Food committee proposes cut in grain for liquor
A Washington conference with distillers and brewers on using real grain for liquor aims to save about 100 million bushels of grain under President Truman's food program. The effort, led by Citizens Food Committee chair Charles Suchkimian and Agriculture Secretary Anderson, seeks funds by Nov 1 to aid France and boost food and fuel imports.
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WASHINGTON
Satuldayvo
Charlies Suchkimian
Truman
Citizens Food Committee
Agerniture Anderson
France
howesver
Jerance
Agriculture department
Georges Bi. Gault
State department
Bidault
Robert A. Lovett
Eleo
pura
United States
hese
fine BON
Frerch
Herys Bonnet
Anderson
international emergency food council
This world agency
scar department
Germany
Japan
Korena
Bridgeport Weather Forecast for Local Area
Bridgeport and vicinity fair and warmer today and Saturday. Barometer readings and daily tide details included. Almanac notes mark October 3 with sunrise at 6 51 am and sunset around 6 38 pm.
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BRIDGEPORT
Kiwanis Speaker Hails Free Press in Bridgeport
Trev. William A. Alderson pastor of First Methodist spoke to Bridgeport Kiwanis during National Newspaper Week titling his talk The Richest Man in the World. He called the free press a major contributor to American liberty by giving the common man a voice and a chance for expression.
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Trev
William A. Alderson
First Methodist church
Klwanig club
free press of America
Alderson
Bridgeport
Stratfield hotel
Robert M. Sperry
Bridgeport Life
Mayor McLevy
George C. Waldo
Ray Fiscker
T.A.D. Weaver
Andrew H. Lyon
Samuel N. Rosoff
The
Post Pubishing company
Roger A. Connolly
New Haven Register
Pegler
Westbrook Pegler
King Features
New York
free press
Democrats Blast Prices In 1948 Campaign Broadcast
Democratic speakers led a nationwide CBS broadcast attacking Republican price policies. New York Mayor William O Dwyer opened the spree with A B F Whitney and Chester Rowles, while Mrs Chase Colne Woodhouse announced a 17 state tour to mobilize women against high living costs and the housing shortage.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Republican party
New York
William O'Dwyer
CBS
Democratic National committee
A. B F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Cleveland
CPA
Chester Rowles
Hartford
Conn
Mra
Chase Colne Woodhouse
New London
Democratic women's
Mia Woodhouse
Washinngton
P48
Freedom Train Draws 10900 Bridgeport Visitors
About 10 900 Bridgeporters viewed the Freedom Train’s Spirit of 1776 exhibit in Bridgeport. The seven car train left for Waterbury at 11 45 pm after crowds peaked with more than 3500 already in line by 7 pm. Police reported 75 officers on duty and area closures to manage the crowd while Red Cross aided with coffee and sandwiches.
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John A. Lyddy
State street
Fairfield avenue
Dewey street
Red Cross
Gonstant
Two Men Jailed in Lumber Theft Case
In Superior court Judge Thomas J. Molloy sentenced Edward P. Smith to a year in jail and Andrew W. Smith to four months with suspended execution for conspiring to steal lumber during a housing materials shortage. James L. Bain and James A. Bain received four months suspended and probation. John Duffy and John H. McFadden Jr. got 80 days suspended jail terms. The group, including less serious participants, pleaded guilty to conspiracy for theft from Gunnar Anderson.
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Thomas J. Molloy
Edward P. Smith
Main street
Soutport
Andrew W. Smith
Meeker road
Westport
James L. Bain
Stratford avenue
James A. Bain
Tunxis Hill road
Fairfield
John Duffy
West Parrish road
Wesport
John H. McFadden
Butler avenue
Bains
Duffy
McFadden
Gunnar Anderson
German Girls Foiled In Air Freight Shipments To U.S.
Two German fiancés planned to stow away in air freight bound for New York and North Carolina. Doris Von Knobloch and Sigrid Kraft were found in a trunk like box, 29 by 21 by 21 inches, after the scheme was exposed by U.S. Army investigators. The women, one sleeping in the box for practice, carried sleeping tablets and razors and contemplated self harm if suffocated.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
New York
U. S. Army
United States
army
Doris Von Knobloch
Doris
Sigrid Kraft
Fraulein Kraft
America
Sigrid
Ralph Berndt
West 40th Street
John Walters
Laurel Hill
N. C
Davis
U.S
Pvt
Rob
Refugee ships seized by British without disorder
In Haifa British forces seized the refugee ships Paducah and Northlands carrying about 3,500 Jewish refugees from central and eastern Europe. The Paducah renamed Guela and the Northlands renamed Medina Yehudit were boarded without resistance. Refugees, including many children and the elderly, were taken to Cyprus detention camps as guards guarded the port.
