Baldwin Fund Check Refused by GOP Bosses in Campaign
A local Republican organization rejected a $25 campaign check from U. S. Senator Raymond F. Baldwin after a protest by Earl A. Benson over Baldwin’s praise of Mayor McLevy. The GOP issued a public response as the city’s election campaign moved into its final week, with Salvatore J. Fazio challenging McLevy and other candidates planning broadcasts and campaign events.
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U. S
Raymond F. Baldwin
Earl A. Benson
Republican State Gentral Committee
Board of Education
Baldwin
McLovy
Chamber of Commerce
Salvatore J. Fazio
McLevy
A. Edward Sandula
GOP
Landers
John G. Stevena
Lool Got
Mr. Baldwin
Socialiat
Lorajeadere
Aicheck
McLeavy
Socialiata
Jiamen J. Whelan
Champ
WNAR
WICC
Bridgeport Weather Brief From Sunday Post
Bridgeport and vicinity: Generally fair and cool today and Monday. Temperatures yesterday peaked at 63 and fell to a low of 44 yesterday night. Precipitation for yesterday 0.00 inches and for the month 0.08 inches. Barometer 90.34 at 6 p.m. Tide today and tomorrow with high and low times listed. Almanac notes include date details and sunrise set.
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Bridgeport
Fire Rages Through Maine Village Prompting 79 Weekly Calls
Bridgeport Fire Department battled a busier week than usual with 60 stilts and 18 box alarms from Monday 8 a.m. to Friday 8 a.m. Grass and rubbish fires dominated the calls, four false alarms were logged, and one late evening box alarm near Thomas Hooker School proved false. Fire Chief Martin J. Hayden warned of a powder dry, rainless period requiring caution to prevent new blazes. An order blocked nonessential calls to keep lines open, urging only urgent or necessary alerts.
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Bridgeport
Fire Department
Thomas Hooker School
Williams Road
Martin J. Hayden
Hayden
Middle Street
Maine towns burn as flames reach Saco and Dayton
Fires across the northeastern states devastate Dayton and Weet Hollis in Maine as Saco braces for danger. National Guard report Saco not in immediate danger while Maine is declared a disaster area with 139 deaths, 6,000 homeless, and $25 million in losses.
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Boston
Maine
Dayton
Saco
National Guard
Truman
Weet Hollis
Saco River
Woodland
4 SLAIN ON FARM IN RUSSIAN ZONE VIENNA
Eleven people including six children were found slain at a farm house near St. Peter Im Der Au in the Russian occupation zone. All victims were shot in the head. Two boys aged 5 and 7 escaped and told police two men demanded identity cards at about 7 p.m. last night and then killed the group.
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Vienna
St. Peter Im der Au
Sunday Post Sections and Page Index Snapshot
A fragmented OCR of the Sunday Post contents lists numerous pages and sections such as Father Bonaventure's Crumade, Motorist Commenda, It's Vie Swalyn, Real Estute News, and Parade pages. It reads like a table of contents across sections I to VI with varied topics including sports, obituaries, aviation, and movies by helicopter.
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Father Bonaventure
Cody
Housewives' Diariat
Black Rock
iIndian
Radio Newa
Amusementa
County Newa
Aviation Newa
Hallowe'en
Newa
Makati
Junior Post
Milk Supply Tightens as Warm Fall Bites Connecticut
Connecticut dairy producers report a strained milk market due to warm weather and dry pastures. Ken Guyer of the Connecticut Milk Producers Association says demand soars while production dips as cows reduce yield and farmers switch to winter feeding. Water shortages complicate herd care, with wells running low across Fairfield and Litchfield counties and large owners hauling water for cattle.
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Connecticut
Ken Guyer
Connecticut Milk Producers’ Association
Ohio
Guyer
Mitchell Dairy
Leroy Chapman
Fairfield County Farm Bureau
Litchfield
Mr. Guyer
QUSPRAT ARRESTED IN FREIGHT THEFTS
Railroad police say a yearlong series of freight yard thefts may be solved by the arrest of John Rossi a 60 year old employee living at 301 Lexington avenue nabbed at 7 15 last night with a stolen radio in his possession Police will question Rossi on the thefts from the Whiting Street freighthouse and he was released on bonds of 1000 pending arraignment in City court tomorrow
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Whiting Street
John Rossi
Lexington Avenue
Rossi
Leon J. Gaudette
Harl Burr
Chest to Launch Drive For 807187 Monday
Bridgeport and Stratford residents will be solicited starting Monday for the 1948 Community Chest drive totaling 807 187. Andrew R. Smith chairs the advance gifts division with ten team captains. A Stratfield hotel dinner launches the drive, with W Randall Hamrick as principal speaker and a Thanksgiving finish set for the Stratfield hotel ballroom.
