Chivalry’s fall linked to a Berwick murder in 1853
A century ago in Berwick a July incident tied to a young woman sparked a fatal nighttime brawl among Waters brothers Scannell and Santa Pray. Maxwell and Pray died in a road fight, and the ensuing mob terrorized grog shops as crowds swelled to about a thousand. Witnesses gave conflicting accounts of stabbings and weapon types, leading to charges and prolonged hearings in South Berwick.
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Korchlef
Portsmouth Chronicle
Salmon Falls Bridge
Ivory Pray
South Berwick
Pray
Santa
Waters Brothers
Scannell
Biddeford
Alexander Lewis Maxwell
Maxwell
Santa” Pray
Waters Boys
Scanwell
John Waters
Portsmouth
New Steel Contract Pleasing to Senators
A one year pact between CIO steel workers and major producers drew mostly favorable reaction from senators recalling last summer’s 56 day steel strike. Sen Griswold praised the agreement as ideal labor relations. The pact seeks equal pay by July 1 1954 for Southern and Northern workers.
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CIO
Sen. Griswold
R-Neb
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U. S. Steel Corp
Truman
Rep
Kearns
R-Pa
Eisenhower
White House
Griswold
Sen
Douglas
D-Il
Senate Labor Committee
Southern
Reds Blame Self for Poor East Germany Showing
In Berlin the Soviet press and East German leadership fault themselves for failures in the peace drive. Taegliche Rundschau editorializes that the former Soviet Control Commission, now civilian, must share blame while easing Moscow criticism of past actions by Vladimir Semyenov, the recent top official.
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East Germany
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Taegliche Rundschau
Soviet Control Commission
Moscow
Ats Moat
Vladimir Semyenov
Semyonev
FEVA to organize Congressional Bloc formation urged
FEVA plans a New England congressional bloc to halt further Navy shipyard cutbacks. George R. Frost of the Portsmouth FEVA says Boston and Portsmouth yards should act together. He reports FEVA discussions in Washington with Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts lawmakers and a Navy review pledge from two admirals.
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New England
Washington
George R. Frost
Portsmouth
Federal Employe Veterans Association
FEVA
Boston
Frost
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Navy
US Must Receive Arms Before Allies
Senator Saltonstall said allies must come second to the United States in delivering military equipment under foreign aid. He will push to bring a $5.418 billion foreign aid bill to the Senate Armed Services Committee next week while ensuring no conflict with U.S. armed forces buildup, especially aircraft.
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Sen
Saltonstall
R-Mass
America
U. S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Massachusetts
Rhee pleads for mutual defense pact with United States
President Syngman Rhee urged the United States to sign an immediate mutual security pact with South Korea to guarantee defense and soothe anti armistice demonstrations turning violent as truce talks near completion. Rhee warned the UN may abandon Korea while U S forces prep for possible pact.
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Syngman Rhee
U.S
South Korea
Rhee
Eisenhower
U. S
Rolf Lam
Horn
Stockholn Tidningen
United Nations
Sos
ROK Defense Ministry
Chinese Reds Hit Dozen Points in Central Korea
More than 5,000 Chinese Reds attacked at a dozen points along a five mile front in Central Korea today, driving Allied troops from main line positions in one sector. American and South Korean infantry battled hand to hand as Reds stormed U N trenches, with some momentum reaching Allied positions despite tanks and flame throwers firing back. The assault centered on the Iron Triangle area, from White Horse Mountain to the Pukhan River, with Outpost Harry near Chorwon bearing the day’s heaviest blow as a full regiment of about 3,000 men struck before being repelled by U S Third Division forces.
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Korea
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Associated Press
Milo Farnell
Farnell
U. N
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White Horse Mountain
Chor-won
Pukhan
Outpost Harry
Chorwon
U. S
Eighth Army
Court Weighs Stay for Rosenbergs in Atom Spy Case
Justice Jackson sent a stay request for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to the full Supreme Court after a closed hearing. Execution scheduled for Sing Sing next Thursday. no decision date announced. A bomb threat to Judge Kaufman’s Park Avenue building prompted police precautions.
