Hearing Set on 14 Percent Gas Rate Boost for New Hampshire
Public Service Commission will hold a Dec. 15 hearing at 2 30 pm in Room 208 state house annex Concord on a petition by Al died New Hampshire Gas company to raise rates. The plan, effective Dec. 31 if approved, affects about 5500 residents in Portsmouth Exeter Hampton Beach Seabrook Beach Rochester and Somersworth. The company cites rising operating costs over six years with fuel aside. Deci therm based billing would replace cubic feet and charges would rise modestly per customer.
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Public Service Commission
Aldied
New Hampshire Gas Company
Concord
State House Annex
Lewis A. Keen
Portsmouth
State Commission
Exeter
Wampton
Yampton Beach
Seabrook Beach
Rochester
Somersworth
Keen
Toll Road Work Reopens After Exeter Meeting
Construction on the Seacoast toll highway resumes after a compromise between New Hampshire Gas and Electric and Savin Construction. A ban on blasting remains until lines are moved, with barriers to protect high voltage towers and a hearing set in Exeter next Wednesday.
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New Hampshire Gas and Electric Company
Savin Construction Corporation
East Hartford
Conn
RK. C. L Greer
Utility Today
Exeter
Utility
State
Greer
Traveling Trumans Delight Daughters with Duet at Dinner
President Truman and daughter Margaret performed The Jenny Lind Polka at a National Press Club fathers and daughters dinner. The duo received loud applause and a hearty ovation as they humorously recalled their years together in a lively two hour program.
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Washington
Truman
Margaret
Jenny Lind
National Press Club
Trumans
Miss Truman
Secret Service
Henry Nicholson
Mr. Truman
Nicholson
Dracle
Commerce Head Soothes Fears of U S Business
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer told the National Association of Manufacturers that a bigger federal military budget next year would likely require economic controls to curb inflation. He reassured business leaders that they have little to fear from an anti inflation program while urging restraint and signaling possible tax increases. He criticized 80th Congress tax cuts and urged building up the surplus to retire national debt amid inflation pressures.
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New York
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
National Association of Manufacturers
Sawyer
Truman
80Th Congress
Elliott Roosevelt Expands Low Price Christmas Trees
Elliott Roosevelt and his wife Faye Emerson plan a larger Christmas tree sale operation this season expanding from Wal-Kill Farm Hyde Park to New York City and other communities. Last year the presidents son and Emerson sold 30,000 trees at $1 each, defending the practice against dealers who said the trees were inferior and overpriced.
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New York
Elliott Roosevelt
New York City
Faye Emerson
Wal-Kill
Hyde Park
Two Germanys Seen If Berlin Split By Reds
World Analysis by DeWitt Mackenzie argues Western Allies will keep Berlin as a Western enclave despite Russian pressure. He predicts two Germanys emerge with Berlin isolated in the Soviet zone while the western Reich controls its sector, using Berlin as leverage to loosen Soviet grip on eastern Germany. The piece weighs strategic and political motives behind occupation and potential outcomes.
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Berlin
Fasten
Ber~ Lints
Western Reich
Europe
Germany
Louis B Mayer To Marry Again
Louis B Mayer age 63 plans to marry Mrs Lorena Danker widow of radio producer Danny Danker in Yuma Arizona. Justice of the Peace R H Lutes to perform the ceremony with a small party including Danker’s 11 year old daughter Suzanne. Mayer divorced in May last year after 42 years with his first wife Margaret.
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Yuma, Ariz
Louis B. Mayer
Lorena Danker
Danny Danker
Swank
Coronado Auto Court
Justice of the Peace
R. H. Lutes
Mayer
Mrs. Danker
Hollywood
Suzanne
Margaret
First Lady Chiang Encounters Marshall in Social Talks
China's First Lady Mme. Chiang Kai-shek meets Secretary of State George Marshall for a second time in two days as she seeks U S aid for the Chiang government. The meetings, arranged as social engagements with Mrs. Truman present, aim to press for stronger American commitments beyond prior policy.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Marshall
Truman
White House
China
Mme. Chiang
Walter Reed Hospital
High Court Sets Speed Record in Exeter Session
Justice moved quickly at the superior court in Exeter with three juries drawn and returning decisions in as many cases. Sheriff Simes Frink said it may be the first day in Rockingham county with so many cases disposed of.
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Exeter
Simes Frink
Rockingham
Haverhill Hunter Killed in Rockingham Fatality
62 year old Haverhill Massachusetts hunter Daggett was fatally shot near Lake Pawtuckaway Nottingham while hunting. Elmore Tacy of Lawrence identified as the shooter by Sheriff Frink, investigation ongoing. Daggett died at Exeter Hospital from a 30-30 caliber wound to the elbow and chest.
