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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1947
Page
5
Nash Surgical Co offers truss fitting and consultation at 1179 Broad Street near Elm Street in Bridgeport. The ad promotes careful instruction compliance with doctors and highlights a history of hundreds of successful fittings.
London Oct 17 AP Britain and Burma signed a treaty to terminate British rule and transfer authority to a new federal Burmese republic by January. Attlee and Thakin Nu led the talks amid Burma choosing republican status after elections. Enabling legislation will be introduced in Britain next Friday.
The AFL and CIO announce plans for a 1948 election drive testing the Taft-Hartley ban on union political spending. AFL president William Green says the union will seek a court ruling on its $3 million year fund, financed by member assessments, while CIO aims for large voter registration targets. Senate and House figures debate constitutional issues, with Taft and others arguing the law limits political expenditures by labor unions.
DETROIT Oct 17 AP a 50 year old legal safecracker aided a hotel night clerk trapped for 40 minutes inside an airtight vault by two robbers. George H Turner 52 followed inside door bolt removal directions from Ben Schneider a Detroit safe and lock firm expert who phoned guidance. Turner freed himself as officers failed to help and the silent vault pressure caused dizziness before escape.
Motor Vehicle department heads from six New England states met in Boston to craft uniform highway safety rules. Rudolph F. King opened the talks, and after a full day officials said no public statement would follow. Attendees included Harold Goss and Stanton Weed of Maine, Frederick Clarke of New Hampshire, Elmer Marsh of Vermont, Joseph Bristow of Rhode Island, and Col Elmer Watson of Connecticut.
In Redwood City California Polish war bride Jadwiga Curtin aged 20 is jailed on an open charge tied to the death of George W Connor of Palo Alto. Police say Connor was shot and Curtin was found with the wrecked car and the body.
In Goshen Indiana City Court Judge J S Yoder found a traffic ticket on his car for overtime parking in the business district He appointed Attorney John W Davin as special judge pleaded guilty and paid 2 dollars the usual fine he charges for overtime parking
Francis H. Taylor of the Metropolitan Art Museum told the American Club of Paris that Russians are hoarding about 2,800 German paintings seized from museums in their occupation zone. Taylor had assisted U S forces in collecting Nazi looted art and was bound for England to board the Queen Mary home to New York.
Paris reports an agreement to end a two day port strike in French ports with a 15 percent wage rise for 36 000 workers, while a five day Paris subway and bus strike remains deadlocked amid government and CGT opposition. Some ports may not resume until Monday. US liner America canceled Cherbourg call. Nearly 800 requisitioned buses and trucks carried about 600 000 passengers as five new lines opened to ease mobility.
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