Freak Accident Injures Three At Danbury Racing Car Track
A freak accident at the Danbury Fair grounds stock car races injured three people. Special policeman Clifford Peck and Navy sailor Randolph Myers were hurt by a guard rail plank hurled into the pit area. driver Max Wavershook was treated and released after skidding into the pit gate. The incident occurred about 10 30 during the semi feature race in front of thousands.
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Danbury
Jeave
Danbury Fairgrounds
Clifford Peck
Pembroke Istrict
Danbury Hospital
Randolph Myers
East Norwalk
Frank Bowes
Ridgefield State
Mr. Peck
Mr. Myers
Sgt. Bowes
Max Wavershook
Bedford Village
Wavershook
Wife of Red Leader Says Life Threatened
Madame Gilberte Duclos wife of jailed French communist leader Jacques Duclos told police her life was threatened in Montreuil. Two men shouted from outside her home for 45 minutes and threatened with machine guns when she leaned from a window. They later accused her concierge of abuse. Police planned inquiries but action seemed unlikely.
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Paris
Gilberte Duclos
Jacques Duclos
Soir Dimanche
Montreuil
Madame Duclos
Air Force cans clothing for overseas shipments
The Air Material Command announced that 195 quartermaster-type items worn by airmen including 6 148 varieties of uniforms underwear shoes and similar items are being packed in iron drums for overseas transport. Tests showed drums are cheaper and better than other packaging and domestic shipments may follow if practical.
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Washinton
Air Force
Air Material Command
United States
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Wind and Rain Hit Norwalk Ohio City in Severe Storm
A powerful storm swept Norwalk Ohio delivering a one hour episode of wind and rain. Trees toppled and power lines were down leaving the city of 10000 without electricity. Police estimate damage near 500000 dollars with no casualties. Reporter Jay Greulich reported the wind as sounding like a train and trees snapping like match sticks.
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Norwalk
APA
Ohio
Frank Kramer
Stratford teens nabbed after 27 breaks across three towns
Stratford police report two youths 16 and 17 arrested after a string of 27 burglaries and thefts in Stratford Bridgeport and Milford. Robert Fray 16 confessed to multiple break ins including Hartel Service Station and several Barnum Avenue targets. funds from loots were spent. Companion referred to Juvenile Court authorities.
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Stratford
Bridgeport
Milford
Raymond E. Chaffee
Robert H. Fray
Barnum Terrace Extension
Hartel
Barnum Avenue
Fray
Jer
Ome Hansen
James Me-Donald
Francis McNamara
Joseph Keenan
William Prince
Eugene Freeman
John Hincz
Hansen
Pootatuck Corporation
Main Street
Stratford Ignition Company
Monument Works
Bond's Dock
Stratford Avenue
Devon Shore
Franklin School
St. Charles School
East Main Street
St. Chaffee
Barnum Wrecking Company
Barnum
Bia
Remorseful Burglar Ends His Life in Cell
Millard F. Wright, 42, a confessed burglar surgically treated for his urge to steal, was found dead in a Butler state police detention cell. A noose was around his neck and an artery was cut with broken glasses. Police had arrested him June 18 after finding more than $25,000 in loot in his Pittsburgh apartment. Notes in his cell expressed remorse.
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Butler
Millard F. Wright
Butler State Police
Wright
Pittsburgh
Thunderstorm Ends Washington Heat Wave Briefly
A Washington thunderstorm cooled the heat wave as it dumped 1.05 inches of rain and hail in under 30 minutes. Temperatures fell from the 90s to 69 then recovered to 72, with no immediate reports of major damage from lightning.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
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Lafayette Street
Matees
Ohio City
Fhunderstorm Roots Heat
Monroe Firehouse Benefit Building Fund
Conn
Monroe
Arsenal Tinance Co
Bobby Thomso
Bobby Thomson
Srewen Sy Leebmann Breweries
New York
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