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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1940

Page

3

Hollywood Radio Juries and TV Moves Sweep the Airwaves

Hollywood tourists drafted from Los Angeles hotels will serve on a Rudy Vallee program jury to gauge audience reaction for his Thursday night show. NBC plans a Movie of Grand Ole Opry with Hollywood filming and the Union Theological Seminary tutor Dr. James H. Moffatt joins as consultant. Betty Caine and Jay Jostyn co star Life of Mary Sothern marks its fifth anniversary this month.

Hollywood Los Angeles Rudy Vallee Rudy Vallee Radio Spenser Arnold Grimm Jean Blaine Hymns of All Churches NBC James H. Moffatt Union Theological Seminary New York City Grand Ole Opry Bob Crosby Ohio State University Penny Singleton San Fernando Valley Post Ika Chase the Waldorf Mary Sothern Betty Caine Jay Jostyn

Boys' Club Boxing Exhibition Tomorrow Night

Riverside Boys' Club plans eight thirty boxing exhibition at 130 Constitution Street with twelve boxers led by Albert A. Paulhus and director John Berg after a championship win. Also includes a comedy bout, films, and refreshments for invited guests.

Riverside Boys’ Club Albert A. Paulhus John Berg United Boys’ Club Constitution Street East Providence St. Andrew’s Boys’ Club

Last of the Buccaneers: Death of James Alderman at Fort Lauderdale

James Horace Alderman, Tampa native and famed Gulf Coast smuggler, rose from fisherman to bootlegger and killer. After a 1927 hijacking attempt ended in murder of a Coast Guard guard, he was captured and hanged on August 16 1929 at Fort Lauderdale. He had allied with a northern ring, faced prison, and endured a late life of religious turning in a temporary gallows.

New World Cat Island Bahamas Keys Cuba Florida Florida Peninsula Capt. Kidd Henry Morgan Black Caesar James Horace Alderman Tampa Gulf Coast Cape Sable Ten Thousand Islands Teddy Roosevelt Zane Grey Alderman Fort Myers Cook Miami Bimmins Gulf Stream Coast Guard Fort Lauderdale Coast Guards Station Spanish Main

Brownie Wings Awarded in Candlelit Farewell Ceremony

Brownie Troop held a candlelit ceremony at the Girl Scout House on Franklin Street to honor three members aging out of Brownies. Mary Palma Betty Rentieres and Barbara Battcher received wings from Brownie leader Mrs Warren L Huston and were introduced to Marigold Troop leader Mrs Stannard Sylvia as they join that unit. Bristol Girl Scout Commissioner Mrs Earl G Sturdevant awarded pins to each girl from the Council. Barbara Newman and Gladys Usher also received Tenderfoot pins.

Brownie Girl Scout House Franklin Street Mary Palma Betty Rentieres Barbara Battcher Warren L. Huston Stannard Sylvia Marigold Earl G. Sturdevant Bristol Barbara Newman Gladys Usher

Baker to meet Lowry in rematch slugfest

Larry Baker of Boston, newly back from a year out of the amateurs, faces Tiger Ted Lowry of New Bedford in a 10 round title card at the Trojan Boxing Club show in Bristol Arena New Bedford next Tuesday. Baker upset Lowry Tuesday by outpointing him in a 10 round battle ending Lowry’s long KO streak.

Larry Baker Boston Tiger Ted Lowry New Bedford K. O Trojan Boxing Club Bristol Arena Baker Lowry Ted

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