Local Denied Seats By U E W In Convention
Local 203 United Electrical Workers officials Michael Berescik president and Joseph Julianelli business agent were denied seats at the 12th convention in Boston. They vowed to back anti Communist efforts, discussed possible legal action, and noted dues issues and a February tax payment tied to convention seating.
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U.ew
Michael Berescik
Jreeph Julanellie
United Electrical Radio Ast Machine Workers of America Cio
Boston
United Frees
Julianenle
Ithia Rity
International Union
Reston
Thare
Rereecik
Heaton
Juline
Weather forecast for Western Connecticut and Eastern New York
Official weather data describes a day of air and cool temps with partial cloudiness. Winds shift from northwest to southwesterly, high near 69, and tonight’s low around 45 to 50 degrees. Extended outlook shows cooler conditions through Saturday with rainfall totals over half an inch, showers in northern New England and Vermont, and autumn begins as sunset occurs around 6:49 p.m.
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Connecticut
New York
New Ennaland
Boston
New Maven
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Canada
New England States
Hartford
New York City
Robot Plane Spans Ocean Push Button Flight Seen
The four engine Air Force Skymaster known as The Big Push flew 2400 miles from Stephenville NF to Brize Norton England without a hand on the controls after starting button touched. A nine man crew and five passengers rode along as observers. The flight, part of an all weather flying study, aims to reduce human error by autonomous control with pilot monitoring.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Stephenville
N. F
Brize Norton
England
Air Force
Clinton County
Wilmington
Ohio
Mitchell Field
L. 1
D.C
Andrewa Field
Long Beach
Calif
Tesla
Flight
Petkov Hanged in Sofia Prison Reignites Cold War Tensions
Nikola Petkov, peasant leader and foe of Bulgaria's Communist party, was hanged at Sofia's central prison after a trial that denied his alleged plot to overthrow the government. The United States and Britain denounced the conviction as a miscarriage of justice and urged a broader international review, which Moscow rejected as interference in Bulgaria's internal affairs. Petkov had led opposition Agrarian party figures since his arrest on charges of plotting to topple the regime, calling the death a prolongation of events in Hungary.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Nikola Petkov
Communist Party
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Petkov
Supreme Court
Agrarian Party
Pekov
Hungary
U. S
Allied Control Commission
U.S
Russia
Moscow
New Storm Strikes Florida Coast Amid Rains and Flood Fears
A second tropical storm hit Florida from the Gulf Coast pushing toward Paytona Beach as a hurricane risk looms for citrus crops. Gusts reached up to 85 mph with torrential rains. Tampa officials feared the Hillsborough River flood threat while convicts aided dike work along the West Palm Beach canal.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Paytona Beach
Tampa Bay
Gulf Coast
Fort Myers
Miami Weather Bureau
Tts
Lakeland
Sarasota
Tampa
Hillsborough
Belle Glade
West Palm Beach Canal
State cop nabbed 2 jail fugitives in Canterbury
Officer Luke Clancy halted two escapees from Windham county jail in Brooklyn after a routine check. George P. Korch 23 Webster Ma and Richard F. Pickering 20 Danielson were held at gunpoint in a Canterbury vacant house until reinforcements arrived. They face two burglary charges tied to the escape.
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Leo FE. Carroll
Treasury balance report for Sept 19 shows 3.219 billion
Washington Treasury figures show the balance on September 19 at 3,219,189,457 dollars. This brief item notes the national fiscal position with a precise total and a dated reference.
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Washington
Treasury
Petkovs Long Career in Bulgarian Politics
Nikola Dimitrov Petkov, 54, a longtime figure in Bulgaria’s prewar politics, led the Agrarian Party and faced government pressure in 1938 amid pulled into a campaign against King Boris III. That November he and six Agrarian deputies were expelled from parliament. Petkov led the group accused of pamphlet distribution attacking the king while denying any aim to dethrone him.
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Nikola Dimitrov Petkov
Bulgaria
Agrarian
Boris III
Petkov
James to Seek Leniency for Pardons Hearing
William F. James a former Bridgeport newspaper man now in state prison for attempting to procure a false witness petitions the board of pardons for leniency. He is slated to appear November 3 as the board considers cases from Hartford Litchfield New London Toland Windham and Middlesex counties.
United Nations faces East West split as crisis grows
The United Nations crisis between Russia and Western powers tightens as Trygve Lie urges a supreme effort to reconcile differences. Delegates fear a break up of the UN. a Soviet boycott of a proposed Security committee looms. Marshall and Truman meet on European food conditions. Vishinsky may reply to Western arguments with a second speech.
