Startling Travel Expenses Highlight New Deal Waste
Representative Harold Knutson denounces 1936 to 1938 travel spending by the government totaling 206 million dollars, far exceeding WWI costs and past years. He cites executive offices and agencies, with 14.56 million in 1936 and 13.96 million in 1937 for Emergency Conservation Work. He warns about Resettlement Administration travel and urges voters to oppose continued waste.
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Harold Knutson
Minnesota
France
House
Knutson
Congress
Wugrel SR
Alex
Menny
Resettlement Administration
Mount Hope Diner Relocated for New Andrews School Site
The Mount Hope Diner owned by Arthur J. Duffy will move to Hope Street just south of H H Lawson Company near Washington Street. The move, to take ten days to two weeks, includes a new dining room to serve more patrons and a 67 foot frontage with 60 feet setback for parking.
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Andrews Memorial School
Mount Hope
Arthur J. Duffy
Hope Street
H H Lawson Company
Washington Street
Duffy
Duffs
Mi Business Om
Bristol Man Relocates After Eight Years of Service
The subject leaves his Bristol community after eight years during which he formed many friendships. A member of Kearney Post No 6 American Legion and active in the Bristol Lions Club. Home at Verndale Circle Bristol Neck.
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Kearney Post
No. 6
The
American Legion
Bristol Lions Club
Verndale Circle
Bristol Neck
Community Notes From West Dennis To Horseneck Beach
A collage of short items lists residents visiting relatives in Wood Street Bristol Wood Street and Union Street address mentions. People vacationing at West Dennis Cohasset Horse Show winners and a Dr Newport News trip are noted. A public bingo planned at Italo American Hall Hope Street Sept 24 and local hospital influenza recovery are included.
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Italian Socialites Girls’ Club
Hope Street
Bristol County Events Roundup With Hospital Return and Club Meetings
The report notes a man returning home from Rhode Island Hospital after surgery for a throat infection on August 6 following a stay since June 14. It lists several community events including a clambake hosted by the Bristol Athletic Association at Fales Orchard and a handicraft sale at Ferry Hall benefiting the Grenfell Mission in Labrador. It also covers club meetings hosted by the Countryside Garden Club and the First Congregational Church Morning Devotions, plus a Rotary Club talk by Water Works official Fletcher I Dodge about industrial development and site relocation.
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Ae Ae Nee
Rhode Island
Halsey DeWolf
Ferry Hall
Grenfell
Labrador
Fletcher I) Dodge
American Water Works and Electric Company
Bristol County Water Company
Rotary Club
Belvedere
Proposal Defeated by Rhode Island Legion Convention
The Rhode Island Department convention rejected a proposal to end aid to World War veterans who are not members of the Legion. Past Department Commander Ralph S Mohr urged defeat, saying the time must not come to turn away a comrade who served with them during the war because he is not a member.
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Rhode Island Department
American Legion
Internal Organization Committee
Legion
Ralph S Mohr
Bristol plants joint outing aims to draw large crowd
About 600 employees and their families are expected to attend the first annual joint outing of the Bristol plants Collinse and Aikman Barry on Sen fey Feingy gee a. ait Faty Point. The participants will leave the old Nad 10g Jrdra grubber Company wharf in two boats chartered for the occasion. Among the guests will be Charles B. Rockwell, vice president of the corporation, Charles Hattley, supervisor.
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Bristol
Collinse
Aikman Barry
Jrdra Grubber Company
Charles B. Rockwell
Charles Hattley
Superin
Henry Barton Not in Chinese War Area
Mrs Henry Barton said her son Henry and his wife are not in the Chinese Japanese war zone. He is located at Tsing Tao, a major Chinese summer resort on the Yellow Sea coast. Barton is an executive with the Standard Oil Company in China, stationed at various points over 18 years.
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Henry Barton
Henry
Tsing Tao
Yellow Sea
Barton
Standard
Oh! Company
China
Probate Court session disposes multiple estate matters
Probate Court led by Judge Edward L. Leahy disposed several estate items including guardianships and final accounts. Petitions for guardianships of Edna M. Wall and Bertram W. Wall were continued and bonds noted. Final accounts for Pietro Varolo and other estates were allowed or continued to September. Several sales of personal estate were approved and appraisers listed.
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Edward L. Leahy
Ludovina Perfeira Costo
Executrix
Pietro Varolo
Petro Varolo
Pietro Varoto, Jr
Bertram W. Wall
Aetna Casualty and Surety Co
Josephine M. Campagna
Augusta D’ass
James B Keeler
Clara H Bunn
Antonio Cruz Almeida
Estate of James Ashton Probate Appointment of Executor
Estate of James Ashton will probated with John H. Ashton named as executor. Waiver of notice granted. Bond set at $508 without surety. Amos S. Gorham approved as appraiser.
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James Ashton
John H. Ashton
Amos S. Gorham
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