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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1933
Page
4
Town voters authorize appropriations totaling fewer than in 1932 with a net $195000 annual spending based on 52 weeks. A. A. Edmonds urges a Town Planning Commission and rehabilitation funding. The town accepts a $140000 plus bequest for a memorial school and adopts a retirement plan for old notes and a $2500 sewer note from Smith street funds.
Renick W. Dunlap, acting U S Secretary of Agriculture, opposes gasoline tax increases and diversions. He argues states must use motor vehicle tax revenues exclusively for roads to justify continued federal highway aid and warns against funds used for nonhighway purposes.
A town meeting passes a resolution to form a five member committee to audit trust fund handling and report at the next financial town meeting. The Budget Commission chair introduces the measure with Amos S. Gorham Wilbur Mason WM O'Donnell and Edward J. Quirk named. A resolution allows the Town Treasurer to sell certain government bonds in Poor Farm funds. Tax assessors are ordered to raise 263000 to 265000 by taxation. A letter from the Andrews estate executor notes a cash payment pending banking improvement and a ten year tax exemption for new industries.
Pastime page previews 1932 film Grand Hotel with Greta Garbo John Barrymore Joan Crawford Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore and others. notes emotional dramas and fates in a star studded weave inviting fans to cinema amid March listings.
Fragmentary OCR passage describes Visptians painting people and scenery in colors. Mentions yellow homes blue water and red skin for men and women with redder men. No clear event or names.
A brief note from the Boston Transcript reports that in Manchuria Aimetrain wolfers must travel armed to deter bandits. The piece captures a recurring wartime sentiment with callers asking for the shooting iron amid security concerns.
The memoir piece recounts an Irish red haired performer’s rise from dance and stage kicks in 1920s musicals to film. She describes early efforts in the Passing Show of 1923 and Music Box revues, turning down tours, joining Nancy and Chicago, then securing a screen lead after meeting Anne Nichols at a Paramount visit.
The report notes about 100 clothing provisions funded by a $200 allotment to assist families in sending children to school. It credits Red Cross and U S Government cloth supplies for easing costs. It details fuel gathered from local farms, rent totaling $3737.71 with tax returns offsetting much, hospital beds aiding about 100 patients, and a yearlong major project of wood cutting on pasture lands for local farmers.
Coming events list several gatherings: March 17 St Patrick's Day Dance by Kearney Ship Sea Scouts at G A R Hall. March 18 Altar Society food sale at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church parish hall. April 3-4 Dramatic Cantata Belshazzar at Guiteras Memorial Junior High auditorium benefitting Rotary Club. April 17 Rotary Frolic. April 24-25 musical comedy Prince Charming by Straight Brothers under the Dorias Club auspices.
Cornell University and a Scotch daily research institute report milk contains phosphorus and calcium plus magnesium potassium iron copper zinc aluminum manganese silicon barium titanium vanadium lithium strontium and rubidium. The study highlights diverse minerals in milk beyond the common nutrients.
The alpha test was a psychological tool used by the United States Army in World War I to assess English speaking and reading capacity of officers and soldiers. It comprises 212 questions answered by underlining and crossing out.
Oxalic acid solution may remove stains from old wood floors. Use one teaspoonful in one cup of hot water. The liquid is poisonous and should be left on the wood overnight. All traces of the acid must be removed.
Bristol Aerie No.953 hosts a large gathering with delegations from Newport Providence Warren and town. Visitors perform vocal solos buck dancing and boxing exhibitions with fighters including Monk the Newsboy and Frank Campbell plus a Navy petty officer. Referee Big Tom Dolan presided and time keeper Jim Little weighed about 300 pounds. Bertram Wall to Greenport Long Island for a few weeks.
Owen Hughes is appointed watchman at the main entrance of the National India Rubber Company's factory replacing Hugh F Kelley who becomes a police officer. Hughes will start duties on April 1.
The Burnside Lodge mock trial on Tuesday convicted Elwin Hills of stealing a razor and sentenced him to a half hour in a barber shop before a trip to Boston. Providence and Lyon Lodges sent visitors and spoke on the order’s good works. An invitation was accepted for a Ladies Auxiliary supper next Tuesday. A Sodality meeting at St Mary’s Church presented Father Fitzpatrick a picture of Christ in the Temple, given by Miss Nora Leahy, with thanks from the pastor.
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