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Jackson
Supreme Court
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
New York
Sing Sing
Vinson
Emanuel Bloch
Park Avenue
Irving R. Kaufman
Judge Kaufman
Rosenbergs
U.S. Supreme Court
Longest hiccup siege ends? Five years of minturn time
Jack OLeary, 27, has endured a daily hiccup spell since June 13, 1943, dropping from 136 to 77 pounds. Doctors exhausted, his mother Margaret OLeary keeps faith he may recover someday. Despite nurses and therapies, relief has eluded him, yet he gains small weights and studies magazines while miraculously receiving thousands of letters of support.
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Los Angeles
Jack O'Leary
Jack
Margaret O'Leary
Communists Oust Ukrainian Party Leader for Russianizing
Moscow reports Leonid G. Melnikov, top official of the Ukrainian Communist party, is ousted for overzeal in Russianizing the populace. A. I. Kirichenko replaces him as Ukrainian party chief after Kiev Central Committee meeting.
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Leonid G. Melnikov
Ukrainian Communist Party
Worcester observes day of mourning for tornado victims
Worcester Massachusetts held a citywide day of mourning for 86 dead and injured after the tornado. Flags flew at half staff as churches held services including a noon mass at St Pauls Cathedral. Appeals for funds aided St Michaels Church and extra nurses were sought for Worcester City Hospital where 380 regular patients and 128 tornado injured awaited care. President Eisenhower considered a flyover en route to New Hampshire and had designated Worcester for federal disaster aid. The latest death was a premature infant born during the twister.
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Mass
Massachusetts
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Theodore Austin
Worcester City Hospital
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
William Fisher
City Hospital
Great Brook Veterans Housing Project
Linda
Salisbury Youth Sentenced for Fullford Shooting
An 18 year old from Salisbury received 15 months at Salem House of Correction after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the Feb 4 fatal shooting of John C Fullford 18 son of Portsmouth instruments dealer John M Full ford in Essex Superior Court Judge Charles Fairhurst heard testimony from Detective James E Leary Massachusetts State Police. Evans had obtained the gun at a diner owned by his father and in a form of Russian roulette the gun discharged killing Fullford as he ran away.
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Salisbury
Salem
James E. Leary
Massachusetts State Police
Evans
James
Fullford
Paul Morse
Grant E. Morse
Leary
Morse
Young Fullford
Amesbury High School
Eisenhower Expresses Hope for Just Peace in Korea
President Eisenhower leaves Rapid City after urging that the POW agreement at Panmunjom lead to an armistice and just peace in Korea. He flies to Dartmouth College for a ceremony, then Oyster Bay for a Roosevelt home tribute, before returning to Washington. He noted India’s Nehru messages praising leadership and hoped for broader world tension easing.
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Long Island
New York
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Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
French Creek
Eisenhower
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India
Korea
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Far East
Fivenough Commission
Nehri
Commission
President Eisenhower to Speak at Dartmouth Graduation
President Eisenhower is scheduled to address about 10 000 graduates and guests at Dartmouth College in Hanover tomorrow under partly cloudy skies. He will arrive at Lebanon Airport at 6 55 p m EDT and speak from near the Old Pine lectern, a site linked to Dartmouth’s founding in 1769. The last chief executive to speak here was President James Monroe in 1817.
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Eisenhower
Dartmouth College
Baker Library
Lebanon
United States
Granite State
State Historical Society
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Eleazer Wheelock
Dartmouth
James Moanree
Porter St Shed Damaged by Fire
A fire last night damaged a storage shed behind Portsmouth Hardware Co on Congress Street. The $1500 loss was caused by a short circuit in overhead wiring, with firemen hampered by high tension lines and sparks. An unidentified hotel guest spotted the blaze and alerted responders.
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Portsmouth Hardware Co
Congress Street
Hockingham
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