Marooned Airmen Await New Rescue Strategy on Greenland Ice Cap
After two failed attempts to rescue nine airmen stranded on Greenland’s ice cap, the air force announced new methods. Plans included dropping skis, removing glider wheels to allow sliding, and forming a makeshift runway from plywood. Weather threatened further delay.
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Air Force
Fairbanks
Alaska
U. S
Greenland
Washington
Ater
Wth
Geenland
Rescue 3
Wrjet
Three Car Collision in Woodbury Avenue Reported
A three car crash on Woodbury Avenue last night, reported by Portsmouth police, notes no personal injuries. Operators listed are William Trinity, Malcolm Hodgdon of Myrtle Avenue, and Marian L Owens of Woodbury Avenue.
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Woodbury Enue
Portsmouth
Ng William Trinity
Malcolm Hodgdon
Myrtle Enne
Marian L. Owens
Woodbury Avenue
Weather Chief Parry to Retire After 45 Years
Benjamin Parry, head of New York City's weather bureau, announced plans to retire at month end after a 45 year career as a meteorologist. He labeled the city's weather as lousy in his remarks.
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New York
Benjamin Parry
New York City
Weather Bureau
Parry
Special Session Of Jury Unlikely In Jennings Case
Ossipee New Hampshire December report says Carroll county grand jury likely to proceed normally in May to indict Ralph Jennings 48 of Rochester for the murder of Ruth Hisenberg 22 of Newark New Jersey. Authorities note no talk of a special session. Miss Hisenberg’s body was found buried near Ossipee with a strangulation indicating foul play.
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Jennings
Ossipee
Carroll County
Grand Jury
Ralph Jennings
Preston B. Smart
Rochester Woodchopper
Ruth Hisenberg
Newark
N. J
Parker Merrow
Smart
Miss Hisenberg
Hanover
Stiff Loyalty Law For Union Heads Sought by Solons
Rep Kersten proposes a loyalty test bill for union leaders in plants on strategic government contracts. The plan follows an Atomic Energy Commission pattern after it ordered General Electric not to recognize the UEW in Schenectady plants for failure to file non Communist affidavits under Taft Hartley. The commission cited doubts about UEW leaders as security risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Rep
Kersten
R-Wis
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Co
CIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric
Schenectady
N. Y
UEW
Clam Flats Open in Ogunquit After Clean-Up
Ogunquit clam flats reopen for digging Monday after cleanup efforts. State official Richard H. Reed said tests show flats safe until March 31, crediting local residents for major pollution cleanup costs and two anti pollution tanks. Economic impact expected as residents gain extra income.
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Ogunquit
Richard H. Reed
Maine
Reed
State Department of Health
Ogunaquit
Grover Perkins
Taft Vows Fight Over Labor Law
Senator Taft says he will oppose any administration effort to repeal the Taft-Hartley labor act. He argues repeal would also erase the Wagner act, as the Taft-Hartley law includes its features, while Truman and labor leaders press for reinstating the old Wagner act pending study.
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Washington
Taft
Truman
Congress
Job Suit Upheld For Fired Writer Lester Cole
A federal court jury in Los Angeles ruled for reinstatement of film writer Lester Cole to a $1350 weekly job at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with final judgment due Monday. Cole, one of the Hollywood Ten, also seeks $71,350 in back pay.
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Los Angeles
Lester Cole
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studios
Cole
Hollywood Ten
Probers to Ask Ex Reds Advice In Blocking Spies
Congressional investigators plan to quiz former Communist couriers for expert advice on blocking leaks. Mundt says the House Un-American Activities Committee will consult Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley as it probes how secret papers left the government. The group aims to tighten espionage laws, with wiretapping to be allowed in spy cases.
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Congressional
Mundt
R-8.d
House un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Elizabeth T. Bentley
State Department
Clark
Congress
Grand Jury Plans to Question UN Delegate Sayre
New federal grand jury in New York resumes the espionage probe by questioning Whittaker Chambers, with Fran is B. Sayre, former assistant secretary of state and UN delegate, expected back from Paris. The earlier jury had indicted Alger Hiss on perjury related to classified documents.
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Chambers
Miss Bentley
New York Federal Grand Jury
Alger Hiss
State Department
Mundt
House
Clark
New York
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
U. S
Philippines
United Nations
Paris
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Fliss
Navy Hones Quiet Ship Engines At Annapolis Lab
Navy researchers at Annapolis open acoustical laboratory to study engine noise and aim to design quieter ships. Capt Leggett notes goal is to beat underwater sounds while acknowledging a completely silent vessel is impossible. Measurements compare decibel levels from boiler rooms and submarines to sonar and noise control needs.