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New York
Russia
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Lie
General Assembly
Moscow
Washington
New Assembly Security Committee
United States
Assembly
Marshall
Crisle
Truman
Europe
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Anseambly
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Democrats Endorse Whelan for Mayor in City Caucus
James J. Whelan, former Democratic town chairman, received the party’s endorsement for mayor at a Barnum hotel meeting. State Senator Cornelisa Mulvihill announced the primaries date soon and said joint endorsements with Republicans are not yet concrete. Edward P. Dempsey moved the endorsement with speeches by James A. Donovan and Jeremiah Carroll as Mulvihill urged unity for a strong slate. continuation promised on page two.
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James J. Whelan
Democratic Town Committee
Whelan
Barnum Hotel
Cornelisa Mulvihill
Mr. Whelan
Edward P. Dempsey
Fourth
James A. Donovan
Jeremiah Carroll
Mulvihill
County Plans Central Jail With Farm Site
Fairfield county moves toward replacing the Bridgeport and Danbury jails with a centralized facility on a jail farm. A special meeting funded Danbury jail operations for a year while planning to acquire property for a county jail farm and to sell Danbury and Bridgeport properties to finance the project. The plan aims to keep lockups in both cities as needed and to seek repeal of the statute requiring a Danbury jail.
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Bridgeport
Danbury
Fairfield County
North Avenue
Edgard A. Platt
James E. Murphy
Superior Court
Alice V. Rowland
Ridgefield
Corneliue F. Mulvihill
Oscar Peterson, Jr
Stratford
Edward S. Birge
Axel W. Lindstrom
Sadie R. Leewith
George N. McKendry
Murphy
Mulvihill
Herbert B. Wancerer
Bethel
Bridgeport Weather Sees Sudden Cold Snap Evening Frost
A drop in temperatures swept through Bridgeport as the summer season ends with a 36 degree low at 7 a.m. and a 38 degree overnight fall from yesterday. Reports from New England noted 29 degrees in Pittsfield and snow in Maine and New Hampshire while a warmer front forms from the Dakota plains heading east.
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Bridgeport
New England
Truck Driver Dies In Train Collision At Stamford
Daniel Falkerson 54 of Port Chester NC was killed when his 10 ton Gore Freight Line truck was struck by a two car New Haven railroad commuter train on the New Canaan branch. The vehicle dragged 400 feet, sparked a gasoline explosion, and set a car ablaze. Traffic was halted for hours as buses replaced trains. Several passengers suffered minor injuries. engineer Harry Shetzell faced a bond on a technical charge.
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Daniel Falkerson
Port Chester
N. C
New Haven Railroad
New Canaan
Falkerson
Gore
Fred Blundell
Springdale
Webb-Offset Company
Springdale Fire Company
Herbert Ketter
Pollce
Harry Shetzell
Monroe Accepts Grant for School Additions
In Monroe on September 23 fourteen voters at a special town meeting in the school approved a 23333.33 dollar grant from the State Public School Building commission for a four room addition to the consolidated school. Charlie F. Nichols chaired the meeting with Eugene A. Blake as clerk.
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Monroe
State Public School Building Commission
Charlies F. Nichols
Eugene A. Blake
Ansonia adopts new zoning law and board appointments
Ansonia moves to implement a new zoning ordinance effective January 1, 1948. Four appointments to the newly created Zoning Appeals board are under consideration by Mayor Thomas J. Nelligan. The measure, passed 9 to 4, divides the city into three zones A residential B business and C industrial.
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Ansonia
Appeals Board
Thomas J. Nelligan
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Matthew F. Shortell, Jr
John J. Shea
Howard D Olderman
Board of Zoning Appeal
Aldermaniec
Vincent BR. Clarke
Indus
One Man's Opinion By Walter Kiernan
Walter Kiernan humorously critiques social security and longevity, noting workers retire at 65 and suggesting even death extends benefits. He laments shortages despite abundance, jokes about dieting, and cites the US paying 40 percent of the UN budget with a poke at Gromyko.
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U.S.A
Gromyko
Truman to woo Americans for voluntary food rationing
President Truman intends a nationwide radio appeal this weekend for a voluntary austerity program to ease Europe’s yearlong food crisis. A cabinet source said the plan hinges on a long report on the international situation led by Marshall and Lovett and may trigger a November special session to approve up to 2.5 billion dollars in relief for Western Europe.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Europe
George C. Marshall
Robert Lovet
Congress
Marshall
Lovett
United States
84 to Appear in Court for U S Citizenship
Eighty four foreign born residents of Fairfield county were ready to appear before Judge Edward J. Quinlan in the naturalization section of Superior Court seeking U S citizenship. Ten more petitions were recommended for admittance and seven applicants faced possible rejection for failure to prosecute or prove good moral character. One case expected a contest. Federal Examiner John Mollica of Hartford will present the petitioners.
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Fairfield County
Edward J. Quinlan
Superior Court
United States
John Mollica
Hartford
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