McGrath Headlines Bristol Police Chief Testimonial
Governor J Howard McGrath spoke as principal speaker at a Bristol banquet honoring Police Chief Ferrara tenth anniversary as head of the force. Ferrara received a Governor Winthrop desk and chair. remarks praised the police staff and Bristol’s lawfulness amid a bus strike era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Ferrara
J. Howard McGrath
Carmine J. Massano
Chief Ferrara
Bristol Rotary Club
Winthrop
Albert T. Fusonie
Colonial Hotel
Ferrara
Bristol
McGrath
Police Department
J Floyd Huestis
John F. Nolan
William M. Whelan
Providence
F.bi
Edward Sullivan
Newport
James F. O'Leary
Joseph C. Scuncio
Providence Bureau of Police and Fire
Sgt Albert DelToro Liberated From Camp
Sgt Albert Del Toro a prisoner of the Germans since December 17 has been liberated by American forces. A telegram sent to his wife Mrs Virginia Massano Del Toro reports he was returned to Military Control March 30. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Biagio Del Toro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert DelToro
Virginia Massano DelToro
Wood Street
Secretary of War
Albert P. del Toro
J. A. Alio
del Toro
Biagio del Toro
Catherine Street
Ivy Guild Honors Fiftieth Anniversary With May 1 Reception
The Ivy Guild of St. Michael s Episcopal Church marks its fiftieth founding anniversary with a May 1 reception at 8 p m in the parish house. Miss Evelin C. Bache, a charter member and the first president, prepared a guild history printed as a booklet. Clergy and parish members are invited, with Bishop James DeWolf Perry and Suffragan Bishop Granville G. Bennett among expected attendees.
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Ivy Guild
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Evelin C. Bache
Guild
John A. Gardner
Albert C. Larned
St. Michael’s
Arthur W. Burdon
Herbert D. Graetz
Anson B. Howard
Michael L. Ryan
Vincent J. Griffin
Joseph Sorza
Emma B. Stanton
Louis H. Gallo
J. William Wood
Matthew Cahoon
Margaret Darling
Martha Graham
Stanard B. Sylvia
Ernest G. Brown
Catherine E. Stenson
William H. Angevine
Clara L. Diman
Flor Dew
Allen
Society
Buell N. Buckingham, Jr
Vernon A. Gray
Frank A. Rounds
Iacoletti String Trio
Wood
Russell W. Southwick
Charles Davis
Henry A. Hambrick
Herman B Gablinske
Mabel Salisbury
John H. Wall
Chester Whitman
Janet MacDougall
Rounds
Power Politics Seen as Reality by Speaker at YMCA
George A. Benson declared power politics a reality in a Rockwell Hall address. He argued Britain and the United States support a strong, independent France while Russia seeks strategic borders from the Baltic to the Black Sea, urging acceptance of power dynamics in postwar peace. He defended Poland's fate at Yalta, warned against sentimentality, and warned that major powers will retain colonies for protection and influence.
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George A. Benson
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
United States
San Francisco
Y.M.C.A
Rockwell Hall
Britain
France
Baltic
Black Sea
Poland
Baltic States
Balkan Countries
Paderewski
Pilsudski
Roosevelt
Churchill
League of Nations
Hitler
Mr. Benson
Far East
U. S
Ida DiCianni Promoted to First Lieutenant in ANC
Ida DiCianni of 12 Catherine Street rises from second to first lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. Stationed in Calcutta, India, she has been overseas 18 months. A 1938 Colt Memorial High School graduate, she attended the R I Hospital Nurses Training School.
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Ida DiCianni
Catherine Street
Army Nurse Corps
DiCianni
Calcutta
India
Colt Memorial High School
R. I. Hospital Nurses’ Training School
Army help lifts Woonsocket wool top bottleneck
Lt Thomas N Page touring Bristol said a French owned Woonsocket mill faced a late war bottleneck from worn French parts. The Army arranged priority air transport for replacement components, shipped from Paris to New York then to Woonsocket, the first such supply since 1940.
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Thomas N. Page
Bristol
West Virginia
Woonsocket
France
Army
Washington
Army Air Service Command
Paris
Page
New York
United States
New England
Beishort
Bristol Historical Society to host supper meeting May 7
Invitations went to members for the Bristol Historical Society supper on May 7. Miss Gladys E. Paull, chairwoman of arrangements, urged prompt reservations. Brown University professor Theodore Collier will speak on Foundations of a Lasting Peace at St Michael's parish house. Assisting Paull are Mrs Arthur H. Carr, Miss Dorothy Holt, Mrs Anne V. Seymour, and Miss Miriam Skinner.
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Bristol Historical Society
Gladys E. Paull
Paull
Theodore Collier
Brown University
St. Michael’s Parish House
Arthur H. Carr
Dorothy Holt
Anne V. Seymour
Miriam Skinner
Cardoza Announces Ownership Change of Columbus Bar
Anthony Rivers Cardoza announces he has taken over the Columbus Bar at 241 State Street from Gaetano Cairzi. For 30 days his brother Manuel Lindy Cardoza, on leave from the Merchant Marine, will serve as bartender and patrons are urged to support the new venture.
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Columbus
State Street
Gaetano Cairzi
Manuel “Lindy” Cardoza
Merchant Marine
Urgent appeal for surgical dressings in Bristol
Mrs Henry Wood chair of the Bristol Red Cross calls for more workers to meet a 12000 dressings quota in three weeks. She notes few responses so far and urges regular and new volunteers to help. Red Cross rooms operate weekdays and select evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wood
Bristol
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Seph Sorzano
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Henry Alfred
G. Edgar Hoover
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D. G. Coggeshall
Francois L. deWolf
Emilio Donanzan
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
John T. Borek
St. Casimir’s
Warren
Nicholas J. Wagener
U.S.N.R
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Paul A. Herzig
Henry F. Serbst
John P. Marshall
William P. McLaughlin
Joseph Ferrara
Anthony Jr
Joseph
Paul C. Millemaggi
Joseph Santulli
John Cordeiro
Lucien Capone
Rafael C. Martins
Robert L. Cragan
Roswell S. Bosworth
Salvador Nunes
Thomas H. Black
W. J. DeRocha
W. Fred Williams Jr
Sgt
Wallace Motors
Randolph Scott
Gypsy Rose Lee
Belle
OF the Yukon
Dinah Shore
Bob Burns
Pete Smith
Mighty Mouse and the Two Barbers
Bobby Dopes
Flying Cadets
Hollywood
Warners
Hollywood Canteen
Jimmy Dorsey & His Band
Carmen Cavallaro & Orchestra
Golden Gate Quartet
Rosario
Antonio
Sons OF the Pioneers
Yalta
Stalin
Benson
Cameroons
ANC
China
Japan
Anthony “Rivers” Cardoza
Red Cross
John W. Church
Denis Ferreira
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