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Air Raid Drill Captures City Officials In Bridgeport
Civil Defense and city leaders observed Bridgeport’s first statewide air raid drill yesterday. The photo from the Bridgeport City Trust Bank tower shows Fire Chief Martin J. Hayden, Mayor McLevy, Police Supt. John A. Lyddy, Major John A. Russell, and others in attendance as Civil Defense personnel staged actions with auxiliary police Harry Bartram and George Wellington and air raid warden Alexander Elson also present.
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Sawyer
Mathewson
Civil Defense
Bridgeport
Bridgeport-City Trust Bank Company
Martin J. Hayden
McLevy
John A. Lyddy
Clifford Fraser
John A. Russell
Bridgeport Organized Reserve
Chris Wesche
Harry Bartram
George Wellington
Alexander Elson