New Industry Drive Urges Portsmouth to Seek Growth
Portsmouth Chamber outlines a four point plan to attract new industry now including public bonds and private financing. The effort centers on retaining a local firm by expanding plant space and inviting the Scranton Industrial Foundation to assist. The group stresses city water capacity and cross town cooperation with Dover and Rochester for a regional water line.
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Portsmouth
Chamber of Commerce
Portsmouth rest+s
Inal
Scranton
Chamber
David C. Packard
Boston Insurance Companies
Scranton Industrial Foundation
Industrial Foundation
Neal
Eaton
Migst
Ward and Staff Plan Departure from Mukden Today
Ward reports that about 23 members of the U S consulate staff and their dependents, expelled with Ward by the Communists, are set to board a train for the 700 mile trek to Tientsin. A 7 tonight Wednesday Mukden time deadline loomed as Ward and aides faced long captivity.
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Washington
Angus Ward
Mukden
Ward
Souh China
Tientsin
U. S
Q. Edmund Clubb
Peiping
Uae
Mehurian
Tokyo
Franklin Manager Steps Out Jan. 5
Franklin ends a year and a half of city manager rule as Robert Viollette steps down on January 5 after a council vote set the termination date. Mayor elect W Frank Welch will be sworn in the day before. The council split on the date with three Republicans backing Jan. 5 and Mayor Daniell, a Republican, voting to end earlier.
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Ranklin
Der
Japi
Franklin
Robert
Violette
W Frank Welch
Eugene
Daniell
Dadlell
Long Delay Seen Before Steel Mill Gets Under Way
New England council members warned a Portsmouth steel project faces a long road ahead with financing the main hurdle. The NEC favors cooperation with the city but cautions the mill may be years away or never built. Smaller fabricating plants are also possible if tax-exempt bonds and cheap power become available.
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Eaton
Neal
Massachusetts
Portsmouth
Oelahoma
New Hampshire Steel Project Committee
New England Council
Rockingham
Eugene B. Whittemore
NEC
Robert Edgar
Boston and Maine Railroad
Charles Kelley
John E. Kelly
Council
Whittemore
New England
New York
New Jersey
Seaboard
Two Legislators Named to Direct Timber Program
Two state legislators were appointed to run a 3000 program initiating New Hampshire's timber tax exemption. Wakefield Dort of Chesterfield and John Evans of Lancaster will advise assessors and town officials on the statute, prepare a fair cutting practices code, and be paid 1.25 per hour with travel allowances. Dort led forestry work. Evans served in World War II and on Gov. Adams' military staff.
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Concord
Rec
New Hampshire
John H. Foster
Wakefield Dort
Chesterfield
John Evans
Lancaster
Foster
Rep
Dort
House Forestry and Recreation Committee
Old American Game Protective Association
Rep. Evans
Gov
Sherman Adams
Wallace Atom Shipment Probe Turns Focus On Gaze
Air Force Major George Racey Jordan testified about stripping secret radar gear from four planes bound for Russia amid wartime lend-lease operations. He claimed a fifth plane reached the Soviet Union from Washington, skipping Great Falls, while accusing the Soviets of obtaining uranium and tying the matter to a broadcast and congressional testimony.
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New York
Dec
Air Force
George Racey Jordan
Todey
Russia
Soviet Union
Jordan
Great Falls
Mont
Washington
Congressional
Gitzinger
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Arnold
H. H. Arnold
Army
A. J. Velyaev
Big Names Questioned In Uranium Russia Probe
The House Un-American Activities committee considers former Vice President Henry A. Wallace and others over wartime uranium shipments to Russia. Wallace calls the charges a fabrication, while Gen. Leslie Groves will face questioning as the panel probes high level involvement. Hopkins’s role is disputed, with Roosevelt's widow defending his memory amid explosive testimonies and broadcasts.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Lewis J. Russell
U. S
Russia
Francis Waller
D-Pa
John 5. Wood
D-Ga
Burr Harrison
D-G A
Morgan Moulder
D-Mo
Russell
Washington
Dec
House Un-America Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wood D-Ga
Jeff
House Committee
Truman
Harry S. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Wood
Leslie Groves
USA
Fulton Lewer
Groves
New York
Air Force
George Racey Jordan
Hopkins
Lewis
Rail Executive Joins Soft Coal Dispute As Intermediary
Robert R. Young head of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad acts as intermediary in the soft coal dispute. He met with George Love of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal and Joseph P. Routh of Pittsburgh Coal Holding in New York and possibly with John L. Lewis of the UMW. Spokesmen say the aim is to get disputants to sit and talk as negotiations for a hard coal contract begin in Washington.
