Marines recruit drive seeks 2,500 reservists for nationwide effort
More than 2,500 Marine Corps Reserve officers across several towns have volunteered to join a recruiting drive starting November 10 and ending January 3. MSgt. Willie Bl Hogan announced the effort, tied to the Marine Corps’ 12th anniversary, listing numerous volunteers from Fairfield County and surrounding areas. Additional reservists and former Star figures are asked to report to the Marine Corps recruiting office or contact volunteers to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps Ra
Naw Fon
Marine Compa
Tulay
Willie Bl Hogan
Kintine Corpe
U. 8 Marine Corpe
Alan
Mtaniey Mopfutter
Wiltousson Avenue
Frederick W Chaisy
Main Street
Stratford
Laon A. Dango
Noyes Road
Fairfield
Campbell
Coxe
Highland Avenue
Bouth Norwalk
Lawrence
Cannon
Walmsley Road
Darien
Edward
Flemming
Benside Avenue
Stemford
Almet Jenks
Sandy Hook
Spencer D. Mosel
Samuel W Meek
Greenwich
Stariies
Hogan. Thorne
Adarine Corpu
Bloodhound Finds Man Lost in Woods
In Harrisville New Hampshire Queenie the bloodhound guided a search party to Anthony Leoni a 25 year old South Boston war veteran missing since yesterday afternoon. He was found unharmed after a night in freezing woods near Aldworth Manor sanitarium. Doctors said he is recovering well from a recent brain operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisville
N. H
Queenie
Arthur N. Jennison
Fitzwilliam
Louis Dunton
Anthony Leoni
South Boston
Waterbury Doctor Named Outstanding Natureopathic Physician
Dr Mo Colney of Waterbury was named outstanding natureopathic physician in New England for 1947 at the 12th annual New England convention. Announcement was made by Dr Lawrence Soda of Bridgeport, awards committee chair. Colney, former Connecticut Natureopathic Examining Board member, serves as treasurer of the Connecticut Society of Natureopathic Physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Mou.colney
Waterbury
New England
Natureopathic Physicians
Lawrence Soda
Bridgeport
Colney
Natureopathic Examining Board of
Connecticut
Connecticut Society of Natureopathic Physicians
Cubs Receive Awards at Beardsley Pack Halloween Party
Cub awards were presented at the Beardsley Cub Pack No 108 Halloween party. Hobcat pins went to Robert Larsen, David Hardy, Dana Wells. Wolf badges to Kenneth Cannon, Thomas Echenrode, Joseph Jossogna, William Bruce. Bear badges to William Hallowell, Larry Graham, Donald Petrucelli. Lion silver arrow and Webelos badge to Pat Joasogna who moved to Scouting. Red Star pin and registration cards to Larsen, Wells, Hardy. Wolf gold arrow to Robert Fischer. Joasogna won the paper drive with 1,100 pounds. Costume prizes went to Dana Wells and Robert Fischer. prettiest Bruce Fave, most original Pat Jossogna Jr, funniest. Plans made for park and committee attendance at Yale Brown game on Nov 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beardsley
Acho
Hobcat
Robert Larsen
David Hardy
Dana Wells
Kenneth Cannon
Thomas Echenrode
Joseph Jossogna
William Bruce
William Hallowell
Larry Graham
Donald Petrucelli
Pat Joasogna
Wolf Gold Arrow
Robert Fischer
Joseph Joasogna
Dana Weils
Bruce Fave
Moat
Pat Jossogna
Yale Brown
Co. of C. Meets Today Speaker From Bristol
Edward Ingraham president of the Manufacturers association and head of the B Ingraham company of Bristol will speak at the Chamber of Commerce function at the Stratfield hotel today. He will discuss benefits of organization activity to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ingraham
Manufacturers Association
B. Ingraham Company of
Bristol
Apeak
Chamber of Commerce
Stratfield Hotel
Ingraham
Milford appoints first town manager and council
Alfred J. Koenig becomes Milford's first town manager as 16 council members led by Chairman Ralph P. Clarkson convene in a 10 o'clock public session at Town Hall under the new Council-Manager charter adopted by the General Assembly. Community events include a Harvest Piochle party by Shepherds of Bethlehem on November 11 at Botsford Hall and various local visits and engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Koenig
Milford
Ralph P. Clarkson
General Assembly
Shepherds Plan Party
Star-by-the-Sea
Shepherds of Bethlehem
P. En
Botsford Hall
Coretta Parks
Mra
Emma Lanagan
Joan Northrup
Joseph Brober
Elizabeth Allen
New Typhoon Heads Toward Philippines From Palau Is.
