Stevenson Blasts Communism At New York Address
Adlai Stevenson launched his presidential bid with a fierce speech to the American Legion in New York denouncing communism as the death of the soul and urging a strong national defense. He warned veterans about excessive demands and subtly attacked Senator McCarthy while urging freedom of thought and restrained power. Eisenhower, on the same venue, announced a 24 city campaign tour starting September 2.
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Dov
Adlai Stevenson
American Legion
New York
East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sistes
Stevenson
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
George C. Marshall
McCarthy
Marshall
Defense
Ironworkers Strike Fails to Affect Power Plant Job
Ironworkers strike in five New England states did not delay the Gosling Rd power plant project for Public Service Co. in Portsmouth, says Thomas O'Connor Co. About 1,800 workers await talks with state conciliators as union seeks a 714 cent hourly health fund increase and district council recognition.
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Portsmouth
AFL
New England
Thomas O’connor Co
Public Service Co
Gosling Rd
New Hampshire
Elliott Hospital
Manchester
Rochester
Dover
Flames Threaten Seabrook Home
Seabrook woman hospitalized for shock after a fire threatened to destroy her home last night. Firemen confined the blaze to the upper floor of the one and a half story frame house of Mr and Mrs Enoch Boyd on Collins Street. Mrs Boyd received first aid before being taken to Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport in the Salisbury Police ambulance. The 65 year old woman was reported in satisfactory condition today. Interior of the frame structure damaged by fire and water. damage estimated at 800 dollars. Building insured.
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Seabrook
Enoch Boyd
Collins St
Boyd
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport
Mass
Salisbury
Portsmouth city manager applicants top thirty
More than 30 men have applied for the Portsmouth city manager position with only three or four applications seen as serious by the City Council. An informal council meeting is planned for next Tuesday night to review the leading candidates.
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Portsmouth
Rankin Loses Seat in Mississippi House Race
In Mississippi, Rep. John Rankin trails Rep. Thomas Abernethy after district consolidation. With 341 of 358 precincts reporting, Abernethy leads 26,904 to 20,568 for Rankin in the Democratic primary. Rankin, 70, sought a 17th term amid veteran affairs and unAmerican activities committee roles.
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Abernethy
Rankin
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Congress
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Tennessee Valley
Permanent
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Bombs Hit Red Supply Depots Around Pyongyang
U N war planes strike North Korea in ongoing raids on supply depots near Pyongyang and in the northeast. Fifth Air Force reports fighter bombers dropping napalm in support of ground troops as B 29s and B 26s target supply areas. Ground fighting described as light and sporadic.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
North Korea
Red
Pyongyang
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. S. Eighth . Army
Pukchong
Hungnam
William C. Lindley
Columbus
Miss
Portsmouth Kindergartens Hit Record Enrollments Before Reopening
With seven days before schools reopen, Portsmouth reports 393 kindergarten registrations at the central office, 25 more than last September. Wentworth School leads with 117 new entrants, followed by Lafayette and New Franklin with about 50 each. Other enrollments include Haven 48, Whipple 39, Sherburne 33, Farragut 26, Atlantic Heights 2. Superintendent Beal notes capacity remains, extra teachers may be hired, and first grade through fifth grade also see new pupils since June.
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Portsmouth
Central School
Raymond I. Beal
Wentworth
Wentworth Acres
Beal
Wentworth School
Lafayette
New Franklin
Haven School
Whipple
Sherburne
Farragut
Atlantic Heights
Heal
Sewer Rental Plan Studied As Possible Solution Here
City Assessor Lucien Q Geoffrion studies a Concord sewer rental formula to reduce Portsmouth tax rates. If adopted, property owners would pay quarterly fees based on water use, potentially funding sewer maintenance and construction without municipal budgets. Non taxable properties could be assessed as with water fees.
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Lucien Q. Geoffrion
Concord
Portsmouth
Geoffrion
State Tax Commission
Geoffrien
Water Department
Laconia
Geoffrian
Rally Planned at South Playground for First NH District
The South playground will host a political rally tomorrow night for congressional candidates of New Hampshire's First District. Republican candidate John C. Sweetser sponsor says park use approved and speaking will run 6 30 to 8 00 p m. All candidates from both parties have been invited.
