Pre-Dawn Blaze Routs 75 From Tenement House
Firefighters under Chief Sylvester B Jennings and Asst Chief Barrett fought a heavy blaze on East Main Street. Two aerial ladders, streams from attic third-floor porches, and multiple rescues left 75 people homeless. Red Cross aided, housing found at Iranistan Avenue for many, with medical care and supplies, as crews assessed damage and allowed no entry to the ruined building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester EB. Jennings
Barrett
Armerican Red Cross Dianner
Crystal Cleaners
Red Cross
Gerhard Coler
Henry Walker
Iranistan Avenue
Stephanie McCarthy
The
Bro
Sophie Fritch
Lillian Catto
McCarthy
al Elitson
Red Cross Disaster
Nichols Avenue
Bridgeport Gas-Light Company
Joseph DeLouse
Manuel
Edward
Linda
James Kumaszembi
Ismauel Torres
Aurtilo Rivera
Julia
Margaret Medina
Rachel Ortiz
Paul
Marian Apponte
Manuel DeSousa
Rose Crespia
Aurillo Oj Ida
Joseph Rondan
Columbo Bingioli
Charles Nucifora
Emilio Montalbo
Joseph Belas
Andrew Firler
Benjamin Borrero
Roy Gonzales
Eldado Apponte
Gabriel Perrere
Joseph Belfiore
Albert Schwarz
John F. Moran
Conceicau
Fr Nce
Frank Jepson
Westbrook Barracks
Jepson
Bridgeport
Fire alarms and early morning blaze draw officials to scene
Fire crews responded to a box alarm at East Main and Stratford Avenue at 3 11 am. Capitain Carroll and Sergeant Higgins coordinated police during the operation. Mayor MacLevy visited at 10 am and remained about twenty minutes as firefighters checked the ruins through 7 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partment
Carroll
Thomas Higgins
MacLevy
East Main
Stratford Avenue
New Toll Count Set On Parkway
Yesterday set a new toll record on the parkway at 50 495 vehicles surpassing last year’s 46 845 from the same Sunday. Greenwich toll station also reported a record 60 828 and Wallingford gate 42 773 beating 38 648 from 1943. A Stratford driver 21 with girlfriend 17 suffered possible internal injuries after a trailer truck crash on Wainwright Place while a Bronx boy 3 sustained possible leg fractures in Stamford. A Milford toll attendant narrowly escaped injury when a car struck him after misread signal and a bus token confusion led to a close call with Concepcion Caraballo failing to halt the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Parkway
Post Road
Wallingford
Wilbur Cross Parkway
Bridgeport
Joseph Bielski
Wainwright Place
Stratford
Eileen Middletom
St. Vincent's Hospital
Jonathan Fox
Grace Fox
Bronx
Stamford Hospital
Sherry
Trumbull
Faye Goodstein
Reston Heights
Barbara
Thelma Tise
Cambridge Mesa
Milford Tolt
John Bouteliler
Shelton
Concepcion Caraballo
Hartford
Bouteller
Fairfield Man Hurt In Shelton Smashup
Fairfield resident John M Slovensky, 23, of 23 Ardmore Street, Fairfield, was injured at 11 30 pm when his car left Mill Street in Huntington and hit several trees. He was taken to Griffin Hospital in fairly good condition. Passenger John Peterson Jr., of Huntington, was unhurt. Police will charge Slovensky and two officers with violating state auto laws after his release from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
John M. Slovensky
Ardmore Street
Fairfield
Mill Street
Huntington
Griffin Hospital
John Peterson, Jr
Charles Kaseheimer
Edward Martin
Mr. Slovensky
Boy Hunter Wounded In Shotgun Accident
Shelton, Nov. 28 James Mc Mann 17 of 229 Caroline street was wounded in the left foot when a shotgun he carried accidentally discharged while he and a companion hunted rabbits off Meadow street Ray Widziewicz 223 Elizabeth street Derby summoned help and the Echo ambulance took him to Griffin hospital where he was listed in fair condition Attendants said he could lose several toes.
