Town Council Delivers $334000 Budget Warning
The Phoenix reports a financial town meeting warning for Monday March 18 detailing total appropriations of 334 157 81 with differences to requests nearing 31 000 after reductions for Work Relief revenue and proposed cuts in Fire Police and Public Aid budgets. Recommendations come from Budget Committee chair Frank L Doran.
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The
Phoenix
Highway Department
Public Aid Department
Gotham Novelty Company
New York
New Jersey
Bristol
Frank L. Doran
P T A in Bristol names nominating committee
The Bristol Elementary P T A selects a slate for the May vote with Mary E Spooner as chair and Mrs Harry Town, Mrs Albert Brunell, and Miss Jessie Molasky on the panel. Mrs Earl G Sturdevant announces the State Congress will meet April 23 and 24 in Providence with Bristol delegates.
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Bristol Elementary Parent-Teacher Association
Reynolds School
Mary E. Spooner
Harry Town
Albert Brunell
Jessie Molasky
Earl G Sturdevant
Narragansett Hotel
Providence
Bristol
Frances Antonell
Dorothy
Barbara Moren
Anna
Marguerite Kebrek
Dorothy Antonell
Jasqueline Pettine
Albert Brunelli
Mass Juha C Drury Sums Donor Total To Date
A reader notes a donor entry for Juha C Drury totaling 500 dollars with an aggregate amount of 108 dollars to date. The fragment records a financial tally in a mass collection context.
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Mass Juha
Drury
Rev Leon F Kenney to Preach at Local Baptist Service
Rev Leon F Kenney of Blackstone Massachusetts will preach Sunday night at First Baptist Church as part of a regional Lenten series sponsored by local churches. He is a Bristol native and son of Mrs Leon Kenney, with pastorates in Woodville and Carolina Rhode Island before Blackstone. The service includes Rev Arthur W Burdon, assisted by Rev Herbert D Graetz and Canon Parshles, with soloist R S Bosworth and daughter Nancy, and combined choirs from the three churches.
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Leon F Kenney
Blackston (Mass) Baptist Church
Bristol
First Baptist Church
Mr Kenney
Leon Kenney
High Street
Colt Memorial High School
William Jewell College
Newton Theological Seminary
Woodville
Mass
Carolina, RI
The
Baptist Church
Blackstone
Arthur W. Burdon
Herbert D Graetz
Canon Parshles
Wall
R S Bosworth
Nancy Bosworth
Mount Carmel Study Groups Form Parish Committees
Mount Carmel hosts study groups led by Rev Joseph Sarsanne with Mary Carmone directing the social committee for April. Members include Rose Campaneta Sal vae Pagnane and others. a committee list follows and games are planned after the next business meeting.
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Mitar
Vit Carmel
Joseph Sarsanne
Mary Carmone
Rose Campaneta Salvae
Teconard
Lalla Pasquarell
Beatrice Marlatrente
Viass Gremeviese Marlatrente
Foot Abate Denied Robbery Charges in Bristol Holdup
Bristol police filed two counts against Fortunato Foot Abate for assault with intent to rob and for robbing. He pleaded not guilty and remained held on 5000 dollars bail for assault and without bail for robbery. Abate, linked to a February holdup, was apprehended in Providence and brought to Bristol. Two other suspects remain sought as officers pursued leads across Rhode Island and neighboring states.
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Bristol
Fortunato “Foot" Abate
W . Vincent Sumpter
Fifth District Court
Abate
Gabriel Gogha
Providence
Bristol County
Bristol Factors
Lowell
Mass
House of Correction
Sheaff
Providence County
New York
Superior Court
Warren
Dress Company Expands With New Sewing Machines
Best Made Dress Company completes installation of 20 sewing machines and plans to raise staff from 87 to over 100 within the coming week. Samuel Liesdman, co owner, says most new hires will be machine operators.
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Best Made
Samuel Liesdman
Town to seek state support for sidewalks on Hope Street
Town Council forwards request to the State Board of Public Roads to build sidewalks on both sides of Hope Street from the town bridge to the Warren line citing two nearby schools. Action postponed to consider other town priorities and Fourth of July plans.
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Hope Street
Washington Street
Warren
State Board of Public Roads
Paul A Herzig
John P Marshall
Wood Street
St Michael’s Plans Special Noon Day Services
Rex Anthony and R Parshley announce noon day services with guest preachers for Passion and Holy Weeks. Dates span March 11 to 21 with ministers from Providence Warren Fall River and Auburn. Services run 12 05 to 12 30 PM at St Michael’s Church with Canon Parshley presiding.
