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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1932
Page
4
The week features The Blonde Captive by Columbia on Aug 3-4, praised for sensational photoplay value with a Neanderthal tale. The Last Flight screens Aug 5-6, First National with Richard Barthelmess and a postwar survivor theme.
During the Napoleonic wars Swiss lands faced French occupation before a monument marked Switzerland’s deliverance from Napoleon’s rule. The Lake Geneva area is cited as a once troubled locale now noted for tranquility.
In a tense courtroom Judge Moffett protests his innocence as District Attorney prods for alibi. Mike, pressed by Moffett’s plea, recalls taking the judge to his home and confronts renewed threats amid a murder case and a worn wristwatch clue. The exchange exposes fraud, fear, and a wife’s precarious fate in the Work House.
In a tense scene Judge Erskine presses for truth as Moffett admits framing Mary Thomas to protect his own secrets. Mike presses his own plea and clings to power, while the family reacts to headlines about judicial corruption and a murder case.
Young Ghappie Oliver leads local batting with .427 amid eight game hitting streak as Ever Ready Fire Company faces Vermette Frost Kings on the common. Bristol Twilight League pits veterans against icemen while Defiance Hose Co meets Olympian Club in a bid for a record crowd.
Funeral services for Abel Sequire Vieza of 18 Rock Street, who died Friday after a long illness, were held at 9 am in Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church. Born in Portugal, he came to town in youth, worked at National India Rubber, and is survived by his sister Miss Mars Vieza of Providence. Burial followed in St Mary's Cemetery.
The tangram is a traditional Chinese toy made of seven flat shapes a square two large triangles two small triangles a parallelogram a diamond and a square that fit together to form many figures.
A cappella means vocal music without instrumental accompaniment used in church or chapel settings. The term originates from the Sistine Chapel’s pure vocal tradition and reflects that motets and madrigals of old were performed unaccompanied.
In a conversation about a child named Billie who loves flowers yet destroys them, a mother explains her patient approach. She avoided scolding and instead offered gentle object lessons by guiding him to admire blooms and smell them, teaching self-control and care. The piece endorses kindergarten movement and invites communities to contact the National Kindergarten Association for guidance.
The Woonsocket unit returned from the annual encampment with regimental honors claiming volleyball titles by defeating Battery A and Battery F, while losing to Battery I of East Greenwich in tug of war. River Cardoza starred in wrestling and boxing, and Captain Moren lauded the battery as the best personnel yet and praised its conduct, a point of pride for Bristol and Warren.
Our Lads of Mt Carmel Church Junior Holy Name Society and their ladies enjoyed a Rocky Point outing with a basket lunch for 30 plus members. Anthony W Dupont chaired arrangements and prizes were awarded by Joseph Dupont.
Women in evening dress left the floor at a Bickley hall to form a bucket brigade and fight a blaze. Their prompt work subdued the fire within thirty minutes, preventing greater damage.
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