Briton predicts Soviet H-bomb test in July
United Press report notes Kenneth de Courcy, publisher of Intelligence Digest, forecasts a July hydrogen bomb test. U S officials downplay the claim, saying the prediction is coincidental and that Russia is pursuing an H-bomb. General Spaatz says Russia may hold a stockpile for 1954 or 1955.
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United Press
Washington
Kenneth de Courcy
Intelligence Digest
U.S
Russia
de Courcy
Truman
Klaus Fuchs
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
House- Senate Atomic Energy Committee
America
Carl Spaatz
Air Force
Senate Preparedness
Hero Who Battled Tiger Wins Award
Harold F. Keith of near Mason City Illinois earned a Carnegie hero medal for fighting a 400 pound tiger to rescue Leslie E. Mathers on November 22, 1948. The event occurred at a Mason City private zoo where the tiger escaped its pen. Mathers suffered deep leg wounds but recovered.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero
Thénegie Hero Fund Commission
Harold F. Keith
Mason City
Keith
Leslie E. Mathers
Mather
Mathers
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New York
Michigan
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Virginia
Red Cross Continues Flood Relief Drive
Bridgeport Red Cross chairman William K Mulvihill says the flood relief fund campaign will run until the goal is met. Thousands of trained volunteers work in Midwest flood areas to restore order and aid disaster response.
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Red Cross
William K. Mulvihill
Bridgeport Red Cross
Midwest
Mulvihill
Editor to Address Bridgeport Elfin Society
Dr. Gabriel Hauge of Business Week will speak to the Bridgeport Elfin Society Tuesday at 5 30 p m in Patterson Club on Business and Politics in This Presidential Year.
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Gabriel Hauge
Business Week
Bridgeport
Elfin Society
Patterson Club
Rev Deevy to Speak at St James K of C Birthday Dinner
The Rev Francis J Deevy SJ Fairfield University will address the St James Council Knights of Columbus 30th anniversary dinner at American Legion hall on Sunday with Edward W McPadden as toastmaster. Joseph P Fagan named as chairman. third degree will be exemplified. dinner at 7 pm. Past Grand Knights join reception. Rt Rev John H Anderson will attend. Also local realty transfers and a Go To Church service by Housatonic Grange at Putney chapel with Thomas Miller and Laurence as soloists. Grange officers note permits for additions and two family dwellings in town.
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Francis J. Deevy
Fairfield University
St. James Council
Knights of Columbus
American Legion Hall
Edward W. McPadden
Joseph P. Fagan
James Griffin
John H. Anderson, DD
St. James Church
Housatonic Grange
Putney Chapel
Thomas Miller
Laurence
Gertrude, White
Ernest Williams
Albert Wilcoxson
Grange
Grange Plans Program In Putney Chapel
The Rev. Lolyd Duren, pastor of Newfield Methodist Church in Bridgeport, will be the speaker at the Grange event in Putney Chapel as part of an upcoming program.
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Grange
Putney Chapel
Lolyd Duren
Newfield Methodist Church
Bridgeport
Dinner Tonight for Area Bankers in Bridgeport
About 200 members and friends of the Bridgeport chapter Ameri can Institute of Banking are expected at the Stratfield hotel for the annual dinner. Yale Divinity School professor Ernest W. Muehl will speak. Certificates will be awarded to bank staff completing institute courses. The Rev J Warren Hutchens will give the invocation. Guests include Russell W. Noyes Ivan L. Morehouse Richard Staples Samuel W Hawse Frank J. Clark Rufus P Cushman Victor C Cogswell John H McCall Ralph Yackel Robert S Tellalian and others. The dinner committee is listed with bank officials from First National Bridgeport City Trust and others.
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American Institute of Banking
Stratfield Hotel
Ernest W. Muehl
Yale Divinity School
J. Warren Hutchens
St. John’s Episcopal
Russell W. Noyes
Bridgeport City Trust Company
Ivan L. Morehouse
Stratford Trust Company
Richard Staples
James Staples Company
Samuel W. Hawse
Brid Poll Savings Bank
Frank J. Clark
Black Rock Bank and Trust Company
Rufus P. Cushman
City Savings Bank
Victor C. Cogswell
Mechanics and Farmers Savings Bank
John
Auto Skids and Overturns on Merritt Parkway Driver Uninjured
Ernest Rabinowicz a Cambridge man escaped serious harm when his car skidded on wet pavement on the Merritt parkway near French town road and rolled down an embankment. He was treated for head bruises at St Vincent's hospital Bridgeport and released after posting bond for reckless driving.
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Trumbull
Ernest Rabinowicz
Cambridge
Mass
Merritt Parkway
Frenchtown Road
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bridgeport
William Quaintance
Rabinowicz
Plumber Sues, Learns Settlement in Connecticut Injury Case
Richard F. Canfield, 62, of Trumbull, received 6859 dollars in settlement of a 35000 dollar personal injury suit against G W Blakeslee and Son Inc. The June 28 1949 accident at the Devon power plant occurred when a Blakeslee truck swerved while disengaging from a railroad frog. Canfield suffered a brain concussion and spine injury with counsel listed for both sides.
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Richard F. Canfield
Trumbull
G. W
Co. L. and P
Canfield
Samuel Reich
Francis J. Moran
Officials to Inspect Stratford Police, Memorial Placed
The Stratford Police Department will undergo its annual spring inspection at 2 p.m. in the Municipal building with Town Manager Harry B. Flood and Council members present. Afterward, the Police Benevolent Association will dedicate a bronze plaque in memory of Patrolmen George Zint and William Schreiber who died in the line of duty.
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Stratford Police Department
Harry B. Flood
Frank A. Larkin
Patrick J. Flanagan
Police Benevolent Association
George Zint
William Schreiber
William Treland
Church Speaker Mrs Albert Coe to Address Stratford Luncheon
Mrs. Albert Coe of Boston mother of Rev Buckner Coe will speak at the Stratford Council of Church Women Fellowship luncheon in Stratford Baptist Church at 1 pm on May 2. Grange Meets Tonight In Red Men's hall House tonic Grange confers third and fourth degrees on candidates at 8 pm with Warren Shippee presiding and a social hour to follow. Methodists Plan Stunt Night Club members urged to bring a box lunch for tonight's program at Gittle Hall.
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Albert Coe
Boston
Buckner Coe
Lordship Community Church
Stratford Council of Church Women
Stratford Baptist Church
Grange
Housatonic Grange
Red Men’s Hall
Warren Shippee
Methoduos Club
Eettle Hall
Gclock
Churchill Predicts Peace and Solvency in Three to Four Years
Prime Minister Churchill told the Primrose League that Britain can win peace and prosperity within three or four years if current reforms continue. He argued the cuts already improved finances and warned Socialist opposition aims to derail the Conservative program. He urged steady administration to restore national strength and world standing.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Primrose League
Socialist Labor Party
Oldest copper roof on Hildesheim Cathedral dates to 1320
The Hildesheim cathedral in Germany earned the title of oldest copper roof in the world when copper sheets were installed there in 1320. The landmark roof has survived for centuries, signaling advanced medieval metalwork and preservation.
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Hildesheim Cathedral
Germany
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