Food Committee plans poultryless day in grain drive
Washington officials said the Citizens Food Committee is ready to drop poultryless Thursday if poultrymen and the food industry pledge grain-saving cooperation. The plan may include lifting eggs ban. Europe needs 100 million extra bushels of grain this winter. Luckman, Taft and church leaders urged observance and broad support for voluntary limits.
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Washington
Citizens Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Committeeo
Europe
Lencheta
National Poultry Producers Federation
Luckman
American Foed Manufacturers Association
Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Charles P. Taft
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
Taft
Truman
Federal Council
Feed and Poultry Industried Opena
Luckmania
Congress
Agriculture Department
Bridgeport Tuesday Weather Roundup
Fair and mild conditions predicted across Bridgeport and vicinity with warm trend persisting. Almanac notes include tidetimes and sunrise sunset, with temperatures, barometer, and precipitation details from yesterday and forecasts for today and tomorrow.
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Bridgeport
Survivors of Bermuda Sky Queen Rescue Recalled in Boston
Coast Guard Cutter Bible landed 69 survivors off Newfoundland after the Bermuda Sky Queen ditched at sea. Crowds welcomed the ship at Constitution Wharf as inspectors from Civil Aeronautics Board began inquiries. Passengers praised crews while some urged a probe into the forced landing and overcrowding concerns.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Bible
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Constitution Wharf
Civil Aeronautica Board
Wiliam Bostock
Shell Ol! Company
Red Cross
Crow
Secretary of the Treasury
Paul B. Cronk
Charles Martin
Miami
Piiot
New York
Catherine Katman Pernet
Coast
Pernet
Switzerland
American International Airways
Broadway
New York City
J. Stuart Robinson
Poole
England
Baltimore
Air Liaison, Ltd
London
Zionist Advises Palestine Vigil at Connecticut convention
Rabbi Irving Miller told over 3800 at the 27th annual Connecticut Zionist Region convention in Stratford that vigilance is the price of liberty as UN plans for a Jewish state in Palestine move forward. He noted DPs and immigrants aided by the prospect of a Jewish state, and Judge Joseph E. B. Klau was elected state region president with Charlon Weingarten and Alexander Winnick as vice presidents and Samuel Rishman as treasurer. Jacques Torezyner, a member of the national executive board, attended.
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Palestine
United Nations
Zionist Organizations of America
Irving Miller
New York
National Administrative Council
Zionist Organization of America
Connecticut
Housatonic Lodge
Stratford
Emmanuel Neumann
Zionist Organization
Rabbi Miller
John Philpot Curran
Palpatine
Joseph EB. Klau
Hartford
Klau
Charlies Weingarten
Charlon Weingarten
Bridgeport
Alexander Winnick
New Haven
Samuel Rishman
Waterbury
Jacques Torezyner
Zioniat Organizations
New Czech Group to Battle Reds
In Prague the Social Democrats of Czechoslovakia announced a merger into one national party, ending separate Czech Bohemia Moravia and Slovak branches. Slovakia’s Special Democrat party emerges as a labor party, ending a wartime tie with the Communists as the Social Democrats pursue unity against the dominant party. The combined vote tallies from the last election show 900,000 for Social Democrats and 2,694,000 for Communists.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Social Democrata
Oeht Ainy
Communiste
Bohemia and Moravia
Pravo Lida
Slovakia
Special Democrate
Communista
Inbor
Iabor
Communists
Community Chest resume shows large club and aid reach
More than 7,000 persons enjoyed Jewish Community Center clubs and almost 6,000 girls joined Girl Scouts in citizenship training. Over 600 families received aid from Catholic Charitable bureau. Bridgeport and St. Vincent's hospitals supplied $8,089 days of free care for the needy. Let us all do our best for our Chest.
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Community Chest
Catholic Charitable Bureau
Bridgeport
St. Vincent's
Networks ponder Petrillo action
Chicago October 18 AP networks and stations disk makers and others in music trade consider the impact of James Petrillo head of the AFL AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS announcing a December ban on phonograph records and transcriptions by union members after the executive board decision that no more will be made. Mark Woods president of ABC commented that Americans love music and no one can deprive them of it for long.
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Chicago
James C. Patrillo
Petrillo
AFL
American Federation of Musicians
A.F L
Mark Woods
American Broadcasting Company
New York
Canadian plane vanishes on Pacific coast search spreads
A twin engine Royal Canadian Air Force plane with at least six aboard disappeared while flying from Calgary to Penticton, B C. United States and R C A F aircraft conducted the second aerial mass search along Canada's Pacific coast. The aircraft is believed to be a B 25 Mitchell bomber.
