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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1951
Page
3
Richard J. Lyman of New England Electric System told Rotary Club members at their lunchtime meeting in the White Rail that socialism has a toe hold in the United States and is continuing to gain ground.
A speaker contends Socialist Party leaders aim to destroy free enterprise and push for government ownership of private business, citing rising federally owned power projects from 11 in 1933 to 1949 and urging voters to oppose the scheme by contacting Congress. The claim links H Stephen Rauschenbusch to inside jobs for within government.
Carl T. Carlson, chairman of the Student Union Building Fund committee at the University of Rhode Island, reports $580 raised so far with $360 from Bristol, $120 from Barrington, and $100 from Warren as alumni fundraisers push for a Kingston campus student union.
Secret April 6 1949 testimony before the house foreign affairs committee by Maj. Gen. David G Barr claims Chiang Kai-shek staff were incompetent lazy and dishonest noting surrender of Manchurian cities to the Communists and loss of American equipment aiding Red conquest He also contrasts MacArthur Taft Hoover Butler and Truman era politics and cites Beltsville Md research on a droughtproof crop spray under development by federal scientists
The Hydraulicm Company of the fire department schedules a dam bake for Sunday August 5 announced by Oscar Pivin foreman. Defiance Company shifts July meeting to July 11 due to Independence Day. Ever Ready Company reschedules clam bake to August 12 and moves July meeting to July 11. Refreshments July 4 served by John McKenzie Cerryco Roderick and Joseph Almeida.
Two local boys received honors at Moses Brown School commencement in Providence yesterday. Peter Newman Kuinder earned prizes for excellence in French and English and Cum Laude honors, while Halsey Chase Herreshoff won second prize in English.
The text references an honorary science award for exceptional progress and notes prizes including a third prize for an essay on peace and international goodwill. It mentions a head master’s cup for scholarship school spirit and influence and an honorary society Cum Laude designation in junior year.
The study shows Class I railroads boosted investment per employee from 9 561 dollars in 1920 to 21 347 dollars in 1948, reflecting extended modernization and capital spending across the industry.
During the War for Independence handmade ice cream served merchants who catered to Redcoats. By the turn of the 19th century New Orleans shops sourced ice from the upper Mississippi, keeping the product scarce and expensive for the wealthy.
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