Mail Delivery Hit by Strike and Postal Embargo
Area postal service faces severe disruption from yard worker strike. Fourth and third class mail, parcels, and unsealed cards face embargoes, with geographic limits placing northeast delivery primarily through Maryland to Illinois while states west of the Mississippi turn away packages. Postmaster Peter J. Hickey warns of major Christmas mail problems as newspapers and certain first class items are excluded from the embargo.
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Portsmouth
Peter J. Hickey
Maryland
Illinois
New Hampshire cities gain from state tax distributions
State Treasurer FP Gordon Kimball announced 1950 distributions totaling 1,484,372 to New Hampshire cities and 224 towns, up 97,088 from last year. Interest and dividends tax rose to 1,192,697, savings bank tax fell to 131,658, rail tax dropped to 159,749, with Portsmouth up about 4,000 to 48,683 and Webster down 75 percent to 2,268 after Mrs Hart Anderson's death.
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Concord
Gordon Kimball Toflay
New Hampshire
Concord’s
Franklin
Laconia
Berlin
Manchester
Portsmouth
Nashua
Keene
Claremont
Dover
Rochester
Somersworth
Webster
Hart Anderson
Brookline
Mass
New “Hampshire
McCarthy Balked In Pearson Protest
Senator McCarthy faced a setback in his bid to address colleagues about columnist Drew Pearson. He promised a Senate floor speech today after a 40 page set piece, as the Senate recessed overnight in an unusual session. He refused to disclose details of what he would say about Pearson, with whom he clashed at a private party and who offered differing accounts of the incident.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Wisconsin
Pearson
Plan for Auction of Jail Stinks Linchey Charges
City Marshal William J. Linchey attacked Harold W. Carson and Alvin E. Foss over support for Portsmouth obtaining the old county jail on Penhallow street. A county delegation recommended public auction, with Linchey claiming Foss and Carson favored Portsmouth and noting Foss’s June visit to the police station. Foss denied a firm pledge to back Portsmouth, while Linchey criticized Carson for remarks at a Rockingham County Law Enforcement meeting.
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Penhallow Street
William J. Linchey
Linchey
Harold W. Carson
Derry
Alvin E. Foss
Portsmouth
Carson
Foss
Lindhey
Rockingham County
Four Children Die in Claremont House Fire
In Claremont four children Theodore five Henry four Richard two and Patricia eight months perished when their home burned mid morning. Their mother Jean Dumont had left for a nearby grocery store and returned to find the house in flames. Firemen recovered the bodies as Mrs Dumont collapsed and was hospitalized. Ernest Dumont husband and WW II veteran was notified at his waste plant job.
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Claremont
Jean Dumont
Theodore
Henry
Richard
Patricia
Millenian
Albert St
Dumont
Ernest
Umayy
Operator Denies Fake Deal Charge In Bus Transfer
Kenneth L. Hudson of Medford Massachusetts denied a Boston and Maine drivers charge that his plan to buy the Portsmouth division is a paper transaction. Counsel for the drivers said the sale would involve a $15,000 down payment and $85,000 financed within five years, with stock reverting to the Boston and Maine if deadlines aren’t met. He urged the New Hampshire Public Service Commission that the transfer aims to curtail service and lower wages.
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Kenneth L. Hudson
Medford
Mass
Portsmouth
Boston and Maine Transportation Company
Tobey
Hudson
Hudson Bus Lines
Boston and Maine Company
Edgar H. Hunter
Edward R. Thornton
Air Raid Signals To Be Tested Soon
Portsmouth civil defense director Frank J Massey announced a forthcoming test of the federal system. The exercise uses a red alert to signal imminent danger, with three minutes of fluctuating siren streams or short blasts. All clear follows with three steady blasts and two minutes of silence between each.
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Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Portsmouth
Frank’ J.’ Massey
Portsmouth Civil Defense
Massey
Miles
R. Browning
Ret
Tate
Defense
Air Force
Santa Claus Arrives in Portsmouth for Yuletide Greeting
Santa reached Market Square with his team of reindeer and a parade crowd of thousands. The event featured the senior high school band and festive floats, with Mayor Richman S. Margeson greeting Santa and the crowd singing Jingle Bells. Santa will roam Portsmouth from 11 am to 2 pm daily until Christmas to hear children's requests.
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Santa Claus
Portsmouth
Santa
Lughing
North Pole
Santasan
Toy Shop
Fairyland
Congress
Market Square
Richman S. “Margeson
Adams and Council Meet Today on Story-Cote Case
Concord, Dec. 15. The Story Cote contract scandal looms as executives may hear from Gordon M Tiffany and others. State Treasurer Kimball resigns amid pressure. Cotindors Smart Bourassa block until Tiffany and Graf are called in to discuss other officials.
