Two New Yorkers Seized for Bribing State Police Captain
New Haven October 3 AP Two New Yorkers Benedetto and Taub were arrested in a conspiracy case charged with offering Lieutenant Victor Clarke of Bethany barracks 250 a week to shield gambling in the Naugatuck valley. Warrants named Joe Doe and others. Bail set at 28000. The men, described as prominent New York racketeers, were seized after a bribery bid and later arraigned.
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NEW HAVEN
Victor Clarke
Bethany
Naugwatuck Valley
Superior Court
Thomas E. Troland
wee
Abraham 8. Wilman
Edward J. Hickey
New York
Tipland
shehuiv huilt
Hickey
Connecticut
Taub
Benedetto
Bethany barracks
discssas
Clarke
Lewisburg
Derby
Anconia
Naugatuck valley
Atlantic City
Johnson
Naugatuck
Milford
Merritt Parkway
Ridgeport Weather Brief for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Official forecast page notes fair and warmer conditions through today and Sunday. Previous day high reached 71 and low 48 with no precipitation. tides show a high around 2:14 a.m. and 8:28 p.m. on today and tomorrow and lows at 8:18 a.m. and 11:09 p.m. Almanac confirms October 4 as the 277th day with sunrise at 5:52 a.m. and sunset at 6:31 p.m.
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BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY
Dodgers Win 3-2 In Ninth On Lavagetto Double
Dodgers defeat Yankees 3-2 in game four of the World Series as Brooklyn pinch hitter Harry Lavagetto delivers a clutch double off Floyd Bevens with two strikes and no-hit bids intact after eight and two thirds innings. Bevens nearly completed a no hitter before the dramatic eighth inning.
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EBBISTS
Brooklyn
Floyd
Bill) Bevens
New York Yankees
Harry
Cookie) Lavagetto
iMbbets field
Brooklyn Dodgers
Lavagetto
Eddie Stanky
Bevens
Tommy Henrich
Salem
Ore
Dodgers
Bill Bevens
Danish Premier Ousted In No Confidence Vote
In Copenhagen the lower chamber passed a no confidence resolution against Premier Knud Kristensen by 80 to 66. Kristensen, a Liberal, said he would seek an immediate election and asked King Frederik IX to call it. The king dissolved the chamber as of today after the vote.
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COPENHAGEN
Knud Kristensen
laft party
Kristensen
South Schleswig
Riederik TK
wre
Wilhelm Buhl
Social Democratic party
Frederik
Christian X
Schleswig
Germany
Denmark
Britain
Overell Murder Case Goes to Jury
In Santa Ana California on October 3 AP reports the Overell yacht murder trial goes to the jury after 19 weeks. Defendants Louise Overell and George Gollum face charges of murdering Louise’s parents aboard the Mary E Gollum in Newport Harbor. Prosecution portrays the couple as grasping for wealth and sparks strong courtroom emotion as jurors begin deliberations.
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SANTA ANA
Calif
overell
Eugene Williams
Williams
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Walter E. Overeill
Newport Harbor
Mary E. Gollum
Mrs Roosevelt answers Vishinsky blast at UN
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt told the United Nations that democracy permits criticism and disagreement as the U S reply to Andrei Vishinsky’s attacks on American “war mongers.” She spoke to the 57 nation general assembly as other UN day developments included disputes over Palestine enforcement and calls for Indonesian peace efforts.
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Vishinsky
Marshall
U. S.S
Paul-Henri Spaak
Yugoslavia
security council
Balkans
Czechoslovakia
Palestine
assembly
special
Palestine committee
United States
Russia
Australia
Indonesia
seattle
Pakistan
Portrait to Hang in Cortright Hall at Bridgeport University
E Everett Cortright, president emeritus of the University of Bridgeport, was honored at a Stratfield Hotel reception where a portrait unveiling was held for Cortright Hall. James H. Halsey accepted the portrait and noted hopes it will adorn a future administration building. Tributes from university leaders and community figures highlighted Cortright’s role in founding and growing Connecticut’s Junior College system.
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E. Everett Cortright
University of Bridgeport
Stratfield hotel
Cortright
university
H. Almon Chaffee
James H. Halsey
Cortright Hall
Henry W. Littlefield
Junior College of Connecticut
Joseph E. Jeffery
Paul P. Liscile
Alumni association
Robert F. Reiner
Helen M. Scurr
Clarence D. L. Ropp
College of Arts and Science
W. Parker Seeley
Board of
Associates
Isaac BE. Schine
College of Connecticut
University of Bridge
Child's Answer Startles Court in Bridgeport Trial
Six year old Richard Brabner testifies in a Bridgeport Superior Court trial over an auto accident claim. Richard says a judge would send him to hell, prompting the judge to remark he cares not for inquiry. Plaintiffs: Richard, Marion Brabner, Edward F Boyle, Elinore Boyle seek 10000 dollars each for injuries after an auto collision on Main Street near Elm and Fairfield. Defendant Boyle operates a car. case notes Richard darted from behind a bus as the accident occurred. Trial before a jury resumes Tuesday with Philip R. Schiff for the defense.
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Superior court
Richard Brabner
Bridgeport
Kenneth Wynne
Richard
Samuel Reich
Judge Wynne
Marion
Edward F. Boyle
Elinore Boyle
Mise Boyle
Main street
Elm street
Fairfield avenue
Boyle
Philip R. Schiff
Yale Students Riot After Yale Cornell Game
Yale students and others rioted in New Haven central streets for over two hours after a Yale Cornell football game rally on campus. Five Yale students were arrested for breach of the peace, about a dozen were treated for injuries, and Patrolman John Canning was injured by a beer bottle and hospitalized.
