First Draft Registrants Find Routine at Portsmouth Center
About 50 men queued at Portsmouth Immunity Center for the first day of Selective Service registration. Veterans of World War II lined up, answered questions, and moved through a calm, orderly process. Local officials explained no age cutoff, with registrations continuing daily until September 18, plus Labor Day weekend.
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Ralph H. Atwell
Widdiefs
Theodore Mune
Portamouth Herald
Portsmouth
Stu Ye
Ralph H. Atwall
Booma Post
Legion
Arc Tel Selective Service
Rlsmouth
Way
Atwell
Mr. Atwell
Theodore F. Mung
Beamaith Board
Boor Post Auxili
Ae. Atwell
Naval Shipyard
Navy Yard
From & Am
Maj
John H. Greenaway
Firemouth
New Hampshire
Conis
Inns Register
Greenaway
Slee
Jer Greenaway
National
Setective Service
Buzzing Lands Pilot in Court
A Wells Beach incident saw a short flight over the shore as a plane buzzed the area Friday afternoon. North Swick court heard the case this morning. The pilot pled guilty to three counts and was grounded immediately. John McCullenagh paid fines for careless operation endangering life and property. Tanner was charged for flying without proper medical certificate.
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Wells Beach
North Swick Court
Thes
John
MrCwllenagh
Careless
Rock- S Tanner
Maine
Human Chain Rescues Bodies From Plane Crash Ravine
A 180 foot ravine near Winona Minnesota held 26 people trapped in a wrecked Northwest Airlines plane. A human chain was used to recover bodies as 10 more were carried out the previous night. The plane en route from Chicago to Minneapolis with 36 passengers and three crew struck during a severe storm.
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Winona
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Alntines
Mississippi River
Herve
Fountain City
Wis
Wisconsin
Herbert F. Stohr
Alma
Minneapolis
Chicago
Subters Ridge
NWA
Envoys Confer With Molotov Over Berlin Divisions
American, British and French diplomats met with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov at the Kremlin again as part of a nine session series since July. The talks focused on the blockaded Berlin and east west divergences in Germany amid strict official secrecy from Washington London Paris and Moscow.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Berlin
Germany
Molotov
Police Guard Girl Wanted by Reds
Berlin report says a German policeman stands guard to keep Russians from taking Helena Korelenko, 14, a Catholic hospital patient in the American sector. Ukrainian parentage, she needs surgery for a crippled condition from infantile paralysis and has not walked in two years. Russians claim her as a Soviet national and offer surgical care.
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Berlin
United States
Russia
Helena Korelenko
Amercan
Five Men Rescued After Speed Boat Trouble Off Ogunquit
Five men including George E. Varney of Somersworth and York were rescued from choppy waters off Ogunquit after their speed boat developed engine trouble. The Gertrude M. towed the vessel to Perkin's Cove, with others aboard identified as Clarence Bell Dolph Hodgdon Laurence Prentiss and a York Beach visiting doctor.
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Ogunquit
George E. Varney
Somersworth
York
Gertrude M
Richard B. MacFarland
Newington
Swampscott
Mass
Perkin's Cove
Mr. Varney
Clarence Bell
Radolph Hodgdon
Laurence Prentiss
Berwick
Ttica
Berlin City Council delays meetings over Kremlin talks
Berlin civil authorities vote to pause sessions until Moscow issues a communiqué and police protection is assured. Communists disrupt anti Communist meetings as the city contemplates Western sector arrangements and a Bonn constitutional convention delegation is named.
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Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Bonn
Germany
Raging Twister Sweeps Toward North Carolina Coast
A tropical hurricane with winds up to 125 mph moved northwest toward North Carolina. Warnings extended from Wilmington to Cape Hatteras and to the Virginia Capes as storm centers expected inland landfall by night. Hurricane hunters reported the system traveling about 10 to 12 mph with violent northeast quadrant gusts around 25 mph.
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Miami
Fls
Wilmington
N. C
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
Virginia Capes
Wiknington
Chiaton
North Carolina
Auto Accidents Mar Weekend Two Men Hurt
Two Massachusetts men were injured in weekend crashes in the Portsmouth area. Dennis Collins, 59, Medford, had a broken right thigh a fractured hand and facial lacerations. John Foster, 77, Rostindsle, suffered a broken nose when their car struck the toll house on the Maine New Hampshire Interstate bridge. Maine state police investigate as bridge authorities assess the damage.
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Massachusetts
Portsmouth
Dennis J. Collins
Medford
John Wy Foster
Rostindsle
Maine- New Hampshire
Maine
John K. Shepard
Cottcord
Woodbury Avenue
Arnold L. Ayer
Malden
Mass
Fred Bohley
306 Circuit Road
Leo P. Frappler
Somersworth
Peter P. Walsh
Clinton Street
Roland I. 'Tibbetts
Thornton Street
Jeet and
Potter Streets
Jasob Segal
Market Street
Warren Perry
Dover
Marcy Street
Newcastle Avenué
France Struggles To Form Cabinet
Paris August 30 Robert Schuman said he would try to form a new cabinet but would first examine the situation. Former premier Ramadier spent Sunday reviewing his chances and admitted he could not prove himself as the man of the hour. France has lacked a government since Premier Andre Marie resigned over wage and price policy. Marie had been in office one month. Schuman eight months. Ramadier ten months with a cabinet reshuffle. Political observers expect Auriol to reassess the three leaders, with Marie a possible fallback if Schuman fails.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Alsatian
Vincent Auriol
M. Ramadier
Ramadier
Schuman
Prommiser
France
Andre Marie
Paul Reyned
Marie
Spy Ring Chief Peters Subpoenaed for Hearing
In New York on August 30 the House Un American Activities Committee served a subpoena on Peters also known as Alexander Stevens described as head of the Communist underground in the United States. Peters told reporters he would consult counsel before deciding on appearing for the committee while under deportation scrutiny and under immigration service jurisdiction.