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HAIFA
Palestine
Paducah
Cyprus
Guela
Northlands
central
eastern Europe
Athlit
Bulgaria
Dardanelles
Jews Ready to Accept Partition of Palestine UN Committee Is Told
Dodgers Nip Yanks 9-8 In Free Hitters Contest at Ebbets Field. Hugh Casey saves Brooklyn win in World Series game three, fueling Brooklyn crowd of 33,098 and staving off potential collapse.
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Partition of
Palestine
UN Committee
Dodgers
Hugh Casey Hero
Brooklyn
EBBETS FIELD
Hugh Casey
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Casey
Gowanus
Fisler's Arrest Ordered for Deportation Hearing
Washington Oct 2 AP Wanns Eisler Hollywood songwriter and wife ordered arrested for deportation proceedings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Warrants issued by the immigration service. Committee recommendations include perjury and passport fraud charges. Eisler testified he joined the Communist party in the 1920s but was not active. He entered the United States in 1940 and is now gaining citizenship papers.
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WASHINGTON
Wanns Eisler
House Committee on un- American Activities
immigration service
Justice Department
house committee
Eisler
Hisler
Germany
Wisler
Bisier
Communist party
Col Daly Resigns From Democratic Town Committee
Col Paul G Daly, Democratic district leader in Greenfield Hill, resigns from the Democratic Town committee. David W Russell, the committee chair, said Daly notified him in a letter to be reviewed after the town election. Daly belonged to the faction opposing John Ferguson’s nomination to head the ticket.
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Col. Paul, G. Daly
Greenfield Hill
David W. Russell
Russell
Cal
Daly
Gal. Daly
John Ferguson
First Strike Restraining Order Under Taft-Hartley Act
Federal Judge Stephen Brennan issued the first Taft-Hartley restraining order on about 150 members of the A B S International Longshoremen's Association in Albany delaying a strike. The move halts actions that blocked grain shipments to Europe and fuel deliveries in New York, with return set for Oct. 7 in Syracuse.
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NEW YORK
Stephen Brennan
A.B.S. International Long- Snoremen's Association
Albany
Europe
New York state
Joseph Ryan
the
international
U. S. court house
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles T. Douda
National Labor Relations Board
Joh L. Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
Douda
Herman Hoogkamp
Port of
Cargill Inc
Brennan
Douds
ILA
ates
United States
United States Pledges Aid to Iran Regime
The United States stated it would provide Iran all appropriate assistance within the UN charter to prevent foreign interference, said by Loy Henderson at a Tran-American Merchants Association dinner honoring Princess Ashraf Pahlavi. He stressed noninterference as a condition for Iran's economic program and noted past and future support upon Iran's request.
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NEW YORK
United States
Iran
United Nations
U. S
Loy W. Hendersson
State Department
Office of
Tran-American Merchants Association
Ashraf Pahlavi
Army approves Westport harbor work in Connecticut
Army engineers told Senator Baldwin that the Boston division has approved Westport harbor and Saugatuck River Improvements in Connecticut at 237000 dollars. A proposed eight foot channel across the outer harbor bar and a six foot channel to the highway bridge are recommended, plus an anchorage at Cedar Point and a branch channel to proposed basins. Local participation includes an eighty nine million dollar cash contribution and building public docks for pleasure craft near the anchorage.
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WASHINGTON
Army engineers
Baldwin
R-Conn
Boston
Westport
harbor
Saugatuck
Connecticut
R. G. Moses
anchorage
Cedar Point
UN Faces Split Palestine Plan Amid Reluctant Offer
The Jewish Agency told the United Nations it could reluctantly accept partition as a path to a Jewish national home if enforced by an international UN authority for a two year period. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver warned that failure would force Jews to defend their rights. Bulgarian and Albanian representatives denounced US charges of aggression against Greece, claiming US aims to dominate the Mediterranean and Balkans.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Jewish Agency for Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
U.N
Palestine
Abba Hillel Silver
special Palestine committee
United Nations Assembly
Rabbi Silver
Palestine committee
assembly
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
N. Me vorah
United States
Mediterranean
Balkans
Near East
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U. U. Weather Bureau
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Bowles
O’Dwyer
Whitney
Freedom Train
General Troup
Telegram
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Constantine Brown
Herman Bunidesen
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Fisler
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