The Bridgeport Telegram from Bridgeport, Connecticut • Page 85

1 3 1 M.J* i l-' NO 1 I Bridgeport. CUM. FOHfTV JkMVlP? 1 i 4 Derailed By Washout; in Bay State New York Hard Hit; 9 Deaths Reported; Many, Missing THREAT INCREASES 650 Youngsters Marooned on Island Camps In Delaware River PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19 --(AP) Swollen rivers and streams rampaged on a path of cleatfy and destruction through eastern Pennsylvania a the in some communities. The waters marooned'-650 youngsters- on two island camps''in the'Dela- warc river about 10 miles north of Philadelphia, virtually' cut off Scranton and smaller communities from passa.ge and brought'a major flood warning at Bethlehem.

310 persons were strand- (Continued on Page Five) WO POPS, WET. GROUNDS Because of weather, the Pops concert scheduled tonight at Fairfield University has been postponed' until tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock it was announced at mid morning today. PRESS HIM IN WOODS FOR SiAYM Civilians Aid In Shelton SeaVth Near" Route 8 OFFICIAL WEATHER (tlata from O.S, 1 Weather- Rnrcnul BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY --Rain ending at midday, followed by some, sunshine, Warm, this afternoon; high near 85. Tonight, clear, warmj low about 75, Tomorrow, fair, high 85 to 90. NEW YORK CITY--Similar.

LONG ISLAND SOUND --Storm warnings displayed for fresh to occasionally strong north to north-; west winds today, become moderate northwest to west tonight and morrow. Visibility rather choppy. EXTENDED FORECAST. A 1 and dryer period Indicated'. Temperatures for tfie next five 'days will average about 'five 'degrees above the seasonal normals of 80 and G3.

Warmer Saturday, continued warm until Tuesday or Wednesday, Precipitation, on 1 average, will-total about .5. occurring and thun- dershoweri Tuesday or Wednesday. TEMPERATURE Low today Highest yesterday i Lowest yesterday Highest tAug. 18, 19M) Lowest (Aug. IS, 1954) Water temperature, 8 a.m.

(Pleasure Beach) I I A I Today (12 hours' to 8 a.m.).... For month- 3955 to'data Barometer (11 a.m. reading) Humidity (11 a.m. 75 81 7S 81 55 77 1.77 8:60 29.63 SUN, Friday, August' 19 Two, hundred- thirty-first day of the of mcr. Siit) sets at 7:47, p.m.

and rises; at 6:06 tomorrow. Moon sets" at 8:25 p.m. "First quarter Aug. 25. Prominent star: Altair (high the aroutb 4 at it-is the brightest star of Ithe' constellation, Aquila, The two stars flanWn? represent the out-, stretched wingsvof'the'figure.

THE TIDE Today '-j Tomorrow" High p.m. .8:153 7 ELow 8:01 P-nV POLLEN COUNT' The ragweed poljen 1 prei- pared by the medical department of, Bridgeport hospital, thQj liumjjer of pblteti prams carded In 'each cubic yard, of ftJr during the 24-hour day, Aug. 18--N I Teams of armed search parties. comprised of State Police, civilians, and police from three coirim'u'riitics, today continued their relentless task of combing a rains oaltcd wooded area, in Shelton In the belief the killer Hart, 26, an auto mechanic, Is still inside. Tlie lull-scale' search''by' more, than 100 State policemen was curtailed temporarily at an early'hoiir today when 'Governor Ribicolf declared a state of in the Naugatuck valley flood area and ordered State Police into the section-to aid in rescue Shack Found 1 said they still think the slayer ia hiding in the woods.

Searchers in the two-day manhunt found a lead yesterday afternoon that bolstered their isolated shack, two miles from the scene of the murder was found forcibly entered after Wednesday night's ncavy on the shack had been broken. Investigators continued' to clues In the murder ibut have been unable to find any theory advanced' by. police Is that Hart may have picked up' A hitchhiker while to the Fair child Trailer camp for lunch, and the hiker attempted rob him. Police believe, the auto mechanic may have made an effort, to' resist and the hiker shot him. At the state police field located at'Cliff's service on Route 8, additional.

parties of armed searchers organized last night and sent into- the soggy woodland to out the Several hitchhikers picked up along highways' in. the area by State police were taken to the field headquarters, but released after questioning. Guides; Aid Two members -of: Co, A of fifth'military police, battalion, Sgt. Fred Longhanitner, of James Farm r.oad; Bvt -George Morris, of- Sunnyslde Shelton, (Continued-'On Page Five). MAN, 39, KILLED IN STABBING FRAY AT! J-lerB'tE general view fro'm-across river in Russell, of the wreckage of a New York Central Chicago to Boston Two diesel engines and four of the train were derailed yes- torday.by.washout:cn thefriver.