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Bridgeport
Stratford
Stratfield Hotel
Advance Gifts
Andrew R. Smith
Mra
H. L. Andrews
Alvin C. Breul
Russell F. Holden
Robert M. Eames
William J. Fitzpatrick
G Gresham Griggs
Jacob Kunin
A. Fuller Leeds
G. Macy Wheeler
Edmund §. Wolfe
Mr. Smith
W. Randall
Hamrick
Rive
Alderman Harry Miller III Believed Suffering Typhoid Fever
Harry Miller III of Dougl ton Street was diagnosed with typhoid fever after a week in Bridgeport hospital. Dr. Fred N. Rosner reports he is isolated in a contagious ward and "getting along fine." Miller, a Socialist candidate for election, has been under observation since last Saturday.
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Harry Miller
Doug
Ton Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Fred N. Rosner
Miami-N Y train derailed injuring twenty in Florida
The northbound Miami New York streamliner derailed in Saint Augustine Florida injuring about 20 people treated for superficial injuries none seriously hurt. The 11 cars left the rails a half mile from the station. Passenger George Beche of the Miami Herald said the diner car appeared to leave the rails first with a soft bump.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Florida East Coast Hospital
Florida East Coast Railway Office
George Beche
The
Miami Herald
Beabe
Bodies of Heroes To Arrive Today In New York
The USAT Joseph V. Connolly will dock in New York Harbor with 22 war dead from Fairfield County and nearby towns, including eight from Bridgeport. Most bodies are from Henri Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen, Belgium, requested by next of kin. Readable names and addresses for Bridgeport personnel listed in the report.
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Joseph V. Connolly
Fairfield County
Bridgeport
New York Harbor
Henri Chappelle Cametary
Eupen
Belgium
U. S Army
United Nations stalls on Soviet warmonger plan vote
The UN political committee rejected sending the Soviet warmonger resolution to a drafting sub-committee 20 to 12, with four Latin American nations India and Ethiopia in the minority. The measure now faces the full 57-nation committee on Monday, with little chance of passage, as other ballots on Australian French and Canadian versions proceed. Russia had earlier pressed for adoption amid sharp attacks on war propaganda, then sought a joint resolution acceptable to all.
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India
Ethiopia
Carlos Stolk
Russia
Cachoalovakia
Rugala
United States
Strict Controls on Foods Studied in Washington
White House advisers discuss blueprints for tight federal controls over grain and other world shortage foods while Republicans draft their anti inflation plan. Senators Flanders and Ferguson say Truman has seized the issue of high living costs. A 19 member foreign and commerce panel met under Secretary Hornsby as Cheaster Davin of the Fed urged producer distributor action to regulate wheat and corn flows to curb demand and ease prices.
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Washington
White House
Republicana
Repubblican
Flanders
Vermont
Truman
Farguson
R-Mich
Congress
Commerce Horniman
Dig Deep Brothers and Sisters atyle news item
H 0 Bishop writes of fashion and community charity schemes set to run from tomorrow through November 25. The piece playfully notes changes in wallets and attire, then praises Community Chest solicitors collecting funds to sustain Chest work through 1948.
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Bishop
Brotherry
Governor plans special session to adjust tax law
Governor McConaughy announced a February special session of the General Assembly to modify the sales and use tax after early returns suggest revenue above estimates. Officials project about 8 million dollars in revenue for the first quarter, with annual projections between 35 and 40 million, prompting debate over rate reductions or exemptions.
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McConaugy
Chans Ron
State Capitol
Inla
Inla In Touch With the Eseuation
Enid
Legisative Finance Committee
Connecticut Public Expenditure Council
Capitol Hill
Tt Wan
Walter W. Walsh
General Assembly
Connecticut
Walah
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Switzerland
Marela Hein
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Ruth
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Haydink
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Wald
Prohua Club
Stratheid
League of Women Voters
College Club
Rocialiata
Wateroiiew
Bryant Electiie Company
State Street
Hancock
Underwood
Bront
Railond Avenue
General
Tudor
Thuratay Manning
Maxewell and Moore Kossuth
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Bridgeport Sunday Post
William J. Mealia
Cooperative Observer
Weather Bureau
Adam al Pom
Spapere
Maine Village
City of
Sunday Post
Qusprat
Y.W.C.A
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Cushman
Joseph 4H. Howard
Donald F Carpenter
Carl M. Lyne
Isaac EB. Schine
John A. Lyddy
Henry W. Littlefield
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Morton F. Judd
Roy Wells
Harry Miller III
Miami
N. Y
Sagina Jpswick
Burbank
Cal
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Utah
New York
Ernest J. Arsenault
Julio M. Arsenault
Bunnell Street
John T. Miller
John Miller
Fairfield Avenue
Henry F. Senda
Olga Joan Sinds
Ridgefield Avenue
Walter Scherba
Anna Scherba
Horace Street
John W. Shepard
Antoinette J. Shepard
Success Avenue
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UN Committee
Levy
M'Conaughy
William J. Walsh
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