Heavy Toll Taken by Recent Storm Across Atlantic Shore
Associated Press reports a deadly storm along the northern Atlantic coast. Wrecks include the schooner Edward Taft with crew missed since Sunday, eight lives lost on the Ella Randolph near Brook Cove, and Thelma wrecked at Prince Edward Island with three crew. Others rescued or limping into Halifax, while ships like the Emperor of St. John and Tritonia linger offshore.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Edward Taft
Pictou Harbor
Ella Randolph
Brook Cove
Boston
Radionar
Rio de Janeiro
W. M. Rinehardt
Provincetown
Mass
Hillcroft
St. John
Newfoundland
Dominion
Tritonia
Fishborn
Cape Traverse
Congress opens with budget plan and tax debate
Washington dispatch reports Congress ends the session skirmish period and faces a $4,024,597,124 federal budget for the next year. President Coolidge seeks no permanent tax cut while Congress weighs rebates or debt reduction. Democratic leaders concur on a $335,000,000 permanent tax cut.
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Associated Presa Washington
Congress
Coolidge
House
Senate
Salvation Army Kettles Out Friday for Christmas Cheer
The Salvation Army plans to place out its kettles on Friday to fund its Christmas collection. Captain French urges Portsmouth citizens to respond generously to support the charity's work among the poor and to bring festive cheer to homes that would otherwise be desolate on Christmas Day.
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Salvation Army
Captain French
Portsmouth
The
Steamship Sekstant Sighted East of Nantucket
The steamship Sekstant, which operates between Walton and here, was sighted 60 miles east of Nantucket after losing her propeller off Sable Island at 2 a.m. Sunday. She has been drifting and is in contact with a Boston tug. no further details were provided.
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Portsmouth
Atlantic Gypsum Products Company
Sekstant
Here
Walton, N
Sable Island
Nantucket
Boston
New York
Walsh Amnety on Two Counts in Greene Case
Dr Thomas E Walsh convicted on two counts connected to the death of Edith L Greene state ward whose dismembered body was found near a cemetery last July He was found guilty of conspiracy to perform an illegal operation and of performing the operation He was acquitted of causing the girl's death Marion Walsh discharged James V Ford pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge and testified for the state.
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Associated Press
Boston
Thomas E. Walsh
Edith L. Greene
Walsh
Jie
Marion
James V. Ford
No Jury Trial In Rockingham Court
In Rockingham County Superior Court the jury was excused from yesterday noon to Thursday morning, with no jury trial held yesterday afternoon or today. Judge Joseph Matthews presided. a cross suits conference ended with one case settled and the other moved to the January term. Local lawyers attended, including Atty. I Ashton Thorp of Manchester who also acted at the Hampton Gas Co. sale in Probate Courtrooms.
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Rockingham County Superior Court
Joseph &. Matthews
Atty. I. Ashton Thorp
Manchester
Hampton Gas Co
Ice in Merrimac damages boats and drifts vessels
The First Coast Guard district reported Merrimac River ice damaged surf boats at the Merrimac River coast guard station and swept several pleasure boats from moorings at Plum Island. Some drifted a mile up Parker River before crews secured and tied them up.
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First Coast Guard
Merrimac River
Coast Guard
Plum Island
Parker River
Portsmouth Trust Announces 4% Christmas Club Interest
The Portsmouth Trust and Guarantee Co states it will pay 4 percent interest on its 1927 Christmas Club accounts, term details to be announced.
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Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Co
Mystery shrouds death of Cram in Milford kitchen
In Milford police and county officials plan an inquest into the death of Everett A. Cram a wealthy Civil War veteran found in his kitchen. An autopsy by Dr. Benjamin Moran is to be performed while fingerprint tests are conducted on the dead man and two visitors who reported leaving the scene. Authorities weigh whether a late evening confrontation caused the death.
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Associated Press
Nashua
Dec
Everett A. Cram
South Lyrideboro
Milford
Cram
Benjamin Moran
Irving Goodwin
F. H. Brigham
John Doyle
Alilford
Brigham
Doyle
Warren Nichols
Lyndheboro
Nashia
John T
O'Dowd
George S. Haselton
Manchester
Senator Goff Heads Probe Into Senate Election Issue
A Senate subcommittee led by Republican Senator Goff of West Virginia will investigate stories that Senator Gould of Maine paid $100,000 to Canadian officials over a railroad contract. The Senate voted 7 to 7 to authorize the inquiry and set the panel.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Gould
Maine
Senate Elections Committee
Goff
West Virginia
Senate
Fred H. Durgin Fractures Both Knees in Ladder Fall
Fred H. Durgin of this city is in Portsmouth hospital with both knees fractured after a ladder fall. He underwent treatment and remains under observation as doctors assess injuries.
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Fred H. Durgin
Portsmouth Hospital
Bethany Church Ladies Aid Sale and Parking Plan
The Ladies Aid Society of Bethany Church announces the entertainment and sale at Rre will go ahead as planned and the town hall parking space will be cleared of snow to accommodate automobiles.
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Rre
Ladies’Aid Society
Bethany Church
Divorce Libel Filed in Portland Case
Among the divorce libels filed yesterday at Portland was Walter L. Smith of Portland against Flora O. Smith of Portsmouth. They were married in Portland on October 28, 1907.
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Portland
Walter L. Smith
Flora
Weather postpones Rockingham County WCTU meeting
The Rockingham County Women’s Christian Temperance Union planned for Smithtown on December 5 was definitively postponed due to bad weather. The delay affects all scheduled sessions and attendance.
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Rockingham
Smithtown
Sinclairs and Fall to Be Arraigned in Teapot Dome Case
Washington December 17 to arraign Harry F Sinclair and Albert B Fall preliminary to trial for conspiracy in connection with the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve. A trial date will be fixed after arraignment as Fall faces an oil conspiracy charge with Doheny and Sinclair’s trial timing depends on current proceedings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Fall
H.L. Dohény
Sinclair
Landis to Be Retained as Baseball Commissioner
Asheville N C Dec The administration of Kenesaw Mountain Landis was unanimously endorsed by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in executive session today for reelection without curtailment of authority His seven year term of office expires Dec 16 and the selection was recommended for continued leadership
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. c
Kenesaw Mountain
Landis
Savas Vn
National Association of- Professional Baseball Leagues
Hig
Drowned New York Salesman Believed Lost In Hampton River
The body of Ben Saloshin a New York salesman remains unrecovered after a Sunday accident when an automobile plunged through a temporary Hampton bridge into the river. The widow arrived yesterday and offered a $100 reward for the body’s recovery.
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Ben _ Saloshin
New, York
Hampton
Hampton ‘River
Coolidge Proposes Budget Boost for 1928 Fiscal Year
President Coolidge submitted a 4.0 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year, with increases in Civil and Spanish War pensions, Postal Service costs, and the Veterans Bureau. Defense programs total 374 million, while Navy and Army budgets rise and decommissioning of older ships trims expenses. To curb spending, he advises delaying remaining light cruiser construction and narrowing highway funds to primary routes, while pursuing a permanent merchant marine policy and settling war claims.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Congress
Coolidge
Postal Service
Veterans’ Bureau
Army
Navy
War
Navy Departments
War Department
United States
Coolinge
Compress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Department
Budget Bureau
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Coast Guard
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Falls Bros
Congress Street
Charles A. Badger
TEL
Walsh Amnety
Merrimac
Doheny
Veterans Bureau
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