Welcome Home Ward of Japanese Port on 39th Anniversary
A crowd greets Ward and Mrs. Ward as they return to the United States aboard the 60th liner, following a year under restrictions in Mukden. The reception at Yokohama and the Lakeland journalists aboard mark their 39th wedding anniversary. Ward recalls arrest and expulsion by Chinese authorities and hints at possible Washington plans.
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Air
Mukden
Iiors
States
Yokohama’'s
Ward
Lakeland
O.S
W. J. Sebaid
MacArthur
Japan
Gescca
Tokyo
Homburg
Msen
Bat
Peiping
Wilson
Washington
County Relief Payments Jump Increases Noted By Official
Relief payments rose from 2338 in 19 to 3763 in November officials said Commissioner Irving W. stated the 1400 boost was part of FECOAL Nears program. Payments totaled 683 in Rye 423 at Portsmouth with Newmarket Seabrook 182 Hampton New Castle 15. End mention notes potential drop as event fades.
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Irving W
Nouth
Rye
Portsmouth
Newmarket
Seabrook
Hampton
New Castle
Marston
Democrats foresee civil rights showdown in Senate
Washington report notes Democrats expect swift political profits from a proposed permanent fair employment practices commission FEPC to enforce anti discrimination in hiring. Senator Lucas says the FEPC bill will provoke southern Democrats and challenge Taft who backs a voluntary federal FEPC approach. Civil rights groups prefer FEPC over abolishing poll taxes or making lynching a federal crime.
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Dae
Ap—Administration
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Fair Employment — Practices Commission
FEPC
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Senate Red Plot to Sabotage U S Industry Revealed
Senate judiciary subcommittee hearings report a former FBI informant testifying that the American Communist high command planned to seed party units and fronts in industrial areas to disrupt war production in case of a war with Russia. John J. Huber, Mt. Vernon, said he joined the party in 1939 at FBI prompting and left in 1947.
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Mt. Vernon
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
McCarran D-Nev
Huber
Senate
FBI
Communist Party
Russia
United States
Germany
Communist “High Command
City Hall Offices To Close Friday In Holidays
City hall will close Friday after noon and remain closed until next Tuesday morning in observance of the Christmas holiday. AU municipal offices also will close Friday, Dec. 30 and stay closed until Tuesday, Jan. 3, in observance of New Year's Day.
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City Hall
Edward C. Peterson
AU Municipal
Hands Off Policy Seen For Construction Unions
GTON Dec 19 AP Hartley law s top en officer Robert N Denham by by by by by by by said to be by pass election require Giant building industry and AFL unions appealed for a board order Denham by by by eyes case of a union shop in the industry Denham has final say on unfair labor practices cases and may send them to the NLRB for hearing He plans to outline his position to the board in person and has seldom argued before the NLRB in two years as general counsel
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GTON
API— Hartley Law
Robert N. den
Nounce
Denham
NLRB
Glass Fragments Point to Hit-Run Suspect in Manchester
After a four week probe of a Greenland road hit and run Patrolman Stanton G. Remick identified Clifford S. Reuter Jr. 46 of 944 Chestnut St Manchester. Reuter admitted his car damaged a fence at St Marys cemetery on Greenland Road Nov 25 and left the scene without reporting. Bail set at 100 dollars. arraignment planned for Wednesday in Portsmouth municipal court.
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Greenland
Stanton G. Remick
Manchester
William J. Linchey
Clifford S§. Reuter, Jr
Chestnut Street
Portsmouth
Linchey
Reuter
St. Mary's Cemetery
Greenland Road
Remick
Jae
Lindkey
Last Mail Call Warns Hickey Over Postal Rush
Pestmaster Peter mopped his brow and issued a final warning about pre holiday delivery for local destination cards mailed by tomorrow. Out-of-state cards should have gone last Thursday but may still be sent by mail. a six cent stamp will ensure delivery within 48 hours anywhere in the United States. The postmaster urged local businesses to empty post office boxes more often.
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Peter
Hickey
United States
Ervin T. Trefethen Named Head of First National Bank
Ervin T. Trefethen, director for 20 years, elected president to succeed the late James A. Borthwick at a First National Bank of Portsmouth board meeting. Charles H. Walker named to succeed Trefethen as vice president, George H. Trefethen elected executive vice president and cashier. Jeremy Waldron Jr. named director to fill Borthwick’s vacancy.
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Ervin T. Trefethen
First National Bank
First National Bank of Portsmouth
Board For Directors
James A. Borthwick
Charles H. Walker
Trefethen
George H. Trefethen
Jeremy & Waldron, Jr
Jeremy R. Waldron
Borthwick
George Trefethen
Portsmouth
German General Gets 18-Year Term
Hamburg dispatch reports former Field Marshal Erich von Manstein sentenced by a British military court to 18 years for atrocities by German troops in Poland and Russia. He refused mercy. found guilty on nine charges and acquitted on eight.
