Price Panel Enforces War Ration Rules in Bristol
Citizens urged to file complaints with the local Price Panel overcharges improper price postings or substitutions. Retailers urged to study regulations, keep sale receipts as evidence, and cooperate with investigators to avoid legal action. A military dance follows a police escort drive at the State Street Armory.
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Bristol
Rer
Stcardng
Miepbers
Providence
OPA
Providence Opa
Price Panel
Reynolds G. Northup
Helen F. Newbold
Louis Castriotta
Five Day Week Order Closes Banks and Library on Saturday
Governor McGrath issues a Five Day Week order to conserve fuel. Banks and the Rogers Free Library will close Saturdays, the library and town offices will adjust hours, and many services reduce hours while bakeries and deliveries continue with limited times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Schicklegruber
Bank
McGrath
Esther Osterberg
Rogers Free Library
Burnside
Censorship Advice Urges Care With War Ship and Unit Names
The Office of Censorship warns newspapers and individuals not to publish ship names or troop unit details that could aid the enemy. It allows confirming service locations like Australia or the Atlantic but stresses avoiding identifications that endanger lives and may lengthen the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
John Jones
Australia
Tom’Brown
Atlantic
Eomen Andany C
Draft delinquents warned as arrests loom in Rhode Island
Brigadier General Herbert R Dean announces drastic action against Selective Service delinquents in Rhode Island. One hundred seventy seven names released for publication include five from Bristol County. Officials say penalties reach five years in prison or a ten thousand dollar fine and urge reporting delinquents to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Bristol County list cites failures to report address changes, occupational updates, questionnaires, or to appear for examinations or induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Herbert R.dean
State Selective Service
Dean
Selective Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Industrial Trust Building
Dexter
United States
George F. Troy
Bristol County
Draft Board
Ernest A. Benoit
Pond S. Providence
John Walter Dembesky
Metacom Avenue
Warren
Harry Frederick Favre
Thames Street
O. Box
Bristol
Joseph Grace Perry
Broad Street
Peter Norman Soyer
Peck Avenue
Transportation Comm To Request 4 Trains Daily
Bristol County Transportation Committee aims to restore Providence and Bristol Railroad service. After reviewing commuter questionnaires, the plan requests four daily trains with two in the morning and two at night. The proposal will be presented to State Director Kennelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County Transportation Committee
Providence and
Bristol
Warren
Barrington
Thomas E. Kennelly
Floyd Huestis
Lucien Capone
Bristet
Sunday Services At St Michael's Parish House
The Children's Eucharist will start at 9 30 am each Sunday in St Michael's Parish House. Holy Communion is at 8 am and Morning Prayer at 11 am. The church is closed from Sunday until Palm Sunday to conserve fuel, per Corporation action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Michael's
Corporation
Nappi Receives Second Lieutenant Rank At Edgewood
Vincent L. Nappi son of Joseph Nappi 329 High street will be commissioned as second lieutenant at the Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School graduation at Edgewood Arsenal Md He was selected for training for excellence in military record education and character Nappi a Colt Memorial High School 1930 graduate attended the University of Alabama and later worked with his father in the soda business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent L. Nappi
Joseph Nappi
High Street
Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School
Edgewood Arsenal
Nappi
Colt Memorial High School
University of Alabama
Short Circuit Fire at 241 Hope Street Mattress Damages
Firemen responded Wednesday afternoon to 241 Hope Street the apartment of Mr and Mrs Martin Roe to extinguish a burning mattress sparked by a short circuit lamp overturned on the bed A baby sleeping on the bed was carried to safety by two passing girls Firemen removed the mattress through a window and kept water damage minimal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Roe
Hope Street
Harold DeWolf
Selective Service Cards Must Be Carried
Brigadier General Herbert R Dean warns Rhode Island registrants to carry both their registration certificates and their classification cards at all times starting February 1. The order aims to locate men who failed to register and those delinquent with Selective Service Boards, with penalties for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R Dean
Selective Service
Rhode Island
Dean
Selective Service Boards
Army housekeeping training parades as model for men in Chicago hotel
A mother recalls her son's transformation after he returned from furlough and the Army Air Forces trains soldiers in meticulous hotel like housekeeping at Hotel Stevens Chicago. The 3000 room barracks showcase strict cleaning duties including rug shampooing weekly walls washing and constant dusting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Kahn
Christian Science Monitor
Chicago
Hotel Stevens
Army Air Forces Technical Command
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G. R. State Guard
State Street Armory
Armory
George Peter Len Cannon
Thomas H Hammond
Arthur Darcy
Benjamin Bradbury
State Guard
Charles T Heihorn
Manuel Morris
Luke H White
George E Carroll
Charles Luther
Walter Luther
Charles Luther, Jr
George Pucci
Sal Moncieri
John Matrone
Luke H. White
Asselin Chevrolet
Warren, R. 1
Judy Garland
Gene Kelly
George Murphy
Marta Egegerth
Ben Bluo
Chester
Boston
Blackie
Hollywood
Bori
Karloff
Peter, Lorre L
Maile Rosenbloom
Jew Donne
GE Parks
Office of Censorships
St. Michael’s Parish House
Colonial Hotel
Westy
Shere
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