Appointment of 14 rookie cops from new eligibility list
Superintendent John A. Lyddy reports Civil Service Commission approval for 14 new policemen funded by the city. 58 candidates remain in exams. list due to be announced Saturday. Retirements of Charles Flanagan and Edward P. Doolan approved. Doolan permanently disabled from motorcycle crash. Special policemen Lonnie Frederickson and Thomas Webb named. Board also approves stop signs at Popular Street and Maplewood Avenue.
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Civil Service Commission
John A. Lyddy
Board of Police Commissioners
Charles Flanagan
Beaconcourt
Third Precinct
Edward P. Doolan
Main Street
Supt. Lyddy
City Comptroller's Office
Doolan
Lonnie Frederickson
Thomas Webb
Courtland Avenue
Bridgeport Brass Company
Sunt Lyddy
Joseph Ungvarski
Westport
State Armory
Continental Casualty Company
Bankstreet
Sr 28
W. T. Grant
Police Sick Benefit Society
Department
Supt Lyddy
Popular Street
Maplewood Avenue
Peter J Ring reelected head of Stratford council
Peter J Ring was unanimously reappointed as chairman of the Stratford town council following last Monday's election. He begins his seventh two year term as councilman from the Tenth district and is traffic and production manager of Bridgeport Hardware Co. The brief United States article notes the death of William A Kimmerlin at 63 after a heart attack near Broad and Cannon Streets. Services are set for Thursday at 2 pm at Charles L Dennis and Son funeral home with burial in Lake View cemetery. He was a member of multiple Masonic and Shrine affiliations and is survived by his wife Addie Orelup Kimmerlin, a son Kenneth W. Kimmerlin, and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Kimmerlin
Taft Avenue
Broad and
Cannon Streets
Isadore Yasser
Kimmerlin
Masonic Temple
Broad Street
Charles L. Dennis and Son Funeral
Fairfield Avenue
Francis
Addie Orelup Kimmerlin
Kenneth W. Kimmerlin
Bridgeport
Peter J. Ring, Jr
Stratford
Ring
Victoria Lawn
Bridgeport Hardware Co
Herman A. Leveen
Joseph M. Janosko
U S Military Mission Transport Missing in Central America
United States Army headquarters reported a C-47 transport of the U S Military Mission to Lima Peru has been missing since Friday on a flight from Talaray Peru to Quito Ecuador. The number aboard was unknown. An investigating party left the Canal Zone by B 37 this morning.
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Panama
United States Army
U. S
Luma
Peru
Talaray Peru
Quito
Ecuador
Canal Zone
Republicans Win in Farmington Election Drives Town Charter
Republicans won five of seven seats in Farmington’s town election held today. The new town charter will shift town affairs under official direction starting in November. voter turnout was high with 621 ballots in district one and 1,226 in district two, about 75 percent of registered voters in that district cast ballots.
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Farmington
Bridgeport Weather Today and Tomorrow Overview
Bridgeport and vicinity forecast calls for generally fair and mild conditions today and Wednesday. Includes yesterday’s high and low temperatures, barometer reading at 8 p.m., tide times, and almanac details for Tuesday October 4 with sun rise and set times.
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Bridgeport
Deal Frankly with Employes Economist Tells C of C Here
Fred G. Clark of the American Economic Foundation urged Chamber of Commerce members to use Taft Hartley freedom to explain business in worker terms. He warned profit can mislead workers and stressed four groups in business: employees, stockholders, management and customers. He said customers supply profits and tool owners must receive fair shares to maintain production and jobs.
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Fred G. Clark
American Economic Foundation
Chamber of Commerce
Stratfield Hotel
M. Clark
Foundation
Clark
CIO
AFL
Congressmen Hit by Mortars Near Kilkis Greece
U S Representatives Olin Teague and Don Jackson, both on a Foreign Affairs subcommittee tour, were fired upon by mortars north of Kilkis near Bulgaria and Yugoslavia but escaped injury. Lt. Col. Miller accompanied them as military attaché aide. The incident followed Greek Premier Sophoulis urging rallying against foreign-backed tyranny and unveiling an austerity budget prioritizing army funding.