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Hamburg
Germany
API
Erich von Manstein
Manstein
Hitler
Poland
Russia
Russia building vast submarine fleet and battleships
Jane's Fighting Ships reports Soviet Union aims for 740 to 1,000 long-range submarines by 1951 as part of a five year naval program. It says three ultra modern 35,000 ton battleships are under construction with radio controlled aerial torpedoes and rockets, while shipyards churn out smaller vessels.
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London
Britain
United States
Soviet
Russia
Jane’s
Soviet Union
Jane's
Ussr
Germany
Moscow
Baltic
Far East
Market Damaged By Sunday Fire Extends Loss
A Sunday morning fire caused extensive damage to the Pleasant Street market operated by Joseph Levitt. Firemen battled the blaze, reaching it at 6:45 am after nurse Shirley Moulton reported a ball of fire. Chief George Cogan and State Fire Marshal Aubrey Robinson investigated the corner-origin blaze. The rear residence of Levitt was spared, but a wall was badly charred and display goods scorched. Two large front plate glass windows were shattered by the heat.
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Pleasant Street
Joseph Levitt
Shirley Moulton
Wentworth
Cogan
Aubrey Robinson
Levitt
Nine Killed Over Weekend On New England Roads
Nine people died in New England highway crashes over the weekend, with six fatalities in Massachusetts, two in Maine, and one in Connecticut. In Saugus three brothers and two other men perished after their car careened off the Newburyport Turnpike, while a fourth passenger was critically injured. Other deaths occurred in Attleboro Worcester Portland and Thompsonville, with victims named Parr, James, Riechtella, Girianus, Hughes, Paquin, Gterczak, Miles, Higgins, Centors, and Strybarg among the identified or reported.
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New England
Massachusetts
Maine
Connecticut
Saugus
Newsburyport
Robert S. Parr
James
Joseph S. Riechtella
John J. Girianus
Melrose
Norbert Hughes
Raymond N. Paquin
Attleboro
Worcester
John Gterczak
Portland
Raymond F. Miles
South Portland
Eleanor Higgins
Irving Street
Thompsonville
Conn
Hector T. Centors
Wiscay
Moody Street
Joseph Strybarg
Anti-Socialists Take Over Government of Australia
In Canberra the anti socialist coalition formed a new government led by Robert Menzies with Dame Enid Lyons as vice president of the executive council. The cabinet includes 13 Liberal and five Country ministers, supporting a coalition that defeated Labor which held power since 1941. Arthur Fadden becomes deputy prime minister and treasurer as the party tally sits around 53 to 54 Liberal seats and Labor 47, with final results pending.
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Australis
Australia
Robert Gordon Menzies
Enid Lyons
William J. Mechell
Dame Enid
Joseph A. Lyons
House of Representatives
Menzies
Liberal Party
Country Party
Labor Party
Arthur Fadden
Fadden
Labor
Council to Study Christmas Pardons
CONCORD December 19 AP Gov Sherman Adams set a special executive council session for Wednesday to consider Christmas pardons for inmates. Lt Gen William H Phinney made recommendations. The council may act on pardons or confirm a new state prison warden candidate Parker L Hancock, 37, Concord, for 5000 a year. Warden Charles B Glarke plans retirement after nearly 50 years in state service, 30 of them as warden.
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Concord
Sherman Adams
Executive Council
New Hampshire
Adams
Athy
William H. Phinney
Parker L. Hancock
Charles 3B
Glarke
City Receives 44747 State Tax Credits
City Manager Edward Peterson announced Portsmouth has received 44747 in state credits for taxes paid by local banks, railroads and stockholders. The total exceeds the 1949 budget estimate by at least 5000. Auditor Wilfred Young itemized 26360 interest and dividend taxes 89817 savings banks 9341 railroads and 229 building loans.
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Edward ©. Peterson Toay
Portsmouth
Peterson
Wilfred E. Young
Fire Chief Advises On Decoration of Christmas Trees
Fire Chief George T. Cogan warns that a fresh Christmas tree can ignite from a single spark. He urges safety steps: keep trees outdoors until near Christmas, place far from heat, avoid cotton or paper decorations, use UL listed electric lights, never candles, inspect wires, use a distant switch, don’t leave lights on unattended, and discard needles that show browning near lights.
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George T. Cogan
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
Plan to standardize arms among U S Britain and Canada
London December 19 Britain the United States and Canada announced a plan to standardize arms and military training to eliminate technical differences that hinder cooperation in wars. The effort, ongoing since 1947, aims for swift integration of personnel into a unified military machine in a future conflict.
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London
Dec
Britain
United States
Canada
British Ministry of Defense
Soviet
Russia
Angry Wife Stabs Husband After Dare in Queens
Alice O Connor, 38, mother of three, was charged with homicide after stabbing her husband Robert Oy Connor, 33, a New York Daily News pressman, during a family argument in Bayside Queens. The couple had argued after her brother John Garvey, who had given money for Christmas gifts, visited their home.
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Dee
Queens
Robert Oy Conner
New York Daily News
Alice
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