Red Cross plans Bristol home nursing campaign meeting
Mrs. Donald S. Babcock chair of the Providence Red Cross Home Nursing Committee calls a Bristol meeting for Monday at 7 45 p m at Holmes House to plan a campaign. The 12 lesson course aims to train at least one capable home nurse per household to handle epidemics and basic care in war and peace.
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Bristol
Donald S. Babcock
Red Cross Home Nursing Committee
Providence
Holmes House
Additional Equipment Expected at Canning Center
Mrs Charles M Connery chairs the Community Canning Center and reports a government notice that tin cans sealers and a pressure cooker are en route to the town likely arriving early next week A wholesale operation may start once received A canning demo using the new equipment will be held next Wednesday at Reynolds School The move follows state guidance to promote canning as food supplies may be scarce this winter
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Charles M Connery
Community Canning Center
Connery
Reynolds School
Invasion Maneuvers End In Draw For Bristol Guards
A wartime field exercise near Bristol involved Company G I State Guard defending three plants against a paratrooper incursion. Lt Luke H White led 10 invaders who penetrated to Bristol Mfg Corp and US Rubber, six captured, defense held, and Capt Morris deemed the problem a draw.
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G. R. I. State Guard
U S
Bristol
Henry H. Lawson
Observatory Post
Manuel Morris
George E. Carroll
Bristol Mig Corp
Carr Mfg Corp
US Rubber Company
Luke H White
Bristol Mfg Corp
Carr
Morris
Ruber Company
Warren
Warren State Guard
Air Raid Sirens Set For Daily Noon Tests In Bristol
Bristol Council of Defense voted to sound air raid sirens daily at noon except Sundays starting Monday. Frank J. Sylvia volunteered to head the effort while A A Edmonds oversees the August moving picture program with A A Edmonds in charge. Attendees included J Floyd Huestis Henry F Serbst B W Wall Richard J Simmons.
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Bristol Council of Defense
Frank J. Sylvia
Bristol Narrows
A A. Edmonds
J. Floyd Huestis
A. A. Edmonds
B. W. Wall
Richard J. Simmons
Henry F. Serbst
Army units to demonstrate equipment on the Common
Army Signal Corps and Ordnance Department will stage demonstrations on Tuesday evening at seven on the Common, showing a telephone switchboard, assault wire, a 90 mm anti aircraft gun, and a searchlight unit. About 80 men will participate, with a Camp Myles Standish band providing music.
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United States Army Signal Corps
Ordnance Department
United States Rubber Company
Signal Corps
Ordnance Division
Seaboard
Camp Myles Standf Ish
Massachusetts
US Rubber Co
Yacht Club Dance Promises Nautical Theme At Bristol
Tomorrow evening the Bristol Yacht Club hosts a 9 to 1 dance with nautical decorations and a surprise feature planned. Servicemen can attend at half price. The event is organized by Mrs Carl W Haffenreffer and a committee including Mrs Sidney Firreshoff Mrs Fred M Dixon Jr Mrs Gilbert C Hoover Miss Martha Rockwell and Miss Martha Nicholson assisted by junior members Roberta Dixon Eleanor Rockwell Margaret Brown and Natalie Herreshoff.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Carl W Haffenreffer
Sidney Firreshoff
Fred M. Dixon, Jr
Gilbert C Hoover
Martha Rockwell
Martha Nicholson
Roberta Dixon
F Eleanor Rockwell
Margaret Brown
Natalie Herreshoff
Truck Driver Escapes Injury in Hope Street Crash
Thomas M Pagno 30 of 122 Fairview Street Providence escaped injury when his truck ran out of control on Hope Street near Hope and Wood streets. The vehicle struck the curb, careened across the road, and struck a young tree at its base but remained drivable. No serious damage reported to the truck.
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Thomas M Pagno
Fairview Street
Providence
Hope Street
Hope
Wood Streets
Paglio
Mariners Dance At Bristol Yacht Club Tonight
The Mariner Ship Vigilant hosts an evening dance at the Bristol Yacht Club from 9 to 12 with music by the Rhythmaires. Organizing committee led by Margaret Hibbert Marguerite Kebrek Sally Mapes Jacqueline Pettine Frances Doyle Joan Doyle Mary Pinch Mary Serbst Mary Vermette Catherine Connery and Jessie Sanford.
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Mariner
Bristol Yacht Club
Bristol
The
Rhythmaires
Margaret Hibbert
Marguerite Kebrek
Sally Mapes
Jacqueline Pettine
Frances Doyle
Joan Doyle
Mary Pinch
Mary Serbst
Mary Vermette
Catherine Connery
Jessie Sanford
Sidney Herreshoff
Last Week for Snap Beans at Reasonable Grower Prices
Victory Gardens notes this may be the season’s last week to buy snap beans from growers. Encourages patronizing local canning centers, and urges thorough weed control and frequent aphid spraying for tomatoes and vine crops. Recommends fungicides for blight, wilt, and cabbage rots, especially on Brussels sprouts.
Confusion Marks Bristol Air Raid Drill Test
State wide air raid practice in Bristol failed to impress officials due to warning signal malfunctions and confusion over red and blue alerts. Wardens and the public struggled to interpret signals as planes swept in from the sea, causing delays and a delayed end to a softball game on the Common.
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Bristol
U. S. Rubber Company
Ontrol
Collins & Aikman Corp
Rill
BMC
Portrait of Mussolini From Youth to Power Arraigned
Mrs Balabanoff recalls Mussolini as a fearful youth who deserted the army and became a boastful editor. She describes his early cruelty toward the weak, sycophancy toward the rich, and quest for notoriety through dramatic, demagogic writing.
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Mussolini
Avanti
NY. Herald-Tribune
Balabanoff
Switzerland
Lausanne Socialist Group
Lausanne
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Babcock
John Tucker, Jr
Canon Parshley
Clara Dimond
Philip DeWolf
Daniel Chase
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
John S. Palmer
Charles B. Rockwell
Roswell S Bosworth
Janet MacDougall
Sebastian Bernard
C. Paul Bruno
Lucien Capone
Harley V. Tingley
A . Eastman
Florence T. Nelson
Arthur H. Carr
Manuel Almeida
Harold DeWolf
John R. Bernardo
William L. Serbst
A. F D’angelo
Luke H. Callan
Canning Center
James G. Carns, JR
Y.M.C.A. Head
Charles Otten, JR
Bristol Ymca
Otten
James Carns, Jr
Carns
Bristol County Water Company
Bristol Rotary Club
Hubert F Hill
Frank Rawson
Gmnasium
J Winthrop DeWolf
Henry A. Street
Henry Wood
Westey A Armstrong
Salvador Nunes
F. S Mapes
James G .Earns, Jr
RS Bosworth
Judy Garland
van Heflin
Lily Mars
Boy
Stalingrad
Bobby Samarzich
Conrad Binyon
Mary Lou Harrington
Coco
Redhead
Manhattan
Lupe Velez
Warner Baxter
Margaret Lindsay
Johnny Weissmuller
Frances, Gifford
Johnny
Sheffield
G-i Invasion
Arthur H Darcy
Robert Bradshaw
Robert Hirons
Bouffard
State Guard
Henry E. Correia
Darcy
Signal Corps and Ordnance Companies
Army Band
Ordnance
Bristol County
James G Carns, Jr
Bristol County Water Co
Norman Servant
United Rubber Workers of America
Elmer &. Mapes
Hope St
Mariners
Victory Gardens
Halere
Shere
Il Duce
Popolo d'Italia
Lenin
Third International
Milan
Castel Morrone Street
Bala Bakoff
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