Tenants win winter rights at Short Beach
Short Beach cottage owners who violate town limits may keep winter occupancy after Stratford Town Council waived lease provisions. The decision allows winter use Dec 1 to March 31 if residents notify town manager. Also Wilcoxson School plan advances with bids for a four team addition and auditorium optional, plus annual appointments and voter registrar nominations.
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Jansea
Pecombar
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Jonsea
Short
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Bridgeport Hydrautic company
contajinora
Frank Larkin
thia
Wilcosson
Ledward M. Hawle
Biehth dhatret
Roland T Yale
Board
New York
Navarro and company
New Haven
Allen, Cassidy company
Greenwich
Mix Virginia Spamar
Patrick F. Bowe
Official Weather Data Western CT and Eastern NY
A weather summary reports mainly sunny conditions with high 30s, cold nights near 20, and lighter winds. Tomorrow will be in the 30s with moderate westerly winds becoming variable. Extended forecast shows below normal temperatures midweek, with precipitation 0.3 to 1 inch, snow in northern New England and rain or snow in southern areas around Thursday night.
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ality
New England
Men Go Shopping All Alone and Taxes Seek Legislation
Washington dispatch reports male shoppers flocking to stores for Men’s Night events, with Read’s and Howland’s offering previews and meals while patrons explore products. Fairfield county Republicans push to replace the three percent sales tax with a gross retail tax, amid internal GOP debate and Governor McConaughy’s plan to convene a special session to reconsider tax receipts.
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New Haven county
Hartford county
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William H. Brennan
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apstatanto State
Harold J. Mitchell
William S. Hadden
West Haven
New Haven
G.O.P
McConaughy
Board Gives U.K. to 26 Appointees in Ansonia
Ansonia mayor J Nelligan wins approval from the Board of Aldermen for 26 appointments including Patrick J. Keefe as tax collector and several members to boards of zoning, education, charity, and taxation. Three Zoning Appeals nominees were rejected. Baloo becomes Aldermanic president. Pratt named Public Works head. Gaudle reappointed Charity head. Building-permit moratorium tied to new zoning law.
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Dae
Yhoman J.'Nilligan
Board of Aldermen
Patrick J. Koafa
Board of Zoning Appeals
dutice
Androw J. Baleo
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Keefe
Nelligan
eaither
Baloo
William BR. Mitchell
Thomas PF
Pratt
tod
Arthur A Gaudle
Charities
Paul J. Mohor
Paul J. Loda
Board of Education
James J. Minech
John J. Nugent
Daniel J. Corcoran
Haward J. Shay
John Strand
Abraham Savolowicz
Andrew Burkowski
Julian Taylor
Board of Zoning Appevia
hewina
evear
Amatican Brass company
Tibarty
Howard A. Webb
George A Comstock
Jeremiah J. Keefe
Charlten F. Agimus
Board of Tax Review
Harry Venates
John J. McGrath
Joseph
Treasury balance on December six stands at 3.26 billion
The Treasury balance reported on December 6 reached 3 260 031 802 dollars. The figure is from an INS dispatch. No additional context or related figures are provided in the text.
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Treasury
Passenger Dies as Car Hits Pole in Stratford
Paul Honcharik, twenty, of Stratford, died instantly when the car he rode in struck a utility pole on Stratford road near Lordship Community church and overturned. Driver George Lenzen, twenty, of Bridgeport, was arrested on a motor vehicle homicide charge after the crash. Lenzen was treated for minor injuries at Bridgeport Hospital and later released. Investigating officers named Patrolman Paul Keanan and others. Services set for Thursday at 8:15 a.m. at the Dillon funeral home.
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Goodwin place
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Stratford road
Lordship
George Mitchell Lengon
Pearl Harbor place
Bridgeport
United States Navy
Ddith HW Todd
Eastfield road
iKnellcrest
Danbury
Lordship Community church
Lenzon
pollan
Honchariic
Chester HB iHaboriin
Lenzen
Bridgeport hospital
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Elm City Cat Found In Texas Mail Sack
Francis J. Jones, railway mail service official, seeks who mailed a supposedly New Haven to San Antonio cat. A Philadelphia district superintendent reported a sack movement from New Haven, with a black cat leaping out and rushing north as the sack was opened.
