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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
3
Finish planting early crops and set potatoes by May 20. Start tender crops such as cucumbers eggplants muskmelons peppers squash tomatoes and watermelons. Use Victory Garden fertilizer mixed with water and apply per plant. Protect windward tender plants with a shield and cover if frost threatens. Keep asparagus harvested and weed with shallow cultivation.
A 4F government lab worker returns home with shale samples and a dream of funding a local postwar mine. His rich uncle eyes a $100,000 stake but tax barriers curb hopes, highlighting how high levies deter investment and risk jobs. Investments drive industry and employment, yet taxation may spoil the outlook.
A wartime public notice urges farmers to buy War Bonds and hold them to support the war effort and curb inflation. It argues the war will last years, urges sacrifice, and says Bond purchases benefit both the country and farmers by providing funding and stable returns until maturity.
Multiple records show transfers and plots on Wood Street The Narrows King Philip Avenue Bristol Narrows and Bay View Avenue. Transfers include Sarah V G Peck to Sarafine Da Ponte and Georgiana DaPonte and Chester T Carpenter to Anthony Maciel along with estates administered by E Frances McIver and John M Terra to co heirs.
Bristol Probate Court session under Judge Benjamin Flindemuth grants various estates appointments and inventories. Actions include Natala W Biancuzzo as administrator with a $1000 bond, guardian sales for Anna F Case minor, Thomas Tobin as administrator with $3000 bond, exchanges for Gertrude Peck stock, and appointing Silvia Alter as administratrix with $1000 bond. Also approvals for inventories and hearings on administrator claims. Robert W Nelson to examine administrator claim by June.
The article notes helicopter research accelerated by war, with Bell Aircraft Corporation’s two blade rotor design to improve stability and control. Arthur M. Young led development after 15 years of research, aiming for commercial as well as military uses postwar.
Five dollar War Stamps purchases honoring local servicemen are recorded for permanent town records. Listed are S2ec Ralph Marasco USNR Stillwater Oklahoma ARM, Pvt Leonard A Waitt Atlantic Area, Pvt Carleton R Mott USA Fort Dix New Jersey, S2c Edward M Kavanagh Jr USN Naval Training Station Sampson New York, S2c Frederick A Corvaturo USN Naval Training Station Sampson NY, S2c DaVinci L DeLuca USN Naval Training Station Sampson NY, Pvt Edmund Cardoza USA European Area.
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