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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
1
The article reports a controversy over the United States shipping isotopes abroad. It notes involvement by the Atomic Energy Committee and President, with Rep Henry M. Jackson and Senator Hickenlooper addressing objections and concerns about the shipment of atomic materials.
The state's key witness in the Merrimack county fraud trial of Manchester contractor Donat F. Cote and former Comptroller Stephen B. Story continues testimony. Engineer Stephen H. Smith cited cost-plus charges for materials and labor on 2552 contracts, including anti-freeze for winter concrete and truck and equipment costs, with many items likely not used on cost-plus jobs.
A charity event and benefit concert will be held to aid a rehabilitation center. Notable figures include Frank D. Merrill and local participants Daniel Gray and William Wendell in a community program, with proceeds supporting therapy and treatment for crippled and handicapped children in the area.
Washington reports bitter Senate reaction to John J. Lewis ordering a weeklong shutdown of coal mines under Taft-Hartley emergency injunctions. Senators privately questioned the move's aim to block the injunction provision while public remarks mixed with partisan tension among labor leaders and lawmakers. Taft and Watt-Hartley supporters saw potential leverage from the shutdown as they pressed for repeal or modification. Lewis argued for repeal and faced sharp criticism from CIO head Murray and AFL head Green, who accused him of harmful tactics.
WALNUT RIDGE Ark June 9 The Arkansas state police said a 10 year old boy James Buddy Chesser uncle of a victim confessed to slamming shut the door of an old fashioned ice box causing the deaths of three children while they were playing Tespy inside it Two victims were James Delbert Chastain two Joyce Ane Chastain nine and Shirley Ann Ram sey six daughters of Ed Chastain and Arthur Rumsey The boy said he refused to release the box and then left for home and a store
The House quickly approved a Senate endorsed bill to ratify an 815,000 bond issue in Hampton. The fund finances construction of a new town hall to replace the one that burned earlier this year.
A secret FBI report names Frederic March and other Hollywood figures as Communists, prompting denials from March and reactions from the listed individuals. The document cites anonymous informants and raises questions about reliability, while others defend artistic freedom amid political scrutiny.
Portsmouth shipyard union reps Anderson and Hodgdon met with Sen. Margaret Chase Smith to protest cuts. Four layoffs there total about 14 percent of staff, with an official Navy hearing set. They oppose moving work to Boston yard and seek to keep jobs in Maine.
UK Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin described the Atlantic Pact as a Western shield against Bolshevik pressure, saying it is the largest mobilized force and a major step in collective security. He urged firmness without war and noted the 12 nation air alliance as a key security move ahead of elections. He attended Paris talks on the party Jubilee platform and discussed Germany with the Four-Power talks in progress.
In Concord June AP reports the budget committee read department by department for over four hours as Rep Blaylock Atherton led the lengthy accounting of state budgets. Speaker Richard Upton ordered the process to continue the next morning amid questions on line items and total requests totaling 34,529,870 dollars. The record session marked a historic pace for length, with Atherton answering hundreds of questions on items from salaries to travel and equipment.
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico done 9 AP Gov Lus Munoz Marin leads probe into causes of Tuesday plane crash off San Juan that killed 53. A government spokesman said Marin is conferring with officials on measures to prevent similar disasters and may seek air regulations nationwide.
Whitaker Chambers named five men who allegedly supplied government documents to him as a Soviet spy courier. Listed with Alger Hiss are William Ward Phanan Harry Dester Whikr Winnes t Renn and Auten Wielteigh. The piece notes involvement of Pigman of Appleton Wisconsin a UW and US Bureau of Standards chemist who testified before the grand jury indicting Hiss, denying any dealings with Chambers or Lever.
At the Paris foreign ministers meeting, Vyshinsky signals unwillingness to end the little blockade of Berlin by Monday. Acheson proposed a settlement on Berlin and Germany, while China’s Communists watch from Nanking and Moscow’s stance deepens U.S.-China tensions over consular staff in Mukden. Britain seeks to move the damaged sloop in the Yangtze to a port.
A Portsmouth housewife Irene Quirk, 37, and Navy cook Edward St Sharkey, 27, were found dead in a bedroom at 52 Concord Way. Police say Sharkey killed Quirk then died by self-inflicted gunshot, with no sign of struggle and a note found in the kitchen. Quirk, mother of two, and Sharkey were in a blood-drenched final embrace when discovered around 10:30 pm by Quirk’s husband. The incident is treated as murder and death by own action. the note’s content remains unclear. Irene Quirk was a Portsmouth native, married April 15, 1929, with daughters Patricia Norens and Germaine Loretta. The Navy man’s body was released to naval authorities.
The Concord House postponed a Senate approved beano legalization bill to a future special order. The measure would let certain groups run games for a $10 fee, collected by sheriffs, as part of the biennial budget process.
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