Bristol Red Cross War Fund Drive Hits $9700 Goal Urgency Grows
Dr John R Bernardo, Bristol Red Cross chair, urges all locals to meet the $9700 quota as only $2449.50 has been raised amid house to house canvassing. Volunteers including Miss Joan Doyle and Miss Priscilla Brelsford join efforts. a Hope Street display showcases sewing and knitting for production.
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Bristol
John R. Bernardo
Red Cross
Miord
Réd’ Cross
Mittee
Bernardo
American Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
Mary St Angelo
A R. Parshley
Clinton T. Sherman
Bristol Fortnightly Club
Grace F. C. Kinder
Frank H. Buffington
Elizabeth D. Church
Mary G Lawless
Ernest W. Weaver
Edward E Bunn
Buffington
Misses Skinner
William T O'Donnell
W. A. Armstrong
Edward Claw
Mervyn Claw
J. Winthrop DeWolf
R. E. Lamson
J H. Tucker
Harold DeWolf
E. S. Mapes
Joan Doyle
Priscilla Brelsford
Malcolm Clark
Thomas Wright
Albert Battcher, Jr
A. L. Johnston
Hope Street
Ferris
Paull House
Eleanor Almeida
Margaret Nerone
Jacqueline D'Amico
Margaret Guevremont
Richard Miranda
Gaetano Amdette
Arthur Topazio
Miss Nerone
Mpts
Church Services Scheduled For Week
Catholic churches announce a week of services led by Rev Norman Te Bouef at St Marys Church and Rev Silvino Raposa at St Elizabeths Church The schedule includes the second sermon in a five part series at 730 pm and a Friday novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel with a peace prayer also at 730 pm The Stations of the Cross are set for children Wednesday and on Friday evenings during Lent
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Tenton
Norman Te Bouef
Our Lady of Providence Seminary
Warwick
St Mary's Church
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Ino
Neace
Silvino Raposa
Providence
St Elizabeth's Church
Father Raposa
Job Clinic To Be Continued This Week In Bristol
The U S Employment Service of the War Manpower Commission announces a Job Clinic on Thursday March 25 from 6 30 to 8 p m on the second floor of the Bristol Post Office building. Defense plants need hundreds of workers and offer on the job training. Representatives of defense employers will explain available positions. Also clinics are scheduled at the Warren Quince on 8 Church Street on Wednesday and Thursday evenings 6 30 to 9 p m.
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U. S. Employment Service of the
War Manpower Commission
Bristol
Army of Production
Warren Quince
Church Street
Overlap Period For Ration Stamps
Consumers may use both first period and second period stamps during March 25 to March 31. After March 31 stamps Bo and C expire while D F I remain valid through April 30. Use high value stamps first to avoid needing change when buying items like a 16 point can of peas.
More Launchings At Herreshoff Yards
Several boats were launched at Herreshoff yards with sponsors from notable families. The BPT 13 slid into the water at 4 p.m. sponsored by Mrs Clarence W Dow of Weymouth, Mass. APC 92 followed, with Mrs Thomas Hayes as sponsor. On March 12, APC 85 was launched with Mrs Stephen W Hopkins sponsor. Hopkins is an electrical inspector in the US Navy.
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Herreshoff
Clarence W Dow
Weymouth
Mass
C W Dow
US Navy
Thomas Hayes
Stephen W Heapkins
Herreshoff's
Hopkkins
Flannery to Speak at Knights of Columbus Meeting
Francis X Flannery deputy administrator of the Rhode Island War Savings Staff will address Knights of Columbus on State street tomorrow evening. He will open the War Bond drive and speak at 8 o clock. Moving pictures on the War will follow. Grand Knight Augustine B Nerone will preside.
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Francis X Flannery
Rhode Island War Savings Staff
Knights of Columbus
State Street
Flannery
Augustine B -Nerone
Ration Board Headquarters Entered in Break-In
The Price and Ration Board HQ in the Paull House at 802 Hope Street was broken into Friday night. Entry was gained by smashing a window and several steel filing cabinets were opened. Nothing was removed. Police report says the case is under investigation.
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Price and Ration Board
Paull House
Hope Street
Victory Garden Chairman Tells How to Get Started
Ian M. Walker newly heads the Victory Garden Division of the Bristol Council of Defense and urges early prep. He outlines goals, notes food shortages, and gives practical steps for starting a 30 by 50 foot plot, including land selection, soil care, and fertilizer use.
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Victory Garden
Ian M. Walker
Bristol Council of Defense
Walker
Phoenix
America
Sears
Hamburg
Washington
Second Front Lecture by Col Furlong at YMCA
Col C W Furlong discusses The Second Front at the YMCA this evening at 8 o clock. It is the final lecture in the series and tickets will be sold at the door for 55 cents per person per ticket.
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Col C W Furlong
YMCA
F Reginald Dimond
Mount Hope Leaders Meet in Riverside
The Mount Hope Leaders Association will meet Thursday at 7 30 pm at the Riverside Scout House on Willet Avenue. Miss Kit Hammer of the National staff in New York and Miss Yo Delys Camp Hoffman Director will be guest speakers. Council members and Scout Leaders are invited to attend this important meeting.
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Mount Hope
Victory Dinner Postponed Due to Food Shortage
The Victory Dinner for Town Council members and other successful election candidates has been postponed to a later date because of a food shortage, announced by Joseph J Marshall, chairman of arrangements.
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Joseph J Marshall
Bristol Fire Company inauthentic door to door magazine seller
Fire Chief Moses Moore warns residents that a man selling magazines under Bristol Fire Company name acted without authorization from the fire company.
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Moses Moore
Bristol Fire Company
Coast Guard offers to match War Bond purchases
Amun Jamiel of the US Coast Guard vows to match stamp and war bond buys at the Ship's Store in Providence Barracks. He pledges to buy the same amount if the store sells ten thousand dollars worth, urging patriotism and prudent government investment. Jamiel, son of Albert Jamiel of the Warren War Savings Committee, was active in bonds before enlisting.
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Amun Jamiel
US Coast Guard
Providence Barracks
The
Compass
Coast Guard
Jamiel
Albert Jamiel
Warren War Savings Committee
Senate Approves Hall Retirement as Brigadier General
The Rhode Island State Senate unanimously passes a bill by Senator Coggeshall to place Colonel Samuel A. Hall on the retired list of National Guard officers with the rank of Brigadier General The measure goes to the House for approval Hall enlisted in 1903 and rose to colonel in 1929 He is currently Adjutant at the Soldiers Home.
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State Senate
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Rhode Island National Guard
Samuel A. Hall
State House of Representatives
Col. Hall
R. S. Cavalry
National Guard
Soldiers Home
RAF Stirling crew’s harrowing escape over Germany
Pilot Raoul Jenner recounts a September raid over Düsseldorf in which engine failures and heavy flak forced a crash landing at sea. Despite losses, skipper Paddy Trench kept the aircraft aloft, enabling a daring bailout and rescue of trapped crew members, with two fatalities and a later George Medal awarded.
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Germany
Raoul Jenner
RAF
Canada
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the Traitor Within
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Patricia Dane
Wm. Lundigan
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Herreshoff Yards
Francis A. Flannery
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Col. Furlong
Mt. Hope
Riverside
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Dusseldorf
Paddy Trench
Selman
Paddy
Channel
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Spud” Mallett
Fred Thorpe
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Thorpe
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