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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1947
Page
4
Lucerne Switzerland AP reports Eugenie Victoria former queen of Spain and mother of Juan, the proclaimed heir, arrived for a lengthy visit. The article notes her presence in the city during the period.
GOOSH ROCKS BEACH Ma Oct 22 AP coastal summer report shows nearly 300 homes evacuated as a forest fire roared through Maine resorts. Returning residents found widespread destruction with only chimneys remaining at about 100 houses. Cape Porpoise saw about 40 homes destroyed along with 40 more. National Guardsmen patrolled Kennebunkport streets amid looting reports while sentries halted all but urgent travelers. Livestock fled to safety on Arundel golf course as fires continued to smolder in surrounding woods.
Yesterday's docket lists multiple divorce actions. Parties include Leo W Ornousky of Westport versus Marion R Ornousky of Norwalk over cruelty. Ellen Craig Martin of Greenwich against John Martin. Julia Hubbell Dahlen of New Canaan against Peter Dahlen of Stamford. Helen Hruby Byrt of Bridgeport against Paul Byrt of Lowell Massachusetts. Helen Odell Palmer of Norwalk against Benjamin Palmer of Westport. Rode E H Stamper of Bridgeport against Edward J Stamper of Baltimore over misconduct. Dagmar Kipnia Ward of Westport against George H Ward. Evelyn Heasted Foster of Stamford against George Foster of New York over desertion. Edwina Chillington Barrett of Stamford against Ralph Barnett. and Helen Lynch Korwin of Bridgeport against John F Korwin over intolerable cruelty and habitual intemperance.
Lt. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner acting U S commander in Europe praised American occupation troops in Germany for their appearance bearing discipline and courtesy in a statement from Frankfurt dated October 22. A year earlier army commanders started a disciplinary drive after many misconduct reports.
In Portland on October 22, 50 Maine forest fires burned as firefighters faced record low humidity around 15 percent, far below the normal near 60 percent. The Weather Bureau noted the extreme dryness hindered containment efforts while an unrelated line about Indian ants appears in the source.
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