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Adams and Council
Cote
Concord
Story-Cote
Gordon M. Tiffany
Stephen B. Story
Manchester
Donat F. Cote
State Supreme Court
F. Gordon Kimball
Superior Court
Kimball
Harry P. Smart
Edward Bourassa
Smart
Graf
Tiffany
State department calls Moscow claim a naked lie
Washington officials denounce as a naked lie Moscow claim that the United States and Japan began steps to rebuild the Japanese army. The dispute centers on postwar rearming allegations amid U S policy aims in Asia.
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Washington
State Department
Moscow
United States
Jan
Brink's Robbery And Sander Trial Dominate 1950 News
The year’s top New England stories center on the Brink’s armored car robbery and Dr Hermann Sander’s mercy murder trial in Manchester New Hampshire. The Boston Brink’s heist involved masked gunmen escaping with about 1 200 pounds of cash and checks worth roughly 400 000, while the Sander case drew international attention as the physician faced charges for the allegedly mercy death of Abbie Borreto. A male jury acquitted Sander after testimony that he injected air into the patient’s veins, claiming no clear motive. Other major items include Joe McCarthy resigning as Boston Red Sox manager with Steve O’Neill named his successor, a fatal plane crash in Quonset Point, and a West Greenwich incident.
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Boston
Wee
Brink
Sander
New England
Hermann N. Sander
Candla
Nuh
Hisgubmen
North End
Somérville
Stoughton
Premis
Manchester
N. H
Abbie Borreto
Port. Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Youth in Red Fight Will Save U S Ex Herald Tribune Chief Says
Allen Raymond, foreign correspondent and New York Herald Tribune Tokyo bureau chief, told an Exeter audience that American youth will save the United States as in the past. He labeled Korea a Step 3 in a war of survival against communism, warned it will be a fight to the finish, and cited Berlin as Step 2 in the USSR world domination contest. He praised South Korean fighters, noted many were North Korean farmers driven from homes, and urged consideration of using nationalist forces from Formosa.
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Allen Raymond
New York Herald Tribune
Tokyo
Exeter
America
United States
Korea
Ray ‘Mond
Merrill
Soo
Raymond
Berlin
Russia
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
Weiwe
Iia
Formosa
Oust Acheson Demand Gains GOP Backing
House Republicans approved a resolution calling for the ouster of Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The measure, passed at a closed GOP meeting, urges changes in personnel and policies behind the State department’s lack of confidence. Senate GOP leaders prepared a separate no confidence move led by Senator Taft with Senator Ives drafting the resolution.
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Washington
House Republicans
State
Dean Acheson
House” Party
GOP
Truman
Acheson
State Department
Senate Republicans
Acheron
HOUSE
Senate
Taft
Oh!o
Ives
Red Feather Units Face Major Cuts and Campaign
A total of 21016 dollars in late contributions has buoyed a campaign facing drastic service curtailment. The division’s chairmen praised captains and workers, thanking press, radio, students, instructors, churches, merchants, and Portsmouth city for support andwindow displays during the drive.
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The
Witmer
Thesr
Portsmouth
Rate Hearing Date Scheduled in Public Service Case
Concord hearings begin next Tuesday on the Public Service Company of New Hampshire rate structure. Principals agreed Wednesday and Thursday to extend hearings. The utility seeks about 32 million dollars in rate increases. Special State Counsel Lorimer aims to conclude for the people by year end.
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Concord
Wee
Public Service Company of
Troop Trains Scheduled by New Haven Railroad
Boston dispatch reports the New Haven railroad will run two troop trains. The first is set to leave at 5:15 PM on December 22 carrying 245 men to New Haven Connecticut, 338 to Providence Rhode Island, and 234 to Boston Massachusetts. The second train details were not provided in the readable text.
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Boston
New Haven
Conn
Providence
R.1
Allies Fight Back At Hungnam Beachhead Firefight
Allied forces halted a heavy Chinese assault at Hungnam as 100000 Chinese troops attacked the beachhead on the northeastern Korean front. American units used air power tanks and artillery while North Korean forces were evacuated by sea. Reports say fighting intensified and massed enemy forces pressed toward the coastline.
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Sea of Japan
Tenth Corps
Hungnam Port
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Seoul
Walton.h. Walker
Eighth Army
Exeter Teachers Get 200 Cost of Living Salary Increases
Exeter school board approves a $200 annual cost of living raise for all fulltime teachers. Supt. Raymond A Hoyt said the raise follows the teachers salaries committee proposal. George Knox presented recommendations from Exeter High School. The increase starts in 1951 52 revising the 1948 scale boosting minimums to 2300 with bachelor degrees and 2500 with masters and maximums to 3300 and 3500 respectively.
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Exeter
Raymond A. Hoyt
Exeter Teacher's Council
George Knox
Mechanics Arts
Exeter High School
Hoyt
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