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Athens
Olin E. Teague
Teague
Jackson
U. S
House of Representatives
Europe
Allen C. Miller
United Nations Balkans
Themastoklos Sophoulis
Paris Paralyzed by Subway Strike
Paris faced a citywide transport paralysis as about 3,600 subway and bus workers, led by the Communist dominated CGT, walked off. Prime Minister Paul Ramadier urged order, warned days off would not be paid, and promised makeshift transport while negotiations resumed after municipal elections approached. The strike halted thousands of commutes as midnight neared and crowds gathered at loading platforms.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
General Confederation of Labor
Ramadier
France
General Confederation
Boy Cyclist Hurt In Fairfield Auto Crash
Eight year old David Graham, son of Mr and Mrs Eliot Graham of Fairfield, was struck on Reef road by Anton Mikut, 26, of Fairfield, resulting in a possible right leg fracture. Mikut, released on a Fairfield Town Court summons, says darkness and no lights prevented him from seeing the cyclist. The boy was taken to Bridgeport hospital for observation.
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David Graham
Eliot Graham
Fairfield Beach Road
Fairfield
Reef Road
Anton Mikut
Bronson Road
George Lasko
Mikul
Milkul
Fanfield Town Court
Bridgeport Hospital
Distillers Agree 10 Go Day Closing to Aid Food Drive
Practically the entire distillery industry will close for 60 days at the end of next week to save grain for Europe, with 36 of 39 distilleries joining the plan. France gains access to part of a $185 million reconstruction credit for emergency coal and essentials, about $93 million available. The move is backed by President Truman's mid Europe drive and counters AFL opposition over unemployment fears.
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Washington
Europe
Citizens Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Luckman
AFL Distillery Workers Union
National Restaurant Industry Advisory Committee
Restaurant Committee
White House
Truman
Export-Import Bank
United States
France
U.S
Express Workers End N Y Strike
A 26 day strike by Railway Express Agency truck drivers in New York ended at midnight. Local 808 and Local 459 AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters voted to end the walkout and submit issues to a panel chosen by President Truman and the National Mediation Board, confirming a tentative agreement.
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New York
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Thomas Derrick
New York City
Hudson County
New Jersey
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
Truman
National Mediation Board
Bombing hits U S Consulate in Jerusalem
A bomb blasted the United States Consulate in Jerusalem injuring two women. An Arab informant said the attack was by a group linked to the Mufti era, with warnings previously issued to Americans to leave Palestine. The incident occurs amid regional tension and reports of troop movements.
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Jerusalem
United States
Museu of
Palestine
Holy Land
MGM
Haj Amin Ol Husseeini
Storm threatens seas as Florida reels from flood damage
A tropical storm heads offshore from North Carolina after a coastwise pass, with winds near 55 mph cited near its center and gusts higher at Th...mond Shoals. Meanwhile floods worsen in Florida from Miami to Fort Lauderdale, leaving tens of thousands homeless, millions in damage, and steady armed patrols as responders assess streets and housing.
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Mantec
N. C
North Carolina
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Weather Bureau
Cape
South Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Wilmington
P.m
Fort Macon
Hatteras
Thomond Shoals
Florida
Miami
Hialeah
Miami Springs
Robert A. Ballard
Dade County
Broward
Palm Beach
Richard Danner
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Land
Russia US back partition plan for Palestine
Oct 13 Lake Success AP Russia aligned with the United States behind a partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. The U S Sweden proposal urged drafting a plan for future government along partition lines with a subcommittee to report by Nov 3. The UN Palestine issue dominates Arab- Jewish talks as Tsarapkin called for majority UNSCOP recommendations while noting disputes over boundaries and Jerusalem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Special Committee On Palestine
Unscop
Jewish Agency
Voice of
Palestine Jews
Russia
United Nations
U. S
Semen K. Tsarapkin
U.N. Special Committee On Palestine
Tsarapkin
United States
Jerusalem
U.N
General Assembly
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E. P. Doolan
Flanagan
Telegram
John Drews
Norwalk
New Haven Towing Company
Peter J. Ring
Stratford Council
W. A. Kimmerlin
Broad St
W. Howard Wilcoxson
Wilcoxson
Dorothy
Staples
Pullman
Comley
Constantine Brown
Herman Bundegen
Bea
Sivecee
Women's Newa
Bridgeport Telegram
William J. Mealia Wooperanie Onverver
U.S Weather Bureau
Almanac
Boy
Sam Festa
New Haven
Fred Loreth
John Coyle
New Haven Railroad Police
Rome
People's Bloc
Christian Democrats
Uomo
The
Alcide DeGasperi
People’s Bloc
Communists
Bloc
UN Stand
U. S. Sweden
REDS
Balkans
Greece
Newspapr
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