Peter J Ring Jr Reelected Stratford Town Council Head
Peter J Ring Jr heads a Stratford Town Council reorganization after reelection. The council appoints Wilcoxson as town clerk and Dorothy Staples as assistant town clerk, with the appointments ratified unanimously. New members include Ralph Kregling, Ralph Goodsell, Joseph Janosko Jr., Andrew Kaza, Herman Leveen, Frank Larkin, Robert Keeling, George Tomkinson, and Ring as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Ring, Jr
Stratford Town Council
Frank
Evitts
Third District
Ring
William Reeves
Robert A. Keeling
Eigth
Fuing
Edward Howie
Faith District
Hawie
Keeling
Joseph J Lupe
Pharmaciat
Edison
Joyce
Ralph Kregling
First District
Wilcoxson
Hawte
Thomas L. Joyce
Tomlinson
Ralph I. Kregling
Ralph Goodsell
Frank C. Evitts
Joseph M Janosko, Jr
Andrew J. Kaza
Herman A. Leveen
Frank A. Larkin
George HH
Tomkinson
Chairman Ring
Dancer's trial resumes in Havana courtroom
Patricia Schmidt, jailed six months, returns to court to explain the shooting of John Lester Mee on his yacht Santa. She vows afterward to keep future relationships strictly platonic, saying she will avoid men, despite Mee's alleged threats.
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Havana
Patricia
Laura) Schmidt
John Lester Mee
Cuanabacoa
Mee
Santa
Havana Harbor
Schmidt
Trey
Stamford Woman Gets Six Months Jail Term
Stamford resident Dorothy L. Lenz 35 pleaded guilty to a morals charge before Judge Thomas A. Molloy in Superior Court and received a six month jail term suspended after 30 days with one year probation. Genaro Montefusco 18, of Stamford, also pleaded guilty to a similar offense and received a three month term placed on probation for one year. Lenz had filed for divorce March 8 alleging intolerable cruelty seeking alimony and custody of two children. Lenz countersued September 9 accusing Lenz Jr. of misconduct with Montefusco.
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Dorothy L. Lenz
Stamford
Thomas A. Molloy
Superior Court
Genaro Montefuscole
Lens
Montefuscole
Raymond Payne Hurt In East Side Crash
Raymond Payne aged 19 of 68 Wale street suffered head and back injuries in a two car crash at Harriet and Maple streets at 12 10 p m He was transported in a city ambulance to Bridgeport hospital in fairly good condition His brother Arnold Payne 22 of 485 Helen street was in the car and the other vehicle was driven by Chester N Grabowski 31 of 156 Hicks street Grabowski was arrested on a charge of violation of the state auto laws by patrolmen John McGee and Fred erick Ixieran
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Raymond Payne
Wale Street
Bridgeport
Harriet and
Maple Streets
Eli B. Ives
Payne
Arnold Payne
Helen Street
Maple Street
Former Senator James E. Watson gravely ill in hospital
In Washington on October 14 former Indiana Republican Senate leader James E. Watson is reported gravely ill in a city hospital. His illness is described as serious and he is receiving medical care.
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Washington
James E. Watson
Indiana
Senate
Hoover
Luckman seeks bakers to conserve grain in holiday plan
The industry advises a 12 day pre shut down grain saving drive with 36 distillers voting yes. Luckman predicts 16 to 20 million bushels saved and urges reassignment of workers, while Krieger warns of court action to stop closures. Public agencies will buy 200000 bushels and restaurants pledge cooperation.
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Harold Krieger
A.ews. International Distillery
Krieger
Louisville
Luckman
Distilled Spirits Institute
Publicker Industries, Inc
Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc
New York
Wsual
Restaurant Industry Advisory Committee
George R. Lesauvage
National Restaurant Association, Inc
Cillains
Industry Committee
Juliana Sworn Regent of Netherlands in 7-Week Oath
Crown Princess Juliana was sworn in at a joint parliamentary session in The Hague as regent for Queen Wilhelmina. The oath makes Juliana regent for nearly seven weeks, allowing the queen a rest through December 1 with the regency law staying in effect for future rests if needed.
