Yankees Defeat Dodgers in Series Opener 1947
The New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5 to 3 at Yankee Stadium in the World Series opener before a record crowd of 73 365. Ralph Branca struggled in the first inning and left after allowing three runs. Frank Shea earned the win as DiMaggio sparked a late Yankee rally.
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YANKEE
NEW YORK
Yankee Stadium
New York Yankees
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Ralph Branca
Yankees
Branca
Phil Rizzuto
Burt Shotton
Joe Page
Frank Shea
St. Louis Cardinals
alen
Yanks
Cardinals
Carl Furilla
Dodger
DiMaggio
Johnny Lindell
Governor Acts In Gas Dispute With Bridgeport
Governor McConaughy through Labor Commissioner Egan arranged a Thursday meeting to discuss contract termination date and arbitration between United Mine Workers Local 12,288 District 50 and Bridgeport Gas Light. Union chairman Meyer and company official Maloney announced the plan after the union rejected the proposal to set December 15 as contract end with compulsory arbitration. a Taft-Hartley 60 day strike notice was filed July 31, with strike due midnight unless a satisfactory termination date was agreed.
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McConaughy
John J. Egan
District 50
United Mine Workers
Bridgeport Gas Light Company
Kenneth S. Meyer
Ronald A. Maloney
Gas Light company
carlier
Rosebud hall
Barnum avenue
Caroline Street
Edward G. Burstein
new
Federal Labor Board
Egan
Town Clerk Salary Approved in Monroe Vote
Monroe town meeting approves a first time salary system for the town clerk. The office will open five days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the clerk receiving 1500 dollars annually plus fees. Ferene A. Blake, incumbent, is renominated by Republicans. Paul Carruba is the Democratic nominee.
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MONROE
consolidated school
Seth Sperling
Ferene A. Blake
Pemblicans
Paul Carruba
Stepney
Charles FE. Bond
Mr. Blake
Senate Group Denied Visit to Russia
Touring U S senators were barred from entering the U S S R with Moscow citing that the country cannot be made the subject of an investigation by visiting lawmakers. Chairman Bridges said visas to inspect the U S embassy in Moscow were refused twice. The House group led by Rep Kersten was similarly refused access, prompting calls for retaliation over housing and visa tensions.
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WASHINGTON
Russia
U.S.S.R
Bridges
house
Kersten
R-Wis
Owens
R-Wil
Kennedy
D-Mass
Marshall
United States
state department
U.S.8.R
U. S
Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
U.S
John Peurifoy
congress
Brooke
Girl Admits Finger Role In Riverside Grandmother Robbery
Joyce Naylor of Riverside Avenue Old Greenwich aged 17 pleaded guilty to robbery with violence for her role in the savage June 13 assault on her 70 year old grandmother, Mrs Clara J Meyerhoff of Stamford. She was sentenced to an indefinite term in State Farm for Women by Judge Thomas J Molloy. Accomplices David Blumetti and George Lowden, both Stamford residents, also pleaded guilty and received prison terms of two to three years and one to two years respectively.
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Joyce Naylor
Riverside avenue
Greenwich
Clara J. Meyerhoff
Willow Street
Stamford
State Farm for
Thomas J. Molloy
Superior court
David Blumetti
Spruce street
George Lowden
Vista street
City workers receive wage boosts in Civil Service plan
The Civil Service commission awarded raises to 114 municipal employees, adding 17,226.80 annually to the payroll. In the engineering department several provisional appointments were raised to senior civil engineer levels, with salaries from 3,230 to 3,610 dollars effective Nov 1, and other raises for engineering aids and a stenographer. Firefighter Frank J. Figerle Jr., after a year of service, will await an April increase to 2,530 dollars. Commissioner James M. Coleman opposed the delay.
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Civil Service
Civil Service commission
Frederick Benner
Sigmund Litwinski
William Nelson
Charles Long
Thomas Howard
Harry Burke
Ida Creatore
Frank J. Figerle
James M. Coleman
Comptrollers — office
Jeanette
Freedom Talks Mark Labor Day Observance Here
Labor Day program in American Legion hall for American Heritage week featured CIO leader Frank Fernbach and AFL head Peter Benard. The event, part of Freedom Train preparations, heard unity in democracy and rededication to American heritage with Mayor McLevy, Gladys Swarthout, and Aram Tellalian among speakers.
