Levy Named by Party in 12th Bid for Governor
Mayor McLevy, the Socialist nominee for governor, accepted the nomination at Pleasure Beach. He assailed Republicans, Democrats and Wallace supporters, calling Wallace a socialist and urging a third force. The ticket lists Alfred Tong as lieutenant governor, Dorothy Secor as secretary of state, Fred Miller as treasurer, Victor Simine as comptroller, and Harry Bowman as congressman. Bowman defeated Marcus Tenz for lieutenant governor. Selection of electors and platform adoption were postponed to the convention's final session.
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MicLevy
Pleasure Beach
Dorothy L
Secor
Bridgeport
Treaaster
Fred Miller
Victor Simine
Milford
Harry Bowman
Norwich
Bowman
America
Henry Wallace
Russa
Bind eppeasemen
Socialist party
Wallace
Socialiat party
hia
ftres
Mayor McLevy
Abraham Lincoln
McLevy
James C. Shanneen
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Truman
Shannen
aeasion
Legia Isture
Con- Peeticul
Weather notes from Bridgeport and New York City record warm day
Official weather bulletin reports warmer conditions across Bridgeport and nearby areas with highs in the 60s and a low in the 60s. Southerly winds persist as skies stay partly cloudy in New York City with temperatures rising into the day.
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Osta
BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
Leavitt's Store Expansion Underway to Grow
Leavitt's is enlarging its Main Street store with an 18 000 square foot addition to become Leavitt's Men's and Boys' store, adding new entrances and relocating departments. The expansion, by Plannet, aims to keep pace with growing demand and pave the way for further five floor space growth in future plans.
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Leavitt's
Leo G Federman
Leavitt company
additton
New England
H. L. Green company
Middle street
atore
Federman
French premier forms new coalition cabinet gains finance post
Paris AP report states Premier Henri Queuille formed a new coalition cabinet, taking the finance minister post himself. Robert Schuman of the MRP was named foreign minister as socialists held five of 15 ministries, Queuille also steering both communist and de Gaulleist factions.
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PARIS
Henri Queuille
coalion
Queuille
Robert Schuman
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Sociatists
Queuillle
communtata
DeGauliists
Fairfield county delegates back Alcorn for lieutenant governor
Fairfield county Republican leaders say Meads Alcorn of Suffield will win the party nomination for lieutenant governor at the Bushnell Memorial Hartford convention. Alcorn, Hartford county estate attorney and former speaker, leads over Lt. Gov. Parsons of Farmington 5 to 1 in delegate strength, with New Haven Litchfield and New London counties expected to follow suit. The race for second place remains the only likely floor contest as delegates gather tomorrow night.
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Fairfield county
Bushnell Memorial
Hartford
Meads Alcorn
Suffield
Alcorn
Hartford county
Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr
Robert E. Persone
Farmington
Mitchell
Harold E. Mitchell
G.O.P
Parsons
New Haven
Litchfield
New London
Hartsford
Mr. Alcorn
Wallace petitions signed by 5500 here
Town Clerk Everett N. Perry announced about 5500 people signed petitions to place the People's Party on Connecticut ballots. He noted that a substantial portion of names were invalid as unregistered voters and were removed before the petitions are sent to the secretary of state in Hartford.
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Everett N. Perry
People’s (Wallace) Party
Connecticut
Perry
secretary of states
Hartford
City Loses Fight with State Over Connecticut Ave Repairs
The state won the dispute over Connecticut avenue repairs. The city will begin patching the worst spots with asphalt concrete this week to make the street passable for winter while the city hopes the state will assume responsibility for the trunk line highway. Director Peter P. Brewster said work had not occurred since last winter’s ice storms.
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Connecticut Ave
Connecticut avenue
Peter P. Brewster
Remington Gets Standby Order For Cartridges
Remington Arms to establish a pilot line for .30 caliber ammunition under a new U S Army contract with Springfield Ordnance district. The line will be kept in standby to allow rapid start of production if needed, with a small quantity of ammunition to test tooling and maintain know how. Machinery will be supplied from ordnance storage plants. Griffing notes a 60 caliber cartridge will be produced for testing with additional personnel required and production not imminent.
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Remington Arms company, Inc
Oktinagon Department
U.S. Army
A. M. Johnson
Springfield Ordnance district
National Military Establishment
Remington ‘Arms company, Inc
E C. Griffing
Death case stalls case report on Schulte investigates Norwalk
Investigators pause awaiting a chemistry report on the contents of Albert F. Schulte's stomach after his reported death in Norwalk hospital. The case centers on Horace Dumont, Westport Chamber of Commerce executive secretary, arrested on a manslaughter technical charge following Schulte's collapse during a chase after alleged fraudulent checks. Police note a hypodermic needle found on Schulte and possible insulin use. Services for Schulte set for Monday in Bridgeport. burial at Willow Brook cemetery. Dumont retains attorney David Goldstein.
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WESTPORT
Albert F. Schulte
Milford
Norwalk
Joseph R. Beauchemin
Middletown State hospital
Theodore B. Steiber
Horace Dumont
Westport Chamber of Commerce
Schulte
Dumpent
South Compo road
William H. McMahon
Mr. Schulte
Edward Capanse
Dumont
Earler
Dumont hes
David Goldstein
Bridgeport
Charles H. Lewis
East State street
Frederic L. C. Loventaen
Christ and Holy Trinity church
Willowbrook cemetery
Russians stole A bomb secrets say spy probes
Congressional investigators quoted an army atomic energy expert as certain that Russian agents stole wartime atomic secrets. Lt General Leslie Groves testified he believed spies tried to obtain nuclear data before and during the project, contradicting President Truman’s view that communists were not involved.
