City and School Board Clash Over Per Pupil Cost
A Bridgeport dispute reemerged between the Board of Education and the McLevy administration over per pupil costs. The board claims expenditures are below the states 140 minimum while the administration argues they exceed it. Comptroller says costs are based on total annual spending, not budgeted funds, and notes the figure lacks city department allocations. The board aims to claim state aid and plans to discuss salary adjustments with the Bridgeport Anchors Association.
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Board of Education
McLevy
Bridgeport public school
agafem
Bridgeport
Tn Kia
Common Council
Adolph P'Aullsn
atate
becausa Ure
Cliea
D’Aulisn sald
Bridgeport ‘anchors association
Christmas Lights Ceremony Planned Downtown
Mayor Melovy to flip the switch at 4 39 today lighting downtown Christmas lights. Ceremony set for Main Street and Maire Field Avenue with traffic attached as speakers platform. Originally planned for Monday but postponed due to incomplete work.
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Melovy
Chrilatmadights
Main atreet
Maire field avenue
Official Weather for Western Connecticut and Eastern New York
Night brings increasing clouds with a low near 30. Northeast winds rise to moderate as Friday brings rain or snow with highs in the upper 30s and continuing easterly winds. This western-New York and Connecticut forecast notes precipitation today and tide times, with a December 4 date and a 1946-era Almanac style.
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CONNECTICUT
NEW YORK
WU loadin
qlerver
Miriowice
Russia Funds Economy System Imperiled by Bank Runs
Soviet Russia faces a crisis as bank runs and panic buying spread from Moscow to other cities. Reports say ruble devaluation rumors and limits on withdrawals threaten savings, with inflation-like effects and no free currency convertibility. Dispatches from Moscow hint at growing public doubt about Kremlin economic security amid state propaganda. (Continued on Page Four)
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Russia
WASHINGTON
Moscow
state department
Voice of America
Growdas
audin
Kiemtin
China
Informa
Dictaphone Workers Support Community Chest Campaign
The Dictaphone corporation and its workers pledged 0,276 for Bridgeport and Stratford agencies as part of the Industrial division drive led by Howard C. Madwon. About 1,400 of 1,590 employees participate in a 25 cent weekly deduction for 80 weeks. Harvey Hubbell Jr. announced a 4,000 company gift, up from 3,000 last year.
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asee
Bridgaport
sand
Stratford
Chest
Dictaphone corporation
Howard C. Mad won
Bryant Eiedric company
hla
Fred Whitehead
Rita Molnar
Howard avenue
Harvey Hubbell, Inc
Harvey Hubbell, Jr
Amnesty Plea For GI Prisoners From Boston Mayor
Boston December 4 AP Mayor James M Curley launched a solo drive to win amnesty for American servicemen jailed for minor offenses He urged President Truman to grant general amnesty before Christmas for men serving time for understandable and trivial misdemeanors Curley said some inmates were jailed after denied furloughs to visit families and attend funerals
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TOSTON
James M. Curley
Danbury
Conn
Curley
Truman
Congress
boinge
Jonge
Harding Rejects Grid Cup Again
Warren Harding high school again refuses the S. Polk Waskowitz trophy awarded to the state football champion since 1933. Principal Frank J. McKee said 30 lettermen voted unanimously by secret ballot to refuse the trophy, closing the matter for good. Dr. David Waskowitz urged reconsideration after a Lions’ Club luncheon honoring the team.
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Warren Harding
S. Polk Waskowitz
Frank J. McKee
Harding
David Waskowitz
New Britain
Lions’ club
Grass Fire Destroys Milford Two-Family Home
Milford residents battled a grass and brush fire on West Broadway near the municipal dump damaging a two family house’s upper story and lower level, plus a garage and chicken house. The blaze spread over about a mile, with flying sparks creating hazards in Silver Sande. Firefighters contained the fire before 1 30 pm after arriving shortly after 11 o clock.
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MILFORD
Milford siramen
West Broadway
Nettleton avenue
Charles Woyant
Parkway west
East Broadway
Hopkins avenue
George Lefovre
Silver Sande
theamen
wage mila
sae lon
One Man's Opinion on Evacuation for Atom Tests
Walter Kiernan argues the US will move Eniwetok residents 150 miles to an uninhabited island, paying their costs, to clear land for atom experiments. He notes opposition but suggests the move avoids landings. A secret weapon rumor is mentioned, with satire on its potential impact on civilization, referencing George Marshall.
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WALTER KIERNAN
TEniwetok
Treasury balance report on December 2
The Treasury balance on December 2 stood at 3,507,080,043 dollars. This release from Washington notes the fiscal figure as of the specified date, reflecting the federal government's cash position.
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TREASURY
WASHINGTON
Changes in Two Bridgeport Congregational Churches
Announcement of changes in two Bridgeport Congregational churches. Rev Leonard Phehar resigns from Black Rock Congregational Church after serving since 1945. Rev Arthur Richmann, recently back from England, accepts call at West End Congregational Church.
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Bridgeport
Leonsrd
Phehar
orayor
Black Roek Congregational church
Arthur B. Richmann
England
Clifton H. Rosy
Pitcher
New York
Albany
Nico
Colfrate University
Tramilton WN. Y
Westminster Seminary
Philadelphia
Bridsgeeport
New Jersey
Seattle
Yale University Divinity school
Trumbull Congregational church
Oxford
London university
Lord Colwyn Enshirted After Court Martial Plea
Lord Colwyn a 33 year old member of the House of Lords was discharged from the British army after pleading guilty to five charges of inappropriate conduct. The court martial in Chelsea Barracks London followed a petition from his commander and character witnesses testified on his behalf.
