Fall accident at Dictaphone injures 72 year old worker
William J. Higgs, 72, of 185 Marion Street, fell about ten feet from a scaffold while working at the Dictaphone company on Cherry Street yesterday. He was reported in fairly good condition at St. Vincent's Hospital with back injuries.
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Dictaphone Corporation
Cherry Street
William J. Higgs
Marion Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Thomas V. Matthews
Higgs
Notice Copy for Legal and Mass Notices and In Memoriam
The notice requests that copy for legal notices mass notices and memorials be mailed to readers of the paper for publication and distribution to the public as required by the section. The message outlines mailing instructions and submission expectations for such notices.
Officers Seated by Anchor Club Installation
Officers of the Police Anchor club were seated at St Ann's parish school hall with Sergeant Dominic A Conte receiving a gavel and gold membership card. Lieut John I Moran addressed as plans for Communion at St George's Lithuanian church on Oct 26 and breakfast at Mary Journey's Inn followed. Guests included FBI's Robert Tieman and Remington guards' George Yurch. officers named include Vincent Searles Moran and others.
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St. Ann’s Parish School
Dominic A. Conte
John I. Moran
St. George's Lithuanian
Mary Journey's Inn
Seigt. Conte
Robert Tieman
FBI
George Yurch
Remington Guards
James F. Murphy
St. Ann’s Church
Vincent Searles
Patrick Devine
Francis Carroll
Joseph Lynch
Edward McCarthy
Joseph Dunigan
James Broadbin
Armes
Robert Henry
Fairfield Police Department
Albert Grosshart
Sergt. Conte
Joseph C. Flynn
Lieut
Moran
Risler and Wife Released on Bond
Travns Basler, a film songwriter, and his wife Louise surrendered on deportation warrants cited by Washington immigration authorities for visa misrepresentation and alleged Communist Party membership. They were released on bond of 1000 for the composer and 500 for his wife after denying the charges.
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Los Angeles
Travns Basler
Ine
Louise
House Un-American Committee
Islaad
Washington
Immgration Service
Eisler
Communist Party
Germany
Paris
Trend
Hitler
United States
High Tides Battle in Jacksonville Beach Area
In Jacksonville Florida on October 6 volunteers with Navy and Coast Guardsmen helped build sandbag barriers to protect the seawall after an Atlantic squall battered the area. Hundreds joined the effort to prevent a repeat of last week’s one million dollar damage as the high tide peaked, driven by a disturber hundreds of miles at sea. Winds reached 35 to 45 mph and the squall showed no signs of forming a tropical storm.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Coast
Weather Bureau
Five Bridgeport Students Enter J C of Commerce
Five students from Bridgeport enrolled at the Junior College of Commerce in New Haven. The names listed are Jack Brown of 510 Washington Avenue Mollie Lamberg of Manhattan Avenue Andrew Trralan of 137 Wheeler Avenue Moultrie Ballrcom of 958 North Avenue and Patrick John Saunter of 71 Bush Court.
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Bridgeport
Junior College of Commerce
New Haven
Jack Brown
Washington Avenue
Mollie Lamberg
Manhattan Avenue
Andrew Trralan
Wheeler Avenue
Moultrie Ballrcom
North Avenue
Patrick John Saunter
Bush Court
Earthquake Felt in Athens Area Near Gulf of Corinth
An earthquake was felt in the Athens area at about 10 p m tonight the Athens Observatory reported a strong tremor centered beneath the Gulf of Corinth Telephoned reports indicated no damage or loss of life in Corinth Patras and Tripolis.
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Athiens
Athens
Ienetern
Athena Observatory
Wade
Gulf of “Corinth
Corinth
Patiai
Tripolis
Red Alliance Boosts Tempo of East West War
London reports that a new international Communist bureau in Belgrade signals intensified Soviet western power conflict. Western capitals foresee strikes in the Ruhr and pressure on Marshall Plan aims as Austria, Germany, and other states face Communist influence.
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Red Alliance
London
Soviet Union
Russia
Marshall
Austria
Vienna
Hungary
United States
Berlin
Ruhr
Germany
U. S
Britain
Washington
Michael McDermott
State Department
Belgrade
Europe
Moscow
Laathorite Daily Herald
Tonight
London Daily Worker
Workers of
Seen Propaganda Front for Secret Comintern
Washington diplomats view the new European Communist international as a propaganda front carrying out Moscow’s line. They see it as an arm of the Comintern, with blasts against American imperialism, though not as powerful as asserted.
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Washington
Comintern
Moscow
Russia
United States
Ballyhooed
Poland
Plane boat search nab shrimp rustlers
In Savannah Georgia the Game and Fish Commission uses an airplane and four fast patrol boats with two way radios to catch shrimp rustlers. The effort follows failures of two state owned cabin cruisers to stop violators. The plane patrols daylight hours guiding boats to intercept violators before escapes.
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Savannah
Georgia Game and Fish Commission
Americans Run True To Past Performance Phrase
The note claims if trends hold, the nation will see 1,700,000 fires this year causing about 11,000 deaths. It frames the forecast as aligned with prior results and emphasizes fatalities.
Former slave claims age of 127 in Carrolton Alabama
Alfred Crimm a Pickens county Negro says his white folk told him he is 127 though he cannot confirm his age. once a slave he recently drew doctors for the first time in his life. He has a 78 year old son. At eighty he cut three new teeth and his sight, long dim, recently returned allowing him to throw away his glasses and see like in youth.
Boy Scout District 4 to Meet Tonight in Pembroke Hall
The Pomperaug Council district committee of Fast Side will convene at 8 o clock for its first fall session at St. John s Nep Hall Pembroke Street. District chairman Sidney Smith asks members unable to attend to send a representative in their stead.
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Boy Scout District
Fast Side
Pomperaug Council
St. John’s Nep. Hall
Pembroke Street
Sidney Smith
Reds Fire on Ex Queen's Plane Over Munich Flight
Queen Mother Helen of Romania reported that two Russian fighters fired warning bursts at her Junkers 52, forcing the unplanned stop on a flight from Bucharest to Zurich. She said the plane landed near the Czechoslovak Hungarian border, was delayed an hour, and resumed after she identified herself to explain the unnotified, unscheduled trip.
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Munich
Germany
Helen of
Romania
Carol
Mihai I
Bucharest
Zurich
United States
Army Public Relations Office
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