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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1935
Page
3
E-stol Aerie No. 953 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold the first in a series of whist parties Thursday evening at their Wood street hall. Funds will support the aeries representation at the state convention in Central Falls on July 15 and 16. Manuel S. Phillips chairs the Whist Committee.
The Portuguese-American Women's Civic League held a Friday whist night hosted by Mrs Anthony Paiva at 609 Wood Street. Four tables competed and prizes went to Mrs Lucy Machado, Mrs Margaret Viera, and Miss Frances Marshall with Miss Irene Souza.
Walter Sullivan pitched shutout ball and fanned 15 as the Jackson Club of Warwick Downs beat the Portuguese A A 7 to 1 at Clara Andrews Memorial Field. Bill Butler drove in three runs and homered, while Hut Correira struck out 12 for the Portuguese. Vick Gallagher and Frankie Sousa helped with the bats for Warwick Downs and Portugal respectively. The game supported the 4th July Fund.
In Paramount's Private Worlds Claudette Colbert stars as a woman psychiatrist who confronts love while a hospital for the insane serves as the backdrop. Charles Boyer and Joel McCrea play colleagues tangled by jealousy and mistrust as a riot and near tragedy test loyalties and reveal hidden passions.
A reader's column condemns Hans Fallada's The World Outside as vulgar and harmful, arguing the novel portrays German prisons with brutal discipline and demoralization. It contends the work lacks educational value, questions penology, and contrasts with American ideas, noting praise from German critics but limited impact here.
Mortgagee will sell at public auction May 17 1935 at 2:00 P M on premises described as Broad Common Farm Bristol RI and adjoining Lot No 2 Plat 94 containing 66 acres path and parcel two with 53 acres more or less on Middle Road Bristol and bounded by local land records. Sale subject to taxes by order of the mortgagee attorney William R Phrry Bristol RI.
The Providence Warren and Bristol Branch of the New York Hartford Railroad reports rising patronage after a rate cut from six to five cents. Twelve daily round trips are planned for a six month trial with possible future expansion if demand grows. New steel cars replace over thirty year old wooden ones.
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