UN NAMES BOARD TO OVERSEE BALKANS VOTE 40 TO 6
New York Oct 21 AP A UN General Assembly vote backed a Balkan watch body by 40 to 6 with 11 abstentions. Britain and the United States led the move while the Soviet bloc refused participation. Egypt joined in opposing a Polish driven plan and Poland herself declined to serve on the committee. The assembly slated reform calls amid sharp western versus Soviet bloc tensions.
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United Nations Assembly
United States
Britain
Fulaia
Commission To
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Balkan
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U.N
Soviet Union
Greece
Ruaainn
Egypt
Polah
Security Council
Rusaia
France
China
Australia
Brazil
Mexico
Netherlands
Pakistan
Poland
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Ruewin
Balkans
Lake Sueceas
Dahate Ruagdas Campalen
Turkey
Pmt
Vv Manuilsky
Russia
Watch Commission
Warren R. Austin
Herschel V. Johnson
Mia
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
A. ¥. Vishinsky
U. N. General Assembly
Flushing Meadows
N. Y
Bridgeport Weather Overview and Almanac
Official weather page for Bridgeport and vicinity notes continued unseasonably mild conditions today and Thursday. Almanac entries include tide times, sunrise and sunset, and celestial data for Wednesday October 22, detailing the day number, season, and solar specifics.
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Bridgeport
Bunny
Fazio Attacks Mayor On Housing Failures In Bridgeport
Salvatore J. Fazio Republican mayoral candidate accused Mayor McLevy on WNAB of avoiding the housing issue and shifting blame. He said Bridgeport housing action exists, noting Shelton established a Housing Authority under state laws in effect since June and July. Fazio asserted McLevy did nothing, cited neglected streets and schools, and recalled his own wartime service while answering McLevy’s December 1944 question.
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Salvatore J. Fazio
WNAB
McLevy
Neeking
Fazionald
Shelton
Fazio
Bridgeport
Hamden Man Heads State Bar Group
Charles M. Lyman of Hamden was elected president of the Connecticut Bar Association at the Yale Law School convention defeating Harold E. Drew of Derby 144 to 105. Officers named without opposition include Charles W. Pettingill of Greenwich as vice president and Herbert S. MacDonald of New Haven as secretary and treasurer. The two-day meeting closed with a banquet at the New Haven Lawn Club.
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New Haven
Charles M. Lyman
Hamden
Connecticut Bar Association Today
Harold E. Drew
Derby
Lyman
Drew
State Bar Association
Yale Law School
Charles W Pettingill
Greenwich
Herbert 8. MacDonald
Noth Haven
New Haven Lawn Club
Tappan Gregory
Community Chest annual resume highlights services
The Mental Hygiene Society treated 497 cases. The Catholic Charitable Bureau cared for 116 unmarried mothers. The Community Nutrition Service advised 3,361 families and individuals. The Little Sisters of the Poor made 5,708 visits to aid the sick and infirm. CARE shipped packages to 606 people in 14 countries aiding 2,500 fed. This was carried out through the Volunteer Bureau.
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Community Chest
Mental Hygiene Society
Catholic Charitable Bureau
Community Nutrition Service
Little Sietera of
Six Killed in Navy Plane Crash at Argentia Harbor
An American naval plane crashed while landing at Argentia on the Avalon peninsula, killing six to seven occupants as it hit the harbor water in rain and fog. Rescuers could not save all. wreckage remained submerged overnight pending investigation and next of kin notices.
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Avalon Peninsula
Ita‘li
Air Force
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Suat
Althoagh
Thresanya
Muroc
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Goodjin
Goodlin
Hing
Aound
Bulgarian general sentenced for plotting military union
In Sofia on October 21, Gen. Sirill Stanchev received a life sentence while 97 others were jailed for one to 18 years for conspiring to create a military union aimed at overthrowing Bulgaria's Communist government.
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Softa
Bulgaria
Sirill Stanchev
President Truman calls aid conference on European relief
President Truman urged Congress leaders to meet Thursday to discuss winter aid for Europe. A special session may be considered to provide emergency funds for food and fuel, with plans to brief lawmakers on the European economic outlook and aid proposals. Conferees would include top committee chairs advancing mid November hearings.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Firefighters approve 70 hour work week plan
Fire commissioners approve a 70 hour weekly schedule for Bridgeport firemen replacing 77.5 hours. Under the plan, a firefighter works five 10 hour days and five 14 hour nights totaling 126 hours, then 48 hours off. In 24 weeks that averages 70 hours per week with two regular days off monthly. Also promotions and a widow pension were announced.
