Fifty Years in Gods Service Rev James McCooey anniversary
Rev James E McCooey D D a bishop and dean of New Hampshire Catholic clergy celebrates the golden anniversary of his ordination tomorrow. Native of Dover he studied at Limerick Montreal and Washington, ordained at 23, served Claremont Manchester Hanover Newmarket and Portsmouth. A tireless parish leader and sports fan, he marks five decades of religious labor.
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Yeconey
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Aesmourn
Wales
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Father. McCooey
Dover
Iish
Munqt College
Limerick
Ireland
Grand Seminary
Montreal
Cania
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
New Hampshire
YeCoory
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Manchester
Denis, Bradley
G. Mary’s Church
Claremont
Manchester Cathedral
Vatican City
Father McCooey
St Denis’ Church
Hanover
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Dent
St. Mary’s Church
Newmarket
Newport Protests Power Rate Increases
Newport board of selectmen protests Public Service Company of New Hampshire rate hikes. They seek a delay of the Dec 22 hearing to Jan 19 and call for Attorney General involvement to protect Newport residents interests. The commission has not acted, while the utility plans a fuel-based surcharge effective Jan 1.
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Concord
State Public Service Commission To Say
Newport Board of Selectmen
Public Service Company of
New Hampshire
Newport Selectmen
Newport
Storm Delays Arctic Rescue
Westover Air Force Base reports severe Arctic weather threatening a rescue attempt for nine U S fliers stranded on a Greenland plateau. Goose Bay Labrador snowstorm blankets the north as rescuers assemble near Narsarssuak. Radio contact remains with the castaways who say they are healthy and hopeful. Two gliders were planned to land near the men and be towed aloft by transports.
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Westover Airforce Base
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U. S
Greenland
Goose Bay
Labrador
Narsarssuak
Hands Off in Tojo Case Supreme Court Advised
The government asks the Supreme Court to refrain from reviewing the Tokyo war crimes tribunal. Attorney General Perlman argues review would harm international law and future cooperative efforts. Appeals arise from Fur ness Brannon and Yamaoka arguing the tribunal was illegally established by General MacArthur.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States
Omher
To 8
American Court “Arro Biss
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Philip P. Perl- Mi
Uch
United Nations
Perlman
High Court
Tokyo
George A. Furness
Boston
John G. Brannon
Kansas City
George Yamaoka
New York
Ti-nation Allied Military Tribunal
Douglas MacArthur
Defense System Criticized as Costly and Disjointed
A Hoover Commission task force called the national defense system enormously costly and in need of overhaul. The 211 page report urged the secretary of defense to gain direct control over the armed services, improve teamwork, overhaul the budget system, and better align war planning with scientific progress amid concerns Russia seeks victory by bankruptcy. The study notes current plans exceeded 30 billion dollars and highlights the joint chiefs of staff lack of technical evaluation ability.
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Hoover Commission
Commission On Organization
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Defense
Eagle
Munitions Board
Defense Forrestal
Truman
National Security Organization
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
First Snowstorm Due to Strike Here Late Today
The weather forecast warns of a snowstorm moving into the Portsmouth area this afternoon with several inches expected in parts of New England. Upstream conditions vary, with Bridgeport and Providence reporting snowfall while Concord suggests flurries, and officials warn of colder days ahead.
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Portsmouth
New England
New Hampshire
Bridgeport
Conn
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R. I
Maine
Weather Bureau
Concord
Associated Press
Railroad worker loses left arm in Portsmouth accident
Oscar M. Rouleau a car inspector from Plaistow was seriously injured when his arm was torn by a train coupling at Portsmouth station. He was taken to Portsmouth Hospital in serious condition after the 1 am incident. Boston and Maine officials probe the accident.
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Maine’ Railroad
Portsmouth
Oscar M. Rouleau
Mein Street
Plaistow
Portsmouth Hospital
Robinson
Chick
Maine
Jennings Held for Grand Jury After Bay's Surprise Testimony
Ossipee's Carroll county courthouse heard witnesses in a first degree murder case against Ralph Jennings, Rochester woodchopper linked to Ruth Eisenberg's death. The day featured James Tibbetts's July 21 sighting, Jennings's cross examining, and a 14 year old Rochester student’s identification.
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Carroll County
Ralph Jennings
Rochester
Ruth Eisenberg
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Jennings
May Grand Jury
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Tibbetts
Sensational Exposes Pledged in Spy Hunt
Washington December 16 AP Congressional spy hunters promise new sensations as Hiss Chambers case moves to federal court. Grand jury indictment accuses Alger Hiss of lying about state papers and meetings with Chambers while listing 26 more documents alleged to come from Chambers.
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Capitol Hill
Alger Hiss
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House un-American Activities Committee
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New York
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Hiss-Chambers
Chambers
Germany
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
United States
Maryland
Hampton Beach Businessmen Oppose Gas Rate Hike
Hampton Beach shop and hotel owners urged the Public Service Commission to postpone Allied Gas Company rate increases. Howard Page for the Chamber urged delaying action until spring so more seaside resort business people could testify. The utility cited $35,000 annual losses and seeks about $48,200 extra revenue from 5,000 seacoast customers.
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Allied Gas Company of
New Hampshire
G ’Strong
Hampton Beach
Public Service Commission
Howard Page
Rochester
Seacoast
Three Men in Hurry To Receive Wright Flight Speed Award
Three men including John Stack Lawrence Bell and Charles Yeager head to the White House to receive Collier Trophy for the first faster-than-sound flight begun with the X‑1 tests. Stack, a NACA researcher from Lowell Mass now in Hampton Va, envisioned commercial supersonic travel while Bell built the X‑1 and Yeager piloted the historic October 14 1947 flight.
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White House
Truman
John Stack
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Langley Field
Lawrence D. Bell
Buffalo Aircraft
Charles E. Yeager
Air Force
Stack
Lowell
Mass
Hampton
Red Stranglehold Fails to Disrupt Placid Peiping
Peiping remains under Communist pressure as Reds pound the suburbs and shell the walls. Despite reported rumors of a capture, Fu Tso yi resists and small-scale fighting continues west of the ancient city. Reports from Shanghai cite chatter of peace talks and a supposed Chiang Kai-shek resignation.
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Moosa
Shanghai
San Francisco
Fu Tso-yi
North China
Tientsin
Claire Chennault
China Air Transport Company
Tsingtao
Saint Paul
North
China
Chiang Kai-shek
French Demolish Red Radio Mast in Berlin
French forces detonated two towers of Radio Berlin, knocking the Soviet controlled broadcaster off air. Brig. Gen. Jean Ganeval said demolition prevented danger to Allied airlift near Tegel field. The action ends four power dispute over the station, with Deutschland sender remaining as the sole outlet east of the city.
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Radio
Germany
Deutschland
Jean Ganeval
Ganeval
Rye Residents Enter Portsmouth Christmas Contest
Rye residents may join the Portsmouth Christmas decoration contest sponsored by the Garden club with Chamber of Commerce support. Four of six classes are open to Rye entrants. Rye clubs and businesses are ineligible. Registrations with Mrs. Amhoff and pre-Christmas judging arrangements are noted.
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Portsmouth
Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
Charles H. Amhoff
Amhoff
New Hampshire Gas and Electric Company
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