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the Hague
The
Netherlands
Juliana
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Prince Bernhard
Knight’s Hall
Swiss alpinists conquer Big Mitre wall in seven and a half hours
Alexander Lienert and Alois Kaelin of Einsiedeln completed a direct ascent of the Groese Mythen north face, altitude 6239 feet, in seven and a half hours. The feat ends decades of climber pursuit as the pair scale the challenging peak.
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Hinsiedeln
Switzerland
Alexander Lienert
Alois Kaelin
Einsiedeln
Two Italian Parties Tie In Election In Rome
Final returns show the Christian Democrat party and the Communist-dominated People's Bloc each won 27 of 80 municipal council seats. Less than one percentage point apart, the result leaves the council likely deadlocked on mayoral choice. Alcide de Gasperi's Christian Democrats rally to a comeback across 1,223 precincts.
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Rome
Christian Democrat Party
People's Bloc
Councell
Interior Ministry
Alcide de Gasperi
Tax reform debate echoes budget shortfall plans
Legislator Sprague warned the governor’s biennial budget was $53 million out of balance, urging a sales tax as the only path to needed revenue. He noted proposed increases in veterans and education funding, and discussed income and business tax options with limited room for equitable adjustments.
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Sprague
New York
Connecticut
Truman May Avoid Call to Congress
Washington officials report President Truman may skip a December special session if he can secure Republican assurances that emergency Europe aid will be acted on soon after January. Senators Wherry and Ferguson caution against rushed action and say the administration must provide all facts before Congress moves.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Europe
Capitol Bill
Senate Appropriations Group
Wherry
R-Neb
Ferguson
R-Mich
Gas shortage warned by New England oil chief
Clyde Morrill of Wellesley, executive director of the New England Independent Oil Men's association, warned Boston that gasoline shortages would worsen as refinery construction and transport facilities lag after wartime gains. He said postwar material scarcities were retarding progress and increasing costs.
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Boston
INS
Clyde Morrill
Wellesley
New England Independent Oil Men's Association
New England Matorista Today
Morrill
Consimp Hon
Plane lands safely after rough sea voyage to Ireland
A Bermuda Sky Queen flight after hours in heavy seas made a dandy landing near Prestwick. No injuries reported. Seven United Nations employees and Shell Mex Anglo-Iranian staff aboard. Early counts put aboard at 70, officials say one crewman was hospitalised with appendicitis before takeoff.
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Alhulet
United Nations
Shell Mex
Albulet
Prestwick
Bermuda
Shannon
British Press Association
Six Hurt in Two Auto Crash In New Haven Area
Six people injured in a head on collision on a new Wilbur Cross parkway section near New Haven. Harvard business students Patrick Robinson and Peter Hawoson, both 24 and 23, Calgary. Robert P. Palmer, 23, Houston. Meriden residents Michael Altieri 37 Albert Altieri 20 and Salvatore Zimmetti 37. Zimmetti and Palmer treated at a physician’s office. others admitted to Meriden or New Haven hospitals. Fog shrouded the 6:15 a.m. crash. the stretch had not opened to traffic.
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North Haven
Harvard
Wilbur Cross Parkway
Harvard School of Business Administration
Patrick Robinson
Peter Hawoson
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Robert PB. Palmer
Houston
Texas
Meriden
North Haven Construction Company
Michael Altieri
Albert Altieri
Salvatore Zimmetti
Zimmett
Palmer
New Haven
Duke of Windsor Ends England Visit
The Duke of Windsor sailed for France with no invitation to Princess Elizabeths November wedding. The London Star reported he would not attend unless the duchess also was invited, a condition tied to Wallis Simpson who has not been welcomed by the royal family since the abdication.
