Rhode Island urged to curb European corn borer threat
State Administrator Brayton Eddy declares a national emergency to protect corn crops and orders thorough cleanup of host plants. Rhode Island inspectors push plow-under of corn remnants by April 20, with tests showing reduced borers after soil burial. Sprays and dusts are only justified for high value corn and growers may request recommendations.
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State House
Bristol
Rhodes Island
Brayton Eddy
Entomology and Plant Industry
Com Borer
Springfield
New England
Pappasquash Peninsula
Asylum Road
Rhode Island
Bristol County
Connecticut
Department of Agriculture and Conservation
Providence
A Girl a Guy and a Gob at the Albee Providence
The romantic comedy features George Murphy Lucille Ball and Edmond O’Brien at the Albee with Vivacious Lady as co feature Ginger Rogers and James Stewart headline. Murphy faces marriage or world travel while Ball and O’Brien entangle in comic schemes.
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George Murphy
Lucille Ball
Edmond O'Brien
RKO Albee Theatre
Providence
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
Murphy
Miss Ball
O'Brien
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Rogers
Stewart
New York
James Filson
Describing Custom and Its Hold on Thought and Action
A compilation of quotes on custom fashion and education from Bacon Eddy Dumas Bovee and Mill. The lines explore how habit and prevailing norms shape beliefs speech and behavior while noting the tension between what is and what ought to be.
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Mary Baker Eddy
John Stuart Mill
Defense housing opens for Boston workers in new project
Applications for 873 Boston apartments go to Fore River, Charlestown Navy Yard, and Watertown Arsenal workers with priority for defense employees. Rents, linked to income from 28.50 to 58.50 monthly, include heat and utilities. Eligibility decisions rest with the Federal Works Agency and Boston Housing Authority.
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Boston
Charlestown
Watertown
John A. Breen Joe
Boston Howsting Agthorey Anhouried Dist En Oston’ Housing Ity
Sinnaetment
Defense Workers’ Project
John W. Carmody
Federal Works
zAgency
Boston Housing Authority
Fore River
National Defense
Washington
Defense Housing Project
Oliver Street
Mass
Dofen
Federal Works Agency
Judge Edward L. Leahy Marks 22 Years as State Tax Official
Judge Edward L. Leahy of this town celebrates his 22nd anniversary as a State official. Appointed April 1, 1919 after military service, he joined the Board of Tax Commissioners and has remained with the department through its 1935 reorganization into the Division of Taxation. He later became chief and then Tax Administrator in 1939.
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Edward L. Leahy
Board of Tax Commissioners
Probate Court Notice in Bristol for Caldwell Colt guardianship
Melba P. Colt guardian presents second account for the estate of Caldwell Colt a minor of Bristol. The court orders the account received referred to April 21 1941 at 10 am in the Probate Court Bristol for consideration and notices to be published fourteen days once a week in the Bristol Phoenix.
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Perobath
Bristol
Melba Colt
Melba P Colt
Ward
Bristol Phoenix
Annie DeWolf Doar
Elmer S. Chase
Rhode Island
Rosa Branca Moraes
Rosie Morris
Rose Moraes
John W. Church
Caldwell Colt
Melba P. Colt
Byron Colt
Melha P. Colt
Miowante
Lettie Dalrymple
Lettie F. Dalrymple
Ralph W Childs
James F Dalrymple
Ralph W. Childs
Barrington
R. I
Administration notice for estate of James F Dalrymple
Ralph W. Childs of Barrington Illinois has qualified as Administrator of the estate of James F Dalrymple late of Bristol Rhode Island. Creditors must file claims in the office within the legally required time starting March 21 1941.
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Beringh Burnside Memorial
Sy Ang D
Bristol
Manuel Yeaa
Mi Reyrand
Mary. O. ‘Viera
Manuel F. Viera Jr
Mary C. Viera
Hope Street
Tupelo Street
State of
Rhode Island
Land of Narragansett Electric Company
Tupelo
Manuel F. Viera, Jr
Susan H. Johnson
Senta
San H. Johnson
James F. Dalrymple
Ralph W. Childs
Barrington
R. IL
R. I
John W. Church
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William Street
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Bristol District Nursing Association
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