Refugee recounts Nazi era memories at Rotary Club
Leonard Guenther, a German Christian refugee and former corporation counsel, described life under four governments and warned that German morale would crumble only after a decisive military defeat. He cited club repressions, forced oaths, and the risks faced by dissidents, stressing America’s freedoms and industrial strength as decisive factors.
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Hitler
America
Leonard Guenther
Rotary Club
Colonial Hotel
Gestapo
Germany
Army
Goebbels
Horst Wessel
Middle West
Last Chapter in Bristol Dog Officer Case
Freeman writes to the Bristol Town Council criticizing Dog Officer Manuel P Machado after a dog he owned was shot. He claims the council erred in exonerating the officer and warns of potential legal action, arguing the officer lacked proper judgment and safety considerations.
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Hovey T. Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Manuel P. Machado
Freeman
Church
Manuel P Machado
Bristol
Mis
Wardwell
Candidates Sought For Women’s Naval Reserve
The Naval Officer Procurement Office of the First Naval District announced a plan to commission 40 New England women specialists and 85 ensigns for technical and administrative duties in the newly authorized Women’s Naval Reserve. About 10,000 enlisted women nationwide will be enrolled, with New England’s quota not yet disclosed. Ann Dixon Leahy and Robert Ru lon-Miller announce their engagement. she is a Mary C. Wheeler School and Bradford Junior College graduate, he a Brown University senior and Psi Upsilon member.
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Naval Officer Procurement Office
First Naval District
Women's Naval Reserve
New England
Naval Reserve Midshipmen School
Procurement Office
Navy
Edward Laurence Leahy
Codman Place
Ann Dixon
Robert Rulon-Miller
George Blakiston
J. Rulon-Miller
Baltimore
Miss Leahy
Mary C. Wheeler
Bradford Junior College
Gilman School
Brown University
Psi Upsilon
Children Against Raw Nature in Wilderness Ordeals
In an American Weekly Magazine feature readers learn of children who faced extreme wilderness trials and survived remarkable hardships. The Boston Sunday Advertiser notes these authentic cases as dramatic examples of courage and resilience.
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American Weekly Magazine
Boston
Life in Bristol 1870 1886 Portraits and Treasures
An editor introduces Mr Hawks and recounts a Bristol boyhood full of curios and crafts. Ma Holmes guides a tour of upstairs rooms and family treasures including a clam-shell centerpiece, Deacon’s chair, and gold gilt furnishings. The memories celebrate objects, stories, and a multilingual childhood in St. Louis.
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Ma Holmes
Sanford
Silas
South Seas
Arch
Little Arch
St. Louis
America
Wah
Ollie Bejient Smith
Wally Patterson
Europe
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Dr. Guenther
U. S. Rubber CO
Bristol, R I
Salvador Nunes
Mt. Hope Ave
Charmin R
Estes
API
Lles
U.S
Peck
Swift
Wift’s
Swifts
Coltte
Rhode Island
California
Women’s Naval Reserve
Hawks
A. McLean Hawks
Newman Bros
John Alden
John Alden Bartlett
S. Pierce Overland
Ige
Pierce
Collins, Ige
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