Mother Finds Baby Dead In Bed Smothered By Bottle
Three month old Mary Ann Sousa daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Sousa of 145 Franklin Street was found dead in her crib with a nursing bottle near her neck. Medical Examiner Dr John Mellone ruled accidental suffocation after Dr Rodrego P C Rego pronounced the child dead. The mother awoke at 6 am to feed the infant and, unable to wake her, alerted her husband who summoned Dr Rego. Last seen alive at 2:30 am, the baby’s body was removed for burial in St Mary’s Cemetery after funeral arrangements are set.
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Mary Ann Sousa
Joseph P. Sousa
Franklin Street
John A Mellone
Rodrego
P. C. Rego
Sousa
Mary Ann
Rego
Mellone
St Mary's Cemetery
Dr Martin to Speak at M E Church Service
Dr Frederick Martin director of Martin Hall will speak at the Epworth League service Sunday night at 7 30 o clock at State Street M E Church on The Prevention and Correction of Speech Defects Rev Marvin Weng will lead morning worship at 10 45 o'clock with topic The Missing Man Church School at 9 30 am Choir rehearsals for junior group 3 15 and seniors 7 o clock Ladies Aid Society met Tuesday afternoon at 4 Congregational Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Marti
Martin Hall
Epworth League
State Street
M. E
Martin
P Aragededte
Bertie E Tigre
Marvin W Eng
Ladies’ Aid Society
Congregational Street
Defiance Engine to Receive Water Battle Trophies at Banquet
Two State Fireman's League officials Adolph Alfelds and Lesle Howard will present water battle trophies won by the Defiance Engine and Hose Company at a Hope Street banquet. Bristol County and State championships are honored with delegates including Senator Byrnes and several Bristol officials. Fire Chief Robert J Anderson and the fire engineers board will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fireman's League
Defiance Engine and Hose Company
Hope Street
Adolph Alfelds
Lesle Howard
Bristol County
Thomas H Byrnes
Pasquale Pagnano
John R Magee
Prescott B Paull
Bristol
Robert J Anderson
Crescent
Charles Fales
Harry R Gray
George T Ingram
Joseph Cunha
John McGovern
MISS SPOONER DESCRIBES METHODS OF TEACHING
Miss Mary E Spooner principal of the Oliver school spoke to the Taft School Club yesterday afternoon about old and new teaching methods in an illustrated talk titled Odds and Ends. Mrs Anthony A Moren introduced the speaker. A students cycle of songs was presented by Taft school pupils directed by Miss Annie M Tobin. Committee members Earl H Hobson and others planned a March 7 meeting at Colt Memorial Hall. Refreshments were provided by Mrs Hobson and other hosts.
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Mary E Spooner
Oliver School
Taft School Club
Anthony A. Moren
Taft School
Annie M Tobin
Gladys Usher
Elta Gras
Elizabeth Perrs
Fred
Elizabeth Sever
Alice Tavares
Mary Medeiros Durag
Earl H Hobson
Colt Memorial Hall
Bristol County Parent Teacher Association
Hobson
Fldena Beals
John DeCosta
One Third Federal Grant For Andrew’s Memorial High School
Town Treasurer William H Ange vine announced receipt of a $35,306 check from PWA representing one third of the federal grant for Andrew’s Memorial High School construction. A second third will come at 70 percent completion and the final third on full completion.
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William H Angevine
PWA
Andrew's Memorial High School
Moving Pictures on China at DeWolf Chapel
Three reels shot in Fukien Province centered on Foochow and Tunghsien will be shown Sunday evening at 7 30 in DeWolf Memorial Chapel. The event is sponsored by the Woman's Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church. The 1030 service Sunday morning will feature a sermon titled When Winter Comes.
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Fukien
Foochow
China
Tunghsien
DeWolf
No Pollution Risk From Reservoir Ice Skating
Bristol water officials said skating on Kirkemuit Reservoir poses no pollution risk to the main water supply. G Guy Morrow of the Bristol County Water Company cited health department assurances and ongoing bacterial testing, while noting public objection could halt skating.
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Kirkemuit
Bristol Town Council
Nathaniel G Herreshoff
Guy Morrow
Bristol County Water Company
Mr. Morrow
State Department of Public Health
John Castronovo
Southeastern District Health Unit
Bett
Bristol
Warren
Barrington
Water Company i
Warren Poelice
al TV Ko
Bristol County P T A Group Plans March Meeting
Bristol County executive committee members and Taft School Club representatives met at Mrs Lucien Capone's home to plan the Bristol PTA meeting set for March 7 at Colt Memorial High School Auditorium. Superintendent Elmer Mapes will preside and Mrs Earle Sturdevant will draft the program. A Feb 11 Bristol County executive board meeting was announced. A collations was served after the meeting.
