Sousa Earns Seven Battle Stars With 310th B 25 Group
Technical Sgt. Alfred E. Sousa of Bristol Alabama serves as a B 25 crew chief with the 310th Bomb Group in Italy. He attends Army Information and Education classes in mathematics as the 12th Air Force presses the northern Italian campaign and supports the Fifth and Eighth Armies. Sousa has worn seven battle stars on his European Middle East African theater ribbon since October 1942. His mother, Mrs Rose M Sousa, resides at 53 Charles Street.
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Italy
Alfred E. Sousa
Bristol
A. L
Army
Sousa
310Th
12Th Air Force
The
Brenner Pass
Sergeant Sousa
Rose M. Sousa
Charles Street
Corporal Manuel Medeiros at Redistribution Station
Corporal Manuel T Medeiros son of Mrs Mary Medeiros of Bristol Rhode Island is at the Redistribution Station Camp Butner North Carolina for two weeks before new assignment. He returned to the United States after 28 months in the Asiatic Pacific theater where he served as an automatic refrigeration technician with a QM unit. He holds the Good Conduct ribbon and the Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operations ribbon with one battle star. Returning veterans are processed with physicals tests interviews GI Bill information and a chance to rest and socialize before final duty postings.
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Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Camp Butner
N. C
Manuel T. Medeiros
Mary Medeiros
Usher Avenue
Bristol
R. I
Perry Plat
United States
Medeiros
Armed Forces
Sale of War Stamps Honors Local Servicemen
The Hope Drug listing honors local service members by purchasing five dollar War Stamps. Names include John F Azzarone USN aboard USS Armadillo, Tech. Sgt Anthony DiPiero USA, Edward F Trainor USN, Arthur Barboza USN, Manuel E Bento USA, Norman Lambert, Flo Domenic S. Marabello USN, John C Sousa Jr USA Inf. and others at various bases and APO/FPO addresses.
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Charles A. Richards
Hope Drug
John F Azzarone
Cox
USN
Armadillo
Tech
Anthony DiPiero
USA Cannon Co
APO 26
N. L
Arthur Barboza
Uss Anthedon
Manuel E. Bento
USA Ordnance L. M. Co
Camp Butner
Norman Lambert
Aviation Engineers
APO
New York
N. Y
Flo
Domenic S. Marabello
U. S. Navy
John C. Sousa Jr
USA Inf
San Francisco
Calif
Estate Notice of Property Listings and Dwellings for Sale
To Settle Estate offers a desirable house on Hope Street 125 by 150 feet priced at 1250 dollars. Also 6 4/10 acres cultivated land on Broad Common Road at 300 dollars per acre totaling 1600 dollars. Applicants sought for one two three family and year round and summer properties nationwide.
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Hope Street
Broad One Road
Broad Common Road
ICC Misinterpreted Decisions On Rail Freight
The ICC claim of a railroad Magna Charta is disputed as misread. The decision affects mostly commodity ratings and class rates only modestly, offering little lasting advantage to the South or business interests.
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ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
West
South and West
United States
Middle West
Far West
Rockwell to Speak at Rotary Meeting on War Time Washington
Charles B. Rockwell former head of the Wool Division of the War Production Board will address the Rotary Club tomorrow noon on War time Activities In Washington. The Rotary Efficiency Medal will be presented to a Guiteras Memorial Junior High graduate, an annual club award since 1933.
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Charles B. Rockwell
War Production Board
Washington
Rotary Club
Guiteras Memorial Junior High
Hawkes Bosworth Wedding At St Michael Church
Miss Nancy Dimond Bosworth daughter of Mr and Mrs Roswell S Bosworth of 1172 Hope Street and Russell C Hawkes son of Enos R Hawkes of Hadley Mass were married at St Michaels Church The Rev Anthony R Parshley officiated with Rev Irving A Evans assisting The couple will attend Brown University in the fall The bride wore a white marquisette gown with a cathedral train and carried gardenias The groom is a Staff Sergeant with the Army Air Forces and a recipient of multiple ribbons including the Presidential unit citation and Asiatic Pacific with six stars
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Nancy Dimond Bosworth
Roswell S. Bosworth
Hope Street
Russell C Hawkes
Enos R. Hawkes
Hadley
Mass
Hawkes
St. Michael's Church
Anthony R. Parshley
Irving A. Evans
St Andrews School
Barrington
June A. Miller
Warren
John North
USAAF
Pawtucket
Enzina DeRobbio
Providence
Pembroke
Dawning
Frank A. Rounds
Miss Miller
Albert O. Earle
Henry E Fowler
Edward Welch
Curtis F. Willams
Noel Freeman
Canadian Armored Corps
Top Hill
New Hampshire
Miss Bosworth
Pembroke College
Bristol Phoenix
St. Andrews School
Armed Forces
Army Air Forces
Pacific
Brown University
Congregational Church Hosts Children's Day Program
The First Congregational Church kindergarten and primary department held its annual Children's Day program Sunday afternoon in DeWolf Memorial Chapel. Thirty five children participated as the church school year closed. Superintendent Mrs Walter T Remieres coordinated the event with pianists Miss Constance Briggs and Miss Sally Mapes providing music.
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First Congregational Church
DeWolf Memorial Chapel
Walter T Remieres
Constance Briggs
Sally Mapes
Regulations For Numbering Of Motorboats War Era Rules
During the war and six months after, undocumented motor vessels on U S waters must display a left to right horizontal number on each side near the bow. Numbers must contrast with hull color and align with the waterline with minimum height requirements. On Atlantic Coast Gulf Coast Great Lakes inland waters and Red River the height is at least three inches per the 1918 act as amended.
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United States
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Red River
North
Bristol Readers Choose Magazines Over Pocket Books
In Bristol Rhode Island readers favor magazines and newspapers over books from Pocket Books. The article notes limited local bookshops and a single public library with strong magazine sales, listing monthly Pocket Book sales and local distributors while highlighting a cultural bias toward periodicals over books.
St Elizabeths Seniors Trip Up Holy Angels 15 to 1
St Elizabeths Seniors won their fifth game of the season 15 to 1. Bobby Cabral pitched a no hit no run game through eight innings and batted three for four with three singles. A Holy Angels player drove in the lone run. Rev Father Rocha hosted refreshments after the game.
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St. Elizabeth's
Bobby Cabral
Pruze
Holy Angels
Cabral
Joseph Silvia
St. Elizabeth's Church
Father Rocha
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