Fighter Plane Crash in Wells Kills Pilot
A fast F-81 Mustang crashed in the woods near Wells yesterday afternoon killing Charles J. Murray, 26, a Greater Air Base pilot. An Air Force board investigates the cause as witnesses describe a four-plane dogfight over the coastal area from New Hampshire to Wells.
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Tidge
Weils
Charles J. Murray
Gye.n. H
Wells
Warren J. Shepart
Wells Rook
James Shepard
Route 3
Shepard
Sanford
Wells’ Comet Fire Department
Scone
Murray
Mo Tne
Ota
Air Force
Air Force Officials Block Crash Film Evidence
Portsmouth Herald reporters attempted to witness the F51 Mustang wreck in a Wells woodland last night. A master sergeant threatened safety and warned photographers away, while a captain expressed confusion about authority before allowing two photographers to shoot then tearing up the films. The incident raised questions about private property and air force orders.
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Portsmouth Herald
Wells Woodland
Eli
Captain Salisbury
Air Force
Grenier aide says captain destroyed crash film
An aide at Grenier air base says Captain Amas L. Salisbury acted out of turn by destroying film from The Portsmouth Herald showing a Wells, Maine crash. The mainten ance officer had no authorization to tear up the film, and Salisbury appeared to be applying wartime air force restrictions on publishing pictures of crashed planes.
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Manchester
Greniec
Amas L. Salisbury
Portsouth
Wells
Salisbury
Grenier
Warplane crash photo ban prompts protest in New Hampshire
Keene Sentinel staff photographer Tack Teehan protested a reported ban on photographing a Wells Maine crash after he wired Grenier Field officials. He argued the prohibition against pictures was unjustified and sought copies of current air force regulations on flight-incident photography. Maine State Trooper George Elfridge cited orders from Grenier Field as the reason for the restriction.
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KEENE
Aug
Tack Techan
New Hampshire Press Photographers Association
Portsmouth Herald
Grenier Ford Air Base
Manchester
Wells
Teehan
Keene Sentinel
Air Force
Woods
Maine
George Elfridge
Tennessee Guard Ready to Quell Election Riots
In Tennessee Gov. Jim McCord ordered the National Guard to Polk County as violence from yesterday's election spread. Adjutant General Hilton Butler said the first battalion of the 27th Regiment could move into Polk at the governor's order. Reports described gun distribution and a Benton courthouse call to Nashville, with one man killed and another found shot, and five wounded, though it was unclear if tied to the election unrest.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jim McCord
Nic Vonal
Tennessee
Polk County
Hilton Butler
Cleveland
Bradley County
Polk
Benton
Butler
Polx
Buller
Rain Brings Hope To New Hampshire Farmers And Foresters
In Concord on August 6, rain spread across northern New Hampshire aiding farms and forests after a dry spell since July. Keene saw up to 6.6 inches, while most areas reported 0.25 to 0.5 inches. Weather officials said rainfall could reach an inch before nightfall, easing drought conditions for crops and timberlands.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Keene
U. S
Weather Bureau
Night Parking Row Spurs Council Move
City council acts to curb all night parking in the Rockingham hotel block by installing meters and limiting spaces after Dr. Wendell P. Clare's complaints. The measure follows ongoing debates on enforcement, with assurances that the issue is under study and tied to downtown zoning and fire safety concerns.
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Rockingham Hotel
Portsmouth Herald
Wendell P. Clare
State Street
William J. Linchey
Busines
Aéyere
Dr. Clare
Leonard EH
Hewibt
John Paras
Raittscourt
Edward C. Peterson
Clare
Andrew Jarvis
The
Rock~Ingham Hotel
Four members resign from Portemoubl Community Center panel
Four Portemoubl Community Center committee members resign after last Tuesday’s meeting amid reports of a lack of quorum. Doby H. DeCourcy and Melvin Goodman confirmed written resignations while Joan J. Foley and Sterling Tilten reportedly gave verbal resignations. John L. Scott had already quit. A quorum dispute and ongoing reorganizational plans were noted as seven members remain active.
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Portemoubl
Judge Warns on Watered Milk Adulteration Case
Judge Anomas B Ines warned that anyone who waters milk faces jail time after Greenland dairyman Guy Chase pleaded guilty in Portsmouth municipal court to adulterating milk. Chase, arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff William J Linchey on state health orders, was fined 100 dollars and 15.74 dollars in costs.
