Fire damages building as police seek pyromaniac cause
Early Sunday a fire of undetermined origin razed the front half of a 2 1 2 story combined dwelling and shop at 239 State Street. Police under Chief Kavanaugh launched an investigation to find the incendiarist while firemen battled the blaze for 90 minutes. Loss runs to several thousand. insured sums are $900 for Gaetano Caizzi and $1,000 for Michael Turillo.
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State Street
Kavanaugh
Anthony J. Ferrara
Gaetano Caizzi
Michael Turillo
State St
Caizzi
Patty Makes Things Hum to Be Staged Friday
A large advance sale is reported for the three act comedy Patty Makes Things Hum staged Friday evening by St Rita's Girls' Club at Guiteras Memorial Junior High. The cast rehearses daily under Mrs Vasta LaR Ruggiere with new scenery by Ralph DeLeo and Joseph Panone as stage manager. The play supports the Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church organ fund with a cast including Mary Rucci Theresa Turillo Emily Delmonica Mary Turillo Josephine Matur Rose DiCianni Valentino Alesandro Elmer Dupont Louis Goglia and others.
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Patty
St Rita’s
Guiteras Memorial Junior High School
Vasta Lar. Ruggiero
Ralph DeLeo
Joseph P. Panone
Ben
Mary Rucci
Theresa Turillo
Emily Delmonica
Mary Turillo
Josephine Matur
Rose DiCianni
Valentino Alesandro
Elmer Dupont
Louis Goglha
Rotary Club to Hear Lucien H Whipple Talk
Lucien H Whipple director of research and surveys at the State Department of Education will address the local Rotary Club at tomorrow noon's dinner meeting in the Hotel Belvedere Granville. Lindley, who was to speak, was unexpectedly called to Detroit.
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Rotary
Lucien H Whipple
State Department of Education
Rotary Club
Belvedere
Granville
Lindley
Detroit
Bristol Bill Aims to Create Deputy Town Treasurer
Council President William H Angevine explained a Legislature pending bill to appoint a Deputy Town Treasurer in Bristol. The measure, sponsored by Rep Thomas H Byrnes seeks to relieve Amos S Gorham with relief program workloads and ensure office continuity if Gorham falls ill. It would likely name Gorham and his clerk Mrs Emily Mason as deputy.
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Council
William H. Angevine
Bristol
Thomas H. Byrnes
Amos S. Gorham
Gorham
Angevine
Emily Mason
Upcoming Local Events In Late April And May
Friday April 27 the St Rita’s Girls’ Club presents a 3 act comedy directed by Mrs Vasta Ruggiero at Guiteras School auditorium. May 2 Epworth League hosts The Blue Bag at State Street Church. May 3 bingo night at Taft School Recreation Room run by Saft School Club. May 4 Altar Society hosts the May Dance at Bristol Casino. May 10–11 Colt Memorial High School presents The Flower of Venice in the auditorium.
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St Rita’s Girls’ Club
Guiteras School
Vasta Ruggiero
Epworth League
St . E. Church
Taft School
Saft
Altar Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Bristol Casino
New Deal criticised for destroying wealth in Bristol speech
Boston attorney Robert D. Weston told St Michael's Brotherhood in Bristol that the New Deal harms national wealth by promoting high wages without capital and warns that forcing wage increases drains capital, damages productive industries, and endangers the nation’s economic health. The address argues redistribution destroys value and weakens free institutions.
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Boston
Bristol
Robert D. Weston
St. Michael’s Brotherhood
St Michael’s Brotherhood
Weston
Sewer Board Calls for Bids on Disposal Plant
Bristol Sewer Commission issued a call for bids to complete a sewage disposal plant after an executive session in the Burnside Memorial building. The engineers office on Thames Street will reopen for bidders, with bids due May 8 and later reviewed by Federal PWA engineers in Providence.
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Thames Street
Bristol Sewer Commission
Burnside Memorial
H. K. Barrows
Boston
Richard Holmgren
William T Dwyer
Providence
PWA
Dwyer
Wood and
Hope Streets
Marriage Intentions Filed In Crowley Town Clerk Office
Manuel Botelho Andrade and Miss Dorothy Isa Belle Crowley, both residents of this town, filed marriage intentions at the Town Clerk's office yesterday.
