Nut League doubleFeature at Y Gym
The Beechnuts beat the Peanuts 35 32 and the Walnuts defeated the Cocoanuts 37 23 in Nut League action at the Y Gym Friday night. High scorers were H Levy and M Pasquarelli for the Beechnuts, Christy Mederros and Ray Bisbane for the Peanuts, and Flash Ferriera Curley Desilets for the Walnuts with Georgie Sousa and John Mirranda noted for the Cocoanuts. officials were Referee John Marshall Scorer Joe Duponte Timer J Travers. Four eight minute periods.
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Beechnuts
Peanuts
Walnuts
Y Gym
H. Levy
M. Pasquarelli
Christy Mederros
Ray Bisbane
Flash” Ferriera
Curley” Desilets
Georgie Sousa
John Mirranda
John Marshall
Joe Duponte
J Travers
E. Mansi
Reser
S. Masceno
M. Cappucci
Carmone
L. Cabral
Eliete J. Duffy
C. Mederios
Wee
R. Bisbano
Bisbano
O. Desilets
If. A
D. Pasquarelli
Ff Om
T. Mederros
F Ferriera
Biancuzzo
DeCristro
Mello
G. Sousa
Rf J. Mirranda
Rishe
Ascoh
Cardoza
P Magee
Manuel Josephs
Johnson
Viera
C. Brito
J. Geyer
Ja. Menard
W. M’caughy
M. Josephs
A. Cavallaro
F. Oliver
A. Johnson
H. Munro H. Horner
G. Moore
M. Fernandes
G. Dixon
J. Tamburro
H Martin
J. Marshall
M .Phillips Et
Squatrito
D Garcia
Keddy
Ascolia
F. Martinez
Vollaro
Rumors Fly Across Radio TV Biz and Personal Scuttlebutt
A roundup of show business chatter touches Irving Thalberg Norma Shearer Jack Benny and Cherry and mocks TV radio prospects. It notes changes to Chevvystic program April 8 and hints at sales of Yankee Network News Service while lampooning executives and gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Shearer
Jack Benny
Cherry
Yankee Network
Shepards
TY Cphl
Alil Gauwhouse
Du>ton Transcript
West Indies
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Ozzie Nelson
Harnet Hilliard
Colorado
L. B
Wellesley
Mass
Joe
Mars Pickfords
Pickfair
Hollywood
Julius Rosenwald
Sgn
Boston
United States OF America
Eddie Cantor
Little Stevie
Labor meeting in Weybosset to discuss party shift
Providence Central Federation of Labor plans a session at Electricians hall Weybosset street. A coopers local rep cites oak aging for beer while discussions focus on forming a Labor Party and NRA dispute reports from Fallon and Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Central Federation of Labor
Electricians
Weybosset Street
Coopers
Joseph T. Cahir
East Providence
LeRoy King
Newport
American Federation of Labor
Messrs
Fallon and Carroll
NRA
Rhode Island
New England
Doctor Lake case postponed in Pawtucket court
Dr John H Lake Jr 60 of Burton street received a two week continuance in a homicide case over a fatal December operation at a Pawtucket hospital. Bail remained 10000 as he was absent from yesterday's session. A separate civil suit Norato vs Tacovelli awarded Nos 61 plus costs. Tacovelli denial of deeds and discharge of obligations contested by Hammill. Three book accounts continued to March 19 and a civil ejectment default entered in Montagna vs Bailey.
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Lake
John H. Lake, Jr
Burton Street
May Baumgarter
Attleboro
Pawtucket
Lucien Capone
Joseph A. Hammill
Oyster Code Approved Aimed at Oyster Industry Workers
Gen. Hugh Johnson announced approval of a code for the fresh oyster industry, affecting about 55,000 workers. Wages were set at 25 cents per hour on the East coast and 20 cents on the Pacific, with specific regional rates for Olympian oysters and historic opening contests recalled by old Bristol County residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Johnson
East
Pacific
Providence River
Narragansett Bay
Bristol County
Fossil finds trace human origins across continents
Geologists note fossil remains in Europe and Asia about 100000 years old and newer bones in Tanganyika, Africa. Though linked with implements and fauna from the same era, these bones differ from early European Asian types. a jaw found with mastodon teeth shows a chin and crowded teeth akin to modern humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Tanganyika
Africa
Axia
Swift-Sailing Proa Vessel Description
The passage defines a proa as various vessels from sam pan to ka pai, noting western use for swift sailing crafts. It describes a rounded weather-side hull with a flat side from stem to stern, identical stems and sterns, and an outrigger polea hull preventing heeling. The main hull bears the mast rigging and a large triangular sail.
Boa Constrictor Dies After Eating Too Many Birds
A six foot boa constrictor at Balboa Panama Zone entered a bird cage at Balboa Gun Club and devoured many game birds. The reptile became trapped by its own entry hole and died after club members arrived and killed it.
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Balboa
C. Z
Termites Known for Hidden Destruction and Origin
Termites, often called white ants, bore into wooden structures such as houses and fence posts. They feed inside objects until collapse, making damage unseen until it is advanced. Likely introduced from Africa and tropical islands where they occur in large numbers.
