War Relief Knitters Deliver 17 Helmets Fast
The Providence Chapter of the American Red Cross mobilized Bristol volunteers to knit 17 army helmets by 5 pm next day. Seventeen workers, aided by Motor Corps from Bristol, worked through the night, delivering the helmets ahead of the deadline and highlighting local Red Cross efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
American Red Cross
Bristol
Motor Corps
Red Cross
Ber
Homes
Margaret Mowtry
Fred Atkinson
H H. Lawson
Maurice C Smith
Edmund S. Rex
Charles Smith
Clara Diman
Robert E. Lanphear
Gardner West
Harleigh Tingles
Alice B Almy
Mabel Kemph
Herman Kemph
Samuel C Wardwell
Harold C Peckham
Buell M Buckingham, Jr
N G Herresh
Colt Loses Finals To Cumberland 26-22
Colt High basketball team falls to Cumberland 26 to 22 in the Class C championship at the RI Auditorium. Colt led early 7 to 1 but Cumberland edged ahead by half, and the final two minutes saw Cumberland seal the win. Cumberland made six of eight fouls while Colt converted only two of eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt
Cumberland
Colt High
RI Auditorium
Bristol
Sammy del Piano
Jim McKee
Michali
FBI and Police Raid Enemies Homes in Bristol
FBI agents and Bristol police searched 25 to 30 enemy aliens homes Saturday. They seized contraband including short wave radios firearms cameras binoculars and suspicious documents. No arrests were reported and little further detail was released under the Providence FBI office led by Dean Morley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
FBI
Dean Morley
Providence
Dr Martin Speaks on Graphic Art for Bristol D A R
Dr Frederick V. Martin spoke on Graphic Art at the Bristol Chapter D A R meeting on Franklin Street. He offered visual exhibits to illustrate the talk while hostesses and attendees from the Bristol High School Good Citizenship Pilgrim group and local members planned duties for the 48th annual state conference at the Hotel Biltmore Providence with hospitality credentials and dessert bridge details forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick V. Martin
Bristol
Franklin Street
Edward D. Kunz
Howard W. Church
Alfred M. Merriman
John R Edwards
Herbert B. Burnham
Biltmore
Providence
Samuel Hall
Regent
Alice B. Almy
J. Ellery Ingraham
Earl P Mathewson
Charles O F Thompson
Robert F Munro
Mesdames W I. Manchester
Frederick G. Perkins
Clifford
Noon Day Services Planned Across Faiths at St Michael's
St Michael's Church announces a series of noon day services during Passion and Holy Weeks. Canon Parshley lists dates from March 23 to April 2 with participating pastors from First Baptist Providence St James Woon socket St George's Newport Warren Baptist Church St Mary's East Providence Church of the Redeemer Providence First Congregational Fall River Church of the Advent Pawtucket Beneficent Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eo Lanphear
Mabel Salisbury
Howard Ro Newman
Edward D Kunz
Edward P Church
Frances Hoar
Far G Sturdevant
E Ot Brownell
Joseph Kander
Ralph F Kinder
James Wood
Chester Whitman
George W Warren
Ng, Herreshoff
St Michael's Church
Canon Parshley
Augustine McCormick
St James Church
Woonsocket
Harold I. Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
Providence
Nelson
St George's Church
Newport
Raymond L Spocrri
Warren Baptist Church
Robert M Mercer
S . D. St Mary's Church
East Providence
Donald J Campbell
Church of the Redeemer
Lex King Souter
First Congregational Church
Fall River
James M Duncan
Church of the Advent
Pawtucket
Arthur E Wilson
Revelers Arraigned Over Free For All Dance Brawl
John Sousa of Bridgeport William Bowers of Fall River John Almeida of Swansea and Frank Topazio of this town were arraigned in a special session before Judge William T O'Donnell on charges of revelling. All four pled guilty and were fined ten dollars plus costs after a Saturday evening arrest following a dance at the Portuguese Independent Hall on Wood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sousa
Bridgeport
William Bowers
Fall River
John Almeida
Swansea
Frank Topazio
William T O'Donnell
Wood Street
One More Patrolman May Join Regular Police Force
Town Council may approve adding a single patrolman to the regular force after the annual financial town meeting. Chief Ferrara pressed for two, but a temporary addition aims to ease vacation gaps and daily operations tied to Federal detail at the rubber plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Ferrara
Ferrara
US Rubber Company
Wood Street
Scientist to Lecture Tomorrow at Alumnae Hall Pembroke
Dr Robert Cushman Murphy of the American Museum of Natural History will present a free lecture titled By Land and Sea in the Chaco at Alumnae Hall Pembroke College tomorrow at 8:30. The talk, illustrated with motion pictures and slides, is under the Audo don Society of Rhode Island in collaboration with Brown University.
