Hostel in Bristol England Still Renders Good Service
A 1944 letter from Heather Fryer praises York House Hostel in Bristol as warmly welcoming and well kept, noting hot water bottles, clean rooms, and a cheerful fire. She commends the warden and assistants and stresses the value of the Rhode Island Hostel Committee’s gift during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
England
Florence T. Nelson
Bournemouth
Florence Nelson
Eng
R. I
Rhode Island
U.S.A
York House
United States
Heather Fryer
Dorest
West Hants
Income Tax School of Instruction Held by Treasury Department
The Treasury Department will hold an Income Tax School of Instruction in Providence on February 5 6 and 7 from 2 to 5 PM at the Rhode Island College of Education auditorium. Deputy Collector Martin M McLaughlin says last year’s program aided business and industrial reps who would help prepare returns for employees. Applications on company stationery should list attendee names and plant employee counts with one attendee per 250 employees up to seven.
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Treasury Department
Martin M. McLaughlin
District of Rhode Island
R. I. College of Education
Park Street
Providence
Collector of Internal Revenue
Colt Defeats Rogers of Newport 38 to 27 in Exhibition
Colt defeated Rogers of Newport 38 to 27 at Andrews gym in the second exhibition meeting this season. Cavallaro led Colt with 18 points, Del Piano added 14, Maetoza impressed on defense, and Ray Garcia scored 12 for Rogers who trailed by at least five points each period. The Jayvee game went to Rogers 43 to 31.
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Colt
Rogers
Newport
Andrews Gym
Rogers Colt
Cavallaro
del Piano
Mat Maetoza
Colt Ray Garcia
Fourth Anniversary Of USO To Be Observed
USO marks its fourth anniversary with public visits to local clubs during February 3 4 5. Maurice F Whalen urges contributors to see what their donations funded a home away from home for service members. Vox Pop performance on Boston Common highlights New England participation with a USO Buddies Club salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Maurice F. Whalen
Whalen
National War Fund
New England
Vox Pop
USO Buddies Club
Boston Common
Republicans Name Nominating Committee
The Republican Town Committee named its nominating panel last evening with Joseph J Marshall as chairman and Alphonse Rebello Anthony W Du Pont Earl P Mathewson Everett Lee Church Eileen Pierce and Louis Romano as members. Harry L Bullock resigned and Regent Mervyn Clay was proposed to replace him with action planned at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Town Committee
Joseph J Marshall
Alphonse Rebello
Anthony W du Pont
Earl P Mathewson
Everett Lee Church
Eileen Pierce
Louis Romano
Harry L. Bullock
Mervyn Clay
Earl Mathewson
Mr Bullock
No One Should Go Without Coal
Bristol faces coal delivery issues though ample supplies exist. Town Council President J. Floyd Huestis says distribution and labor are the main problems and urges residents unable to transport coal themselves to contact the Police Department Red Cross Health Officer or Huestis himself for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
J. Floyd Huestis
Seth Paull Company
Mr. Huestis
Red Cross
Prominent Bristolian James J Walsh Dies in Florida
James J Walsh former Bristol Town Council president died suddenly in Miami where he wintered for years His body returned for funeral at 9:15 a.m. at 939 Hope Street with a 10 a.m. Mass at St Marys Church Burial in St Marys Cemetery He was born July 26 1872 in Ireland and lived in Bristol 58 years A longtime Prudential employee and former assistant superintendent he served on the Town Council in 1923 1924 and led the Democratic Town Committee He helped establish the Walsh Memorial Medal at Bristol High School He survived by his daughter Loretta Connell a son Rev Edward L Walsh two other daughters Sister Mary Marjorie and Mrs Stephen Malley and his wife deceased also involved in local charities.
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Bristol
James J. Walsh
Miami
Hope Street
J. Francis Connell
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Friends
Florida
Walsh
Capt
Halsey Chase
Mr. Walsh
Ireland
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Warren
Loretta Connell
Edward L. Walsh
Sacred Heart Church of
Woonsocket
Mary Marjorie
Order of Mercy
St. Xavier’s Academy
Providence
Stephen Malley
Wounded Veteran Attends Sister's Wedding in Mass
Pfc Gabriel De Felice 30 son of Mrs Mary De Felice of 276 High Street attended his sister Marys wedding Saturday. Wounded last September at Hollandia New Guinea he returned to Cushing General Hospital Framingham Mass after the ceremony where he has been for three weeks. He served two and a half years overseas 14 months and worked at US Rubber Company and Melville Naval Base before enlisting.
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Gabriel de Felice
Mary de Felice
High Street
Hollandia
New Guinea
Mary
Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
Mass
US Rubber Company
Melville Naval Base
Rev. A. R. Parshley Heads Bristol Historical Society
Rev Anthony R Parshley rector of St Michael s Church was elected president of the Bristol Historical Society at the Holmes House meeting He succeeds Miss Alice B Almy as president and Charles O Thompson was re elected vice president Other officers include Mrs Leo G Cote treasurer Robert J Connery auditor and J Winthrop DeWolf director The meeting featured old Bristol records and historical notices with refreshments served afterward
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Anthony R Parshley
St. Michael’s Church
Bristol Historical Society
Holmes House
Alice B. Almy
Charles O . Thompson
Leo G. Cote
Robert J Connery
J Winthrop DeWolf
Almy
Emma B Stanton
Wallis E Howe
Charles O F Thompson
Nathaniel G Herreshoff
Sarah Munro
John D Moore Named Vice Ch of Red Cross Drive
John D. Moore of Narragansett Electric Company Bristol County is named vice chairman of the Red Cross War Fund Campaign for Bristol by Roswell S. Bosworth. Bristol gains full area status in the March drive, supporting Red Cross services for armed forces and home front aid.
