Dorothy Pace Wins First Lady of the Year Honor
Dorothy Pace, paralyzed since age two, was named Portsmouth Lady of the Year at a Rockingham hotel banquet. The award honors her service to crippled children and rehabilitation, with Pace active in the New Hampshire Society for Crippled Children and Handicapped Persons and in organizing events for the Rehabilitation Center.
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Catherine Jarvis
Pala Sigma Thi Srdrily
Dorothy Pace
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Herald
Rockingham Hotel
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Portsisouty
Pay
Catheving Jarvis
Afeir
Poer
See
Mas Pace
Tuidren
Miss Pace Iv
Etatal Oeaudh
Ball
New Hampshire Society For
Acres Sherburne School Purchase Under Study Here
An official from the Federal Housing Authority, with the town council and board of education, meets Wednesday afternoon to study possible transfer of Wentworth and Sherburne schools as part of emergency housing projects. The schools face issues due to teachers and maintenance costs. The government plans to displace some schools as part of a relocation program. The Lawn and Frisbee school figures were cited in relation to these proposals.
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Sherburne
Federal Housing Authority
Ty Council
Board of Edition
Tranisfor
Wentworth
Atts
City Pense
Icistory
Laeland AW
Judge rejects claim that pretty girls swayed jury
Boston May 1 A superior court judge refused defense motions for a new trial for William F. White and Edward J. Kite convicted of first degree murder in the robbery slaying of Nicholas J. Demartino. The judge said the claim that seven or eight fashionably dressed young women influenced jurors was unproven and would be referred to the state Supreme Judicial Court for review.
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Boston
Vincent P. Brogna
William FP
Edward J. Kite
Nicholas J. Demartino
Ondren
Agsistan
Edward M. Sullivan
University Finds Fifth of Students Are Married
A University of New Hampshire survey found about 11 of roughly 3,400 students are married, the first since returning veterans began bringing wives and children to the Durham campus. Married students total 342 children. Dean Everett B Sackett announced the figures.
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University of New Hampshire
Durham
Everet B. Sackett
Durha
Ace Lordiog
Tax Cut Boosts Paychecks With New Withholding Deal
Washington March 4 a tax cut adds about 4.8 billion dollars a year in take home pay for more than 60 million taxpayers. The shift lowers withholding back to year start with May and June costs estimated at 600 million dollars. Millions can file amended estimates to reduce quarterly payments. Treasury forecasts stronger retail spending as checks arrive, recalling how veterans’ terminal leave bond payouts last September boosted spending.
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Washington
Mir
Congress
Truman
Fer
Jan« Mery
Treasury
City Hall budget shows modest changes under new manager
City Manager Edward C. Peterson's first major move since taking office is the 1948 budget, which leaves municipal operations largely intact. Salaries drive the rise, with increases for police, fire, teachers, and the city manager. notable hikes include highway snow removal costs and a new salary plan for the city clerk contingent on ending the fee system. County taxes rise by 17,000, contributing to the overall budget increase.
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Edward C. Peterson
Portsmouth
Highway Department
Richman &. Margeson
Airport Commission
Feterson
Mary C. Dondero
Calinell
Commission
Northeast Airlines
Peterson
USO
Hilda Hundley
Albert Doll
Francis T. Malloy
Postal Stamp Honors Rye Chaplain Immortal Chaplains
Former Rye minister Rev. George L. Fox among four wartime chaplains honored on a new U S postage stamp to go on sale May 28. The three cent stamp depicts the Dorchester sinking and the group of four chaplains aiding sailors, with interfaith inscription. Fox served as a Methodist minister after a military career in World War I and II, later active in Rye, before his death in the Dorchester sinking in 1943.
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Dorchester
United States Postal Department
George L. Fox
Rye Christian Church
U. S. Dorchester
Pax
Clark V. Poling
John P. Washington
Alexander DO. Goode
Dorchestay
North Atlantic
Josh
Lieutenant Fox
Colleagees
Fox
Marines
Pearl Harbor
Harvard
Camp Davis
Greenland
Red Cross Drive Totals Near 81200? (note: unclear OCR)
Portsmouth community drives raise funds with Red Cross, reporting about 11,900 collected today and a total near 812,000 amid minor discrepancies. drive chairman Robert Whelen notes ongoing collection and updates this morning.
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Portsmouth
Drive
Robert Whelen
Electrical Firm Stands Put on Pay Hike Refusal
NEW YORK May 1 AP The General Electric company kept its stance against a third round of wage cuts in response to a CIC United Electrical workers alert covering 200000 GE Westinghouse and GM electrical division employees. The union demands substantial pay increases. GE circulated a four page letter to employees outlining seven weeks of negotiations, reiterating that increases would be inflationary and arguing for lower prices savings and prudent government policies as the path to resolving labor tensions.