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Africa
Tropics
Railroads’ Iron Horse Era Outshines Earlier Expansions
About a century ago the nation witnessed a grand railroad spectacle marking a major transition. The piece lauds the rapid development of railways as more romantic than wind wagons and places the 1880s and 1860s expansions in a wider historical perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Horse
Chlorine Adopted as Bleaching Agent in Scotland 1784
Chlorine was first used as a bleaching agent in Scotland in 1784, marking the origin of its industrial application in whitening textiles and paper. The discovery highlighted chlorine’s strong oxidizing properties that transformed bleaching practices in that era.
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Scotland
Bristol 25 Years Ago March 13 1909 Meeting and Society Notes
Bristol items report a D A R meeting hosted by Mrs A E MacDougall and Mrs B M MacDougall on Franklin street. Papers on Ye Olden Times are read, songs performed, St Mary’s Sunday school rehearses for a Patrick’s night concert at the Bristol Opera House, under Father Downing. Also notes a Southern Ocean voyage by Mr and Mrs Charles B Rockwell and daughters Patty and June Rockwell aboard the SS Oceana. A large baseball enthusiasts meeting in District Court room elects a board of directors and later names James P Mahoney manager with a listed lineup. Ezra Dixon Jr becomes Commercial Club president at a Hotel Belvedere reorganization with officers named.
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Bristol
D A. R
A. E MacDougall
B. M. MacDougall
Franklin Street
H. B Bache
Alice Pitman Weslevy
Providence
St. Mary's
Europe
Bristol Opera House
St. Patrick's
Father Downing
Edward F Christie
Charles B Rockwell
SS. Oceana
Patty
June Rockwell
District Court Room
John F Brides
Cornelius Gallagher
Jefferson F Galvin
Joseph Newbold
John L Conley
Elisha Hibbert
John Tobin
James P Mahoney
Tobin
C. Clark
P. Tucker
van Almkirk
Ss. Ahearn
Navy officer assigned to Naval War College in Newport
Navy Department orders assign Lieut Harold R Stevens to the Naval War College at Newport. He comes from the USS Lexington. Nearly 200 applicants sought the Providence State trooper exam at the Marine Corps Armory on Benefit street. six will be chosen. Former Judge Davis of Westerly received a two year sentence in Washington County Superior Court after pleading none to four charges tied to Seventh Day Adventist fund management.
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Salt Lake City
New England
Navy Department
Harold R Stevens
Naval War College
Newport
USS Lexington
Marine Corps Armory
Benefit Street
Providence
Davis
Westerly
Washington County
Carpenter
Seventh Day Adventist Fund
Rumors Over Rhode Island Democratic Leadership Circulate
Reports in Washington and New York place Eddie Goucher as the national Rhode Island designee to lead the state Democrats while J Howard McGrath may stay as state committee chair. Possible rival Thomas McCoy is tied to Pawtucket and fusion plans emerge in Bristol county and East Providence. James Smith and William Troy purportedly oppose Providence Mayor Dunn as the fall convention looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Howard McGrath
United States
Rhode Island
Democratic State Central Committee
State Committee
Thomas McCoy
Pawtucket
Washington
New York
Eddie Goucher
Dowling
Farley-Roosevelt-Walker
McCoy
Bristol County
Gant Race Schedule Notes and Sunday Exceptions
The fragment lists train and mailing times with notes on Sunday and holiday exceptions. It mentions Gant Race with specific times 7:15 9:45 A Maz and omits Saturday service. Holiday schedules include January 1 and February 22 with altered mail and train times.
Census Nearing Close Aids Housing Plan
The housing census conducted as a Civil Works Administration project under the Commerce Department nears completion. Edward M. Flannagan of Providence Rhode Island, the supervisor, announced the close this week. The census gathered data on business tax delinquency housing conditions and will push Congress toward a large housing program and slum elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Works Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Edward M. Flannagan
Providence
Rhode Island
Flannagan
Congress
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Tepes Pines
Allen
Merchants’ League
Ofyteams
Beechnouts
Namquit Mill League
Bristol Lions
Night Hawks
Merchants
Buster Darling
Dunbar Best
Lions
Senators
All Stars
Paull
McCaughey
Seymour
W. Burke
Bullock
Edmonds - A
Darling
Ingram
Dunbar Li Pe
Vermette
Sawyer
A. Burke
Kenney
Rinaldi
Hawes
Paulloo
Guevremont
Schafft Imbachly
Russell
Remieres
Philip
Ree Ee el
Stevens
Irving Thalbeg
Central Labor Body
W Walling
of the “Iron Horse
Phoenix Files
Providence Fonnet le
Fox Point
Bse
New Ore
N.R
Fulton Street
Buffington’s Drug Store
Hope Street
Maisano’s
Wood
Bristol, Br.il
NEW England Steamship Lines
John C. Trudell
Second St
Pocahantas
Alan M. Poole
State Street
Bristol, R. L
Telephone
Emanuel Iacoletti
Tel
Tel. West
R. I
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
E. W. Weaver
High Street
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Lanzire’s. Express
Frank Lanzire
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
BH. i. Watson Coo., Inc
R. L
G. E. Garvin
Richmtond St
Thames St
Suzman’s
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