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New Hampshire
John C. Sweetser
Exhausted airmen sleep after night in turbulent gulf
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Fla two exhausted airmen slept late as an Air Force inquiry probed an accident that sent them and six other B17 crew members into the Gulf of Mexico The crash occurred during an F86D jet fighter test and Col Arthur R Debolt piloted the jet He was questioned by an Air Force board while survivors Charles D Jones and Peter R Rosing were treated for exhaustion and exposure
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force
Gulf of Mexico
Charles D. Jones
Meridian
Miss
Peter R. Rosing
Ingleside
Gulf
Navy
Coast Guard
Arthur R. Debolt
Columbus
Air Force Board of Inquiry
Deboit
Legion Demands Ouster Of Dean Acheson
New York The American Legion convention heard a Foreign Relations Committee report calling for President Truman to fire Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The measure, read by Rogers Kelley, urged immediate action as marchers led a massive Fifth Avenue parade with Eisenhower and Nixon among the 75 000 legionnaires.
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Legion Post
Abliene
Kaw
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
California
Legion Committee
Dean Acheson
New York
Truman
Madison Square Garden
Foreign Relations Committee
the Legion
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Tex
Legionnaire
Fifth Avenue
Legion
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Kansas
34Th Street
72Nd Street
Ex-Yard Worker Rudolph Huber Shoots Self at Home
Rudolph Huber a 54 year old former Portsmouth Naval Shipyard worker committed suicide with a .38 revolver just after bidding his landlady Mrs Palm goodbye. He had been in poor health for months and had joked about shooting himself. Dr Wendell P Clare Rockingham County medical referee ruled death by own action. He had retired from the shipyard in March and rooms with Mrs Palm for four years. A brother William Huber lives on Sagamore Ave and other relatives in Lynn Mass.
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Gunhild ¥. Palm
Wendell P. Clare
Rockingham County
Huber
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Palm
William Huber
Sagamore Ave
Lynn
Mass
Hurricane forms far east of Miami with strong winds
A tropical hurricane born far east southeast of Miami shows winds around 85 mph in its northern semi circle as a hurricane hunting plane reports the conditions. The system is described as a swirling squally area about 1,000 miles from Miami.
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Miami
Fla. Wi
Local Man to Head Industrial School
Edmund R. East of Portsmouth, a 35 year old naval retraining official, was named superintendent of the State Industrial School at Manchester by the board of trustees. Pending governor and council approval, he will assume duties. the post pays 5300 a year with increments to 5800 and includes quarters. East, a Brown University graduate with a psychology master’s degree and work toward a Boston University doctoral degree, has long been connected with penology and the U S Naval Disciplinary Barracks.
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Portsmouth
Edmund R. East
Willow Lane
Manchester
Gardner M. Turner
East
U. S. Naval
Maj
Alfred B. Morganstern
Naval
U.S. Naval Disciplinary Barracks
Navy
Boston
Brown University
University of New Hampshire
Boston University
National Institute of Public Affairs
Edmund Jr
Joanne
Solon Sees Grand Jury Probe Benefiting Nation
Rep Keating says a House judiciary subcommittee hearing on the St Louis grand jury probe of income tax cases will aid the nation. Four grand jurors testified they were steered toward a whitewash and that tax cases were closed for voluntary disclosures or mitigating conditions.
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Washington
Keating
House
St. Louis
Judiciary
Justice Department
Red POWs Clash With Guards on Koje Island
U N forces faced a wave of prisoner disturbances in July and August across Koje Island and mainland camps. The Eighth Army cited multiple incidents with mass fights, rock throwing, and riots, resulting in 64 prisoner injuries including 42 gunshot wounds and four killed during various confrontations.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
U U. S. Eighth Army
Koje Island
South Korea
Koje
Eighth Army
Nam
Panmunjom
U.N
Nam Il
Stockades
Pusan
Kose
Rose
Roje
Captain Denies Shipyard Layoff Rumors
Captain Edward M. vrag of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard formally denied any anticipated layoff of workers. He stated there has been no reduction in planned workload determining staffing and no indication of future reductions though work character may change and require different trades.
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Edward M. Vrag
USN
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Craig
Subtle Propaganda on Nation's Airwaves Sparks Debate
A Senate subcommittee report says pro Communist script writers weave subtle anti capitalist messaging into radio and TV programs to reach plain listeners. It cites Ruth Adams Knight and Misa Knight testifying. argues Voice of America and UN radio content are influenced by a pro Communist faction. Knights criticize Iran Marion as a pro Communist. guild defends neutrality and non Communist affidavits. The panel notes ongoing inquiries into youth work and potential use of sex in underground Communist activity.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ruth ‘Adams Knight
Misa ‘Knight
Knight
Welbourn E. Kelley
Ira Marion
Voice of America
Tarael
Ewore
Marion
Voice
Radio Writers Guild
United Nations Radio Section
Boy Scouts
Subs
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