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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1947

Page

7

Hidden container inside gourdequash or pumimip 4

Fragmentary note describes concealing a container within a gourdequash or similar item for hiding a secret. No clear person, place, or event identified.

Nazzarene Campolucci Dies With Services Set

Nazzarene Campolucci a maintenance man at Helm Co died at home in Patr field. services will be Wednesday at 8 90 pm then 8 o clock in St Raphiels Budal in St Michael a cemetery. He was born in Italy 46 years ago and lived in Bridgeport 33 years. Survived by wife Alberta four sons Nicolas Jerry Henry Mario Campoluces three daughters Silvie Cappeto Elizabeth Cer utth and Marys Campoluces seven grandchildren. Funeral details for others follow in brief.

Nazzarene Campolucci Helm Company Sanford Street Patrfield Ddarral Avenue St. Raphiel’s Budal St. Miccael Italy Campollucei Bridgeport Hod Carriers Union of America Alberta Campolucci Nicholas Jerry Henry Mario Campoluces Silvie Cappeto Elizabeth Cerutth Marys Campoluces

Funeral services for Patrick J Col line in Norwich

Patrick J Col line 81 of Yellow Mill Village died Friday at Uncus on the Thames Norwich. Services set for today at 8:30 am at Frank Polke and Son funeral home 1546 Fairfield Avenue and at 9 o clock in St Ambrose s church Buria t. Burial in St Michael s cemetery.

Patrick Joseph Colline Yellow Mill Village Uncus-on-the- Thames Norwich Frank Polke and Son Fairfield Avenue St. Ambrose’s Church Buriat St. Michael's Cemetery

Services for Katherine A Reeves Rites Today

Services for Katherine A Reeves daughter of Patrick and Bridget Reeves who died Friday in her home will be held today. At 8 30 a m the family will receive at Gannon funeral home 615 Washington Avenue then at 9 o'clock a requiem Mass at St Augustine's Church. Burial follows at St Michael's Cemetery.

Katherine A. Reeves Patrick and Bridget Reeves George Street Gannon Funeral Washington Avenue St. Augustine's Church St. Michael's Cemetery

Services for John Edward Reilly Held Today

Services for 46 year old John Edward Reilly of 122 Wheeler Avenue are set for today at 8:30 a.m. at The Gannon Funeral Home 2819 Main Street and at 8:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church. Burial will follow in St. Michael's Cemetery.

John Edward Reilly Wheeler Avenue Gannon Funeral Home Main Street St. Patrick’s Church St. Michael's Cemetery

Services for George H. Snyder Held in Mahoney City Home

George H. Snyder of 222 Warren Street died Friday in St Vincent’s Hospital after a brief meal. Services were held Monday afternoon at his sister Mrs Martin Karlk’s home at 215 West Horice Street Mahoney City Pa. Burial followed at Holy Emanuel Cemetery Mahoney City.

George H. Snyder Warren Street St. Vincent's Hospital Martin Karlk West Horiice Street Mahoney City Hurtal Holy Emanuel Cemetery Mahomoy Clty

Services for Michael J. Whalen 14 Fairfield youth obituary

Services for Michael J Whalen a 14 year old Fairfield resident employed by Dupont for 41 years until his 1931 retirement occurred Monday at 8 30 am at the Fairfield funeral home of Wilmott and West 1209 Post road and at St Thomas Church with a solemn high Mass of requiem Burial followed at St Thomas Cemetery after a long illness in St Vincent s hospital where he died Friday

Michael J. Whalen Reel Road Fairfield Dupont Company St. Vincent's Hospital Wilmot and Weat Post Road St. Thomas St. Thoma Cemetery

Obituary: Joseph Haynal of Fairfield longtime StanleyWorks worker

Joseph Haynal of 1443 King's Highway Fairfield died Monday after a brief illness at 10 30 am at Fee Funeral Home and 11 am at St Emery's Church burial in Mountain Grove Cemetery He lived 44 years in Bridgeport was a member of Rakorzl Aid Association and St Laaz to Sick Benefit Society He leaves Julia Haynal two sons Joseph and Frank Eraynal two daughters Mrs Nicholas Toth and Mrs Julias Sankolzal and seven grandchildren

Joseph Haynal King's Highway Fairfield Stanley Works Seaview Avenue Polke Funeral Home Fairfield Avenue St. Emery’s Church Mountain Grove Cemetery Bridgeport Haynal Rakorzl Aid Association St. Laaz To Sick Benefit Society Julia Haynal Joseph Frank Eraynal Nicholas Toth Julias Sankolzal

James Brennan Rites Held For Bridgeport Resident

James Brennan lifelong Bridgeport resident and G M Sehrade cutlery shop mechanic died at home on 8% Colonial avenue after a brief illness. Funeral services were at Police funeral home and St Patrick's church with requiem Mass. He is survived by wife Grace, four sons William James Thomas and Arthur, daughter Brainard Schtetin ger, brother Bernard Brennan and seven grandchildren.