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NEW HAVIEN
Yale
New Haven
Four injured in Main Street two car crash
Four people were hurt in a two car crash at Main and Jewett streets shortly before 7 pm. The drivers were arrested. Injured were William Parker 17 of 36 Ochsner Place with bruises to the right side Anthony Caruso 26 of 130 Broadway with bruises to the right license Henry Tracey 18 of 885 Broadway driver with loss of teeth and facial injuries and passenger William Ward 15 of 40 Guilford Drive with bruises to the right side. Joseph Patrilla 43 of 120 Broadway, driver of Parker and Caruso’s car, escaped injury as the crash spun the auto. Parker and Caruso were taken to St Vincent's hospital by Dr Thomas V. Matthews in the city ambulance. The two other youths later ap-
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Main and Jewett streets
St. Vincent's hospital
Wiliam Parker
Ochsner place
Anthony Caruso
Broadway
Henry Tracey
William Ward
Guilford drive
Joseph Patrilla
Parker and
Caruso
Politician killed in auto explosion in Tennessee
T Burkett Ivins, a longtime Democratic political figure ousted in the 1946 McMinn county election fight, died after a mysterious blast in his car in Etowah. The explosion injured his five year old grandson Danny and damaged the car. Ivins died shortly after in Athens. Sheriff Henry said the blast showed no clear political motive. Ivins faced murder charges set for Monday in Athens.
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ETOWAH
Tenn
T. Burkett Ivins
McMinn county
Tvins
Danny
Knox Henry
Athens
Ivins
Henry
veterans
Pat Mansfield
Five More Refugee Ships Headed for Palestine
Haifa reports five additional Jewish immigrant vessels believed bound for Palestine as Arab protests against partition paralyze parts of the country. A British naval informant says three more ships are en route to defy the blockade, with two more probable, all tied to Hagana efforts to reach the Holy Land.
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HAIFA
Palestine
Holy Land
Jewish defense army
Hagana
Pal
Yanks Exchange Shots With Korean Police
Five U S soldiers patrolling the 388th parallel exchanged fire with Korean constabulary from the Soviet zone near the North Korea border on Sept 17. Only south Korean farmers were wounded as both sides claimed the other was in the wrong. An investigation urged marking the border every 100 yards in the Yodong area.
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SEOUL
U. S
Yodong
Daly resigns from Fairfield Democratic Town committee
Col. Paul G. Daly resigns from the Fairfield Democratic Town committee over disapproved methods used to nominate John Ferguson for first selectman. Daly, a Finance Board member and Greenfield Hill leader, says Ferguson’s nomination harms the party though he respects Ferguson, and he cannot support some of Ferguson’s friends. Daly declined further comment.
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Paul G. Daly
Fairfield
Col. Daly
Board of Finance
Greenfield Hill
Ferguson
John Ferguson
first selectman
Firemen Battle SevenHour Blaze at Up Street Dump
A large fire at the Up Street dump near Valley View Avenue burned for seven hours ending around 11 p.m. Firemen fought flames that consumed dried refuse as hundreds gathered after a dark smoke plume rose several hundred feet above the blaze. The incident began with a still alarm after 4 p.m.
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Valley View avenue
McMahon urges open debate on Western Europe aid plan
Stamford, Oct 3 Senator Brien McMahon cautioned that the Marshall plan for assisting Western Europe should be widely discussed before approving billions in aid. He warned against Moscow dominance and stressed prudent use of funds, urging thorough public deliberation on European recovery and its global implications.
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STAMFORD
U. S
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Marshall
western
Europe
McMahon
Moscow
western Europe
Far East
Middle East
Asia
America
United States
Army Bars Soviets From New Weapons Display
The Army announced no Russians were invited to view a weapons demonstration at Aberdeen Maryland, saying Moscow does not permit Americans to see such shows. Poles and Yugoslavs faced the same exclusion for the same reason. In other notes, Edmund Walsh warned Stalin may have the nuclear formula, loyalty firings were upheld, and Soviet citizens in the U S exceeded Americans in Russia by six to one as of May. About 3,000 attended the Aberdeen event with guided missiles shown.
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WASHINGTON
Department of the Army
Russia
Aberdeen proving grounds
Maryland
Edmund A. Walsh
Georgetown University
FBI
national academy
State Department
loyalty review board
eevem
U. S
Moscow
Senate appropriations committee
Congress
Aberdeen
Food committee seeks grain cut to feed Europe
Washington reports half of the distilling industry pledged to curb grain use for liquor to aid Europe. Publicker Industries challenged the plan, while the Distilled Spirits Institute urged cutting wheat and other grains. Officials warned supply remains ample with no shortage expected for a year or more.
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WASHINGTON
Europe
Publicker Industries, Inc
Charles Luckman
food committee
Luckman
Distilled Spirits Institute
Lickin
White Honee
Publicker
A. P. Fenderson
Continental Distilling Co
Publicker industries
institute
Fenderson
Alatillers
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Louis Benedetto
Newark
William Leonard Taub
Park Avene
Fifth Avenue
anh
Joe Doe
RIDGEPORT TELEGRAM
William J. Mealin
Cooperative Observer
U. Weather Bureau
cccr
ALMANAC
By GAYLE TALBOT
Telegram
Angelo Patri
MRS. ROOSEVELT
Balkan
assembly legal committee
India
A. H. Poynton
British colonial office
secur
E. E. Cortright
Tennessee
Yanks
Fairfield Democratic
M’MAHON
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