Savage becomes Santa Heim in Maryland Christmas village
In Savage Maryland thousands of visitors arrive by special trains as the hamlet of 200 year old textile mill and 600 acres is transformed into Santa Heim. Harry Heim, who owns the Savage plant and a San Diego factory, aims to revive a toy town with 28 000 lights a castle lane and live reindeer. The project grew into a 2 500 000 dollar annual trinket business.
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Savage
Santa Heim
Heim
Santa
Harry Heim
Savage Rack
Washington Boulevard
San Diego
Calif
Surprise and Regret Follow Loss of Levy
City Solicitor Samuel Levy resigned after the council rejected a proposed pay rise. City Manager Edward C. Peterson said the resignation came with reluctance and will require careful selection of a successor. Several council members voiced regret, noting Levy’s 18 months of service and calling him a valuable man.
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Levy
Samuel Levy
Edward C. Peterson
Richman S. Margeson
Mr. Margeson
Mary C. Dondero
Lester R. Whitaker
CVE
Whitaker
Cve uisxeGy
Soetaoinshrd Lucminy
Cecil M. Neal
John J. Leary
Wiliam J. Linchey
Mr. Levy
Roland I. Noyes
Frank E. Paterson
Naval Shipyard Employment Figures Rise to 5922
Naval shipyard employed 5,922 people on November 30, up from 5,648 on August 31. The fiscal department says new workers during the quarter totaled 410.
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Naval Shipyard
New Brunswick Animal Register Creator Opens Bureau
In Brunswick Maine Miss Helen A Campbell opens a small fee based animal register. She will register and photograph stray cats and dogs from Brunswick and nearby towns and seek owners or homes for them.
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Brunswick
Bureau of Missing Animals
Helen A. Campbell
Student Concert Set for Friday At Junior High
Portsmouth's high school orchestra and choir announce a formal concert next Friday at the junior high gym. The 60 voice choir will sing Christmas music with combined Sanford and Portsmouth players. Jerome Kern pieces plus Gounod Rachmaninoff and Tschaikowsky are on the program, including Kern's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. The Clipper Serenaders will provide music for a second portion.
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Portsmouth
David Kushious
Sanford
Clipper Serenaders
Gounod
Rachmaninoff
Tschaikowsky
Jerome Kern
Kern
Mr. Kushfous
Sanford High School
Forty Nine Births Reported in November
City Clerk Eileen D. Foley announced 49 new births for November, along with 23 deaths and 36 marriages in the same period.
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Eileen D. Foley
Local Men Get Christmas Induction Break in December Draft
Two Portsmouth youths are selected to join New Hampshire's December draft quota of 48 with induction moved to December 28 to grant Christmas holidays at home. Portsmouth must supply two of the five men drafted. December names await official listing after induction. The January quota for New Hampshire is cut from 61 to 31, reflecting a national reduction of 20,000. Previously drafted in November were Thomas Kennedy, Joseph Leary, and Frederick Penney.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Selective Service Army
Selective Service
Concord
John A. Greenaway
Greenaway
Rye
Thomas C. Kennedy
205
Sagamore Avenue
Joseph Leary
Woodbury Avenue
Frederick G. Penney
RFD No. 2
Porsmouth
Negroes Murder Charge Brought Against Lyons Men
Amy Mallard testified before a Toombs county grand jury about the am bush slaying of her husband Robert Mallard. Jurors charged William L. Howell and Roderick Clifton, Lyons farmers, with murder amid alleged mob activity by robed men. Gov Talmadge linked publicity to a political campaign against states rights and the Truman civil rights program.
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Lyons
Robert Mallard
Amy Mallard
Toombs County
William L. Howell
Roderick Clifton
Herman Talmadgeto
Truman
No Change Seen In Coast Guard Survey Granted
Congressional notes state no change in coast guard status at Portsmouth harbor Hampton Beach and the Isles of Shoals with continued study of the coastal situation. A coast guard survey of the Piscataqua to establish navigation aids was pledged by Merrow and coast guard officials in Washington. Local fishermen and yachtsmen complain of unmarked hazards at Bolling rock Shallow point Langstaff point and Goat island as Merrow inspects the river and Portsmouth Harbor.
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Coast Guard
Portsmouth Harbor
Hampton Beach
Isles of Shoals
U. S
Chester E. Merrow
Alvin E. Redden
New Hampshire Regional Seacoast Development Association
Metrow
Piscataqua
Merrow
Washington
Bolling Rock
Shallow Point
Langstaff Point
Goat Island
Palestine
United States
Britain
Folke Bernadotte
China
12Th
Hwai River
Pengpu
Nanking
North China
Ex-Gi Blockade Buster Claimed By Blonde Singer
Ursula Schmidt says she is the other woman in Edward J Lada’s tangled love life from Newark. Lada, a former paratrooper jailed for illegal entry, gave conflicting stories about Ruth Riecki and their baby Nancy. Ursula claims he intended marriage and offered to reveal details about Ruth and the child.