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Annapolis
Navy
Leggett
GOP Girds to Fight Over House Committee Control
Washington December 18 AP Republicans warn Democrats not to pack committees or alter seniority as the new Congress looms. Rumors swirl of shifting chairmanships and rules changes to thwart Southern Democrats and limit Dixie revolters like Rep. John Rankin, with talks of expanding Democratic control on key committees.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Truman
Rulés Committee
Congress
Administration
Rules Committee
John E. Rankin
Miss
J. Strom Thurmond
Portsmouth Couple Disappear After VA Party
A statewide search was launched for Portsmouth natives Frank and Mrs. Zeman who vanished after leaving a Veterans administration party in Providence. He is a Red Cross worker attached to the VA and both were due at work Thursday. They were last seen in a 1940 black Buick coupe and neighbors recall plans discussed at the party.
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Portsmouth
R. I
Veterans Administration
Providence
Frank Zeman
Zeman
Red Cross
Maine Turnpike Fails to Pay Own Way in First Year
The 45 mile Maine turnpike from Kittery to Portland reportedly did not cover its bond interest in the first year ending November 30. Gross revenues were about 646 706 with expenses 208 864 leaving 439 841 for interest and reserves, short of the 512 500 interest due. Concessions and growth cited as improving prospects toward an 800 000 annual revenue in 1949.
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Maine
Kittery
Portland
New York
New York Bonding Company
Maine Turnpike
Chiangs Fate Tied to Rat Year Cycle in Astrology
Shanghai observers report Chinese astrologers predict Chiang Kai shek’s 12 year cycle of misfortune ends at midnight as the Year of the Rat begins. They link his troubles to the Rat year 12 years ago when Chang Hsueh-liang abducted him and the Sino Japanese war started.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kaishek
China
Chiang
Chang Hsueh-liang
Slain Hero's Wife May Enter Plea of Self-Defense
Mrs Wilma Ybarbo from Malden Mass faces murder charges in Marburg Germany for killing her war hero husband Sgt John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas after a bedroom dispute. Prosecution seeks death. defense plans self defense plea if two motions fail. A Mannheim case prompts notes on jurisdiction for American personnel.
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Marburg
Germany
Wilma Ybarbo
U. S
Malden
Mass
Worth B. McCauley
Wilma
Stolen Auto Found in Kittery
A car reported stolen from Wright Avenue was recovered in Kittery early today. Portsmouth police said it is owned by Frank Haas a chief petty officer at the Portsmouth Naval Base and found fully locked.
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Wright Avenue
Kittery
Portsmouth
Frank Haas
Portsmouth Naval Base
Chinese Plight Deepens as Peiping Defenses Stand
In Boston the defense team argues that Fingold sought headlines from Revere bribery raids as the trial of four Revere councilmen and a Brookline dealer nears jury deliberation. Separately in Nanking and Peiping, Chinese forces clash near the capital with Fu Tso yi pledging a death fight to defend Peiping amid a shifting peace rumor.
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Boston
Herbert F. Callahan
George Fingold
Revere
Callahan
Brookline
Fingold
Felix Forte
Council
Charles Freeman
Benjamin Siegel
Forte
Charles 5S. Freeman
Andrew M. Cataldo
Thomas A. Dawson, Jr
Roland A. Marllo
Leonard Ginsburg
Nanking
Peiping
China
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Fu Tso-yi
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
City of San Francisco Derails Near Lakeside Utah
The westbound City of San Francisco derailed five miles west of Lakeside Utah injuring none of 240 passengers. Thirteen of the 15 cars left the rails and slid a half mile across the desert before halted upright. Officials attributed the wreck to a broken wheel aboard the luxury train.
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Ogden
Utah
City of San Francisco
Lakeside
Great Salt Lake
Bus Firm to Pay $7,000 in Death Of Stratham Girl
A superior court jury in Exeter awarded $7,000 to the administrator of Jacquelyn Hubbard’s estate in a Stratham fatal bus accident case. The seven year old Hubbard girl was fatally struck after alighting from a school bus when a Worth Broad Transit Co. truck struck her. The suit claimed the truck driver failed to slow as required near a loading bus. Evidence included a statement that the driver was eating ice cream near the school. Jacquelyn Hubbard was the daughter of James Hubbard of Kittery and Myrtle Hubbard of Portsmouth.
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Exeter
Stratham
Worth Broad Transit Co
Philadelphia
Jacquelyn B. Hubbard
Hubbard
Jacquelyn
James Hubbard
Kittery
Myrtle Hubbard
Portsmouth
Blockade-Busting Vet Chooses Split With Fraulein Ursula
Berlin report says Ursula Schmidt, 21, says she is finished with Edward J. Lada, Newark, N. J. blockade-dodging ex GI awaiting trial for illegal entry. Lada arrived to see his German girlfriends Ruth Riecki and Ursula. Ursula claims Lada planned to take Ruth and the baby to the United States, but she ends the romance as no date is set for his trial.
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Berlin
Fraulein
Ursula Schmidt
Edward J. Lada
Lada
Newark
N. J
Occupied
Germany
Ruth Riecki
Ursula
U. S
Ruth
United States
CID
Criminal Investigation Division
U. S. Army
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Harold K. Milks
Service Shops, Inc
Helen Wiggin Emery
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