Editors Hear Writers Warn of Red Peril
AP editors heard writers from Russia and Japan outline Kremlin driven propaganda aimed at sowing turmoil against Americans. Robert Bunson and William L. Ryan urged vigilance to counter Soviet influence, praising Japan’s resilience against communism and MacArthur's legacy. Mary Margaret McBride urged fairer assignment of stories for women reporters.
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Tampa
Fla
Associated Press
Russia
Japan
Kremlin
Free World
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
United States
Robert Bunson
Korea
Far East
Bunson
William L. Ryan
Moscow
Ryan
Wallace Carroll
Winston-Satem Journal-Sentinel
Douglas MacArthur
China
Indochina
Soviet Union
Telephones topic talk in Shimshon event
Wheely F Taylor of Southern New England Telephone will speak tomorrow at 8 p m to the Shimshon Youth Organization at Ahavath Achim synagogue on You and Your Telephone. Introduced by Jane August. Marshall Becker to present membership supper plans and Shimshon Mothers club meeting. Lithuanian Voters club of Bridgeport to hold social and card party tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Lithuanian Young Men s hall 407 Lafayette street. Joseph Mockaitis Mrs Anna Norton and Joseph F Skubas in charge of arrangements.
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Charles F. Taylor
Southern New England Telephone Company
Shimshon
Ahavath Achim
Jane August
Marshall Becker
Shimshon Mothers’ Club
Lithuanian Voters’ Club of
Bridgeport
Suspect Charged in Bethel Barn Fire
William Sutton of 23 Reservoir Street was arrested by Patrolman Francis Kirk on charges of causing or promoting a barn fire on June 7 1953 on property owned by neighbor Eugene Brennan. Sutton faces a December 18 town court hearing after posting 5000 bond. State Police and town officers continue investigation with several others believed implicated. Teens known to frequent the Doughboy restaurant allegedly procured alcohol used to start the blaze at the Latex corporation.
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Bethel
William Sutton
Reservoir Street
Francis Kirk
Eugene Brennan
Sutton
William J. McNamara
Kirk
Morris S. Britto
Doughboy
Latex Corporation
Blood bank shortage looms in Bridgeport hospitals
Red Cross officials warned of an impending emergency blood shortage in Bridgeport area hospitals during the holiday season unless donations rise. A donor session at CB&L failed to meet quota, yielding 64 pints. Multiple donors from Spragua Meter and other locals, including Paul Resko and David Kish, topped lists with several prior donations. arrangements were handled by Ernest Ejisler for the U.B.F.
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Red Cross Blood Bank
Bridgeport
Cb&l Company
Spragua Meter Company
Paul Resko
Frederick B. Romo
Edward Fisher
David Kish
Joseph Urbanow
Robert G. Burr
Harvey van Scoy
Robert J. Sempsky
George Smith
Warren Street
Shirley Johnson
Woodland Avenue
Lillian Shull
Remington Street
Harry Shull
Bridgeport Hospital
Basil W. Rzepko
Cr&l
Gisele Doszpoj
Manila Street
Ernest Ejisler
U.B.F
Divorce Petitions Filed in Superior Court
Emma Bardo Chiarmonte versus Cataldo Chiarmonte of Bridgeport filed for divorce on grounds of intolerable cruelty. the couple married June 4 1949. Alice Kneeland Grain Sullivan versus John L. Sullivan of Greenwich filed for divorce on grounds of intolerable cruelty. they married February 14 1954.
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Emma Bardo Chiarmonte
Cataldo Chiarmonte
Bridgeport
Alice Kneeland Grain Sullivan
John L. Sullivan
Greenwich
Hartford Tests Wet Strength Bags to Improve Garbage Service
Hartford runs a three week test in a northern district using chemically treated wet strength paper bags as liners in standard cans to curb spillage and nuisances while cutting labor. City officials call it cleaner and quicker though full costs await study. test area includes 3,800 homes with crews of 20 replacing 29.