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Bristol County Council
Bristol Parent Teacher Association
Taft School Club
Lucien Capone
PTA
Colt Memorial High School
Elmer . Mapes
Das
Earle Sturdevant
Bristol County Executive Board
Celt
Capone
Eileen Pierce
Informal Parish Party Planned for St Michael and Trinity
An informal party for the parishioners of St Michael's and Trinity Churches will be held Tuesday evening at the Parish House. Mrs Henry Wood is general chairman with subcommittee chairs for entertainment Mrs B M MacDougall decor ations Mrs Ernest G Brown refreshments Mrs Frank A Rounds hospitality Mrs John W DeWolf. Other committee members include Mrs Clara Diman Mrs Russell Scrathwick Mrs Wallis E Howe Mrs Wallace I Mossop Miss Dorothy Roberts Mrs Arthur M McCaw Miss Audrey C Munro Miss Kimma B Stanton Miss Florence T Nelsen and Mrs Chester W Whitman.
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St Michael's
Trinity
Henry Wood
B M MacDougall
Ernest G Brown
Frank A Rounds
John W DeWolf
Clara Diman
Russell Scrathwick
Wallis E. Howe
Wallace I. Mossop
Dorothy Roberts
Arthur
Legion to entertain Soldiers' Home veterans Sunday visit
American Legion posts and auxiliaries from Newport Warren and this town will jointly visit the Rhode Island Soldiers Home Sunday afternoon. Entertainment and gifts will be presented and the gathering will be welcomed by Commandant Lawrence A Moones. Mrs Walter Carr of Bristol chairs arrangements with Mrs Albert Pratt of Newport and Mrs William Pierce of Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Newport
Warren
Rhode Island
Lawrence A Moones
Walter Carr
Bristol
Albert Pratt
William Pierce
Installation Planned by Wampanoag Lodge
Wampanoag Encampment IOO I will seat its newly elected officers at ceremonies on January 28 in Odd Fellows Hall High Street. Appointment of a new finance committee for United Brothers Lodge 1 F announced by William P Gladding Noble Grand. committee includes Ernest E Alder Walter O Talbot and John D Dimond.
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Wampanoag Lodge
Wampanoag
IOOI
Odd Fellows Hall
High Street
United Brothers Lodge
William P Gladding
Noble Grand
Ernest E Alder
Walter O Talbot
John D Dimond
Postmaster Coggeshall Named Chairman of Roosevelt Ball
Postmaster Daniel W Coggeshall was invited by George E Allen to chair the Bristol committee for the President’s 56th birthday Roosevelt Birthday Ball. The event aims to raise funds for infantile paralysis research and victims with Jan 29 tentatively set. a large arrangements committee includes J Winthrop DeWolf Jr and many others.
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Daniel W Coggeshall
George E. Allen
District of Columbia
Bristol
United States
Coggeshall
J Winthrop DeWolf, Jr
Ralph W. Childs
Charles Fay
Leo Cantwell
Gremial Installs Officers At Elaborate Bristol Ceremony
The Gremial Daughters of Portugal held a lavish installation at the Bristol Casino attended by over 250 people. General L L H Callan and Peter J Pimental spoke as notable guests including community leaders, while Julia E Ferreira led the new officers with Mary Alfred as vice president and Sadie P Garcia as mistress of ceremonies.
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the Gremial
Daughters of Portugal
Bristol Casino
Tate Ancksterorn
Ate Tyagury Larire
Eniods
En Prochasar
Anstalling
L L. .H Callan
Peter J Pimental
Waivision of Forests, Parks and Parkways
John Silver
Providence
Richard
Ohwia Andrade
Bristol
Gen. Callan
Pimental
Edward L. Leahy
Daniel W Coggeshall
Anthony J.ferrara
Lawrence A Mooney
James T Pierce
Rhode Island Soldiers Home
John W Clearch
Anthony daPonte
Margaret B Andrade
Peter Vitullo
State Department of Labor
Vitulo
A. F D'Angelo
Nunez
Luken Capone
Matthew G Maetoza
Manuel Perry
Victor Rego
John Rebello
Antonio Rosa
Tivertn
Margaret Bernard
Mary Alfred
Phoebe Fernandes
Mary F Nunes
Sadie P Garcia
Clara Sylvia
Hazel Fero Engaged to Lloyd G Manning
Hazel Fero and Lloyd G Manning announced engaged at a Wednesday party hosted by Mr and Mrs I Fero of Undercliffe Terrace. Manning, son of Mrs Helen Bennett of Malden, will wed soon. He was born in Bristol and worked as an electric welder for the Boston and Maine Railroad after moving here twelve years ago.
