Mosquitoes Outnumber Voters at GOP Rally in New Hampshire
A sparse crowd attended a GOP congressional rally at the South Playground with 1000001 mosquitoes noted in the scene. Chester E. Merrow did not attend the debate as opponents Arthur J. Reinhart James L. Mahony and William MacPhail spoke along with sponsor John C. Sweetser amid delays and a crowded platform of campaign proposals.
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New Hampshire
South Playground
John C. Sweetser
New Castle
Jeff
James L. Mahony
Manchester
Center
Arthur J. Reinhart
Portsmouth Herald
GOP
U.S
Chester E. Merrow
Merrow
Sponsac
New School
Sweetser
Portsmouth
William MacPhail
Gubernatorial Race Gets Into High Gear
Five candidates outlined their programs in two Portsmouth forums sponsored by the Rotary Club and local Leagues of Women Voters. Dr. Robert O. Blood stressed education aid and tax realism, noting New Hampshire’s industrial employment strength. Hugh Gregg and others attended, with a reception for Gregg drawing about 500 supporters.
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Rotary Club
Durham and
Exeter
Leagues of Women Voters
Rockingham Hotel
Robert O. Blood
Concord
Hugh Gregg
Nashua
Charles R. Stafford
Laconia
Lawrence M. Pickett
Keene
Elmer E. Bussey
Salem Depot
Stafford
Meredith
Mary Senior Brown
Bussey
Gregg
Wentworth Hotel
Seacoast
Dr. Blood
New Hampshire
Polio Victim Ashley Ellis Taken to Boston Hospital
Ashley Ellis aged six, of 86 Rockhill Avenue in Portsmouth, was transported by fire department ambulance to the Children’s Hospital in Boston after Dr. Gerald B. Shattuck deemed inadequate local care due to a nurse shortage. The boy, in respiratory support, was described as the sickest case Portsmouth Hospital recalls. Other polio patients Faul Holmes and Donald Wormell were reported past the acute phase and recovering.
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Boston
Portsmouth
Children's Hospital
Robert Ellis
Rockhill Ave
Fire Department
Gerald B. Shattuck
Shattuck
Children’s Hospital
Boston Hospital
Charlotte Batchelder
Ellis Boy
Portsmouth Hospital
Mongolian Premier Arrives in Moscow for Parley
The Mongolian Premier Tse Den Bal arrived in Moscow from Ulan Bator to participate in the Russia-Red China talks. He was greeted by Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan and Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky. Western observers see the talks aimed at a Soviet Chinese master plan for Asia, with Mongolia’s role unclear.
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Ulan Bator
Tse den Bal
Anastas Mikoyan
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
China
Asia
Mongolia
Mongolia People’s Republic
Outer Mongolia
Eisenhower Secludes To Write Speeches For Southern Tour
Presidential hopeful Eisenhower locked his doors to visitors to draft speeches for a three day Southern tour starting Tuesday. Protested by some supporters as too soft, he may swing harder in response to Stevenson’s sharp blows. The New York and Philadelphia stops were postponed for speech writing aided by Polish backing, while Truman, Sparkman, and other figures maneuver amid civil rights debates. Shivers, Rayburn, and Johnson clash over oil land policy as Democratic unity strains.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Sparkman
Mendenhall
Miss
Virginia
Democratic State Central Committee
Stevenson
John S. Battle
West Europe Ready To Rearm Germany
Bonn, Germany United States High Commissioner Walter J Donnelly said West European nations are likely to ratify the European Army Treaty and the Allied West German Peace Contract in the fall clearing the way for Germany to recruit about 500000 soldiers sailors and airmen for a six nation European defense force with the United States and Britain already having ratified. He added offshore orders for weapons and equipment to Germany may be allocated later as part of a billion dollar European procurement plan for the year ending July 1 1953.
