Bus Service Improvement Discussed At Joint Session
Public Utilities Administrator Thomas J Kennelly hosted a Bristol County planning meeting on bus service between here and Providence with town and state officials from Warren Barrington and Bristol County. N E Transportation Company officials attended and outlined new buses express schedules fare reductions shelters and routing changes with plans to seek public opinion and public utilities commission guidance before a subsequent joint session.
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Here
Providence
Public Utilities
Thomas J. Kennelly
J. Floyd Huestis
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Warren
Barrington
N. E. Transportation Company
Public Utilities Commission
Bristol County Commission
Transportation Company
Huestis
Kennelly
Sen. Coggeshall
Ernest A. Saywell
Howard Martin
Sen. Broomhead
R. H. Palmer
Harold Price
Edward A. Quinn
W C. Gibson
Wm E Boyle
George A McLaughlan
Fourth of July Group Plans Sub Display and Parade Returns
The Fourth of July Committee aims to display a captured German U Boat in Bristol Harbor during the celebration. They expect Navy Coast Guard Marine Corps and Army representation in the parade and plan vaudeville acts and events at the Bristol Yacht Club. Fireworks are cancelled this year to avoid local costs. Mrs William Gladding leads tag day efforts scheduled for June 20 or 30 with a series of dances to raise funds.
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Bristol Harbor
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Army
Bristol Yacht Club
William Gladding
Memorial Services Scheduled For F O Cornelius Atkins
Friends of Fight Officer Cornelius J Atkins invite attendance at memorial services at Grace Church Providence on Thursday May 31 at 4 30 pm. Atkins a co pilot on a B 24 based with the 8th AAF in England was killed in action in Germany on May 7 after his plane crashed. He was overseas since March and had completed five missions prior. Born August 23 1924 in Atlanta he lived in Bristol and Harrisville since age four. He attended Moses Brown and Middlesex School and spent a freshman year at Harvard. He worked at Walsh Kaiser Shipyard before entering service on May 25 1943. He is survived by his parents Morris and Hope Phinney and Ruth and two sisters.
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Cornelius J Atkins
Morris Phinney
Harrisville
Bristol
Grace Church
Providence
Atkins
Germany
War Department
8Th Aaf
England
Atlanta
Moses Brown School
Middlesex School
Concord
Mass
Harvard University
AD Club
Walsh- Kaiser
Morris Phinney Jr
Moses Brown
Hope and
Ruth Phinney
Pfc Manuel C Silvia Liberated by Russians in World War II
A letter to Pfc Manuel C Silvia’s wife reports his liberation by Russian forces on April 23 after capture on December 24. He describes good care in France where he now expects to return home within a month. His family and local comrades are noted, with several Bristol men still listed as missing or prisoners of war.
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Manuel C. Silvia
Pvt
Silvia
France
Elizabeth Alves Silvia
Wood Street
Joseph Silvia
Bay View Avenue
John Silvia
Pvt Silvia
US Rubber Company
Bristol
Pfe
Swiivester
S.x
John Boynton
Army Air Forces
Alan Hibbert
Arthur W. Howe
Navy Air Corps
Edward L. Leahy, Jr
U.S Naval Reserve
Robert M. McGann
Naval Air Corps
Manuel Paiva, Jr
Aviation Radio Man 3c
Private Bottomley Returns From German Prison Camp
Private first class William J Bottomley has been released from a German prison camp after five months. He is back at 4 Howe Street with his family for 60 days and was hospitalized two weeks after liberation to recover weight loss and injuries.
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William J. Bottomley
Howe Street
Pvt Bottomley
Louis F DiMezza Home After 23 Months Leave
Louis F DiMezza a cook second class in the US Navy returned home to 224 Wood Street for a 30 day leave Sunday afternoon after 23 months away aboard ships in the European area. He had just visited many relatives in Italy and saw the house where his father was born.
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Louis F DiMezza
US Navy
Wood Street
Cook DiMezza
DiMezza
Italy
Automatic District Fire Alarm Goes Out Of Order
Fire Chief Moses M. Moore says the district fire alarm system is temporarily out of order. In a fire, the district number will be hand controlled by U S Rubber Company. The whistle tone will vary and blast lengths may be inconsistent.
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Moses M. Moore
U. S. Rubber Company
Moore
Red Cross Reports Arrival of Surgical Dressings Quota
The Bristol Red Cross announces a quota of 12 000 surgical dressings at headquarters led by Mrs Henry Wood. Three weeks are allotted for the quota with rooms open Thursday at 10 am and hours 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday and 6 30 pm to 9 pm Monday to Wednesday.
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Bristol
The
Red Cross
Henry Wood
List of names appears in city public roll call
A long roster of individuals including Almeida Barboza Bastanzi Brelsford Castigliego Cirillo Connery Deslauriers Fernandes Ferreira Francis Freitas French Gamelin Howe Lawson Martorana McGinn Meiggs Metcalfe Morin Murphy Oliver Orefice Osofsky Pansa Perroni Perry Pirri Porter Proto Quinta Raiola Rohrman Romano Scott Serpa Shaw Silvia Sargento Tattrie Trudell Jr. appears as a formal public record with no context or actions described.
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Anthony C. Almeida
Joseph Barboza Quito A. Bastanzi
Walter A. Brelsford
Nicholas Castigliego
Domenic Cirillo
Paul J. Connery
Norman A. Deslauriers
Manuel Fernandes, Jr
John R. Ferreira Manuel Francis
John Freitas
Frank H. French
Arthur Gamelin Alder B. Howe
Kenneth A. Lawson
Giacomo Martorana
Charles W. McGinn, Jr
Andrew J. Meiggs
Conrad E. Metcalfe
Walter A. Morin
Lawrence Murphy
Anthony A. Oliver
Peter
Brothers Reunite After Pacific Service on Fur Lough
Manuel Quintal ACM 2c returns home last Friday and finds his brother Joseph Sic already home after 17 months in the same area. The two brothers had not seen each other for about 30 months and now enjoy a 30 day fur lough reunion together.
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Manuel Quintal
ACM 2c
Pacific
Joseph Sic
Engagement of Miss Leonora Estrella to Henry Rogers Jr
Mr and Mrs Annibal Estrella of 39 Cole street announce the engagement of their daughter Leonora to Henry Rogers Jr ARM third class U S Navy son of Mr and Mrs Manuel Freitas of 109 Arlington avenue Warren Rogers is home on a twenty five day leave Miss Estrella is a 1944 Bristol Senior High School graduate.
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Annibal Estrella
Cole Street
Leonora
Henry Rogers, Jr
Arm
U. S. Navy
Mmanuel Freitas
Arlington Avenue
Warren
Arm Rogers
Miss Estrella
Bristol Senior High School
Gardening Therapy Brings Hope to Disabled Soldiers
Mrs G Van Hoesen recounts leading women in garden therapy for injured servicemen. A Montana immigrant among hard cases learns to walk bean poles, count onions, and regain feeling. One veteran becomes softball captain after weeks of patience, while others find relief and joy in tending crops and plants.
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Montana
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F-O Cornelius J. Atkins
Colt
South Kingstown
Judy Garland
St. Louis
Paramount
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Akim Tamiroff
Lana Turner
With James Craig
John Hodiak
Cartoon “Jerkey Turkey
Flying Cadets
Pfc
Phc
W. J. Bottomley
Louis F. DiMezza
Bristol Cleansers
Hope ST
Bristol Salvage
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