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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1947

Page

38

Poole Urges Bridgeport Buyout Plan Approval

Bridgeport residents are urged to approve a BHA sales plan that would allow occupants to purchase homes in a project with about 33 000 dollars in annual city tax implications. The author argues the entire community has a stake and contrasts residents’ yard upkeep with concerns about property values if sold to outsiders. The plan would reclassify the area to C residence and let hundreds of veterans and others consider purchase, while opponents fear tax impact and property devaluation.

Bridgeport Remington Park Remington Arma Company Huntington Turnpike Evere Ita Boundariee Ag

Wilton couple wins fair prizes at Holstein show

Amcana Farms, Wilton, led by Mr. Goldsmith and farm manager W A Baker, earned multiple blue and red ribbons as their purebred Holsteins claimed top honors at the Eastern States Exposition. Awards included junior champion and best udder for cows, with notable wins by Baker Farm Dunwood Pride and Goldsmiths Woodland Pabst Hengerweld Lady. Nitrogen note closes item.

Wilton Harold Goldsmith Ameana Farms East Morris Baker Farm Dunwood Pride Fhrst Holstein-Friesian Association Goldsmiths Woodland Pabst Hengerweld Goldsmith Westchester Kennel Club

Two Alarm Fire Hits Lindstrom Plant

George A. Butler escaped a water-filled basement area as a two alarm fire struck the Lindstrom plant. About 350 workers evacuated from the machine shop basement where cartons and dies were stored. crews fought smoke fires with masks, removing blocks to reach the blaze. Production halted but expected to resume tomorrow.

George A. Butler Erwin Callahan Eleanor Laidlaw Noree Bridgeport Pressed Metal Company Ateas

Palm Beach Struck by Violent Winds and Flooding

Gusts reached 108 mph battering Palm Beach while 120 mph gusts hit Coast Guard installations at West Palm Beach. A 38-foot picket boat battled towering seas during a suspected evacuation of a dozen people from a site southeast of Miami. Refugees crowded shelters as Army airfields rushed planes inland and Red Cross urged evacuations. Thousands fled to schools, courthouses, federal buildings and hotels as Lake Okeechobee rose behind dikes. Evacuation trains evacuated thousands, with uncertainty over casualties and crop damage amid historic storm fears.

Coast Guard West Palm Beach Miami Gulf of Mexico Army Air Fields MacDill Field Chanute Scott Fields Middle West Pensacola Mobile Sebring Fla Lake Okeechobee John Kirk East Coast Florida Red Cross Okeechohee Palm Beach Miamiana Norton Art Gallery Olive Street Trinidad Army Reconnaisance Navy Cmdr Frederick Lewis Maeter Airport

Union Continues Plant Picketing Amid Strike Battles

Union Local 206 maintains mass picketing at the Connecticut plant as operations resume and a 60 hour week is planned to catch up on orders. Zwicker and Foley defend union actions, cite failed company drives to break the strike, and note NLRB charges against the employer.

Foley Loca 206 United Construction Workers Zwicker Canfield State Board of Mediation and Arbitration Tts Hartford Charlies Wyman Connecticut Federation of Labor Bridgeport Central Labor Union Tregard National Labor Relations Board

Injunction Plea Denied In Strike Dispute

Representatives of both sides prepared to meet in Mr Krentzman s office to resolve their differences Judge Quinlan noted the short interval between the strike notice and the start of picketing and the resulting tensions Zwerdling testified pickets blocked a New Haven truck unload halting hand unloading Cleary center treasurer said pickets never blocked unloading or entry Cleary testified Zwerdling and his sons struck him during the incident Krentzman actions protected him from harm Drivers complained of work stoppage over reinstatement of a discharged driver Company alleged bargaining rights delay and initial request for bargaining rights prior to strike

Milton Meyer Krentzman Cleary Williams. Gordon Hartford Zwerching

Death penalty sought for SS leaders at Nuremberg

In Nuremberg Germany on September 17 the American prosecution demanded the death penalty for 18 SS executives led by Oswald Fohl. New York attorney Jack Robbins summarized the case against Fohl and 17 associates as the masterminds of the Nazi concentration camp system.

Nuernberg Germany Jack Robbins New York Oswald Fohl

Marshall urges UN reform and Greek defense in UN appeal

United States Secretary of State George C. Marshall sharply attacked veto power as he addressed the 55 nation United Nations Assembly. He proposed a seven point program to back a full time Security Committee and to liberalize the veto, except for cases involving forceful action against aggressors. He urged a Greek border commission and an assembly driven solution for Palestine while pressing arms control and atomic energy terms. His speech signals a widening American diplomatic push against Soviet vetoes and a shift toward GA action when the Security Council stalls.

Europe United Nations Vishinsky Modrzelewski United States Marshall Yugoslavia Albania Bulgaria Greece Security Council Pacific Jastiea Russia General Assembly

Mercury Skids as Early Fall Looks Ahead

Temperature plummets to four degrees showing a sharp cool spell. Today records a 26 degree drop from yesterday's high of 75, signaling a brisk start to fall as Tuesday brings the new season.

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