North Hampton Blues Over One Day Election Mistake
North Hampton faces implications from a March meeting invalidation after a Boston bank warns the warrant for the first spring meeting was violated. Officers elected at the nullified session must be reconsidered, with audits and budget items reexamined as negotiations on a $145,000 school land loan continue.
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North Hampton
Chester A. Davis
Nort Hampton
First National Bank
Boston
Mr. Davis
Tegat
James F. Leavitt
George G. Carter
Gordon 5. Dow
Alex M. Fogg
Stanley P. Carter
Thieves Break Into Two Garages In Portsmouth
A weekend crime wave hit Portsmouth as thieves broke into two garages, stealing 100 dollars and a car, then fled when confronted. At Berry Company a small safe was dragged toward a car, while police chased the trio who escaped through a stockroom window.
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Portsmouth
Pleasant Street
M. # ery Motor Co
Islington
Wentworthey
Sors H. Berry
Clayson F. Osborn
Berry
Gurnge
Council to Select City Auditor at Tonight's Meeting
City council orders a special session at 7 30 to choose a new city auditor. The post pays 3000 dollars yearly and the present holder is Jack Tenwick. Committee chair Edward Peterson notes applications were requested. members include Richman S Marge son Mary C Dondero and Roland J Noyes.
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Cty
Touneil
Edward ©. Peterson
Jack Tenwick
Richman S Margeson
Mary Cg, Dondero
Roland J. Noyes
Automobile Lost In Seabrook Fire
Seabrook firemen answered two calls yesterday one involving a car with no fire insurance. Defective wiring caused the demolition of Charles H. Phelps’s automobile parked on Junivela’s Lane. A brush fire at Seabrook Beach spread into the woods but was extinguished within an hour with little damage.
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Seabrook
Charles H. Phelps
Junivela's
Brush
Seaook Beach
Taere
Colonial Sunday at Kittery Point observed in church event
More than 300 people attended Colonial Sunday at the First Congregational church in Kittery Point. The event featured a rededication address from Rev. Tobias H. Miller and a period costume display with music and readings reflecting 18th century church history.
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First Congregational Church
Kittery Point
Tobias Miller
Roderick A. Macdonald
Mars
Marion Miller Drake
Tobias Miler
Fortsmouth
Newton
Mass
Private Rites Planned for Anne Straw at Rye
Private funeral services are being arranged for Anne Straw a 20 year old former summer resident of Straw's Point Rye whose body was found last Friday in Little Squam Lake Holderness where she drowned 13 months ago Police say no evidence of foul play and the drowning is believed to have occurred the night of July 21 1947 An autopsy report is expected in about a week by Dr Leon M Orton Ashland NH medical referee.
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Anne Straw
Straw's Point
Rye
Little Squam Iakeab Holderness
Plymouth
Leon M. Orton
Ashland
Grafton County
Hospital Treats Seven for Injuries Over Weekend
Portsmouth hospital treated seven people and many children after weekend accidents. Included were Maureen Evans five with a fractured forearm, Gerald Herbert two with wounds from a moving car fall, Mrs Peter Stokes with hand lacerations, Lawrence Reardon ten had a BB shot removed, Frank Zangari eight lacerations from a rock fall, David Connolly the Wentworth hotel caddy with a sprained ankle, and Alberta Litterfield thirteen with a fractured nose from a baseball impact.
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Portsmouth Hospital
Maureen Evans
Circuit Road
Gerald Herbert
Hudson
Peter Stokes
Ocean Road
Portsmouth
Lawrence Reardon
Concord
Providence Woman Sentenced 12 Years for Second-Degree Murder
Mrs. Julia Greene, 38, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, who lost a bid for a new trial, received a 12-year prison sentence for the second-degree murder of her love rival. The August Providence dispatch notes the appeal defeat and the final sentencing.
