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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1952
Page
4
Veteran firemen gather tomorrow for the first annual election of officers. Raymond S Brightman, president, urged all firemen to attend as meeting charter membership cards will be distributed.
Michael A DeLeo spoke at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church about Americanism, juvenile delinquency, and immigration law. He criticized the 1924 quota act as biased, cited Florida bombing as warning, and praised coiled programs by schools and churches. Fortunato Caruso led the breakfast with officers installed by Joseph Worry.
More than 275 members attended the Holy Name Society communion breakfast after the 8 am Mass at St Mary's Church. Adolph Ferreira led the event with Fred Cornell as toastmaster and Dr Paul Thompson spoke on the Modern Laymen's Outlook on the Mass.
About 55 members and guests attended the Dreadnaught Hook and Ladder Company 50th annual dinner at the fire station. Guests included Paul Herzig town council president and several councilmen. Also honored were fire officials Norman J Servant and others with representatives from Hydraulion Hose Defiante Hose Pyr Betty Engine and Hose Company and the emergency rescue squad. Dr John R Bernard served as toast master.
NBC began broadcasting Grand Opera in 1931 and by 1940 the Metropolitan Opera sought a million dollars to continue. The radio audience was large enough to provide about one third of the needed funds.
Special exterior floor paints are made to maximize service life on porch floors exposed to wear and weather. Cement floors should be primed with a cement primer before applying rapid drying cement floor paints.
The quote praises how the United States rapidly expanded a small prewar army into a vast military force. Churchill notes the prodigious organizational skill and improvisation behind building Army and Air Force units, and the ability to mobilize leaders and staff to move masses quickly.
A historical note describes using star observations to determine position. By knowing time and measuring a star's height above the horizon a navigator locates the substellar point and, from several star heights, circles of equal distance intersect to fix his location.
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