Manila dispatch says a new typhoon near Palau Islands is headed northwest toward the Philippines with no arrival time yet known. The prior storm in the South China Sea killed seven in the Philippines after sinking the motor vessel Sevilla and its captain Huan Duran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
U. S
Guam
Palau Islands
South China Sea
Hainan
Fnland
South China
Sevilla
Huan Duran
Philippines
Singer Martha Triton Robbed of Jewelry in Chicago
Singer Martha Triton reported the loss of $10,000 worth of jewelry after an apparent theft last night. She told police the pieces were in a jewel case and may have been dropped between the theater where she was appearing and her hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Martha Triton
Virginia NAACP Plans to Fight Segregation
Roanoke Virginia, November 2 AP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced a full scale legal attack on Virginia segregation in education. Dr J M Tinsley NAACP president said a lawsuit would be filed again at the University of Virginia and against school authorities in every county to eliminate inequalities in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Today
Virginia
J. M. Tinsley
Virginia Naacp
University of Virginia
University of Texas
State seeks bids for Danbury span and Route 6 paving
Hartford reports the State Highway department will rebid a three span steel beam bridge over the New York New Haven and Hartford tracks on Highway 6 in Danburys Mill Plain area plus 2353 feet of concrete paving for Route 6 relocation. Nov 17 bids will open for Old Lyme US 1 relocation near Raymond Baldwin bridge and for town aid projects in Groton Madison Redding and Southbury including three miles of resurfacing and a 7 by 10 foot reinforced concrete box culvert on Purchase Brook road Southbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
State Highway Department
New York, New Haven
Old Lyme
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut River
Old Srybrook
Groton
Madison
Redding
Southbury
Purchase Brook
Rancher Acquitted in Poisoning Death
Grand Junction Colorado November 2 AP Roy L Maxson a 61 year old Orchard mega rancher was acquitted on murder charges in the poisoning death of Samuel G McMullin 80 a pioneer lawyer who married Maxsons ex sweetheart 43 days before his death. Mrs Mazie Lightfoot McMullin aged 53 will be tried later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction
Colo
Roy L. Maxson
Samuel G. McMullin
Maxson
Mazie Lightfoot McMullin
McMuillin
Te Cage
Paul A. Littler
MecMullin
Modern wife cited as cause of British morale rot
The Bishop of Rochester Dr Christo pher Chavasse says in a new book that the modern wife helps spread rot in British morale. He calls for a government commission to scientifically shape life patterns. He warns that more standards are flouted across society and that easy divorce makes marriage seem like a trial partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rochester
Christopher Chavasse
Church of England
Chavasse
Britain
Martin Asked to Balk Contempt Proceedings
Ten Hollywood figures threatened with contempt of Congress by the House Committee on Un American Activities asked Speaker Martin to void the action and not certify contempt citations. They demanded a hearing before the speaker. the named individuals include John Howard Lawson Alvah B. Brasi Herbert Biberman Lester Cole Edward Dmytryk Ring Lardner Jr Albert Maltz Samuel Ornitz Adrian Scott and Dalton Trumbo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hollywood
Congress
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Martin
Tech
United States District Attorney
John Howard Lawson
Alvah Brasie
Herbert Biberman
Lester Cole
Edward Dmytryk
Ring Lardner, Jr
Albert Maltz
Samuel Ornitz
Adrian Scott
Dalton Trumbo
New Volcano Born Near Veracruz Rumors Spread
Unconfirmed reports from Vera Cruz say a new volcano formed at Cerro Gacho near Rio Blanco about 30 miles south. Ranchera sources claim the volcano emerged three days ago, ejecting rocks and yellow mud. no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veracruz
Max
Vera Cruz
Cerro Gacho
Rio Blanco
Here
Church school lists courses for winter term
Dr Floyd W Tomkina will teach a three Monday night course at First Baptist Church November 10 24 under the World Council of Churches Committee for Inter Church Cooperation Other courses include Keeping Christmas in Home and Church Visual Materials in Christian Education When Children Worship and nursery and kindergarten teacher training Registrations due in the Inter-Church Cooperation office 189 State Street by November 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd W. Tomkina
American Committee On Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches
School of Religion
Committee For Inter-Church Cooperation
Tomkins
Mise Edith F. Welker
Connecticut Council of Churches
Helen M. Edick
Hartford Foundation Theological Seminary
Helen Stevena
Children’s Home
Meriden
Genevieve Thompson
The
Fist Congregational Church
Middletown
Sally Chesser
Church of the Redeemer
Hartford
Elizabeth Nettleton
Yale Divinity School
Lola W. Beach
Dorothy Kish
