Bristol WPA program seen for current year
Two approved WPA projects totaling 25,681 dollars plus several awaiting federal signoff point to an active Bristol relief effort. Fired station repairs cost 1,903 federal and 708 town dollars, while a town inventory project costs 10,875 with 8,023 federally funded. Relief Administrator Orlando J. Bisbano notes the plan will employ eight men two women and inventory about 30,000 items across multiple town properties.
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Bristol
James J. Velleca
Orlando J. Bisbano
Burnside “Memorial
Magee to Introduce Bristol Bill for Town Land Clearence
Representative John R. Magee will introduce a Bristol bill in the General Assembly to authorize clearing town owned land on which Collins and Aikman Corp plans a new building. Henry Alfred supports the measure. Town meeting may also consider aiding Gotham Novelty to move equipment from New York, with Parrigan Toys tied to the firm seeking $15,000.
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John R. Magee
General Assembly
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Henry Alfred
Bristol
Collins and Aikman
Gotham Novelty Company
New York
Parrigan Toys
Bristol Manufacturers League opens season with civic leaders attending
The Bristol Manufacturers Basketball League starts tomorrow at the Y M C A gym with Judge Edward L Leahy State Tax Commissioner leading a list of officials and prominent citizens. The Carr Manufacturing Corp five will face Collins and Aikman in the opening game at 8 pm, followed by US Rubber versus Aratex Corp.
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Edward L. Leahy
B W Wall
John R Magee
Henry Alfred
J Floyd Huestis
A A_ Edmonds
Paul A Herzig
James J Velleca
John P. Marshall
William T O'Donnell
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Elmer S Mapes
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Anthony J Ferrara
Fred Guevremont
John W . Church
Warren L. Huston
Colt Memorial High School
Roswell S Bosworth
Edward J Fitzgerald
Charles B. Rockwell
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Ernest G Brown
United States Rubber Company
J H Farrell
Aratex Incorporated
Arthur H Carr
Carr Manufacturing
James G. Carns, Jr
Manufacturers’ League
Samuel D Clark
Councilman Velleca
Edward Cunningham
Paul Bruno
Joseph E. Bielan
Edwin McClure
John W Church
Robert B Suzman
Carr Manufacturing Corp
Collins and Aikman
U S Rubber
Aratex Corp
Carr
Tony Gomes
John Foxy Marshall
Joseph A Murgo
Aratex
Bristol Manufacturing Corp
Joseph Brelan
State Education Head To Be Speaker At Holy Name Breakfast
Dr. James F. Rockett, State Director of Education, will be the principal speaker at the Holy Name Society breakfast and officers installation at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. The event includes Mass at 8:30 and a breakfast after. Officers to be installed include Spiritual Director Rev. Joseph Sorzano and President Louis Nastri.
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James F. Rockett
Holy Name Society of Our Lady of Mt
Lucien A
Anthon DuPont
Bass Penete
Eee
James J Velleca
Lucien Capone
Joseph F Pannone
Cosmo Marabello
Felix Pasquarelli
Michael Cappucc
Washington Ball Plans Move Ahead for 92nd Event
The BTA Washington Ball Committee advances plans for the 92nd Washington Ball to be held Thursday February 22 at the Church Street Armory. An outstanding radio and dance orchestra led by Carl Tatz will perform as the decor transforms the Armory into a ballroom with reserved booths and colorful ceilings. Tickets go on sale this week from committee members with Governor William H Vanderbilt invited and expected to attend. Reservations encouraged early through Capt Albert Johnson and subcommittee members.
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BTA
Church Street Armory
Carl Tatz
Armory
William H Vanderbilt
Albert Johnson
Heilborn
Edwin S Godfrey
Albert Hartley
Henry Hambrick
Luke H White
Clarence J Laskoske
F -Frazer
Major Hambrick
Harry Bullock
Guard of Honor
H Stevens Mason
Town Council and Sewer Board Meet to Discuss $11946 Bill
The Burnside Memorial building hosts Thursday night sessions of the Town Council and Sewer Commission. They will consider a bill totaling 11 946 06 owed by the sewer department to the State Department of Public Works from 1932.
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Sewer Commission
Burnside Memorial Building
Sewer Department
State Department of Public Works
Bristol School Students Undergo State Health Tests
Tuberculosis tests were conducted on 250 students from Colt senior high and Guiteras junior high by Dr. Joseph Castronova, with TB talks and motion pictures. X rays were taken for 171 pupils and staff by Dr. J P Deery. Attendance officer Maetoza reported 32 illnesses and 22 pupils kept out of school by parents.
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Castronova
Deery
Colt
Guiteras
Elmer S. Mapes
Mapes
Joseph Castronova
Southeastern District Health Unit
State Department of Public Healths-Phe
J. P. Deery
State Division of Public Health
Matthew G. Maetoza
Mary B Sanford
Maetoza
Bristol D A R elects Continental Congress delegates and alternates
At the Bristol Chapter meeting the D A R chose delegates for Continental Congress in Washington April 15 to 19 and alternates. Miss Alice Bateman Almy, Regent, Mrs Samuel A Hall, Vice Regent, plus others were named. The meeting also covered Ellis Island sewing projects, student loan fund history, and Washington's Birthday events with refreshments provided by hostesses.