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Walter Rapp
Hartford
City of Hartford
City of
Health and Sanitation
Russell J. Redgate
Municipal Public Works Department
Carleton F. Sharpe
Richard Shea
Bridgeport
Union Bag and Paper Corporation
New York City
U.S
Eugene L. Lehr
Sanitary Engineering Division
U.S. Public Health Service
Fairfield
Statler Hotel
Dominic DeLucco
Sharpe
A. L. Burgdorf
Charles W. Coke
Leonard J. Doyle
Richard Sumner
American Cyanamid Company
J. Henry L. Giles
Hartford Public Works Department
Optometrists Form Civil Defense Plan in Hartford
A Civil Defense spokesman reported Connecticut optometrists have organized and created an emergency eye care plan. CARE centers are set up outside target areas and will be staffed by specialists under Dr Edgar B Prout. State chairman is Dr Herman C Kline with county chairs including Dr Edward Sheeler Hartford and others across the state.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Edgar B. Prout
CD Health Services
Herman C. Kline
New Haven
Connecticut Optometric Society
Civil Defense Committee
Edward Sheeler
Eugene Davis
Manchester
Sidney Weiss
Torrington
John Eggleston
Milford
James Hartford
Middletown
Russell Johnson
Statford
Lawrence Clegg
Norwich
Safety chief named to head Dec 15 drive
Hartford Nov 19 AP William M. Greene director of the State Safety commission has become state Safe-Driving day director. He was appointed by Governor Lodge for the national observance on Dec 15. Special SD directors will be appointed in every Connecticut community with more than 5,000 population to implement the program.
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Hartford
William M. Greene
State Safety Commission
Lodge
Connecticut
Trudeau Society Elects Dr Paul S Phelps President
Hartford based Dr Paul S Phelps director of the State Tuberculosis Commission was elected president of the Connecticut Trudeau Society at its annual meeting held at Uncas on Thames Sanatorium succeeding Dr Alfred Hurwitz of the West Haven Veterans Administration hospital. The society formed five years ago counts over one hundred Connecticut physicians focused on tuberculosis and chest diseases.
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Paul S. Phelps
State Tuberculosis Commission
Hartford
Connecticut Trudeau Society
Uncas-on- Thames
Alfred Hurwitz
West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital
Connecticut
U S Charges RCA Patent Monopoly
The Justice department filed a federal suit in New York City against Radio Corporation of America charging it with monopolizing the radio television patent licensing business since about 1932. Acting Attorney General William P. Rogers announced the action seeks revisions, while denying monopoly claims tied to RCA’s manufacturing arms and naming co conspirators including AT&T Western Electric Bell Telephone Western Electric and Westinghouse Electric as conspirators but not defendants.
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Washington
Justice Department Today
Radio Corporation of America
William P. Rogers
Federal District Court
New York City
RCA
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric
Bell Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
New York
New England Council Elects State Directors
Boston November 19 AP The New England council named new state directors at a state dinner to run three year terms. Appointees include Robert C Buell Jr Hartford National Bank New London David L Coffin Windsor Locks Clyde Jennings Hotel Elton Waterbury Dr Edmund A Perrereaux University of Connecticut Storrs Joseph M Rourke Connecticut Federation of Labor New Haven Graham R Treadway Connecticut Bank and Trust Hartford Henry E Mooberry United Aircraft East Hartford Re elected Earl M Smith New Canaan Fuel and Lumber New Canaan Laurence S Stone Southern New England Telephone New Haven
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Boston
Connecticut
New England Council
New England
Robert C. Buell Jr
Hartford National Bank & Trust Company
New London
David L. Coffin
C.H. Deater & Sons, Inc
Windsor Locks
Clyde Jennings
Joseph M. Rourke
Connecticut Federation of Labor
New Haven
Graham R. Treadway
Connecticut Bank and Trust Company
Hartford
Henry E. Mooberry
United Aircraft Corporation
East Hartford
Earl M. Smith
New Canaan Fuel and Lumber Company
New Canaan
Laurence S. Stone
Southern New England Telephone Company
Major DeLoria Heads Ground Observer Area Quality
Hartford reports Major Eugene J. DeLoria has assumed command of 91 Connecticut and 32 Rhode Island Ground Observer Corps posts. He succeeds Major Harry M. Symmonds, who received an overseas assignment. DeLoria, a World War II veteran, said posts will remain on round-the-clock duty.
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Hartford
Eugene J. DeLoria
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Ground Observer Corps
William Hesketh
State Civil Defense
DeLoria
Harry Mr. Symmonds
Symmonds
Puerto Rico
GOC
Local man injured in Park Avenue crash
Benjamin Jonap aged 74 of 213 Olive Street suffered a head laceration and back injuries when struck by a vehicle at Park Avenue and Olive Street at 7 am. He was treated and released from Emergency Hospital. Police said driver Anthony Ciccio, 34, of 2335 Main Street, was not arrested.