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New York
General Electric Company
CIC
United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
General Motors
Whion
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
CIO
General Electric
CTO
Sen
Edwin ©. Johnson
D-Cola
He Siike
World Workers Split on May Day Communist Issue
May Day celebrations worldwide highlighted a split between Communist and Western blocs. In Berlin and Moscow crowds showcased propaganda and military displays while Western capitals planned separate observances. In Athens an attempted assassination targeted Justice Minister Ladas, with police claiming the attacker was ordered by a Communist execu tion squad.
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Hual
Athens
Christos i Ladas
Polloe
Trieste
Rome
Berlin
Marshall van
Henry Rutz
American Federation of Labor
Moscow
Stalin
Red Square
Nikolai Bulganin
Walter B. Smith
Russia
Bulganin
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Warsaw
Vaibady
Europe
New York
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fifth Avenue
Autonomous
Union of
Motormen
Civic Association Names Dentist to Legislative Unit
Dr. William M. Farrington was appointed to the Portsmouth Civic Association Legislative committee, replacing Earl E. Watson Sr. who could not serve due to business. An Administrative committee also formed, though officials say these panels will not play a major role in municipal affairs.
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William M. Farrington
Portsmouth Civic Association
Earl E. Watson
Legislative Uni
Nathan H. Wells
Mr. Wells
Mediator Hopes to Spike Threatened Rail Strike
In Chicago on May 1 AP reports federal mediation chief Frank P. Douglass sees a chance to avert the May 11 nationwide railroad walkout. He notes sincere bargaining by carriers and three unions and says direct talks, not more arbitration, offer the best path to settlement within the emergency board framework.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Carri
Frank P. Douglass
Bothides
Douglass
Joint Arab Squeeze On Palestine Opens Heavy Battles Rage
The 58th May Day marks mounting labor strife as strikes loom in coal, auto, rail, electrical, and meat industries. CIO UAW targets Chrysler with a 30 cent wage rise May 12 while John L. Lewis pushes coal talks May 18 amid pension and royalty disputes. Federal mediators seek to avert a nationwide rail walkout as Electrical Workers prepare a 200000 strike against GE Westinghouse and GM Electric.
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Palestine
Thicago
Federal Rail
Frank ©. Douglass
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Invaders Use Tanks in Drive Against Jews
Arab armies launched simultaneous pincers into Palestine as Haganah said Syrian and Lebanese forces attacked from the north at dawn. The fighting centered on Jerusalem and Jaffa Tel Aviv with tanks, armored cars, mortars, and machine guns in use. Trans-Jordan forces reportedly entered Jericho as a council of war was held by six Arab states.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Cairo
Jeafless
Irgun
Trans-Jordan
Jericho
Agar
Abdullah
Daniel de Luce
Amman
Syria
Iraq
Lebanon
Hafiz Bey Bakry
GOP Reported Ready To Block Stassen Drive
A May 1 report says Republicans plan to block an early Stassen push at the Philadelphia convention by keeping seven key states’ 300 votes with favorite sons until rival strengths are tested. The strategy targets delaying Stassen’s momentum and mirrors past party boss-backed conventions.
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Gop
Stassen Drive
Washington
Stassen
Philadelphis
Harold B. Stassen
Wendell Willkie
Jassen
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Oregon
Dewey
Vandenberg
Martin
Massachusetts
Congress
McGrath
Harding
UNH Students Hurt in Crash Near Durham
Miss Phyllis Rock 21 and Harold Langley Jr 22, University of New Hampshire students, were injured in a Route 16 collision last night. Langley remains unconscious at Wentworth hospital while Edward J. Albrewegenski 28 of Durham drove the other car in the head on crash, police said.
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Phyllis Rock
Harold 8. Langley, Jr
University of New Hampshire
Wentworth Hospital
Donver
Langley
Edward J. Albrewegenski
Durham
Haverhill Man Found Amnesiac in Seabrook
A 42-year-old Haverhill man, Emile Blinn of 73 Hilldale Avenue, was found wandering in Seabrook by New Hampshire state police after being missing for nearly a week. He is reportedly suffering from a form of amnesia. New Hampshire troopers took him to the Newburyport station. Haverhill police were notified and his wife traveled to Newburyport to bring him home.
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Haverhill
Mass
Seabrook
New Hampshire
Emile Blinn
Hilldale Avenue
Newburyport
Newburryport
Stassen Pushes Western European Military Alliance
Providence May 1 AP Harold E Stassen urged a U S military alliance with Western European nations during a Rhode Island stop He proposed joint consultations unified defense plans and veto-free coordination within a UN charter inviting England France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg The visit included meetings with GOP leaders and convention delegates with Rhode Island delegates officially unpledged His campaign spending totals 300000 with at least 100000 more projected by the convention.
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Providence
R. I
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Europe
Rhode Island
Stassen
United Nations
England
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Stassén
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Willem Poturyon
Biles Dontern
Betty J. Nelson
University
Red Cross
World
Civic Association
The
Associated Press
UNH
Yoxken
Lafayette Road
Western
Slassen
al Lindley
Stassen Financial Committee
Lindley
Wheeler’s Inn
Cape Neddick
Maine
York
Epping
N. H
Camille J. Malo Church
Manchester
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