First Bristol Troop Scouts Host Spring Frolic Scavenger Hunt
The First Bristol Troop of Boy Scouts staged a rain soaked scavenger hunt as part of the Spring Frolic. Flying Horse patrol led by Richard Belmore won with 61 points after completing a list in 30 minutes. Flaming Arrow, Black Hawks followed. other patrols failed to finish within 30 minutes.
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Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Flying Horse Patrol
Richard Belmore
Campbells
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Black Hawks
Arrows
Michael Rich
Carmine Langello
Raymond A Morris
John Silvester
Frank Deluca
Peter Quito
Yangoo
Guiteras Club Donates to Naval Library
Members of the Guiteras Memorial Junior High Library Club voted Friday to send two dollars and fifty cents to the Library at Quonset Naval Air Station in Rhode Island. The gift funds a popular book for the station library while Germaine Normandin and Josephine Vitello gave reviews. Jeanne Morenin presided in Marion Maisano's absence.
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Guiteras Memorial Junior High School Library Club
Quonset Naval Air Station
Quonset, R.I
Germaine Normandin
Josephine Vitello
Funeral Services for John Biancuzzo
Funeral services for John Biancuzzo 61 were held this morning from his 634 Wood Street home. Rev. Emilio Donanzan celebrated a requiem mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Born in Messina Sicily February 5 1883 he lived here 35 years and is survived by five sons Natala Julio Martin Domenic and Michael and two daughters Frances and Mary. Burial followed at St Marys Cemetery.
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John Biancuzzo
Wood Street
Emilio Donanzan
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Biancuzzo
Messina
Sicily
Natala
Frances Biancuzzo
Pasqua
Natale Ferrara
Natale Calderiso
Boston
Joseph Calderiso
Antonio Sabella
New York
St Mary’s Cemetery
Ration Schedule Updates March 26 to April 1
The notice outlines extended validity and point values for red and blue ration stamps and tokens, sugar stamps, shoe stamps, fuel oil coupons, gasoline stamps, and tire inspection deadlines. It lists specific stamp series by book and type with dates good through and eligibility details for home canning and other essentials.
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Benning
Army Answers on Government Insurance Beneficiaries
Question from Mrs A D C Hopkinton asks who may be named as beneficiary for government insurance. Answer: a soldier may designate only his wife child parent brother or sister as beneficiary, any one of them.
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Scout Hall
Puzzis Pharimacs
Hope Street
Awashonks Herd
Entnes
King Walter Machado
Grant Hirens
Edmund Oliver
Manuel Torres Jr
Hopkinton
Mass
Navy Enlistments With Local Entered March Dates
Andrew Edward Miles of 78 High Street, John Ralph Bernardo Jr of 342 High Street, and George Victor Almeida of 14 Doran Avenue were sworn into the U S Navy on March 20 23 and 24 respectively.
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Andrew Edward Miles
78 High Street
U. S. Navy
John Ralph Bernardo, Jr
High Street
Navy
George Victor Almeida
Doran Avenue
Mustering out pay eligibility for blue discharge veterans
A reader asks if a veteran with a blue discharge can receive mustering out pay. The answer states no, only those with an honorable discharge qualify for muster out pay.
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Woonsocket, R. I
Family allowance and allotment continue during husband’s POW status
Mrs A A Portland Maine asks what happens to family allowance and allotment when her husband is a prisoner of war in Germany. The reply confirms that the family allowance and allotment will continue while the husband remains a prisoner.
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Germany
A. A. Portland
Adjutant General Restricts Requests for Servicemen Information
In Dorchester Mass a reader asks to contact Washington about a boyfriend overseas. The Adjutant General says about 1000 such inquiries come daily and that henceforth only parents and immediate relatives of servicemen will be given information.
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Washington
Moe C. Dorchester
Mass
QOFT Seeks WAC Service From Bellows Falls VT
At MOA Bellows Falls Vermont a girl may request assignment to her home Service Command under new WAC recruiting rules. She may also choose to work in weather or in the Air Force Ground Force or Service Forces.
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Qoft
WAC
Ain
New England
MOA
Bellows Falls
Son earns second lieutenant rank and pay details
A letter from Hyannis Mass notes a new second lieutenant with $150 monthly base pay. Unmarried soldiers receive $21 monthly subsistence. married soldiers receive $42 monthly subsistence and $60 monthly rental allowance if government housing is unavailable.
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B . S, Hyannis, Mass
A Plan for a Simpler Tax System
The author argues for replacing the income tax with a broad sales tax to simplify taxation, cut auditing needs, and reduce waste. They favor taxing the average worker more as a wartime policy, noting the 1944 form's complexity and the potential to free manpower for essential efforts.
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America
Uncle Sam
C. P.A
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Andy Dunbar
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Naval Library
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Marion Maisano
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Usher Avenue
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Tokio
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Fall River
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TEL
Burton ST
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Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
L. Watson Co., Inc
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Salvador Nunes
Mt. Hope‘Ave
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
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RAL
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Van’s Variety Store
Wood Street Bag
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Main St. Warren
Constitution
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Bristol District Nursing Association
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