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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1947
Page
2
A satirical note proposes a mock headline service for Pravda to counter Soviet propaganda. It outlines provocative, humorous reverse headlines about capitalism, U S. policy, Tito and Molotov, and offers examples for exchange.
About 500000 packages accumulated in Railway Express Agency offices in the metropolitan area as 56 000 Teamsters and 2100 New Jersey union members walked off. Mediation plans were not announced. Locals 808 and 459 struck at midnight Thursday, seeking higher wages and a 40 hour work week.
Hartford AP William F. James former Bridgeport Herald writer has petitioned the Board of Pardons for leniency after a two to six year prison sentence imposed May 21. He is to appear November 3 with other condemned individuals including Salvatore Manarite. The November session will hear cases from Hartford Litchfield New London Windham Tolland and Middlesex counties with Waterbury cases moved to October 6.
New York report notes 21-year-old Tom Lawrence Jr. reporting for probationary duty and being assigned to the same precinct where his mother, a veteran of 28 years, serves. The Lawrence family tradition includes his grandfather, two uncles, and a cousin currently on the force.
London reports: Princess Elizabeth will wed Lt Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey on November 20. A full royal guard will escort the couple from Buckingham Palace via the Mall to Admiralty Arch and Whitehall, Parliament Street and Parliament Square to the abbey. Household cavalry will provide mounted escorts and bands will play at key points along the route and at the abbey. The note ends with a reminiscence that the first right and left shoes in Britain were made in 1822, before which shoes were interchangeable.
A marketing line extols the Dry flavor of Utica Club Pilsner Lager and XXX Cream Ale. It promotes availability in bottles cans and on draught as an advertising promo.
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