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Shelton
James McMann
Caroline Street
Waa
Meadow Street
Ray Widziewicz
Elizabeth Street
Derby
John Linsabaugh
Echo
Griffin Hospital
Boy’s day ends with trip to hospital after cartridge blast
Robert Anderson twelve spent Sunday afternoon near Panthera Rock then found a .22 cartridge. He tossed it into a rubbish fire to see what would happen the explosion grazed his forehead and cartridge fragments embedded in his scalp. He was taken to St Raphael's Hospital in New Haven where the pieces were removed before he went to a movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Haven
Robert Anderson
Paintera Rock
Robert
St. Raphael's Hospital
New Haven
McCarthy Quits Hospital Debates Resume Today
McCarthy leaves Bethesda with right arm in a sling after an illness and hospital stay. He says no cast, packs with wife and two enlisted men, and rules out a filibuster as the censure debate resumes at noon. Bennett plans a new censure count, citing attacks on the Watkins committee and urging a timely decision by December 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Communist Party
Senate
Bennett
Watkins Committee
Ealls
Wisconsin
Sen
Knowland
California
Boston Financier Preston Dies After Drowning at River
Preston, a longtime With & S. Pierce executive since 1922 and former Williams College trustee, disappeared after leaving his brother at 12:21 PM and was found in the Charles River by Charles Taylor and Gilbert Payson of Brookline. He left a widow Anita Bowditch and three sons. the family home is in Chestnut Hill Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Philip
Charles Taylor
Gilbert Payson
Brookline
Boston
With
S. Pierce Company
Willams College
Williams College
School Alumni Society
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Colonial Stores, Inc
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Plymouth Cordage Company
Leaington Trust Company
Suffolk Savings Bank
Northeastern University
South End House Association
Permanent Charity Fund of
Anita Bowditch
Frederic
David
Chestnut Hil
Newton
Mrs Nathanael B Baylies Dies in Stratford Convalescent Home
Mrs Johanna Baylies of 418 Glen ridge road Stratford widow of Nathanael B Baylies died last night in Sunnyside Convalescent Home Stratford Services set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Stratford Funeral Home Dennis and D Arcy 2611 Main Street Burial in Lakeview Cemetery Born in Germany she lived in Stratford 35 years Member of Freundschaft Rebekah Lodge No 26 IOOF Evangelical and Reformed Church Survived by son Lewis Baylies of Devon a brother Julius Beck of Bridgeport two sisters Mrs Sabina Weber of Norristown Pa and Mia Charles L Jackson of Bridgeport and several nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Baylies
Glenridge Rord
Stratford
Nathanial B. Bayliea
Sunnyside
Dennis and D‘arcy
Main Street
Lakeview Cemetery
Germany
Lewis Baylies
Devon
Julius Beck
Bridgeport
Sabina Weber
Norristown
Mia
Charles L. Jackson
Grandmother Confesses to Killing Four Mates
Oklahoma and Kansas officers converge on Lexington to probe the death of Lanning while Edmondson details a pattern of poisonings. Mrs Doss allegedly poisoned Morton and Doss with rat poison, confessing after interviews. insurance policies and a troubled past feature in the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanning
Edmondson
Harrelson
Oklahoma
Kansas
Lexington
Morton
Doss
Dous
Lonely Heart
State Highway Department
Woman Killed As Cars Collide In New Haven
A taxicab and a private car crash at a downtown New Haven intersection. Passenger Catharina Sleeper, 56, of New York City, died at a hospital. Her husband Harry, 61, injured. Drivers Samuel Enson, 60, and Fred Madel, 36, booked on motor vehicle violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Catharina Sleeper
E. 48Th Street
New York City
Arriva
Harry
Samuel Enson
Fred Madel
Fermi Dies at 58 in Chicago Funeral Planned
The physicist Enrico Fermi died at 58 in a Chicago home. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery with a memorial service set for Friday at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Born in Rome, Fermi led pivotal nuclear research, winning the Nobel Prize in 1938 and directing early chain-reaction work at the University of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakwood Cemetery
Chicago
Rockefeller Memorial
University of Chicago
Fermi
Italy
Atomic Energy Commission
South Side
Laura
Roms
Rome
Pisa
Leyden
