Old-Timers Join Gaiety At Newfields Celebration
Old timers and local residents gathered at Newfields for a town celebration marking Home Day events. Morning contests included races and a baseball game at Smith Field, where the Old Timers defeated the Legion 1-4 after a nine inning effort.
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Newfields
Iola
Peperace
Charles
F Dover
Harry Porland
Harry K. Torrey
Portland
Charles J. Leddy
St. Joseph's Church
Dover
Portsmouth Herald
Improvement Seen In Polio Victim at Boston Hospital
Marshal Wentworth, hospitalized since Saturday with infantile paralysis, was reported resting today. A hospital spokesman said there are signs of improvement in the child, 16 month old Kim, under police escort during a vacation in Sanhornville.
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Wentworth
Boston's Hospital
Tus
G. Marshall
Sanhornville
Kic
Prowler Spotted In Rear Yard Of Local Apartment
Miss Shirley Moulton of 273 State Street reported a prowler in her apartment rear yard early yesterday. Police arrived four minutes later to find the intruder had disappeared.
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Shirley Moulton
State Street
Packaged Hub Escapees Get Tangled in Police Net
Two convicted inmates wrapped in paper attempted to flee the Massachusetts state prison in Charlestown. John Kerrigan and James Blaney were recaptured after fleeing by hiding among parked cars. Hayes, with a long prison record, had previously escaped in 1947 and faced multiple armed robbery sentences.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Hares
Maine Railroad
Charestown
Joseph Kerrick
Thearden
John Blaney
Brisnes
Blaney
Kerrigan
John Joseph Bertigan
Massachusetts ‘Corrections Department
John
James P. Blaney
James
Hayes
Cambridge
Massachusetts Corrections Department
Waltham
Eleanor Lovell 94 Veteran Librarian in Kittery Dies
Eleanor Lovell a longtime Kittery librarian at Rice Public Library for nearly four decades died at the Mark H Wentworth Home in Portsmouth in her 90s. Born October 5 1855 in Portland she lived in Kittery since age 1 and later served as assistant postmaster before becoming librarian in 1907. She was active in Eastern Star nursing Red Cross and church work.
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Kittery
Mark H. Wentworth
Pleasant Street
Portsmouth
Eleanor Lovell
Rice Public Library
Miss Lovell
Maine
Jetly
Portland
Henry Co
Mary A. (de Crang) Lovell
Washington, D. C
Lbrarian
Abbie Goodsoe
Stimson Street
Eastern Star
Kittery Nursing Association
American Red Cross
Second Methodist Church
Portsmouth City Valuation Raised by Two Million
Portsmouth 1949 valuation up to 28 million from 26 million last year, boosted by a 1.3 million assessment on New Hampshire Public Service Mercury plant. City Manager Edward Peterson says tax rate will be equal to or below 1948 at 41.70, with potential reduction of at least 50 cents after valuation adjustments with the state.
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Portsmouth
Edward
Peterson
Board of Assessors
New Hampshire Public Service Company
Mercury
Red Sox Chief Caught Speeding on Local Street
Boston Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin faced a second setback after his team lost to the Detroit Tigers. He was arrested for speeding on Woodbury Avenue by Portsmouth officer John E. Coleman, booked and released on a $20 bond with a court date set for August 15.
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Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Ecuador Urges Medical Airlift After Major Quake
Quito calls for U S Caribbean command and Panama area freighters to fly doctors nurses and medical supplies into central Ecuador where the quake left a death toll above 4600 and millions in damages. Two thousand Ecuadorean troops aid debris removal and repairs as relief flights resume from Quito to Ambato.
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Quito
Ecuador
U. & Air Force
Navy
Panama
Mercy
Gamage
U. S. Caribbean Command
U. S
Sir
Ambato
Galo
Tenant Eviction Battle Over Baby At Waldron Court
In Portsmouth municipal court Judge Jeremy R. Waldron heard Mrs. Minnie Manson seek eviction of tenants Henry Turinske and wife with an 18 month old baby. The judge ruled no eviction for bearing a child but issued notice on nuisance claims. Samuel Levy counsel for the Turinske family appealed to the regional rent control bond set at 150 dollars.
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Jeremy R. Waldron
Portsmouth
Minnie Manson
Brewster Street
Henry Turinske
Waldron
STTY
Samuel Levy
Yzrinske
Epping Veteran Killed Five Hurt In Another Crash
A WWII veteran, Leslie A. Dodge, 22, of Epping, died when his car left Tilton Hill road in Pittsfield and struck two trees and a telephone pole. Passenger Edward Farrell, 26, of Pittsfield, suffered cuts and bruises. Four Massachusetts residents suffered injuries in a separate crash involving Salvatore Miceli, 62, Cambridge, with four others treated and released. Police investigated both incidents and noted a separate minor Portsmouth accident near bunking avenue.
