Eight Jews slain as Arab mobs strike in Palestine
Violent weekend follows UN partition vote as eight Jews die and many more are wounded in Jerusalem Jaffa and Petah Tiqva incidents. Arab demonstrators threaten a three day general strike with warnings of further clashes. Police bolster patrols while leaders in Jerusalem seek talks on local administration and security.
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Arab Higher Committee
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Jewian Agency
secutive
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Tel Aviv
Official Weather Bate from UA Weather Mireau
Western Connecticut and Eastern New York forecast shows tonight clear and not quite so cold with a low near 25. Tuesday expects mostly sunny and warmer with a high around 43. Southerly winds will be light to moderate and the almanac lists sun set at 4:27 pm and sunrise at 6:58 am.
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CONNECTICUT
NEW YORK
Chest Campaign Spurred By Plant Workers Gifts
Washington December 1 Industrial drives report strong early pledges toward an $807 187 goal as Bridgeport and Stratford firms show wage based giving. Bullard and Metropolitan Body plants lead with $5 to $10 average pledges and a $1000 company gift. A regional report meeting is set for Stratfield hotel at 12:15 PM with 53 firms in the unit.
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Greater Community Chest
Metropolitan Body company
Bullard company
Stratfield
Metropolitan Body
William A. Smow
Bridgeport
Stratford
Rendall FR. Haraktak
John TF. Banthin
Banethin Unygineming company
compildon fama dy Waa machinery and machine tool finlda
Hamdek
A. V. Bodire
general Industries
Mr. Banthin
Hamrick
Fall from truck injures firefighter en route to warehouse fire
Firefighter Joseph Sulehua, 31, of 28 Staples Street, fell while climbing to the tiller seat of a nine foot platform on a fire truck leaving Middle Street HQ for a Sanford Avenue warehouse fire. He suffered a head laceration, was treated at St. Vincent’s and released. The ladder hit a parked car causing minor damage. the blaze in the Columbian Records Inc. warehouse was contained by a sprinkler.
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Joseph Sulehua
Staples Street
India
Middle street
Sanford avenue
Talbor Yasser
Sulina
St. Vincent's hospital
John O'Nill
Hawley avenue
Harral avenue
Pequonnock Street
Subius
Food Starts Overseas on Friendship Train to France
The 10 000 ton Friendship train sails from Philadelphia with 208 carloads of grain and flour on the first leg to Le Havre France for distribution to the hungry of France and Italy. The cargo is collected by the final Friendship train to aid European relief efforts.
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PHILADELPHIA
LaHavre
France
Italy
Waskowicz Trophy rejected by Warren Harding team
Warren Harding high school football eleven voted unanimously to reject the Waskowicz Trophy at an assembly. The undefeated Harding squad argued past recipients faced rejection and cited historical sentiment, with Capt. Bil Roerich stating the team declined the honor.
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Harding
Bil Roerich
Connecticut
Nashua
N. H
Central
Waskowitz
New Britain
Ttwan
Frank J. McKee
Athletic association
Clara
Stocks Move Ahead In Quiet New York Trading
Stock markets rose for the first time in almost two weeks as professional short covering and buying amid oversold fears propelled broad gains. Leaders included American Smelting, Anaconda Wire & Cable, U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Motors, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and Boeing with several others like Dow Chemical, DuPont, and Philips Petroleum advancing. some notable names such as American Telephone and Goodyear lagged or stalled.
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NEW YORK
American Smelting
Anaconda Wire & Cable
U. 8. Steel
Bathighem Steal
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
General Motors
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
Anaconda
duPont
Dow Chemical
J. C. Penney
U. 8
Gypsum
Owens Illinois
Warren Petroleum common
preferred
Philips Petroleum
American Telephone
Goodyear
Lenis Roebuck
Caterpillar Tractor
International Nickel
Harmony in Bridgeport City Council Aims for Unity
The article notes a three party setup in Bridgeport with Louis E. Hafele seeking council cooperation to boost Bridgeport. Minority Republicans and Democrats threaten to block allocating state aid for education funds to the Board of Education. Mayor McLevy prepared to present a plan to use the first third of the 578 428 grant, with payments staged through April 1, and the money deposited pending aldermanic action.
