Acres Man Dies Instantly In North Hampton Crash
James G. Durrance, 27, of 67 Rockhill Avenue, killed when his car failed to negotiate a curve near Drake's bridge and collided with a southbound taber-truck loaded with lumber. Truck operator Lorenzo Savery Jr., 28, of Michelobora, Mass., sustained minor injuries. Durrance was a World War II Army Air Forces veteran returning home from Boston to his wife Katherine and three-year-old son after a flight from Atlanta, Ga. He previously lived near Tacoon Livings, Fla, and is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
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Mampton Garage
Durrance
Eastern Air Lines
Portsmouth
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James G. Durrance
Rockhill Avenue
Hampton
Boston
Katherine
James C. Je
Atlanta
Lorenzo FP
Savery, Jr
Micheltebora
Mass
Portsmouth Hospital
Pollen
Manhunt for David Badger Jr. in New England continues
A regional manhunt focuses on David GC Badger Jr., 34, a former Portsmouth cab driver wanted for questioning in a Concord taxi theft and threats against two cab drivers. Badger, son of D Chester Badger, had been hospitalized for alcohol treatment and was released Aug. 6. Police report a knife threat linked to a Concord cab and a Portsmouth origin trip, with no clues yet at his Concord residence.
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Portsmouth
Concord
Bader
D. Chester Badger
Tincoln Avenue
Concord State Hospital
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Shetch
D Iivers
Shem
Friday the 13th exhibit debunks superstition at museum
New York Aug 23 AP The American Museum of Natural History opens an exhibit on superstition and fear. Visitors walk under umbrellas and past broken mirrors while displays tackle myths about white vs colored blood and brain size. The show, created by the National Committee 13 Against Superstition, features a calendar with 13 months and draws on drawings by John Wassos to illustrate anxieties from astrophobia to pantophobia.
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American Museum of Natural History
Morsaytte
Nick Natsoukas
John Wassos
Thera
Dirk
Madman Eludes Police Dragnet In Concord Fog
Concord, Aug. 13 AP Police hunted a fugitive from a state insane hospital in a five mile square dump area on Concords southwest outskirts. Theo dore Kantak 44 fled from the hospital ward and may have slipped through guard lines as heavy fog halted the dragnet at 3 30 am. An informant matching his description was seen in the dump area twice yesterday. Police set up cruiser patrols and continued the search by day. Kantak was serving seven to nine years for a state jamison sentence.
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Theodore T. Kantak
Aoman
Kantak
Walter H. Carlson
Buth
Elinantak
Babe Ruth Relapse Fails to Improve Health at Memorial
Babe Ruth, baseball's home run king, remains with high fever and no improvement at Memorial Hospital. A prior bulletin claimed rally and better spirits, but recent updates confirm continued illness from a cold that worsened into pulmonary complications. Ruth has been hospitalized since June after two years of illness and a recent downturn.
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Babbe Ruth
Homerun King
Memorial Hospital
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Memorial Hospital Center For
Plane Wreckage Found on Cliff
GUAM August 13. The four engine Navy reconnaissance plane crashed while returning from a weather mission and wreckage lay on the side of a 1300 foot cliff on Rota island, 40 miles north of Guam. 12 men aboard believed lost. search planes, doctors, and rescue crews dispatched to Rota to locate survivors.
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Rota Island
Here
Rota
GOP to Bait Truman On Red Scare in Political Drive
Washington report says Republicans ready to make Communist allegations a major issue in response to President Truman’s spy hearing rhetoric. Dewey aides condemn what they call coverups, while Mundt calls for FBI access to evidence. Truman counters that hearings are aimed at diverting attention from cost of living fights.
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Truman
Senate
House
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Moscow
Congress
FBI
White House
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Drug May Whip Dread Leukemia in Children
San Francisco August 13 AP report says aminopterin, a folic acid derivative, shows preliminary cures in several hospitals for leukemia in children. Dr Coy W Waller Lederle labs notes high cure percentage but warns toxicity in some patients and that results need years to confirm durability. Trials include 16 children at Boston Children's Medical Clinic with 10 restored to health. compound is experimental and not yet available.