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Epping
Tilton Hill Road
Pittsfield
Dodge
Edward Farrell
Massachusetts
Salvatore Miceli
Nichols Place
Cambridge
Mass
Exeter Hospital
Portsmouth
Thomas H. Stiles
McDonough Street
Bunking Avenue
Pleasant Street
Surles
20 Polio Cases Reported in State
Concord Aug 8 AP New Hampshire reports 20 officially listed polio cases this year with two quarantines in effect and a third suspected case. Dr Edward Colby notes area housing conditions contribute to spread as three Ossipee families are involved and a delayed camp quarantine may be lifted soon.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Edward Colby
Moultonboro
Coley
Reading
Ossipee
Colby
New Look Versus Old Look Spark NYC Fashion Drift
In New York City on August 8, big department stores showcased a fashion clash between the French new new look and the American old new look. The piece mocks the trends with playful prose, noting silhouettes from floating panels to hobble skirts and plunging necklines as both sides promise to reshape markets and wallets. It lampoons fashion rhetoric while spotlighting lingering Prohibition era nostalgia and glamour icons.
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Coal Coolidge
Charleston
Clara Bow
Prohibition
Jonn
Rockingham County Fires Prompt Reimposed Woodlands Restrictions
Rockingham County faces extreme fire danger as lightning sparked multiple fires in Seabrook Candia Windham and Atkinson. Rainfall remains scant with 22 inches in 26 days and officials warn of stricter woodlands rules to curb outbreaks while Acting Gov Perkins Bass weighs the move.
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Rockingham County
Forestry Department
Seabrook
Candia
Windham
Atkinson
Milwood Dew
Keene
Stafford
Sullivan
Grafton
Carroll Counties
Coos County
Bristol
Kound Tap Mountain
Perkins Bass
Fitterborough
Winds Fan Huge Fire In Montana Tragedy and Bankruptcies
A Montana wildfire raged toward Willow mountain under 15 to 25 mph winds as 400 laborers fought to contain it near Mannngulch. In New Hampshire, Vito P. Massaro filed for voluntary bankruptcy in Manchester court listing assets of 879,897 and liabilities of 76,963, with major creditors including New Hampshire National Bank and former Gov. Charles M. Dale. The case notes secured and unsecured debts, mortgage details, and an impending creditors meeting.
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Portsmouth
Priday
United States District Court
Concord
Vito P. Massaro
Bartlett Street
Massaro
New Hampshire National Bank
Charles M. Dale
Manchester
Dale
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Modern Masonry Products, Inc
National Shawmut
Consolidated Plumbing
Diamond Match, Inc
Harold Feener
Merchants National of Manchester
Parochial School To Build Addition
The Rev. James E. McCoory announced plans for a four room addition to St. Patrick’s school at Winter and Chatham streets to accommodate growing enrollment for Grade 1 and 2. Bids will be sought by week’s end for construction.
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James E. McCoory
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Patrick's
Winter and
Chatham Streets
Father McCooey
Lobster Car Reported Stolen From Arm's Wharf
Alfred DesJardins owner of the Portsmouth Fish and Looster company says an unidentified thief stole a lobster car from his Arm's wharf and took a heavy pad lock on Saturday night. He does not know how many lobsters were in the car.
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Alfred DesJardins
Portsmouth
Bishop Oxnam Blames Spellman In School Aid Loss
Methodist bishop G Bromley Oxnam accuses Cardinal Spellman of leading a plan to block federal aid to public schools. He calls Catholic hierarchies totalitarian and cites Spellman and Mrs. Roosevelt’s exchange as part of a strategy to divert funds to parochial education. Cardinal Spellman issued a clarifying statement on church aid to parochial schooling.
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Bishop Oxnam
Spellman
Washington
G. Bromley Oxnam
New York
Congress
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Franklin D- Reese White
Cardinal Spellman
Roosevelt
Bach
Ed Hart
Laconiz
N. H
Ten European Nations Map Federation Plans
Strasbourg hosts the first session of the Council of Europe with ten charter members Britain France Italy Belgium Holland Luxembourg Sweden Norway Denmark and Ireland. Ministers meet at Strasbourg city hall as the consultative assembly prepares to convene featuring leaders across political spectrums and Winston Churchill among the notable figures.
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Strasbourg
France
Rhine
Council of Europe
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Ireland
Committee of Ministers
Council
Government of
Europe
Consultative Assembly
Greece
Turkey
Sitat Ted
Committee of Ministers and
Assembly
Winston. Churchill
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Plee
Evelyn Davey
Polity Turner
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Hanover
Mary Crafts
New York City
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Epping Road
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Red Sox
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Ethel Dodge
Georgetown
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Florence Dodge
Miccli
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Francis LaPresti
High Street
South Boston
Lucy Presti
Fifth Avenue
Hillsborough County
South Merrimack
Cheshire County
Montana
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Betley
WA. 5
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Albany Street
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Forest Service
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Weather Bureau
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Joseph B. Sylvia
Plymouth
University of Minnesota
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