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Vancouver
B.C
Royal Canadian Air Forces
Arca
United States
R.C.A.F
Canada
Pacific
Calgary
Penticton
Shower Ends 23-Day Drought in Bridgeport Area
A brief heavy shower around 2 p.m. ended 23 days without measurable rain in Bridgeport. Rainfall totaled 0.08 inches, easing extreme fire danger after an Indian summer stretch. Temperatures ranged from 64 to 70 with a forecast of cooler days ahead and warmer conditions tomorrow.
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Bridgeport
William J. Mealla
U. &. Cooperative Weather Observer
Aid for Europe may be tackled on yearly basis
A presidential advisory committee may urge Congress to fund a single year of European aid without fixed Marshall Plan costs. The 18 member group led by Secretary Harriman aims to present a resources report early November for Truman to use with other studies.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Secretary of
Commerce Harriman
Truman
United States
Marshall
U. S
Malone
R-Nev
Anidt
Boy Beaten in Home by Intruder During Crime Program
A 15-year-old boy, John Fahy, was attacked by a stranger at his Park Terrace home while alone listening to a crime program. He was knocked unconscious and revived by his parents. Police found no stolen items and believe the intruder sought a robbery.
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John Fahy
William Fahy
Park Terrace
Joseph Whelan
Joseph Flynn
Fahy
Jured
Dewhirst Dairy
John
UN Showdown Over Greek Problem Opens
New York Oct 109 AP The latest Soviet tactics threaten to block Balkan commission work and limit UN decisions by veto mechanisms. Russia and allies refuse participation in the Balkan watchdog and hint at opposing Secretary Marshall's year round assembly, signaling a new veto form beyond the Security Council.
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New York
United Nations
Russia
Marshall
Air Force lifts secrecy on Arctic defense projects
The Air Force outlined a growing Arctic defense network in Alaska including radar warning stations, underground command posts and fighter bases. A year of flights by Alaska squadrons demonstrated polar operations, with over 100 flights near the North Pole and beyond as plans exceed 73 million dollars in Alaska.
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Air Force
Arctic
Washington
Alaska
Air Force High Command
USAF
Arctic Frontier
USAP
No-Man’s Land
46Th Reconnaissance
North Pole
Alna- Ka
Alaskan
Dafonsa Componenta
Army
Ladd Field
Mile 26
Nenana
Foneral
Wairbunkas
Arctic Ocean
Canada
Prince of Wales Island
Bothin Peninsula
Bathurst Island
46Th
Kia Bean
11Th
14Th
10Th
Alaku
Raconmissines
Navy
Point Barrow
Bermuda Braces as New Hurricane Enters Atlantic Path
Bermuda faces a tropical hurricane moving north from the South Atlantic. Britain’s ships and service planes evacuated. cruiser Sheffield and carrier awaiting to ride out the storm. Observers report center winds over 100 mph with core moving at 10 to 18 mph. Winds extend 80 miles from the center.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Ort 1
CAP
Aoliey
Ritiah
Aew Aye
Sheffield
Fligahip
Royal Navy
America and Weat Indice
Oller Gold Ranger
Weather Bureau
Pacific War Dead Arrive in New York
Sealed two six olive drab railroad cars carried 206 war dead from the Pacific into New York. The eight-car cortege arrived at Penn Station without a guard of honor or ceremonies, moving to the army base in Brooklyn for distribution to home towns within 40 miles of New York City and surrounding states.
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New York
Ort
Pacific
Army Baaa
Brooklyn
Penn Station
Chicago
Sunnyside
Army
New York City
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York State
New Jersey
Trenton
De Gaulle Briefly Returns to Frontline Politics in Municipal Race
Gen Charle de Gaulle rallies back into French politics with a municipal election showing the Communist share steady while his Rally gains shape a potential comeback. Early tallies show De Gaulle drawing votes at the expense of the Popular Republican Movement and other parties as observers note shifting alignments in Paris and across 8000 towns.
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Paris
Charlen DeGaulle
Rielly
RPP
Hla Ormzantzation Parti
Cippainr
Itachia
Bocinliani
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
de Gaulle
France
Plicoa
Communiata
Georges
Social Party
Paul Namadier
Monthoe
WTA AD
Ab Uvoten
JSS
Conmmuniata Mada Jango Gaina
Rama
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Cooperative Observar U ® Weather Bureau
REDS
Social Democrats
Nation
H. C. Bishop
Mercury
de Gaulle Party
Patty Becker
Bchanectady
N. Y
Springfield
Mass
Rosamond Bachmann
Patty
Vishinsky
Security Council
Assembly
Balkan Commissalon
Telegram
Angela Patri
Constantine Brown
Herman Bundenen
S.seseee
Cieee
New England
New Party
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