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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1952
Page
12
Police reported an armed robber entered the Untermyer home on the south side through a basement window and forced Mrs. Joan Untermyer to disrobe after taking jewelry and cash. He drove her in the couple’s car to a distant lot before abandoning the vehicle and releasing her.
St Anns Parish hosts a Red Cross bloodmobile visit on Thursday with 2 to 6 30 p m donor hours. Last year 106 pints were collected at the church school hall and organizers led by the mothers club and Alter society expect wide church support.
In Norfolk Virginia a Navy chief petty officer, Robert Ernest Hubbard Jr., 38, stationed at Little Creek, died after his five year old son, Robert E Hubbard III, fired a .38 revolver from atop a television set. Hubbard had served 12 years in the Navy.
Hartford May 11 CAP The Connecticut Association for Childhood Education endorsed the commissioner’s action to apply to the FCC for educational television rights. The group representing about 960 teachers and administrators backed inservice growth and adult education via TV. More than 200 educators attended at Riverside school Greenwich, where Miss Virginia C. McCauley was elected president and Vincent Ramizi became vice president.
Former New York congressman Vito Marcantonio spoke at a Barham Hotel rally for the Progressive party ticket of Vincent Hallinan and Charlotta Bass. He blasted the Truman administration, called for peace with the Soviet Union and China, and urged realignment toward a new party, with other speakers including Paul Robeson and Lois Barnes.
In Fort Worth Texas a Truman Sign Co panel truck bears the slogan My Margaret sing under the company name, prompting questions about its meaning and intent as street signage.
Reporting on the SS United States during construction and upcoming trials, highlighting aluminum features, all rooms, and services. The ship is 990 feet, with 24 lifeboats, aluminum stacks, and a 165000 horsepower power plant. Trials off Cape Henry are May 14-15. maiden voyage slated July 3 from New York to Havre and Southampton.
An Interior Department official advises canny diners that whale meat offers a beef substitute at a lower cost. Dr. Raymond M. Gilmore notes about 1,000 pounds of whale meat arrive weekly in Washington and sold along the eastern seaboard. He says whale is digestible, nutritious, and similar in taste to beef, venison, or elk, with steaks priced around a quarter of beef. Whale steaks are in short supply but importers expect fresh stock soon. most meat comes from Norwegian sources as American whalers wane. The official cites wide international use of whale meat and emphasizes ample supply and rapid whale reproduction.
Bridgeport’s Golden Hill Cam era club presents a photo album titled Bridgeport Confidential or Eyes in the Night. Twenty members roam midtown on camera hunts, submitting exposed film to a Salvation Army studio for developing and judging. The group, aging 22 years, prizes candid city scenes and model nights, while celebrating perseverance and camaraderie over gear.
Belgrade May 11 AP Premier Marshal Tito pledged Yugoslavia would take necessary measures to defend Trieste as Zone B debate grows. He warned of potential annexation moves and claimed the land as "ours" amid protests in Belgrade and Zone B.
A Royal Australian Air Force Canberra jet bomber flew from England to Melbourne in 23 hours five minutes setting a new 12 000 mile record for the route. The New flights time beat the earlier Canberra record by 76 minutes, with the aircraft arriving today in Melbourne after the long Atlantic to Australia leg.
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