Rear Admiral Gilbert C Hoover retires from Navy on sick leave
Captain Gilbert Corwin Hoover U S N commanding officer of the Naval Ammunition Depot at Earle retires after 34 years of active duty and returns to Our Farm in Bristol. He earned the Navy Cross three times for actions during World War II and led ships in the Pacific including the Helena and Lexington rescue efforts.
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Gilbert Corwin Hoover
Naval Ammunition Depot
Earle
Naval Hospital
St. Albans
Long Island
Bristol
Hoover
Navy
Army
Coast Guard
Europe
Pacific
Marine Corps
Prvate Railroad
Columbus
Ohio
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Nevada
Vestal
U S S. Florida
Sapela
Naval Gun Factory
Navy Yard
Washington
Conyngham
Boston
Bureau of Ordnance
Destroyer Division 25
U. S. S. Helena
Helena
South Pacific
Midvale Steel Company
Philadelphia
Army-Navy Staff College
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
R National Défense
Washington, D C
Earle Command
Lexington
Coral Sea
Bristol Rotary Club
Public Hearing On Bus Line Petition Resumes Tomorrow
The State Department of Public Utilities will resume the Bristol County hearing on the August Bus Lines petition at 10 o clock tomorrow at the State House. Residents testify they need broader service with half hourly local trips and hourly intertown runs, arguing the feeder service would complement NE Transportation and Short Line buses. NET Co and bus drivers union oppose the petition while Deputy McLaughlin seeks a ruling from the Attorney General on the act's authority.
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State Department of Public Utilities
State House
Bristol County
N E Transportation Company
N E Transportation Co
Bristol
NET Co
Bus Drivers’ Union
George J McLaughlin
General Assembly
McLaughlin
Antonio T Fonseca Aboard U S S Providence
Antonio Thomas Fonseca 19, a sea man second class USNR, son of Mr and Mrs Antonio G Fonseca of Bristol Rhode Island, is serving aboard the light cruiser USS Providence now at Philadelphia after an eight month Mediterranean duty as flagship of the fleet. The Providence, operating from Naples, visited twelve ports including Marseilles Athens Istanbul Alexandria Damascus and Tangiers. Many crew members toured Bren Switzerland Rome Cairo and other inland cities.
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Antonio Thomas Fonseca
USNR
Antonio G Fonseca
Woodlawn
Bristol
Providence
Philadelphia
Naples
Italy
Mediterranean
Marseilles
Athens
Instanbul
Alexandria
Damascus
Tangiers
Bren Switzerland
Rome
Cairo
Angell Elected Head of Housing Relief Committe
Elmer E Angell was elected chairman of the Veterans Housing Relief Committee, succeeding his prior vice chair role. Attending members included Salvador Nunes Stephen W Hopkins Lt Joseph G A Riccio USNR and Julio F Xavier Jr secretary. The panel received letters from Senator Green and Representative Forand about limited federal funds and urged continued effort to secure Washington relief and to seek Governor Pastore’s approval to use land at the Soldiers Home for the project when launched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E Angell
Veterans Housing Relief Committee
Mr Angell
Salvador Nunes
Stephen W. Hopkins
Joseph G A Riccio
USNR
Julio F Xavier, Jr
Council
J Floyd Huestis
Senator Green
Repr Forand
Washington
John O Pastore
Soldiers Home
Kearney Nine Closes Season With Dennis Post Match
Kearney Post junior baseball closes its 1946 season tonight against Dennis Post of Cranston at 6 15 p m on the common. A Kearney win keeps Warren as division leaders. a Cranston win forces a playoff with Warren next week. Mike Morra leads pitching for Kearney as teammates vow improved hitting and defense for a victory.
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Kearney Post
Dennis Post
Cranston
Dennis
Warren
Kearney
Mike Morra
Zoning Board Seeks Conference With Building Inspector
Building Inspector Otis M. Bailey, summer camp counsellor at Camp Beckett in Mass, will attend the zoning board’s next meeting to discuss enforcement of the zoning ordinance on building construction. Elmer E. Angell, board chair, announced the plan.
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Otis M. Bailey
Camp Beckett
Mass
Zoning Board of Review
Elmer E. Angell
New Coaching Setup At Local High School Faces Changes
School Committee approved separate coaches for baseball and football. Ralph K Wash shifts to football and basketball while Attilio Andrew Pansa, a 1938 graduate, will lead baseball and assist basketball and football. Pansa named supervisor of physical education for boys Grades 6–12 with a 2100 dollar salary.
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Ralph K Wash
Attilio Andrew Pansa
Nash
Pansa
University of Pittsburgh
Byfield
Bristol County Center
Rhode Island State College
Michael Securo
C A Defeats U S Rubber 8 6 In Bristol Twilight League
C A earned an 8 6 win over U S Rubber after spotting a five run lead. Mike Del Piano pitched well for the league leaders, but C A had five errors in the first two innings that produced six unearned runs for U S Rubber. Parisi and Camera homered for C A while Camera, Parisi and Topazio added RBIs as Del Piano and Cordeiro combined on the mound.
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Dober
Carulli
Maisano
Balzano
Topazio
Vargas
RBI
J Securo
Camera
S. del Piano
McCarthy
Cordeiro
del Piano
Holmes
Band Concert Opens Season On Colt High School Facade
Robert Gray and his Band present the first of two concerts tonight at 8 on Colt High School facade. Dr George H Baldwin leads the annual Rhode Island Education Department series with James J. Velleca chairing local arrangements. Programs feature En Masse Romberg The New Moon selections Rigoletto and Gershwin hits with an American Seamen Medley and the National Anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gray
Colt High School
George H Baldwin
Rhode Island Department of Education
James J. Velleca
Reeves
Strauss
Ketel
Rio Bennett
Panella
Hermann
Herbert
Not In The Headlines: Stories Of Service In Action
In a Rotarian column examples of kindness unfold across communities. A 76-year-old man and 97-year-old housekeeper receive help from a devoted daughter. a grieving mother finds volunteers to ease her burden. a Missouri family aids fire victims with a new home funded by donors. Other vignettes show strangers aiding strangers, from a hitchhiker spared from robbery to a soldier caring for a crying infant.
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Ned
Chloe
Missouri
Texas
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Gilbert C. Hoover
Anmir
Antonio T. Fonseca
U.S.S. Providence
William Powell
Esther Williams
Hoodlum Saint
Angela Lansbury
Man Jasper
America
Twin Husbands
Marjorie Reynolds
Fred Brady
Jinx Falkenburg
William Gargan
Janis Carter
THE
Virginian
Technicolor
Joel McCrea
Brian Donlevy
Sonny Tufts
Barbara Britton
News —. Cartoon
Angell
Housing Relief Comm
Mike
Zoning Board
Andy Pansa
Byfield School
Esther C (Tattrie) Vitek
Helen M. (Howard) Gallo
Alice Stahline
Helen (Romano) Perry
Rose (McGovern) McIntyre
Stannard B. Sylvia
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Harvard
Guiteras
YMCA
Colt Memorial High
Church Bros
Sparks and
Balfour
Andrews Memorial
Sparks
Valley School
U. S
Bristol Vikings
St Elizabeth's
Mariano and
Sylvia
Collins and Altman
U S Rubber
C&a
A. Eisenstadt
Don Santo
Sax
Clar
Flute
Allard
Corncife
Goldline
N.B.C. C.B.S
Joe Divito
Bourn Street
Bristol, RI
Frank Nastri
Vet
R. I
Florida
New York
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