Local Bristol Industry Faces No Big Reconversion Problem
A Bristol survey shows manufacturers ready for peace-time output with minimal reconversion issues. United States Rubber Company and Collins & Aikman Corp indicate capacity to shift smoothly, while Bristol Mfg. Corp and Carr Mfg. cite ready equipment and rising demand for shoes and other products. Herreshoff Mfg. Co. reportedly faces no reconversion problems.
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Bristol
United States Rubber Company
Collins & Aikman Corp
Bristol Mfg. Corp
Carr Mfg
Herreshoff Mfg
Monthly Report of Bristol District Nursing Association
The Bristol District Nursing Association July report records four child welfare clinics with 92 children, one whooping cough clinic with 88, and three tonsil clinics with 16. Nurse visits totaled Gen care 222, Met care 79 (32 group), J. H care 6 (2 Baby), Pre-Natal 36, Tuberculosis 28.
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Bristol District Nursing Association
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James J Sylvia Wounded in Action in France
Sgt. James J. Sylvia son of Mr and Mrs Frank J Sylvia Bristol Narrows was seriously wounded in action July 28 in France according to a telegram from the War Department His rank as a range finder in a Field Artillery unit ties him to the Normandy invasion His wife and child reside at the Narrows.
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James J. Sylvia
Frank J. Sylvia
Bristol Narrows
France
War Department
Sylvia
Normandy
The
Narrows
Lieutenant Commander Hackett Ordered to West Coast Training
Lieutenant Commander Dr Hackett USNR of Bristol Ferry Rhode Island has three active years on a Navy supply vessel two as executive officer and one in command and is ordered to the West Coast for amphibious training. His wife Laura Benoit of Fall River Massachusetts remains in Bristol Ferry where she works as secretary to Joseph W Martin Jr House minority leader. Hackett served eight years in the Merchant Marine with convoy duty in the North Atlantic and has earned the European American Theater and American Defense medals.
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New Orleans
Dr. Hackett
USNR
Bristol Ferry
West Coast
Hackett
Laura Benoit
Fall River
Mass
Joseph W Martin, Jr
Naval Reserve
Merchant Marine
North Atlantic
Sousa Receives European Campaign Ribbon for B-25 Service
Sergeant Alfred E. Sousa crew chief of a Twelfth Air Force B-25, served 21 months overseas in the Mediterranean theater. He earned the European Middle Eastern African ribbon with three campaign stars for Tunisian Sicilian and Italian operations. He enlisted December 27 1941 trained at Keesler Field and is a Bristol Rhode Island native and former employee of First National Stores.
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Alfred E. Sousa
Mediterranean
AAF
Rose M. Sousa
Bristol
Twelfth Air Force
Army Air Forces
Sousa
Keesler Field
Miss
Colt Memorial High School
First National Stores, Inc
Warren
Charles Street
Walton D Keele
Garland
Texas
Waste Paper Drives To Be Sponsored By Legion
Local salvage committees will conduct Waste Paper Drives in September and October with support from American Legion posts statewide. A nationwide drive runs Sept 3 to 10, with an Honor Roll Day ahead to urge residents to donate paper in honor of a World War II veteran. Pledge cards will be distributed by post auxiliaries as officers Gordon T Miller and Louis F Adams spoke at Kearney Post 6 headquarters.
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American Legion
Kearney Post
No 6
Post Department
Gordon T Miller
Louis F Adams
State Salvage Committee
John O'Mara
Post War Bristol Seeks Planned Residential Growth
The Post-War Projects Planning Committee in Bristol approved a plan to require highway water and sewage facilities before new plats are accepted. The move aims to curb wildcat development and ensure site viability with costs borne by developers and later reimbursed as plats are approved.
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Henry Wood
Bristol
Donat J. Gladue
Planning Board
A Edmonds
Federal Works Agency
Washington
Wood
Henry F Serbst
J. Floyd Huestis
Paul A. Herzig
Wallis E. Howe
Frank J Sylvia
Lucien Capone
Earle P. Mathewson
Donat J Gladue
R. S Bosworth
Monster Bingo at Bristol Yacht Club Saturday
A monster bingo party for Bristol bingo fans is set for Saturday evening at the Bristol Yacht Club. Mr and Mrs William P Gladding oversee arrangements, number calling, and card distribution. Cash prizes await players. Earlier, forty couples enjoyed an informal cabaret dance despite heat and humidity, with Lucien Capone Jr. providing piano music and light refreshments enhancing the evening.
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Bristol
Bristol Yacht Club
William P Gladding
Lucien Capone, Jr
Roberta Dixon Praised by Theatre Critics Across Two Regions
Roberta Dixon garnering high praise as leading lady at Greenbush Theatre Blauvelt NY with two benefit performances plus six weekly shows. Critics from Northern Valley Tribune and Journal News lauded her Ellen Creed portrayal noting intense scenes and skillful transitions. A second benefit supported Nyack Children's Playground while a separate note announced the engagement of Josephine Marshall to Cpl Arthur A Nunes at a family gathering.
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Roberta Dixon
Greenbush Theatre
Blauvelt
Westwood Youth Centre
Westwood
Cardinal Cage
Moss Dixon
Northern Valley Tribune
Tenafly
Miss Dixon
Ellen
Greenbush
the Journal News of
Nyack
Ellen Creed
Leonora Fiske
Nyack Children’s Playground
Josephine Marshall
Cpl
Arthur A. Nunes
United States Army
Manuel Marshall
Magnolia Street
Cpl. Nunes
Mary M. Nunes
Franklin Street
Manuel Nunes
Travel in Wartime Britain Shows Grim Train Realities
A narrator recalls dim stations with blank signs and blackout conditions that turn travel into a tense, somber ordeal. Trains run with curtains drawn, limited light, and crowded compartments as maps and decorations disappear. The merchant navy man's mother keeps a seat for her son amid gloom and disarray.
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Britain
Navy seaman to join amphibious craft duties at Little Creek
Gerald J Black, a MoMM in the US Navy, is spending a few days with his family on Thames Street before continuing delayed orders. He graduated from the USN Training School at Iowa State College Ames after completing extensive training in diesel engine theory and mechanics and will proceed to Little Creek Virginia for duty aboard amphibious craft.
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Gerald J Black
Flo
Momm
USN
Thames Street
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Little Creek
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Jane Powell
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Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson
Irene Manning
S. Z. Sakall
Mike Wilson
Don Winslow
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Miss Marshall
Bristol Manufacturing Corporation
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Fort Worden
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