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Benjamin Jonap
Olive Street
Park Avenue
Anthony Ciccio
Main Street
Population equals elevation in Clifton Arizona
Clifton is Greenlee County seat in eastern Arizona. Population stands at 3,451 while its elevation is 3,440 feet, according to the latest count.
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Clifton
Ariz
Arizona
Greenlee County
Fire safety notice from Stillman and Knowlton streets
Damp fire report on Stillman and Knowlton streets notes a return to duty at 8:38 p.m. No alarms were triggered. A reminder to call ED 82128 in case of fire today.
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Stillman and Knowlton
Connecticut judge rails at legal delays in trial dockets
Judge Parmelee denounces chronic delays in Fairfield county court, demands ready cases, warns against listing unsettled matters, calls for an assignment system and tighter court discipline to speed trials. He cites juror waste and special privileges for firms, pledging to adjourn to push reform.
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Parmelo
Sales tax yield up for third quarter
Connecticut business showed a slight increase in the July through September period despite a nationwide decline. State sales and use tax collections totaled 14,130,300 dollars, 23,800 dollars above the same months in 1953, supporting hopes of a possible surplus of about 11,400,000 by June 30 of next year.
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Hartford
Connecticut
State Tax Commissioner appeals probate ruling on exemption
State Tax Commissioner William I. Connelly filed a Superior court appeal today challenging a Sherman Probate Court order that a gift from the late Percy Atchison of Sherman to the Atchison Foundation Inc is exempt from the Connecticut succession tax.
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William I. Connelly
Sherman Probate Court
Percy Atchison
Sherman
Atchison Foundation, Inc
Connecticut
James T. Grady Dies in Winsted at 75
James T. Grady, 75, retired newspaperman, college professor, and publicist, died at his summer home in Winsted after years of declining health. A native of Winsted, he started at the Winsted Evening Citizen and later worked for the Hartford Post, Boston Record, Boston Advertiser, and AP Boston bureau before the Spanish American War. He served in the 3rd Connecticut Infantry, then joined the New York Tribune, studied law at Columbia, and became associate professor of journalism and director of public relations at Columbia. He later served as a publicist for numerous institutions. He is survived by a son and two daughters. Services set for tomorrow at Corpus Christi church in New York.
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Winsted
James T. Grady
Grady
Columbia University
New York
Winsted Evening Citizen
Lou Stone
Hartford Post
Boston Record
The
Boston Advertiser
Boston
Associated Press
3Rd
Connecticut Infantry
New York Tribune
Columbia
Trinity College
Harvard
Corpus Christi Church
Damages Awarded in Bridgeport Bus Truck Collision
A Superior court jury awarded Raymond E. Farley 18500 and Andrew T. Tomsey 10000 for injuries from a Dec 5 1930 crash in Bridgeport. Garford Truckine Inc and driver William Middleton faced verdicts. motions to set aside awards were filed. Trial began Nov 9 with multiple counsels.
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Raymond E. Farley
Madison Avenue
Trumbull
Andrew T. Tomsey
Rockwell Avenue
Stratford
Bridgeport
Garford Truckine, Inc
South River
N. J
Tomsey
Farley
Garford
Middleton
Railroad and
Hancock Avenues
Patrick F. Bosse
Howard T. Owens
Frederick F. Ehrsam
George N. Foster
Richard F. Churchay
Philip R. Shhiff
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E. Kurtz & Sons
Trumbull Center
TFA
Glenwood Lumber
Glenwood
Ripened Lumber CO
Rosley BA
Trudeau Society
N. E. Council
Maj. Deloria
Parmelee
Lst
Parmales
Veniremen
Fairfield County
New Haven Railroad
East Pote
Bhimmer
Arthur C. Sides
Sport Hill Road
Easton
Central High School
Bridgeport Kiwanis Club
Stratfield Hotel
Sides
Hawaii
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Manila
Singapore
Bangkok
Bombay
Karachi
Suez
Cairo
Alexandria
Naples
Leghorn
Bridgeport Police Department
Turkey
Chris Smith
Turkey & Poultry Farm
Orange Center Road
Orange
N. Y
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