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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
9
Firemen were summoned to Miner Read and Tullock at 375 Water Street for an overflowing oil burner, damaging a cellar beam and some groceries. A second oil burner blaze at 1369 Worden Avenue was extinguished with no damage. A grass fire at South and Iranistan avenues also required a still alarm.
The sixth American Kennel Club sanctioned match show of the Newtown Kennel Club is set for tonight at 8 at Edmond Town Hall gymnasium with Lloyd M. Case of Torrington as judge. A new board of directors includes Harold Cone J Raslavsky and Davis Tuck. Also listed are six man football games for the Housatonic Valley School league 1947-48 with dates from Oct 3 to Nov 21 and no playoff if tied. Officers of the American Legion auxiliary will be elected Oct 9 at the Sandy Hook firehouse. Rotary Ladies Night hosted by Newtown Rotary on Sept 29 at the Parker house. Frank H. Strasburger to be honored Oct 8 at Stony Hill Inn with Rotary members and families.
A three alarm blaze in Providence Rhode Island destroyed the American Waste Paper Co storage shed and damaged three adjoining buildings. Fire officials reported losses around 150000 with 13 hose and four ladder companies tackling the flames from 45 hydrants as one firefighter was overcome and three injured. Police evacuated families in a block as the fire smoldered, fire chief Cotter said the blaze would likely continue smoldering.
The body of Maj. Gen. Archer L. Lerch of Chevy Chase Maryland who died of a heart attack in Seoul while serving as military governor arrived today aboard the army transport Kred C. Ainsworth in San Francisco. His widow Mrs Florence M Wentworth Lerch and their two children Capt Arth L Lerch Jr and Mrs Donald W Rush were on hand to meet the cortege at the dock.
George Cikora 78 of Isinglass Road died suddenly of a heart attack at home Tuesday. Services Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at DonoVan Funeral Home and 9 o'clock at St Michael's Church Ernst Derby. Burial in Westville Mass. Native of Czechoslovakia, he was a farmer and school bus driver, survived by relatives in Bridgeport and Natick Mass.
The 45,000 ton Coral Sea was placed in commission as a major unit of the fleet. Secretary of the Navy John J. Sullivan highlighted American resolve to resist aggression. The ship, last of the Midway class, was joined by sisters Midway and Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Norfolk yard for the ceremony. A flyover by 100 planes accompanied Sullivan's address to the crew and air groups.
Democratic Town committee to host an entertainment event Saturday night at Redding Grange hall with public invited. Program begins 9 45, following bipartisan meeting at Hill School at 8 15. Al Brundage and his Pioneers provide dance music and Mary Jane Marielle of Finien's Rainbow will entertain.
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