James Brennan Bridgeport G. M. Sehrade Cutlery Seymour Street Colonial Avenue Police Fairfield Avenue St. Patrick's Church Requiem Maas Purial St. Michael's Cemetery Brennan Grace McMahen Brennan William James Thomas Arthur Brennan Brainard Schtetinger Bernard Brennan

Mrs Kaloczi dies. services set at Potke and St Stephen

Mrs Theresa Kaloczi widow of Martin Kaloczi of 802 Wordin avenue died Monday at home. Services Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at Potke Funeral Home 846 Fairfield avenue and at 9 a.m. at St Stephen's Church with a requiem Mass. Burial will be in St Michael's Cemetery. She belonged to St Laszlo Sick Benefit society. Survived by three sons Joseph George Edward Kaloczi four daughters Mrs Rose Warpljat Mrs Philip Caraglier Mrs Richard Fensky and Mrs Jack Smalling four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Martin Kaloczi Theresa Kaloczi Wordin Avenue Potke Fairfield Avenue St. Stephen's Church St. Michael’s Cemetery Kaloczi St. Laszlo Sick Benefit Society Joseph George Edward Kalocai Rose Warpljat Philip Caraglier Richard Fensky Jack Smalling

Services for Jonathon Sprague Held at Trinity Church

Jonathon Sprague 18, son of Ralph E and Marion H Washburn Sprague of 144 Westway Road Southport, died Friday at home after a long illness. Services were held Monday at 11 am in Trinity Episcopal Church Southport.

Jonathon Sprague Ralph E. and Marion H. Washburn Sprague Westway Road Southport Trinity Episcopal Church

Edward S Emriscak services announced

Edward S Emriscak aged 49 of 621 State Street will have visitation at 8 30 a m and a funeral Mass at 9 00 a m at Charles T Platey Funeral Home 255 Bar Num Avenue followed by burial in St Michaels Cemetery at Sts Cyril and Methodius Church service.

Edward S. Emriscak Emerson State Street Charles T. Platey Barnum Avenue Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church St. Michael’s Cemetery

John T. Stanton Rites Held at St Augustine Church

John T. Stanton of 130 Arch Street died Saturday after a long illness at St Vincent's hospital. A Requiem Mass was held at St Augustine's Church at 10 a.m. Burial followed at St Michael's Cemetery. Born in New Britain he was a merchant. He leaves a brother W Harold Stanton of Milford and three sisters Elizabeth Staunton of Bridgeport Mrs Frederick Carey of Yonkers and Mrs W Norman Holmen of Los Angeles.

John T. Stanton John Thomas Stanton Arch Street St. Vincent’s Hospital St. Augustine's Church St. Michael's Cemetery New Britain James F Margaret Farr Stanton Stanton W. Harold Stanton Milford Elizabeth I. Staunton Bridgeport Frederick Carey Yonkers N. Y W. Norman Holmen Los Angeles Cal

Obituary Notices From Norwalk Area

Mrs Adora Flynn Swartz 90 widow of Christian Swartz mother of the late State Comptroller Charles C Swartz died Saturday at 272 West Avenue after a long illness Services are Tuesday at 2 PM at her home with Rev Harold E Martin officiating Burial will be in Riverside cemetery She is survived by daughter Helen Swartz brother Reed Flynn and granddaughter Miss Marguerite Flynn East Norwalk Norwalk Sept 1 Mrs May Mottram wife of J Herbert Mottram died Saturday at 17 Wallace Avenue Services are Tuesday at PM at home with Rev William Schroeder of Christ Episcopal Church Norwalk officiating She is survived by husband a daughter Mrs Gerry C Magrath and three sisters Mrs Richard Dunn Mrs J M Hill and Mrs Asa V Necker all of Norwalk.

Christian Swartz Norwalk Adora Flynn Swartz Charles C. Swartz West Avenue Harold E. Martin First Congregational Church Helen Swartz Reed Flynn Marguerite Flynn East Norwalk May Mottram J. Herbert Mottram Wallace Avenue William Schroeder Christ’s Episcopal Church, Norwalk Riverside Cemetery Richard Dunn J. M. Hill Asa V. Necker

Mrs. Harriet Elliott dies in Danbury hospital

Mrs. Harriet Elliott wife of John R Elliott of 132 South Street Danbury died Sunday after two months illness in Danbury Hospital. Funeral from Cornelius Delury Memorial 113 Main Street at 8:30 and St Peters Church at 9 burial in St Peters Cemetery. Native of Lee Massachusetts she was daughter of Mary Buckley Noonan and the late Michael Noonan and a graduate of Lowell Teachers College. She taught at Southbury Consolidated School and earlier in public and parochial schools. Survived by husband two daughters Bettie Ann Charlotte Jane two sisters four brothers.