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WASHINGTON
Congressional
apy
Rep
Vail
R-Iil
Roosevelt
Truman
Witneas
Gen
Groves
Wall
House
Unamerican Activities committee
Leslie Ri. Groves
House committee
Polo Player to Wed Coal Miner's Daughter
Tall blonde Stephana Saja, 28, daughter of a Pennsylvania coal miner, will wed Francis Hitchcock, wealthy polo player, in Daytona Beach. The couple kept details secret. ceremony expected next Wednesday or Thursday. Hitchcock brothers include the late Tommy Hitchcock, famed polo star.
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DAYTONA BEACH
Fla
Stephana Saja
Francis Hitchcock
Stephans
Hitchcock
Tommy Hitchcock
Mary Atwell
Mary Grammer
Actress Rita Johnson Near Death After Hair Dryer Accident
Hollywood officials report actress Rita Johnson lies near death under an oxygen tent after a head injury caused by an overturned hair dryer. Police said the accident occurred tonight in Hollywood as authorities investigate the incident.
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HOLLYWOOD
Rita Johnson
Papal Aide Visits Here in Sunday Post
Sunday Post section outline lists pages and features including Papal Aide Visits Here on page 2 along with society notes, editorial, arts, and sports. It details recurring columns such as Chatterbox and Drama on Main Street across sections II and IV with a Parade of Progress in Parade. Obituaries appear in section IV on page C-12.
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Fete Gula Gamble
Angels
Ada
Junior Post Magazine
Dwight Eisenhower
American Mermaids
Parade of Progress
Savonneta
Sid Caesar
Lodge Renamed in Congress Race
Republican leaders urged a GOP plurality in Fairfield county as Rep John Davis Lodge of Westport was nominated unanimously for a second term at the Fourth district convention in Fairfield. Lodge pledged to campaign countywide and to back national state and local GOP tickets amid support from William H Brennan Edna F Edgerton J Kenneth Bradley and Marjorie Campbell.
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Fairfield county
John Davis Lodge
Westport
Lodge
Wiliam H. Brennan
Harold E. Mitchell
Edward A. Platt
Edna A. F. Edgerton
Stamford
J. Kenneth Bradley
Marjorie G. Campbell
New Canaan
Repub
Hurricane Raging Off Florida Keys
An Atlantic storm about 1 100 miles east of Miami has become a hurricane with 115 mph winds. The weather bureau placed the center at 10 30 p m EST about 530 miles north northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico or just over 1 100 miles due east of the Florida Keys and 660 miles south southeast of Bermuda.
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MIAMI
Fla
weather bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Florida Keys
Bermuda
Minnesota girl Miss America 1948 is Beatrice Schopp
Beatrice Vella Schopp of Hopkins Minnesota an 18 year old red dish brunette was named Miss America 1948 in Atlantic City New Jersey. She won a 10000 crown and a 5000 scholarship plus a 3000 automobile and Hollywood Broadway interest. Schopp emerged from 55 contestants from 43 states Hawaii Canada and Puerto Rico. Her measurements listed include height 5 feet 9 inches weight 138 pounds bust 37 inches waist 27 inches hips 36 inches. Fairfax Mason Miss Connecticut bowed out as finalists despite strong talent showing in preliminaries and evening wear.
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ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
Beatrice Vella Shopp
Hopkins
Miss Schopp
Hawaii
Canada
Puerto Rico
Miss Scopp
walet
Fairfax Mason
Connecticut
Miss Mason
Aphid Swarms Invade Hartford Bother Shoppers Citywide
Aphids swarm Hartford in a surprising invasion described as harmless plant lice. Shoppers flee and swat at insects in downtown streets as traffic troubles rise and windshield wipers run. Neely Turner of the New Haven Agricultural Experiment Station cites river meadow origin and poplar woods as aphid sources.
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Neely Turner
United States Agricultural Experiment atation
New Haven
Hartford
Decisive steps in Berlin crisis widen split in West
Washington reports top American and British leaders held covert talks amid cues of a possible shift on Berlin. Senator Vandenberg joined Secretary Marshall and Sir Oliver Franks as envoys awaited instructions in Moscow for a potential showdown with Stalin and a UN mediated solution.
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WASHINGTON
Sem
Russia
Berlin
Senator Vandenberg
Marshall
State department
Vandenberg
Moscow
Marehal
Oliver Franks
Stalin
London
Kremlin
United Nations
UN General Assembly
Paris
United States
Senate Foreign Relations committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Berlin braced for mass communist rally amid protests
Riot scarred Berlin as communists urged children to attend a Sunday demonstration in the Soviet sector near Lustgarten to protest anti Russian base meetings. General Clay warned mass demonstrations won t solve the Berlin crisis while Western police mobilized to guard sector boundaries.
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BERLIN
Lustgarten Garden of Pleasure
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Pakistan Leader Jin nah Dies in Karachi at 71
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, governor-general of Pakistan, died in Karachi last night at 10 25 p m. He was 71 and a Moslem leader. Burial with full military honors set for 3 p m today in Islamabad.
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KARACHI
Pakistan
Mohammed Ali ‘Jinnah
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GOP
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Shannon
WILLIAM J. WALSH
Alfred BE. Tong
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Migh sens
Urinska
McLavy
LEAVITT
Remington
FDR
Sunday Post
U.S
plolo—Schalae
John Davis Ledge
Francesca
CONGRESS
MINNESOTA
Beatrice Shopp
Misa Schopp
Barbara Walker Hummel
Mamopbhis
Broadway
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