Bristol Plans to Hire 261 Workers for New Andrews Memorial High
Bristol officials report 261 men on local relief rolls ready for work on the $200000 Andrews Memorial High School project. The list splits 6 skilled and 200 unskilled, including masons, carpenters, plumbers and proof of union hiring policies prompts protest to federal MPs.
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Abie.hwo Union
ReTe Sarsaged Hime
Sranese Gannhipepeacarsat
Sranese Gannhipepeacarsat A -aGh
Fil
Bristol
Carpenters Union
Daniel J. Ryan
New, England, Concrete Company
John W Church
Green
Gerry
Forand
O'Donnell
SK Robert Shaw Andrews Memorial School
PWA
Jnbs
Washington
United States Employment Service
Storm damage causes debris risk and power cuts in Bristol
A Bristol man narrowly escaped injury as a gate on Hope Street collapsed during the storm, blocking streets while James Holmes ordered a closure. Two electric wires were snapped near Pappasquash by the southeast gate amid heavy rain, disrupting service from 7:15 to 9:10. Whistles at 11 signaled a half day for local schools.
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Bristol
Rome
Fred M
Hope
John Street
James Holmes
Pappasquash
Unemployment Census 1937 Bristol County data snapshot
The Bristol County unemployment census shows 25 089 residents registered as Totally Unemployed as of 1930 with 1 426 seeking work. Of these 1 426, 924 are male and 502 female. Four hundred ninety seven residents work under WPA NYA CCC or other emergency work. An additional 729 are registered as Partly Employed seeking more work with 509 male and 220 female.
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Bristol County
WPA
NYA
CCC
Alumni Meeting Postponed to Friday at Colt Memorial High
The Bristol-Coilt Alumni Association meeting which was set for last Friday night was postponed due to bad weather. The annual gathering will now be held this Friday in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium. Officers for the new year will be elected and a state presentation will be given by a committee led by Milton Levy.
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Bristol-Coilt
Colt Memorial High School Auditoriam
Milton Levy
New Church Building May Be Erected
Trinity Episcopal Church considers construction of a new edifice after razing last summer for the Robert Shaw Andrews Memorial High School site. Senior Warden Benjamin M. MacDougall empowered to form four committees including finance and parish canvas. A March 21 meeting will review the plans and reports.
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Corporation
Holmes House
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Robert Shaw Andrews
Ruth Dew
James Dew Perry
Rhode Island
MacDougall
Mayo
Benjamin M MacDougall
Ches- R. Burgess
Harold Newman
Ralph F Kinder
James DeWolf Perry
H. V Mayo
Amicae Guild Plans Turkey Supper at First Baptist
The Amicae Guild of the First Baptist Church will sponsor a turkey supper tomorrow night in the vestry with about 75 members and guests expected. A committee led by Miss Dorothy Mott and Mrs Ethel Mott organized arrangements. A prior event featured a nonsensical social with skits and games, including Kingdom of Nonsense and Human Ford, with many guild members participating. Refreshments were served by the arrangements committee.
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Amicae Guild
First Baptist Church
Dorothy Mott
Ethel Mott
Ebert Hill
Charles I Liscomb
Henry S Campbell
Llewelyn Conklin
Pauline Bullock
Vesary
E Doris Bullock
Dorothy Conklin
Henry Bullock
Bertram Bullock
Human Ford
Harry Bullock, Jr
Fred Mart
Nellie Pedley
Dorothy Matt
Harold Pedley
Harold Pedley, Jr
Llewelyn Conklin, Jr
Ray Dixon
Doris Bullock
Dorothy T Bertcam Bullock, Jr
Fred Hodgdon
Former Police Official to Address Cup Defenders
John J Kelly of Providence a former police commander will speak at a Cup Defenders Association social in their Wood Street quarters. The talk titled Youth and Crime will be introduced by Michael W Pasquarelli with a social period led by John Principe and a committee including Elia Guasti Carmine Puniello Orlando J Bisbano and others.
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John J Kelly
Providence
Police
Cup Defenders’ Association
Wood Street
Hydes Divided Over Fire Engineer Selections After Card Death
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company splits over choosing two candidates to fill vacancies on the fire engineers board after Raymond A Card Sr’s death. Eight contenders remain for the engineer post, with top rivals James F Meiggs Henry S Campbell Samuel A Mott and Harold Manchester. Card served 9 years on the board, earning £50 yearly. company clerk bids include Clarence Davis as favorite for the clerical post, paid one dollar per meeting.
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Raymond A. Card
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
Raymond A Card
Board of
Fire Engineers
James F Meiggs
Henry S. Campbell
Samuel A. Mott
Harold Manchester
Card
Hydrau
Christ’s Role in Tomorrow’s World Emphasized by Dr Lothrop
Rev Dorrance B. Lothrop of Auburn Rhode Island argues at St Michael's Church that Christ will unite revive and guide a just society and establish His Eternal Kingdom. He cites Oxford and Edinburgh conferences and Cardinal Mercier to illustrate goodwill and a non denominational mission beyond sectarian lines.
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Edinburgh
Lothrop
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Lord Halifax
St. Michael's
Coolidge
Bristol Lodge Backs State Aerie Endorsement
Bristol Aerie endorses Manuel Perry of this town for a seat on the Old Age Pension Board as Deputy Grand President of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. A membership drive runs from today through June with John Andrade as general campaign chairman. Delegations from Bristol lodge will attend tomorrow’s Providence Aerie initiation and Pawtucket Aerie banquet Thursday night. Aerie officers meet Friday night.
