Connecticut Forest Fire Proclamation Closes Woods
Gov. Lodge orders forests and brushlands closed and all inland angling suspended due to forest fire danger. Only owners tenants and agents may enter woods until the emergency ends. weather conditions and no rain for 48 hours delay forecasted rainfall. Fishing season may be extended beyond final date if woods remain closed.
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Hartford
Lodge
Connecticut
New England
State Park and Forest Commission
Weather Bureau
Procla
Fairfield Backs Inland Thruway Route Changes
Fairfield town meeting favors an inland highway and updated U S Route 1 to ease Post road traffic but asks for more study of a thruway. State Highway Commissioner Hill reportedly backs the Lochner plan and will accept route suggestions until May 1.
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Fairfield
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
Kinnie
First Selectman
Dimill L. Kinnie
G. Albert Hill
State Highway Department
Lochner
Selectman
State Street
Bridgeport
George N. Serra
Westport
Serre
Herbert C. Elton
John H. Norton
Commissioner Hill
Bridgeport Weather Forecast and Tide Table Recap
Official weather data for Bridgeport and vicinity shows mostly sunny and warm today with scattered afternoon clouds and a high near 70 to 75 degrees. Tonight stays partly cloudy and warmer with a low between 50 and 55. Wednesday brings more clouds and a chance of scattered showers with light winds.
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U. & Weather
Bridgeport
Tasdacs
Primaries Spotlight New York and Pennsylvania Delegates
Two major state primaries shape delegate bargaining with 96 GOP and 94 DEM in New York and 60 in each in Pennsylvania. Delegates head to Chicago without candidate pledges, boosting leverage for Eisenhower and Harriman. Taft declines three way race in Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Empire State
W. Averell Harriman
L Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
White cloaked Chinese cavalry puzzle Korea front force
In Korea near Kumsong the 8th Army reported a sighting of 200 white cloaked cavalry advancing on the central front. Heavy Allied artillery shattered the column. later 50 and 60 men were seen in the same area. An 8th Army officer said no significance is attached yet and intelligence is reviewing the fragmentary reports.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
Kumsong
Senate censures Truman over steel seizure in 1948 measure
The Senate voted 44 to 31 to bar funding in a 960 million dollar appropriations bill from aiding the steel seizure, a move prompted by Republican critics who call Truman a dictator. The vote signals political pressure though it may have little practical effect since no funds were requested for the action.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Sen
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Morse
Oregon
Langer
North Dakota
Knowland
R.-Calif
Bank Trap Nets Man With a Stolen Check
Police and postal inspectors waited in a downtown bank to arrest Russell F. Cady 37 as he arrived to cash a stolen government check. The forged check for 211 dollars was reported stolen Saturday. Cady faces arraignment at 10 a.m. before U. S. District Commissioner Earle W. Smith.
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Russell
F. Cady
The
Christian Union
Main Street
Castoday
First National Bank and Trust Company
Edward T. Flynn
Flynn
Cady
U. S. District
Earle W. Smith
Cost spiral cited in Gal rate plea
The Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company asked the Public Utilities Commission for a fare increase claiming losses and dire straits without higher fares. A public hearing opened at the State Capitol as CR and L operates buses in New Britain Waterbury Norwalk Bridgeport and Derby.
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Hartford
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
State Public Utiliies Commission
State Capitol
CR and L
New Britain
Waterbury
Norwalk
Bridgeport
Derby
Flood Fighters Seen Victors At Several Critical Points
Missouri valley dike crews pressed to stem flood and mud as rain softens dikes. Despite showers forecast, fighters held key levees including the Sherman Air Force base at Fort Leavenworth. Upstream at St Joseph the flood crested, but no heavy rain feared immediately.
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Kansas City
Missouri Valley
St. Joseph
Sherman Air Force Base
Old Fort Leavenworth
Sir Stafford Cripps Dies In Switzerland At 62
Sir Stafford Cripps longtime British Socialist statesman and key austerity campaigner died in a Zurich clinic at 11 p.m. He would have turned 63 in three days. he endured months of illness and a spinal infection diagnosed in 1950. Lady Cripps stayed by his side.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Newsman silent on probe stories
Washington April 21 AP A Providence Journal Bulletin reporter Edward J. Milne refused to reveal sources for two Senate subcommittee probe stories on Sen. McCarthy. Milne was subpoenaed and ordered to appear again after obtaining legal advice. The inquiry, led by Sen. Gillette, targets charges Benton says justify McCarthy's expulsion.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Edward J. Milne
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Sen. Gillette
Iowa
McCarthy
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
Wisconsin
Gillette
Milne
Tear gas used on Rahway prison rioters in dormitory
A prison official said a slight amount of tear gas was used on 231 rebel convicts barricaded in a Rahway state prison dormitory. Guards were held as hostages as rioters unfurled a bed sheet sign threatening more gas and listening to radio news.
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Rahway
N. J
Rahway State Prison
R. William Lagay
TV Viewers to See A Bomb Blast Today
An atomic bomb will detonate tomorrow at 3 000 to 3 500 feet altitude over a battlefield. Dr Alvin Graves, test director, set the shot for 9 30 am local time and the explosion will be televised nationally.
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United States
Alvin C. Graves
Graves
Prison riot at Southern Michigan Prison leaves guard hostages
In Jackson Michigan a riot in Southern Michigan Prison left one convict dead and nine wounded. About 170 mutinous inmates seized eleven guards as hostages in the No 15 cellblock while state troopers and guards battled them with tear gas and force. Injuries included three troopers and Commissioner Leonard. Damage from the unrest runs to two million dollars as authorities fear reprisals and await hostage releases. Darwin Millage died from chest wounds sustained during the morning fighting.
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Jackson, Mich
Southern
Michigan
O.K
Donald S. Leonard
No. 15
G. Mennen Williams
Julian N. Frisbie
Leonard
Conevict
Darwin Millage
Detroit
Millage
Sub-Ma
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Santa Monica
Calif
Sylvia Ashley
Midlands
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Constantine Brown
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