110 Men Fight Salarm Blaze In Cold Winds
A rear church blaze heavily damaged the parish roof with water and falling timbers toppling religious statues. Chief Thomas and Rev Frances O Neill recovered eucharists and vestments as a fire marshal investigates the cause and restoration plans begin. Archdiocese officials meet to survey the damage and temporary roof plans emerge for continued services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Frances O'Neill
Henry, J. O'Brien
Hartford
Morrow
Standard Builders Company, Inc
Standard
Charles J. Munigie
Monigle
Archbishop O'Brien
Monigie
Howard Sullivan
Polark
Sullivan
New Haven
Arthur Beaulieu
Francis O'Neil
Francis J. Fazzalaro
St. Patrick's School
Traffic Death Toll Grows During Holiday Weekend
The article notes ongoing traffic fatalities totaling 232 overall. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, calls the Christmas toll shocking yet a key factor in the lower death rate seen in the year's early holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Mrs Luce backs plan on Middle East policy
Mrs Luce said the Suez canal closure has not seriously affected Italy’s economy and warned that six more months could be damaging. She called Italy a loyal ally using U S aid and noted the Communist movement’s declining influence in trade unions amid the Middle East crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
Italy
Europe
Peter Homa 84 Father of Golf Pro Mickey Homa dies
Peter Homa 84 of 248 Linwood Avenue Fairfield a gardener and father of golf professional Mickey Homa of Southport died yesterday at home. Services set for Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at his home and 9 a.m. at St. Anthony's Fairfield Mass of requiem. Burial in St. Thomas cemetery. Born in Austria he was a longtime Fairfield resident. Survived by wife Eva four other sons Alec Peter James Homa of Fairfield John Homa Southport five daughters Miss Homa Mrs Cronogue Mrs Kosch Katherine Hegedus Josephine Gramm a brother James Homa Cleveland and 23 grandchildren.
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Peter Homa
Linwood Avenue
Fairfield
Michael
Mickey
Homa
Southport
St. Anthony's Church
St. Thomas’ Cemetery
Austria
Eva Homa
Alec
Peter
James Hama
John Homa
Miss Homa
Mary Cronogue
Theresa Kosch
Katherine Hegedus
Norwalk
Josephine Gramm
New York City
James Homa
Cleveland
Ohio
Danbury
Paul Malarik
Edgewood Street
Kyle-Hull
Division Street
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Andrew M. Bradjar
Wooster
Malarik
Njav
Czechoslovakia
Mallory Hat Co
Benjamin Franklin Lodge
Sokol No
Anna Kula Malarik
Paul M
Charles F
John G
Anna Malarik
Lester E
Clark
Bethel
Allan (J. Thurman
Nyack
N.Y
David R. Presson
Russell Ville
Ark
Marlin Matis
Brookville
Via
Five Youths Flee East German Reds After Protest
Lange visited Storkaw on December 13 and gave the rebellious students one week to expose the demonstrators. Secret police questioned the pupils as three were expelled as alleged ringleaders. The class formed a refuge, vowed to bear the consequences together, and planned flight to West Berlin after Christmas. A special East German education ministry commission ordered the entire class expelled from high school. On December 23 the youths met at the hometown soccer field and decided to flee to West Germany, where officials said they could complete high school together.
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Education Ministry
West Berlin
Paity
West Germany
Fire peril bases in coast areas amid California blazes
Firelines across a 200 mile arc report about 1,000 men on the lines today down from nearly 2,000 yesterday as the Zuma fire rips 27,000 acres near Santa Monica and the Lake Sherwood blaze consumes 8,000 more. A new Piru canyon fire of 840 acres prompts wind cautious containment. Marines and Army units reinforce Saddle Peak efforts with air drops, backfires, and radar station protection. Public utilities restore poles as evacuees return to corrals.
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Santa Monica
Lake Sherwood
Malibu Beach
Piru Canyon
Santa Paula
Ventura County Fire Department
Saddle Peak
Hume
Hartford Bomb Scare Ends With Hoax Movie Continues
A bomb scare at a Hartford theater caused an orderly exit as staff distributed reform checks. Police searched the venue, found no device, and allowed patrons to return, restoring the screening after announcing the projector breakdown caused the disruption.
