Bridgeport Telegram and Bridgeport Post subscription rates
The notice outlines publication schedules for The Bridgeport Telegram and The Bridgeport Post, with pricing for daily, Sunday combined, six months, and monthly rates. Postage terms apply beyond 15 miles and holiday copy arrangements are noted.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Audit Bureau of
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Post Publishing Company
State St
Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Sunday Post
Public News Note From Bridgeport Post Vault
The Bridgeport newspaper notes that Associated Press reports are for republication use and mentions second class matter status and postal registrations. The notice confirms AP exclusivity for local news and dispatches and lists filing with the post office under U S law.
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Associated Press
AP News
Bridgeport
Conn
U. S. Pat
Truman Draft Signals Drift in Democratic Race
The Associated Press notes a draft Truman movement within the Democratic Party as Fair Deal leaders struggle to find a candidate who can challenge Kefauver or a Republican. Watch May 17 ADA dinner for possible shifts. Harriman not favored outside New York.
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Associated Press
A.P
Washington
Democratic Party
Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Harry
White House
Truman
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Harry Truman
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
New York
Harriman
Trumanites
Price controls and the Capehart amendment on steel pricing
The article argues the $3 per ton price rise cap under the Capehart amendment of the Defense Production Act of 1950 is dictated by a government earnings standard. It criticizes the earnings formula set by Eric Johnston and warns that decisions by politicians, not industry needs, amount to socialism and hinder investment and expansion in the steel sector.
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Putnam
Arnall
Eric Johnston
Mr. Johnston
Britain
Innovative wordless traffic signs trial near Columbus Ohio
State Highway Department tests up ended square signs with pictures of children to deter school zone speeding. Officials aim to pick the more effective design for statewide use and note ongoing traffic safety efforts amid persistent reckless driving concerns.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Connecticut
Congress considers postage stamps honoring Ruth and other sports heroes
A Waterbury American piece notes Rep Lansdale Lasseer proposes a George Ruth stamp issue with Baltimore sales a day early due to his birth and career there. It suggests Hartford’s Rep Ribicoff back Louis Kaplan and riffs on adding stamps for Bobby Jones and other legends as possibilities.
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Ruth
Waterbury American
George Herman
Babe
Congress
Lans- Cale G. Lasseer
D-Md
Baltimore
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Hartford
Louis
Kid) Kaplan
Meriden
Bobby Jones
Maurice McLoughlin
Charlie Brickley
Tom Longboat
Willie Hoppe
How to Start Forest Fires
Hartford Times cautions about careless use of matches near woods. It urges readers to avoid dropping lit matches or cigarets into dry grass and brush to prevent fires that can consume acres of trees and cause significant damage.
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Hartford Times
Writer Claims 1910 Best Year for Humanity
A writer ranks 1910 as the most favorable year for the human race. He notes the era faced few major worries besides a possible world starvation scenario.
Truman gains surrogates as cabinet reshapes influence
Washington dispatch says President Truman isolates from leaders and formal advisers while forming a new kitchen cabinet led by labor expert John R. Steelman. The group, mixed with professors and industry figures, lacks party experience and leans toward Eisenhower, shaping eight months left in his term.
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Truman
Nestors
Truman’s one man rule shocks party insiders
The piece claims President Truman excludes his Cabinet from key decisions and shields foreign and domestic plans from debate. It notes his lack of consultation with the Missouri group and contrasts his style with FDR, suggesting a public be damned stance and a shift toward centralized power within the party.
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Capitol Hill
Missouri
Messrs
Snyder
Vaughan
Connelly
Graham
Franklin D Roosevelt
Truman
Commodore Vanderbilt
Pender Gast Alumna Uncertain Over Organization Vision
In view of many strange unexplainable actions members fear the Pender gast alumnus has lost interest in the organization and its chances of victory next November. National Chairman.
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Pendergast
Truman’s Keyserling, Harriman and Bradley as foreign policy tutors
The text notes W Averell Harriman and Omar Bradley as Truman’s foreign affairs tutors, with General Marshall viewed as Washington’s elder statesman. Leon Keyserling is identified as Truman’s top economic aide and a key Roosevelt brain truster involved in NRA, Wagner Act and Social Security legislation.
