10 Mar 1936
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1936
Page
1
Budget Committee Chairman Frank T. Doran outlines the police pension fund issues in a prepared statement. He warns of dangers when funds are tapped and suggests thorough study before recommendations, detailing potential drains and possible insurance-based retirement plans.
State WPA Operations head urges Bristol to fund and manage the rebuilding of the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co station on Thames Street without WPA involvement. Firemen propose using local funds to hire skilled labor, but the move faces approval uncertainty and planned council review.
Bristol Council No 379 plans an open meeting on State street to inaugurate an intensive membership drive. Local and out of town speakers will attend led by Grand Knight John Greene Jr of Newport and District Deputy Vincent McNamara of Everside with James A. McKenna chairing.
In Bristol the morning vote for the Constitutional Convention referendum was light with about 764 ballots cast in the First and Second Representative Districts by 1 15 pm. Women accounted for 204 voters, first voters included Mrs Eva W Hazeldine and Mrs Anna D Truedell, while Jake Brown and Mich ael Sicignano were first to vote in their districts. Leaders expect higher turnout in afternoon and evening as GOP and Democratic volunteers coordinate transport and polling efforts.
St Mary parochial school pupils present a two act operetta Polly with Irish music jigs and novelty dances. The March 16 performance at the church auditorium in St Patrick’s observance is directed by the Sisters of Mercy with Miss Regina Farley and Miss Helena C Quinn supervising the final act. Cast includes Florence Owen Margaret Green William Cashin Richard Belmore Katherine LaFazia Norman Belmore Roland Martelly Geraldine Garvin Irene Head Kathleen Conlon Anne Jamiel Dorothy Lewis William Rohrman Donald King Edward Dion with Beatrice Vermette Irish jigs William Bottomley F O Brien vocal duet Phyllis Morris and Shirley Flynn tap dances.
Bristol Train of Artillery Entertainment Association sponsors an old folk concert on April 19 at Guiteras Memorial Junior High auditorium. Mrs Lewise Capone chairs the committee with helpers Miss Helen Church Henry Serbst Jr Mrs William G Dixon Miss Minnie Goglio and Vincent Campaglia. Guest artists from Providence and nearby areas join local talent.
Chairman Donald Gladue recommends dismissing Barrows as consulting engineer to the Bristol Sewer Commission after the disaster at the sewage disposal plant. He faulted Barrows and colleague Gasper for the explosion on Feb 13 and notes inferior basement equipment and uninstalled Pacific Tank Co. specifications.
Robert L. Ripley, creator of Believe It or Not, cannot travel in Soviet Russia permission denied after his return to the United States. He criticizes conditions seen there while a leading Communist Party figure speaks on U.S. radio, highlighting a contrast between democracy and dictatorship.
Ripley blames visa refusal on a radio broadcast of a speech made after a prior trip to Russia. He says the Soviet government will not tolerate truthful reporting and that Soviet propaganda enters the U.S. to undermine the American government, as published in Hearst papers.
The speaker cites a 1943 speech alleging 4 000 000 famine deaths among peasants and argues that exiling Communists to Russia would be the ultimate punishment. He claims Soviet life shows the Communist Paradise and criticizes Communist appeals to American unemployment.
The excerpt argues that in Russia every person is a prisoner of the state, with no unemployment yet no freedom. It claims the worker lacks choice in labor, residence, pay, religion, home life, privacy, or speech, warning that dissent would lead to death or exile.
An Assistant U S District Attorney in Thornton Rhode Island criticized critics who denigrate the Constitution. He asserted that Italy and Rome prosper without a written constitution and warned against illusion that life depends on one.
The speaker argues that criticism of other nations is not our role but notes a hypothetical visit to Italy. He warns that without a constitutional guarantee of personal liberty and free speech, a public demand for changes would lead to arrest. Most favor a constitution protecting personal freedoms.
A report recalls guides at Rockefeller Center aiding visually impaired guests to experience radio performance by interpreting voices. Celebrities present were not recognized by most attendees, except one former blind woman who identified them by voice alone.
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