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John D. Moore
Narragansett Electric Company
Bristol County
Red Cross War Fund
Roswell S. Bosworth
Bristol
Red Cross
Sousa Serves as Corsica B-25 Aircraft Mechanic
T Sg t Al E Sousa of this town serves as an aircraft mechanic and crew chief at a Twelfth Air Force B 25 bomber base on Corsica. He left the United States in October 1942 and earns four gold overseas stripes and a battle star for the Rome Arno campaign since January 1944. His mother is Mrs Rose Sousa of 53 Charles street.
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Alfred E. Sousa
Corsica
United States
Sousa
Rome
Sergeant Sousa
Keesler Field
Miss
Air Mechanics School
Rose Sousa
Charles Street
Sgt Sidney Cochrane Wounded in Belgium War Action
Mrs Sidney Cochrane of Noyes avenue learned her husband Sgt Sidney Cochrane was wounded in action in Belgium on January 9. The infantryman sent a letter from a Belgium hospital after a leg wound, part of troops in the Belgium Bulge. He previously spent two years in Greenland with the army.
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Sidney Cochrane
Noyes Avenue
Belgium
Weapons for Victory radio program debuts nationwide
The War Department bureau launches a 5 to 530 pm EST broadcast on CBS February 1. The show reenacts a weapon use and includes post episode interviews with users and local manufacturers, featuring Assault Wire and U S Rubber Company details.
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Bureau of Public Relations
The
War Department
Columbia Broadcasting System
Two Bristol Residents Graduate From Rhode Island State College
Miss Elsie J Medeiros of 73 Oliver street and Frank P Catallano of Roma street were among 14 Rhode Island State College graduates yesterday. Both earned bachelor of science degrees with Medeiros in child care and development and Catallano in chemistry. both were 1941 Bristol Senior High School graduates.
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Elsie J. Medeiros
Oliver Street
Frank P. Catallano
Roma Street
Rhode Island State College
Medeiros
Mr. Catallano
Bristol Senior High School
CYO basketball at Mt. Carmel sees two decisive wins
Mt. Carmel CYO games Tuesday afternoon featured teams led by L Mancieri and L Murgo defeating W Topazio and A Matrone. Mancieri scored 27 points and Murgo 26 in a high scoring shootout at Mt. Carmel gym.
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L. Mancieri
L. Murgo
W. Topazio
A. Matrone
Mt. Carmel Gym
Annual dinner tickets on sale for national leaders in Providence
Tickets are on sale for the annual dinner honoring the National Commander of the American Legion and the National President of the Auxiliary in Providence on February 5. Reservations close February 2 with 400 tickets available. Members have already secured theirs. others are urged to reserve promptly for a guaranteed place.
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The
American Legion
Providence
Kearney Post
Marines Sing Christmas Carols to Tarawa Prisoners
On Christmas Eve 1943 a Marine detachment serenaded Japanese prisoners at Tarawa with carols. The display, led by Lt. Sgt. William C. Harris and Navy chaplain Lt. George P. LaBarre, surprised guards and prisoners who expressed Christian gratitude before the Marines prepared to invade the Marshall Islands.
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Tarawa
U.S
Pacific
William C. Harris
Marine Corps
Marshall Islands
Navy
George P .LaBarre
Williamsburg
German Youth Slapped by British Soldier in Tank Ambush
An injured German youth, described as a sixteen-year-old, was captured after an ambush on a tank. The British soldier reportedly restrained the boy and administered a stern reprimand at company headquarters, with the episode framed as a corrective act in the heat of combat.
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Heerlen
Limburg
Limburgsch Dagblad
Superman
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Joel McCrea
Betty Field
Harry Carey
WM. Demarest
Porter Hall
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China
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Charles Korvin
Ella Raines
Arsene Lupin
J. Carrol Naish
Gene Tierney
Dana Andrews
Clifton Webb
Laura
Cartoon
Desert Hawk
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Total Abstinence Society
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Holy Name Society
Democratic Town Committee
Democrat State Central Committee
Bristol Rationing Board
Pfc
G. de Felice
A. R. Parshley
Gladys E Paull
Arthur H Carr
Miriam Skinner
Dorothy Holt
Annie V. Seymour
Lillian Wilson
Marietta Hammil
Samuel Kinder
Herbert B. Burnham, Jr
Committee On War Records
King Phillip
William Pearse
Fall River
New York
Earl P. Mathewson
Gladys Paull
T.sgt
al. E. Sousa
Sgt
Francis Connell
U. S. Rubber Company
Thomas H. Byrnes
Frederick T. Goff
Connell
G.I
Alfred E. Smith
Washington
Smith
Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln
al Smith
R. I. State
Mt. Carmel
CYO
Basketball League
W. Topazio L. Murgo L
Mancieri A. Matrone
Kearney
S, Aisana oShat
Vna
Phils
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