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Coy W. Waller
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
Waller
Wailer
Sidney Farber
Boston
Jews Reject Peace Order In Jerusalem Conflict
Rome dispatch reports UN Palestine mediator Count Bernacotte said Jews rejected his latest bid for peace in Jerusalem. He noted Jews would not resume fighting after 6 am, while Arabs accepted the request. Bernacotte sent the appeal from Rome before leaving for Red Cross conferences in Geneva and Stockholm.
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Police Bernacotte
Jerusalem
United Nations Palestine
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Red Cross
Geneva
Stockholm
Ex-FDR Aide Denies Spy Link In Code Deal
Lauchlin Currie former Roosevelt aide testified before the House Committee on American Activities denying any connection with a Communist spy ring. He called Elizabeth Bentley’s claim hearsay three times removed and stressed he has never been or supported communism. The hearing noted other Soviet related tensions including Molotov’s protest to an American ambassador and related political intrigue.
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Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
House On American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
Tol Currie
Ting
United States
Currie
Communist Party
New York
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Foreign Office
Molotov
Michael Ivanovitch Lamarine
Bay State Man Held for Fraud of Seabrook Woman
A 35 year old Massachusetts man, Edward J. Doyle Jr. of Abington, is to be arraigned tomorrow in Seabrook municipal court on a charge of fraudulently obtaining $2,000 from Seabrook Beach resident Mrs. Bessie F Guthrie, 53. Doyle was arrested in Norwell on a Rockingham county warrant and waived extradition in Hing ham court. Sheriff Frink said he would travel to Massachusetts for Doyle’s hearing once arrangements are set.
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Seabrook
Thesabrank
Edward J. Doyle, Jr
Abington
Norwell
Mass
Rockingham County
Bessie F. Guthrie
Seabrook Beach
Simes Frink
Doyle
Hingham, Mass
Public Opinion Seen as Strongest Force in U S
Professor Allan A Kuusisto of the University of New Hampshire told the Youth Institute that public opinion, not the military, guides the United States government. He urged citizens to stay aware of world problems as the government looks to them for direction. UNH President Arthur Adams will address 4 H club leaders at the annual banquet, with Oscar Sherman also scheduled to speak.
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Durham
United States
University of New Hampshire
Allan A. Kuusisto
UNH
Arthur 5. Adams
Oscar Sherman
British Guiana
Truman Hesitates Yet Signals Inflation Bill Action
President Truman voiced uncertainty on rapid price declines as he prepared to sign the Republican anti-inflation bill. He questioned Senator Taft's forecast of easing prices while warning Congress for omitting price controls and rationing authority. Senator Watkins countered that Congress acted to tackle inflation at its root.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Watkins
Area Reservists To Sail Today For Havana
The Portsmouth area naval reserve fly PCE 843, with an all naval reserve crew from the vicinity, will sail this afternoon for a two week cruise to Havana Cuba. Tomorrow the USS Flying Fish is set for deep diving tests after overhaul at the naval shipyard using the USS Tringa as escort and rescue support from New London.
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Havana
Cuba
Naval Shipyard
Maeuver Grounds
Yard May Hire 250 Workers
Capt Ralph E MacDowell USN Portsmouth naval shipyard commandant said the ships bureau informed him the civilian employment ceiling at the yard rose by 250. It is expected that employment calls will be issued next week or in days, though decisions on which trades are needed cannot be made immediately.
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Ralph 8. MacDowell
USN
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Bureau of Ships
Soviet guard blocks access to injured teacher in New York
A Soviet vice consul visited Oksana Mosehkina at a tightly guarded New York hospital after she leaped from the Soviet consulate. Washington blamed no U.S. involvement in the incident, while Molotov protested alleged American connivance and demanded a full public investigation into the consulate case.
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Tase
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
New York
Zota Chepurnykh
Walt
Oksana Stepanovna Mosehkina
Europe
Lost dog Rita missing between Exeter and Newington
A gentle dog named Rita is reported lost between Exeter and Newington. If found, contact Portsmouth at 422 or 3781 Y with any information.
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Exeter
Newington
Portsmouth
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