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Robert Cushman Murphy
American Museum of Natural History
Chaco
Alumnae Hall
Pembroke College
Audodon Society of
Rhode Island
Brown University
Murphy
South America
Peru
Panama
Ecuador
Scout District Leaders Meet At Camp King Philip
Bristol County District Boy Scouts met at Camp King Philip on Mount Hope Bay for a spring gathering. Commissioner George R Fish and Arthur H Leidman served lunch, then toured the camp and planned summer activities. District Chairman Wesley A Armstrong presided as committees plotted handicraft courses April 25 26 and June 5 6 7 with Leidman as instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County
Boy Scouts of America
Camp King Philip
Mount Hope Bay
George R Fish
Arthur H. Leidman
Wesley A Armstrong
Camp
King Philip
Leidmar
Mount Hope
Narragansett
Leidman
Carl T Carlson
Carlson
Trinity Chapel Services Schedule
Trinity Chapel holds morning worship at 8 30 am and evening service at 7 30 pm on Thursdays Rev Dr Mercer will preach at the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Chapel
Dr. Mercer
Red Cross War Fund Previous Balance Declined
A historical note records a prior balance of 80 dollars for the Red Cross War Fund and adding one dollar from Gov Winthrop Bradford CAR and another one dollar from a friend yields a total of 82 dollars to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Bradford
Ney
Mount Hope Leaders Meet This Evening
Bristol Girl Scout Council hosts Mount Hope Leaders Association at the Scout House at 745 pm. Miss Claire Richards talks on the Mariner Program after attending Pine Tree Camp training. Mrs Frederick York Jr speaks on Senior Scouts. Arts and Crafts demonstration by Miss Ella Campbell. Members from Barrington, Warren, Newport, Rumford, East Providence, Riverside and Bristol attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Girl Scout Council
Mount Hope Leaders Association
Claire Richards
Bristol Mariner
Vigilant
Mariner
Ella Campbell
Warren
Lucien Landry
Rumford
Mount Hope
Weaving Division Plans Banquet and Dance
Councilman John P Marshall chairs the committee for the First Annual Banquet and Dance by the Weaving Division of Collins and Aikman Corporation. The event is scheduled for March 2 at Artillery Hall with Thomas Fatkin as secretary treasurer and members including Louis Almeida Alice Marasco Michael DeLucco John Reed Joseph King M Gloria Oliver George Ethier Ann Russo Virginia Silva Hazel Ascoli and Eleanor Vollaro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P Marshall
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Artillery Hall
Thomas Fatkin
Louis Almeida
Alice Marasco
Michael DeLucco
John Reed
Joseph King
M Gloria Oliver
George Ethier
Ann Russo
Virginia Silva
Hazel Ascoli
Eleanor Vollaro
Negotiations Continue For Passenger Service Renewal
New Haven Railroad officials favor renewing passenger service on the Bristol Providence line but cite obstacles. They mention lack of a turntable at this end and scarce equipment such as locomotives and cars. State Utilities Administrator Thomas A Kennelly asks for a reply by week’s end on possible renewal steps.
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New Haven
Bristol-Providence
Thomas A Kennelly
Public Utilities
Rum mage sale planned by Mount Hope O E S chapter
Sale committee chaired by Mrs Alona Young lists members Mrs Jeane Marsh Sarah Marshall Elizabeth Gladding Cora Hill Pauline Bullock Ethel Copeland Elizabeth Pettine and Dorothy Angell ex officio. The event is scheduled for Saturday March 21 in the YMCA building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alona Young
Mount Hope
E. S
Jeane Marshall
Sarah Marshall
Elizabeth Gladding
Cora M. Hill
Pauline Bullock
Ethel Copeland
Elizabeth Pettine
Dorothy Angell
Ever Hear of Homer Lea In The Saturday Evening Post
The piece highlights Homer Lea a 1912 death at 36 whose foresight on US Japan conflict and Manila fall forecast impressed readers. It notes Clare Booth’s article in the Post and references Lea’s works Valor of Ignorance and The Day of the Saxon while detailing his advocacy for mobilized modern forces and non isolationist stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Homer Lea
Clare Booth
Japan
United States
Luzon
Manila
the Post
Christian Science Monitor
Homer Sea
Germany
Marshall Stimson
The
Monitor
Lea
Los Angeles
Caesar Napoleon
Lee
China
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Police
Walter Brennan
Walter Huston
Anne Baxter
Freddie Bartholomew
Jimmy Lydon
Bette Davis
the Little Foxes
Herbert Marshall
Teresa Wright
News Reel Cartoon Going Places
Melody Master
Benjamin Blake
Dr. Martin
Bristol, D. A. R
Howard Wo Church
Robert FL Munro
Charles Otten
Dora Kenney
Annie R Dtxon
Carne Dixon
James McKenna
Samuel Wardwell
John Palmer
Maurice Smith
Richard Simmons
Reginald Dimond
Charles Blackmar
Leo Cantwell
Joseph Fekersley
Jo Eller Ingraham
John Brechin
Merriman
H K DeWolf
Jessie MacDougall
Jeon McCaw
Lucille Brown
E S Mapes
Alice Bo Almy
Herbert B Burnham
Albert Flint, Jr
Robert Fo Munro
St. Michael’s
Albert C Thomas
First Baptist Church
Scout
Red Cross War Fund
Shere
Munroe
Europe
Pacific
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