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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
6
New Cumberland Pennsylvania United Press reports that Harry Rothauser, back from occupation duty, carded a 190-yard hole-in-one in his first round of golf after returning. It was his second shot in the West Shore Country Club pool.
Stamford September 24 AP Schuyler Merritt long served Yale and Towne Manufacturing ending seventy years as a board member. The former congressman born in New York joined the company in 1877 after Columbia Law School graduation and rose to secretary treasurer vice president and chairman before retirement.
A congressional group of inquirers blamed high food prices on speculation and small cash margins in commodity exchanges and urged President Truman to use every means to curb the activity. Witnesses cited wage increases demand, tariffs, low productivity, and rising costs as factors. The New York Commodities Exchange said it would raise margin requirements on hides futures. Retail prices were mostly unchanged. wholesale butter fell slightly as meat markets remained glut.
The Emerson Tuttle Memorial Fund, raised by 468 donors totaling over 25500, was announced at a Davenport College dinner. Prof Daniell Merriman revealed plans for the Emerson Tuttle Cup, prints for the Davenport gallery, and annual Davenport prizes with the first recipient Gordon Nesbitt Farquiar of Sandy Springs Maryland.
Mrs Elizabeth Olmatead Youngert 46 wife of Eugene Youngert Oak Park High School superintendent died at New Haven hospital after becoming ill Thursday She had accompanied her husband who spoke at Yale freshmen convocation in New Haven
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