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Manuel Botelho Andrade
Pappasquash Road
Dorothy Isabelle Crowley
Sunset Avenue
Two Relief Resolutions Adopted By Town Council
Town Council approved two State Emergency Relief measures to disburse funds with Bristol paying its share to the State Treasury weekly and the federal funds apportioned by the state office. A special session also named 6 grand and 63 petit jurors with a long list of names provided.
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State Emergency Relief Administration
Bristol
State Treasury
E. J. Loucks
Elizabeth Hazard
Wood St
Catherine M Bertrand
Bay View
Adolph H. Pearson
Soldiers’ Home
Vincent J. Pettine
Jeanne F. Simpson
Beach Terrace
William J. Ingram
High Street
Petit—Stanley
Friswell
Ferry Hill
Nathaniel A. Gladding
Gibson Road
Merton A. Cheesman
Pappasquash Road
Emelie A. Wilson
A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff
Walley At
Joseph P. Moniz
Usher St
James B. Brown
Byfield St
Margaret T. Lonergan
Hope St
Celestina B. Tuplin
Hope Street
Owen HB. Trainor, Jr
Munroe Avenue
Isaiah W. Crowley
John P. Perry
Thames St
Maria Emelia Correa Mello
Lucy C. Silva
Anna August Perry
Elmer L Manley
Middle Road
James McHugh
Garfield Ave
James E. Connors
Lydia Allard
Gooding Lane
Florence Mcee
John H. Mahnken
John M. Rushneck
Margaret C. Gilroy
Franklin St
Adeline C. Klein
Soldiers' Home
Delia Medeiros
F. Reginald Dimond
Harold J. Slater
Pearse Ave
Sheldon O. Burt
George H. Brooks
Geo. G. Wilcox
Metacom Avenue
Tonto Guida
State Street
Rachel Simmons
Milk Street
Sadie A. Mefovern
Wood Street
Arnold B. Christensen
Charles Street
Qwin Hughes
Franklin Street
Mal Shauneasy
Catherine Street
Emma J. Shepard
Thames
Louis F. Stablje
Manuel J. Almeida
Burton Street
Mary F. Walsh
Woodbury
Polleys
Mary Santo
Bourn Street
Matthew Carmone
Alice Buflock
Lavenia F. Bss
STE We Oe
Fauline Romanielto
Egisto D. Goglia
Bertha E. Partington
Constitution Street
Pietro Cri
Goulart
Anna Garcia Vieira
Cecil C. Getchell
Gertrude B. Usher
Mrs Thompson Re-Elected Head Of Parish Aid Society
At Trinity Church Parish Aid Society annual meeting Mrs Charles O F Thompson was re elected president. Officers elected include Mrs Samuel C Wardwell vice president Mrs Frederick L Maryon secretary and Mrs Frank Paull treasurer. The Rev Nelson Kellogg rector was guest plans were made for a luncheon bridge party June 19 at Mrs Paull's Hope Street home society resumes in fall.
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Frank Paull
Hope Street
Lindley Delivers Antarctic Tales At Prudence Island Meeting
Granville G Lindley chief electrician of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition spoke at the Prudence Island Fishing Club meeting on Constitution Street. The event featured a six by three foot ice cake lowering and a humorous claim that a guest’s finger was cut off during the unwrapping. Lindley recounted his Antarctic travels and plans to rejoin the expedition in October for the return voyage.
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Prudence Island
Granville G Lindley
Constitution Street
Herman ©. Farr
Granville Lindley
Erica
Granville
Mr. Lindley
Antarctic
New Zealand
Metacom Avenue
de- Rocha
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Lyric Theatre
Design For Living
Fredric March
Gary Cooper
Miriam Hopkins
Edward Everett Horton
Buck Jones
Diane Sinclair
Rosemary Ames
John Boles
Victor Jory
John Halliday
Marguerite de la Mott
Wallace Ford
T’jenty
McEwnamef
May Robson
Jean Parker
Lewis Stone
Mickey Mouse In
Laurel and Hardy
NEWS
Pauls
Sewer Board
Fishing Club
ST. Rita’s
Our Lady OF MT. Carmel
Organ Fund
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