Workers list for local Red Cross drive incomplete
John D. Moore, chairman, reports a partial list of workers for the local Red Cross drive with team captains named. By weekend, a full list is expected. volunteers are assigned to teams as they come in, and several teams remain short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Moore
Red Cross Drive
Mmes
J. H. Hennessey
Charles B. Cole
James Sisson
Manuel de Motta
Lee Ann Riley
Civilians to learn radiological monitoring in Providence
Twelve persons join Lt Col Paul T. Martin U S Army ret to take monitoring instruction at the Armory of Mounted Commands 1051 North Main Providence. Classes run Fridays 7 30 March 16 with ten sessions of 90 to 120 minutes. Two lectures on civilian defense scheduled at the American Legion Home March 9 and March 23 with speakers John B Gegan and Fred W King of Navy Department Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul T. Martin
U.S. Army
Armory of Mounted Commands
North Main Street
Providence
Col. Martin
American Legion
John B. Gegan
State Council For Civil Defense
Fred W King
Navy Department
Newport
Little League Officials Pick Managers and Uniforms
King Philip Little League named team managers at a Friday YMCA meeting. Collins & Aikman led by Anthony Pereira wear light gray uniforms with blue stripes and navy caps. Lobster Pot led by James Salzano use gray uniforms and navy caps. A. Brunelli Plumbing and Heating Inc. with Joseph Sylvia manages light tan uniforms and maroon caps. Wardwell Lumber Co. with Marty Biancuzzo uses gray uniforms with a darker stripe and royal blue caps. Uniforms cost 1500 total for 48 pieces. 12 full sets per team ordered, each team 18 players. sneakers required, no spikes. league will register with Waithamsport. farm teams to wear white duck trousers and T shirts.
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King Philip Little League
YMCA
Collins & Aikman
Anthony Pereira
James Salzano
A. Brunelli Plumbing and Heating, Inc
Joseph Kelly Sylvia
Wardwell Lumber Company
Martin R
Marty) Biancuzzo
Collins & Aukman
Waithamsport
Pigeon
Six Navy Sailors Hurt in Ferry Road Car Crash Sunday
At 11 05 p m Sunday two cars on Ferry Road near Griswold Avenue collided injuring six people. Gerry Allen Sexton 21 suffered head contusions and others received facial cuts lacerations and bruises. John Fitzgerald 27 aboard a ship at Newport sustained possible upper jaw fracture. The other occupants Margery Gilmore 21 Richard Evanow Joan Evanow 19 and Lawrence Mansetto 24 also sustained minor injuries.
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U. S. Navy
Ferry Road
Gerry Allen Sexton
Griswold Avenue
Griswold
John Fitzgerald
Newport
Fitzgerald
Sexton
Margery Gilmore
Westerly
Richard Evanow
Lawrence Manseto
Injunction Remains Over Spot Zoning Gas Station Plan
The injunction against Salvatore DeRoco and Frank J Carmone to stop a gas station at Hope and Wood streets stays in force after a Friday hearing before Superior Court Justice George A Walsh. Frank Martin for the respondents seeks dissolution but the motion was denied as the case moves to answer the amended bill filed by William M Mackenzie for the complainants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope and
Wood Streets
Salvatore DeRoco
Frank J Carmone
Superior Court
George A. Walsh
Frank Martin
DeRoco
Carmone
William M. MacKenzie
Pawtucket
Harold Andrew
Martin
MacKenzie
Dairy Truck Strikes Tree Injuring Driver in Warren
Joseph R. Cabral 34 driving a dairy truck for Buttonwood Dairy lost control on Hope Street in Warren Sunday night at 10 25 p m and crashed into a tree. He suffered head injuries and was treated by a passing motorist at a Warren physician’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Cabral
Buttonwood Dairy
Warren
Hope Street
Hope
Fort Hull
Navy base on Prudence Island to be reopened
The U S Navy plans to reopen the Prudence Island base next month assigning 40 personnel to the south end of the island. Former wartime activity drew hundreds of sailors, with local impact seen in Bristol as the YMCA operated a dormitory for servicemen. Officials offered no formal comment while noting the base is being looked over and a new mainland telephone link to Bristol is slated to begin June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Navy
Prudence Island
Navy
Bristol
Library Reports Circulation Gain Despite TV Lure
The Rogers Free Library reports 1950 circulation at 29,979, up from 29,645 in 1949. Miss Esther J. Osterberg notes adults still read after TV allure, while juvenile circulation rises, with interest in arts and crafts and new books added. Two Italian books were gifted, and the library total nears two million lifetime circulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Free Library
Esther J. Osterberg
Chistopher Columbus Lodge
Order of Sons of Italy
Pease Opposes Six Family Zoning on Homestead Avenue
Wellington Pease opposed the Ralph M De Leo Construction Company petition to erect a six family ranchouse on Homestead avenue near Bliven avenue. The zoning board chairman said the request would require a zoning district change beyond board authority, prompting withdrawal of the petition. Pease said he bought land in the area under the understanding of no such housing and urged caution in development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Pease
Homestead Avenue
Zoning Board
Ralph M. de Leo
de- Leo
Elmer E. Angell
Phoenix
Bliven Avenue
Many Harbingers Indicate Spring Here
George Fish, a local observer, declares spring is here with early crocuses and blooming willows. He notes ospreys will arrive at varying times, disputing the belief they come on the same day yearly. Joe Almeida reported the first robin two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fish
George Gays
George
Euclid Demars
Joe Almeida
Little Orphan Annie Fans Endure While Annie Stays The Same
The piece notes that fans of Little Orphan Annie remain numerous as the character and creator Harold Gray age. It recalls Gray's Chicago Tribune work on The Gumps and his habit of roaming the streets with other newspaper staff. He met a precocious street child who inspired Annie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Legion
Harold Gray
The
Chicago Tribune
Sid Smith
Tribune
Chicago
Gamin
Orphan Annie Creator Harold Gray Aims For Realistic Gentle Heroine
In a profile of Harold Gray, the creator explains choosing Annie as an orphan to grant freedom and avoids violence, seeking life-like stories. He travels with his wife, gathers impressions from reporters, and aims for objective, truthful storytelling with morally varied characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Annie
Joseph M. Patterson
New York Day News
Philip Schuyler
Anniie
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Sadie Cabral
Rita Murgo
Marie Castigliego
Ethel August
Gilbert C Hoover
Frank Brown, JR
Frank Murphy
Murphy
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John Burke
Ralph W. Pigeon
Vincent J. Santo
T Roger W Pigeon
Esther Williams
Howard Keel Coler
Technicolor
Marjorie Main, James Whitmore
Mrs. O'Malley
Mr. Malone
Richard Coler
Seneca
Mars
Robert Hutton
Steve Brodie
James Edwards
Gene Evans
Marshall Thompson
Virginia Field
Andrea King
Complatsiarus
Navy Base
Osterberg
Wallis E. Howe
Othr
D F. Hodgdon
Howard Rowman
Herbert B. Burnham, Jr
Pease
Homestead Ave
Orphan Annie
Max Annenburg
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