Local plants to switch to blackout dimout soon
Factory and Civilian Defense officials announced that industrial sites will dim out in the near future. Freeman leads the effort with plans for complete blackout at C. A. and U. S. Rubber departments to minimize window exposure and maintain production, with Herreshoff and Bristol Corp. already implementing dimouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ferrara
Harry Freeman
Dimont
B. W. Wall
Ferrara
Albert T. Fusonie
George F. Marshall
Eugene Ritchie
U. S. Rubber Co
F. W. Haffenreffer
Herreshoff Mig. Co
Mr. Freeman
Collins & Aikman
U. S. Rubber
Freeman
U. S. Rubber Company
Bristol Mfg. Corp
Herreshoff
Military Dance At The State Armory In Bristol
Final plans for the first military dance by Company G Rhode Island State Guard set for Saturday January 23 at the State Armory foot of Church street Bristol. The drill shed becomes a ballroom with national colors, a popular orchestra, and a floor show. Tickets are selling fast. refreshments served. precautions against past incidents taken. officers and volunteers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island State Guard
State Armory
Church Street
Bristol
Cocoanut Grove
Otis M Bailey
Manuel Morris, Jr
Charles Luther
Walter Luther
Charles Luther, Jr
George Puccio
Sal Manceri
John Matrone
L. H White
Red Cross Appeals For More Nurses Aids
Providence Chapter of the American Red Cross seeks more nurses aids to support graduate nurses in caring for wounded service members. Volunteers must commit 150 hours yearly, complete three months of training, and be aged 18 to 50 with at least a high school education. Transportation provided. register at Hope Street HQ or call 266 W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
American Red Cross
Hoospital S
Wursime
Bristol Motor Corps
Red Cross
Hope Street
Rubinoff Concert Relocated to Colt High School
World famed violinist Rubinoff will perform at Colt Memorial High School instead of Guiteras Memorial. Rotary Club changed venue for safety, offering reserved and general admission tickets at Buffington's Pharmacy. A schoolchildren matinee is set for Monday February 8 afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubinoff
Colt Memorial High School
Guiteras Memorial
Rotary Club Committee
Rotary Club
Buffington’s
Block System Set by Bristol Civilian Defense Council
The Bristol Council of Defense will administer the block system and Civilian War Service duties without appointing a separate administrator. James E. Sullivan will advise with B. W. Wall and Mrs Marguerite Stone as the group models after current air raid sectors. A coal depot in Bristol is planned with a one lot minimum purchase and Red Cross plans cover evacuation support in case of kerosene shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Council of Defense
Council of Defense
James E. Sullivan
B. W Wall
Marguerite Stone
War Service
J Floyd Huestis
Fort Larrabee
Bristol
Red Cross
Ration Board New Panels Form Bristol Committee
The Bristol Rationing Board announces new panel members and a revised public hours schedule. Three new members join the board: Buell Buckingham William H Sisson and John Andrade. Administrative sections include Fuel Oil Mileage Food Price and Miscellaneous with various clerks and officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Providence
Bristol Board
Buell
Buckingham
Union Street
William H Sisson
Wood Street
John Andrade
Hope Street
Paul A Herzig
Edith McGann Jordan
Fuel
Elmer FO Angell
Salvador Nunes Guiseppi Perroni
Marguerite Stone
Ralph Kinder
Robert L. Cragan
John Victoria
Robert W Nelson
Elizabeth Jackson
Marie Adewilda
Brownell
Elizabeth Watters
Adele Sturdevant
Buell Buckingham
Plans Made For Annual March Of Dimes Bristol Chair Leads Fund Drive
Mrs Vasta La Ruggiero chairs the Bristol committee for the March of Dimes and reports strong factory cooperation to place donation boxes in plants and stores. The Bristol County Chapter has spent 136.90 last year on local infantile paralysis care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasta la Ruggiero
Bristol
Ruggiero
Bristol County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Day Nursery to Be State Project in Bristol Plan
The Day Nursery will become a state project under the State Department of Education with Bristol as a branch of the local school system. The town will be reimbursed for operating costs except heating and lighting, the latter costing about 153 dollars for heating and 25 dollars for lighting over six months. The nursery occupies the Tyfield School first floor and will use a staff and equipment absorbed from the WPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Bristol
WPA
Bristol Miz Corp
Collins & Aikman Corp
A $8 Rubber Co
Lecture Series Starts Tuesday Evening at YMCA
Col Wellington Furlong, unable to attend the first session, will begin the six lecture series next Tuesday evening per Reginald Dimond, YMCA committee chair. Dimond touts Furlong’s wide credits from Who’s Who to a Pendleton bull riding title and his explorations and peace delegation work. The opening talk is titled The Casual Background of the World War 1914-18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Furlong
YMCA
Reginald Dimond
YMCV
Col Furlong
Dimond
America
Pendleton
Oregon
Balkans
Near East
Sahara
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Committee named to study Warren transportation problem
Nelson Blount of Warren is chairman of a county wide survey committee for the Warren Rotary Club's campaign to resume Providence to Bristol train service. Members include town council presidents and town solicitors. the study will interview regular bus commuters to gauge numbers travel hours and train versus bus preference. The panel was appointed by John Higgins after a Rotary meeting with town representatives and Roscoe C. Anderson of the State Utilities Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel D Clark
Clark
Washington
Wilfred Mc Hamill
Mires Clark
John Gablinshe
Andrews School
Antone Patra
Guiteras Field
EF S Mapes
Mapes
Murgo
Anthony Russo
Tunior
Carlson
Russo
Nelson Blount
Warren
Warren Rotary Club
Providence
Bristol
John Higgins
Thomas Kenelly
Sirens Daily Noon Air Raid Practice Signals Set
Air raid sirens will sound every day at noon except Sunday. The practice signal is the All Clear with fluctuating long blasts for two minutes to test the system and familiarize the public with the siren alarm.
Army survey finds soldiers well behaved despite rumors
The Office of War Information reports that the American soldier trains hard fights bravely and behaves well. A survey across camps covers 12000 miles and cites Chaplains officers and editors, noting most troops drink beer or abstain and that only a small police fraction face custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of War
Fort Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
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First Congregational Church
Guiteras Flouse
DeWolf
Colt High
Pat O’brien
George Murphy
Jane Wyatt
NAVY
Jackie Cooper
Desi Arnax
Max Baer
Wm. Wright
Marguerite Chapman
Larry Parks
John Hubbard
Ruth Terry
Tom Brown
Gale Storm
Robert Lowery
Ted Fiorito
Mill Brothers
Craig Stevens
Elis Elisabeth Fraser
Julie Bishop
Civilian Defense Council
Ration Board
Leahy
Guiteras
Esther Clarke
Byfield School
Miss Clarke
Virginia Borges
Reynolds School
Byfield
Reynolds
Stannard B. Sylvia
Sylvia
Newton
Mass
Sullivan
Manuel Borees
Englash
Colonial Hotel
Here
Army
U S
G.I
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