Town adds 379 voters in final session before Oct 4 special
Town records show 378 new voters added in a final session to swell party strength for the town election. Of these, 141 registered Republican, 84 Democratic, and 144 did not indicate a party. Total voters now reach 5427 after two all day sessions in two weeks. Town clerk Samuel Glover announced a special Oct 4 session for those meeting age or residence requirements. Road work on Park Avenue near Merritt Parkway is to widen from 15 to 26 feet, with completion expected soon.
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County orders road improvement after traffic protest
The County Commissioners ordered work on the nar row and winding road after residents protested a dangerous traffic hazard. The town of Trumbull will pay a final portion of the road improvement cost, Mr. Butzko said.
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Harold P. Splain Named By Bankers
Harold P. Splain president of the Danbury Savings Bank was elected vice president of the Savings Banks Association of Connecticut at the 45th annual convention in Manchester. Carl V. Freese of New Haven was elected president, Harold W. Roberts executive secretary, Jesse B. Stinson of Mystic secretary and treasurer, Carter W. Atking executive director of the Connecticut Public Expenditure Council Inc. spoke on state per capita income, noting it was once the highest in the nation and urging careful scrutiny of tax measures and long term budget effects.
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Britain rebukes red satellites in Europe
London warned Romania Bulgaria and Hungary that further denials of fundamental freedoms will be a crime against European civilization and violate Allied peace treaties. A foreign office statement criticized Hungary for Communist influence and urged Budapest to heed recent events in Bucharest and Sofia.
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Taft Elected NC Young Democrats President
Hoover Taft of Greenville was elected president of the North Carolina Young Democrats without opposition during a Raleigh meeting held September 22.
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State to Advise Town on Plans For Creating Health Department
Dr James A Deolee of the State Department of Health will meet with the town council finance committee on Sept 29 at 8 pm in the Town Manager's office to discuss establishing a full time health department. He will outline department types and costs to help the council report at the Oct 13 meeting.
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Russian Troops Move Into Strategic Posts in Germany
A Berlin dispatch reported new Russian troops being moved into strategic positions in the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany. Tank formations are included as precautionary measures along the Baltic coast as the Big Four conference in London looms, with Moscow wary of potential shifts in central Europe's security after the talks.
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Hadlyme residents form first little UN
In Hadlyme on September 22 a group of 75 residents formed a Little United Nations to study world issues under UN guidelines. They plan to relay findings to the main United Nations in New York, with George V. Davis as chairman asking for practical ideas from ordinary people. Margaret W. Sullivan will represent Russia, a move that could complicate their mock deliberations.
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Japan to Build 106 Tugboats and 75 Barges for Russia
Japan signed a contract to build 106 wooden tugboats and 75 barges for Russia for use in Sakhalin harbors. The Allied division said Russia will supply 236,000 metric tons of Sakhalin coking coal, much of it for power units. Russia also sold 4,000 metric tons of graphite to Japan for electrodes and carbon products in steel production.
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U S Troops Occupy Tiny Island Deep Inside Soviet Zone
U S troops maintain a fenced patch of land near Nahmitz in a Soviet occupied area as an autonomous outpost. The 30 by 50 yard island houses medics and other specialists on a 24 hour duty cycle to aid travelers on the 112 mile autobahn link between Berlin and western Germany. Only two weeks rotation, no alcohol, no locals, limited amusements.
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Einstein Urges UN Power Boost and World Parliament
Nobel physicist Albert Einstein urged strengthening the United Nations General Assembly to supersede the Security Council and to become a world parliament. He proposed continuous sessions during crises and direct delegate selection, warning of humanity’s grave danger without broader UN authority. The letter notes possible Soviet participation as an observer if Russia declines full participation.
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Polio victim gives birth at Akron hospital
A 24 year old woman treated for infantile paralysis has delivered a six pound two ounce boy at Children's hospital Akron as polio cases spike statewide. Mrs Margie Poole was admitted Sept 14 and remained isolated when the baby was born. Doctors expect no signs of polio in the infant. Polio cases rose to 312 over the weekend.
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Arabs threaten break if Holy Land is split up
An Arab office spokesman said the Arab world would sever all ties with Europe and America if the United Nations partitions Palestine. Britain indicated it would accept partition if other UN members supported the plan, as Creech Jones prepared to present Britain’s views in New York. The Arab league states Iraq Egypt Saudi Arabia Trans Jordan Syria Lebanon and Yemen reportedly agreed to the break in a secret June 1946 meeting in Bladan, Syria.
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Reaction on Speech Attacked in Russia
London dispatch says Radio Moscow flooded Upland with propaganda targeted at the United States and its newspapers. The Soviet army newspaper in Berlin urged Americans to reflect on Russia’s actions toward the Nazis as part of a broader response to U S reactions to Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky’s speech.
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West Fleet Dies at Rockingham Park in New England
Ted Darling's six-year-old West Fleet, a famed New England owned Thoroughbred, died of swamp fever at Rockingham Park. The unfashionably bred son of Whizzaway and Tody West, sold for $500, raced at age three, earning $83,015 before a brief three and a half year career ended by illness.
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Girl 11 slain uncle sought in Philadelphia case
Police sought 22 year old ex Marine George A Neill for questioning as investigators identified the badly decomposed body of 11 year old Isabella Mallon found in a weed thicket near her home. Neill, last seen with Isabella on Sept 6, is believed to be her uncle. The girl left home with 50 cents to buy stockings.
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Ban Circus Ballyhoo At Hollywood Hearing
Washington reports the House Committee on Un American Activities preparing safeguards to keep the Hollywood inquiry from becoming a spectacle. The hearing set for October 20 replaces the original September 29 date and aims to avoid extravaganza or public sensationalism.
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Hearings to Start in Old House Caucus Room
Robert E. Stripling, chief investigator for the committee, declined to comment on reports that the committee will forbid picture making after witnesses have been sworn and that it will ban broad cast of the proceedings. The hearings, in the Old House Office Building caucus room, are expected to last several weeks.
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Sailboat Overturned Off Pequot Harbor After Strong Wind
A small sail boat capsized a mile off Pequot harbor during a Sunday gale and another boat was driven onto the beach at the harbor entrance. The schooner Gallant, drifting after its engine failed and jib jammed, sought help from a fishing boat.
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Drugless Rheumatism Treatment Promises Relief
Excelsior Springs Ball Clinic touts a drugless system for rheumatism and arthritis using mineral waters and baths. A free interactive book titled Rheumatism explains why medicines give only temporary relief and how to achieve lasting relief. Readers are invited to request the book and a follow up copy titled Good Health, Life's Greatest Blessing with no obligation. Send requests to The Ball Clinic, Dept 124, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
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