Glenn P. Wishard
First Baptist Church
W. J. Harbison
Alice Barratt
State Street
Four ex convicts held in Boston payroll robberies
A fourth former convict Ernest C. Bortone, 35, taken from his secured residence, was held on suspicion in connection with two Boston payroll robberies. Police say he denied knowledge of the recent Sturtevent division Westinghouse heist of 108000 and the American Sugar Co. holdup of 29000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ernest C. Bortone
Aince April
Plymouth
Sturtevent
Westinghouse Electric Company
American Sugar Company
South
UN seat for Italy urged by Wallace
Henry A Wallace urged that Italy join the United Nations to balance Western and Eastern Europe. He spoke in Rome as a working journalist and said aid should be based on human need, not partisan advantage, and that UN channeling would prevent undue influence from a single nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Henry A. Wallace
United Nations
Europe
United States
Wallace
Italy
Boy, 12, repudiate tale of killing in woods
Chicago police reported a 12 year old told peers he boasted of killing Lonnie Fellick, whose body was found Oct 20 in Thatcher Woods with a concrete block on his head. The boy later denied the boast after deception tests at the juvenile home. Howard Lang, also 12, was held for questioning but not charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daniel Haaly
Lonnie Fellick
Lenie
Feltick
Thatcher Woods
Healy
Howard Lang
Actress death probe unfolds in London inquiry
An inquest was ordered into the death of Mrs Phyllis Gilmour Wood 39 known as Johnnie Clare a stage and screen actress found in her Park Lane flat and dying hours later in hospital She had acted in a London musical comedy before moving to Hollywood in 1930 where she appeared in African films including The Prodigal with Ronald Colman She later worked in New York clubs returning to Britain in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Phyllis Glilmour- Wood
Johnnie Clare
Park Lane
Gilmour- Wood
Hollywood
Prodigal
Ronald Colman
New York
Britain
Committee Told of Huge Profits in Arabian Oil
Washington November 2 AP American backed foreign corporations earned 117 million dollars in profits from an Arabian oil concession without U S taxes, the Senate War Investigating committee was told. H M Herron of a company testified profits were built by two foreign firms linked to Texas company and Standard Oil California to handle Arabian oil. Brewster urged tax bodies study the issue while Herron claimed Navy overcharges were offset by savings of 28.5 million dollars from sales below world prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate War Investigating Committee
H. M Herron
Arabian American Oil Company
Herron
Brewster
R-Me
Texas Company
Standard Oil Company of California
Cincinnati Hotels End Meatless Days
Cincinnati major hotels and a large cafeteria announced they would discontinue meatless eggless and poultryless days. The Cincinnati Hotels Association said members would offer complete menus while urging diners to choose plentiful foods in line with the Ohio food conservation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Hotels Association
Ohio
Heavy fighting for Kirin in Manchuria battle
AP dispatches report continued heavy fighting 12 miles southwest of Kirin for a commanding height. Pro government Chinese planes supplied defenders while Communist charges failed. Changchun, 160 miles west, under stricter martial law with traffic and searches in designated streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Kirin
Mukden
Changchun
Ozarks farmer charged with burying newborns
Houston AP reports 45 year old Ozarks farmer John Monroe Garrett is charged with first degree murder for burying two newborn babies. Sheriff Charley Fazel said one infant’s remains were found on the farm near Elis Prairie where Garrett lived with Ruth Manson Robertson, 26, the unidentified mother. A search for the second infant’s body was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, M
Ozarks
Charley Faze
John Monroe Garrett
Acie
Fazel
Ruth Manson Robertson
Elis Prairie
Garrett
Garret
Armenians Sail for Native Country in Repatriation Move
New York dated November 2 AP reports 153 Armenians left for Armenia aboard the Soviet liner Russia. The group, largely from New England, were among about 8,000 slated to depart under a USSR Armenian republic repatriation program begun after World War I era migrations to escape Turkish invaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Szot I. Chepurnykh
U. S
Russia
New England States
Canaries Show Judge Says Whiskey Helps Birds
Hartford reports Catherine Grasso, judge at Cohnec- Heout’s first canary show, asserts canaries benefit from a drop of whiskey or gin when distressed, claiming the cure does not make them drunk. She adds that men often take the cure before they are sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Catherine Graase
Todnay
Cohnec- Heout
Canaries
Mre. Grasso
Rehearsal Held for Royal Wedding Procession
