City campaign ends tonight in radio appeals before vote
Mayor M Levy and three rivals wrap up mayoral race with final radio pleas. WICC 8:30 broadcast for Levy, WNAB 4:15 p.m. for Falo, WNAB 7 p.m. for Fitzgerald, Whelan on WNAB 8 p.m. final pitch. Voters total 71,000 in 19 precincts 16 districts open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tomorrow. Continuous coverage notes budget, school aid debate and criticisms of Mayor McLevy.
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M.levy
WICC
James J. Whelan
Salvatore Jd Falo
WNAB
Gerald A. Fitzgerald
United Citisena Party
Fazio
Whelan
M Whelan
South End
Board of Education
Bridgeport Weather Forecast And Almanac Update
Bridgeport and vicinity expect fair and mild conditions today with cloudy and mild skies Tuesday. The almanac notes the date Monday November 3 as the three hundred seventh day of the year with sunrise at 6 28 a m and sunset at 4 48 p m.
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Bridgeport
Inventive Youth Held For Easton Vandalism
Easton reports 18-year-old George Goesinger son of Mr and Mrs Goesinger Adams road was arrested after a neighbor said he fired shots into a barn with a home made rifle built from drain pipe a crutch stock and a large spring. Police say it used matches home made powder and ball bearings to pierce a plank and tin layer. He is held on $50 bond to appear Wednesday in Town Court on destruction of property.
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Easton
George Goesinger
Adams Road
HADDON SLAMS ECONOMY REPORT ON STATE EMPLOYEES
Hartford Nov 3 AP The Economy committees report of the tant seasion of the General Assembly destroyed morale among state workers Attorney General William L Hadden told about 400 Connecticut State Employees association delegates the report relied on hearsay and rumor and was a scurrilous document He urged workers to be proud and steadfast Governor McConaughy defended his inquiry into the charges saying there was loyalty among public employees and that essential services must be funded
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
General Assembly
William L. Hadden
Connecticut State Employees Association
Hadden
McConaughy
Hughes Flies Giant Plane A Mile in Surprise Test
Long Beach California November 2 AP the 25 million flying boat built by Howard Hughes flew a one mile maiden flight at 70 feet over the harbor crowd of reporters and spectators. Hughes hoped for taxiing tests only but the giant craft rose briefly to about 100 miles an hour before a controlled takeoff. Hollywood figures including Cary Grant and James Stewart witnessed the event along with Canal Guard officials and excursion boats. Hughes predicted potential success but cited variables that could affect further flights as Senate War Investigating Committee resumes in Washington.
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Howard Hughes
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Hughes
Long Beach
Califf
Los Angeles
Long Beach Harbor
Senate War Investigating Committee
Televivision
Plere
Hollywood Movie Colony
Cary Grant
James Stewart
Long Beach City
Canal Guard
Senate
Washington
Brewster
R-Me
War Investigating Committee
Drive for Chest Funds Opens In Industrial Plants Today
The Industrial division of the Greater Community Chest campaign opens with Carl M. Lynge urging local plants to adopt two plans to raise funds for 26 Red Feather services. The community services plan would deduct small payroll sums, aiming at six hours' pay per year to meet an $807,187 goal. The total solicitation plan sets company and employee goals for salaried and hourly workers to combine into the firm’s gift. Several firms have already shown interest in the total solicitation plan, and vice chairs are named in the Industrial division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Community Chest
Carl M. Lynge
All Bridge
Port
Stratford
Mont
Henry J. O'Brien
Hartford
Lynge
Acme Shear Company
the Aluminum Company of America
Apex Tool Company
Banthin Engineering Company
Bassick Company
Bridgeport Machines, Inc
Bridgeport Chain and Manufacturing Company
Canfield Rubber Company
A. H. Nelson Machine Company
Jenkins Brothers
Mead W. Batchelor
Bridgeport
Community Chest campaign gains priority popularity
H C Bishop notes Reno Nevada leads in popularity and fundraising while Minnesota exceeds all states in take. He claims Washington as the only president to live on Broadway near Trinity Church and recalls Wall Street as the first U S capitol. First Congress met there and its first tariff bill passed. He urges investment in the Chest.
Indictment of 19 Nazis for war crimes in Nuremberg
Ninteen high ranking Nazis from the Third Reich were indicted on war crimes charges in Nuremberg, including aggressive war, plunder, and enslavement. The case targets figures from the foreign office, Goering's industrial empire, interior ministry, and propaganda ministry. Several leaders are already dead, some by suicide or execution. Names include Ernst von Weizsäcker and Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Hitler
Third Reich
U.S
Nazi Foreign Office
Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Frick
Interior Department
Propaganda Ministry
Robert M. W. Kempner
Ministries
Telford Taylor
U. S
Sre
Ernst von Weizaecker
Vatican
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland
Joachim von
Bethel Trio Held On Theft Charges
Bethel youths Gerald O Connor Daniel O Connor and Robert White were held on $1000 bonds after loitering at a Chestnut Land dance led to police discovery of a car full of coats blankets auto parts and a loaded revolver. They face charges of possession of a dangerous weapon and multiple counts of larceny. New Milford officers aided Ridgefield State Police in the arrest and the case was noted by Lieut. Harry T. Tucker who cited recent thefts at area dance pavilions.