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Bristol
Chapter House
Continental Congress
Washington, D C
Alice Bateman Almy
Samuel A. Hall
Charles O . Thompson
Guy A. Sullivan
Clifford M. Wilson
Frederick G. Perkins
Biltmore Hotel
Miss Almy
Regent
Hall
Clifford Wilson
Daniel Child
William Angeviné
Howard W Church
Howard K DeWolf
Evelyn C. Bache
Edward G Easterbrooks
Clara Diman
Ellis Island
DAR
Edward D Kunz
Samuel C. Hudson
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Daughters of the American Revolution
G Ross Bishop
D. A
D A. R. Bristol
Nellie
Charles O F. Thompson
Edward P Church
Howard R Newman
Mabel B Salisbury
Speakers Announced For Holy Name Supper
Rex John Jo Kennes assistant iu superintendent of parochial schools in the Providence diocese and Judge Ed ward F Dwyer of Woonsocket will be speakers at the annual Holy Name Society supper Sunday night in St Marys auditorium. The supper at 8 oclock will be preceded by Benediction. A toastmaster for the post prandial ceremony will be selected at a meeting of the arrangements committee tonight. William T Dwyer is general chairman assisted by sub committee members for Tickets and Publicity Vincent Griffin Vermette Connery Tables and Chairs Leclerc Brown Bailey Morris Byrnes Flynn Gray Food Morran Connery Meiggs Sisson Hemmill Nerone.
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Rex John Jo Kennes
Herman Vermette
Charles M Connery
Edward Leclerc
Joseph Brown
Otis M. Bailey
Phillip Morris
Thomas H Byrnes
Thomas J Flynn, Jr
Robert S Gray
Ernest Morran
James Connery
Robert Newbold
Robert Connery
James F Meiggs
William Sisson
William Hemmill
Augustine B. Nerone
Blue Cross Director To Address Bristol Lions Club
Stanley H. Saunders executive director of the Blue Cross will address Bristol County Lions at the Hotel Warren Warren on Wednesday night speaking on The Blue Cross as a Service Organization This meeting is part of a Rhode Island series by service clubs to advance understanding of the Blue Cross hospital care plan.
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Stanley H. Saunders
The
Blue Cross
Bristol County Lions Club
Warren
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Mr. Saunders
Rhode Island
Coming Events Card Party for St Mary’s Church
Friday February 2 a benefit card party at Colt Memorial Auditorium supports St Marys Church. Proceeds fund church activities and community outreach with admission details to be announced.
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Colt Memorial Auditorium
St. Mary’s Church
Herbert Spink to Speak at PTA Meeting
Herbert Spink head of Providence School Department Placement Bureau will address the Junior-Senior High PTA at Andrews School at 8 pm on Thursday. The Bristol figure will discuss Providence employment fitting and post graduation follow-up work. Group singing and hillbilly entertainment are planned with banjo solos and a program led by Walker.
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Herbert Spink
Providence
Andrews School
Spink
Bristol
Guiteras Memorial
S P. Mascena
J. Camera
A Topazio
S. Mascena
V. Vaccaro
H. Cambro
D. Pansa
A. Ascoll
An . Walker
Synagogue Names Dr. Grossman President at Annual Meeting
Dr Max B Grossman was re elected president of Chavera Agudas Achim Synagogue at the annual meeting on High Street The vote also re elected Samuel Nussenfeld as vice president Robert Suzman recording secretary Albert Makowsky treasurer Louis Levy Philip Shusman Barney Leviten trustees and Jacob Bassing Gabi deacon Maynard F Shusman was elected financial secretary for a new post Parishioners reported a successful year in 1939.
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Max B Grossman
Chavera Agudas Achim Synagogue
High Street
Samuel Nussenfeld
Robert B. Suzman
Albert Makowsky
Louis Levy
Philip Shusman
Barney Leviten
Jacob Bassing
Gabi
Maynard F. Shusman
War correspondent Ike Chaplin of Brown class 1918
In 1918 at Brown University a quiet William W. Chaplin left for war service before graduation. Later identified as an International News Service writer, he covered Ethiopia Spain and China and was then in France near the Maginot Line. He recalls Parisian hotel life for war reporters and French officer hospitality.
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Brown University
William W
Ike) Chaplin
W. W. Chaplin
International News Service
Ethiopia
Spain
China
France
Maginot Line
War Correspondents Describing Daily Routine At Front
The narrator explains a well supplied daily life while reporting from the war front. Transportation is handled by the war office with one car per two correspondents and a conducting officer. Reporters choose their daily destinations including trenches tanks or air units attached to the army.
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War Office
Through the trenches toward the edge of France
A correspondent describes marching through mud to the front, meeting officers and soldiers in dugouts, and touring trenches and pillboxes as censors prune details to guard against enemy exploitation. The tone reflects wartime realities and the inevitability of danger.
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France
Ike Chaplin Writes From the Western Front as War Correspondent
A writer and war correspondent describes life in France and contrasts it with other global reports. The piece notes a Greek reporter who secured a scoop by witnessing Haile Selassie at Addis Ababa and disrupting a wireless station to delay dispatches.
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Ike Chaplin
France
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
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Manufacturers League
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Valerie Hobson
Sebastian Shaw
Gene Reynolds
Virginia Weidler
Hope
Paulette Goddard
Billy Halop
Huntz Hall
Dead End Kids
Little Tough Guys
Metrotone
Gulliver
Dick Tracy
Holy Name
Washington Ball
Mary E. Spooner
Lions Club
PTA
Synagogue
Dr. Grossman
Here
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Ritz
Goebbel
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