Captive Boy Case Tops New England Stories of 1949
A collage of 1949 New England tales highlights the Captive Boy Case as a top heart tugger. The report recalls a 14 year old found in a gutter, kept hidden by his mother, and the legal journey from detention to social care. Other items cover the Red Sox pennant race, Churchill's warning, Curley’s defeat, Nantucket cabin cruiser tragedy, drought damage, a Bridgewater Corners nurse murder, and a Boston bishop dispute.
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New England
Sullivan
Anna
Coum
Winston Churchill
Boston
James M. Curley
Falmouth
Nantucket
Mass
Ule -Akfer
Bridgewater Corners
Biswa
Leonard J. Feeney
Bosston
Brentwood Recluse Burned to Death in Lonely Shack
The body of George Braley was found charred in a tin-roofed shack on Route 125 near the Brentwood Epping line. Investigators said death resulted from the fire and fire crews fought the blaze before it was extinguished. Authorities believed he lived alone and left a wife and several children in the Brentwood area.
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Brentwood
Epping
George Xt
Braley
John W. Blaisdell
Eppin
Iver
John Bailey
Dling
Four Corners
Gilbert Vallieres
Ee Morel
Dt. Lavoie
Brestwood
Dissension Roils Hoover Committee Over IRS Reorganization
In INGTON on December 17 AP reports dissension within a citizens committee formed to back Hoover administration reorganizing the IRS. The group, led by the IRS institute head, announced a shift in stance amid internal disputes as efforts to push the plan proceed.
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Ington
Citizens Committee
Hoovers
Love Me or Die Girl Begging Kiss Ends in Bullet
New York police say 26 year old Carmen Seda was shot at midnight by Israel Justiniano after she refused his demand to pledge love. He claimed she kissed him earlier and gave her two decades to decide, then killed her with a gun in his Bronx room.
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New York
APJ
Carmen Seda
Israel Justiniano
Carmen
Justiniano
Bronx
Botce
Santa
Junior
Minnie
Administration to seek three-year extension of peacetime draft
Washington December 17 AP Administration leaders plan to ask Congress to extend the peacetime draft for three years. Secretary Johnson and Secretary Acheson will urge the measure as essential to defend against communism. The 1948 act expires June 24, with an annual $16.7 million request to run youth registration from 18 to 25.
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Washington
Congress
Defense Johnson
State Acheson
Johnson
Five groups back mass march to press for school aid
Five organizations including the New Franklin Parent-Teacher Association endorsed plans for a state wide demonstration and mass march on the Legislature to seek state aid for schools next year. The group backs School Board member Ellis T. Cox's plan as voted at a recent meeting. Other endorsing bodies include American Legion posts and local associations.
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Hive Portsmouth Acer Organizaions
New Franklin Parent-Teacher Association
Ellis T. Cox
Frank £. Booma
American Legion Post
Rye
Sherburne
Whipple
Tuen
Plane Disasters Take Lives of 24 and Missing Craft
A string of plane disasters across Mexico and the western United States claimed 24 lives with another craft reported missing. Among the dead were 17 passengers and crew aboard a DC 5 operating between Mexico City and Merida, while a Chilean military plane crash left two uninjured. A windmill crash near Roswell killed seven aboard a B 26, and a C 82 incident near Reno left the pilot safe. Authorities searched northern California or Oregon for the missing craft and dispatched a 75‑strong search party near Fall River Mills, California.
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Associated Crass
Mexico
United States
DCS
Mexico City
Merida
Jalapa
Veracruz
Chiconquaico
C. C. Lafleur
Louisiana
Tapachula
Roswell
N. M
Air Force
Reno
Nev
George Dumont
Skowhegan
Dumont
California
Oregon
Fall River Mills
Calif
CAA
Pullman
Wash
Klamath Falls
Ore
Old and New Santa Adds Wrinkles to Toy Gadgets
In Portsmouth a playful 1949 Christmas tale shows Santa crafting new toys and revamping classics to delight children. He introduces life-like dolls, sponge rubber alphabet blocks, home-use pinball, doctor kits, weapons with safe features, and a Rover pet set, promising no extra cost this year.
