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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1946
Page
1
AP report states Elis Nut will celebrate his 70th birthday with a public event. The gathering will honor his long service and feature attendees from local organizations. March 2, 1939 marks the date of the anniversary in Marely t city.
A fragmentary 1919 style column discusses Germany and Allied occupation aims, deterring demobilization pressures, and American public opinion. It cites concerns over occupation policy, future European order, and the role of the United States in shaping denazification and security. The text mentions demobilization, replacement shortages, and debates on reconstruction and influence in occupied zones.
Francis E. Wyllie and Ravett Burley pleaded guilty before Judge Waldron to breaking and entering Stella Webster's Broad Street home and feloniously stealing goods valued at about 355 dollars. Arrested in Market Square with juveniles, the pair faced $2000 surety and 13.14 dollars in court costs. Police, including Inspector Goldsmith and Trooper Philbrick, recovered loot from the Webster burglary and a car in a dragnet search.
The five member committee investigating manpower cuts at the Portsmouth naval shipyard has nearly finished its work and will forward results to Washington. Capt. M. E. Eaton thanked contributors, noting the findings will aid the Navy Department and Civil Service Commission. veterans groups had pressed for group discussions on layoffs and alleged discrimination. The panel included Comdr. E. D. Killian USN, E. P. Vodila, Foster Bush, and Daniel A. Dugan.
Concord New Hampshire March 1 AP observers foresee a sizable rise in property taxes tied to valuation increases driven by housing shortages. The state tax commission bulletin urges town and city officials to attend March 14 instructional meetings on proper assessment methods.
Portsmouth city council favors a plan from the lands and buildings committee to buy a building owned by Coleman and accetta at the old Jones brewery site to house city equipment and yard offices. The present city yard would be offered to the state trade school, with the water department buying the men’s building and repairing both structures using surplus funds. The city would reimburse the water department about $6,000 per year until total cost is repaid, at the rate now paid Morley Co. for trade school quarters. Estimated payment period is six years, financing new building and repairs and freeing Morley space for industry. Action delayed pending building study and state board word.
The Portsmouth city council passed a second reading on parking meter installation in downtown area with no dissent. They also approved third readings on two salary increases for inspectors and enacted leases involving airport sites and Skyhaven Yankee Airways, plus an amendment allowing overnight parking outside business districts.
Street commissioners gather in the city council chamber at 7:30 PM to discuss locating the trade school and to review bills from local and out of town merchants. They will also consider extending water lines to the Elwyn Park development on Lafayette Road.
Mayor Mary C. Dondero announced a special session of the Portsmouth city council for next Tuesday at 6:30 pm in the council chamber Citydale. The meeting will address the third reading on the parking meters and business related to the trade school.
Portsmouth residents awoke to a lamb like start to March as clear blue skies and sun appeared. Forecasters warned the mercury misled, noting temperatures still winterlike while cautioning that spring is not yet near. Citizens remain hopeful yet wary of a lingering cold spell.
HOCKI N gainy County solicitor Ralph G. McCarthy reported no criminal proceeding was warranted after a highway crash near Epping last Saturday that killed a Swanzey Center man and his two sons. Martha Grace, 14, survivor, was said to be much improved at Exeter hospital. The Grace car rounded a curve at high speed and traveled on the left side when it collided with a truck driven by Irving R. Stone of Epping.
Navy veteran William F. de Rochemont, honorably discharged Feb 6 after over two years in the European Theater, recalls a Red Cross clubmobile visit near Holland during World War II. He stops at the Red Cross office on State Street to file a state bonus application.
The New Hampshire Vegetables Growers association plans to ask the Legislature for at least $50,000 to support the N H Agricultural Experiment Station in Durham. An eight member committee of leading vegetable producers will brief legislators on the need and value of experiments for farmers. Professor J R Hepler of Durham was named secretary and Dr Paul Work of Cornell spoke on rising vegetable demand and nutrition.
The March 1 dispatch notes Secretary of State Byrnes signaling a tougher U S policy toward Soviet troop deployments in Europe and Asia. It cites possible action over Soviet stripping of property in liberated states and names Iran Austria and China as focus areas. Attempts to secure withdrawal of Allied troops from Austria have failed.
William H White of 229 Pleasant Street, long a butcher at White and Hodgdon's on Congress Street, marks his 88th birthday. A quiet family celebration is planned. White began at the Congress Street shop 36 years ago after leading Armour Wholesale Meat in Portsmouth for 25 years. He is a Universalist and member of St John’s Lodge AF and AM.
Washington March 1 AP Ed win W. Pavey refused to yield in the Navy undersecretary dispute and said he is certain he will win his confirmation. He stated only withdrawal would freeze him out, a scenario he believes will not occur. Rumors linked President Truman to possible replacement with John Z. Sullivan as a new choice for undersecretary.
Administration lieutenants rallied for a tough vote on Truman's emergency housing program in the House. Republicans with Southern Democrats threaten to scrap the measure, while Democratic leaders maneuvered to delay a showdown with an early adjournment.
Residents voice views on a proposed track project at an upcoming town meeting on Tuesday March 12 as an unofficial referendum to vote for or against. About 500 acres near South Road Mill Road Atlantic Avenue and Lafayette Road east of the Boston and Maine line have been optioned by Dodger attorneys McCabe and Fisher for a likely track development. Opinions vary on benefits and morality with calls for a balanced study before action.
Philadelphia officials barred strikers from parading to curb violence during the General Electric electrical workers dispute. James H. Malone ordered police to break up any march without a permit, while Gov. Edward Martin warned of possible state police National Guard or federal troops. The CIO threatened a regional general strike of about 150,000 Philadelphia area workers in support of GE. In Detroit, GM strike talks were set to resume as federal mediator James Dewey offered no comment. The CIO United Auto Workers and GM did not respond to inquiries. The Industrial Union Council, comprising about 150,600 CIO members, voted to oppose mass picketing at the GE plant while vowing to fight the injunction until victory.
State Motor Vehicle Inspector Kennard E. Goldsmith says Maine drivers must replace 1945 plates during the current enforcement drive. State police and Portsmouth officers join in the campaign to penalize unregistered operators. Connecticut and Maine plates expired yesterday with no extension.
Reports from the North Country of New Hampshire show an investigation into local sentiment on a possible horse racing track west of the White Mountains. Polls of service clubs in Lancaster Whitefield and nearby towns gauge public views while racing remains a financial powerhouse nationally and at Rockingham and Salem tracks.
Ralph A. Newton dispatched a Betsy Ross flag to Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Britain after correspondence with F.G. Thompson, secretary to the former British minister. The flag was sent from Minn. Fla. on a Wednesday.
The piece asks who is heading the new National Housing agency and details a Far teaching program to ease the housing shortage. It questions Mr Wyatt’s emergency goal for U S housing and how much such a program could help. It also notes Congress considering a 644 billion Britain loan and argues trade stimulation justifies rapid approval. It ends with questions about inflation after wage price agreements and how long price controls will hold.
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