Increase in Cash Relief Urged for Needy Families
Welfare board discussed raising cash relief for Bridgeport families amid rising living costs. Supt. John Galla urged a study. commissioners McGee Magill and Philp Ro Magill authorized surveys to determine necessary increases. Also approved were pension applications for two long serving city workers and a Sunday meeting at Hill de Hometwan to review conditions.
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Welfare Board
Supt
John 3 Galla
Ches
Jamen
McGee
Philp Ro Magill
Golla
Welfare Department
Bridgeport
Hartford
Hilla de Hometwan
Galla
Bridgeport Weather Summary Shows Warmer, Cloudy Outlook
Bridgeport and vicinity forecast calls for cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with light showers late tonight or early Sunday. Yesterday’s high reached 69 and low 3 was reported, barometer near 30.56 at 6am, with today’s tides and almanac noting sunrise at 6:14am and sunset at 4:59pm.
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Bridgeport
Fitzhugh Green Put On Probation For Narcotics Act
New Haven Oct 24 AP Fitzhugh Green a retired Navy officer and explorer was placed on five year probation for violation of the narcotics act. Danbury jail term and $2000 fine for Clemens P. Deinler a private detective who aided Green and his wife Marjorie Durant Green. Mrs Green, daughter of William C Durant, is in Hartford hospital awaiting arraignment. Judge Hincks cited Green's service and efforts to cure addiction, warning probation would be revoked for future violations.
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New Haven
Fitzhugh Green
New Canaan
Ny Us
Carroll C. Hincks
Clemens P. Deinler
New York City
Green
Marjorie Durant Green
Wolo
Lato
Delsler
Danbury Correctional Institution
Dalsler
Hincks
Fire Hits House on Cleveland Avenue
A fire swept a six room frame house at 682 Cleveland Avenue last night while owners Edward and Mrs Spongberg visited a neighbor. Flames began in a ground floor bedroom possibly from a cigarette and spread. second story escaped with minor smoke damage. A passerby raised the alarm from Box 211 Capitol and Wond avenues at 11:43 pm. two engines under Chief Arthur Platt battled until 11:54 pm.
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Cleveland Avenue
Edward Spongberg
Spangberg
Amoke
Capitol
Wond Avenues
Arthur Platt
Motor firm head battles bandit in office raid
John Watcke 59 president of Spector Motor Service Inc resisted a hold up at 10 40 p m last night. He sustained a scalp laceration and was aided by Fay Levowiltz 27 who rushed from an adjoining room and pulled off the attacker. Watcke treated by Dr Eli B Ives and taken to Bridgeport hospital for observation.
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John Watcke
Madison Road
Spector Motor Service, Inc
Waterview Avenue
Watcke
Fay Levowiltz
Warren Street
William Buckley
Eli B. Ives
Bridgeport Hospital
Newtown Man Killed in Bay State Crash
Edmond J. Pelletier Jr., 27, of Sandy Hook Newtown Conn, was killed in Back Bay Boston when two cars collided at Columbus Avenue and Berkeley Street. He was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Earl Whitamore, 22, of Brookline, police said.
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Boston
Edmond J. Pelletier, Jr
Sandy Hook
Newtown
Conn
Columbua Avenue
Berkeley Street
Back Bay
Pelletier
Earl E. Whitamore
Brookline
Staples High rally bonfire banned by fire chief
Westport October 24 Fire Chief Harold Shippey cites extreme fire hazard due to protracted drought and bans a bonfire planned by Staples High school students as part of a rally tonight before tomorrow’s Staples Darlan football game.
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Westport
Harold Shippey
Staples High School
Staples-Darlan
President Truman urges quick foreign aid halt to inflation
President Truman called for prompt action to curb inflation at home and to aid France and Italy against totalitarian pressures. He proposed a congress-held program in a November special session to address high prices, the cost of living, and foreign relief needs, including funds for France and Italy through next March.
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Washington
Truman
France
Italy
Congress
United States
Mr. Truman
Fires rage from Maine to New England in vast blaze
Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island evacuations surge as wildfires burn across Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts and beyond. Army Navy Coast Guard and Red Cross aid rescue efforts while authorities search for arson links amid 10 deaths and an estimated 25 million in losses.
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Bar Harbor
Oscape
New England
Maine
Mount Desert Island
Joseph A. P. Flynn
Maine Insurance Department
Biddeford
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Red Cross
New York
New Jersey
New Brunswick
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Masaachusetts
New Hampshire
National Guardsmen
Legion
Katica
Blackenead
Atreeta
Faimer
Winda
Jonesboro
Disney Attacks Hollywood Reds At Un-American Hearings
Walt Disney testified before the House Committee on Un American Activities, naming Herbert Sorrell as a possible Communist and accusing leaders of labor groups and a women’s voters league of front activity. Oliver Carlson claimed actors and lawyers ran a ”Red school” in Hollywood and that Communists sought control of Los Angeles public schools.
