Gen Lee to Confer With Chief of Staff Today
Lt Gen John C H Lee former Mediterranean theater commander arrives in Washington to meet Gen Dwight D Eisenhower defending his treatment of enlisted men. The meeting follows accusations by columnist Robert Ruark and calls by Amvets to civilianize the inspector general post. Eisenhower ordered Wyche to complete an in Italy inquiry and plans to release findings publicly. Lee relinquished his post and heads to report to the Chief of Staff.
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Washington
John C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Kelnenhower
Lee
Scripps-Howard
Robert C. Ruark
Leghorn
Italy
Eisenhower
Tra Wycha
Army
Amvets
Wyche
Ruark
United States
Iowa City
Ernest M. Butler to Be Feted by Lions
Ernest M. Butler, secretary of the Lions club and charter member of the Bridgeport club, will be honored at a testimonial dinner Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Ritz ballroom. He resigned as secretary last July to focus on leadership of Butler Business School. District and chapter members will attend the program featuring dancing and entertainment.
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Ernest M. Butler
Lions Club Tuesaday At & P. m
Ritz
Bridgeport Club
Butler
Butler Business School
Lions International
Anes
106 TO FACE CHARGES IN CZECH REVOLT PLOT
Bratislava Sept 22 AP Formal charges were prepared against 106 people accused in a plot to kill President Eduard Henes and overthrow the republic Slovakia's Interior Ministry said Today. The list includes 30 students 30 government employees and 10 priests and nuns. Earlier reports counted 142 arrested with unofficial totals near 600. Others were released after questioning.
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Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Henes
Republic
Slovakia
Ministry of Interior
Aaron Ment Feted At Confirmation Dinner
Aaron Ment son of Mr and Mrs Sterman Ment of 194 North Avenue was feted yesterday at a confirmation dinner at the Hotel Barnum attended by more than 150 people.
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Aaron Ment
Sterman Ment
North Avenue
Hotel Barnum
Floods Subside Slightly in Tokyo
Tokyo relief efforts continued as floods receded in the capital. Officials faced bread shortages and 200 residents demanded rations at Katsushika ward office. Casualty tallies ranged from 839 dead by the Home Ministry to 2,000 dead in American reports, with hundreds of thousands displaced and wide agricultural and infrastructural damage.
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Tokyo
Katsushika
Beichiro Yasui
Chiba
Saitama
Kanto
Home Ministry
Tts
Aled
Melton Joins Glidden Tour In Maine In Mercedes
Singer Jamea Melton arrived in Maine to join the Glidden tour not in his 90 antique cars but in a 265 horsepower Mercedes Benz claiming it can reach 135 miles per hour. He described the accelerator as pulling the upholstery from his back as he sped toward Poland Spring to inspect an old Stanley Steamer and planned to meet the Glidden cavalcade at Fryeburg.
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Portland
Jamea Melton
Gilddon
Westport
Conn
Melton
Poland Spring
Stanley
Fryeburg
Debt Figures Top 2000 Per Capita In 1946
The Commerce Department reports total U S debt per person averaged 2050 dollars at the start of 1947, with a total debt of 393.4 billion. Federal obligations reach 226.7 billion, state and local debt 13.6 billion, and corporate and private debt 150 billion. Private debt rose eight billion while federal debt fell twenty-three billion, marking the first overall decline since 1931.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Department
Antiquarian Society to Meet in Litchfield on Oct 11
The annual Antiquarian and Landmarks society meeting in Litchfield will feature Col. Samuel H. Fisher author and historian addressing Old House Day. Fisher will discuss The Golden Age of Litchfield and its regional influence on state and national affairs.
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Antiquarian and Landmarks Society
Col
Samuel H. Fisher
Litchfield
Col. Fisher
Irish Leader Seized Plans Hunger Strike
David Fleming, 28, former IRA leader released from jail and banned from Northern Ireland last year after two hunger strikes, was arrested at Belfast airport and announced he would begin another hunger strike immediately.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
David Fleming
Irish Republican Army
Fleming
Hunger strikes mark Belfast treason and larceny case
Fleming, serving a 12 year sentence in Belfast prison for treason and larceny, abstained from food for 77 days in spring 1946 and staged another 45 day hunger strike last fall. He was released after four years imprisonment in November on medical grounds.
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Fleming
Belfast
Bixler to Speak on Bridgeport Business at Civitan Luncheon
Harold R. Bixler executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce will headline Civitan Club luncheon at the Stratfield hotel tomorrow. He will discuss Bridgeport as a local business hub and the role of civic organizations in promoting economic activity.
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Bridgeport
Harold R. Bixler
Chamber of Commerce
Civitan Club
Stratfield Hotel
Club Norland Outing Signals First Annual Event
The first annual outing of Club Norland was held Sunday at Helmerick's grove Long Hill with over 150 participants competing in sports events that highlighted the program.
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Club Norland
Helmerick's
Talk on Air Power at Rotary Meeting
Harvey Stowers of Los Angeles, assistant to the president of Aircraft Industries Association of America, will discuss "Where is Our Air Power?" at the Rotary club meeting tomorrow in the Stratfield hotel.
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Harvey Stowers
Los Angeles
Aircraft Industries Association of America
Rotary Club
Stratfield Hotel
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St. Vincent's Hospital
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Fairfield Ave
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