Five Immediate Fire Safety Measures Proposed for Rhode Island Soldiers Home
A Sur vey Committee appointed by Governor Pastore urged rapid action to eliminate frightful fire hazards at the Rhode Island Soldiers Home. It endorsed five measures at once including sprinkler and standpipe systems, outward swinging doors with panic latches, fire escapes for key buildings, and a redesigned locker area, with plans to study modern facilities in Connecticut and Massachusetts for guidance.
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R. I. Soldiers Home
John O. Pastore
Pastore
Gladys Brightman
Connecticut Veterans Home
Rocky Hill
Conn
Massachusetts Soldiers Home
Chelsea
Waring
Tiverton
George Beaucage
Pawtucket
Leonard H. Silvia
Little Compton
Edward J. Sevigney
Warren
Harold W. Tucker
Barrington
House Committee On Public Welfare
General Assembly
Narragansett Bay
Town Council Weighs Private Bus Feeder Plan for Bristol
Alvaro August, private bus line incorporator, outlines a Bristol feeder service with five to six 29 passenger buses. Routes include Hope and Bradford streets start points and two loops through Bristol and nearby areas pending Public Utilities Commission approval. Buses would operate 18 hours daily, with council urging avoidance of narrow streets like Burton and Gooding.
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Alvaro August
Bristol
Public Utilities Commission
N. E. Transportation Company
August
Hope
Bradford Streets
Bradford
Thames
Constitution
High
Burton
Wood
Mt Hope Avenue
Gooding Lane
East State Street
Buttonwood
Franklin
Exhibition of Painted Tinware Draws Large Local Attendance
More than two hundred people visited the painted tinware and furniture show at Mrs Sebastian Bernard Jr.’s home 906 Hope Street on Tuesday. Ten students of Mrs Lucille Brown created over a hundred pieces including trays chests chairs and tin boxes. The basement display featured paisley shawls flowers and greens with punch donated by Mrs Arthur M McCaw.
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Sebastian Bernard Jr
Hope Street
Lucille Brown
Arthur M McCaw
Bernard
I. Leo Cantwell
Philip Clark
John DeCosta
Arthur H Eastman
Joseph H Farrell
John D Hogan
J H LeFevre
James Olive
Samuel C Wardwell
Two Big Ships Assigned To Bristol For July 4th Observance
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal assures U S Senator Green that at least two large Navy ships will be assigned to Bristol for the Fourth of July. Commander Steinwart at Camp Endicott recalls 1932 Bristol parade and confirms intent to attend. Bands lined up include the American Legion Band Warren and others. Miss Regina Farley conducts a $1 direct mail appeal gathering broad support.
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Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
U. S
Theodore Francis Green
Bristol
James F. Meiggs
Navy
Quonset Naval Air Station
Camp Endicott
Davisville
Marine Barracks
Naval Training Station
Newport
Meiggs
Fort Adams
Cordell
Pastore
Adj
Murphy
State Guard
Steinwart
United Travelers of Providence
Uncle Sam's Ex- Service Band
Providence
St. Agnes Fife
Drum and Bugle of
Colt Memorial High Band
Quonset Station
Council Chamber
Regina Farley
Car Strikes Pole Hurting Two on High Street
Mrs Mary Goulart 71 and her husband John H. Goulart 60 were injured yesterday afternoon when their car crashed into a pole on High Street opposite Usher Place around 1 30. The vehicle was badly damaged and towed away. Mrs Goulart had facial and hand scratches while Mr Goulart suffered a cut on his right hand. Dr. C Paul Bruno treated them at the scene.
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Mary Goulart
Gooding Lane
John H. Goulart
High Street
Usher Place
Goulart
C. Paul Bruno
Zoning Board Grants Storage Use for Brownell Property
The Zoning Board of Review in Burnside granted Charles DeWolf Brownell permission to lease his Hope Street Ferry Road junction property to Bristol Manufacturing Company for storage for three years. The board also discussed SHEDS built by Herreshoff, with objections from Mrs Lyon, and other petitions postponed for legal advice or future meetings.
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Zoning Board of Review
Burnside Memorial Building
Charles Dew Brownell
Hope Street
Ferry Road
Bristol Manufacturing Company
Brownell
Norman Herreshoff
BMC
Arthur B. Rae
George A Lyon
Herreshoff Mfg Company
Charles DeWolf Brownell
Herreshoff
Marjorie van W. Lyon
Anthony J Nunes
Bristol Mfg. Co
Otis M. Bailey
Zoning Board
Joseph Borges
Colonial Road
Roger W. Pigeon
Wellington Pease
Roma Street
Manuel and
Agnes Tavares
Metacom Avenue
Degree To Be Conferred Sunday By Bristol Council
Bristol Council and Knights of Columbus voted to donate 10 to the Fourth of July Committee and allow use of their platform for the event. Three new members joined the Council. The third degree will be conferred on June 9 at 8 p.m. The Henry P. Trudell Class will lead the candidates. Grand Knight George T. Ingram urged support for the June 10 carnival by United Amusement Shows. Bowling-night committee named Dr Joseph E Pine, Edmond O'Brien and Edward Da Ponte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County Court House
High Street
John W Church
Bristol
Knights of Columbus
Henry P. Trudell
George T. Ingram
United Amusement Shows
Joseph E. Pine
Edmond O’brien
Edward da Ponte
Louisiana murderer escapes death in 1868 Austin Nevada case
The item recalls an October 30 1868 incident in Austin Nevada involving a Louisiana murderer who avoided execution when the mechanism failed. The feature ties this long ago case to current themes and Gore content, presented as a columnist note from the Publisher's Auxiliary.
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Mtrems
Jim still _om
Gore
Louisiana
Austin
Nevada
First Execution in Lander County Shocks Spectators
Rufus B. Anderson was hanged for the Noble T. Slocum murder, the first execution in Lander County. A large crowd gathered at the jail yard as Father Monteverde and officials watched. The decedent twice survived the trap before dying on the third attempt, with his sister receiving the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus B. Anderson
Noble T. Slocum
Lander
Anderson
Fr. Monteverde
Lander Guard
L. W. Cromer
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Kay Mill and
Jane Wyman
Howard Dasilva
Doris Dowling
Cartoon
Animal Speaks
SUN
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Saratoga
Daffy Duck and
Egg Head
Town OF
Highway Dept
Chas
Bristol Mfg. Corp
Board
Elias Batista
Franklin and
High Streets
Salvador Nunes
Carl H. Witherell
Nunes
Pasquale Malafrente
Bradford Street
Frank Nastri
Vet's
Rock ST. Suetoe, R
Ferncroft
Charles Silvia
Bradford St
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