Tax cut delay urged as Snyder weighs aid costs
Secretary Snyder told reporters Congress should refrain from tax cuts until European aid costs are settled. He foresees a balanced budget while trimming the national debt, as the Marshall plan discusses aid for 16 European nations. Taft predicts Marshall plan totals up to 3400 million annually with debt reduction. White House work continues on final Marshall Plan recommendations for November 17 congressional start.
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Washington
Congress
Ald Costa
Trenaury Snyder
United States
Truman
Taft
R-Chico
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Boston
Ocunion
Congian
Snyder
Teportera
State Department
Love
White House
Congreaa
Heh Peice Crisia
Europe
Trueman
Gow
Charlee
Rema
Bridgeport Weather Summary For Vicinity
Cloudy with brief showers and cooler today. Partly cloudy Friday. Temperatures show yesterday highs around 74 and lows near year-ago levels. Precipitation data noted with month totals. Tide readings include high at 1:50 am and low around 6:32 pm. Almanac notes sunrise at 6:20 am and sunset at 4:83 pm.
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Bridgeport
Reading
Four More Contempt Citations in Hollywood Red Probe
Washington headline notes four more individuals cited for contempt as House Un American Activities probes into alleged communism in Hollywood. Samuel Ornitz Herbert Biberman Edward Dmytryk and Adrian Scott face potential federal penalties. Emmet Lavery testifies no Red, while Dore Schary cites possible communist presence in unions and guilds.
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Hollywood
Samuel Ornitz
Herbert Biberman
Edward Dmytryk
Adrian Scott
House
Ornitz
Biberman
Dmytryk
Scott
RKO
Dore Schary
Schary
Henry Kelley Reelected President of Fairfield County Planners
Henry Kelley of New Canaan was reelected president of the Fairfield County Planning Association at a Stratfield hotel dinner. Thirteen members attended as officers were named including Anne Richardson, Eben Putnam, Donald Sammis as vice presidents, Raymond French as executive secretary, Henry Maury as treasurer, Austin Mather as secretary, and Flava Shurtleff as counsel. The group urged a through truck route to ease Bridgeport Stratford traffic, noting a state highway study ongoing. Shurtleff highlighted zoning case studies from Bridgeport and Greenwich boards of appeals.
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Henry Kelley
New Canaan
Fairfield County Planning Association
Stratfield Hotel
Kelley
Anne 8. Richardson
Ridgefield
Eben F. Putnam
Greenwich
Donald 8. Sammis
Stratford
Raymond WL. French
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Henry Maury
Bridgeport
Austin W. Mather
Norwalk
Flava Shurtleff
Bridgeport-Stratford
Mather
Shurtleff
Bridgeport and
Greenwich Board of Appeals
Police officer beaten while arresting unclad disturber at labor camp
Bridgeport officer William J. Wallace sustained a broken nose as he arrested Harold Waldron, 49, of New York City for attempted robbery after Waldron attacked him at a Ridgefield labor camp. Donald Moore, 35, of Biddeford Maine, was identified as the assailant by Wallace. Waldron, Moore, and Henry F. Coolay, 48, of New York City, were jailed pending arraignment on charges including assault, resisting arrest, and drunkenness.
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Nidgefield
William J. Wallace
Bridgeport
Lisut
Harry T. Tucker
Ridgefield Barracks
Hla
Wallace
Harold Waldron
New York City
Wince
Tucker
Henry Palau
Tuae Sea
Donald Moore
Bio Harbor
Waldron
Moore
Danbury Hospital
Henry F. Coolay
Ridge- Hold Bartacks
Almost half of motorists ignore state speed limits study shows
Hartford report says 43.8 percent of cars exceeded the 40 mph state limit in speed studies since 1942. Out-of-state drivers and women tended to drive faster. trucks and buses were more compliant. On Merritt Parkway 65 mph limit observed, only 20 percent exceeded. Highest noted speed 70 mph.
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Hartford
State Highway Department
G. Albert Hill
Hill
Connecticut
Cara
Merritt Parkway
McCormick kin feud over Hubbard children custody in 1940s
Chicago Oct 20 AP Mrs Martel McCormick Hubbard sought to regain custody of Edith Rockefeller McCormick Hubbard and Elisha Dyer McCormick Hubbard, saying their 1988 removal was due to alleged abuse and excessive drinking. Her brother Fowler McCormick testified about the earlier dispute and court proceedings.
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Chicago
Martel
McCormick Hubbard
Fowler McCormick
International Harvester, Co
T Care AR
McCormick
John A. Sbarbaro
WAC
Sbarbaro
MecCormick
Mra
Anne “Fifi” Stillman McCormick
Grand Anse
Quebec
Rain floods Mitport streets and forest fire danger easing
Rain in Bridgeport area floods Milford viaducts to three feet stalling traffic on Main Street. Governor McConaughy said rainfall is not enough to reopen forests yet, awaiting deeper soaking rain. Across New England the woods fire hazard eased as rainfall helped control remnants of recent wildfires that killed 23 people and ruined property.
