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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1941
Page
4
Scouts and Legators of the Troops invited to divine worship with veterans at St Michael's Church on Memorial Sunday. Scouts will meet in uniform at 7 pm in front of the church to plan Memorial Day activities.
The piece traces Prudence Island’s agricultural rise and collapse as overuse and soil erosion turned once fertile acreage into desert-like sand. It notes early settlers, coastal trade, and later shifts to poultry, dairy, and grass seed before disease and depletion ended farming as a viable livelihood.
Bristol is included in a planned Air Mail Pick-up route extending direct air transportation to 65 additional New England cities and towns. A demonstration will occur tomorrow at East Boston Airport during the Second Annual New England Aviation Conference to showcase air pick up and delivery by airplane. All American Aviation Inc. of Wilmington Del will seek a certificate from the Civil Aeronautics Board for new routes in New England and the middle Atlantic region. Major Hal Bazley and William Burkhart will operate the pickup plane with several pickups and deliveries at speeds from 100 to 125 mph and payloads from 10 to 50 pounds.
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