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Common council
Louis E. Hafele
Bridgeport
Hafele
A. Edward Sandula
Edward R. McPadden
William M. Aylmer
Gerald Murphy
Board of Education
McLevy
Connecticut
Meat shortage in spring hints inflation risk
Secretary of Commerce Harriman warned the House Banking Committee that a meat shortage next spring could trigger renewed inflation unless the administration gains authority to impose price and wage controls and consumer limits. He said Congress would need detailed legislation if such powers are sought, while noting no new wage-control plan.
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WASHINGTON
Harriman
todnay
House Banking committee
Wolcott
RMich
Congress
Hardiman
Msgr Sheen Denounces Freud Marx In Danbury Talk
In Danbury the Right Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen of the Catholic University denounced the theories of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud before 1,500 people at a high school lecture. He argued their ideas failed to bring peace of mind and urged reliance on God and Jesus Christ to solve mental problems, noting their centuries of influence and stressing faith over secular theory. The event was held under the Knights of Columbus auspices with a Knights glee club performance opening the program.
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Karl Marx
Sigmund Freud
Fulton J. Sheen
Catholic University
Washington
John D. Kennedy
Knights of Columbus
Monsignor Sheen
Freud
God
Jesus Christ
Edward D Halloran
St. Joseph's church
Stephen Fh. Collings
Shoon
K. of C. Glee club
Mystic pastor resigns amid clash over politics in Connecticut
In Mystic, Rev. George L. Farnham of the Mystic Congregational church handed his resignation as pastor after a board of deacons demanded he choose between his political roles and his church duties. He read a crucifixion passage from the Bible, then extinguished pulpit candles and left the service. Deaconess Henrietta Alexander protested the action as unlawful, while Farnham had recently returned from a Maritime Service chaplaincy and a cross-country trip with his wife.
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House of Representatives
Connecticut General Assembly
George L. Farnham
Mystic Congregational church
U.S Maritime Service
Maritime Scthoo
Ft. Trumbull
New London
Maritime service
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Henrietta Peper Alexander
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Mia
Alexander
Parnham
One Man's Opinion on Meat Prices and Public Curbs
Secretary Harriman hopes meat prices drop before Christmas and urges voluntary curtailment of consumption. The note marks a fourth revision of Taf Valley’s call to eat less, while President Truman seeks powers he may not use. The piece comments on attitudes toward Communists in Italy and France and De Gaulle’s role.
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Tafl
Nicola Sikorsky Arrested Over Sign Violation Collision
Nicola Sikorsky of Trumbull and his wife Mary were injured when his car failed to observe a top sign at a highway intersection Saturday, colliding with a Woodbury vehicle driven by Robert Skilton. Sikorsky, 20, was ordered to appear in Town Court. Mrs. Sikorsky, treated for head and leg injuries.
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Sikorsky
Job plea filed for F L Barlow in Connecticut case
Hartford December report outlines Samuel Reich Bridgeport lawyer asking Governor McConaughy to reinstate Frank L Barlow as assistant deputy comptroller and urging Comptroller Zeller to restore Walter J Hartnett to the state payroll. Reich warned of writs of mandamus if requests are denied, citing prior resignations and court actions.
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HARTFORD
Samuel Reich
Bridgeport
McConaughy
Frank L. Barlow
Fred R. Zeller
Walter J. Hartnett
Bridgeport Democrat
Elmer 8. Watson
Zeler
Reich
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Connectcut Supreme Court
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Watson
Harrnet
Barlow
Zeller
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McConaaghy
Connecticut State employees association
himeelf
Hartnett
McCarthy Casa
John T. McCarthy
Newtown Democrat
Baldwin
Col. Watson
Senate
McCarthy
Pimpton
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chorgea
excenalva tental
Bulow
Reo Assets division
poraonne
Mercy killer given seven month prison term
In Banska Bystrica Slovakia Jan Pazur aged 75 was sentenced to seven months in prison for a mercy killing. He testified he killed his friend Stefan Abraham who suffered a terminal illness and begged him to end his life with a kitchen knife. Witnesses supported that Abraham urged visitors to kill him.
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BANSKA BYSTRICA
Slovakia
Jan Pazur
Pazur
hin
Stefan Abraham
Abraham
Move To Restore Aid For Western Europe Debated
Washington dispatch reports the Foreign Affairs Committee voted to restore 38 million of 108 million cut from the 597 million emergency aid program for Western Europe. Italy would receive most of the restored funds, nearly all for wheat, while no new aid was requested for China. The panel also set an afternoon session to finish the bill as Senate amendments urged reporting on distribution and recipients.
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China
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House
Martin C
R-Mann
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