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Germany
U.S
Walter J. Donnelly
West Germany
Donnelly
United States
Britain
Onnelly
Washington
European Defense Community
N H Holiday Traffic Seen Heading Toward Record
Concord reports a Labor Day weekend surge likely to set an all time traffic volume record in New Hampshire. Motor Vehicle Commissioner Frederick N Clarke notes 41 deaths so far this year versus 56 by this date last year and 49 in 1950.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Frederick N. Clarke
Massachusetts
Relay Soldier Returns to Tragedy From Atlantic Rescue
Tech Sgt. Charles R. Buggy of Winnebago Nebraska arrived in Salem Massachusetts after a Coast Guard mercy flight from the Gen Alexander Patch. He learned at home of a child’s polio death and his other child sick while his wife faces spinal surgery. The rescue flight departed Westover Air Force Base and landed Beverly before proceeding to Nebraska.
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Mass
Nebraska
Coast Guard
Tech
Charles R. Buggy
Winnebago
Neb
Alexander Patch
Atlantic Ocean
Buggy
Bugsy
Westover Air Force Base
Beverly
Exeter Tax Rate Up $7 Over 1951
Exeter selectmen announced the 1952 property tax rate at $50 per $1,000, a $7 increase from 1951. Sewer projects totaling $43,200 plus a $19,500 emergency appropriation for Colonial Heights sewer raise the rate after previous Town Meeting votes and a July emergency session.
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Exeter Selectmen
Colonial Heights
Heights
War Contract Aims at Navy Ram Jet Engines
East Hartford Conn Pratt Whitney division of United Aircraft Corp announced today it would undertake a Navy contract to build ram jet engines for high speed guided missiles.
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Conn
Pratt & Whitney
United Aircraft Corporation
Allied Warplanes Hit Pyongyang In Major Raid
Allied forces launched a large air assault on Pyongyang using jets and carrier based planes from four nations. The dawn raids involved about 1,403 sorties targeting factories, stockpiles, billets, airfields and other military sites. U.S. Fifth Air Force and Navy reported heavy bombing with thousands of gallons of fuel and hundreds of tons of explosives.
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Pyongyang
North Korea
Red
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Navy
U.S. Air Force
U.N
Agene
U.S
Air Force
Marine
Red Capital
Tere
Legionnaires Demonstate for Military Control in Korea
The American Legion prompted the administration to end civilian political control of the Korean War and grant full military authority. The 34th annual Madison Square Garden convention endorsed the resolution unanimously after briefings from the service secretaries and praise for the wartime arms program. Lewis Ketcham Gough was elected national chairman, defeating Walter Alessandroni, to lead the Legion next year. Delegates also called for a probe into Selective Service headquarters.
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The
American Legion
Legion
Madison Square Garden
Thomas K. Finletter
Air Force
Dan Kimball
Navy
Frank Pace Jr
Army
Gough
Donald R. Wilson
Clarksburg
W.va
Selective ‘Service
Purtell Named to McMahon Vacancy in Senate
Hartford announces Governor Lodge appointed Republican William A. Purtell to fill the Senate vacancy created by Democrat Brien McMahon's death. Purtell will serve until January, with the appointment effective immediately.
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Hartford
Conn
Air Base Barracks Appropriation Cut
A two million dollar reduction halves the Portsmouth Air Force Base barracks housing budget from five million. The cut, reported from Washington, is part of an 87.498 million federal savings sought by the Air Force after a House subcommittee said about 30 percent of planned housing would be unused. The panel claimed more rental units were already available near the Portsmouth installation.
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Washington
Portsmouth
Air Force
House Committee On
Portamouth
House probes war fraud handling by Justice Department
House investigators shifted focus from a tax probe to how war fraud cases were managed, citing a Detroit case begun in 1944 and ending in 1952 without prosecution, and accusing officials of seeking to whitewash the inquiry. Rep. Keating and Chairman Chelf urged accountability, calling for files from four attorneys and labeling Slack a messenger constrained by superiors.
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House
Justice Department
Department
Detroit
Subcommittee
St. Lows
Chelf
D-Ky
George H. Moore
Department of Justice
Truman
Ellis N. Slack
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Revenue Bureau
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Lorder
Slack
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