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Haverhill
Mass
Rockingham
Lake Pawtuckaway
Nottingham
William J. Daggett
Cumberland ‘Street
Exeter Hospital
Simes Frink
Daggett
Elmore Tacy
Lawrence
Two Bodies Found in Portland Flat in Mysterious Circumstances
In Portland Maine on December 4 a man and a woman were found dead in a Grant Street apartment with a white powder and two empty beer glasses present. Detectives identified the man as Stanton D Bannister 38 a taxi driver and the woman believed to be his wife Lillian Irene also 38. Authorities said the couple had been dead for days with a burn on the man’s arm and no other marks. The bodies were sent to Maine General Hospital for autopsy. a dog roamed the open apartment windows and a local taxi firm confirmed Bannister’s employment.
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Portland
Grant Street
Edward M. Kochran
Stanton D. Bannister
Lillian
Irene
Bannister
Middbury
Preedom
Gos
Kochian
Town Taxi Company
Stanton Bannister
Maine
General Hospital
Wilbur Leighton
Fisherman Wins $25 721 in Suit
Acushnes fisherman Frederic Hall 36 won $25 721 in damages after suing vessel owners led by Joseph Isaksen of North Dartmouth for injuries from January while unloading the schooner Malvina B at New Bedford. He sought $30,000. Hall said his left hand was mangled when drawn into an electric hoist and he claimed arm chest and back injuries.
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Boston
New Bedford
Frederic Hall
Joseph Isaksen
North Dartmouth
Hall
Colorful World Blind Man Regains Sight After 18 Years
Herb Ozburn of Rockford Illinois says in three weeks he has begun to regain sight lost 18 years ago. He notices colors fiercely and clothing patterns as he distinguishes faces and letters. His wife adds only his right eye is improving and he plans to paint his house next summer.
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Rockford
Ill
Herb Ozburn
Oz‘burn
Lowes Park
Ozburn
State Secrets Found On Microfilm In Informer's Home
The House Un-American Activities Committee reports microfilms of top secret State Department papers found in a hollow pumpkin on Whittaker Chambers farm. The panel says the films prove a vast Communist espionage network and pushes toward new hearings amid the Hiss-Chambers case.
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Informer
Washington
House On American Activities Committee Today
State Department
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker
Chambers
Time Magazine
Westminster
Karl E. Mundt
R-S. D
United States
State and Justice Departments
Mundt
Hiss-Chambers
U. S
Robert E. Stripling
Maryland
Ship Explosion Kills Over 3,000 Chinese Refugees Near Shanghai
A crowded China merchant steamship Kiangya exploded and sank off Shanghai while carrying an estimated 4,000 refugees from Wuhan to Ningpo. Survivors report 400 to 700 rescued as the death toll looms and officials fear the disaster may be the worst marine loss in modern history.
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Shanghai
Central
China
China Merchant Steamship Company
Yangtze River
Nanking
Ningpo
Ninghsien
Here
Chekiang
Kiangya
Rita Hayworth Suspended from $248000 Film Job
Studio officials say Rita Hayworth is suspended from her $248000 a year movie job after refusing to report for work on Lona Hanson. Production plans for the Nogales Arizona shot film are halted as Hayworth declines comment amid her Hana Khan suitor focus.
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Flolly Wood
Rita Hayworth
Columbia Pictures
Lovely
Lona Hanson
Nogales
Ariz
Rita
Hollywood
Mexico City
Havana
Aly Khan
Aga Khan
Head On Battle Looms in China Suchow Front
Chinese Nationalist and Communist forces pressed toward a head on clash south of Suchow as Chen Yi commands about 150 000 troops and Red columns totaling 75 000 men converge with 250 000 Suchow garrison nearby Officials noted optimism in Nanking that a government victory may emerge from the engagement and potential delays to evacuation efforts if the 12th army group breaks through to join Suchow forces
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Nanking
Suchow
China
Chen Yi
Hwai River
Suchon
Chiang Kai-shek
East China
Shanghai
Yantze River
Tan Gen-po
Here
12Th Army Group
Suhsien
12Th
New England Building Contracts Fall Sharply
Boston December 4. F W Dodge reports a 21 percent drop in New England building and engineering contracts from October to November. The survey notes the most pronounced declines in residences public buildings and religious structures with Rhode Island and Connecticut showing the sharpest decreases.
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Boston
New England
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Woman 71 Hurt On Maine Superhighway
Mrs. Bertha LeBaron of Richmond Maine, 71, was injured when a front tire blew out on her son Charles LeBaron’s car on the Maine turnpike. She was taken to Portsmouth hospital for treatment and observation.
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Hichmond
Portsmouth Hospital
Maine
Bertha LeBaron
Charles LeBaron
Kingston
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