Easter Sunrise Service at Davisville Camp Endicott
The public is invited to an Easter Sunrise Service at Camp Endicott Davisville Rhode Island home of the Seabees. The service will be broadcast coast to coast on Mutual and locally on WEAN from 7 to 8 a m EWT. A 125 voice chorus orchestra and brass ensemble provide musical backdrop. Captain Fred F Rogers USN Ret will give Easter Greetings and Message with Chaplain Harold F Menges ChCV(S) USNR delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Endicott
The
Seabees
Davisville
Rhode Island
Mutual Broadcasting System
WEAN
Providence
EWT
Fred F. Rogers
USN
Ret
Harold F. Menges
Chcv
USNR
Sleep in a Barn Poem From Anzio Combat Paper
A World War II letter describes Timely Topics from a Bristol town columnist device, noting a serviceman’s poem about sleeping in a barn with a cow during combat. The piece highlights censorship, local engagement, and a request to publish the poem for fellow servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ros
Italy
Stars and Stripes
Phoenix
Fireworks Displays Still Under Army Ban
A Rhodes Island memo explains continuing limits on pyrotechnics under Eastern Defense Command rules. Detonating fireworks remain prohibited and rocket displays are banned in sea visible areas while ground displays may occur with restrictions on war material use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Thompson
Rhode Island State Council of Defense
Wiliam J. Bingham
General Staff Corps
Security and Intelligence Division
Eastern Sea Frontier
Eastern Defense Command
Ration Timetable for Week of April 9 15
Ration details list Meats and Fats Red stamps A8 B8 C8 D8 E8 F8 G8 H8 J8 worth 10 points each with red tokens for change. Processed Foods Blue stamps A8 BR C8 D8 ER ER F G H8 J8 K8 worth 100 points each with blue tokens for change. Sugar stamps No 30 31 valid five pounds. No 40 valid five pounds through Feb 28 1945 with up to 20 pounds extra on local boards. Shoes Aeroplane stamp 1 good for one pair. Stamp 18 expires April 30. Fuel Four and Five coupons through Sept 30 at 10 gallons per wait. Gasoline No 9 stamps three gallons through May 8. B2 C2 five gallons. B3 C3 serials five gallons.
War Bonds Support Spiritual Welfare for Service Members
The article notes War Bonds fund chaplains and choir leaders on ships and Army centers abroad, with millions of hymnals distributed for all services. It urges readers to consider their purchase as aid to spiritual welfare alongside wartime support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Treasury Department
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Eastern
Anzio Beachhead
Maud
Om Bts
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Concord Bridge
Paul Revere
Minute Men
Albert Petersen
Helen Short
Thayer ST
Providence, R. I
Bellevue Ave
Newport, R. I
Bristol
the Stamp Shop
Custom House St
Providence, R. 1
Andrew R. Perry
Providence, RI
Providence Watch Hospital
Joseph Saltzman
Mgr
Dorrance Street
Weybosset
Tel
BEN Brown Company
Warren Avenue
East Providence, R. I
Weybosset Street
Pers
Carlton Plumbing Supply CO
South Main Street
W A. Carlton
Gaspee
Rhode Island Bible Society
the Bible Store
Westminster Street
Seldon R. MccCurdy
D. D
Bristol Phoenix
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