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Bridgeport
Milford
McConaughy
Connecticut
New England
Committee Urges New Laws to End Race Segregation
A presidential civil rights committee urged Congress and state legislatures to outlaw segregation and discrimination based on race color creed or national origin and to act now. The 15 member panel led by Charles BR Wilson called for federal anti lynching and anti poll tax laws, fair employment, and bans on restrictive covenants, asserting remedial steps are morally economically and internationally urgent.
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Washington
Truman
Committee On Civil Rights
Congress
State Legislatures
Charles BR. Wilson
General Electric Co
White House
Mrs Thomas Jex Preston Dies in Baltimore at 83
Mrs Thomas Jex Preston widow of Grover Cleveland died in Baltimore at age 83 while visiting her son Richard Cleveland. She had come from Princeton New Jersey to celebrate his fiftieth birthday and died in her sleep during a quiet family gathering at the Cleveland home.
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Baltimore
Thomas Jex Preston
Grover Cleveland
Richard F. Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Mayoral nominees debate at Bridgeport forum
Three candidates Mayor McLevy Socialist Salvatore J Fazio Republican and James J Whelan Democratic argued city issues at a College Club forum last night sponsored by the Bridgeport League of Women Voters Topics included housing city employee pay improvements under the Socialist administration and fiscal policy and contrasts with prior Republican and Democratic regimes Secretary of State Frances Burky Redick spoke on four constitutional amendments to be voted on Tuesday.
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McLevy
Salvatore J. Fazio
James J. Whelan
College Club
Bridgeport League of Women Voters
Frances Burky Redick
Arone
Democrats Pick Philadelphia as 1948 Convention Site
The Democratic National Committee chose Philadelphia for the 1948 convention, in a San Francisco meeting where the party reluctantly withdrew its prior bid. The date is not set but likely early July, while Republicans had already planned to meet there starting June 21. Senator J Howard McGrath of Rhode Island was elected national chairman and backed Truman’s 1948 bid.
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U. 8
Congress
South
Booth
Washington
Philadelphia
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
Republicana
Democratic Committee
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Truman
McGrath
Robert E
Community Cheat Campaign and Egg Debate Across Town
The item notes widespread chat about eggs and a general buzz around a Community Cheat campaign. It references biblical crossings, marriages of a preacher named David Mansom, and mentions of Washington, Widow Curtla, and Sam Mansom, plus regional geography from Georgia to the Missouri River. The tone suggests local curiosity and quirky trivia as residents discuss daily life and household topics.
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David Mansom
Washington
Curtla
Wan
Sam Wan
Georgia
Atite
U. S
Texas
Bridgeport
Massachusetts
Commons Backs Attlee Regime In Key Vote
In London on October 29 the House of Commons defeated Churchill's bid to topple the Labour government by 348 to 203. Attlee defended his program of industrial nationalization and criticized Churchill's call for a return to free enterprise, insisting the government would press ahead with its measures amid the economic crisis.
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London
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Houe of Commons
Churchill
Atthoe
George VI
At- Wee
Atties
Socialite Adopts Army General as Son in Newport
Newport court records reveal 80-year-old socialite Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster adopted Brig. Gen. Ralph C. Tobin, 67, as her son in a full age adoption. Tobin keeps his name and gains inheritance rights. Webster, who has no children, inherits a $1.25 million estate and life use of Pen Craig estate.
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Newport
R. I
Ralph CG. Tobin
Hamilton Fish Webster
John M. Dring
William A. Peckham
Tobin
Webster
Truat
Pen Craig
Mink Garbed Woman Receives 222 Monthly Relief in NYC
New York City welfare probe testimony describes a woman in a mink coat receiving a monthly aid grant of 222.76 while housed in a hotel. Other cases include alcoholics and dependents kept in hotels. State official Shapiro testified and city officials pledge review of questionable relief cases for potential recovery of public funds.
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New York
State Board of Social Welfare
New York City
Bernard Shapiro
State Social Welfare Department
Benjamin Fielding
State Board
City Welfare Department
William O'Dwyer
Fielding
Taal Friday
Shaptro
Oregon Governor and officials reported dead in wreck
AAF rescue teams in Klamath Falls report all aboard dead after governor and state leaders disappear in a wreck near Dog Lake in the Oregon backcountry. Private pilots confirm wreckage with a damaged plane, but forest officials warn initial reports may be premature. The party included Governor Earl Snell Secretary of State Robert Farrell and Senate President Marshall Cornett with pilot Hogue.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Oregon
U. S. Forent Service
Cliff Howne
Salon
Ore Ron
Rayemond ¥. Olxon
Memy Airwaya
Medford
Olxon
Rnell
Btnte
Robert 8. Farrel
Renate
Marrehall Cornett
Hogue
Hamilton Field
Calif
Air Force'n Sly Lencan Service
Donald Pricer
Rodien
Lakeview
Marla Lowden
Fremont National Foreal
Forest
Lowden Sald
Crown
Rma
He Alr
Oscar Kittredge
Warner Valley
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Leslie M. O'Connor
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