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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1945
Page
1
World analysis notes London enduring heavy fog and rising coal shortages. The piece discusses public concern over air quality, industrial pressure, and the impact on daily life, citing officials and ongoing debates about energy supply, transport, and policy responses amid persistent smog and fuel strain.
A damaged OCR snippet shows scattered items including personals and notices. Readable names and places are scarce, but the fragment hints at local notices or personals and a station listing. Context remains unclear due to corrupted text and missing key details.
A Bay State Taxpayers Federation meeting heard Rep Harald Knutsen claim government spending and taxes are interwoven and rising, urging public focus on balancing budgets. He warned federal bureaus grow via transfers when discontinued, and urged the public to push for tax relief by reducing overall government outlays.
Orel A. Dexter was elected chair man of the Federated Universalist Unitarian church of Portsmouth at a board meeting. Other officers named were Mrs. Gardner D. Witham as clerk and Mrs. Ralph Spinney as treasurer. Committees include investment, religious education, public relations, flower, music, extension, Timanse, demom. This marks the first slate by the consolidated group.
In Aversa Italy General Anton Dostler was shot for delaying the execution of 15 American soldiers captured behind German lines. In Germany 76 steel magnates tied to Indian steel worth billions were arrested in raids by British police and troops, with eight of 64 targets remaining at large. London reports a French bid to elect a Spanish Republican judge to the International Court of Justice gained support from UN members including Russia and Belgium.
Five major strikes account for about four tenths of the 50 009 workers idle in 145 labor disputes nationwide. Automobiles: GM plan to sell parts to rivals triggers walkouts at 40 GM plants. Meat Packing: CIO packinghouse workers press wage hike, 20 to 1 vote for strike. Railroad Equipment: End walkout delays equipment for new Pullman cars. Simmons Go: employees return at Kenosha Wisconsin.
The international military tribunal ruled Rudolf Hess must continue to stand trial with 19 other Nazi leaders. No further mental examinations were needed as Hess acknowledged he could be tried, admitting he mimed amnesia for tactical reasons.
Atty Oscar Neukom Portsmouth city solicitor named to veterans assistance committee of New Hampshire Bar Association. Committee plan agreed October 20 by the Dars association. Judge Francis W Johnston president, area for Neukom includes Portsmouth and nearby towns.
Isolated New Castle resumes limited nutrition as milk and bread trucks reach the island through Wentworth road. Route 18 remains blocked by a 20 foot drift near Shapleigh island. Portsmouth plows widen streets, while several heavy units struggle to clear southeastern New Hampshire routes.
Washington December 1 AP investigators probe the Magic code breaking to learn how Japanese messages were translated and shared with President and war leaders. Senators Cooper and Ferguson press for speed and access while army navy seek to keep the method secret, noting delays in decoding and translation of a key November 1941 Honolulu telegram.
Washington reports that Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley’s sudden resignation as ambassador to China sparked calls for a joint Senate and House inquiry. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers urged a special session to hear Hurley and demanded full disclosure from Secretary Byrnes on alleged sabotage of U.S. foreign policy and the reasons for Hurley’s resignation.
Four towns in the Portsmouth area Exeter Hampton New Castle and Newfields are among 19 in New Hampshire that have surpassed their Victory Loan quotas. Exeter shows a quota of 225000 with sales of 246000 Hampton 16000 quota and 19600 sales New Castle 6000 quota and 10000 sales Newfields 6000 quota and 8700 sales.
A Boston meeting of the Maritime association at Hotel Statler hosted leaders from New England as part of a broader labor management conference. The article outlines four week deliberations, key agreements on arbitration and prompt bargaining, and ongoing disputes on reconversion wages and union jurisdiction.
In Chelsea Massachusetts police intensified the search for a woman in black believed linked to the kidnapping of six month old Ronald Caplan. The infant was taken from a carriage near the family home as the father, a Navy man, aided in the manhunt with city and nearby officers. The mother appealed for the baby's safe return via radio broadcasts offering rewards and instructions.
In Santa Fe today attendees hear a memorial speech by a 23 year old. Daniel Keadler, New Mexico Supreme Court justice, recalled delivering a similar address in Raton on the same date in 1932. By telephone Sadler arranged to copy the 1922 text from newspaper files.
Snowstorm boosts skiing in New England with eight to ten inches in Belknap Mountain district New Hampshire and eight to ten inches at Franconia with powder at North Conway Pico Peak Vermont reports very good conditions rope tows planned at several centers to operate over the weekend as weather improves.
A chimney fire, sparked by high winds, damaged the chimney at LeRoy S. Fernard’s home on Whipple Road in Kittery. Firemen were called around 10 pm and extinguished the blaze with no reported damage. Rep. Chester E. Merrow left Washington for Manchester to address Hampton Kiwanis and Women’s clubs on Monday.
Snow blocked Sherburne road and left buses and cars stalled from Pannaway to Market, isolating Pannaway yesterday. Residents trudged to Shaw's corner as a junior high area at Colonial Drive remained accessible only if drifts cleared, with school canceled and residents joking about a universal no-work day.
The Rev. Wiliam Safford Jones of Portsmouth arrives in Louisville Kentucky to serve as interim pastor of the Louisville Unitarian church starting tomorrow. He will fill until a permanent minister is chosen and plans to return to Portsmouth in early summer. Jones has a long Unitarian background including work at Channing Memorial church Newport and Portsmouth South parish.
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