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Washington
Walt Disney
Congressional
Hollywood
Herbert K. Sorrell
National Labor Rotations Board
Donald Duck
House Committee On un-American Activities
Disney
League of Women
Oliver Carlson
University of California Extension Division
Karen Morley
Los Angeles
Easton Votes Fund for School Land and Additions
A special town meeting at Staples school approved $2,000 to buy the Mellon property for a Staples school addition. It authorized the building committee to seek alternate bids on seven and nine room expansions and accepted portions of Dogwood Drive Pond Road Lantern Hill Road and Roaring Brook Road as town highways in Sport Hill Park.
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Easton
Mellon
Staples School
School Building Committee
Dogwood Drive
Pond Road
Lantern Hill Road
Roaring Brook Road
Sport Hill Park
Not All Great Inventors Went To College
This brief notes that figures like Henry Ford Edison and others did not attend college. It cites William M. Jeffers as an example of practical innovation using everyday arithmetic, and observes that many prominent contributors came from noncollege backgrounds, including large charitable gifts from men without high school education.
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Bishop
Henry Ford
Edison
William M. Jeffera
Union Pacific Rairoad
Bridgeport Plants Rally Behind Chest Drive
Top executives from Bridgeport industrial firms unite to back the Greater Community Chest campaign. Carl M. Synge announced 32 large plants have appointed chairmen to lead solicitation, with presidents and GMs taking active roles in their facilities. Names include Theodore H. Benard, Howard C. Madsen, Maurice H. Pease, Lucien T. Warner, A. O. Samuels, Chester A. Dundore, Donald F. Carpenter, Hardage L. Andrews, Henry C. Wheeler, Maud Batchelor, and William K. Mulin.
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Bridgeport
Carl M. Synge
Theodore H. Benard
Dictaphone Corp
Howard C. Madsen
Bryant Electric Ca
Maurice H. Pease
Stanley Works
Lucien T. Warner
Warner Brothers
A. O. Samuels
Casco Products Corp
Chester A. Dundore
Underwood Corp
Donald F. Carpenter
Remington Arms Co
Hardage L
Vishinsky renews U N assault in heated debate
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky attacked U S delegates Warren R. Austin and John Foster Dulles during a tumultuous United Nations assembly session. Tarkish and Turkish disputes rose as discussions over war and warmongering continued with protests and countercharges across political and social committees.
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Vishinsky
U. N
Soviet Bloc
Mra
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Selim Sarer
Turkey
Germany
Crimea
Sarper
Moscow
Russia
Dulles Vishinsky
Dulles
Austin
Assembly
U. S
Selim Sarper
United Nations Assembly
Chligen
Greece
Snd
United States
Connecticut Clamps Down on Private and Public Woodlands
Governor McConaughy ordered a statewide closure of private and public woodlands and brush areas to all except owners and employees to curb fires amid drought. Violations bring fines up to 200 dollars and six months in jail with possible liability for damages. George C. Waldo warned against outdoor fires and smoking near woods as forest fires rage in nearby states.
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N.E. States
Connecticut
Goveernor McConaughy
George C. Waldo
State Park and Forest Commission
Waldo
New Borland
Woodlands
Horace A. Hildreth
Maine
McConaughy
Westport Backs Beach Project Vote Passes 356 to 225
Westport voters approve Beach commission plans to improve Compo beach enlarge Cedar Point Yacht basin and dredge the basin channel. They authorize a $100000 bond issue to finance the project amid opposition from supporters of a new harbor and federal funding constraints. Harbor and River Improvement Committee members voiced opposition.
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Westport
Bedford Junior Wighacoo
Beach Commission
Cedar Point Yacht Basin
Basin Channel
Federa Funda
Harboy and River Improvement
Passengers mourned as United DC-6 crashes near Bryce Canyon
A United Airlines four engine transport carrying 52 people along with two infants crashed into a sloping hillside near Bryce Canyon Utah. The fuselage burned and scattered mangled bodies over the terrain as rescue workers and coroner prepared for inquest. The crew had reported a fire in the baggage area before attempting to land.
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Bryce Canyon
Utah
United Airlines
Milan
N.Y
Bryce Canyon Nation( 8
East Lake City
Aloa
Onal
Tropic
AolVvicn
Ahe
J. A. Simpson
Puyallup
Waah
Enat
O C. Richerson
San Francisco
Infante
Kirst Reporta
Permena
Infanta
Fiat
Hana YP
Spoon
Edward Woodard
Ruard
Woodard
Betleva
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M. Galla
Nutrition Service
Community Chest
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Margaret Ford
Bridgeport Telegram
William J. Mealia
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Newspa
Cleveland Ave
Motor Firm
Head Battles Bandit
Bay State
Japan
Korea
America
Telegram
Verre
Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Herman Bundesen
Eee Beeen Theater
Women's News
Los Angeles-N. Y
Ginger Rogers
PLANT
U.S
Westport Backs Beach
Pape Fourtean
Toa Angelen
Chicago
Hinabor
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