Gottingen
University of Rome
Sweden
Odes
Neila
Guillo
United States
Columbia University
Ferm
Navy Department
Fermin
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Peiping rejects U S protest over airmen held as spies
U S officials condemn China’s trial of 11 American airmen and two civilian workers as base offenses and violate the Korean armistice. Peiping in turn rejects the American note and orders release denial, raising alarms in Washington about possible naval blockades and international precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Security Council
Dulles
Wilson
Peiping
U. S. Army
State Department
United States
Army Department
Sen. Knowland
China
Russia
Four killed as plane crashes in woods near Willimantic
The plane took off from North Central Airport Saylesville and struck a tall oak in Chaplin’s woods, killing four aboard. Victims identified include Nicholson and Dodd, co-owners with Norma Nicholson, as witnesses reported a circling descent before the wreck. Investigators from the State Aeronautics Department blamed weather and low visibility as possible factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willimantic
Edward W. Formetater
Danielson
State Aeronautics Department
North Central Airport
Saylesville
Nicholson
Dodd
Hartford
Attleboro
Norma Nicholson
Fire destroys house at 29 Price Street in Palisade area
A fire of undetermined origin gutted a one family dwelling at 29 Price Street shortly before midnight Saturday. Police and fire officials supervised traffic re routing and rescue efforts while two dogs in the basement were guided to safety through cellar doors. The home, owned by Marian Freeman, was noted by Assistant Fire Chief Jerome Barrett who directed the extinguishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Street
John J. Carroll
Marian Freeman
Palisade Avenue
Jerome Barrett
Patrick Walsh Dies at 85 in Norwalk
Patrick Walsh 85 of 357 Main Street retired custodian in the Norwalk school system died at 10:45 tonight in Norwalk hospital after admission on November 23 for medical treatment. At his retirement about three years ago he was honored with a testimonial dinner by students teachers and PTA officials.
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Norwalk
Patrick Walsh
Main Street
Norwalk Hospital
Walsh
PTA
DiMaggio Flies to New York After Hospital Stay
Friends report Joe DiMaggio, former New York Yankee star, hospitalized last week with a duodenal ulcer has flown to New York on undisclosed business. He was released from the hospital Wednesday and spent Thanksgiving with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankee
New York
DiMaggio
Escape from Ohio prison by nurse in honor dormitory
McDermott, a long term inmate described as 5 foot 7 and 150 pounds with gray crew cut, walked out with a visitor posing as Nancy Mack and a Columbus address. Prison officials say the escape appears planned but the exact motive remains uncertain. An escorting guard noted the vehicle paused as he slipped beyond the wall, with the woman not entering the car. The warden said McDermott had been a good inmate in recent years, though not a trusted inmate allowed outside the dormitory. He was last seen in grey suit topcoat and hat, heading to a waiting automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDermott
Nancy Mack
Columbus
Ahate
Alvis
Honor
Driver Receives Summons After Auto Strikes Pedestrian
Nina Blake of Huntington Road Newtown was arrested after her car struck pedestrian Joseph Swatsky of New Haven at Water Street and Fairfield Avenue. Swatsky sustained a left leg injury treated privately. Blake was released on a summons charging violation of state auto laws. Police said she became confused about which viaduct to drive under while heading south on Water Street.
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Nina Blake
Huntington Road
Newtown
Waterstreet
Fairfield Avenue
Joseph Swatsky
New Haven
Miss Blake
Water Street
Swatsky
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Boy Hunter
McArthy
Mrs. Nathanial B. Baylies
Associated Prem
Grandma
U. 3
U. S
Humphrey Trevelyan
London
Tokyo
Frank Schlehofer
Robert Guay
Schlehofer
Phoenixville-Wilimantic Highway
Chaplin
Harry Amberg
Eastford
Kenneth Ringrose
Seronautics
Carl Anderson
Everett Walker
State Department of Aeronautics
Patrick E. McDermott
N.Y
Killer
Ohio
Melpar
Cur
Cc. W. Ross
Forest
Panesar Melpar, Inc
Swann Ave
Dept
Alexandria
Virginia
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