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BOSTON
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Francis J. Jones
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New Haven
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Stratford Day Drives Chest Campaign Amid Worker Losses
Workers at a Bridgeport area plant died today as the Greater Community Chest drive reported pledges up to ten dollars per man. The Stratford Day meeting marked the seventh campaign gathering within the $807,187 drive, with early audit room tallies showing steady giving levels. Johnson Manufacturing employees contributed ten dollars per man from a common fund, while Bridgeport Switch noted sixty two contributors totaling 434 dollars plus 183 dollar company gift for the Chest’s Red Feather services.
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Johnson Manufacturing
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George Johnson
Bridgeport Switch company
Neil Hayes
Cows Burned in Easton Farm Blaze
Fire at Round Hill Farm on Baston Pike destroyed 38 dairy cows a horse two barns a milk house a silo and nearly 200 tons of hay. Firefighters from Monaco Stratfield and others aided as blaze spread from hay mow trapping livestock and causing total loss to machinery and dairy operations.
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Arthur Bush
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Veterans Insurance Program Faces Reform Push
Representative JT Rogers labels the veterans insurance program a national scandal and calls for a full reorganization of the VA Insurance division. She urges removal of Harold W. Breining from his post, cites long delays in death benefits, improper handling, and thousands of letters from veterans complaining of inept procedures and uncredited payments.
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House Veterans Affairs committee
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Masssachusetts congressworman
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Milford Manager Defies Police Board Authority
Milford town manager Adolph J. Koenig answered a police board challenge by saying he would maintain administrative duties over the police department under legal guidance and council resolutions. The police board endorsed a letter questioning his power, while the town council issued a resolution affirming his authority and directing information flow to the police chief.
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Warren
One Man's Opinion on Coal Shortage Crisis
Walter Kiernan criticizes federal action on fuel stocks as the administration ships 90 thousand tons of coal abroad. He jokes about urgent imports, calls for Interior and Commerce pressure, and ridicules secretaryial delays. The piece satirizes government handling and references naval figures and 1948 context.
Police Chief Bowen Resigns Amid Bloomfield Row
Bloomfield December 2. Police Chief Thomas P Bowen resignation effective March 15 received by Town Council. Bowen quit after charges of inefficiency and neglect of duty were withdrawn. Counsel said future relations with town officials would be disagreeable if not impossible.
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Bullard Co Announces Senior Engineering Appointments
L J Bandis is named chief engineer at Bullard. Reheat W Waring becomes assistant chief engineer and Joseph C Olson heads service and demonstration. Bandis, long with Bullard, trained at New York University and Cornell. Waring comes from Bridgeport Brass and Sperry Gyroscope. Olson, a Cornell graduate, has led control and night supervision roles before assisting works manager.
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Bullard company
FE. C. Bullard
Bullard
W. Waring
Sperry Gyroscope company
Long Island
Cornell University
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Westport
Stocks Open Firm in Fairly Lively New York Trading
Stocks opened firm in fairly lively trading in New York. Mountainanese shares were little changed to a shade higher as the market posted early strength, with investors showing cautious optimism and demand for blue chip issues.
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War Chamber in Rome Postponed at Midnight Start
The Chamber of War in Rome is postponed for at least 24 hours and no general siege is scheduled. The event, originally set to begin tonight at midnight, has been delayed with no new start time announced.
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Paris Attache Notified After Annulled Pact In Moscow Note
Soviet Russia halted trade talks with France and accused Paris of hostile acts and unilateral annulling of the Franco-Soviet repatriation agreement. Moscow ordered the French repatriation mission to leave and expelled the French mission from Russia. The note cited two Soviet accusations of subversive activity and warned of consequences for the alliance.
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