Voters decide Bristol in 1942 off year election
Bristol faces a reduced electorate with 4909 eligible voters as war and off year politics shape the contest. Bertram Wall and Daniel Coggeshall lead a tight Senate battle while Anthony Dupont and Robert McCaughey headline the House races. Polling stations open 8 am to 7 pm with designated moderators and clerks across districts and voting sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Church
Bristol
Bertram W. Wall
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Board of
Wall
Pasquale Pagnano
Senate
Pagnano
Prescott
Coggeshall
Roosevelt
Anthony W . Dupont
Henry Alfred
Robert A McCaughey
Wallis F Howe
Mr Howe
Ralph T Church
McCaughey
Roswell S Bosworth
Williams Portuguese Club elects Anthony Williams president
The Portuguese Independent Club and Band elected Anthony Williams president at Sunday afternoon meeting. Caesar Meneses was succeeded as leader. Officers include Joseph Correia vice president George Oliver secretary Joseph Souza treasurer Hipolito Pino financial secretary and board members Manuel Silvia Jr Deniz Pacheco Anthony Aguiar master of ceremonies James Cruz Joseph Oliver inside guard. Installation ceremonies set for early January at Independent Hall Wood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony FE Williams
Caesar’Menezes
Joseph Correia
George Oliver
Joseph A Souza
Hipolito Pino
Manuel Silvia, Jr
Deniz Pacheco
Anthony Aguiar
James Cruz
Joseph Oliver
Williams
Independent Hall
Wood ‘Street
Voting Weather Shapes Early Morning Balloting
Voters turned out slowly as heavy rain and stormy conditions kept turnout light. Democrats labeled the weather as favorable to them while Republicans argued it would not deter supporters. early voters included John Tufarolo Jr and Mrs. Newbold in district one and Anibal Estrella and Mrs. Kerr in district one second ward and Giuseppe Tedesco with Miss Ruth Kerr in district two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tufarolo, Jr
Congregational Street
Robert G. Newbold
Franklin Street
Anibal Estrella
Cole Street
Margaret Battcher
Garfield Avenue
Giuseppe Tedesco
State Street
Ruth FE. Kerr
Hope Street
Federal rent control takes effect in Rhode Island counties
Federal rent control is now effective in Providence Kent Washington and Bristol Counties Rhode Island with a wartime population over 650000 Area Rent Director John J Hogan announced Nov 1 rents for all living quarters are frozen at the March 1 level Landlords must register property details by Nov 15 for 125000 rented units in the Providence Defense Rental Area Newport County already covered as of Oct 1 Registration forms available at post offices and RI Hospital Trust Building Providence Violations carry up to 5000 fine or one year imprisonment.
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Providence
Kent
Washington
Bristol
Rhode Island
John J. Hogan
Hogan
Defense
Leon Hendeson
Newport County
Newport Defense Rental Area
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building
Providence Defense Rental Area
Mrs. N. G. Herreshoff Leads Bristol Xmas Seal Sale
Mrs N G Herreshoff is named to head the Bristol District Nursing Association Christmas Seal Sale announced by Charles B Rockwell president. The sale opens on Thanksgiving Day and runs to Christmas with assistants to manage seals for manufacturers stores clubs and individuals. She cites wartime tuberculosis pressures and the need to fund 1943 expansion to keep TB under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N G Herreshoff
Bristol District Nursing Association
Charles B Rockwell
Herreshoff
Bristol
Naval Aviation Cadet Albert Velleca Jr Inducted
Albert Velleca Jr son of Mr and Mrs Albert Velleca 332 High street was inducted yesterday by the U S Navy Flight Selection Board as a Naval Aviation Cadet He is a Colt Memorial High School graduate where he served as co captain of the baseball team and earned basketball letters A wartime tire value table from the OPA lists ceiling prices for used tires for appraisers and notes top scrap prices for tires not suitable for recapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Velleca, Jr
Albert Velleca
High Street
U. S. Navy
Flight Selection Board
Albert
Colt Memorial’ High School
Brown University's scrap drive yields two World War One machine guns
Brown University researchers and a university purchasing agent recovered two World War One machine guns found under a chapel speaker’s platform and sent them to the scrap drive. The report includes other WWII era notes and assorted quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown University
Francis G. Martineau
Martineau
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Bristol Train of Artillery Hall
Fred G Cleaver
Manuel Cardoza
James F. Wide
Nunziato Bisbano
Reynolds School
Joseph M Edmonds
J Floyd Huestis
America
Monty Woolley
Roddy McDowall
Anne Baxter
the Pied Piper
East Side
Florence Rice
Tom Brown
Robert Stack
Brod Crawford
Jackie Cooper
Ralph Bellamy
Newsrees
the Andrews Sisters
Grace McDonald
Dan Dalley, Jr
Barbara Stanwyck
Geo. Brent
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Gay Sisters
Perils OF the Royal Mounted
Bristol County
Democrat
Anthony W. Dupont
Robert A. McCuighiey
Daniel G. Coggeshall For
Fave Sherrif CaesElgsy Wallis E. Howe
N. G. Herreshoff
Xmas Seal Sale
OPA
Wendell Willkie
Ankara
Turkey
Teheran
Iran
United States
Mary Brock
National Broadcasting Company
Willkie
City
Brock
Ray Brock
New York Times
Herrmann Goering
Brazil
Germany
Stockholm
War Department
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