Bristol Mulls UNO Capital Site Amid Speculation
Interest grows over Bristol as a potential United Nations capital site though no Bristol delegation confirms backing. A six nation inspection team will visit U S sites near New York and Boston, with criteria including park land, airstrip, central buildings, and residential areas.
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Bristol
United Nations Organization
Pappasquash Point
London
UNO
United States
Dudley Harmon
New England Council
Boston
Hudson River
New York State
Connecticut
New York City
Robert A Tourigney Ordained To Priesthood
Reverend Robert Allen Tourigney son of Mrs. Jane Reynolds River side was ordained to the priesthood at the Church of St. Matthew San Mateo California on Dec 15. The rite was led by Bishop Karl M. Block with retired Bishop Edward L. Parsons and local clergy assisting. A luncheon followed at Julia Beyford Hall. Tourigney has served as assistant minister at St Matthews since March and resides in South San Mateo with his wife and seven month old daughter.
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Robert Allen Tourigney
Jane Reynolds
Riverside
Church of St. Matthew
San Mateo
California
Karl M. Block
D.D
Edward L. Parsons
St. Matthews
John M. Krumu
Francis P. Foote
St Paul's Church
Burlingame
Edward Groves
All Saints Church
Centerville
R. Richard P Coombs
St. Paul’s Church
League
Julia Beyford Hall
Tourigney
St Matthews Church
St Michael's Church
Colt Memorial High School
Brown University
South San Mateo
Calfornia
Hope Chapter To Have Annual Party
Hope Chapter No 6 Royal Arch Masons will hold its annual Christmas and New Year gathering on Wednesday January 2. The regular meeting starts 7 pm with an open meeting at 8. Guests include St Albans Lodge No 6 F and AM and ME Grand Chapter RA with Newport Riverside and Warren visitors. The program features a male quartet, violin solos by Hubert F Hill, an address by Rev. Arthur Dunstan and group carol singing plus gift exchange. Committee: Gordon R Brown, George Dixon, Herbert B Burnham Jr, David A Horne, Herbert E S Clark Jr, Myron S Barr.
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Hubert F Hill
Arthur Dunstan
St Mark's Church
Warren
Gordon R. Brown
George Dixon
Herbert B Burnham
David A Horne
Herbert E S Clark, Jr
Myron S Barr
Engagement announced for Alice Cupolo and John Cadile
The engagement was announced on Christmas Eve by Mr and Mrs Antonio Cupolo of 29 Prospect Street. John Cadile, an ex serviceman, is the son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Cadile of 252 Wood Street.
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Alice Cupolo
John Cadile
Antonio Cupolo
Prospect Street
Cadile
Jerome Cadile
Wood Street
Roderick Pirnie resigns Rhode Island War Finance post
The U S Treasury announced.Roderick Pirnie resigns as Chairman of the Rhode Island War Finance Committee effective today December 31. He has led state bond drives since 1941 and helped place RI among leaders in war bond sales. The state will maintain a small staff and volunteer network to continue the program.
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U S. Treasury
Roderick Pirnie
R.I. War Finance Committee
Vinson
Pirnie
Treasury
U. S
War Savings
War Finance Division
Pirmie
Rhode Island
Industrial Trust
War Finance Committee
New Year's Eve Celebrations Planned Amid Weather Woes
Bristols hotels casinos and clubs plan parties as rain fog and slush dampen New Year plans. Watch Night services at First Baptist and St Elizabeth's plus HI Y Club jamboree at the YMCA and a Civil War Patrol event at Warren Town Hall.
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Police Department
Bristol
Belvedere Hotel
Colonial Hotel
New Highland Casino
Lobster Claw
First Baptist Church
St. Elizabeth’s Church
YMCA
Bristol Squadron
Civil Wir Patrol
Warren
Airpark venture guide for veterans and civilians
A detailed guide outlines starting an airpark including site selection, financing, and operations. Key steps cover municipal versus private parks, qualified ownership teams, land rights, zoning, drainage, and future expansion. It stresses self-financing, diverse revenue from flying schools, tours, non flying income, and government guidance.
New Subscribers For School Fund Listed
Additional subscribers of 100 dollars to the fund for the parochial school building by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church are listed. Names include In Memory of Sonny Pannone Maria Campagna Matteo Troiano Rose Miserandino and couples Mr and Mrs Joseph Machado Ela Giusti and Mr and Mrs Joseph Sousa.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Sonny Pannone
Maria Campagna
Matteo Troiano
Rose Miserandino
Joseph Machado
Ela Giusti
Joseph Sousa
Thanks Expressed By Children’s Home
The Bristol Children’s Home patrons and staff thank friends for a merry Christmas with gifts from the Girl Scouts and Salvation Army. Notable acknowledgments go to the Daughters of Isabella, Union Local A.F. of L. at U.S. Rubber Co., George E. Leighton, R. S. Bosworth, Mrs. Elizabeth Day, and Sanford Town for Santa Claus. Mr and Mrs Frank S Abate announce the marriage of their daughter Laura Carnes to Manuel Aguiar. August Marshall and family announce their daughter Julia’s engagement to Anthony Andrews of Seekonk Mass.
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Bristol Children's Home
Girl Scouts
Santa Claus
Daughters of Isabella
Salvation Army
Union
A.F. of L
U.S. Rubber Co
George E. Leighton
R. S. Bosworth
Elizabeth Day
Sanford Town
Frank S. Abate
John Street
Laura Carnes
Manuel Aguiar
Wilhimina Aguiar
August Marshall
North Providence
Julia
Anthony Andrews
The
Riverside Florists
Seekonk
Mass
I Don’t Deserve That Medal
A teenage soldier writes home about a medal he insists he did not earn. He recounts capture by Japanese forces with five friends, witnessing their deaths, praying the 23rd Psalm and Lord’s Prayer, and forcing a whistle to mask fear as he marches toward captivity. The letter frames courage and guilt under war’s brutal pressure.
Hymns Bridge Gap Between Captor and Captive
A prisoner recalls a Japanese captor joining in a shared hymn and song. The hymn calms both, the captor’s gun relaxes its grip, and the two exchange remarks about Christian hymns. The captor reveals schooling at a mission-supported church school and answers on where he learned English.
Journey of Christian Fellowship Amid War in Japan
A veteran recalls a wartime moment where he and a Japanese Christian prisoner prayed together in the mud and discussed Christianity, missions, and a hoped for Christian future for Japan. They exchanged views on war, faith, and humanity as they walked back to American lines.
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Japan
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