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Providence
R.T
Julia Greene
Pawtucket
R. J
Inflation Hits Grocery Bills From Dallas to New York
An Associated Press price roundup traces rising costs in basic groceries from 1939 to today, showing New York and Dallas contrasts. The report notes bread butter eggs milk tomatoes and round steak costs, with inflation evident across decades, and discusses how families spend about 24 a week on food while earnings average around 52 a week.
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New York
Dallas
Texas
Cluef
Associated Press
Chicago
Hiss and Chambers Spy Probe Faces Key Testimony
Washington dispatch describes Alger Hiss set to testify in closed session before the House committee on un American Activities while Whittaker Chambers is unlikely to attend. The hearing aims to square conflicting accounts of Communist links, with potential impact on the probe and administration efforts.
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Hiss
Chambers
Washington
Alger Hiss
State Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Tom Clark
Capitol
Hiss-Chambers
Elizabeth Bentley
Committee
Police Probe New Castle Stabbing Case
Chief Fred A. Amazeen investigated a stabbing of a New Castle woman last night. Eleanor Marvin of New Castle was treated at Portsmouth hospital for stab wounds to the upper arm and released after treatment. No further details were available.
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New Castle
Fred A. Amazeen
Portsmouth Hospital
Eleanor Marvin
Budget Review Labeled Weird By Lawmakers
President Truman warned of a 1.5 billion dollar deficit next June amid GOP charges that his figures are politically driven. Republicans predict a 5 to 6 billion dollar surplus instead, with funds left to retire national debt or cut taxes. Truman says spending will reach a peacetime record while shifting 3 billion in express funds creates an adjusted 1.6 billion surplus, calling it a convenient bookkeeping device. Senate Republicans call the address a campaign speech and warn of continued debt retirement.
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Washington
Aum
Truman
GOF
Treasury
Congress
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Millikin
Senate Finance Committee
White House
U.S. Criticizes Red Spy Charges Over Spy Case
Washington officials view Moscow’s April arrest as an attempt to distract from waning interest in the Kosenkina and Samarine teacher cases. The State Department calls the Dreher espionage charges a frame up, noting Ambassador Bergholz Smith warned that evidence appeared arranged with NKVD help.
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State Department
Alexander Panyushkin
Barly Krotov
Robert Lovett
Oksana Kosenkina
New York
Washington
Russia
Moscow
Robert Dre
Department
Walter Bergell Smith
Andre Vishinsky
Dreher
NKVD
Truce Declared But Fighting Persists Near Jerusalem
In Jerusalem area fighting continued after a UN truce, with Israeli army reporting Arab snipers firing on Jewish traffic on the Judean mountain road two miles west of Jerusalem. Skirmishes happened in four Jerusalem zones as both sides blamed each other.
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Jerusalem
Judean Mountain
Judean
Beit Iksa
Era of Efficiency and Cooperation Code Sets City Manager Rule
City council may adopt an Administrative Code centralizing power under City Manager Edward Peterson. Twelve departments would report to him, with boards governing library and recreation, and a Community Center under his control. Purchasing, public works, records, finance, taxes, health, legal, and other areas shift to centralized oversight to curb overspending and improve coordination.
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Portsmouth
Edward ©. Peterson
Department of Streets
Public Works Department
PWO
PWD
Health Department
Fire Department
Portsmouth Man Hurt in Collision On Turnpike
A Portsmouth resident was treated at Beverly hospital for injuries after a two car crash on the Newburyport turnpike near Topsfield. Passengers Leo Morrisette and Romeo Boucher were in a southbound car driven by Henry Poirier, which collided head on with Ludger Levesque. Poirier faced liquor and endangerment charges, with fines of 50 and 20 dollars respectively in Salem district court.
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Portsmouth
Beverly, Moss
Newburyport Turnpike
Topsfield Barracks
Massachusetts State Police
Leo G. Morrisette
Brewster Street
Romeo Boucher
St George
Quebec
Henry Poirier
Beauceville
Poirier
Ludger S. Levesque
Hartford
Conn
Fotrier
Salem District Court
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Arthur W. Severance
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Charles Pellerin
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