City Okays land purchase and fund transfer in Portsmouth
City council authorized Manager Edward C. Petergon to buy land at Vaughan and Hanover streets from Samuel Sagris for 1000 dollars, funding from the contingent fund. Sagris would donate portions of the parcels with city work to follow, while the council also redirected 4000 dollars from Maple Wood avenue bridge funds to cover a project cost and approved measures related to property improvements and building plans.
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Edward C. Petergon
Portsmouth Aay Council
Vaugton
Hanover Streets
Samuel Sagris
Shauncey Street
Pounell and
Atty
Leo Liberson
Roland J. Noyes
Mr. Sagnis
Sarmuel Levy
Ciy
Levy
Deter
Sagris
Couunell
Peterson
Bagus
Maple Wood Avenue Bridge
Frankins Construction Company
Boston
Mary CG. Dondero
Bow Street
Coxwellman
Thomas H. Simes
Hampton Beach Swimmer Dies
John Hogan of Pratt Street Mansfield collapsed from a heart attack while swimming at Hampton Beach yesterday afternoon. He was with his wife when the attack occurred in front of their hotel. Lifesavers and responders rushed him to Exeter Hospital where he was pronounced dead by Dr. Donald W. Leonard of Exeter.
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John Hogan
Pratt Street
Mansfield
Mins
Hampton Beach
Hampton
Portsmouth Proposes New Administrative Code For City
City Manager Edward C. Peterson submitted a 34 page code outlining department duties and a municipal purchasing department to be headed by a purchasing officer. The plan includes council oversight for contracts above 100 dollars and new names for the tax and recreation boards. The proposal, aimed at reorganizing city operations, awaits further council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Edward C. Peterson
Peterson
Jpcech
Ciby
Nho
Board of Health
Police Capture Ex Local Man In Colebrook
A warrant for the arrest of former Portsmouth cab driver David Badger Jr was prepared as he was captured in Colebrook yesterday afternoon. He is wanted for questioning in the theft of a cab from Ralph Wood and the knife threat against David Eccles. Badger has been returned to the state hospital for treatment of alcoholism before a formal arrest warrant is issued.
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Portsmouth
Colebrook
Tixi
Concord
David
Badger, Jr
Ralph Wood
David Eccles
Gencore
Wee
Arthur W. McTsnac
Judge Warns Offending Motorists Defy Court Orders
Judge Quarrington warned out of state motorists who miss Kittery Maine court appearances of possible $25 bail plus $6 bail commissioner services and possible jail until their next hearing. The threat followed a Braintree Mass motorist failing to appear on speeding charges on the Maine Turnpike. Harry E Long of Kittery was fined 15 for possessing three roosters and $9.50 costs after pleading guilty.
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Kittery
Yorkshire Court
Duden Paul
Quarrington
North Berwick
Kittery Court
Te Loree
Dge
Quartington
Quertington
Pun
Braintree
Mass
City Auditor May Be Named Monday Night
A city council special meeting next Monday night will decide the long delayed appointment of a city auditor. Five applicants were interviewed, including the present auditor Jack Fenwick, with the committee opting to consider all candidates publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil M. Neal
Mary ¢. Dondevo
Richmond
Margeson
Roland L Noyes
Jack Fenwick
Fenwick
Last Rites For Local Pilot Killed In Crash
Funeral arrangements are set in Shfield Vermont for James C. Durrance 27 of Fosssmouth at Davis Memorial chapel Springfield with interment in Oakland cemetery Services will be held Tuesday The crash survivor Lorenno F Lavery Jr 26 of Middleboro Mass was discharged from Portsmouth hospital where he had a back injury Durrance an Eastern Air Ones pilot was killed when his car failed to clear a turn near Drakes bridge in North Hampton He was en route to Portsmouth to celebrate his wife Katherine Durrance s birthday He is survived by his wife a three year old son James C Jr his parents two brothers and two sisters He was born Tarpon Springs Florida.
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Shfield
North Hampton
James C. Durrance
Rockhill Avenue
Fosssmouth
Davis Memorial Chapel
Springfield
Oakland Cemetery
Lorenno F. Lavery, Jr
Middleboro
Mass
Portsmouth Hospital
Durrance
Eastern Air Ones
Drake's Bridge
Savery
Portsmouth
Katherine Durrance
James C
Tot Faces Death As Parents Fight
In Chicago a 22 month old girl Pauwels Frances Lamphere faces major surgery to correct a bladder deformity her doctors say could extend her life. Her estranged parents Fred and Irene Lamphere seek court intervention, with Irene favoring life and Fred seeking the operation to give their daughter a chance to live. The case is before Judge Walter R. OMalley in suburban Aurora Superior Court.
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Chicago
Pauwels Frances Lamphere
Walter R. O'Malley
Aurora
Superior Court
Fred
Irene
Russians Admit Food Shortages Grip Berlin Zone
Russians concede food shortages in the Soviet occupied Berlin zone. ADN reports Moscow will deliver 10,800 tons of fat to eastern Germany. Western allied licensed Berlin papers suspect requisitioning fueled shortages and view Moscow relief as propaganda. Cominform attacks Tito amid Yugoslav leadership rumors. Cavendish Cannon criticizes a Danube pact enabling Russian dominance. Greek army reports Albanian artillery fire on Grammos operations. Page two.
