GOP Spec On Bridges for Senatorial Leader
Senate speculation centers on Senator Bridges of New Hampshire as a potential compromise candidate for Wherry’s GOP leadership post. Bridges denies running but won’t rule out serving if party factions deadlock. Taft may decide after Wherry’s funeral, with three paths: appoint acting whip, select a new leader, or back a compromise candidate to calm factional splits.
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Ariz
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Taft
Ohio
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Eisenhower
8200 Yard Workers Get Pay Boost At Portsmouth
The navy undersecretary announced an average five cent per hour pay increase for 8200 ungraded workers at Portsmouth naval shipyard naval hospital and training command starting next Saturday. The move, conveyed through Sen Charles Tobey and Rep Chester Merrow, awaits navy approval and follows recent pay raises for two white collar workers at the shipyard.
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Chester E. Merrow
Callao
Portsmouth Area
Agency on Air Base Gets Tentative Nod
A $10,600 state appropriation to finance an auxiliary planning agency for Portsmouth Newington air base communities received tentative approval from Governor Sherman Adams and his council. Sulo J. Tani of the State Planning and Development Commission submitted the request, which councilor George T. Noyes questioned before agreeing to next meeting confirmation. The governor urged swift action as towns seek aid and construction may start next spring. The New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association will discuss the plan with Tani at its Thursday meeting. Greenland Center school hosts the 8:30 p.m. open session for municipal officials. Alvin F. Redden urged reservations by Monday noon. Two NH Motor Vehicle Department representatives will participate in the association’s highway safety program.
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George T. Noyes
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Portsmouth
Airforce
Newington
Greenland
New Hampshire
Portsmouth- Newington
Greenland Center
Alvin F. Redden
Association
New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Department
Inspection Issue Runs on Rocks in Korea Talks
Vice Adm. C Turner Joy said the United Nations plan for behind the lines inspection during the Korean armistice was run on the rocks amid renewed vehement Communist opposition. He made the remark after Reds called the program unacceptable.
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Korea
Adm. C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Knowland Demands Senate Probe of Korean Cease Fire Lull
Senator William F Knowland argues a sudden lull in Korean ground fighting requires Senate Armed Services committee investigation He says he has wired chairman Richard Russell to convene a meeting amid claims a cease fire order was issued by UN forces White House rejects the notion saying hostilities will continue until armistice slows Short declassifies an army report to rebut AP coverage and notes the AP’s Seoul dispatch was misleading
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Rcalié
Senate Armed Services Committee
California
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Knowland
San Francisco
United Nations
James A. van Filet
Eighth Army
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MacArthur
Ridgway
Washington
Key West
Fla
White House
Joseph Short
Trom
Ssi
Korea
Truman
Seoul
John Randolph
Short
John EB. Hull
Army
New York
Brentwood Congregational Church to mark 200th anniversary
Brentwood’s Congregational Church, among New England’s oldest parishes, celebrates its 200th anniversary tomorrow. The 1815 church replaces an earlier meeting house dating to 1751, with town meetings and public events held in its upper and lower floors since 1847. The parish, rooted in Brentwood and once linked with Poplin and Fremont, has endured wartime service and stays a local civic symbol. Expected attendees include 84 year old Walter L. Rowell and Mrs. Please, with services at 10:45.
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Exeter
Fremont
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Ebenezah Flint
Chester Colton
Itd
George ‘Washington
Poplin
John C. Fremont
Buchanan
James Buchanan
Brentwood Congregational
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Fitet
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Portsmouth ‘Herald
McGrath Asked to Testify in Tax Probes
Atty. Gen. McGrath says he would be delighted to testify publicly before the House Ways and Means subcommittee probing corruption and irregularities in tax collection. Republican members Kean and Byrnes urged questioning on the Caudle testimony and the Aarons and Fieldus tax fraud case.
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New Jersey
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Wisconsin
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Quivisei
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Santa Trouble Hits Syracuse Telephone Service
Santa Claus is in a jam with the telephone company as city exchanges failed all day and wrong numbers from kids disrupted business. A department store listed a number for the jolly old gent, causing thousands to dial in eager anticipation and souring Christmas spirits for firms.
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Tiger Woman Returns to Cell After Escape
Winnie Ruth Judd known as the Tiger Woman and convicted trunk murderess was recaptured in Phoenix, returned to the State hospital for the insane after a brief 24 hour escape. Officers picked her up near an apartment court as she wore a fur coat taken from a resident, offering no resistance and pleading to be set free.
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George Sanders
Harold DeWitt
Santa Claus shortage shocks Portsmouth chamber plans
The Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce seeks Santa Claus for Christmas events but cannot find volunteers. President Winfield W. Scott considers taking the role if no volunteer steps forward by December 3. Aims to hire someone to don the suit and lead a parade with a floral float and accompanying characters.
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College Head Claims Churchill Can Save Britain From Ruin
Dr. Charles Phillips of Bates College told an audience in Portsmouth that Winston Churchill could prevent Britain from financial collapse. He warned that postwar Labor policies, welfare spending, high taxes, and inflation threaten Britain's economy, and urged the United States to avoid similar errors. The 44th annual Order Boys conference opened at North Congregational Church.
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Portsmouth
Ace
John N. Feaster
North Congregational Church
Ralph J. Wood
Charles F. Phillips
Bates College
Leon N. Blair
USN
Portsmouth Naval Base
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Phillips
Portsmouth Herald
Winston Churchill
Britain
Charles
United ‘States
Moritl
England
Labor Party
Railroad Admits Revenue Omission on Portsmouth Manchester Line
At a Concord Public Utilities Commission hearing, Boston and Maine acknowledged failing to include express service income in estimated revenue for the Portsmouth Manchester line. Assistant general passenger agent Stanley B Hitchings said revenues from facilities in Portsmouth Rockingham Junction and Manchester would exceed others on the route. The railroad claimed it could save 66000 annually by abandoning passenger service, while cross examination pinpointed total branch line revenues at 33900 instead of 22000 as previously testified.
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Public Utilities Commission
Concord
Stanley B.hitchings
Portsmouth
Rockingham Junction
Manchester
Robert W. Upton
Skillings Indicted In Five Thefts From Estate Of Mrs Rollins
Five secret indictments against Lloyd Skillings of Somersworth allege larceny of 8101 000 and 812 000 from the estate of the late Mrs Sarah Rollins, concealment of 850 000 from her home, attempted larceny of 8100 000, and a conspiracy involving ice cream and barbiturates for Rollins’ niece Ada Chaney. Skillings was arraigned in Somersworth court and jailed. grand jury disclosures followed.
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Lloyd Skillings
Strafford County Superior Court
Richard Keefe
Portsmouth Herald
Keefe
Skillings
Somersworth Municipal Court
Sarah Hollins
Skill‘ings
Strafford
John Brant
Rochester
Brant
Clovis J. Desmarais
Grand Jwy
Hunting Mishap Near Claremont Injures Teen
A 17 year old Sempster youth, Warren Ballouts, was seriously wounded by a bullet to the lower back in a hunting mishap that occurred this morning in Claremont. He is in serious condition at Claremont General Hospital.
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Warren Ballouts
Claremont General Hospital
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