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LONDON
INS
Lord Colwyn
House of Lords
daconey
Italy
Chelsan barracks
Colwyn
Clashes Over Partition Turn Deadly Across Jerusalem Area
Arab and Jewish forces clash as 72 hour general strike over partition continues. Reports say Arabs and Jews suffer casualties: an Arab killed, a Jewish worker in Tel Aviv fatally shot, Jews wounded in Jerusalem, and a British soldier injured. An Arab mob harms a Norwegian-registered automobile on the highway between Tel Aviv and Jaffa. Police report several arrests as violence spreads to factories, shops, and a lumber yard.
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JERUSALEM
Tel Aviv
Jaw
old city
Jaffa
Jawlah
Amb
el Aviv
Liydda
Norwaegian Allines
uni
aruaniom
Araab
US Property Damaged as Baghdad Demonstrators Move On
Demonstrators in Baghdad damage U S property at the United States Information Service office smashing windows and wrecking furniture during protests. An AP dispatch from December 4 notes the unrest involved five to the Unit ed States Information Service office.
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BAGHDAD
Iraq
United States Information Service
Marshall Hits Reds Attitude at Foreign Ministers’ Session
Secretary of State Marshall, in the Council of Foreign Ministers, accused the Soviet Union of attempting to disrupt the cooperative movement launched for Europe's recovery. Molotov blocked an Austrian independence treaty, accusing the Allies of trying to enslave Austria with economic aid.
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LONDON
Marshall
tne Council of Foreign Ministers
Soviet Union
Europe
V. M. Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Austria
Westport High Parents Form Own Body Secede From PTA
Westport December report shows Staples High School parents meeting in the school library and voting to sever relations with the national and state PTA. Harold Von Schmidt named president of the new Staples Parent Faculty association. Aims include saving dues for scholarships and school activities and boosting parent and teacher interest by operating independently from outside groups. Former PTA officers listed with Von Schmidt. committee to organize the new body named.
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WESTPORT
Staples High school
P-T.A
Staples
Harold Von Schmidt
PTA
Von Schmidt
Risberg Receives ROTC Height Waiver at UConn
Kenneth Risberg, a seven foot one inch junior at the University of Connecticut, won a waiver to stay in ROTC despite height regulations. The First Army signed the waiver after a committee recommendation, allowing continuation of training and promotion to Second Lieutenant after earning the Medal of Merit. Risberg, a Sigma Chi member and Alpha Phi Omega Scout, aims to be an engineer and awaits an extra-long bed.
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Risherp
Courtney Cy Hodges
First Army
Risbere
First Array
Tolland
Windham
first order of business
Joseph M Loughlin
Storrs
Sigma’ Chi
Alpha Phi Omega Scout
Risberg
ely
Picket Line Case Enters Tenth Day at Rubber Plant
The Canfield company seeks a permanent injunction and contempt rulings in a mass picketing dispute at 391 Housatonic Avenue. Judge Kenneth Wynne hears the case with Unite Construction Workers and United Mine Workers of America among defendants, aiming to extend a temporary injunction issued August 6. The trial, in Superior Court, has reached its 86th witness, with continued testimony on pending continuations.
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HO. Canfield company
Toca
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers of Ameren
ATL
national wnion
Housatonic avenue
Kenneth Wynne
Third Suit Is Filed Against Cass Gilbert
A $35,000 lawsuit was filed today against Cass Gilbert Jr of Greenwich and New York by 20 plaintiffs for injuries from a hayride crash near Roxbury on December 28. The action names additional defendants and seeks damages for the 26 high school students injured in the incident and three other suits totaling $260,000 filed in Greenwich.
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DANBURY, Dee
Cass Gilbert, Jr
Greenwich
New York
yourmold
roderick Albers
fray meekont
Gibert ear
Giherva
Roxbury
otaling
Gilbert
Connecticut Advises Lower Thermostats to Save Fuel Oil
The State Emergency Fuel Oil Advisory committee urged Connecticut households to set thermostats two degrees lower to curb consumption by about six percent. Governor MacConnaughy and Speaker Joseph W. Martin discussed fuel oil supply concerns, contacting major oil producers and seeking more tankers for New England service as New England lawmakers plan a possible delegation probe into the shortage.
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HARTFORD
State
Chaves M. Mitche OM Kald
Connecticut
Mitchell
MacConnaughy
United States Maritime commission
New England
Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Martin
New England Rouse
Fire destroys chips at Connecticut paper plant
A blaze destroyed 350 burlap bags of paper and wood chips at the Connecticunt Two paper manufacturers plant on Bollator Avenue shortly before 1 PM. Fire crews reported ignition from a torch and were on scene after a report from Bon 553 Connectiou Avenue. No injuries noted as Renal! was not 12:53.
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noow elder
Connecticunt
Bollator avenue
pam
Bon
Connectiou avenue
Logan street
Renal
House Warned Need Revealed by Red Actions Debate
Washington report on urgent foreign aid debate. Representative Cox argues the $80 million emergency bill for Austria France Italy and Greece is essential to halt Soviet influence and preserve national security. Senate panel explores risks. Lovett asserts safeguards and warns against Communist gains without U.S. aid. The vote signals strong support as debate opens.
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WASHINGTON
Russia
Cox
begnan
Austria
France
Taly
Chio
Republis
Arnie
House
Senate Appropriationa committee
Allen
Senate
Robert A. Lovett
Jia
United States
Ruasia
Judd CReMinn
Greece
Hiedovhy
Stock trends mixed in market report from New York
The daily stock market in New York showed mixed tendencies with gains in some issues despite weakness among leading stocks, marking a cautious session in late autumn trading. Investors eyed volume and leadership as a guide to near term direction.
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NEW YORK
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