Federal troops guard Rhode Island rubber plant with parking ban
Police chief Ferrara announced a no parking zone around the United States Rubber Company plant in Bristol. About 40 federal troops under Major Stephenson moved in to guard the defense facility, with guards posted near the Bristol Manufacturing Co. and floodlights and a high fence added for security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Rubber Company
Anthony J. Ferrara
Parkers
Franklin Street
Wilsons Lane
Wood
Uttonwood Street
Ferrara
rCber Company
Bristol
Charles L.stephenson
Rubber Company
Euclid J. Demers
Bristol Manufacturing Company
Rubber Concern
Woold Street
National Defense
Rhode Island
Pawtucket
High Tide Follows Severe Wind and Rain at Harbor
A southeast wind and heavy rain produced an unusually high tide with rough seas. Little damage reported along the waterfront though a small sailboat and a skiff washed ashore near the harbor head. Harbormaster Samuel C Wardwell knew of no further damage. Residents of Poppasquash described the scene as entertaining as cars navigated the harbor head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C Wardwell
Poppasquash
Christmas Seal Drive Totals $1000 Collected
Receipts from recent Christmas Seal sales total $1000, says Mrs N G Herreshoff, general chairman. Some donors have not returned mail sales, and she urges prompt settlements to pass all funds to the Bristol County pneumothorax clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N G Herreshoff
Herreshoff
Bristol County
Bristol's First Is 10 Lb Baby Boy
Bristol's first birth of the New Year was a 10 pound boy named Frank Cunard Jr. at 9 15 this morning. Attending physician Dr C Paul Bruno reported both mother and son doing nicely. The mother is Mrs Harriot Hemple Cunard of 847 Hope Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Frank Cunard, Jr
Frank Cunard
Hope Street
C. Paul Bruno
Garden Club To Collect Books in Bristol
The Bristol Garden Club will collect books for the National Defense Book Commission and the American Red Cross, with Mrs Willam W. Perry announcing the effort. Bristolians are asked to leave old English literature biographies history adventure and current topics over the weekend. magazines are not wanted, and a drop location will be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Garden Club
National Defense Book Commission
American Red Cross
Willam W. Perry
Bristol County Hospital Plan Favored By Doctors
Doctors at a Rotary Club meeting backed a Bristol County hospital to serve Warren Riverside and Swansea. They estimated 25 to 30 beds for about 300 maternity and 300 other cases yearly with operating costs around $100 per bed and total setup near $50,000.
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Bristol Couny
Arcadio Giura
Warren
Samuel D. Clark
John R. Bernardo
Rotary Club
Giura
Providence
Futhermore
Riverside
Swansea
Bristol County
Samuel J) Clark
Red Cross
Bristol Churches Answer Roosevelt Call To Prayer
Bristol churches and a local synagogue held services honoring President Roosevelt's call for prayer for service members and peace. A union service was held at First Baptist Church with bishops and clergy from nearby parishes. Motorists faced heavy traffic around the United States Rubber Company plant as troops were monitored nearby.
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Bristol
Roosevelt
St. Mary’s
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St. Elizabeth’s
Chevra Agudas Achim
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Uncle Sam
Colonial Hotel
Bristol Casana
Town Tavern
Hotel Belvedere
Bristol Yacht Club
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Red Cross War Fund receives about $591 in Bristol drive
Local Red Cross head Rev A R Parshley announced a Bristol drive total of $591.48. Special Gifts Committee members listed donors from F Reginald Dimond to Mrs Annie Dixon and others, with district totals and a January 25 fundraising note.
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Bristol
Red Cross War Fund
A R Parshley
Red Cross
F Reginald Dimond
Wallis FE Howe
Charles B Burns
B. M MacDougall
D V A. Capone
Ralph T Church
Stewart Campbell
William G Dixon
Wallis E. Howe
A B Wyatt
Janet MacDougall
Jessica MacDougall
Florence T. Nelson
Robert W. Nelson
Annie Dixon
Robert E. Lanpheart
Pauline Jencks
Samuel D Clark
Wm. H Angevine
A C. Larned
Gladys MacDonald
Burnside Lodge
K. of Pywu
Barney Leviten Eee
Carr
Gladys Brightman
Raymond Brightman
Virginia Brightman
Eugene S. Howell
John W. Hambrick
A. R. Parshley
Charles Coggeshall
E. K. Dunbar
Conley
Mary Lawless
E.ccee
Parella
Leone
Lascesia Petacelen
Margaret Callan
Leon E. McCaw
David Horn
Malin
K. E. Brown
Ernest W. Weaver
E. W. Weaver
Henry A. Hambrick
Local Bristol inquiry into Civil War flyer James Allen
A Bristol reader seeks information on a Civil War veteran named James Allen said to be a Union flyer in a new aviation history from Johns Hopkins Press. The note notes confusion with local records and mentions other pilots and balloon use in the war, asking readers for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
James Allen
Union
R. L
John Wise
Lancaster
F Stansbury Haydon
Johns Hopkins University
U. S. Army
Johns Hopkins Press
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Humphrey Bogart
Mary Astor
Gladys George
Peter Lorre
Barton MacLane
CO B
Texas Rangers
Jack Holt
Gévernbe T Hale
Henry Kolker
Marjorie Reynolds
Don Douglas
Hugh Herbert
Tom Brown
Peggy Moran
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Betty Field
Richard Whorf
Lloyd Nolan
Jack Carson
Mitey Minx
Everett Hortons
D Woods
R News
North Cemetery
Lucien Himes
University of Washington
Seattle
Wash
John E. Beavis
Pearse Avenue
Manuel E. Sousa
Barlow Street
Fall River
Norman H. Erickson
Forest Avenue
Middletown
Sabato Stanzione
Wheeler Avenue
Robert M. Hutchinson
Cutler Street
William L. Laffey
Amey Street
Edgar Salei
Bristol Public
Andrews School
DeLeo Bros
Deleo Bros. General Contractors
Wood Street
TEL
Donalismile Society
Lincoln
Hindses Street
Army Air Force
Virginia
John la Mountain
Troy
N.Y
Joseph E. Johnston
W. H. C. Whiting
Dumfried
Scott
Lowe
Aeronauts
Genis
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