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London
Duke of Windsor
France
Elizabeth
London Star
Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Elisabeth
Philip Mountbatten
NIMITZ TO RETIRE FROM ACTIVE NAVY IN DECEMBER
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced he would retire from active naval duty in mid December and move to the West coast. He offered willingness to serve the President in any role except a diplomatic appointment and named five admirals as potential successors: Blandy, Denfeld, Ramsey, Conolly, and Cooke.
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Dallas
Tex
Chester W. Nimitz
Truman
Nimitz
William H. P. Blandy
Atlantic
Louis Denfeld
Pacific
D. C. Ramsey
Richard L. Conolly
Mediterranean
Co. M. Cooke
China
Commission to quiz aircraft builders on long range defense plan
Washington dispatch reports the President's Air Policy commission inviting leading aircraft manufacturers to propose a long range preparedness program. J Carton Wand Jr of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp was among officials asked to provide material to supplement two weeks of testimony, with the group studying atomic power for aviation.
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Washington
Air Policy Commission
J. Carton Wand, Jr
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Briefs Filed In Back Pay Suit In Connecticut
Readable excerpts show a Connecticut back pay case where city and state officers authorized waivers widely. Attorneys argue the actions are illegal and barred by statute of limitations, seeking justice for policemen and firemen and highlighting a potential multi million dollar impact. The line notes a Supreme Court remark about over explanation.
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Connecticut
Supreme Court of the United States
Reich
Laden
Supreme Court
Ciy
Cout
United States Supreme Court
Mark Pwrin
Lost Girl Found by State Policeman Norwalk
Lucille Carothers two and a half years old daughter of Mr and Mrs William V Carothers County street reported missing shortly after 1 41 a m today and found unharmed twenty five minutes after search began State Policeman Walter Abel located the girl in a marsh about a half mile from her home she had wandered from her parentsReported missing two hours earlier by Mrs Carothers
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Norwalk
Lucille Carothers
William V. Carothers
County Street
Walter Abel
Russia brands U S plan for UN farce
Russia denounces the U N plan to expand the General Assembly powers as a farce and argues it would clash with the Security Council. Evatt challenges Vishinsky as Dulles leads the U S debate. The quarrel centers on vetoes and reform to curb dysfunction in the United Nations.
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Russia
Vishinsky
Security Council
Evatt
Assembly
U.S
A.m. Tomorow
Rnssia
L-Nation Security Council
Dulles
United Nations
Pegular Assembly
Marshall
Andrei Y Vishinsky
U. S
General Assembly
Irene Hartwell Elected President Of Connecticut Arts Group
Irene Hartwell of Roxbury has been elected president of the Artists and Writers of Connecticut, succeeding Paolo Abbate of Torrington. Other officers include Ralph Nelson of Bethlehem as vice president, John Ferguson of New Haven as second vice president, Fidith de Rienz of Waterbury as secretary, Annie Littell of West Haven as treasurer, and Effie Skilton of Watertown as corresponding secretary.
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Litchfield
Irene Hartwell
Roxbury
Artists and Writers of
Connecticut
Paolo Abbate
Torrington
Ralph Nelson
Bethlehem
John Ferguson
New Haven
Fidith de Rienz
Waterbury
Annie Littell
West Haven
Effie Skilton
Watertown
Cattle dealer fined in Enfield court case details
Nathan Libbey, Enfield cattle dealer, was fined 550 total on 16 counts by Judge Arthur R. Bostick. He paid 100 for two counts of exchanging cartage on cattle and 35 for 14 counts of failing to report the sale of registered cattle.
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Enfield
Nathan Libbey
Arthur R. Bostick
Libbey
Riverside man jailed for indecent assault plea
Ameiicus NI Decilio, 32, of Riverside Drive Long Hill, pleaded guilty to indecent assault before Judge Thomas J. Molloy in Superior court and received a one year jail sentence.
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A. N. Decilio
Ameiicus NI. Decilio
Riverside Drive
Long Hill
Thomas J. Molloy
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