Earthquake Shakes Naugatuck and Surrounding Areas
A tremor centered near Bridgeport rattled Naugatuck and nearby towns at 11 15 causing phone lines to flood with residents seeking cause. Reports describe beds swaying shelves tipping and basement alarms vibrating as people feared rockets or bombs. This is the second quake in months for the region and caused widespread confusion and alarm.
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Naugatuck
Bridgeport
Ming
Addelmile
New Haven
United States
Shley Caus
Drecht
Mt Salvadorean Reports Denied by Government
Reports from Mt Salvadore indicate the government denies claims of revolutionary cement and unrest in the capital city Be Sailor. The message states no confirmation of incidents by the federal and national guards and notes ongoing uncertainty.
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Salvador
Bee
Cnpleal
Foligo
National Guard
Basilone Sacrificed to Keep Guadalcanal Supply Lines Open
Sergeant John Basilone risked his life leading a breakthrough through heavy Japanese fire in the Lunga area on Guadalcanal. His actions aided his unit and ensured supplies reached Marines, earning him the Medal of Honor. The message also urges saving and investing in War Bonds to support the war effort.
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Luni
Guadalcanat
John Basilone
Basitone
America
Dial
Naugatuck Drug Co Suffers Earthquake Damage
The earthquake caused slight damage at Naugatuck Drug Co in the prescription room. Owner George Donovan reported bottles toppled from upper shelves and some products broken, with a large jar of tablets as the major casualty. No injuries were reported.
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Naugatuck Drug Co
George Dy Donovan
Saladothia
Mr. Donovan
G E Sandt Elected Master Of Salem Lodge
George E Sande was elected Worshipful Master of Salem Lodge F and A M at an annual meeting held in Masonic Hall Elvin Heavens was named Senior Warden George Birdsall Senior Deacon Harry Reeds Junior Warden Edwin Miller Secretary Charles Erk Treasurer Norman Mertelmeyer Junior Steward Franklin Rick Marshal Edward Millers Chaplain James Silvernail and Balen Quinn were named other officers Installation will be held next Amenday night at Shepherd Lodge with officers of F and A M presiding
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George E. Sande
Salem Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Elvin Heavens
Gorgeant
United States
Tilton General Hospital
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Harry Reeds
Edwin EB. Miller
Charles V Erk
George Birdsall
Descon
Robert
Cost Accounting Dept Holds Annual Yuletide Feast
The cost and accounting department of United States Rubber Co. held its Christmas party last night at White Eagle restaurant on Eridge Street with 75 attendees. Harold Woodin served as master of ceremonies. gifts were exchanged after dinner, followed by entertainment and dancing.
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United States Rubber Co
White Eagle
Eridge Street
Harold Woodin
Ayare
Margaret Gibbs
Marlon Norwash
Alles Magnuson
Dorothy Burkewaki
Ann Dauwling
Sadie Tresteail
Ethel Salmongon
Viola Oavens
Madeline McGuire
Eleanor Hougeknecht
Virginia
Ea Brot
Wiliam J. Lalor
Ray Dorian
J. P. Frndshaw
V. N Peterson
Service For Veterans talk before local Rotary Club
Mrs. Ford Wulfeck, Service For Veterans administrator, spoke to the Naugatuck Rotary at Stratton's restaurant. Clarence E. Jones introduced her as she reviewed the five purpose program and praised volunteers aiding the organization. She cited 36 applications for assistance and noted Connecticut and Nevada lead state programs with 2 comprehensive operations each.
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Ford Wulfeck
Service For Veterans
Naugatuck Rotary Club
Stratton’s
Spechl
Wulfeck
U.S. Army
Union
Connecticut
Nevada
Tte Army
Romach
Wulteck
School Board Meets At Tuttle House
The school board plans a 5 p m session at the Tuttle House with full attendance. Officials expect three high school teachers and a grammar school teacher to be appointed, delayed by the secretary’s absence. They may hire out of town staff if local applicants fail to meet requirements.
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Tuttle
Grammir
Michaealan
U S Rubber Plant Nears War Bond Goal
The War Bond Committee of the United States Rubber Company footwear plant reports progress toward its Sixth War Loan target with about 200 000 dollars in bonds sold to date. The factory aims to reach 225 000 dollars soon as bond purchases spike after a prize contest offering rewards from U S Rubber Co and local merchants.