About 30 persons'were hurt, none seriously. Pike Contracts to Be Let In and Milford ROOSTER IS UP IN SOME AREAS 1 By THE- ASSOCIATED 'PRESS Floods, of disaster proportions' swept" Connecticut today, as the- second deluge in a week overflowed already swollen rivers, leaving four major cities in a state oE emergency, and- swampiiifj roads in, the northwest portion of the stale. State of Emergency State Police reported state of emergency at Torrington, AVatcrbupy mid Xaugatuck Governor RibicprY ordered National Guard units -in the Toiritigton afcii lo assist that'city of 28,000 after JCayor William T. Carroll advised him that flood conditions had worsened wiili nig-lit powcri off. police reported t-Kmlinpfton avenue -bridge-in'' tlie Wa'tc'rville section' was washed out by the XaupfaUick river.

Sirens sounded ihe'state of emef- "cncy. All police, firemen- arid civil defense personnel ROADS FLOODED IN A 4 Factories, ,1,000 FamiUes Without Power In: Silvermine' Area Last Wife of Murder 'Stamford Police Arrest. Cook, In Murder of Construction Worker STAMTO'RD, Aug. ia ''construction 1 lice said, in -aa woman. He died in Stamfor'd hospital-at 12:56 a.

m. of an abdominal'' i Lti -John reported -that Maurice (Chick) KUey, a 'arrested-fn a 'and, booked; on. a-murder charge. Four were booked, two' on charges of "beirtg 5 accessories and: niaterial- i saiB' ''Uiat' Klley fold him -that' led to the to Mrs. Olive Hart, formerly a Bridgeport school teacher, is the wife of Robert Hart, who wai murdered Wednesday on Route 8 while driving to their 'in tha Fairchild Trailer'campi tShelton; TEAR GAS ROUTS CHICAGO KILLER 'Don't Begs Gunman', After Capture" In- Couple's Apartment CHICA'GO, "Aug.

Chl- ca'go a neatest rnanhur since the days ot gangster John Dllltnger ended last night with 26-year-old co p-k I Her'begging; "FJon't shook Don't shoot." 'Despite the ex-convict Richard Carpenter fought his. cap-, tors to the though- unarmed. He wrestled with -policemen" who dragged out of-a tear gas-filled "No doubt about 'It, He driven out by'ieaf gaV It (the'apartment) was -Just' loaded '-with it," sald'De-. tectiye JElwpod 40, one of'the; first 'policemen Carpenter', Zuley said, the- fugitive, wltfc- In period killed onl.po- llcemiuij critically" wounded another anjd' 1 'tor "23 hours, made an ftp parent gesture" of By STAFF REPORTER JfJARTFORD, Aug." Highway Commissioner -Newman B. 'Argmvcs announced today that'! contracts for two Connecticut Turnpike projects a bridge avr the Norwalk river nitles of the thrirway In Mllford will be let next month.

The projects will be advertised for bids on Monday, Commissioner Argravcs said. Bids on the substructure 'of- the. Norwalk bridge and construction of the highway in'Milford will be opcricd Sept. 12. Bids on the bridge super-structure will be opened Sept.

19.. The-span will run from (he Ludlow street area to a point east of Crescent street. Seven-Span Structure The project in Norryalk.will In- about 2,873 feet of erradjnjr and Drainage. The sub-structure contract for the bridge'will include the construction of the abutments and six piers. The bridge wilt be a seven span structure, each of.

the two end sp'ans measuring 1 115 feet and the middle five spans each 135 feet In length. The superstructure of the aix lane bridge will consist of two each feet wide, with four-foot -median strip separating them. A five- foot, sidewalk will be constructed on the north side--or-'the'bridge. Barrier: railing will be mstalled -m the median strip and the sidewalk area will also be protected from tiaffic-by a railing. The bridge will provide a 60-foot vertical clearance, at'mean high water and there will be a clear channel width of 100 feet.