H A Chaffee Banker Dies After Long Public Service
H A Chaffee aged 80 banker and community leader dies. A Bridgeport native, he helped found the Home Building and Loan association of Bridgeport in 1918 and rose to president and director. He led the City Savings Bank as director and president, chaired many civic groups including the Y, Civilian Conservation Corps work, and the Bridgeport Community Chest. He served on the Junior College board, later the University of Bridgeport board, and held numerous church and charitable roles. He married Irma Terrill in 1899. she died in 1945. He is survived by a cousin and nieces and nephews.
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Thej
Home Building and Loan Association of Bridgeport
Park City Savings and Loan
Chaffee
State Street
The
City Savings Bank
Bank
Richard W. Cogswell
Legion
Christian Union of Bridgeport
Young Men's Christian Association
Bridgeport
State and Park
Gilbert Street
United War Work
Liberty Loan
We Civilian
Civilian Conservation Corps
American Board of Arbitration
National Panel of Arbitrators
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist
Washington Park
Methodist Church
National Board of Education
Methodist Church In America
New York East
Methodist Board of Education
General Unit
New England
Methodist Home For the
Danbury
Morehhan
Bridgeport Board of Religious Education
Bridgeport School of Christian Leadership
Council For Inter-Church Cooperation
United Campaign
Protestant ‘Churches of
Junior College
Junior College & Connecticut
Fairfield Avenue
University of Bridgeport
Seaside Park
Frederick Roscher
Boyertown
Fones Hall
University
James H. Halsey
H. Almon
Chest
Community Chest
Bridgeport Hospital
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Bridgeport Boys’ Club
American Rose Society
Academy of Political Science
American Museum
N. Y
Lakeview Cemetery Association
Union University
Chengtu
Rotary of
Brooklawn Country Club
Fairfield
Rotary
Bankers and Quill Clubs
New York City
Irma Belle Terrill
Princeport
William E. Chaffee
Nichols
New York GOPs Find Phony Bombs at Three Sites
Police halted a man after a suspicious pipe was found in a Grand Central booth and he claimed to report the device. In a 21 minute span three phony bombs were discovered at Grand Central, a Bronx elevated station, and Yankee Stadium grandstand.
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Transit Authority
Grand Central Station
Fred Klein
Rubin
Bronx
Yankee Stadium
Mrs T T Bache dies in Milford at 52
Mrs Elizabeth Sawyer Bache 52 of 109 Grant street Wildermere Beach died yesterday in Gaylord Farm sanitarium Wallingford. Services scheduled Wednesday at Milford funeral home and St Gabriel's church with high Mass of requiem. Burial in St Mary's cemetery. Survived by husband Theodore T Bache a daughter Gwendolyn A Bache and two sons Theodore T Bache II and Robert L Bache. Also survived by mother and several siblings and nieces and nephews. Born in Hamilton Ohio she had worked for Norden Renny company since moving here in 1930s as production control head. She was first president and founder of the Columbian Women society past secretary of BPW and past lecturer of Lauralion court Catholic Daughters of America.
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Milford
Elizabeth Sawyer Bache
Grant Street
Wildermere Beach
Theodore T. Ie
Norden Renny Company
Gaylord Farm
Wallingford
Milford Funeral Home
Cherry Street
St. Gabriel's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Hamilton
Ohio
Theodore T. Bache
Robert L. Bache
Robert P. Lawyer, Sr
Portsmouth
Jerome R. Lawyer
C.S.C
Madrid
Spain
Robert P. Lawyer, Jr
Maple Heights
Joseph A. Lawyer
Dayton
Clarence Boecherman
Thomas Arthur
Joseph Barchi
Danbury
Theresa Barchi
Grand Street
Knights of Columbus
John C. Freeland Fisneral
West Street
St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
Barchi
Genoa
Italy
Council of Catholic Women
George Helgert
Clarence Murphy
William Acquario
Albany
N.Y
John Lendario
Miami
Fla
Northampton
Mass
Charles
John
Willian
Driver Falls Asleep Causes Bridge Crash on Merritt Parkway
James J. Healy, 21, of Carmel New York, told state police he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed at 7:45 am into the Wire Mill River bridge abutment after striking two fence posts. He declined hospital treatment for facial and knee injuries and was released on a $50 bond on a charge of reckless driving.