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United States Rubber Company
Carl N. Moore
U. S. Rubber Co
Reen
Sport Shop
M. Freedman Co
Ernie Pyle
Norman
Une
Kansas City
America
U S Fuel Cell Workers Celebrate Annual Xmas Party
United States Rubber Co employees from the eel hammocket department enjoyed their annual Christmas party at White Tagie restaurant on Bridge Street. Irene Grochak chaired the committee with Martha Palmieri and Helen Lopes. Attendees include Alice Minnuto Virginia Montanari Jack Davie Josephine Tangredi Lucille De Cario Kay Matarazzo Arselia Geuerio Nancy Campencld Virginia Gomoski Jim Kenney Gus Starzinski Joe Starzinski Don Kaufman Ziggle Domboroski and Bill Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Rubber Co
Bridge Street
Irene Grochak
Martha Palmieri
Helen Lopes
Alice Minnuto
Virginian Montanari
Jack Davie
Josephine Tangredi
Lucille de Cario
Kay Matarazzo
Arselia Geueriio
Nancy Campencld
Virginia Gomoski
Jim Kenney
Gussie Starzinski
Joe Starzinski
Don Kaufman
Ziggle Domboroski
Bill Mason
Thankful to Voters in North Adams Election
A defeated candidate and his wife Robert O. Wells thank all voters in North Adams for their support and express gratitude to supporters and non-supporters alike in a brief city election notice. The fragment notes thanks and remarks appear in a local paper with garbled extra text.
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North Years
Wass. Sec
North Adams City
Naugatuck Gifts For Wounded Veterans Prompt Holiday Drive
Commander George Lewis reports strong community support in Naugatuck for Christmas gifts to wounded veterans in Connecticut hospitals. The Legion Post and auxiliary note numerous donations and urge parcels left at The News office or with members. Hospitals include Newington Veterans, Rocky Hill Veterans Home, Avon Rest Home, Bradley Field, Noroton Naval School, Norwich State, and others.
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George Lewis
Naugatuck
Connecticut
Legion Post
Legon
Ity
Lewis
Newington Veterans Hospital
Veterans ‘Home
Rocky Hill
Avon Rest
Bradley Field Hospital
Cearcrest
Gaylord Farm
Newtown Hospital
Laurel Heights
Naval School Hospital
Noroton
Norwich State Hospital
Uneasgran-the-Thames
Coast Guard Academy
Middletown State Hos
Soldier Pie De Carlo Wounded on Leyte Island
Mrs. Margaret De Carlo of South Main Street receives word from the War Department that her son, Pie Joseph De Carlo, was slightly wounded in action on Leyte in the Philippines. The November 14 action near the Japs is noted as his first known casualty. Details are awaited by mail from the War Department.
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Margaret de Carlo
S20
South Main Street
War Department
Pie
Joseph de Carlo
Leyte
Philippines
Pte. DeCarls
Former Shelton Mayor Frank V. Crofut Dies at 86
Shelton state obituary notes former two term Democratic mayor Frank V. Crofut has died at age 86. He served in the state House of Representatives and remained one of the oldest active volunteer firemen in the state.
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Shelton
Frank V. Crofut
Crofut
State House of Representatives
Missing Private Jones Reported From Italian Front
Private Albert A. Jones of the US Army is listed as missing in action on the Italian front as of October 18 after being wounded September 23 and returning to duty about October 11. He attended Naugatuck high school and Lexington Kentucky Military Institute before enlisting in 1943 and has been overseas since April 1944. his father, a local business official and civic leader, awaits word through the Red Cross.
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Albert A. Jones
United States Army
Clarence E. Jones
Middlebury
Jones
Naugatuck” High
Wooster School
Danbury
Kentucky Military Institute
Lexington
Kentucky
J. H. Whittemore Co
Civilian Defense Council
Service’ For Veterans
Rotary Heles
Gearman
International Red Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
Risdon Office Associates Christmas Party Notice
The annual Christmas party for Risdon Manufacturing Co. office associates at the Waterbury Country Club on Friday December 22 is announced for the Naugatuck and Waterbury branches. Committee includes Mrs. Charles I Fellowes as chair and members Miss Audrey Fosdick Miss Virginia Fosdick Lewis Hotchkiss R E Jones and Andrew Le Kost.
