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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1947
Page
7
Funeral notices list numerous local residents and relatives inviting friends to services from various funeral homes and churches. Entries include names, addresses, dates in September, and interment locations, with calling hours and mass details noted for each.
CHICAGO life. A 23 year old mother of three lay critically wounded from a self inflicted gunshot after a fortune teller duped her out of money. Victor Valle, 27, an laundry truck driver, said he heard a shot in the kitchen and found Nellie Valle with a .45 pistol. A note said the fortune teller would take away the curse and the money was taken. the family includes three children: Joseph 8, Victor Jr. 4, and Frances 2.
Final services for Mrs. Eugene M. Hope Sr of 344 Crestwood Road Fairfield who died Friday in St Vincent's Hospital will be held today at 11 a.m. at St Ann's Church with a Mass of requiem. Burial will follow in St Michael's Cemetery.
Mrs Rutle Tingley Haven 55 wife of Harry B Haven died Friday at home 856 East Broadway after a long illness. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at George J Smith and Son funeral home 135 Broad Street with Rev Irvin Thursby of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
New Fairfield notices the death of Joseph N Rehm after a long illness. Services are Monday at 8 30 am at Cornelia Detury Memorial Danbury and at St Josephs Church Danbury at 9 am. Burial follows in St Peter cemetery Danbury.
David Kitann formerly of Norwalk died Thursday in Miami Florida. Services were held today at 1 PM at Ganung Funeral Home 84 South Main Street Norwalk with Rabbi Norman J Strizower officiating. Burial followed in Beth Israel Cemetery West Norwalk. He is survived by his wife Mary Kitain a daughter Evelyn Katz East Norwalk and three grandchildren.
Mrs. Ellen May Brennan widow of Patrick J. Brennan dies Friday night at her daughter Miss Margaret Brennan’s home in Watertown. Funeral services will be held Monday at 9:14 a.m. at the C. H. Green Funeral Home and 10 a.m. at St. Francis Church in Naugatuck. burial in St. James Cemetery. She lived in Naugatuck 61 years before moving to Watertown. survived by four sons Francia P. of Milford John J. of Wingdale NY Martin L. of Jackson Heights NY William L. of Beacon Falls a daughter Mrs Samuel L. Lyons of Naugatuck a sister Mrs Jamean Quinn of Prospect and nine grandchildren.
Ansonia notices list funeral arrangements for James W. Fletcher of 108 Central Street who died Thursday at Griffin Hospital. Services are Monday at 1:30 p.m. at home and 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church, with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. The note appears among mass notices and memorial remembrances from local families.
Edward C. Colgan veteran policeman living at 1206 Noble Avenue treated at Emergency Hospital for injuries to his right hand after twisting by 160 pound prisoner Albert Olivera 28 of 621 Fairfield Avenue. Olivera held on breach of peace after arrest on State Street about 8 p.m. Saturday. bond set at 500 and arraignment planned in City Court today.
Atlantic City AP report: American Bankers Association leaders at their 73rd annual convention warned against fictitious prosperity while asserting the nation can withstand economic shocks. Wages, prices, and imports cited as inflationary pressures. association and 4,500 bankers from across the states gathered to discuss banking problems.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary James Forrestal issued the first directive for the new department of air forces. The order brings under one command the men bases and equipment, confirming the plan to separate the air force from the army under the unification act. General Carl Spaatz remains chief of staff and was sworn in prior to the directive.
Three Indian boys aged 12 to 14 from Kamloops schools died in a CN freight wreck caused by a rockslide west of Kamloops. Two Kamloops men, Engineer Frank A. Brookall and Brakeman George W. Shirley, also perished. The boys Ambrose Alex, Francia Alex, and Leonard Major, had reportedly left school Friday for an unauthorized trip home.
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