London November 2 AP a rehearsal for Princess Elizabeths wedding procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey was held in a ruin today hundreds watched four small open wagons led by cavalry guards followed by the gilded Irish state coach empty now but to carry the princess and Lt Philip Mountbatten on November 20 Windsor grays drew the coach with escorted swords and a bowler hat timekeeper led the route officials checked progress along the way
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
George VI
Abbey
Philip Mountbatten
Windsor Grays
Baille Return From Europe Aboard Queen Elizabeth
New York November 2 Two thousand two hundred eighty nine passengers arrived Friday on the Queen Elizabeth after a five day voyage from Southampton England Mr and Mrs Hugh Baille of 56 Wan Street Stratford visited relatives in England Also arriving Mrs Elin Erickson of 138 King Street Bridgeport Notables disembarking included novelist J B Priestly writer Walter Lippmann actress Madeleine Carroll Senator H Alexander Smith and lecturer Marjua Childs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hugh Baille
Wan Street
Stratford
Southampton
England
Baille
Elin Erickson
King Street
Bridgeport
J. B. Priestly
Walter Lippmann
Madeleine Carroll
U. S
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Marjuia Childs
Bodies Recovered From Pan American Plane Crash
In Alaska, rescuers report 18 dead from the Pan American World Airways DC-4 crash on Mount Tamgas, with only two unidentified. Three bodies have been brought down to Tamgas Lake for transport to Annette Island, amid rugged terrain and ongoing snowstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchikan
Alaska
Pan-American World Airways
Mount Tamgae
Annette Island
Tamgas Lake
Annette
Three Killed As Truck and Train Collide at Vernon Crossing
Three Manchester men died when their small truck collided with a Boston to Hartford railroad train at the Talcottville crossing in Vernon. Identified were John R. Bartley age 45, Morton E. Cushman 36, and Alfred Tamm 60. The truck was carried about 100 feet after impact. The train was the only Sunday southbound service passing Vernon noon and the 6:15 p.m. return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Manchester
Hartford New Haven
Talcottville Crossing
J. Francis O'Brien
John R. Bartley
Morton E. Cushman
Alfred Tamm
Housing Group To Appoint Chairman Tonight In Shelton
The Shelton Housing Authority will name a chairman at an organization meeting tonight in Mayor Charlee Glover’s office in the Municipal building. Five commissioners named last week by Mayor Glover will take oaths of office beforehand. The commissioners are John L. Freinelt Saul Steinman Earl D B Gunn Harold Geissler and Earl T Meehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton Housing Authority
O'Clock
Charlee
DB Glover
Glover
John L. Freinelt
Saul Steinman
Earl DB
Gunn Harold Geissler
Earl T. Meehan
Zionists to Meet for Labor Zionist Club Session Tonight
The M J Cohen chapter of the Labor Zionist Organization of America invites members to a general meeting Tuesday at 8 30 p m at the Jewish Community Center with Saul R Stein presiding. Plans include an open forum on the House Committee on Un American Activities event at the Center November 18 and a study circle on problems of Jewish life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J
Also Mentioned on This Page
Giliera
Bridgeport Gren
Francis J. King
Elmwood Avenue
Maritin BF
Mfc
Keon
Haseelwood Avenue
Capt. Purgant Sf Keropian
Utubabboeey Place
James M. Brown
Washington Avenue
Buaetne KO
Natureopaths
CUBS
Co. OF
D' Scholls Zino Pads
Council
Wicklows
Milford Hospital
Joseph Wicklow
North Street
Wicklow
Joy Axton
John Somers
Lafayette Street
Somers Ambulance Services Haus
Miller-Cadillac
Bellefontaine
Somers
Somere
George F. Weed
New Haven
Weed
James A. Farrey
Malis
Peter Phelan
Mina Raffel
Shell Street
Fort Trumbull
Reba Law
China
Miss Law
Pennsylvania
Ray Rogers
Joy
Keith
Willow Street
Cooperstown
Carlton Thomas
Hattie Stevena
H. W. Ward
Bridgeport Avenue
Dorothea Russell
Howard
University of Connecticut
New London
Mary Campbell
Charlies
R. L. Gray
A. Cambell
Mra. Kagan
Pond Point
Louise Spencer
Auburn
Mroe
Clarence Spencer
Parkway Wear
Sliver Beach
Burton Cochrane
Cedar A Street
Ward Porter
Harrison Avenue
Montreal
Canada
Annie Diamond
Park Avenue
Wildemere Beach
Dorothea
Stanley Newman
Eadie Newman
Blair Street
J. McNally
Helen Sullivan
Charles Mara
Jean
James Jeffera
Joan
H. J. Hartleban
R. Brink
Margaret Boushay
East Broadway
Danbury
Barifs
By E. Simms Campbell
Mrs. Baille
AGT
Shelton
Tine
Noble H. Kime
Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Church of
Goo’ Shepherd
Lester Coleman
Aaleaman
F. Hallock Company
Derby
Kimee
Denver
Cale
Percy Kingsley
Warren M. Beers
Kiwanie Club
Beers
Klwanis Club
Raow Restaurant
Ladies’ Auxiliary
A.O.F
Katherine Murphy
Coran Avenue
Rector’s Aid Society
Church of the Good Shepherd
Paror Hall
James L. Webster
Joyce Anderson
Anna May
Mary Moskal
Beverly Beare
Lorraine Schuster
Joana Sheehy
Grace Passerine
C.F.W
Howe Avenue
Dorothy Husti
Shelton Congregational Church
Richard Hinman
Howe Evenue
National Distillers Products Corporation
N. Y
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!