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Risdon Manufacturing Co
Naugatuck
Waterbury
Waterbury Country Club
Charles’ I. Fellowes
Audrey Fosdick
Virginia Fosdick
Lewis Hotchkiss
R. E. Jones
Andrew le Kost
Unique Xmas Cards In Style This Year
Two Christmas cards received by THE NEWS feature Major J William Johnson in New Guinea with a group of dusky stars and a native hut scene, and Mr and Mrs Paul Buckmiller sending a jig-saw puzzle card forming a Christmas scene with a holiday greeting.
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THE
J. William Johnson
New Guinea
Paul Buckmiller
Park Avenue
Funeral set for Boston police Lt William Fattler described as oldest retired officer
Funeral services will be held Saturday for William Fattler of Dorchester a retired Boston police lieutenant believed to be the oldest retired policeman in the nation at age 88.
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Boston
William Fattler
Dorchester
Fattler
War secretary reports German losses and US casualties
Secretary of War Stimson cites supreme headquarters estimates of German casualties at about 152000 from Nov 8 to Nov 14, with US Army totals through Nov 28 near 424000 and 92000 killed. New York dispatch notes a London broadcast claiming Seventh Army reached the Rhine in southeastern France. Hyde Park reports Roosevelt life recordings archived, donated by A T Parker.
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Washington
Stimson
Supreme Headquarters
United States Army
New York
Dec
London
CBS
Sayx American
Seventh Army
Rhine River
France
Hyde Park
National Archives of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A. T. Parker
Watch Company
Fox Hunt Set At Quassapaug By Naugatuck Club
At the Naugatuck Fish and Game Club monthly meeting plans for an eight oclock fox hunt were finalized. The event at Lake Quassapaug will start with eight dogs released at 7 am and about 40 hunters are expected. Prizes will go to successful fox baggers and the club outlined pheasant stocking and shelter efforts for wildlife.
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Naugatuck Fish and Game Club, Inc
Town Hall
Lake Quassapaug
Naugatuck
Joseph Sitar
State Board of Fisheries and Garas
Sid
Frederick Robinson
Oak Street
Walter Gesseck
Harald Lutze
Shalers
Gum Shoe Dept Plans Xmas Party for Ansonia Factory
About 50 Gumshoe department employees of the U S Rubber Co plant in Ansonia will attend a Christmas party tonight at the Paradise Inn. The event is organized by Ruth French and assisted by Mary Desiderio Pauline Mariano Delia Dryden and Joseph O Rourke.
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Gumshoe
U. S. Rubber Go
Paradise Inn
Ansonia
Department
Ruth French
Mary Desiderio
Pauline Mariano
Delia Dryden
Joseph O'Rourke
Allied Forces Gain On Roer as German Counterattacks Grow
Allied armies report slow but steady progress along the Roer river in Germany with First and Ninth Armies pushing small gains and evacuations under way in Duren. Seventh Army advances in Alsace reach the Rhine at Seltz while Saar valley fighting persists. In Italy, Canadian Eighth Army widen bridgehead over Lamone northeast of Faenza amid repeated German counterattacks.
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Cologne
Germany
Jong
Roer
First Army
Ninth Army
Durer
Blue Networks
Duren
Haertgen
Monshan
Seventh Army
Alsace
Seventh
Rhine
Seltz
Saar Valley
Biles River
Patton
Third Army
Italy
Eighth Army
Lamone River
Faenza
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Cologne Plain
Borough
Gate
Jome
Basilone
G. E. Sandt
Cost, Accounting Dept
Stamford
Timie Mure
Sillonerte
Daky
ALE
Athens
Rae
Priaic Gate
Ocean Tunnel
Mar
Walt
Smadrian's Arch
Afac
Dionyseus
Piraeus
Zel
Pha
Las Heen
ELAS
EAM
Stadiwin
Acropolis
Greece
Pireaus
Mrs. Wulfeck
Rotary Club
Tuttle House
Kapha
Ste
U.S
U. S
Bao
Wibey
South Main St
Western Front
Clarence BE. Jones
Risdon
Xmas Party
Fox Hunt
Quassapaug
Gum Shoe Dept
Wien
Church Street
Mquor Avena
Roer River
United Press
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