Guardian law invoked in Titus kidnapping case
Old guardianship statute used to reduce charges against Lewis M. Titus and wife Mary in a kidnapping case involving Catherine Elizabeth Pendergast. They pleaded not guilty and were assessed court costs totaling 1015 dollars as sentencing continued. the charge reduction narrows penalties from years to a 200 dollar fine plus costs.
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Lewis M. Titus
Mary
Arese
Tituses
Cathrine Elizabeth Pendergast
Parens
John F
Mary A. Pendergast
Houston
Texas
Meteorite Likely Seen Over Maine Sparking Searches
A flaming object over Maine on the night sky is identified by Portland weather chief Ernest Kliemann as a meteorite. Civil aeronautics and police searches in Sanford and Hallowell, with reports from Portland, found no wreckage or meteorite. Some witnesses initially suspected a burning plane or shooting star.
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Augusta
Maine
Civil Aeronautics
Sanford
Hallowell
Portland
Ernest Kliemann
Weather Bureau
Local Oil Worker Hurt in Tumble
Adrien Carignan 32 of 138 Circuit Road, a Coleman Oil employee, was treated at Portsmouth Hospital for a lacerated scalp after a ladder fell on him. Hospital officials said he was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrien Carignan
Circuit Road
Coleman Oil Company
Portsmouth Hospital
Merrow Doubts Shoals Rescue Station Reopen Efforts
U S Representative Chester E Merrow voices doubt that the government will reopen the Isles of Shoals Coast Guard station though plans to send a boat to the Shoals for rescue work are proposed He outlines actions to secure adequate coast guard protection for Portsmouth harbor and the New Hampshire coast including discussions with coast guard officials and state planners.
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U.S
Chester E. Merrow
Portsmouth Area
Isles of Shoals Coast Guard Station
Merrow
Alvin F.den
New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association
Portsmouth
Coast Guard
Portsmouth Haror
New Hampshire
State Planning and Development Commission
Fort Constitution
Jaffrey Point
Isles of Shoals
The
Great Bay
Army
Piscataqua
Redden
Portsmouth Harbor
Wood Island
Soviet Complains Airlift Violating Berlin Patterns
Soviet military authorities charged American airlift planes with four power violations over the Soviet zone. They cited 16 alleged offenses in a month, noting C54s flying as low as 333 feet. U S safety officers replied pilots will be briefed to follow flight rules. Berlin airlift daily tonnage rose to 6133 tons as tensions over mail and garbage deliveries persisted.
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Berlin
I. Komarov
Vincent H. Gookin
U. S
Jeuterbog
Postoffice Alters Saturday Hours For Portsmouth
The Portsmouth postoffice will operate on a regular weekday schedule Saturday. Postmaster Peter J. Hickey announced stamp parcel post and general delivery windows will be open 7 15 am to 6 pm. Money order postal note COD and registry windows open 8 15 am to 5 30 pm.
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Portsmouth
Big Mo Heads Training Fleet for Caribbean Cruise
The battleship Missouri will lead a fleet sailing January 9 for a Caribbean training cruise. The group includes two carriers, four cruisers, eight destroyers and four minelayers. This marks Missouri's first assignment since Truman denied reports of retirement to the mothball fleet.
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Washington
Missouri
Truman
Light Rate Hike Hearing Scheduled for Dec 28
A hearing on New Hampshire Gas and Electric's request to raise rates 8.8 percent will be held in Concord on December 28 before the State Public Service Commission. If approved the hike would add about 40 cents to a $50 bill in Portsmouth Newmarket Raymond Derry and East Jaffrey. Company officials cite rising fuel expenses payrolls and material costs as the justification.
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New Hampshire Gas and Electric Company
Concord
State Public Service Commission
Portsmouth
Newmarket
Raymond
Derry
East Jaffrey
Firetrap Schools Run High in N H Official Admits
Concord New Hampshire state Education Commissioner Hilton C Buley says many schools are hazardous fire risks due to overcrowding and aging structures. He cites basement rooms corridors and even a railroad station used for classes as the state surveys building needs and plans for remedial construction.
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N.H
Concord
Hilton C. Buley
New Hampshire
New Boston
Repeat Gunmen Take 3100 From Theater Cashier
In Providence two young masked robbers used the same method as last August to force open the Albee theater cashier’s safe and steal about 3100 at pistol point. They slugged the cashier and cut phone lines before fleeing among Christmas shoppers. One of the pair resembled a robber from the prior heist. both wore topcoats and were described as “sandy” and dark with a shave.
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Providence
Albee Theater
Pistol Point
Mowry
Heavy Chinese losses and encirclements near Nanking
National and military reports describe heavy casualties among three encircled Chinese army groups near Suhsien and Suchow as Communist forces press to break the siege. Estimates place combined combat strength at about 110 000 to 250 000 with airlift chaos at Suchow.