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W. Averell Harriman
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George C. Marshall
Washington
Truman
Leon H. Keyserling
Keyserling
Roosevelt
Postwar forums fade as Russia loses influence in Germany and Japan
Interpreting the News argues that postwar councils weaken as Russia is sidelined in Europe and Asia. Four power control ruptures in Germany and Austria leave the Soviet Union with limited leverage while Japan and Germany edge toward Western alignment, diminishing Russian power and credibility.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Associated Press
Japan
Russia
Far Eastern Commission
U. S
Moscow
Austria
Tangier
Mos
Influence Leaders Crown U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policy
The piece outlines a Truman era power balance with Harriman directing economic fronts and Bradley commanding military strategy. Keyserling promotes prosperity via federal spending and wage inflation, while Steelman backs labor in major postwar disputes. It notes rigid controls and no peace talks in the cold war.
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Marshall- Harriman-Bradley
Acheson
Europe
Far East
Harriman
Bradley
Keyserling
Steelman
Truman
Women Invited to Civil Defense Meetings in Connecticut
Hartford April 29 AP The State Office of Civil Defense schedules four meetings on Civil Defense in the home. Dates and locations include Norwalk YMCA May 13 Slater Hall Norwich Free Academy May 16 Stafford School Bristol June 14 Litchfield High School June 24. Helen Bensche urges women to attend.
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Hartford
State Office of Civil Defense
Norwalk
Free Japan must now rear m against Soviet aggression
Analysis by Constantine Brown argues Japan must rearm to resist Soviet pressure after World War II. The piece credits Gen. MacArthur for Japan’s postwar reconstruction and warns Moscow could push for influence from Siberia to Korea. It stresses Japan cannot rely on unconditional U S military backing and must build its own defense capabilities promptly.
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Japan
MacArthur
Germany
San Francisco
Pacific
America
Tokyo
Kremlin
Matthew Ridgway
Siberia
Manchuria
Korea
Russia
Japan Faces Economic Struggles After War
The article notes Japan's major postwar problems requiring tact and patience. It argues Japan must seek raw materials from the Asiatic mainland and find outlets for its products, relying temporarily on imports from the United States and limited exports to remaining South Pacific free nations.
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Japan
United States
South Pacific
Excerpts From Public Officials and Leaders
A federal judge warns that expediency and the doctrine that the end justifies the means threaten tyranny if courts are not free from executive influence. Syngman Rhee states he will not run again and wishes to serve as a private citizen. Pope Pius XIII says public opinion fed on error and calumny poisons the body politic.
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Harold R. Medina
Syngman Rhee
Pope Pius XIII
Fewer Communists in Parliament and Local Bodies
Excerpts note a halving of Communist deputies since the last election, along with declines in Communist mayors and local assembly members. Also quoted are remarks by Eisenhower on European defense and Kefauver on not revealing presidential ticket choices.
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Chamber of Deputies
Mme
Maurice Petsche
Johnson urges hard-driving effort for unification results
Senate Preparedness Committee chairman Lyndon Johnson calls for strong action to deliver on unification promises. He argues that decisive leadership and disciplined work are needed to meet public expectations.
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Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Senate Preparedness Committee
Connecticut Democrats to seek McMahon presidential bid
A Connecticut Democratic delegation will meet Senator Brien McMahon in New York on Thursday to urge his presidential bid. The group led by John Bailey will press at the Ambassador Hotel as McMahon attends the Jackson Jefferson Day dinner in New Haven.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Brien McMahon
New York
John M. Bailey
Ambassador Hotel
McMahon
Democratic State Central Committee
John J. Tynan
Middletown
John M. Golden
New Haven
C. John Satti
New London
Thomas Quigley
Stamford
Viola Madenna
Oxford
State Central Committee
Bailey
Charles EK. Mahoney
Windsor
Katherine Quinn
West Hartford
Taft
Weather state forecasts for New England and Maine
Forecasts show fair skies across Connecticut Massachusetts Rhode Island and Vermont with gradual warming in parts of the region Eastport to Block Island experiences northerly winds 15 to 25 mph Wednesday. Overall visibility remains good with little temperature change Thursday.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hamsphire
Vermont
Eastport
Block Island
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