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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1946
Page
2
The piece contrasts today with 1932 noting money is available but goods scarce. It cites shortages in housing, food, wearables, and automobiles, while money flows from government unemployment support. It criticizes OPA Bowles and calls for pragmatic leadership and common sense.
A Bristol vicinity column invites readers to submit notices of personal activities and organizational memberships. It encourages free participation and courtesy in sharing news about guests, friends, and local groups to benefit the community.
Mrs. Philip DeWolf sails to Tacoma to visit her daughter and granddaughter. Bristol Yacht Club plans the season finale dance with Tommy Masso. Nearby notices include garden parties, club meetings, family travel to New York and California, and a seaside clambake at the Bristol Yacht Club.
Mrs George F Quinn thanks relatives friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy during recent bereavement and for spiritual bouquets and floral offerings.
Classified notices list a 1939 Buick sedan with good tires radio and heater in good condition. Also available Curtis piano and stool and a shirt folding job at Favorite Laundry with good pay and hours. Contact details include 23 Ryan avenue and 32 Diamond Ave in Nettleton and 495 Wood St.
T Sgt Manuel Pinhero of 56 Thompson Avenue, who joined the Army in May 1943, took part in the largest C 82 Flying Boxcars formation from Fort Bragg North Carolina bearing over 400 members of the 504 Parachute Infantry Combat Team The unit of the 82nd Airborne Division then moved to Knoxville Tennessee on August 12 for the American Legion Parade and continued to Columbia to mark the first anniversary of V J Day and the war's end Many veterans of the Pacific and European Theatres marched with pride.
A compact list of song titles and artists includes Perry Como and I Dream Of You along with The King and other performers. Electric phonographs are noted among the entries with numeric codes and year references.
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