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Berl
Germany
Moscow
ADN
Berlin
Communist International Information Bureauu
Cominform
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Theugoslav Communist Party
Russia
Europe
Belgrade
U. S
Cavendish Cannon
Grammos
Albania
Athens
United Nations Special Com
Bigamy Case Shifts to Seabrook Court
Edward Doyle of Abingson Massachusetts faces charges in Seabrook for one wife too many and obtaining money by false pretenses. Bail set at 1000, he is accused of swindling 2000 from Bessie Guthrie of Seabrook after marrying her while already married. He was arrested in Norwell and waived extradition.
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Zigamy
Seabrook
Edward 3. Doyle
Abingson
Mass
Ralph ©. Hrags
Doyle
Bessie F. Guthrie
Guthrie
Dogie
Norwell
Rockighat
New Hampshire
Simes Frink
Portsmouth
Kosenkina Rejects Offer of Ambassador
New York July 14 AP an investigator for the House on American Activities committee arrived with a subpoena for Oksana Stepanovia Kosenkina the Russian school teacher who leaped from the Soviet consulate claiming imprisonment. The subpoena to testify would place her in protective custody of the United States while she recovers from fractures suffered in the three story jump. The committee plans extended custody until release and asked immigration to suspend exit visas. The department promised asylum for Kosenkina and Michael Samearine as the committee prepares for more sessions next week and to consider witnesses including former Secretary of War Robert Patterson.
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New York
House on-American Activities Committee
Oksana Stepanovia Kosenkina
United States
Robert E. Stripling
Stripling
New York Times
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Times
Koetnesina
State Department
Mra
Orenkina
Michael Ivanovitch Samearine
Samarne
Russia
Robert P. Patterson
Straw Girl Found Floating In Squam Lake
The decomposed body of Anne Straw, 20 year old Manchester heiress and Smith College senior, was found floating near the Straw estate on Squam Lake after a nationwide search. Identification was by dental charts and matching a pajama set. the disappearance occurred July 21, 1937, with locals believing drowning after a late night swim. Two boys spotted the body and alerted their father who towed it ashore and notified police.
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Rye
Anne Straw
Manchester
Squam Lake
Straw’s Point Lake Shore
Amoskeng National Bans
Ellis Soraw
Stewert Currier
Miss Straw
Smith College
On & Tock
Robert Hamilton
David
Newburgh
Maynard Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
York Church Fire Started by Candle
The York fire department extinguished a minor blaze at St. Christ Others by the Sea Church in York Harbor early today. Fire chief William Sullivan said the fire started when a candle fell to the floor from the altar. No estimate of damage was made.
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York Fire Department
St. Christothers By the Sea
York Harbor
William Sullivan
Lightning Destroys Big Greenland Barn
A lightning bolt sparked an all night fire in Greenland destroying a barn and 50 tons of hay during a powerful electrical storm. The Parker family barn house was saved but the barn and an adjoining shed were leveled. Firefighters from Portsmouth and Newington fought the blaze for over two hours until 6:30 am.
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Greenland
Herman W. Parker
Post Road
Greenland Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
George T. Cogan
Newington Department
Newington
John S. Holden
Greeland
WHEB
Associated Press
New Hampshire
Gk Sunaper
Newbury
New London
Meredith
Robert Osgood
Newlington
Ros
Naval Base Officer To Be Keynoter At V-J Program
Captain John B. Griggs USN chief of staff at Portsmouth naval base will be the principal speaker at this V J day anniversary program held this afternoon at the South playground. A cancer by the Portsmouth city band precedes the presentation of World War II medals by Army and Marine personnel to all veterans upon discharge papers. Attending officials include Legion Department Commander Larry Walker Governor Charles M Dale Mayor Ceoil M Neal City Manager Edward C Peterson and Army and Marine officers. Miss Jean Corneau will be soloist.
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John B. Griggs
USN
Portsmouth Naval Base
South Playground
Portsmouth
Army
Legion Department Coudr
Larry Walker
Charles M. Dale
Ceoil M. Neal
Bdward C. Peterson
Marine
Jean Corneau
Infant Dies On Vain Dash To Hub Hospital
Five month old son of Dr and Mrs Wilton Colby Bangor summer residents of North Berwick died after a trek to Boston Children’s Hospital for digestive problems. The infant had been at the Boston hospital until three weeks ago then sent home under care of Portsmouth doctor. Digestive organs weak since birth.
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Boston Children's Hospital
Portsmouth
Ruth H. Colby
Wilton Colby
Bangor
North Berwick
Boston
Colbys
Boston Hospital
War never ends as armistice fades in Cold War glare
In a postwar column the writer argues that true peace failed three years after Japan's surrender as Bolshevism spreads from Moscow via non aggression pacts. The piece warns democracies must confront a renewed cold war, noting pauses but predicting ongoing struggle against communism.
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FBI
Zot Chepurnykh
Zina Ivanoyz
Jacob Lomatin
Roosecvit Hospital
Oksana Kosenkina
Kosenkina
York
Naval Base
Hub Hospital
Dewitt MacKenzie
Japan
Korechika Anami
United Nations
Hitler
Poland
New York City
Exeter
Portsmouth Herald
York and
Rockingham Counties
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