Pair Fined In Girl Abduction Case Ends Court Wrangle
The Titus couple of Portsmouth were fined 1015 dollars on pleas related to a kidnapping case over nine year old Catherine Pendergast. The NH Supreme Court had ruled the girl should be returned to her parents. Court costs include 782 dollars for a sheriff Houston trip.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Herald
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Exeter
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John Pendergast
Kittery Point
Tituses
New Hampshire Supreme Court
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Rockland Street
Houston
Tex
Yee
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Anchoy
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Supreme Court
Superior Court
Wyman P. Boynton
Atty, Wiliam Phinney
Manchester
Justce John R. Goodnow
Council Meeting Delayed One Day
City Manager Edward G. Peterson says a special council meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed until tomorrow night. The second reading of four salary ordinances will be the main item, with proposed wage hikes for the city solicitor city auditor overseer of the poor and the library staff.
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Edward G. Peterson
New Hampshire utility seeks $450000 rate boost
The Public Service Company of New Hampshire asks the state Public Service Commission for a 450000 annual charge increase to be paid mainly by 112000 domestic customers. The surcharge would raise the average monthly bill about 25 cents, about 6 percent, citing high fuel costs from a dry year and drought. A hearing is set for Dec 22.
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Sunapee
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Wentworth Acres
All-Out Battle Looms On Foreign Aid Shipping
A fight roils over halving Marshall plan bulk cargo shares for American ships starting Jan. 1. ECA chief Paul Hoffman says higher-cost U S shipping hurts Europe recovery, while Maritime Commissioner Grenville Mellen blasts the move as a sellout. Congress and President Truman loom large in final say.
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Noose Tightening On 250000 Men South of Suchow
Nanking reports say 12th army groups smashed through Communist encirclement near Nanking and linked with troops advancing from the Hwai river line. Other Communist columns press, trapping Suchow garrison and extending martial law to Wuhan area as reinforcements rush to the front.
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Chen Yi
Chiu Ching- Chuan
Wuhan
China
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Hanyang
Methodist Bishop Defends Free Speech Against Spy Probers
Methodist Bishop G Brom ley Oxnam dismissed the congressional committee on un American activities as un American for labeling church leaders as Communists without a right to reply. He warned the move could silence ministers and urged continued public discussion. The session noted the council of bishops rejects communism but supports a free church. Dr Earl R Brown urged establishing one new church daily for four years to match population shifts.
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Congressional Committee On un-American Activities
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New York
Oxnam
Pyshop
Board of Missions and Church Extension
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Methodists’ Council of Bishops
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Home Missions and Church Extension
State Schedules Power Line Hearing
The State Public Service Commission will hold a hearing in Portsmouth on December 29 to address condemnation proceedings for power line rights of way across private property near the Seabrook Portsmouth toll road. New Hampshire Gas and Electric seeks authority to build transmission lines in Portsmouth and Greenland and to assess damages to owners. The hearing occurs at the Rockingham County Superior Court building on State Street.
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Portsmouth
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Greenland
Rockingham County Superior Court
State Street
Portsmouth Theaters Exceed Other Cities in Fire Safety
Portsmouth theaters ranked higher in fire prevention than other New Hampshire cities after a survey by Fire Marshal Aubrey Robinson. Chief George T. Cogan cited only two violations statewide, with one theater to add a new fire escape and another a dedicated exit. A follow up check and stronger laws were proposed.
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New Hampshire
George T. Cogan
Cogan
Concord
Aubrey G. Robinson
Robinson
Russia Attacks UN Korean Commission in UN Debate
In Paris on December 8, Soviet delegate Jacob A Malik urged abolishing the Korean commission, accusing it of being a tool of American imperialism. He attacked John Foster Dulles and warned of a bloc filibuster as debate over Korea’s independence and a new commission continued among 58 nations.
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Jacob A. Malik
United Nations
Malik
John Foster Dulles
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Korea
General Assembly
South Korea
UN Korean Commission
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Russia
North Korea
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Bus Fare Boosts Aired Here for N. H. Commission
The state Public Service Commission prepared to act on Boston and Maine Transportation’s petition to shorten four local bus fare zones after a 45 minute public hearing at Sherburne school. About 75 people attended, mainly Sherburne Civic and PTA members, with proposals including a 15 cent fare beyond Dodge avenue and reduced fare options for students. Harold E. Ahern of Boston and Maine said the company would accept the civic group’s student fare plan if approved, and a joint committee noted the figures from an earlier Concord hearing.
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Old Diving Mark Broken in Florida
The US Navy reports two divers reached 485 feet in the Gulf Stream off Key West aboard the submarine rescue ship USS Chanticleer. Led by Lt. Harry Messick, they stayed submerged one minute breaking the prior 440 foot record set during the USS O-9 sinking in 1941.
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Little Moscow in Berlin Plan Promises Soviet Economic Takeover
Berlin reports reveal Communist aims to create a Little Moscow in the Russian sector with a two year Berlin plan, socialized factories, and public ownership of Nazi confiscations. A postal blockade freezes city mail and western doctors resist reporting. Western leaders seek currency and zone mark controls as Gen Clay notes potential airlift gains in good weather.
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Taegliche Rundschau
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U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Spy Hunters Track Two New Suspects For Selling Out Codes
Congressional spy hunters move to question two more civilians accused of looting secret government files possibly aiding foreign powers. The inquiry linked three men named by Whittaker Chambers as part of a transmission line feeding confidential papers.
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America
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FBI
State Department
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John E. Peurifoy
Chambers
Nixon
Legal Fight Stalls Textron Tax Probe
Boston reports a sharp legal clash as the Senate sub committee presses Textron troubles. Commissioner George J. Schoeneman cites legal limits on commenting while Textron president Royal Little faces questions over alleged stock sales to friends and related charitable trust filings.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Se Senate
Textron Corporation
Royal Little
Charles W. Tobey, Jr
George J. Schoeneman
Schoeneman
Three Massachusetts Men Involved In Maine Turnpike Crash
Three injured men from Massachusetts remained at Portsmouth hospital with improved conditions after a York Maine turnpike crash. Frank Lancaster of Everett, William Sickles of Somerville, and Louis Guilmette of Cambridge suffered head injuries skull lacerations and a broken arm. The trio were passengers in a truck that collided with Lancaster’s car.
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York
Portsmouth Hospital
Frank Lancaster
Everett
Mass
William Ss. Sickles
Somerville
Louis
Guilmette
Cambridge
Lancaster
Sickles
Insure Drivers Not Autos Urges New Hampshire Official
New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Commissioner Frederick N. Clarke urged a shift to insuring individual drivers instead of vehicles. He said the idea would ease administration of the financial responsibility law and cited it as a major department headache. He also proposed issuing driving licenses to expire on the driver's birthday rather than March 31.
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Tobey, Jr
Oliphant
Olphant
Internal Revenue Code
New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Department
Frederick N. Clarke
Concord
Fire at Byron Estate Blazes Through Rye Estate
Fire departments from Rye Ports mouth and Newington battled a blaze at the Byron estate in Rye starting about 1 o clock. No estimate of the fire's size was available at press time.
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Rye
Portsmouth
Newington
Marshall May Be Too Ill To Hold Reins of State
Secretary of State Marshall undergoes kidney operation and faces a long recovery, prompting speculation that President Truman may accept his resignation. Warren R. Austin and John Foster Dulles maneuver in foreign policy roles as Lovett assumes overall oversight during Marshall's absence. China crisis remains the urgent policy challenge with no broad aid program planned.
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Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Walter Reed Navy
China
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
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