In addition i Abridge th'ere will be a span 'girder bridge to. carry East avenue.over the turnpike. Each' span of this grade separation 72 feet. fn the of Mil-, ford will, start at a'point cast of Debris Flows In Stream, Retaining Wall Gives '-Way (Continued on" Page Five) NOIfE COMES CLOSE SOLVING PU LE Prize to' $150 As All Fail In ni Game. other bodies of watcr'ln the Bridgeport area overflowed today causing some damage to horiies and flooding city streets.

In Br id Report, the Weather bu KORWALK, A 19 -night's torrential rainfall i continued well into 1 this morn injr dropped 3,12 inches of water on the city overflowing the banks ol rivers and brooks and causing hundreds of cellars of homes to become flooded. Four factories and 1,000 families in the Silvermine section of Nor- summoned. Other Norwalk and Westport Area News on Page 10, in Stratford. recorded 2,80 inches, of rain in the past 54 hours. The forecast, starting around noon today is for and dryer weather the next flv'e days.

Sections of the Rooster river rore above its banks, gathering branches and brush 'from gardens along the stream. Mrs, Amelia Sntadeckl, 232 street, Fairfleid, said that' a 12- foot section of. her retaining wait had been carried away and thai water was pouring into her cellar all night long. Pumps Used all Night It was necessary, she said, to keep the pumps going during the night to hold the level of water to a minimum. About two years ago, she said, more than $1,000 damage resulted from the river overflowing into her house which is about 20 feet from the rising water, A section of North avenue, across from the Beechmoht 'dairy was-flooded at 0 o'clock this morning slowing traffic.

Near 1977. North avenue wag another flooded section extending- to the safety is- lan. Oetour Set Up In detour was set up by police at Colonial -avenue, because of flood conditions existing on Boston avenue through Glanwood 'avenue. Police said the Sylvan stream had over- 'flowed causing water into the area. Police ealcl nearly a foot of er filled the rear of the Bridgeport Castings company on Boston avenue! In Bcardsley" park, the water swelled almost flush to 'the in some'- instances going into the roads.

Police were patrol- ting the area for signs 1 'of danger. walk arc without power cause of a main cable failure In the. Now Canaan avenue aub-statfon, Public Works Commissioner'Paul J. James said, while it waa the heaviest: 'rain the ever experienced' In hjs memory, -danjaRrc -could be. considered as Em- ployes of the department were called for cmcrR-cncy'duty shortly after midnight and' dispersed throughout the community keeping (Continued on.Paga Tan) WITNESS CITES 5 AMENDMENTS Press Agent Refuses to Answer Questions About munist Ties one the -T an Index County: 1 said were giveh Brady this "account:" 1 Sylvester 23, a truck Home airrf Arthur 23', mechanic, were', -when injiakld wanted to.

see -Kiley; Socfvty went to apartment. An 10 .9 '25 24. 1 IS E. By PUZZLE EDITOR "There werei no 'correct there were' none -with, just a.atngle clue" the Sunday Post crossword puzzle 'marked fifth atcaijfht 'no 5The, prize for the game 'printed djULy after' tomorrow rise to (100. -As' during 'week 'If there, are no correct en-, be 'awarded with word: wrong; Theire which' proved 1 particularly troublesome fans this -week, follows: 16 across-- Wtm't 'Bound- good musician if' not la best anijt -natural.

Milford Reports Minor rTJ.ffORD,- Pblicft Arthur Harris that, high winds and high tide caused 'minor 1 East Broadway, and, Mar 11 avenue, shortly after midnight. There was 30 damage however, Chief Harrli reported. The area affected is one (Continued on TUe Solution I IF. must be. haniionfous, by 'defJnion.

T'i doiiijn-- Tc'be seen. in' an Kfiff- lish movie theater, of 'are (Continuei) a (SJNJAiKiE a a aaro ra a a 14. Sv NEW YORK. Aug. A public relations man has cited five- amendments to he Constitution refusing to answer questions before the Housn.

UnAmcrlcan Activities subcommittee probing communist Influence in the entertainment I van Black, 53; appeared ns i witnesses yesterday in windup session of the subcommittee headed by Rep. Fi. ucis B. Walter. (TD-Pa).