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Frank Fernbach
national CIO
American Legion hall
Ferpacn
CIO
AFL
Leo Dunn
Community Chest Council
CIO-AFL
Peter Benard
Central Labor union
Mr. Fernbach
McLevy
labor movement
Gladys Swarthout
Frank Chapman
Fairfield county
Mr.Chapman
American Guld of Musical Artists
American Federation of Radio Artista
Aram Tellalian
Freedom Week
Chapman
Connecticut
Tellatlan
America
Fernbach
Danbury Teachers Refuse Pay Checks Over Salary Dispute
Danbury teachers reaffirm their refusal to cash pay checks amid a salary contract dispute with town officials. At a South Street School meeting, members voted to maintain the stand and defer further action until superintendent Walter P. Sweet and the Board of Education address the demands. New hires on Sept 3 have contracts. others without contracts continue to work under the existing schedule.
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DANBURY
Teachers’ association
South street
Walter P. Sweet
Board of Education
H. Leroy Jackson
association
Schwellenbach Hints At Food Rationing If Plea Fails
Schwellenbach signals possible food rationing if President Truman fails to sway Congress. In Danbury, Sept 30, Mrs. Anna Soule wife of Rev. William E. Soule Fairfield Country Day School instructor, was rescued from a second floor when a fire damaged their Starrs Plain home, estimated at $20,000. Three Ridgefield men used a ladder to rescue her as flames spread rapidly. Miry Brook district volunteers aided but fire destroyed the eight room frame house.
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Schwellenbach
DANBURY
Anna Soule
William E. Soule
Fairfield Country Day school
Starrs Plain
John Morganti
Bernard Leighton
Frank Montanari
LaMacchia Honored at 700-Guest Testimonial Dinner
Judge Otto H. LaMacchia of the City court was praised by Lieut. Gov. James C. Shannon as one of the finest on the bench at a testimonial dinner last night at Lenny's Wagon Wheel. The event, sponsored by Lodge Diritti e Doveri No. 266 Sons of Italy, drew more than 700 attendees and highlighted LaMacchia’s humanitarian approach and understanding of life and the frailties of those before the court.
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Otto.H. LaMacchia
City court
James C. Shannon
Lenny
Wagon Wheel
Shannon
McConaughy
afcacre
Lodge Dirittti
Doveri No
Sons of
Italy
La Macchia
Fake Doctor Probe Ties to Missing Baltimore Girl
Baltimore September 30 AP Police investigate possible link between the disappearance of 18 year old Ramona Simon a Western High School junior and a string of phone calls from a man posing as a school doctor seeking teen medical appointments A warning was issued to Bathmore secondary schools and Dr J Carey Taylor noted two calls were reported by parents last week and a third this week
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BALTIMORE
Ramona Simon
Western High School
Bathmore
board of education
J. Carey Taylor
Read Employes Guests at Dinner on Eve of Anniversary Parade
500 store em ployes gathered in the Venetian tea room for a 980th anniversary dinner. A pageant on wheels begins today at 3 30 pm with fashions and carriages from 1857 to present. A store-wide sale starts tomorrow.Quarter Century and Half Century club members were honored at the banquet with top executives listed. Dinner followed to community singing and a local quartet from Valparaiso.
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Read
D. M. Read
Venetian
David M. Read
W. B. Hall
Broad street
mer
Charles A. Goerner
Daniel Van Dyk
Warren W. York
Harry H. Read
Quarter Century club
John H. Kirby
Schuylerville Four
Lester Bondy
Edwin
Ukraine Ukraine India chase UN council seat in tense vote
The Ukraine and India were deadlocked after seven ballots for the vacant United Nations Security Council seat. Argentina and Canada filled two open seats as Australia, Brazil, and Poland leave the council. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky lobbied for Latin American support while the United States backed India.
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NEW YORK
Ukraine
India
security council
Poland
Russia
United Na
UN Assembly
Ti-nation council
Australia
Brazil
Argentina
Canada
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
United States
Seven Cops Lose Civil Service Appeals on Exam Ratings
Appeals by seven patrolmen over May 31 civil service sergeant exam results, and a captain exam by a police lieutenant, were denied. Only one candidate sought superintendent of fire alarms and one sought assistant, triggering open competitive exams per law. Eight city employees’ appeals for higher classifications were also denied.
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Civil Service commission
Bridgeport
Stopgap plan urged as food relief debate widens
Secretary Schwellenbach warned that if voluntary conservation fails to meet needs of starving abroad, rationing of essentials could be adopted. President Truman backs a waste less campaign and seeks stopgap Western Europe relief. Vandenberg calls Senate committee meeting for November 10 to review emergency aid amid broader foreign policy debates.
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WASHINGTON
Schwellenbach
Truman
Europe
Hot Springs
Ark
Charles Lueckman
citizens committee
White House
Marshall, Harriman
Anderson
Lueckman
Cambridge
Maas
G Luckman
Luckman
Italy
France
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
western
congress
senate
house foreign relations and appropriations
house appropriations committee
Rep. Taber
R-NY
State department
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