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Fire Department
Fire Board
Firefighters Association of Bridgeport
Flia
Martin J. Hayden
Joseph Shanahan
Association
Francis C. Chandler
Acid Shower Burns Two Bryant Workers
Two men, Carl Swenson 26 Branford and Andrew Cauka 87 Worden Court, were severely burned on their faces and bodies at Bryant Electric Plant 1421 State Street. They had just finished mixing solution and pouring it into a large container when the chemical showered them. Both were taken to Bridgeport Hospital by City Ambulance and listed in fair condition.
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Rody
Bryant Electric
State Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Thomas W. Matthews
Carl Swenson
Branford
Andrew Cauka
Worden Court
Move to curb Lords rapped by Churchill
London October 21 AP Britain's labor government opened a session with a plan to curb the hereditary Lords power. Winston Churchill charged it as socialist aggression. King George VI announced the program focusing on nationalizing the gas industry within 12 months, with no steel mention.
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London
Britain
House of Lords
Winston Churchill
George VI
Chilean regime ousts Red and Czech diplomats
Santiago says it broke diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia over alleged Communist infiltration. Officials implicate recent labor unrest in the south and cut off any contacts with Moscow through Santiago.
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Santiago
Chile
Qel
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Inca Nnations
Southern Coal Sone
Communist Party
Moncon O
New Communist International Information Bureau
Belgrade
Stratford Woods Forest Fire Sweeps Through Roosevelt Forest
Stratford firefighters spent over ten hours battling a rapidly spreading blaze in Roosevelt forest and nearby areas. Assistant Chief Theodore Lockwood directed efforts. the fire was extinguished by 8 pm after starting around 9:45 am. Fifty acres burned. area along Beaver Dam Lake and the Stratford Shelton-Trumbull line endangered summer homes. Hundreds helped from Stratford Fire, Public Works, state rangers, and volunteers as backfires mitigated spread by mid afternoon. The town had already fought a smaller Roosevelt forest fire the previous day.
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Roosevelt Forest
Theodore Lockwood
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Beaver Dam Lake
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State Forest Rangers
Contro
Harry B. Flood
Wnth
Jamea Farms
Stratford-Shelton
Pepper Defends Civil Rights in Hollywood Probe
Senator Pepper denounces House Un American Activities hearings as underhanded and an affront to citizenship. He says witnesses should not be coerced into silence and vows to resist attempts to gag free speech during the inquiry into communist influence in Hollywood.
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Congress
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Destructive Maine Forest Fire Razes 200 Buildings
A massive Maine forest fire in Goose Rocks Beach Cape Porpoise and Wildes districts Kennebunkport destroyed about 200 buildings mostly summer cottages. A second blaze consumed nearly 100 more cottages and homes statewide pushing losses over 1 million dollars. Firefighters from a 28 mile radius battled wind driven flames as Governor Hildreth called in National Guardsmen. Firefighter Francia Smith of Kennebunkport is missing. evacuees fled to emergency stations and hotels as Cape Porpoise residents were quartered in two Kennebunkport hotels. The fire burned along a five mile coastal stretch from Goose Rocks to Kennebunkport village.
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Maine
Goose Rocks
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Wildes
Kennebunkport
Raymond E Rendall
L. Clifford Malling
Akirting Kennebunkport
Francia Smith
Cape Porpoine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
New Jersey
Horace Hildreth
York County National Guardsmen
Biddeford
James Wynn
Beachwood
Milton V. Smith
Portland Flyer
Vane
Smith
Cape Porpoise
Red Crosse
Arnold Stinson
Ocran
New York State
De Gaulle backed for premiership in France
Gen Charles de Gaulle and his new French Peoples Party plan to seek parliamentary elections to secure a majority and enable an early return to power. Diomede Catroux said the party has near a third of the 618 deputies pledged and municipal results show broad support. The coalition led by de Gaulle reportedly captured 38.6 percent of the vote.
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Paris
Charles de
Catroux
de Gaulle
Espionage Story Dominates Filmland Probe Hearing
Washington hearing on subversive influences in Hollywood heard testimony from John Moffitt claiming America’s X-1 supersonic plane secrets reached Communist HQ in New York. Actor Adolphe Menjou and novelist Rupert Hughes backed concerns about leftist influence and dangerous directors and actors in the film industry.
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Accreta of America
Communist Party
New York
Hollywood
John C Mofffitt
Adolphe Menjou
Fied
West Court
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Moffitt
FIST
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William Morrin
Jeane Inna
Chalmain
Slick" Gondlin
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Herman Bundesen
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A. E. Schwarz
Paul Smitkowski
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Albert E. Schwarz
Ezra Street
Paul Smitkowscki
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John Gaffney
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