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Rail Executive
New York
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Young
Lexington Avenue
United Mine Workers
George Love
Fittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Joseph P. Routh
Pittston Company of New York
John L. Lewis
UMW
United States
Washington
State reports drop in liquor revenue for October
Concord AP dispatch says October liquor profits fell 35,673 from the same month last year despite a 5 to 15 cent price hike. State stores netted 261,662 versus 267,000 in October 1948, with officials noting a long anticipated downward trend in sales volume and aiming for the 3,000,000 net revenue target. Beer profits and license fees contributed less in October, but four month totals show a rise over last year.
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Concord
State Liquor Commission
Sherman Adams
William A. Jackson
The
Liquor Board
Jackson
Local Youth Receives Life Scout Award in Portsmouth
Peter J. Johnson a 14 year old member of Troop 169 received the Life Scout award from Arol J. Charbonneau field scout executive at St Johns Episcopal church parish house. Johnson is a Grade 9 student at the junior high school and holds roles in the Order of the Arrow and as a lifeguard.
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Peter J. Johnson
Arol J. Charbonneau
Portsmouth
St. John's Episcopal Church
State Street
Young Johnson
BSA
Robert Pope
Charles Weeks
Curt Hellberg
Irving Campbell
Hampton
Frank T Dawley
Referendum Recount Bill Could Be Offered Next Year
Legislation to provide for recounts of referendums on town and city ballots is expected to be introduced at a special session of the General Court next year. Representative Rae S. Larsha said the attorney general is drafting a bill for House consideration, noting current statutes do not cover recounts except liquor questions. The bill faces possible delay if the court limits to state government reorganization matters, pushing introduction to 1950.
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General Court
Hep. Rae S. Larsha
Portsmouth
House
Judiciary Committee
Laraba
Daraba
Vota
Hileen D. Foley
Ifhe
Uncle Denies mistreating War Orphan Girl in Waltham
In Waltham Massachusetts on December 6 1950 51 year old Fred Bruckman uncle of a 15 year old German war orphan pleaded innocent to sex offenses against his niece and was held on 25000 bail for hearing December 16 The girl Elizabeth M Bruckman died after leaping from a fire watch tower in Prospect Park police said the uncle admitted some sexual relations with the girl according to Lt Sylvester Mead and the medical examiner ruled a suicide while noting the girl left a note of gratitude and guilt
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Waltham
Mass
Fred Bruckiman
Elizabeth M. Bruckman
Germany
Fire Watchers
Prospect Park
Fred Bruckman
Photostat
Sylvester Mead
Bruckman
Morton T. Gallagher
Three.Year.Old Falls From Moving Car In Exeter
Heather Ann Enlowe, three, was riding with her mother and grandmother on Route 108 between Rockingham Junction and Newmarket when she reached for a napkin and opened the rear door. She tumbled onto the pavement, suffering a fractured skull and internal injuries. She was taken to Exeter Hospital by her mother and grandmother and treated by Dr. John W. Blaisdell. Her father, Joseph Enlowe, is a University of New Hampshire student. The child is reported improving and resting comfortably.
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Heather Ann, Enlowe
Nottingham
Rosemary Enlowe
Macy Barnes
Exeter
Heather
Exeter Hospital
John W. Blaisdell
Epping
Joseph
University of New Harmpshire
Seabrook Man Seeks Beer License Faces Protest
After Seabrook voters approved draft beer sales in 1048 a petition to grant a restaurant beer license by William McCracken and Burdess McCracken faced immediate opposition. Rep. William H. Durkee requested a hearing set for 2 pm at the Patriot Building Concord to hear protests. Neighbors fear teacher and student exposure near the soda fountain, though the McCrackens declined comment.
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Seabrook
State Liquor Commission
William McCracken
McCracken
Burdess McCracken
Lafayette Road
Railroad Avenue
Commission
William H. Durkee
Patriot
Concord
McCracken Soda Fountain
McCrackens
Christmas Release Delays Cause Dawdle Debacle
A fragment notes Dally told a whapper about Christmas next week and Dally Dawdle failed to appear, leading to an incident described as a cropper. The tone mirrors a crude, local-page line with informal slang and unclear context.
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Dally
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Fred. E. Cushman
Lester H. Faulkingham
John ‘Jor
Andrew C. Graves
Hursy Thak
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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
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