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Nanking
16Th
Suchow
12Th
Suhsien
Hwai River
Red Radio
Hwai
Red
Pengpu
Road blasting halt continued on Seacoast toll road right of way
The New Hampshire Gas and Electric company was granted more time to remove poles and cables as blasting operations are suspended along the Seacoast toll road. A temporary injunction against Savin Construction was continued by Chief Justice John R. Goodnow after a hearing in Exeter.
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New Hampshire Gas and Electric “Company
Seacoast
Savin Construction Corporation
John R. Goodnow
Goodnow
Exeter
R. C. L. Greer
Gas and Electric Company
Un Christian Diplomacy Hit by Methodist Official
Buck Hill Falls Pa Dec 9 AP American diplomacy has done little toward Christianizing international relations a Methodist official said The Rev Garland Hopkins head of the church board liaison in Washington urged greater personnel and material support for missions and an end to racial segregation to Christianize Americas global role
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Buck Hill Falls
Methodist Church
Garland Evans’ Hopsins
Washington, D. C
Board of Missions and Church Extension
The
U. S
Hopkins
Church Board
Washington
United States
America
Mr. Hopkins
Giant B36 Bomber Sets 35 Hour Nonstop Flight Record
Fort Worth reports the B36 giant bomber flew 8,000 miles round trip from Fort Worth to Honolulu and back via San Diego and San Francisco. Piloted by a 15 member crew, the mission lasted 35 hours and showcased the aircrafts enormous size and payload capacity in a routine training flight.
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Air Force
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Carswell
J. B. Montgomery
USAF
Strategic Air Command
Hono
Lulu
San Diego
Calif
San Francisco
Montgomery
Pearl Harbor
Tobey Seeks Tax Change For Humble Americans
Boston December hearing into Textron charitable trusts prompts Sen. Charles W. Tobey to push federal tax law changes. He accuses the IRS of delays in taxing multi million dollar trusts while Royal Little defends the setups as legal and charitable.
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Tobey
Boston
Senate
Charles W. Tobey
R-N. H
Textron, Inc
Revenue Department
Royal Little
Textron
Internal Revenue Department
Schveneman
New Hampshire
Little
McGrath
Public Initiation Slated in Macon By Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan will hold a public initiation in Macon Georgia at the City Auditorium with several hundred expected to take the oath. Handbills from the Association of Georgia Klans invite the public to attend and learn the Klan ideals. The imperial degree team led by Grand Dragon Samuel Green of Atlanta will conduct the ceremony and the proceedings will be broadcast. Journalists must register at the pressroom.
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Macon
Ku Klux Klans
City Auditorium
Association of Georgia Klans
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Samuel Green
Atlanta
Jaunts Branded As Detriment to Public Interests
President Truman criticizes the Congressional spy hearings as a red herring while House Un American Activities Committee members defend them amid claims of stolen State Department documents. Rep Nixon accuses the president of jeopardizing national interests as the dispute escalates.
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Washington
Truman
House Committee On un-American Activities
State Department
Congressional investigators locate one suspect in spy documents case
Bulletin from Washington reports that investigators say one of two men accused of supplying secret documents to a Red spy ring ten years ago has been located in the Washington metropolitan area. The claim follows Whittaker Chambers naming the sources earlier.
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Washington
Dec
Congressional
Whittaker Chambers
Nixon charged amid push to publish secret documents
Acting Chairman Karl Mundt rebuked President Truman and urged publishing the disputed documents in full to prove the investigation is not a red herring. Truman said Attorney General Tom Clark will enforce the law while defending the committee’s actions and accusing Republicans of political motives.
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Nixon
America
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Truman
Mundt
Toto
State Department
Atty
Tom Clark
U S Checking Vital Codes To Cloak State Secrets
State department officials say vital codes are under constant checks to prevent betrayal of American secrets. Acting Secretary Lovell notes the safeguarding system has transformed in recent years and uses complex machines and a cryptographic unit to spot flaws and require immediate changes if compromised.
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U.S
Washington
Tre Department
Lovell
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Wyman P. Boynton
Grand Juy
Secare
Portsmouth Herald
Superior Court
Portsmouth Municipal Court
Pendergast
Piscataqua River
Comdr
Leslie Haverland
Big Mo‘ Heads
Buley
Aubrey Robinson
Russell L. Mowry
Rumford
Westminster Street
Spy Probe Group
Methodist
Fort Worth, Tex
Internal Revenue
George Dg. Schoeneman
Charles Oliphant
J. Howard McGrath
National Democratic Committee
Rhode Island Charities
Schoeneman
Trusts
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance
Joint Committee On Taxation
Nashua
N. H
Ku Klux Klan
Richard M. Nixon
Bulletin
Mund
House Committee
Armed Services
House Un-American Acts
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