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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1943
Page
2
Mr Dean R Morley special agent in charge announces immediate openings for female applicants at the FBI Washington DC office. Entrance salary 1440 dollars per year with room for advancement. Applicants must be high school graduates U.S. citizens in good health and 16 to 40 years old. Attend Providence Field Office 510 Industrial Trust Building between 9 am and 6 pm with a 3x5 photo.
The piece honors Home Front labor, stressing that water works employees and management play a crucial wartime role. It highlights water as essential for munitions production, worker health, and uninterrupted service, asserting they will maintain reliable water flow.
The note advises planting peas by May 15 and rotating to beans after harvest. It recommends tomato varieties for canning, onions, spinach, chard, radishes, and lettuce, with indoor tomato starts and indoor parsley. It also suggests lawn renovation using seed and loam due to fertilizer shortages.
Clarence W Higbee former resident of this town is named manager of the newly organized wire and cable department of United States Rubber Company announced today by W H Cobb general manager of the mechanical goods division. A New Jersey native, he studied at Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute and joined U S Rubber in 1919 rising from wire sales to factory superintendent then assistant manager and finally manager of wire sales in Bristol.
Pfe Joseph C Correira son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Correira of Bristol Rhode Island has completed the Aviation Mechanics course at Seymour Johnson Field North Carolina earning qualification to maintain and repair airplanes. A Colt Memorial High School graduate, he worked as a measuring machine operator for C A Corp before enlisting in Providence Rhode Island on November 16 1942. Mrs Correira has returned home from a week’s visit.
Judge Benjamin F Lindemuth presides in Burnside Memorial Building. Proceedings include petitions for disposing of books in Abby F E Babbitt estate continued to April 19 1943, and final accounts for Ruth L Greer William J O Conor Norah Remeres Wall and others. inventories accepted and executor appointment waived notes and expenses approved.
The week reports several warranty deeds including Elizabeth Gillespie Morris to 1DM Weston & Company Inc of Rhode Island for seven lots on the south side of Beach Road and Richard Smith of Warren transferring land to Walham Teal of East Kickemuit on the Smith Plat.
The congregation honored Wallis E Howe marking 45 years since election to the Vestry and 24 years as a senior wardens. Canon Parshley noted Howe became Junior Warden in 1908 and Senior Warden in 1932. Newman read a commemorative resolution and Howe received a presenting book.
A Bristol reader responds to an April 6 editorial arguing the Bristol Day Nursery is well intentioned but clashes with local family norms. The writer notes a predominantly Italian, Portuguese, French, and English population values extended family care. He fears placing children with strangers conflicts with “small town independence” and prefers relatives to supervise, hoping the project succeeds yet not at the expense of children.
The Bristol Community Y reports a weekend of play with the Vikings defeating US Rubber 45 to 35 and then 59 to 42 in a two game championship. Preliminary all star games featured the Grays beating the Patrol squad 23 to 12 and praise coach Chet Massa for development. A softball league survey seeks local organizational interest for summer play.
April 17 Saturday 2:30 Food Sale at Gueteras House by the Congregational Church. April 18 Thursday Food and Fancy Work Sale by Mite Society at First Baptist Church Vestry. May 14 Friday Rummage Sale by Bristol Girl Scout Council.
The drive seeks 13 billion dollars as part of wartime funding. It represents about one fifth of the projected Public Debt increase for the 1943 fiscal year.
Margaret Guevremont of the Guiteras Junior High Library Club reviews Champion's Choice by John R. Tunis. The 300 page tale follows Janet Johnson from Greenwood Heights through tennis fame to a romantic choice between love and sport.
Robert A. Carmone 19, Bristol Rhode Island, is enrolled at Kentucky State Teachers College trade school for electricians to train as an electrician's mate. The 16 week course covers electrical tools, repairing telephone circuits, gun automatic control, and first aid for shock. Graduation could lead to promotion to third class petty officer and fleet or shore duty.
Secretary Morgenthau declares that avoiding taxes or failing to invest in War Bonds aids the enemy and calls every American to duty in defense of the nation and its finances. He asks if dollars should jeopardize lives.
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