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Westport
James J. Healy
Carmel
N.Y
Wire Mill River
Merritt Parkway
Healy
William Unger
Ike to Launch Parleys Today
President Eisenhower travels with his son and daughter in law Army Maj. and Mrs. John Eisenhower and Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther to meet with Republican leaders to review a draft State of the Union ahead of the 85th Congress. The sessions aim to shape domestic policy while touching on foreign policy and national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Inlaw
Army
John Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
North Atlantic
Europe
American Red Cross
City Welcomes 26 Hungarians Refugees to Helped Homes
A church program aids 26 Hungarian refugees brought Saturday night in seven cars. Members and sponsors plan to house more, with families offering homes for up to 100 additional refugees. The group includes trained workers, graduates, and a 16 year old electrician who helped topple the Stalin statue in Budapest. The refugees are being housed and fed, with donations of clothing and essentials organized by the church and community, including New Year’s Eve invitations and sponsor families listed.
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Hungary
Russia
Budapest
Bessemer
Sandor
Stalin
Eugene Tornay
Bullard Street
Fairfield
Ladies Aid Society
John Dienes
John Domonkos
Eugene Torney
Charles Poruban
Bert’ Thomas
Stephen Nyitray
Ambrose Cikay
Jules Sebestyen
Woman collapses and dies at Fairfield railroad station
Mrs. Elsie Bartle, 63, a Mount Holyoke dormitory house mother, collapsed at Fairfield station after stepping from a New York train. Dr. Donald Biehn attributed the death to a heart attack. She had visited Mr. and Mrs. Minott A. O. Stilson Jr. of 76 Birchwood Drive, Fairfield. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Elsie Bartle
Mount, Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
Fairfield
New York City
Donald Biehn
Bartle
Minott A. O. Stilson, Jr
Birchwood Drive
Obituary notices from Bridgeport area including Brown and Daly families
Obituary notices report Mrs. Jennie Patrick Brown 74 of Ridgefield avenue died at Bridgeport hospital after December admission for surgery. Service to be held at Stratford funeral home with burial in Lakeview cemetery. Other obituaries include Mrs. Anna Suzick 75 Fairfield. Mrs. Wilhelmina Daly 88 Fairfield. Deborah Franklin age two Stratford. Richard C. Butner 30 Westport. John Majorano 56 Norwalk. Mrs. Helen Mullane Kelly Stratford. Mrs. Jennie Palazzo Autore Stratford. plus numerous others in Danbury Norwalk Bethel and surrounding towns with funeral details and burial locations.
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Anna Suzick
Deerfield Street
Fairfield
Bridgeport Hospital
Richard C. Butner
Westport
Compo Hill Avenue
Edward J. Butner
West Haven Veterans Hospital
Norwalk
Charles H. Lewis
John
East State Majorano
Denby
Willow
Brook
George H. Wakeman
Bethel
Collins Funeral Home
Flax Hill Road
Primose
M. Wakeman
St. Joseph's Church
al George H. Wakeman
St. John's Cemetery
Ing
Danbury Hospital
Mount Pleasant Ame
Allan B. Salinger
South Compo Road
New York City
Arthur Wiesberger and Company
Norwalk Hospital
Ll! ‘Acm
Post Road
Frederic L
JC. Lorentzen
Christ' and
Holy Trinity Episcopal Chhurch
Willow Brook
Cmetery
Stratford man dies from sleeping pills
Raymond F. Coles, 37, an Avco engine tester and World War II veteran, was found dead by his wife at his Stratford home from an apparent sleeping pill overdose. Despondent over family issues, he leaves a wife, daughter, and several siblings. funeral services held at Spadaccino Funeral Home with burial at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Raymond F. Coles
Avco Corporation
Stratford
Maria Louisa
Underwood’ Court
Chester A. Haberlin
Spadaccino Funeral
Noble Avenue
