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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1939
Page
4
A Bristol manufacturer faced a $1500 fine and a $500 penalty for Wage Hour Act violations including underpayment of minimum wage and overtime. The piece weighs the law’s aims against its burden on small businesses, noting larger firms’ advantages and the need to balance worker protection with economic realities.
Readers submit items on church services and local happenings. Universal Bible Sunday at First Baptist Church and sermons at First Congregational Church are announced with service times. Bristol CYO Basketball League opens with three games at St Marys Institute Hall Warren.
Will address the Men’s and Women’s Republican Clubs of Bristol at an open meeting Monday night in the Bristol County Courthouse.
A description of the half American queen of Albania King Zog and her near kidnap, highlighted in the Romance of Geraldine feature in the December 10 Boston Sunday Advertiser supplement in American Weekly Magazine.
Bristol Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution plans its annual Christmas party on December 11 at the Chapter House on Franklin Street. Gifts will be exchanged and motion pictures of Ellis Island shown. Hostesses include Mrs. William H. Angevine, Mrs. Clara L. Diman, Miss Thel G. Metcalf, Miss Lena D. Morris, and Mrs. Herbert B. Burnham.
The Cadets remain undefeated as they beat the Night Hawks 44 to 22 at Guiteras gym to cap their Bristol WPA Class B basketball season. Players listed include Jerry Cirillo manager William Doran coach Carmine Cirillo Edward Dion Sylvester Fidalgo Joseph Coite Edmund Rego.
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