School Board Delays Visual Education Plan
The School Board postpones funding for a visual education program until 1949 to maintain diplomatic relations with the city council. A 12 000 surplus is expected, with 2 500 set aside in 1949 after an elementary committee recommended using 1948 funds for 36 reels. Opposition cites risk to council relations and last minute budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Wxt
John E. Ley
Sodal Board
Vital
Dental Parent-Teacher Association
Louis de Rochemont
Wrous Pta
Seybolt
Healthix
Goldsmith Named Major on Staff of Governor-Elect
Portsmouth veteran and former mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith will be commissioned as major on the staff of Governor-Elect Sherman Adams. Goldsmith, a chief inspector in the state motor vehicle department, is among four civilian majors joining the incoming administration.
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Goldsmith
Major
Portsmouth
Kennard E. Goldsmith
Sherman Adams
John B. Evans
Lancaster
Evans
Ralph E. Langdell
Milford
Leslie M. Pike
Newport
Howard B. Lane
Keene
Rochester
Ralph E. Jennings
State House
Dale
Ralph W. Caswell
No Paper Saturday Observes New Year Holiday
The Portsmouth Herald will not publish tomorrow in observance of the New Year's holiday. No edition will be issued on that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Herald
Chiang Evasive in Bid for Peace Amid War
Chiang Kai-shek signaled a possible bid for peace in a New Year statement on the 38th founding anniversary of the republic. He warned the nation faces a perilous military stage and urged patriotic countrymen to support constitutional sovereignty while leaving room to blame the Communists if no peace comes. He cited Sun Yat-sen on peace and noted burdens of continued warfare. The remarks left negotiation open rather than a clear settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Chianey Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Whist to Benefit Wells Fire Victims
The Highpine Firemen's auxiliary plans a benefit whist at Firemen's hall to aid the Matthews family of six who lost their clothing in a Tuesday fire. Mr and Mrs Carroll Matthews and their four daughters Patricia Sally Joan and Phyllis will receive net proceeds from the event. The family, now staying with Mrs Matthews' parents, will rent a Bald Hill Highpine home this weekend.
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Highpine Firemen’s Association Auxiliary of
Wells
Carroll Matthews
Patricia
Sally
Joan
Phyllis
Firemen’s Hall
Highpine
Matthews
Grover Thyng
West Kennebunk
Bald Hill
New Hampshire
Europe Faces New Year Amid War Fears And Quiet Celebrations
In London and across Europe the New Year arrives under cold war tension and ongoing conflicts. Paris will toast with champagne while Brussels opts for beer as rationing ends in Belgium. Poland and Tass report lifting of rationing, Czech capitals plan sober masses, and bans on fireworks persist in Denmark and Italy.
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London
Paris
Brussels
Denmark
Italy
Belgium
Europe
Tass
Poland
Vienna
City Council Grants Quick Session Budget and Licenses
In a 10 minute special meeting the council authorized normal operations and approved departmental spending within the proposed 1949 budget until approval. The city clerk received authority to issue 1949 licenses and the transfer of 8560 from the legal department to fund the salary increase for Tax Collector J. Warren Somerby was approved as year end action.
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J. Warren Somerby
Quiet Holiday In Portsmouth Sets New Year Scene
Residents will observe 1949 with church watch nights at Court Street Christian and Advent Christian churches, union services in South Berwick, and social hours. Forecasters warn of frigid conditions and possible snow as motorists are urged to avoid drinking and driving.
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Bistyn-barren
Portsmouth
Court Street
1948 Local Court Revenue Drops in Portsmouth
In 1948 Portsmouth municipal court revenues fell by about $2000 with 593 defendants, down from 612 in 1947. Traffic fines yielded $8,819 to the state motor vehicle department and $4,010 to the city. The most serious 1948 case was Costas Goumalatsos for murder in the death of his former wife. Convictions for drunken driving rose 16 percent, while failures to stop at lights dropped to a third of 1947.