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Berlin
Abed
Edward J
Lada
Romeo
Newark
N. J
Ursula
Boots) Schmidt
Ruth Riecki
Nancy
Wallace White ready to retire after 32 years in Congress
Washington reports Sen. Wallace Humphrey White of Maine plans to retire after 32 years in the Senate and House. He cites fatigue with speeches and rules debates while noting a long family Washington tradition since 1889 and intent to divide time between Maine and the capital after leaving office.
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Edward B. Harkinson
Washington
Capitol
Sen
Wallace Humphrey White
Senate
White
House
William Pierce Frye
Pye
Maine
Spy Stolen Secret Papers to Be Published Tonight
A federal grand jury intensifies its spy probe as former U S official William W Pigman of Appleton Wisconsin is summoned to testify and cooperate The Hiss case and related figures including Alger Hiss and Henry J Wadleigh face subpoenas while a new grand jury may begin with Elizabeth Bentley as a key witness.
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New York
U. S
William W. Pigman
Appleton
Wis
U. S. Bureau of Standards
State Department
Alger Hiss
House un-American Activities Committee
Chambers
House Committee
Wadleigh
Pigman
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Chamber-Hiss
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Two N H Convicts Held in Kittery on B and E Crimes
John MacMichael and Harvey Kingsbury both 33 and 43 are held on 10000 bail each after arraignment in Yorkshire municipal court for breaking and entering and breaking and entering with larceny at the home of Nathaniel G Marshall York Heights and a York lumber company. They were ordered bound over to the January term of York County Superior Court and sent to Alfred County Jail.
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New Hampshire
John, MacMichael
Harvey Kingsbury
Yorkshire Municipal Court
Kittery
York Heights
York Lumber Company
Paul Quarrington
Concord
York County
Connell Company Wins Painting Bid
The W. H. Connell company is the low bidder for painting the senior high school auditorium and offices at $1,069, $129 under the nearest competitor F A Gray. E H Paterson bids $845 for finishing painting at Atlantic Heights school, $8 below Connell. The school house committee will recommend accepting Connell and Paterson bids at the school board meeting.
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W. £. Connell
Raymond J. Beal
F. A. Gray Company
Beal
E.H. Paterson
Atlantic Heights
Connell
Paterson
Dutch Ditch Move To Pacify Indonesia
The Netherlands breaks UN sponsored negotiations with the Indonesian republic and plans an interim government for other Indonesian areas. The UN good offices delegate says talks are useless without a radical shift in the republic’s stance. The interim regime date remains unset, with Jan 1 previously cited. The UN Assembly nears end, urging world peace.
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Netherlands
Hague
Indonesia
Batavia
UN Good Offices Committee
Republic
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Portsmouth to Get Higher Slice of State Tax Revenue
Concord December 11 AP Towns and cities will receive 15 percent more revenue this year from state taxes on interest and dividends and distributed to municipalities. State Treasurer F Gordon Kimball announced the levies totaling 1 223 428 this year up from 1 064 845 last year. All 12 cities except Claremont will see higher payments as distributed where collected with listed city totals for Laconia Manchester Nashua Keene Dover Portsmouth and Claremont.
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Portsmouth
Concord
F. Gordon Kimball
New Hampshire
Claremont
Kimball
Laconia
Manchester
Nashua
Keene
Dover
Secret Papers Hint at Red Spy Ring in State Dept
Congressional investigators prepare to release a dozen papers from Whittaker Chambers showing a decade old Soviet spying risk at the State Department. The 10-year-old documents, seized from a Maryland farm, are linked to Alger Hiss and Henry Wadleigh and may reveal how diplomatic messages were coded. The House committee plans a Monday noon session. Hiss and his brother were summoned but excused due to related grand jury action. Chambers resigned as Time senior editor yesterday.
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Wiss
Pigman
Henry J. Wadleigh
State Department
House Committee
U. S
Tor
Grand Jury
Hiss
Donald
Washington
Hiss Brothers
Karl Mundt
R-S. D
Caramittes
Henry Julian Wadleigh
House UN- American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
HOUSE
New York
Special Meeting Of Council Called
City Manager Edward C. Peterson calls a special council meeting for Tuesday night after a 7 30 public hearing on the Pearl Street no parking ordinance. Second reading of a librarians salary ordinance is scheduled along with third readings for wage increases for the overseer of the poor and the tax collector. Peterson will report on clerk petitions in the highway and water departments for retroactive pay increases.
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Edward C. Peterson
Pearl Street
Peterson
Highway and Water Departments
New England Managers Labeled Irresponsible by CIO Leader
Boston December 11 The CIO textile workers union leader Emile Rieve accused New England management of irresponsibility and blamed public officials and industrialists for opposing federal power projects. He cited costly power, high prices, and short sighted profits as hindrances to regional industry and urged action to share public power benefits. He warned against charitable trusts and urged severance pay while highlighting price distortions in textiles and clothing.
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Boston
CIO Textile Workers Union
New England
Emile Rieve
Textile Workers Union of America
Massachusetts
CIO
Rieve
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