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Hazel Fero
Lloyd G. Manning
I. Fero
Undercliffe Terrace
Lloyd G Manning
Helen Bennett
Malden
Mr Manning
Bristol
Boston and Maine RR
Oriental Supper Planned by Congregational Club
Mrs Maran EF TY Newman chairs the committee for an Oriental supper with members Mrs Earl Dunbaref Mrs Celia Akin Mrs Vincent J Pettine Mrs Harris Kebrek Mrs Daniel Bow ton Mrs Arthur Rae and Miss Cora M Hill. The event is set for Thursday evening February 3 at the Guiteras House.
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Congregational Club
Maran EF Ty) Newman
Earl Dunbaref
Celia Akin
Vincent J Pettine
Harris Kebrek
Daniel Bowton
Arthur Rae
Cora M Hill
Guiteras House
Budget Group Plans Meeting Next Week in Bristol
Bristol budget committee of four expects a meeting next Wednesday to set departmental allocations including police highway sewer fire school and town council. Police Chief Ferrara hints at a higher request than last year's 13500 to fund a possible one or two new officers.
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Bristol
Burnside
Police
Highway Department
Anthony J. Ferrara
Ferrara
Budget Board
Prescott B. Paull
Paull
Wood Street
Garden Club to Sponsor Concert by Miss Leahy
Bristol Garden Club executive committee voted to sponsor a spring concert by Miss Virginia Dixon Leahy daughter of Judge Edward L. Leahy. Leahy trained at LaSalle Junior College and has studied piano at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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Bristol Garden Club
William T. O’donnell
Virginia Dixon Leahy
Miss Leahy
Edward L. Leahy
LaSalle Junior College
Auburndale
Mass
New England Conservatory of Music
Big Apple dance fades as young rebels resist
Ruby Newman, leader of the Rainbow Room orchestra in New York, notes a backlash among debutantes and collegians against the Big Apple dance. The trend, born among field hands and once popular in clubs, loses favor as critics call it silly and unflattering to gowns and decor.
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Africa
Ruby Newman
Rockefeller Centre
New York
Christmas goods bought from Japanese labels surprise shopkeeper
A Pan American Canal Zone shopkeeper sought to honor a boycott of Japanese goods by buying all Christmas holiday items from American dealers, only to find nearly all the merchandise bore the label Made in Japan.
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Panama Canal Zone
Japan
Silk stockings spark protests over jobs and exports
The article argues that American interest in silk stockings, fueled by publicity, would hurt workers if imports from the Land of the Rising Sun rise. It warns that focusing on fashion could result in job losses for women in the hosiery industry.
Japan’s Copying Prowess Low Wages Drive Cheap Imports
The article argues that Japan imitates American and European manufacturing across many goods, keeping costs down with very low wages. It notes widespread imitation of methods and products, making Japanese goods highly attractive despite tariffs. It highlights the impact on foreign buyers seeking affordable imports.
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Japan
International trade signals in midcentury consumer goods
The text notes annual imports of 100 million electric bulbs and 1.5 million tennis balls in the United States. It observes Japanese matches made to resemble Swedish and American brands and even a Japanese town named after a Swedish match center to exploit the Swedish reputation.
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United States
Japan Exports Odds and Ends to Foreign Markets
A 1937 six month report notes the United States bought 1,292,712 pounds of oysters and clams from Japan in air tight containers. It cites Japanese confectionery from rice and corn and seaweed made in neat containers. It mentions Japanese handling of cocktails as a social cue.
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Japan
Italy
Germany
United States
Straw Hats Trade Soars With Large Import Volume
Straw hats form another big item in trade reports. Last year imports reached 7,278,265 units with wholesale value noted though continuation appears on page eight.
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DR. Martin
M. E. Church
Defiance Company
Miss Spooner
Oliver
Taft
The
Navy
M-G-M
Annapolis
Robert Young
James Stewart
Lionel Barrymore
Florence Rice
Billie Burke
Clock Cleaners
Coastguard
Oswald
Northland
Jack Holt
Grace Bradley
Ruth Donnelly
Raymond Hatton
Torch Blane
Glenda Farrell
Barton MacLane
Lowell Thomas
Carole Lombard
Fred MacMurray
John Barrymore
Beverly Roberts
Patric Knowler
Rheda
Legion
Roosevelt Ball
R S. Bosworth
Mervyn Clay
Maurice Smith
Arthur H Carr
John G. Stewart
Gaythorne Cheshire
Manuel Vargas
Mary B Condon
Charles O . Thompson
Leah B. Young
Herbert F Newman
Vasta Lar. Ruggiero
Alexandrina Fernandes
Pauline Bullock
William T. Dwyer
Olver H. Blaisdeft
George Millard
George R. Fish
Vincent Pettine
Charlies Otten, Jr
Dennis Viera
James Velleca
Anthony Almeida
William Dixon James P. Fay
Luke H. White
Michael W Pasquarelli
Gremial
Anthony J. Nunes
Garden Club
Shat
Aere
ST. Michael’s Church
Dorrance B. Lothrop
D. D
People’s Church
Auburnn, R. I
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