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State Aerie
Manuel Perry
Order of Eagles
Old Age Pension Board
Bristol Aerie
John Andrade
Bristol Lodge
Providence Aerie
Pawtucket Aerie
Aerie
The Evolution of the Telephone on Tomorrow Night
A showing of The Evolution of the Telephone is set for 8 o clock tomorrow in the recreation hall of United States Rubber Products Inc. Arrangements were made by Lewis E Dickinson, president of the Employees Association, and George I Taber, Bristol County manager of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company.
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United States Rubber Products, Inc
Lewis E. Dickinson
Employees’ Association
George I. Taber
Bristol County
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bristol Safety Council unit names Friswell chairman
Stanley E. Friswell Mount Hope Bridge superintendent was elected general chairman of the Bristol unit executive committee. Arthur H. Carr Bristol manufacturer will serve with him. a third member to be named later.
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Stanley E. Friswell
Mount Hope
Bristol
Bristol County Safety Council
Arthur H. Carr
Friswell
Highway Department
Thomas Gardiner
Anthony Viera
Earle P. Mathewson
Harold DeWolf
Orlando J. Bige Hano
Albert H. Flint, Jr
J. Vincent Leahy
Teachers’ Association
Mary E. Spooner
Oliver School
Lucien’ Capone
Parent-Teachers’ Association
I Leo Cantwell
James E. Sullivan
Guiteras Memorial
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Colt High School
Carl T. Carlson
Colt
Martha Graham
Alan M Poole
James J. Velleca
Samuel A. Hall
James A Sisson
Woodbury Polleys
Anthony J Bisbane
John A. Andrade
Record Cold Spreads Across U S with Historic Subzero Ties
A 1933 Riverside Ranger Station report notes the United States records 66 degrees below zero at Yellowstone Park amid a global cold snap. States from Montana to Wisconsin report 50 below or colder, with Florida and Alabama seeing rare subzero readings in February 1899. The piece compares U S weather extremes to Siberia and Alaska records.
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Yellowstone Park
Siberia
Alaska
Montana
Wyoming
Weather Bureau
New Hampshire
New York
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washington
Union
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Texas
Jenignae
Disney’s Snow White Receives High Praise From critic
Howard Barnes of the New York Herald Tribune hails Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as a masterpiece after multiple viewings. He compares it favorably to earlier Silly Symphonies and Mickey Mouse cartoons, calling it a full length classic.
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Howard Barnes
N. Y. Herald Tribune
Phelps Names Ten Best Books of 1937 Selected by Yale Professor
William Lyons Phelps, Yale literature professor, presents his annual list of ten best fiction and non fiction books for 1937 in Rotarian Magazine. The selections echo Walter Camp’s All American tradition and are regarded as top picks.
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William Lyons Phelps
Yale University
Yale
Walter Camp
Phelps
Notable Fiction Choices From 10 Recent Titles
A list of ten selected books with author and publisher details includes A Mighty Fortress by LeGrand Cannon Jr from Farrar and Rinehart, North West Passage by Kenneth Roberts from Doubleday Doran, Emma by Louis Paul from Doubleday Doran, The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet from Farrar and Rinehart, Swords in the Dawn by John Beaty from Longmans Green, Ezekiel by Elvira Garner from Henry Holt, John Cornelius by Sirgh Wripple from Doubleday Doran, Light Woman by Zona Gale from Appleton Century, The Missing Miniature or The Adventures of a Sensitive Butcher by Erick Kasten from Alfred A. Knopf, Rumbin Galleries by Booth Tarkington from Doubleday.
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LeGrand Cannon, Jr
Farrar and Rinehart
Kenneth Roberts
Doubleday Doran
Emma
Louis Paul
the Devil
Daniel Webster
Stephen Vincent Benet
Tohn Beaty
Longmans Green
Ezekiel
Non Fiction Titles in a 20th Century List
The list presents ten nonfiction works and authors including Look Eleven Years Younger by Ge lett Burgess Simon and Shuster Life With Mother by Clarence Day Alfred A Knopf Showman by William A Brady E P Dutton Precent Indicative by Noel Coward Doubleday Doran Pushkin by E J Simmons Harvard University Press G e e of the Republic by Burton J Brown Thea Journals translated and edited by Lewis Galantiere Doubleday Doran The Rest of My Life by Carol fi Wells J B Lippincott Pages From An Oxford Dairy by Paul Elmer More Princeton University Press The Cruise of the Joseph Conrad by Alan Villieres Scribner's
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Gelett Burgess
Simon and Shuster
Mother
Clarence Day
Alfred A Knopf
William A. Brady
E. P. Dutton
Burton J. Brown
Thea Journals
Lewis Galantiere
Doubleday Doran
Carol Fi Wells
J. B. Lippincott
Oxford
Paul” Elmer More
Princeton University Press
Alan Villieres
Scribner’s
Stalin Executes Two More Dismissed Officials Recalled
In a broad purge months after suspicions grew, Stalin ordered second prominent executions among former high officials. The crackdown disrupted libraries, newspapers, and theaters as thousands faced execution, imprisonment, or exile, with many previously praised in Soviet books and national media.
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Stalin
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