Bristol Day Celebration Honors U S Troops in England
Pfc Edward Estrella recounts a three day Bristol Celebration in England for 21 Bristolians including Rhode Island guards of honor. They presented the U S Flag to Bristol’s lord mayor, toured Clifton College, recorded with BBC, and visited Bristol Aeroplane Co. with brief rest and social events in between.
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Bristoll
England
Bristol
Edward Estrella
Alma Estrella
Hope “Street
Ives
America
Sis
Inf
Clifton College
BBC Studios
British Broadcasting Studios
Rhode Island
Call for Married Men With Children Not Before Oct 1
Brig. Gen. Herbert R. Dean head of Rhode Island Selective Service told Rotary Club that every physically fit man 18 to 38 will be drafted with few exceptions. Married men with children will not be called before Oct 1 as states may. Local boards praised for high 1-A draw and lower reversed appeals. He noted Navy demand and a 21 day furlough period to finish personal affairs. A man 38+ in war industry cannot be forced into a single job.
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Herbert R. Dean
Selective Service
Rhode Island
Rotary Club
Selective Service Boards
Dean
Navy
Memorial Service At Congregational Church
The annual Community Memorial Service will be held Sunday evening at 7 30 in the First Congregational Church. Chaplain Harold Artz of the U S Naval Training Station Newport will be the speaker. Local church choirs will combine for singing and Vernon A Gray will be the soloist. Rev Herbert D Graetz is in charge of the service. Members of civic and patriotic organizations have been invited to attend.
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First Congregational
Harold Artz
U. S Naval Training Station
Newport
Vernon A Gray
Herbert D Graetz
Edward Alves Receives Wrist Watch and Funds
Edward A Alves son of Mr and Mrs Anthony S Alves of 1 Alma Avenue was presented Tuesday afternoon with a wrist watch and a sum of money by Town Councilman J Floyd Huestis and the men in the machine shop. He has been a government apprentice since last September and is a 1942 graduate of Bristol High School. He left today for Camp Devens.
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Edward A Alves
Anthony S Alves
Alma Avenue
J Floyd Huestis
Alves
Pristol
Camp Devens
Cpl Donovan Completes Clerical Training Mission
Cpl Leonard L. Donovan son of Mrs Lillian Donovan of 14 Lincoln Avenue has finished an intensive clerical course at the Training Detachment of the U S Army Air Forces Technical Training Command on the Colorado State College of Education campus. The completion prepares him for further duties with the Army Air Forces in service to the country.
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Cpl
Leonard L. Donovan
Lillian Donovan
Lincoln Avenue
Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Colorado State College of Education
Gridley
Colo
Army Air Forces
Threat of violence ends as rubber workers aimed for protection
J Floyd Huestis town council president vowed full protection for United States Rubber Company workers amid a wildcat strike that has about 150 men off the job. An employee, Justiano D Freitas, was jailed after an assault on his way to work. War Labor Board warns stoppage hurts war production and wage review.
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United States Rubber Company
J. Floyd Huestis
Huestis
Rubber Company
Justiano D’freitas
State Street
AFT
Bristol
Ono
War Labor Board
Waldo C. Holden
Disputes Division
U. S. Rubber Company
Class of 1944 Prom Tonight at Colt Memorial High
Members of the Class of 1944 will hold their prom this evening in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium. Ralph Celone serves as Junior Class president and prom chairman, with a committee of class officers and the Fsectuve Board. Patrons include Mr and Mrs Whifred M Hamill and others. decorations are in green and gold and refreshments will be served.
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Colt Memorial High School
Ralph Celone
Presdent
Fsectuve
Charles Alfred
Louise Bonvicin
Herbert Hayden
Frances Liano
John Connery
Mary Wales
George Oliver
Susie Cupolo
James Martin
Whifred M. Hamill
and Mirs
Leo Cantwell
John Andrade
Wesley Vo Armstrong
John Cordeiro
Vincent Saviano
Earl FP Mathewson
Elmer Shapes
Ferrara Sentenced To Three Years In Prison
Frank W. Ferrara of 8 Bourne Street was sentenced to three years in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon on Miss Louise Carlone of 37 Bourse Street. The incident occurred Feb 22 near the Bristol Ward town line. Sul livan in Superior Court imposed the sentence and Ferrara was held without bail for sentencing on the assault on Mrs Christina's child snatched from Miss Carlone's lap and tossed to the ground prior to the assault on the victim.
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Frank W. Ferrara
Bourne Street
Louise Carlone
Bourse Street
Bristol-Warren
Mortimer A. Sullivan
Ferrara
Anna Christando
Funeral Service For John Gerrard
The funeral service for John Gerrard of 15 Burton street was held Wednesday at 2 PM from Charles M. Connery Funeral Home 57 Burton street. Rev A R Parshley rector of St Michael's conducted the service. Burial was in North Cemetery. Bearers were Thomas Flynn Robert Dunbar A H Bense and James Walsh.
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John Gerrard
Burton Street
Charles M. Connery
A. R. Parshley
St. Michael's
Roof Drainage Plan Aims to Cut Sewer Load 30 Million Gallons
Donat J Gladue told the Town Council that diverting roof rain water from sanitary sewers is unfair to private property owners until town buildings are disconnected. Some schools remain connected. others completed or in progress. The measure could prevent building a $12,000 interceptor line, improving 30 million gallons per year. Council also addressed a dog barking complaint on Catherine Street, invited recreation head Archie Allen to next meeting, and appointed Clyde Pendleton and Charles Dubois as special constables.
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Donat J Gladue
Sewer Commission
Gladue
Budget Committee
Archie P .Allen
Clyde Pendleton
Mt. Hope Bridge Company
Charles Dubois
Herreshoff Mfg. Co
Motor Corps and Canteen Mobilization in Rhode Island
A Red Cross 12 Motor Corps mobilization in Rhode Island is set for Sunday to showcase field duty strength. Major McVey will supervise inspections of ambulances litter practice and first aid. Bristol Branch reports 13 members with four ambulances a sedan and a private car. Mrs Sidney Herreshoff leads the Motor Corps. Mrs J Floyd Huestis chairs the Bristol Branch canteen overseeing attendance.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
Rhode Island
McVey
Motor Corps of the
Bristol Brafich
The
Red Cross
Sidney Herreshoff
Motor Corps
J. Floyd Huestis
Bristol
American woman’s perilous return from Shanghai to Free China
Adeline Gray, 29, California writer, escaped Shanghai after Pearl Harbor in a long guerrilla corridor. She credits Chinese patriots and guerrillas for guiding her 400 miles through front lines to Chungking, narrating daily dangers, cold huts, and selfless shelter without payment. She plans to repay kindness and later seek the peasants she sheltered.
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China
Shanghai
Pearl Harbor
Adeline Gray
New York
Japan
Nez Foster
The
Christian Science Monitor
California
Deliy
Free China
Chungking
Miss Gray
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Zoological Gardens
PFC
Bob Hope and
Dorothy Lamour
James Ellison
Jane Wyatt
Kent Taylor
the Purple
John Archer
Mary McLeod
Fritz Kortner
Rex Williams
Es Neffry Grant
Army Air Force Band
Congregational Church
Edward Alves
Cpl. Donovan
WLB
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