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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1943
Page
3
A call to young men over 16 to join the fire department auxiliaries. Chief Moses Moore urges signups to form a training class to replace auxiliaries in service and prepare new fighters like the veterans who served last fall.
Mt Carmel defeated St Elizabeths 8 to 7 in a Common last evening. Mt Carmel tied the game and scored the winning run in the sixth. Key plays included Velleca advancing on an error and Bernardo stealing bases before a wild pitch scored the go ahead run.
The U S Rubber Company in Bristol announces a slogan contest open to Bristol County residents with a $50 War Bond top prize and 11 other awards. An Army Demonstration by the Signal Corps will award prizes on Tuesday August 3 at the Common.
U S Treasury Department urges readers to calculate monthly family living costs and divert the excess into war bonds through the payroll savings plan. The message promotes increasing the allotment beyond 10 percent as a starting point to fund justice for wartime leaders and crimes.
The Office of Price Administration allows ration-free sales of limited obsolete and odd-lot shoes from July 19 through July 31. Shoes sold at fixed markdowns will count toward retailers' required stock dispersal and must advertise with OPA Odd-lot Release. The action aims to move broken sizes and other slow-moving leftovers, not large stock releases.
The notice lists weekly ration dates from July 18 to 24 and details valid stamps for red and blue categories, sugar, coffee, shoes, and fuel. It specifies home canning limits, expiration dates through October, and inspections for A and C book holders with gas stamps valid through July and November dates.
MaRiners gathered Sunday at Mrs Sidney Herreshof home for swimming and sailing activities. Skipper Mrs Harold Peckham first mate Miss Jessie Sanford supervised five girls who earned Jack Tar passes: Mary Elizabeth Vermette Catherine Connery Sally Mapes Margaret Guevremont and Mary Lou Serbs. Lunch followed with a compass game then afternoon sailing before returning at two bells.
Mrs Charles M Connery chairs the Community Canning Center reporting a good initial turnout for a town of this size. Gardens are yielding, many women have canned beans beets carrots and beet tops while tin cans and sealers arrive. People interested should call Bristol 400 to register with the Director of Public Aid.
Roland St Laurent alias The Hope Street Zoot Surter admits breaking into Michael DiLello’s home at 1051 Hope Street on May 25 and taking $10. He pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in daytime before Judge Wm T. O’Connell. Bail set at $2500. case to Grand Jury. He stays jailed awaiting next session. He also admitted another break on Sherry Avenue with no theft. Alexander Lach pleaded guilty to defacing property after punching through a window on Thames Street. He was fined $10 and costs.
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