The committee heard In four Black, once a Broadway 'preaq agent end now. a public relation 1 bridges 'above, and below consultant to industrial firms, car- isolating the clty'p west aide ficd a cdpy.lof the Constitu- today'as-Mayor Raymond Sny- tlon took de'r de61ared a state of emergency. "Wnlle a -Bfoadway man, A person--h' three- Blaok-sald, he was- Hj f)S' y' ear unidentified girl, miss- Most of the city's 'electric power and telephone was Ibest; Local Derated "under their own 'emergency power. Ble'veh'men reported roohed the Chase Metal works roof the Watervllle. section, where efforts were being-made to rescue them.

The 'missinE-girl' vaaslast 1 aeen' being (iwept downstream. She was 'belng reBcVedJby her at.629 North Riverside streerj on wo aerial lad deri, placed across 'the 'Kaugatilclc' river when one of tossiujr.har fireman, in to the Patrick 1-ynch, "the one through his people. When asked been a 1 member of Henry communist club of New York city about- 1936, Black--In refusing to (Continued en Five) NQRVVALK ENDORSE G. A. BRUNJES persons living along the river banks -were evacuated, to Central avenue sdiooU." The' Phi me and Atwood Fabricating division in Thomaston wr.s "flooded by several feet of water.

A company spokesman said there work there today. Danbury damage in excess of a million dollars as llir.Sfill river flooded the While street area. Telephone communications in county were hard hit by the storm. City Is Off Entrance into Tarriujjlxm by car was impossible, state polite saidi The' Nauffatuck river and every brook and stream in Hie area was reported overflowing. All main and side roads in northwestern Connecticut were cither rovercd with water or State Police at Hartford said.

"The Hartford Weather. Bureau reported 7.27 inches of rain had fallen since the storm Thursday morning. At 4 a.m. the. Weather Bureau said moderate to rain would continue for about four hours, the rain diminishing in intensity thereafter and ending by tate morning.

Dam. May Burst State Police at Hartford said there was a possibility that a dam in which holds back about 29 feet ot" water, would give way. They said the water from the, -dam feeds into the west branch of the Farinington' rivcrv Massachusetts State police reportedly had already evacuated valley people in New Boston. Should the dam -give way, they added, Connecticut 'the- Colebrook river, Winsted, Pine Meadow -and, Collinsville areas would have about five hours notice, At 'residents of some sections near the Nauga- k-ryier' were evacuated from' their homes during the night; The Watcrbury Rolling Mills reported part ot Us plant flooded with water. 1 "Reports of flooded homes and, submerged cars came from parts of 'nearby, paicvil'le' and' Watcrtown.

The Hartford Wcatlicr' Bureau's adviaory'said the Ington river would continue to the highest stages being reached UnionviUc today between Unionvillc and Windsor Saturday. Highest stages on the expected to approach the high water mark reached in. the flood of December January 1949: 'WaUrbury Cut Off Waterbury torrential' rains waghcd out Naugatuck river Leavenworth street t-' 1 7 4 "Four, and-''an am- bglance were trapped in the flood waters but their occupants escaped, without injury: 'Police said-- at least four three-atoryf Houses; on fitveralcle street been washed away but were no''reports of, deaths all been evacuated ifrqni 'the'-general COURT-WILL RESUME, WEIGHING -jS'l's FATE cratic Town Cjjty; committee 'fist i party In- the November election, Official action nomination-! Hi slated for'Sept'l at'the "city con- George principal; may or i -r cpniint' chairman." a scf e'en ing committee consider candidates for clparpostS whlch wJU be contested; Brunjes- retired several years pribcipal of Franklin 1 junior hlcfc vj Today's utfS can rurt wa 1 pole 100 yards IronV. where they fell intqlthe Jojltv Another Brown, aiipther.jreuue opera- piillftd froat a pole for 30 nilnutea boat overturned ifijths same ream. i.

1 burst. stream, JiTeanwlrflB, a noyt tl -'-r- ting off'the section's 'water sutftflyJ "We're In terrible all the help we 'cBBi'gitA'-ycJtjf or-" ficial 'told rescue- authorities. tima'-'ja" area. burv buslnos9 df jffii bkvtt of tbr of -three Americans wi camp. v.

Fllti'OD AJD BiiOCXEl). A-Mo)riarty' an d( Patrolman John werefassiffned to" iasaisjlState the 'state of, itf where- mass SyeLeuation 5 red-- taking fiood, wore forced' Jjeiause of thet to- return be-- cause vof: -Jt Si; ll is.