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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1937
Page
2
The piece argues sitdown strikes face uneven enforcement as workers choose to stay in factories to avoid CIO picketing while police and officials threaten fines and eviction for others. It condemns selective enforcement and calls for impartial application of the law across labor actions.
A Sunday service at First Congregational Church launched a fundraising plan to preserve grave stones of former pastors. The event featured sermons, organ and violin solos, and vocal performances led by Mrs Cora Shaw Anderson and Miss Anda Connery.
Ernest Castigliego of Boston visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Quartaro in Bristol. Various local committees met to plan summer events, church activities, a rummage sale, and weddings. A rainstorm flooded streets and a boy was injured when struck by a car. injuries were treated locally.
An eyewitness notes a newsreel showing Russian aviators preparing to depart for the North Pole. The crowd initially hissed and booed but then cheered, illustrating a shifting, ironic response and suggesting the crowd’s true place is with Russia.
A historical note discusses the rowan tree once linked to extraordinary powers by uneducated people. It questions those beliefs as ridiculous and unproven and suggests the multifold uses of the rowan fruit are largely forgotten with ancient superstitions fading.
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