Auto Tags Add Color to Highway Promotion of States Tags
States issue automobile license plates with bright colors and slogans or emblems. Idaho's plates feature a jumping sailor and Vacation Wonderland. Wisconsin uses Americas Dairyland. Arizona advertises Grand Canyon State. New Mexico shows Land of Enchantment with year in an Indian design. Wyoming depicts a cowboy. Utah proclaims This is the Place. Louisiana uses a pelican. Georgia proclaims Peach State. Tennessee and Pennsylvania outline tag numbers in map shapes. Some plates stay old with yearly tabs. others include expiration dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Idaho
Wisconsin
Grand Canyon
New Mexico
Wyoming
Utah
Louisiana
Georgia
Peach State
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Canal Zone
Alaska
Hawaii
Chinese Reds Attack Huge Power Plant Near Kirin
AP reports near Hatsofonegman hydroelectric plant supplying southern Manchuria power is under Communist attack. Strong defenses at the plant 15 miles southeast of Kirin with special shock troops held in Mukdon. Government plans aim to repair sabotaged lines as planes strike near Kirin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phiping
Kirin
Hatsofonegman
Manchuria
Mukdon
Halaofengman
Changchun
Hitchhikers Thumb Ride Back To Jail
Lincoln radioed report says Raymond Osgood and Jack Thoman, aged 20 and 19, stood by the highway thumbing for a ride. A car stopped driven by Sheriff Don Schenck who took them into custody. The pair had escaped from the men’s reformatory the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Raymond Osgood
Jack Thoman
Don Schenck
Osgood and
Thomas
Fazio Attacks Wtley Clams On Improved Roads
Salvatore Fazio Republican candidate for mayor assails Mayor McLevy over road building saying Bridgeport has 300 to 400 miles of streets while McLevy paved 40 to 50 miles in 14 years. He notes schools Central Harding Bassick and others were not built by McLevy and criticizes snow removal and a Park detour at Aside Park blaming delay on ground settling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLevy
Salvatore Fazio
Bridgeport
G.O.P
Clifford B. Wison
McLeavy
Fazio
Central
Harding
Baassick
Alice
Peter
Brewster
Bath House
Sraside Park
Sumer
Pleasure Beach
Fnaside Park
New Sales Tax Ruling Hailed By Lumbermen
A new ruling states that contractors in construction pay sales tax on materials used in building projects. Arthur W. Clifford of Bridgeport, president of the Connecticut Lumber Dealers Association, announced the regulation issued by the state tax commissioner. Exemptions include retail sellers and contracts where materials are sold at an up price with services, or where contractors resell materials at retail. Public bulletin notes consumers paying tax on materials need not remit for overtaxes. Construction contracts include repairs alterations and remodelling of real property. Exemptions apply to materials used for contracts with federal, state, local governments or qualifying non-profit hospitals and religious groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Clifford
Bridgeport
Lumber Dealers Association of Connecticut
Mr. Clifford
Association
State Tax Commissioner
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Rodeo men to vie for 30000 in 1947 finals
San Francisco will host the International Rodeo Association finals in November with more than 100 top rodeo hands competing for 30 000 in assorted prizes at the livestock pavilion. Cowboys have earned points this year across Pendleton round up Chayenne frontier days Calgary stampede and over 100 other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
International Rodeo Association
Livestock Pavilion
Pendleton
Calgary
Canada
Labor Chief Schwellenbach Urges Uplift in Costs Fight
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged unions to join all to curb living costs. He said even with half current wages abnormal profits would keep prices high. He noted no general wage drives expected before Congress special session starting November 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schwellenbach
Congress
Unclear Profit Claim Sparks Corporate Doubt
A fragment states he said profits to corporations had doubled this year over 1946, claiming high profits benefiting corporate interests. No further context or names are given.
Wife attaches property in Norwalk and South Norwalk
Agnes D. Steele of Norwalk yesterday attached to the value of 75000 dollars real estate in Norwalk and South Norwalk owned by her estranged husband Dr Tompkina H Steele a Norwalk dentist said to be in Reno Nevada awaiting the outcome of divorce proceedings he instituted there. Mrs Steele's action based on a common count returnable to the December term of Superior court prevents her husband from transferring the attached property. Goldstein Peck and Smith are counsel for Mrs Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes D. Steel
Norwalk
South Norwalk
Tompkina H. Steele
Reno
New
Governor designates Monday as Navy Day in CT
Hartford October 24 AP Governor McConaughy announced Monday as Navy Day and urged citizens to honor the branch. He marked the day as Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday and urged schools to hold commemorations. The Navy Day statement praised sailors from early conflicts to modern fleets and lauded Roosevelt as a towering civic figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
McConaughy
Theodore Roosevelt
Achoola
America
Hia
Maine's wildlife escape woods fires in fall areas
Maine Fisheries and Game Commissioner George J. Stoble said wildlife appears to escape devastating forest fires with few fatalities. He noted no deer carcasses found in the Richmond fire area as deer were seen fleeing, though burned zones will be largely unusable for hunting for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Fisheries and Game
George J. Stoble
Maine
Deey
Richmond
Stobla
Anniversary Mass for Staff Sgt Stephen Jatko
A third anniversary Mass for Staff Sgt Stephen Jatko son of Mrs Catherine Jatko of 609 Arctic Street will be held today at 8 a m in St John’s Nep. church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Jatko
Mra
Catherine Jatko
Arctic Street
Italy
St. John's Nep
Also Mentioned on This Page
Preah
United States
Florida Motor Vehicle Commission
Ghee
Skydown
Roe Poser
Pama
Bridgeport Column Co
Norman St
Aldo
J. Aldo
New England
Main ST
Gatanse Areh Lengte
Junior Shoes
Elm S
Ischwellenbach
Hollander
Tomer
Junior
Aven
Clark's
Broad Street
Clark
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!