Snow Tower Built by Portsmouth Boys in McShane Yard
In Portsmouth near 815 Circuit Road extension, Calvin 13 Felix 12 and helper Charles Filiott 14 built a 10 foot high square snow tower with a seven foot base, four windows, thick walls and a two foot spire. Construction began Sunday at noon and finished at 5. The boys used cardboard cartons as blocks and worked from inside the tower. Mrs. McShane noted their long interest in snow sculpture, mentioning a large airplane among past efforts.
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Circuit Road
A135
Charles Elliott
Foft
Felix McShane
Calvin McShane
Pernameuth Morald
Dartmouth College
University of New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Frank McShane
Calvin
New England
Weights and Measures Dept Accused of Illegal Practice
Concord report reveals state Weights and Measures department may have operated illegally for over a decade. Alfred H. Dittrich seeks a fourth inspector to safeguard buyers. A 1937 change and subsequent budgets elevated staff beyond legal limits, prompting Gen. Phinney to review the matter.
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Concord
Marth 7
Sherman Adams
State Weights and Measures Department
Concord Monitor
Alfred H. Dittrich
Manchester
Weights and Measures
Dittrich
Atty
William. IL. Phinney
Adams
Weights ‘and Measures Department
Murphy
I T
Dale
Lewis Victory May Bring Round of Wage Boosts
Washington march 7 ap gains won by John L Lewis for coal miners may be used to open the way for wage boosts in other industries The United Mine Workers offered a million dollar loan to help the CIO United Auto Workers win concessions from Chrysler and General Motors Lewis as the first big labor leader to break through the dike built by employers with government help to curb postwar wage hikes A board appointed by President Truman recommended welfare plan improvements worth about 10 cents an hour for workers but counseled against higher pay Now Lewis delivers a contract boosts worth about 1 40 a day per man including a 70 cent a day cash wage rise and payroll welfare gains The wage precedent could be used by other unions to push higher wages as auto workers strike for pensions and a 1 cent hourly contract package from GM The stage is set for steel and coal wage talks to influence broader wage gains"}
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
General Motors
Truman
Philip Murray
Steel Factboard
Murray
Injections Not Enough to Kill Lander Defense Expert Declares
South Berwick fire devastates main block centering on Central Square, burning the three story Masonic building and Park theater. The $100000 loss includes eight stores damaged by smoke and water. Firefighter Richard Lilly and spectator William Cookson were treated after smoke inhalation and a heart attack respectively. Homeless are Wilbur Henderson and family, plus Roland Tancas and family. Masonic hall and Park theater hardest hit.
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Lander
South Berwick
Masonic
Central Square
Park Theater
Richard Lilly
William Cookson
Masonic Hall
Robert Weiss
Wallace Flanders
Rideout
Mane
Portsmouth Herald Phate
Coplon and Gubitchev Guilty Of Conspiracy
New York reports Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev found guilty of conspiracy and attempted espionage in federal court. Jury deliberated since yesterday, Coplon innocent on one count, Gubitchev convicted on key charge. Case linked to passing classified documents to the Soviet Union.
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Coplon
Gubitchev
New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitehev
Soviet Russia
Miss Coplon
Leonard Boudin
Bertram Coplon
Miss .Coplon
Gubitchey
Base Sailor Hurt In Auto Accident
A 21-year-old Malden sailor stationed at Portsmouth naval base is in serious condition at Exeter hospital with internal injuries after his car left Route L in Hampton Falls. Donald B. King, operator of the CRE, suffered head and face bruises and possible liver injury. The car traveled 44 feet six inches through the air before hitting a snowbank and a tree, then dropped back on the highway. Three passengers, Robert Gray and Joseph Reeves, both 21 and 20 respectively from the Portsmouth naval base, and Florence Dodge, 23 of Dover, were treated for minor injuries.
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Malden
Mass
Portsmouth Naval Base
Exeter Hospital
Hampton Falls
Donald B. King
Robert 8. Gray
Joseph L. Reeves
Portsmouth, Naval Base
Florence Dodge
Central
Dover
Exeter Forum Revisits School Needs Tonight
Exeter town hall hosts a public discussion by Supt. Raymond A. Hoyt Walter O. Pennell and Dr. Henry Saltonstall on an elementary school proposal. The plan, with a $330,000 estimated cost, targets Rob inson Female seminary site on Lincoln Street to relieve overcrowding and obsolete facilities.
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Exeter School
Raymond A. Hoyt
Walter O. Pennell
Henry Saltonstall
Exeter
Exeter Town Hall
Robinson Female Seminary
Lincoln Street
Westinghouse to Build Atomic Power Plant for Navy Sub
Westinghouse Electric Corp plans an atomic power plant for a U S navy submarine. Work begun last April at the former Bettis airport near Pittsburgh with completion in two to six years. Submarine construction to occur elsewhere, likely Groton Connecticut. A technical staff is at work and a new engineering building will be finished in three to four months.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Groton
Conn
Irrationality claim in Borreto case shocks jury
Dr Hermann Nelson Sander testified explaining why he injected air into Mrs Abbie C Borreto and why he wrote the record but left parts unanswered. He said his mind snapped before the syringe use and that his acts were irrational. He claimed Mrs Borreto died before the injections. He regained rationality on Dec 4 and disputed medical examiner Dr Biron. Page turn indicated.
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Manchester
Hermann Nelson Sander
Abbie C. Borreto
Asean
Candia
Robert E. Biron
Dr. Biron
Sander
County Delegation Votes Small Boost In Budget Figures
The Rockingham county delegation approved a 1950 budget of 353062 at the county farm administration building in Brentwood, up from 352879 due to higher printing costs and delegation expenses. A special committee report on Exeter courthouse renovation was tabled, proposing clerk offices move to free space for deeds and probate in the records building at an estimated 19000, with about a 50000 saving cited.
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Rockingham County
Brentwood
Delegatton
Exeter
Clerk of Courts
Registeries of Deeds
Portsmouth
Theelty Wags
Pathologist Says 5 Times Air Fatal to Death Trial
In Manchester on March 7 a Harvard pathologist testifies for Dr Hermann N Sander that injecting 40 cc of air could not have killed Mrs Abbie Borreto while another expert estimates 200 300 cc would be needed to kill a human The defense says only 25 28 cc were injected and the patient was already dead The trial's opening morning also includes the defendant's wife testifying about her marriage and the long hours of medical work.
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Manchester
API
Harvard
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borrato
Sander
Richard Ford
Department of Legal Medicine
Ford
Upward Spurt Seen In Soft Coal Production
Pittsburgh March 7 AP Soft coal output resumes toward normal as full strikes ease and steel firms, railroads plan rapid staffing. U S Steel says most curtailed operations to near capacity by week end while many pits still not ready. Safety checks, stockpile recovery, and fuel rationing in New York mark broader impact. One miner, Joseph Dickman of Library Pennsylvania, suspended for calling John L Lewis a dictator.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Joseph Dickman
Library
UMW Tocal
John L. Lewis
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CLO International Longshoremen’s Union
Cooley
D-N.c
Farrington
R-Hawaii
Sailor
Bettis Airport
Ray Brighton
Portsmouth Herald
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Ralph E. Langdell
Interstate Commerce Commission
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