Poultry Leaders Seek Grain-Saving Plan For Food Campaign
Poultry and feed industry leaders outlined a second plan to conserve grain for Europe, proposing to cut poultry consumption and substitute other foods. National Poultry Producers Federation and industry spokesmen urged Luckman to endorse concrete steps, including eliminating certain grains from commercial foods and curtailing others. The plan follows a stalled first proposal and aims to free scarce grain while supporting farmers and the war effort.
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Washington
Industry Co Apolicamen
Pacific
Europe
Federasion
Chatton Luckman
Geta
Federation
Luckman
Trumana
Cabinet Food Committee
Poultry and Feed Industry
Newamen
Induattry
National
Poultry Productira Federation
Audi
Agriculture Department
Official Weather Summary for Western CT and Eastern NY
Weather forecast from the Weather Bureau notes tonight clear with sub 50s low, Wednesday sun and mid 70s highs. Extended four day trend shows 2–4 degrees above normal, with cooler midweek and a warming trend Friday and Saturday. light, scattered showers possible Friday.
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Connecticut
New York
Fairfield Democrats Rap Selectmen's Appointments
Fairfield Democrats accuse the Republican board of selectmen of bias after minority Democratic nominees were passed over for town boards and commissions in the new charter era. Key reappointments include Pierce J. Gerety to Town Counsel, George S. Kish as Tax Review chair, and Robert L. Horton to the Police Commission, with unanimous votes for Fire Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.
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Board of Selectmen
Fairfield
David W. Russell
Wee
John Ferguson
First Selectman
Democratic Third Selectman
First
Ferguson
Connecticut
George 8. Kish
Board of Tax Review
Charles J. Walsh
Willam H. Moffitt
ITI
Robert L. Horton
Fire Board
Fire Commission
Herbert M. Smith
Center Fire Company
Michael J. Wanat
Southport
Howard M. Sloat
Tunxis Hill
Charles J. McClinch
Stratfield
Arthur D. Colepaugh
Greenfield Hill
Mr. Wanant
Zoning Board of Appeals
Wiliam Conley
William Granville
William A. Wintter
David W. Price
Robert N. Hunter
Mr. Price i
Truman calls top lawmakers in European aid talks
President Truman summoned congressional leaders to the White House for a 2:30 p.m. Thursday conference on Europe’s financial plight. Invitations went out for a meeting including Republican and Democratic leaders and key committee chairmen, plus Senator Taft. The session aims to discuss emergency foreign aid and a European recovery plan tied to Marshall’s self help proposal.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
White House
Charles G. Rosa
Foreign Affair
Appropriations
Taft
Ohio
G.O.P
Senate
Marshall
Congress
Ross
Meet Your Chest by H. 0. BISHOP
The article reflects on American appetite for bread and meat from colonial times, praising inventions like Cyrus McCormick's reaper and Washington's wheat experiments. It emphasizes community chest goals to ensure everyone has bread and meat in the coming year and encourages collective effort.
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Bishop
Cyrus Mc.Cormick
Valley of Virginia
George Washington
England
Washington
eThe Community Chest
Hurricane heads toward North Atlantic from Bermuda
A hurricane that sideswiped Bermuda is expected to pass about 200 miles southeast of Sable Island later today. The Weather Bureau said the storm was centered roughly 320 miles north northeast of Bermuda and moving northeast at about 25 mph. Advisory messages warned ships of likely damage totaling around 400000 but indicated it would not hit the United States unless the course shifted.
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Halifax
N. 8
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Washington
United States
Coroner urges public action over Fairfield State hospital death
Coroner Theodore E. Steiber cites grave conditions at Fairfield State hospital in Newtown after Margaret Dondero, 61, was beaten to death by an inmate on August 3. He faulted lack of trained attendants, funding gaps, and a chronic shortage of staff, urging aroused public opinion to secure safer, more competent care. The finding notes inadequate supervision and inexperienced staff handling a ward housing 67 patients, with 66 assaultive inpatients under the care of one young, untrained attendant.
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Theodore EB. Steiber
Fairfeld State Hospital
Newtown
Margaret Dondero
Dondero
Cotony Street
Stieber
Mia
Newtown Hospital
Attendanta
Aome
Brazil Breaks Off Relations With Soviet Russia
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil severs diplomatic ties with Soviet Russia, signaling possible wider breaks in the Soviet sphere. The move formalizes a stance already in effect, with recall and health-related ambassador shifts noted amid past 1945 relations and Yugoslav events.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Russia
Chile
Yugoslavia
Rio
Moacow
Mario Pimentel Brapoino
Stockholm
Jacob Suritz
Communist Party
Hare
Connecticut Closes Woods Through Weather Drought
Connecticut joins New England states in closing woods and suspending upland hunting due to prolonged drought and fire hazard. Governor McConaughy ordered temporary closure across the state after reports from forest observers, with five acres burned and fires under control elsewhere. State parks also limited except three beaches.
