recife
Brazil
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Pentagon
United States
Biddeford UB Missionary Group Installs New Officers
The Biddeford United Baptist Women's Missionary Society installed new officers in a ceremony at Mrs. Jennie Dority's home. Elected were Mrs. Genevieve McDonald president, Mrs. Alice Durest vice president, Miss Ora Wiggin secretary, Mrs. Alice Woodman treasurer, with several committees named. Retiring president Mrs. Alice Durest conducted the business meeting. a June picnic at Miss Ora Wiggin's Ocean Park home is planned. Refreshments followed the social hour.
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Women's Missionary Society
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Jennie Dority
Janelle Avenue
Biddeford
Dority
Genevieve McDonald
Alice Durest
Ora Wiggin
Alice Woodman
Ruth Morse
Hazel Clay
Eva Bowen
Jennie’ Rity
Mabel Emery
White Cross
Mary Grace
Moetha Souza
Ocean Park
Saco PTA Plans for May 16 Officer Installation
Saco PTA executive board approved plans for May 16 officer installation at Young School with installing officer Marie Smith of Gateway District One. The budget was accepted for submission at the May 16 session as a special guest list of parents and PTA members attends a social following the meeting.
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Young School
Saco Pta
Franklin Thompson
Beach Street
Marie Smith
Gateway District One
PTA Congress
Shapleigh-Frisbee Pta
Kittery
Robert Warner
Thompson
Warner
William Searles
Richard Clark
Thomas Haley
Alan Sawyer
Howard Cushman
Eugene Wolfahrt
Walter Lamb
Joseph Hannaford
Robert Kimball
Clayton Freeman
Nixon Hopes Remain After Defeat Amid Party Split
The former vice president faces a divided Republican Party with wings aiming left and right. Nixon, now en route to his Los Angeles law practice, says his political future is behind him though he recalls his strong post defeat receptions in New York, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Ohio. Crowds and GOP leaders remained eager, hinting at ongoing nostalgia for his influence.
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John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Eisenhower
Des Moines
Los Angeles
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
National to Head New Department State Auxiliary
Mrs Hall national senior vice president will speak at the June 3 and 4 sessions as the auxiliary's stalling officer for the new department state. A Bridgewater State Teachers College graduate with a B C in education, she taught in Connecticut and New Hampshire and has two sons. Her brother died in Europe serving in the Army Air Force. She led the Lorden Hall AMVETS auxiliary as president and treasurer and held roles in Bristol County and the Massachusetts auxiliary. She was state AMVETS auxiliary president in 1957 and has chaired Americanism and Civil Defense at the national level.
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Hall
Bridgewater State Teachers College
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Ralph, Jr
Harold Stephen
Eucore
U. S. Army Air Force
Lorden-Hall Amvets Auxiliary
Bristol County Amvets Auxiliary
N. E. C. Amvets
Department of Massachusetts
Lorden Hall Auxiliary
Bristol County Auxiliary
State Amvets Auxiliary
National Americanism
Civ! Defense
Unitarian Universalist Tie Becomes Official in Boston
The United Unitarian and Universalist bodies form the Unitarian Universalist association with about 200000 members. Merger details resolve after parish approval, selecting Rev Dr Dena McLean Greeley and Rev William Brooks Rice as top candidates. A banquet opens the first meetings with keynote by Abram L Sachar. ministers’ associations merge as the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association.
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Dena McLean Greeley
Boston
American Unitarian Association
William Brooks Rice
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Unitarian Society
Marshal FE. Dimock
Bethel
All University Department of Government
New York University
Abram L. Sachar
Brandeis University
Scrap Drive Slated For Twin Cities
A scrap drive will be conducted Saturday by Bradford chapter, Order of DeMolay, across Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach. All scrap types will be collected including newspapers, cardboard, magazines, rags and metal. Residents missed during pickup may contact Philip Saperia for collection.
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Bradford
Order of DeMolay
Biddeford- Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Philip’ Saperia
York RAM Chapter Sets Degree Rites
The York Royal Arch chapter of Masons met in Saco Masonic hall to plan the June degree session. Ralph H. Stickney led the planning as high priest while Frederick Elwell and Richard Maddix organized hospitality for the May meeting.
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York Royal Arch
Masons
Saco Masonic Hall
Ralph H. Stickney
Frederick Elwell
Richard Maddix
Rescue Teams Cross Desert To Crash Scene
Algiers AP dispatch reports rescue and investigation teams pushing across the Sahara to recover bodies and seek the cause of Africa's worst air disaster the crash of a French airliner with 78 aboard Five Americans among the dead witnesses described the end of the flight and a possible sighting of a plane or shooting star plunging into the sand near the Edjele oil field in the Grand Erg Oriental wreckage scattered with no survivors found by doctors and technicians who reached the site late Wednesday
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Algiers
Sahara
Air France
Edjele
Grand Erg Oriental
Two York jail escapees rounded up in Georgia
Two inmates who fled York county jail in Alfred Sunday night were captured in Alma, Georgia. Robert P. Glazier, 21, and Donald V. Eaton, 26, were arrested by Alma police as vagrants after questioning and a routine check. The FBI notified Sheriff Harold Nason and the men faced further charges. The escape involved sawing through bars on the second floor and climbing to the roof. Eaton faced grand jury indictments including escape. Glazier was serving a day sentence for a driving offense.
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York County
Alfred
Alma
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harold R. Nason Yesteray
Robert P. Glazier
Kittery
Donald V. Eaton
Blue Hill
Seidan
Howard Allen
East Rochester
N.H
Nason
FBI
Portsmouth
Sanford
Thhey
East Rochest
Eaton
Glazier
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Church Circle
U. S
CiCes
Main ST
Stephanie Coax
Biddeford UB Missionary Group
Journal
Unitarian Universalist
Unitarian Universalist Association
Universalist Church of America
Twin Cities
York
Penneys
Bemberg
Bemberg Rayon
Brentwood
Mom
Desert
Georgia
Alan Lukens
Wyomissing
U.S
Central African Republic
Lukens
Edward C. Lukens
Philadelphia
Brazzaville
French Congo
Paris
Fort Lamy
Chad
Journal “Wants
Penney
Adonna
Dacron
Fed
Gaymode
Gay
Batiste
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