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Rex Anthony
R Parshley
St Michael's Church
D J Campbell
Church of the Redeemer
Providence
RB Rasmussen
St Mark's Church
Warren
Harold Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
R H Mercer
St Mary's
East Providence
Lex King Souter
First Congregational Church
Fall River
Rex Dorrance B_lothrop
People’s Baptist Church
Auburn
Canon Parshley
Salvation Army Drive Endorsed By Officials
Officials including Chef of Police Anthony J Ferrara and Town Sergeant Wathanms Po Cashin praised the Salvation Army drive on March 5 1940. They urged citizens to continue support to help the needy and sustain the organization’s relief work in the community.
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Salvation Army
Anthony J Ferrara
Wathanms Po
Salvathon Army
United Boys Visit Swansea Home for Boys
Members of the United Boys Club visited the Stevens Home for Boys in Swansea Massachusetts on Wednesday evening. Movies shown pleased the boys and Troop 1 Boy Scouts of South Swansea performed an exhibition drill that the boys greatly enjoyed. They returned home by 10 30 PM after the buildings were inspected.
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United Boys Club
Stevens
Swansea
Mass
Troop 1
Boy Scouts of
South Swansea
Spring Signs as Robins Appear Near Bristol Highlands
Mrs Claude Frazerdine reports four robins at dawn near her Bristol Highlands home, two light and two dark individuals. Earlier, a robin was seen by mill workers near the Burnside Memorial building statue, chirping atop a bayonet.
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Claude Frazerdine
Seeme
Bristol Highlands
Burnside Memorial
Salvation Army Finance Campaign Falls Short In Bristol
Chairman Robert W. Nelson reports the annual Salvation Army drive near $750 quota with many regular donors not yet sending contributions. Tomorrow Tag Day runs from morning to afternoon under Nelson with Leoland Heady assisting, urging gifts to local treasurer William Wood at Bristol Branch Industrial Trust.
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Salvation Army
Robert W. Nelson
William Wood
Bristol
Industrial Trust Company
Mr Nelson
Leoland
Nelson
Beehler to Speak on National Defense to Bristol DAR Chapter
Beehler, commandant of the Rhode Island Soldiers Home and state director of Soldiers Relief, will address the Bristol DAR Chapter on national defense Monday afternoon at the Chapter House on Franklin Street. The event includes a dressmaking contest by the Girl Makers Club and Girl Scouts Troop Legis with a prize and a display to be sent to the State Conference and possibly to Washington.
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Colonial Beacon OW Company
Hope and
Washington Streets
Department of Public Welfare
Joseph J Marshall
State Street
Mary Brito
Anthony Perry
Thames Street
Police Department
Work Relef Bureau
Salvation Army
PIC
Independent Hall
Wood Street
Isaac Russian
Providence
Bristol
Willan A Beehler
Rhode Island Soldiers’ Home
Soldiers’ Relief
D A R
Franklin Street
National Defense
Roos
Girl Home Makers
Girl Scouts Troop
Legis
Memorial Continental Hall
Washington, DC
Continental Congress
J Ellory Ingraham
Edward G Easterbrooks
Clinton T Sherman
E . Brownell
Frederik G Perkins
Girood Citizen Pilgrim
Edwin A Robertson to Frank A Rounds Land Deal Noted
Town Clerk records show transfer of a parcel with buildings and improvements on the southerly side of Constitution Street from Edwin A Robertson to Frank A Rounds.
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Edwin A Robertson
Frank A Rounds
Constitution Street
Descent into a French camp by German exile Richard Rothschild
Readers learn from TIMP magazine about a French concentration camp where German exile Richard Rothschild and his family were detained for six months. He recalls meager rations, poor sanitation, and crowded, windowless brick buildings with bare floors.
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Germany
Russia
Lave
Timp Magazine
Tere
Richard Rothschild
Famhh
Hitler
Italy
South America
Plight of POW Camp Prison Conditions Reported by Sailors
A sailor recounts primitive sanitation with four outhouses by day and two toilets for 840 men by night, limited water, water pails shared with dust and dogs, and minimal washing facilities. Mail delays, nervous breakdowns, and daily routines are described along with a forced release and theft of belongings aboard a French vessel.
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Leon F. Kenney
Mount Carmel
Peter Growha
Polo Street
Seoung Gogha
John Street
Barrington
Portsmouth
Mount Hope Bridge
Warren-Bristol
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
George Brent
Jeffrey Lyon
Alan Hale
Frank McHugh
Dennis Morgan
Dick Foran
Dick Tracy
G-Men” Newsrefs
Cartoon Sportrefs
Rochelle Hudson
Johnny
Mary Carlisle
Tony Mastin
Rita Hayworth
Faith Fellows
Alan Mowbray
Eric Blore
George ‘Tobias
Andre Kostelanetz
Edgar Bergan
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
Robert Cummings
Constance Moore
Louis Godoy
Paul A. Herzig
Council
Cele
Bration Committee
St. Michael’s
United Boys
Beehler
Shat Fromen
Shere
Marseilles
Orazio
Secret Police
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