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Connecticut
New England
New York
McConaighy
Observera
Raymond Kainholz
Reinhols
Atea
Roosevelt Forest
Stratford
Howard N. Ebert
Bristol
Elght
Acra
Bruchland
Launder Control
Berbert
South Mountain
Donald C. Mathews
State Park and Forest Commission
Naugatuck Forest
Beacon Falls
Mathews
Beach Parka
Hammanagset Beach
Madison
Sherwood Island
Wealport
Rocky Neck
East Lyme
Crea
Russell P. Hunter
State Fish and Game Board
Woodlands
McConaughy
Judge O'Sullivan to Handle Litchfield Danbury Sessions
Judge Patrick B. O Sullivan is assigned to take over the Litchfield and Danbury Superior court duties from Judge John A. Cornell while Cornell is in hospital care. Cornell has been holding sessions in Litchfield and Winsted and was scheduled to preside in Danbury from October 31 to November 28.
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Patrick B. O'Sullivan
Litchfield and
Danbury Superior Court
John A. Cornell
Cornell
Litchfield
Winsted
Danbury
Ex-Grid Star Wins Cake Contest Against Cop Rival
Hartford October 21 AP A light hearted contest pitted State Policeman Alfred Kimball against Wilfred Roberts of South Windsor in a cake bake off. Roberts baked a white cake with chocolate frosting while Kimball created a mocha frosted three tier cake. Judges Arra Sutton Mixter and Erna Fisher awarded Roberts the prize, noting his skill in cake making over the famed pie baker.
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Hartford
Alfred Kimball
Connecticut
Kimball
South Windsor
Wilfred Roberts
Roberta
University of Connecticut
Roberta’ Field
Stafford
Roberts
Kimballa Wos
Arra Sutton Mixter
Erna Fisher
Home Service
Hartford Gas Company
Hartford Electric Light Company
Thousands Battle Raging Maine Forest Fire Near Kennebunk
Nearly 1,000 volunteers fought a wind-driven blaze in North Kennebunk Port Kennebunk Kennebunkport and threatened Biddeford as farms and cottages burned and a man was critically injured. Firefighting teams faced shifting winds and scorching heat as homes forestry and timber suffered heavy damage.
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Biddeford Pool Road
Kennebunk Port
Fortune Rock
Biddeford
Thomas Farley
Bread price surge hits Bridgeport area bakeries
Bread prices rose by one cent at several Bridgeport area bakers effective tomorrow. Wholesalers say the increase will spread city-wide by week’s end, with Soderholm bakery, Bronx bakery, Bamby Bread Company and Borck and Stevens raising prices as flour and ingredient costs rise, though wholesalers prefer volume sales to avoid buyer resistance.
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Bakerea
Bridgeport
Soderholm Bakerien
Bronx
Bamby Bread Company
Borck and Stevena
Stocks Open Active and Mixed on Wall Street
New York stocks opened active and mixed as leaders lagged slightly on profit taking after the recent rise. The market showed varied responses across sectors with several issues rising while others edged lower.
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New York
Wall Street
Eighth Bergdoll Child Born in West Chester
Mrs. Bertha Bergdoll wife of Grover C. Bergdoll a World War I draft dodger has given birth to her eighth child a daughter born last Tuesday at Chester County Hospital. the birth was reported as the mother left the hospital yesterday.
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West Chester
Bertha Bergdoll
Grover C. Bergdoll
Chester County Hospital
Mra
Bargdol
Stratford Food Plan Debate Leaves Council Cold
Stratford officials considered a Citizens Food committee to work with President Truman's national panel led by Charles Luckman. The vote set a 10 member panel, but several council members criticized the move as useless or intrusive, urging voluntary cooperation and questioning grain sent abroad for beer while others need food.
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Stratford
Citizens’ Food Committee
Truman
National Committee
Charles Luckman
Luckman
Thea
Kregling
Ralph Kregling
First District
Andrew Kaza
Heo
Kara
Theo
Ralph Goodsell
Frank Larkin
One Man's Opinion on Mars and Flies
Walter Kiernan muses on scientific quirks and unmapped facts. He notes a housefly beating wings eighteen thousand times a minute and jokes about ammonia and poison gas on Mars. The column shifts to crime humor with stolen Christmas stock and a call to honor the thief if caught.
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Acientiat
King Outlines New Program Of Legislation
King George VI opens Parliament with a speech drafted by Prime Minister Attlee. He prioritizes economic recovery and calls for nationalization of the coal industry, expansion of exports, and reform of Lords powers. The plan also seeks postwar European reconstruction, support for the United Nations, and a forthcoming peace with Japan. The speech signals the Labor government’s aims in its third session.
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George VI
Fntorn
Larda
Labor
Princesa Elizabeth
Gaa
Snd
Gany
Paria
United Nations
Clement Attlee
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