Wit and whimsy from Hy Gardner on Broadway and the Fair
Hy Gardner shares brisk quips on Benny Fields Eddie Cantor and Henny Youngman. He riffs on Spinrad the Barber and the 1940 World’s Fair with playful schemes from artificial carnations to bagel hot dogs. He closes with lighthearted personal notes and a Bingo tale.
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Benny Fields
8Th Avenue
Benny
Eddie Cantor
Broadway
Henny Youngman
Henny
Gene Fowler
Belle Baker
Joe Lewis
Spinrad
Mark Hellinger
Rudy Vallee
Buddy Clark
Harry Carey
Milton Berle
Eddie G. Robinson
Danton Walker
Damon Runyon
Louis Sobol
Leonard Lyons
Edgar Bergen
Jack Benny
Bristol delays redistricting change until after registration
Bristol officials delay establishing a second voting district until after the June 30 voter registration deadline. Town Clerk John W. Church notes redistricting requires closing registrations to avoid error. Bristol's last election shows 3152 voters in First District, exceeding the 2400 limit, with 2258 eligible voters total.
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Bristol
John W. Church
Church
Successful Bridge Held By Colt Alumni
The Alumni Bridge event at Colt Memorial auditorium was a successful evening with a Providence company style show. Door prizes were awarded to Mrs. Harry Kebrek and Mrs. Charles Weaver, among many other winners listed.
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Colt Memorial Auditorium
Providence Cocern
Harry Kebrek
Charles Weaver
Helen E Romano
Annie Dixon
Willam G Dixon
Helen Pagnano
Arthur M. McCaw
J R Balfour
George Shields
Albert Brunelli
John Foley
Dorothy Bowater
Lucien Capone
Irene Gallo
Catherine Hammill
Hilda Ferrazzano
Frances deRosa
Clinton Bower
Fred Foster
Vernon A. Gray
Lucy Migliori
Samuel Kinder
Magdalene Wyhie
R F. Kinder
G. Elton Pierce
George Harris Babbitt
William Burke
Rose Fasano
The Way of Bureaucracy and the American Privacy
Raymond Pitcairn argues that the privacy rights in the Declaration and Bill of Rights are eroding under bureaucratic expansion. He cites census intrusions in 1940 and warns that government overreach harms liberty, urging Eternal Vigilance as the price of freedom.
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America
Congress
Europe
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Harvey Gibson
Leo Casey
Grover Whalen
England
Gary Cooper
PFP
Billy Rose
Hy Gardner
Napeaaeence
Sree 2
Colt
Lean Swift
Swift
Swift's Woodlawn
Vear
Florida
Cape Cod
Kraft’s Loaf Cheese
Frankfurt
Ead
Bristol Phoenix
ACT
Ocan
Tae
Raymond Pitcairn
BOY Scout
Newman Bros
Bristol’s ’S
King Arthur
J. A
S. S. Pierce
Pomatonfs
Mm Wenaewe
Sunkist
New Jersey
R. I. Baldwin
Coca Cola
Hathaway
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