John R. Elliott Danbury A. Harriet Eliott South Street Danbury Hospital Cornelius Delury Main Street St. Peter's Church St. Peter's Cemetery Elliott Lee Mass Mary Buckley Noonan Michael Noonan Lowell Louis Stanton James Quigley Mount Vernon N. Y Joseph Miller Harold Stamford William Noonan

Mrs Catherine Bennet Camp Dies in Newtown Home

Mrs Catherine Bennet Camp wife of town tax collector Robert N Camp died at her Boulevarde home Sunday night after a heart attack Funeral services were held at St Rose s church and burial followed in St Rose s cemetery Sandy Hook She was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Robert Bennet of New York City and a longtime member of the Newtown Country Club Surviving are her husband and a brother George Bennett of Corona Long Island

Newtown Catherine Bennet Camp Robert N. Camp St. Rose's Church Buprial St. Rose’s Cemetery Sandy Hook Camp

Services Held for Mrs Mina Brooks in New Haven

Mrs Mina Brooks of 825 Elm Street died Friday after a long illness in New Haven General Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at 11 am at Weller Funeral Home 425 George Street. Burial followed in Congregational B'Nai Jacob Cemetery. Emphasizes her son Attorney Lee B Brooks of Long Hill.

Mina Brooks New Haven Elm Street Lee B. Brooks Long Hill New Haven Hospital Weller Funeral Home George Street Nail

Professor Grant E Finch Dies in Danbury at 75

Danbury burial and hospital obituary notes Dr Grant E Finch age 75 of 16 Terrace Place who retired in 1944 after 25 years as a history geography and American life professor at Danbury Teachers College He died after a long illness and was preparing a Danbury history for a town commission dating from 1845 Rotary Club work noted Service arrangements are incomplete until relatives arrive.

Danbury Grant E. Finch Terrace Place Teachers’ College Danbury Hospital Finch Denbury

Girl risks life to save mother from burning slag cave

In Castle Shannon Pittsburgh area a seven year old girl named Catherine Zurenski pulled her mother Mia Lucille Zurenski from a slag pit after a cave in swallowed her legs. Neighbors had fled fearing the crust would collapse. The mother, mother of five, suffered third degree burns and abrasions. A previous report said her nine year old son Joseph helped rescue.

Pittsburgh Mia Lucille Zurenski Castle Shannon Castle Shannon Home. "My Feet Were Burning and Paining Terrible," Mrs. Zurenski Catherine Joseph

Jeremiah O'Sullivan G E veteran dies in Bridgeport

Jeremiah O'Sullivan retired employee of the General Electric company died Monday at 8:30 am at his home 106 Parrott avenue Bridgeport. Funeral arrangements at Mullins and Redgate funeral home 1297 Park avenue and a solemn Mass at St Patrick's church. Burial in St Michael's cemetery. Born in Ireland he lived in Bridgeport over 40 years and belonged to Holy Name society Council of Catholic Men and Quarter Century club. Survived by Katherine Hegarty O'Sullivan a son Daniel F. O'Sullivan two daughters Mrs John F. O'Connell and Katherine O'Sullivan three brothers in Ireland and ten grandchildren.

Joseph N. Kulishek Joseph L. Kulishek Sheridan Street D. M. Read Company Bridgeport Charles T. Pistey Barnum Avenue St. John's Nep St. Michael's Cemetery Moravia Czechoslovakia Kulishek Bohemian Sick Benefit Society Frances M. Kulishék Franke J. Kulilshek Emily Trinchka Josephine Budzilek Anthony Kulishek Mary Turichek Jeremiah O'Sullivan General Electric Company Parrott Avenue Mullins and Redgate Park Avenue St. Patrick’s Church St. Michael’s Cemetery Ireland O'Sullivan Holy Name Society Council of Catholic Men Katherine Hegarty O'Sullivan Daniel F. O'Sullivan John F. O'Connell Katherine O'Sullivan James Dennis William O'Sullivan

Shostakovich dedicates Festive Overture to Soviet power

Soviet composer Dimitri Shostakovich wrote a Festive Overture to mark the 30th anniversary of Soviet power. It will be first performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and Moscow radio band tonight. He said the work expresses the feelings of people who endured war trials and restored the country, aiming to embody the elan of peaceful labor. The Capitol tile floors in Washington have stood for over nine years.

London Dimitri Shostakovich Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Radio Gaid

Fraud Charged As Reds Capture Hungary Election

Budapest reports admit abuses in Sundays parliamentary vote but say they did not affect the outcome in which the Communists won about one fifth of ballots. Opposition claims up to 1,000,000 false votes. official tally shows Communists 1,082,597 of 4,933,689 ballots with a coalition forecast of 270 seats.

Hungary Budapest Ivan Boldiszar Ministry of Information Foreign Ministry Information Ministry Communists Social Democrats National Peasants Moscow Radio People’s Democratic Party Istvan Barbankovica Hungarian Independence Party Independent Hungarian Democratic Party Hungarian Radical Party Citizens’ Democratic Party Christian Women's Camp Anti-Red Group Second Foreign Office Barankovics The Democrats Cnat Istan Ries Ries

Galileo demonstrates air has weight in 1600 AD

The historical note states that Galileo proved air bears weight in the year 1600 AD, marking a milestone in understanding atmospheric pressure and physics. This concise claim highlights a pivotal moment attributed to Galileo in early modern science.

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