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Portsmouth
Costas Goumalatsos
Goumalatsos
Motor Vehicle Department
Taft Fights Move By GOP Liberals To Displace Him
Senator Taft of Ohio faces a challenge from 13 self styled GOP liberals seeking to replace him as chairman of the Senate GOP policy committee. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts is named to oppose Taft with a caucus set for Monday. Taft vows election by a substantial majority of Republican senators.
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Taft
GOP
Washington
Ohio
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Ives
New York
Lodge
Senate
Chairman
Ohinan
New Hampshire's 1948 Top News Indicts Ex-Comptroller
Indictments total 123 across 11 counts against former State Comptroller Stephen B Story and contractor Donat Cote as a probe into $700,000 in state construction contracts unfolds. Story and Cote plead not guilty. trial date not set. State treasurer Gordon Kimball faces civil suit for $243,000 in alleged excess payments.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Stephen B. Story
Merrimack County Superior Court Srand
Story
Manchester
Donat
F. Cote
New Hampshire Sunday News
Treas- Wet
Gordon Kimball
Cote
Textron, Inc
Kittery Brothers Rescued by Guardsmen Near Whaleback Light
Coast guardsmen at Fort Constitution saved Ralph Foye and Paul Foye, both of Kittery, from possible tragedy after their 34 foot fishing boat broke down near Whaleback light. The craft stalled for nearly an hour in rough seas before towing to Portsmouth harbor.
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Kittery Brothers
Fort Constitution
Portsmouth Harbor
Ralph Foye
Paul Foye
Church Street
Kittery
Whaleback Light
Coast Guard
Spy-Hunters Find Ring May Still Operate In U S
The espionage committee says a Soviet ring may still be active in the United States and urges continued life of the committee to pursue spy activity. Whittaker Chambers, star witness, says a ring operated here as late as 1945. The panel warns there are Communists in government today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
House of Representatives
unAmerican Activities Committee
United States
Whittaker Chambers
Continued Rain Swells Rivers and Triggers Flood Alerts
Parts of New England faced flood alerts as rapid rains swelled rivers in western Massachusetts and Vermont. Evacuations affected 20 families in North Adams and Adams, with boats used in Connecticut’s Farmington valley. Wells Beach marooned by high tides, while rail service halted and bridges remained underwater. Forecasters warned more rain before a freeze to curb flooding.
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Boston
New England
Ufe
Massachusetts
National Guard
North Adams
Adams
Connecticut
Farmington River
Hoosac River
Rutland
Vermont
Maine
West
Berkshire Hills
YMCA
Armory
Drury High School
WMNB
Gordon Keyworth
Clarksburg
Bridgeville Dam
Pittsheld
Greenfield
Mass
Boston and Maine
Boston and Albany
Weather Bureau
Somerset
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Rochemont
deRochemont
Major Goldsmith
NEW Hampshire National Guard
Francis &. McSwiney
Jason IE. Boynton
Laconia
Victor P. Sokul
Franklin
Paul A. Toussaint
Berlin
Ottis EB. Mercer
Nashua
Donald F. D'Arcy
Dover
George E. Clark
Lisbon
Sun Yata
Joyce Hatch
Jennie Matthews
Landorers
Tros
God of Love
Piccadilly Circus
Broadway
Prague
U. S. Weather Bureau
Frederick N. Clarke
N.H
Charles W. Tobey
Tobey
Textron
Puerto Rico
Nashua Citizens
Crotched Mountain
Stassen
Thomas Dewey
Newark
N. d
Ruth Eisenberg
Ossipee
Caswell
James Brown
Epping
Brown
Arthur E. Bean
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
State Supreme Court
The
Public Service Co. of
Public Service Commission
Barbara Roberts
Gilmanton Iron Works
Executive Council
Anne Straw
Clifford Tabbutt
David Merman
Arthur Stewart
Congress
Wells Beach
Advent Christian Church
State Streets
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