William C. Johnson
First Baptist Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Philadephia
Coles
Italy
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Mrs. Luge
Mideast
Golf Pro
Fire Peril
H. A. Chaffee
T. T. Bache
IKE
Mrs. Pasquale DeGennaro
Giovannina
Jennie) DeGennaro
Arctic Street
Pasquale DeGennaro
Holy Rosary Church
Re.quiem
St. Michael’s Cemetery
William Jesson
New Mulford
New
Patrick F. Condon
Shelton
Patrick Francis Condon
Long Hill Avenue
James T. Toohey
Howe Avenue
Sal
Riverside Cemetery
Nicholas Solazzo
van Buren Avenue
Magner
Mott Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
Elizabeth H. Keane
Newtown
Riverside Road
Sandy Hook
John F Keane
Norman Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Honan
Main Street
St. Rose's Church
St. Rose's Cemetery
Michael Schneiderman
Fannie Greenstein
Taylor Schneiderman
42Nd Street
Sunnyside
S. J
Henry Greenstein
Laurel Place
A. L. Green
Grand. Street
Alton Winters
Park Avenue Temple
Burla
Harold J. Symons
J. Leon Symons
Sydney P. Symons
Edwin Symons
Los Angeles
Calif
Harold Reed
Adele Duhamel Reed
Tranistan Avenue
Mullins and Redgate
Park Avenue
St. Augustine’s Cathedral
St. Michael's ‘Cemetery
Ladies Guild of
St. Augustine's Cathedral
Catholic Council of Women
C. F. Lukas
Patrick F. Daly
George A. Brown
Jennie Patrick Brown
Ridgefield Avenue
Dennis and D'Arcy
James Hood
Summerfield Methodist Church
Castleberg
North Ireland
Brown
Leonard Reilly
Ellen Robb
Minnie Fravel
Waterbury
Sarah Finn
Cheshire
Ruby Eichmuller
Elsie Banther
Putnam Valley
Joseph Patrick
Bethlehem
Douglas Brown
Pitt Street
Greenwich Hospital
Merritt, Parkway
Greenwich
McCallahan
New Rochelle
Long Island National Cemetery
Farmingdale
N."y
William O, Burr
Wilhelmina Munro Daly
Aretta Sherwood Burr
Lenox Road
North Benson Road
Field
Mullins Christ, Congregational
Redgate
Robert J., Daniel A
Thomas A. Daly
John Hedricks
Victor S. Chamer
Deborah Frankin
Deborah Franklin
Clarence Franklin
Masavik Avenue
Edwin R. Connors
Clarence Franklin, Jr
L. D. Franklin
Chapmanville
W.va
Michael Bobko
John Majorano
Samuel M. Stevens
Minnie Godfrey Stevens
Circle Street
Raymond Funeral Home
Union Cemetery
Rowayton
Joseph H. Mottram
Joseph Herbert Mottram
Wallace Avenue
Dalles
Texas
Christ Episcopal Church
Percy Foster Miller
Edgar Platt
James R. Smith
Tomlinson Homestead
Benjamin H. Bruner
Church of Christ, Disciples
Land’s End Cemetery
Hawkeyville
Paul Matarik
Ferdinand Kleps
Victory Street
Locke Steel Chain Company
Frank Polke and Son
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Rudolf Ludwig
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Matthew J. Kelly
Helen C. Mullane Kelly
Putney
Mullins
St. James Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Thomas Autore
Jennie Palazzo Autore
Cornwall Street
Thomas Aurore
Parente
Washington Avenue
St. Raphael's Church
Burya
Evelyn W. Billings
Evelyn Wentworth Billings
Woodcrest Drive
William H. Crosby
Danvers
Bereany
Grove Cemetery
Salem
Antoinette Marie Monaco
Salvatore Monaco
Linda Drive
A. R. Abriola and Son Funeral
Miss Monaco
William H. Bowers
Alma A. Bowers
Park Street
Cyril F. Mullins
28Th Barnum Avenue
St. Charles Church
Augustus A. Hunyadi
Margaret P. Hunyadi
Clover Street
Augustus Hunyadi
Edmund Luchansky
Barnum Avenue
Holy Name of Jesus Church
Timothy E. Murphy
Timothy Edward Murphy
San Diego
Stanley Works
Murphy
West Coast
Clara Murphy
Agnes B. Linane
Clare Jouette
Margaret Deno
George Sikes
St. Petersburg
William S. McLa
William S. McLaughlin
Reservoir Avenue
Meter Department
United Tluminating Company
Albert W. Spear
Our Lady of Good ‘Counsel
Buriel
Beck Hill
Lewisboro
Issac Nickowitz
Newburgh
Nickowitz
Max N. Nickowitz
Lake Avenue
Wilmington
Del
E. I. LuPont de Nemours and Company
Sandra
Raymond Coles
Jamaica
S.J
Donald Coles
Southampton
Pau
Calvin Coles
Marion Rice
Doris Ray
Joan O Johnson
Barbara Coles