Bristol Plans Fourth of July Festivities Inviting FDR
The 1940 Bristol celebration committee voted to invite Franklin D Roosevelt as guest of honor for Independence Day. They will also invite Rhode Island Senators Perry and Green, Governor Vanderbilt, and local officials while arranging a carnival on the Common June 29 to July 5 to fund the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John G. Stewart
Bristol
America
United States
Peter G. Perry
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Mr. Roosevelt
William H. Vanderbilt
James F Meiggs
Nora E. Dwyer
James Velleca
Velleca
Bristol Common
Everett Leb
George R. Fish
Meiggs
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and
Rhode Island Bugle and Drum Corps Association
Fish
Bertram W Wall
Domenic Mascolo
Samuel Smith
Bristol County
Colt Memorial High School
Eg Pancres
Monds
Brightman
Data
John Cordeiro
John Almeida
Fred Atkinson
Walter E. Munroe
Stewart
Army
Navy
Vanderbilt
National Guard
Messrs Meiggs
Atkinson
Almeida
Mascola
Frank Giglio
William P Gladding
Charles T. Burns
Joseph P. Quartaro
Bull Attacks Soldier Home Worker Wounded at Pen
Manuel Borges a 42 year old worker at the Soldiers Home was charged by a dehorned bull in the bull pen Sunday. He crawled between the bars to safety and is in serious condition at St Josephs Hospital with multiple fractures and possible internal injuries after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Borges
East State Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Borges
Borge
Bull's Pen
John A Mellone
Men's Union Names Breakfast Chairman and Committee
Carl T Carlson president of the Men's Union names David Herne as chairman of the May Breakfast committee. The event takes place at Guiteras House on Wednesday morning May 1 with Arthur B Rae Henry L Sanford and R S Bosworth on the nominating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Herne
Carl T Carlson
Guiteras House
Arthur B Rae
Henry L. Sanford
Carlson
Arthur B .Rae
Henry Sanford
R S_ Bosworth
Camp King Philip Becomes Center of Scout Activities
State law authorizes transfer of Bristol shore land to Narragansett Council for Camp King Philip. Commissioner George R. Fish, founder of the local camp in 1919, will direct weekend camping this summer along with two other Rhode Island short term camps, Camp Frontier and Skeleton Valley. The site will host Bristol County scouting roundups, camporee s, field days, and get-togethers, aiming for year round use on Indian camping grounds with unique cement tepees and a round house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Director of Social Welfare
R. I. Soldiers Home
Bristol
Narragansett Council
Boy Scouts of America
Camp King Philip
Soldiers Home
Camp Frontier
East Providence
Skeleton Valley
Cranston
Rudolph F. Haffenreffer
Sean
Bristol Declared Testing Ground for Corn Borer Cleanup
State agriculture inspectors will run a Bristol demonstration to eradicate the European corn borer. Officials urge thorough cleanup of cornstalks and stubble before April 20, deep plowing, disposal of infested weeds, and crowning support from the Boy Scouts to deny the pest any harbor.
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State Department of Agriculture and Conservation
Bristol
Department of Agriculture
Granville W. Breed
Breed
Rhode Island
Boy Scouts of
Hope Circle and Warren Circle stage old fashioned concert
Daughters of Isabella Hope Circle entertained Warren Circle at St Mary's Bristol in an old fashioned concert last night with tableaux “The Family Al unhoused person” and musical numbers by the Warren Circle glee club and orchestra. Soloists included Allen M. Newman and Mrs Joseph Pelletier with Vincent ensemble.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Warren
St Mary’s Church
Bristol
Nora E. Dwyer
Dorothy Warren
Mary Kerr
Katherine M. Burns
Catherine Bottomley
Laura Sousa
Margaret Connery
Lena McKenna
Nellie Connery
Nora Toolin
Ethel Connery
Mildred Beauregard
Catherine Francis
Glee Club
Margaret R. Clancy
Eleanor O'Neil
Warren Circle
Allen M. Newman
Martha C. Ortell
Elizabeth Tavares
Olive Harrington
Alios
Genevieve McCanna
Ida Morra
Mary Tavares
Mildred Borges
Anita Vitiello
Belle Vera
Americans urged to resist neutrality in Europe threat
A Chicago reader stresses the danger of Nazi aggression in Greenland and Scandinavia, arguing American interests depend on Britain and condemning Germany’s violations of Danish Norwegian and Swedish waters. The letter cites submarine incursions, mining in the Sound, and German naval flights as proof of broader aggression.
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Europe
Greenland
Denmark
Germany
Eltiston
Christian Science Monitor
Scandinavia
Narvik
Sweden
Baltic
North Sea
Sound
Panama Canal
Stockholm
Nyashamm
Landsort Light
Herr Hitler
Incoherent OCR fragment winds through neutrality topic
The readable text fragment discusses invasions and Nazi behavior with mentions of neutrality and international law, referencing Germany and Adolf Hitler era language in a garbled sequence of words.
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Aecsee
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Men’s Union
Hal Roach
Burgess Meredith
Betty Field
Charles Bickford
Lon Chaney Jr
George
Lennie
Curley
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March OF
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Cary Grant
Rosalind Russell
Ralph Bellamy
Gene Lockhart
Aileen Whelan
Gordon Oliver
Charley Grapewin
Lucien Littlefield
Metrotone News
King
Dodge City
Virginia City
Errol Flynn
Miriam Hopkins
Randolph Scott
Humphrey Bogart
The
Marks
Bristol Picked
Hope
Margaret M . Morris
Martha Gallagher
Mary Malafronte
Geraldine Marino
Rose Alfano
Ethel Marz
Ada Perry
Marguerite Cirillo
Marguerite Jordan
Theresa Robel
Eileen Pierce
Mary Andrade
Mary Corey
Marguerite Walsh
Mary Lannon
Irene Le4vis
Frances Horton
Guiteras
Sing Lo
Guiteras Memorial Junior High School
Jessie Molasky
M. Theresa Donovan
Bristol Public Schools
Genevieve Pagnano
Hector F .Bellevance
Emily D Xavier
Margaret F. Nerone
Louis H. Gallo
Pauline Bruno
Helen Travers
Julio Troiano
Richard Bi
Shere
Norway
Hitler
Landsort
Oland
Aland
Binsland
Kalmar Sourdd
DU Pont
DUCO
Eer Uny
Bristol Housing Guild
1Er Co
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