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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1942
Page
2
A Bristol letter lauds the Navy crew stationed locally for friendliness and courtesy. The YMCA plans dances and entertainment to ease their stay, with other groups invited to coordinate via Mr Hill to avoid schedule overlaps. The writer admits New England sterner reputations softened by shared wartime hospitality.
The article reviews Arthur Garfield Hays the civil liberties attorney and his varied cases from the Scopes trial to Reichstag Fire proceedings. It notes The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers and other selections in the October Book of the Month Club, plus World War II era culture references and Goebbels rhetoric remarks.
Local readers are invited to submit short items for this column. United Brothers Lodge No. 13 I O O F will meet tonight. Several residents report military enlistments and furloughs including Joseph E Quinn enlisting in the Navy and Corp James F Riccio arriving in India. James Castro and Alberto Del Toro are on furlough from Army and Camp Livingston respectively. The column lists servicemen overseas and at training camps, residents visiting, vacations, and local club events such as a clambake planned by Wool Sorters division. Civil service exams for public assistance social workers are announced with application details and deadlines.
Union Church Prudence Island held its annual meeting with strong attendance. A silver vase was presented in memory of Mrs Josephine Davidson by Miss Evelyn Bethel the club president. Alexander MacEachern was named standing committee chair. The roster included trustees and a finance committee with Dr Florence Ross as member and Clarence Brigham as chair. The service featured a brief sermon by Rev Stanley Marple TD pastor of the North Weymouth Church and notes on the summer parish growth.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Senior Firefighter and Firefighter with salaries of 1680 and 1500 per year to fill vacancies in Newport R I. Overtime pays time and a half for hours over forty. Applications available at Newport offices, Boston district, or U S Naval Torpedo Station Newport R I with submission ongoing until notice.
Sugar from beets and cane forms the world supply, with beets storing most sugar after growth. Through photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water convert to sugar in green parts, later stored in roots. In 1942 the Office of Price Administration projects beet sugar as a major national source, with over a million acres of beets to harvest and about two million tons of sugar expected.
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