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New York
House UN
House Committee
Peters
Carol King
Immigration Service
Tn-American Activity Group
Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Time Magazine
Even Chambers
Fills
Nixon
Committee
CIO Backing Sure For Truman Ticket
The CIO moves toward endorsing Truman for president with 8 to 1 backing and plans to focus labor political endorsements in Congress. ADA also endorsed Truman, blasting Dewey, while AFL refrains from formal endorsement but backs a Democratic ticket effort. Wallace campaigns in the South amid boos and mixed reception at North Carolina events.
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CIO
AFL
Congress
Truman-Barkley
Sts
Truman
Americans For Democratic Action
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
ADA
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Alben W Barkley
Kentucky
Tru- Tan
Wallace
Barkley
CSO
Comercsa
McGrath
Rhode Island
Green
Murry
Montana
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
South
North Carolina
Durham
Sub Sablefish Goes to Rescue at Shoals
The navy submarine USS Sablefish from Boston aided the distressed power cruiser Moby Dick of Gloucester two miles southwest of the Isles of Shoals. Sailors cleared clogged fuel lines and carburetor using an air hose, then returned to base for a two week period.
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Navy
Sablefish
Portemoath Naval Base
Boston
Isles of Rhoals
Moby Dick
Gloucester
Mass
Break Hearings For 3 Local Men Moved to Sept 9
Three Portsmouth men charged with breaking into Joseph Posternak's home on Lafayette road on Aug 18 had their cases continued to Sept 9. Defendants Robert Burley 22 Francis E Wiley 23 and Robert Kinch 20 faced charges including larceny and breaking and entering with varying bail and sentences. Wiley was convicted on a concealed pistol charge and later appealed. The group requested more time for a stenographer as testimony was reviewed.
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Portsmouth
Joseph Posternak
Lafayette Road
Robert Burley
Chestnut’ Street
Francis E. Wiley
Wylie
Inlington Street
Robert §. Kinch
Cadet Street
Pasternak
Burley
Hillsborough County
Manchester
House of Correction
Rockingham County
Posternak Home
Bierce
Posternek House
Leonard BH
Hewitt
Denns J. Kelley
Pevser
Aéty. Griffin
Polio Outbreak Hits Worcester County Training School
An outbreak of 13 infantile paralysis cases at the Worcester County Training School prompts Supt. William Teachout to seek National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis investigation. Joseph Knee and Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft will lead the inquiry. Most patients have been treated at Belmont hospital Worcester. several are to be discharged.
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West Boylston
Mass
Worcester County Training Schoo
William Teachout
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Joseph Knee
Foundation
Conrad Wesselhoeft
Boston
Wesselhoeft
Belmont Hospital
Worcester
Jews Egyptians Agree on Peace in Jerusalem Zone
In Cairo Aug 30 AP Sweden’s Gen Asge Lundstroem said Jews and Egyptians agreed on proposals to peaceful neutral areas around Jerusalem in a bid to end fighting. The plan targets the Red Cross area and calls for an early settlement before the UN Security Council meeting at Lake Success.
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Cairo
Jerusalem
Asge Lundstroem
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Lundstroem
Security
Bath Shipyard Hit by Strike Over Contract
Bath Me Aug 30 AP production halted at Bath Tron Works as only 14 of 1280 union shipwrights report after contract extension expired. About 600 gathered outside with placards reading no contract no work. Iron works under construction includes three US destroyers and 11 French trawlers. A picket formed but no attempt to block entry.
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Bath
Bath Tron Works
Herman F. Coombs
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
Iron Works
U. S
Coombs
Officials Warn New England Faces Forest Fire Danger
Rockingham county and southern Maine along with the rest of New England sit on a powder keg of fire danger. State foresters in New Hampshire Maine and Massachusetts report dry conditions and no rain with small fires breaking out. Foresters urge extreme caution as crops and livestock suffer and temperatures remain high. Cool air moving from Canada is expected to lower temperatures later, offering brief relief.
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Rockingham County
Maine
Reat
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Albert D. Nutting
Boston
John Foster
Foster
Joe
Austin Wilkins
Canada
Portsmouth
Barrington
Auburn
Manchester
Associated Press
Fall Mountain
Walpole
Fitzwilliam
Peterborough
Rochester
Sherburne Road
Airport
Portsmouth Fish and Lobster Company
Fay’s
State Street
George T. Cogan
York
Kittery
Old Town
Wilson Road
Stillman Bowden
Government Street
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Ernest Camuso
Ralph, Dearborn
George
Goonwin
Charles J, Bassett
Epping
Reds
Pwister
Quaretlina
Federal Storm Warning Service
Washington
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