Lodge Taft Fight Surges In Connecticut Delegation Split
State Senator Tage Pearson challenged Governor Lodge over his claim not to be a political boss as Taft forces press for six Taft supporters on Connecticut's 22 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Former Senator John A. Danaher urged the central committee to back Taft, warning of divisions within the party.
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Lodge
Republican National
Taft-Eisenhower Coast
Pearson
Taft
Connecticut
Clarence F. Baldwin
Eisenhower
Republican State Central Committee
Govenor
Weather forecast for Bridgeport and vicinity
Official forecast notes mostly fair and warm conditions today with a high near 75. Tonight and tomorrow show continued warmth with scattered afternoon thunder chances and highs in the 70s. Winds generally light to moderate and variable.
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Sridgeports
New York
UN Planes Smash Huge Red Arsenal
Allied warplanes unleashed a massive saturation bombing of a large Red arsenal complex along the Taedong River near Pyongyang. The Fifth Air Force reported 450 buildings destroyed or damaged after 800 sorties aimed at the center for about 36 hours.
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Seoul
Taedong River
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
Manchuria
Air Force
Physician Gibson seeks appeal after license revocation
Dr. Donald F. Gibson of Danbury and West Redding filed a Superior Court appeal from the Connecticut Health Department action revoking his medical license. He also sought a writ of supersedens to preserve his certificate pending final decision, with a hearing set before Judge J Molloy at 10 am Tuesday.
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Donald F. Gibson
Danbury
West Redding
Connecticut
John H. King
Superior Court
J. Molloy
State Health Department
Connecticut Medical Examining Board
Gibson
Elizabeth M. Ayres
Prince
State Supreme Court
Stanley H. Osborne
House approves Europe Asia aid bill to Senate passage
The House passed a $6.162 billion foreign aid bill, cutting $1.737 billion from President Truman's request, with a 245 to 110 roll call. The measure transfers to the Senate after Republicans led the reductions and demanded defense and European unification steps.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee
Taft
Senatoraft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Far East
Middle East
Latin America
Rayburn
United States
Russia
Michener Leads Six Korea Japan Pieces in Bridgeport Post
Pulitzer winner James A. Michener writes six timely articles on Korea and Japan. He vivid ly portrays Panmunjon squalor where truce talks occur and the frontline in Korea. The essays cover communist surrenders, air war, war bred orphans, and Japan's future. The series starts tomorrow in The Bridgeport Sunday Post and continues in The Bridgeport Post.
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James A. Michener
Korea
Japan
Michener
Panmunjon
Lightning Sets Oklahoma House Ablaze Killing Nine Children
A lightning strike set a Tahlequah home on fire killing nine children and a woman. Dorothy Scott died later in hospital. Runaway Scott and another child survived critically burned. Names include Linda Arline Scott and Karen Sue Scott among the deceased.
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Tahlequah
Oklo
Dorothy Scott
Scott
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Linda Arline Scott
Karen Sue Scott
Galeta Scott
Dorothy Yvonne Scott
Carol Ann Blevins
Ellen Rose Blevens
Vivian Johnston
Phyllis Johnston
Burks
Blevins
Johnston
Eunice Scott Johnston
Bill Lucas
Eunice Johnston
Tme
North Africa
Scotts
Pact to End WU Strike Is Opposed
Workers vote against a 30 000 member Western Union pact tied to telegraph rate increases. The agreement, announced by Cyrus Ching, would raise wages with no extra pay and shift hours. Local CTU chapters in Oakland Kansas City Chicago rejected the terms by wide margins as talks with the Federal Mediation Service continue.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Oakland
Calif
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Chicago
Federal Communications Commission
Ching
Cyrus
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
E. Marvin Sconyers
James Holden
Union
Patterson Maps Senate Bid From Waterbury Report
Congressman James T. Patterson indicated he could accept the GOP nomination for U S Senator at the Hartford state convention next Tuesday. The Fifth District committeemen said his vote-getting strength and legislative record position him to win. Brennan friends seek a candidate not involved in political battles.
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Waterbury
James T. Patterson
GOP
U.S
Hartford
P. Patterson
State Central Committee
Patterson
William H. Brennan
Lodge
Brennan
Truman signs vet pension bills with reluctance
President Truman approved two bills expanding disability and dependent benefits for veterans and urged Congress to study further social security aligned programs. He warned the cost could reach about 400 million dollars annually as the veteran population grows, while noting many veterans still lack coverage.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Flames Destroy Two Car Garage Near Wade Street
A two car garage at 350 Wade street owned by City Court clerk Max Frauwirth burned after 8 PM last night. Firemen battled the blaze from Box 295 at Wade street and Wood avenue and kept the adjacent house and a neighbor’s garage from ignition. Detectives are investigating the origin, suspected to involve neighborhood youths with matches or fireworks.
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Max Frauwirth
Wade Street
Box 295
Wood Avenue
Joseph Capossela
Three youths held after crash of stolen auto in Bridgeport
Police captured Fletcher Craig 19 of Ft Dix New Jersey Ronald Meyers and James McCoy after a stolen car they rode in hit a fire hydrant near Noble avenue and Hawthorne street. A fourth youth fled toward Boston avenue while the others were stopped leaving Beardsley park.
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Bridgeport
Noble Avenue
Hawthorne Street
Beardsley Park
East Main Street
Fletcher Craig
Ft. Dix
N. J
Frank Stevane
Richard T. Meehand
Boxcar Betty Marries A Traveling Cook In New York
Emma Bertha Link known as Boxcar Betty the self styled queen of hoboes wed Christopher Lubey a Canadian ship's cook in a two minute ceremony at the municipal building. Betty 55 smoke breaks in the corridor after the vows and plans to follow Lubey to Montreal by boxcar.
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New York
Christopher Lubey
Thomas A. Leane
Betty
Emma Bertha Link
Egypt
Lubey
Chinatown
Bowery
Montreal
Koje Prison Camp Leaders Reprimanded and Demoted
Brig. Generals Francis Dodd and Charles Colson were reduced to colonel and fined pay and allowances after the Koje incident. Brig. Gen. Paul Yount received an administrative reprimand as the army imposes tighter control and suppresses further disclosures. The moves follow a riot on April 10 that left four Korean guards and three North Korean prisoners dead and prompted a broader stance against further disturbances.
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Washington
Korea
Francis T. Dodd
Koje
Charles F. Colson
Dodd
Army
Paul F. Yount
Pusan
Koje Island
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Clark
Japan
Associated Press
Robert Bunson
Toyko
Bunson
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Bridgeport Post
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Cont
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Charles E. Colson
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State Department
Acheson
Philippines
Elpidio Quirino
Quirino
North Korea
Philippine Am
the Telegram
Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Herman Bundesen
Erich Brandeis
Parks Cigar
Frank Pace, Jr
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