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New Milford
Bethel
Medlicott’s Hall
Chestnut Land
Stanley Getchel
John Benson
Ridgefield State Police
Harry T. Tucker
Ridgefield Barracks
Gerald O'Connor
Grassy Plain
Daniel O'Connor
Robert White
Nashville Road
John T. Jones
Donald C. Hurst
Lieut
Tucker
Danbury
Victorious Tories Demand British General Election
London voters gave the Conservatives a strong council victory as Labor faced its first major setback since taking power. Churchill claimed the result strips the government of a mandate and urged an immediate general election. Attlee’s government denied it signals a landslide and vowed to continue policies.
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Labor Party
Churchill
London
Britain
Conservative
Attlee
England and
Walesa
Winston Churchhill
Labor
Manchester
Birmingham
France
Denmark
Norway
Switzerland
Ansonia Men Die in Florida Plane Crash
In Deland Florida the bodies of Robert C Keil 29 of Ansonia Connecticut and Thomas L Filan Jr 23 of Jersey City New Jersey were found in a plane wreck near Lake Helen. They had been missing since October 24 and were linked to Eight Air Depot Aviation in Sebring through Arthur Dorman George Dumont and former Army Transport captains. Coroner Fred Milla identified them from papers and effects, no inquest.
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Fla
Air Depot Aviation Company
Sebring
Dorman
Army Transport Command
Florida
Volusia County
Fred Milla
Three Students Held For Setting 11 Fires In Fairfield
Three students were held for setting 11 fires in Fairfield and Trumbull. Authorities say the incidents spanned several days, prompting investigations by local fire officials.
Missing man located after hospital find in Danbury
Bridgeport man Roland W. Riley, 36, of Yellow Mill Village, missing since Saturday, was found at Danbury Hospital with severe head injuries. He cannot recall how injuries occurred. Police say he was injured in Brewster, New York, where he worked as a farm hand. Hospital attendants describe his condition as critical. The report says he was last seen at 10:30 p.m. Saturday by his wife Josephine.
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Bridgeport
Danbury Hospital
Roland W. Riley
Yellow Mill Village
Riley
Brewster
N. Y
Josephine
Milford Congregation Remains Calm in Fire
Milford residents saw calm in Devon Union church as smoke leaked through the floor before services. Fire crews from Devon and Myrtle Beach extinguished a furnace fire started by a stop ladder leaning on a smoke pipe. Damage was under $25. Rev. W. Fred Campbell resumed the pulpit shortly after.
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Milford
Devon Union Church
Pequot Street
Devon
Myrtle Beach
W. Fred Campbell
Truman hints at vast aid to Western Europe under Marshall Plan
Washington dispatch reports the Truman administration may seek congress approval for more than 3 billion dollars in outright gifts and loans to Western Europe as part of the Marshall Plan for 1948. Officials estimate total first-year aid around 6 to 7 billion, with about half for long-term reconstruction and half for five essential needs food fuel fibers fertilizer and fiscal stability.
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Knutson
House
Ways and Means
Raps Board
President's Economic Council
United States
Knutaon
Crawford R.mich
Europe
Truman
Congress
Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
America
Known Dead Rise From Peru Earthquake Toll
The Peru earthquake left at least 50 dead with San Ramon and San Felix reporting severe destruction. La Merced and Huancayo officials described widespread ruin and shelter shortages after shocks felt across the eastern Andes, with Satipo recording the heaviest losses. A relief flight carrying medical staff and supplies departed Lima but faced weather delays.
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Lima
Peru
San Ramon
el Comercio
San Felix
Andes
Interior Ministery
Government Information Bureau
Huancayo
Jun
el Comerico
Satipo
Iquitos
Ayacucho
Joseph J. Lynch
Fordham University
New York
Fairfield teens charged in string of arsons plan
Three Fairfield high school students, led by Charles Baumgart, 17, confessed to starting 11 fires in Fairfield and Trumbull since October 13, including a $30,000 Lamp Mortar Mill blaze. All three, each held on $11,000 bonds, faced arraignment in Fairfield Town Court.
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Fairfield High School
Fairfield
Trumbull
Westport
Fairfield Town Court
Charles Baumgart
Charles T. Baumgart
Kings Highway
Alfred Birks
Marie K. Birks
Sehoo Street
Robert Leach
Paul J. Leach
Tunxis Hillroad
Baumgart
Roger Ludlowe
George H. Remner
Kerrackas
James Kranyik
Fairfield Police
William A. Sullivan
Morehouse Highway
Cross Highway
Fairfield Woods Road
Clifford J. Brotherton
Croas
Othe
Frank Bennett
Michel Farkas
Sullivan
Bennett
Baeumgart
Cate Mount Road
Christian Schick
George Butkus
Fairfield Woods
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G.O.P
Whelan Quisses
McLevy
James P. O'Day
Democrat
Michael C. Gadus
Bridgeport Telegram
William J. Meali
Dee
Avi
Haddon Assails
Telegram
Angelo Patri
Aee
Teeheeese Ene Eeettene
Drive For
Bethel Trio
Lord Woolton
Conservative Party
House of Commons
Ansonia
Robert C. Keil
CAA
Advisory Board
R.minn
Ludiowe High
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