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Santa
Portsmouth
Six CIO Unions Ousted Over Unpaid Dues
Washington dispatch reports six unions accused of Communist influence were dropped from CIO good standing for failing to pay their monthly dues. The move affects about 300,000 members and removes these unions from seats on the CIO’s executive board. one union leader calls the CIO statement misleading.
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Washington
CIO
Louis Goldblatt
Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Cleveland
Aix Qintons
Mayor of New York To Wed Pretty Model
STUART Florida December 17 The nation's largest city will have a Texas born first lady when Mayor William O Dwyer of New York marries Elizabeth Sloan Simpson a dark haired former model They appeared at Stuart to obtain a license under Florida law with a three day wait The wedding is set for 8 30 am Tuesday at St Joseph s Roman Catholic church to be conducted by Rev Timothy Geary
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New York
O'Dwyer
Gotham
Florida
Timothy Did Geary
St. Joseph's
Visitor praises Stalin as Mao arrives in Moscow
Mao Zedong arrives amid talks of a Chinese Soviet friendship pact and joint trade accords. He praises Stalin’s policies and anticipates stronger ties, with meetings including Molotov and Bulganin. The visit coincides with Stalin’s 70th birthday celebrations.
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Moscow
China
Mico Tze-tung
Mao
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Peiping
Stalin
Russia
Soviet Union
Siberia
V. M. Molotov
Nikolai A Bulganin
Politburo
Michael A. Menshikov
Andrei A. Gromyko
BIS
Molotov
Bulgaria
Georgi M. Malenkov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Albania
Hungary
German Democratic Republic
Mae
Area Industrial Managers Hold First Session Here
Area industrial managers meet at the Rockingham hotel forming a YMCA club for Rockingham and Stratford counties. Representatives from seven area companies plus the University of New Hampshire and Phillips Exeter Academy elected temporary officers and heard a talk on pension plans by Dr. Edward Livernash of Nashua.
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A. Ymca
Rockingham
Stratford Counties
Rockingham Hotel
University of New Hampshire
Phillips Exeter Academy
Nashual
Manchester
John i. Taylor
Hampton
Morley Company
Clifford H. Miller
Somersworth
General Electric Company
Arthur E. Prescott
Rogers Road
Kittery
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
H. Belmont Gould
Portsmouth
Williamson
Edward R. Livernash
J. F. McEl‘wain Company
Nashua
Dr. Livernash
Landowner Faces Court Over Seabrook Acre Sale
Ernest Hamel a 59 year old Amesbury laborer sold one acre of Seabrook land to William Buckley of Amesbury. Hamel was bound over on charges of obtaining a deed under false pretenses after a scheme involving two other men and a forged Buckley deed. The case surfaced in Exeter municipal court as investigators traced the misrepresented deed and registration fee.
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Ernest Hamel
Amesbury
Seabrook
Wiliam F. Buckley
Hamel
Municipal’ Court
Exeter
Buckley
Wyman P. Boynton
Office of Register of Deeds
John W. A. Green
Green
Wamel
Ermond Ouelette
Fred Q. Gauthier
Heamel
Coal Operators Plan to Continue Welfare Payments
Pittsburgh dispatch reports that soft coal operators are expected to continue regular 20 cent per ton royalty payments to the United Mine Workers health and welfare fund next week. Western Pennsylvania operators and others nationwide signal adherence while leaders press for a 35 cent rate and wage boosts. contract talks spark opposition and produce-weeks changes amid walkouts and production curbs. Ohio operators also reject contracts limiting coal production controls.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers’ Health and Welfare Fund
Lewis
Washington
UMW
Navy frees 172 inmates from Portsmouth barracks
The naval disciplinary barracks opened yesterday releasing 172 prisoners for homeward arrival before Christmas. The action follows a navy program aimed at reducing inmate counts and easing containment.
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Wales
Tne
Fortsmoutha
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