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Anomas B Ines
Greenland
Portsmouth
Simes
Jeremy R. Waldron
Harry W. Peyser
Guy Chase
Wiliam J. Linchey
Employment Boom At Naval Shipyard Seen by Officer
At a Rotary Club meeting Captain Thomas G. Reamy TSN, shipyard production officer, forecast continued employment at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard around 5,609 workers or more. He noted 1,730 workers live in Portsmouth and 3,200 reside nearby, highlighting the yard’s economic role and skilled labor contributing to its success. The session also honored Charles S. Van Brooklin, Dr. William Safford Jones, and Rev. Robert H. Dunn with a brief memorial service.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Rotary Clib
Thomas G. Reamy
TSN
Portsmouth
Captain Reamy
Ralph T. Wood
Charles S. van Brooklin
William Safford Jones
Robert H. Dunn
Senate Panel Tweaks Inflation Bill Before Vote
The Senate banking committee approved two main changes to the anti inflation bill: removing a House call for boosting federal reserve gold reserves, and raising reserve requirements on time and demand deposits from 1 and 2 percent to 2 and 5 percent, with Truman seeking 10 and 4 percent. The committee also backed reinstating installment buying limits, delaying their effect to June 30, and an attempted price freeze by Senator Capehart failed 5 to 5.
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Washington, Aux
Senate Banking Committee
Republian
House
Federal Reserve Bank
Secretary of the
Treasury
Snyder
Federal Reserve
Senate
Truman
Capehart
R-Td
City Comfort Station Opens Amid Cost Dispute
Portsmouth council accepted completion of the $75,000 City Comfort Station and approved $6,000 to ready it, but rejected $4,300 for alleged unauthorized extra work. Architect Witmer faced calls to explain cost increases, while the library alteration bill was deemed out of order.
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Portsmouth
Maurice E. Witmer
Marplewood Avenue
Franklin Construction Comepany
Mary C. Dondero
Dondero
Maplewood Avenue
Samuel Levy
Board of Street Commission
Ers
Witmer
Wiemer
Bimes
Ortamouth
Dandero
Simes
Rose
Mrs. Dandero
Gouncilman Dondere
Western Envoys, Molotoy Cenfer In Kremlin Again
Western envoys from the United States Britain and France met Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow as talks followed a meeting with Stalin. U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith and British envoy Frank Roberts along with French Ambassador Yves Chataigneau attended the session, while plans for a new foreign ministers conference circulated.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Molotoy
U.S
Walter Bedell ‘Smith
Kremlin
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Stalin
Berlin
tDiplomats
London
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Council
Nations Zeiturg
Molotov
Stith
U. S
Crazed gunman slays youth and fires at bishop
In Bolton Massachusetts a gunman opened fire at Protestant Episcopal Bishop Raymond A Heron after killing Paul Zayka during a burglary at the bishop’s farm home. Frederick S Pike 19 of Boston was captured in Providence and handed to state police for arraignment.
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Bolton
Mass
Eling
Raymond A. Heron
Providence
Frederick 5. Pike
Boston
Massachusetts
Charles 4. Higgins
John J. Lang
Pike
Paul Zayke
Concord Reformatory Parolee
Concord
Zayka
Pixel
Tragic disappearance of 6-year-old in Ogunquit tide
Six-year-old Ennis Hilton of Albany vanished after slipping into the rapid tide along Ogunquit river while friends, including twin brother Bunis and other children, played on the beach. Rescue efforts by Ogunquit Police Chief Cecil Perkins and coast guard units continued through night with no success. search suspended at dawn due to heavy seas.
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Ogunquit
Little
Ennis Hilton
Albany
N. Y
George Hollis
Ogunquist
Cecil Perkins
Unis
John
John Traften
Maynard ‘Traften
Wells
Opunquit River
John Hiiton
Hollis
Bunis
Hasby
Mar
Gina Wey
Perling
Fred E. Kemp
John Parker
Portsmouth Coast Guard
Perkins
John Hilton
On, C
Ogunquit and
Senate Denied Records Halts Spy Hearings
Senate probes paused public hearings as the Truman administration blocks access to FBI records on William Remington. Atty. Gen. Clark refused to provide official files while the committee pursues facts in closed sessions. House committee also met secretly with an undisclosed witness revealing wartime espionage links.
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Washington
Aug
Truman
Ferguson
Senate
Sweenmeanittee
Tom Clark
FBI
Wiliam W. Remington
House On American Activities Committee
Mundt
R. D
Clark
Remington
Lne
Congress
Commerce Department
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
New York
Fergman
Subcommittee
Exeter Firemen Break 31 Day Alarm Free Run
Exeter firemen answered their first alarm in more than a month, then extinguished a $150 car blaze owned by Lawrence A. Shes of Roxbury at Portsmouth Avenue and High Street. The car’s wiring was burned, windshield shattered, and flames spread to the cowling, a record long idle period noted by veterans.
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Exeter
Portsmouth Avenue
High Street
Lawrence A. Shes
Atherton Street
Roxbury
Mass
Young vendor seeks home signs at council meeting
A 12 year old hot dog seller urged the ecouncil to grant home signs advertising his project. The petition was denied on motion by Councilman Thomas H. Simes because the council has no signs available.
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Dewey Wilcox
Ecouncil
Thomas H. Simes
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John McDowell
Rpa
House Un-American Activities Committee
McDowell
N. H. Storoege Warshouss
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