Detective Dwyer Pioneered Fingerprint Evidence in Detroit
The Detroit police veteran Inspector Dwyer led the identification bureau for 35 years and helped popularize fingerprint evidence in court. He recalls early challenges, a 1924 case with swindler Frank Tarbeaux, and contrasts past crooks’ style with modern criminals while noting his role in deterring crime through scientific methods.
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Tom Dwyer
Bristol
Detroit
Dwyer
Bureau of
Detroit Free Press
D. W. Coggeshall
Pion
Frank Tarbeaux
Tarbeaux
Tardeaux
Battery C Braces for State Federal Inspection
Battery C of the 243rd AAA Gun Battalion faces its annual federal inspection led by Lt. Col. George J. Ganer at the local armory tomorrow night. The inspection shifts to Guiteras Junior High School due to the drill floor being out of commission, with Sgt Joseph Arouca coordinating armory preparations. Last night sister batteries in Providence were inspected with good results as Bristol guardsmen join the Providence units. the inspection influences the Eisenhower Trophy honors already won by Battery C seven consecutive times from 1947 to 1954.
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Troy A. Barker
Bristol National
Army National Guard
243Rd
Army
George J. Ganer
Guiteras Jr. High School
Joseph A. Arouca
Everett E McMillan
Providence
Bristol
Oliver Burton to Headline Bristol Concert for Scholarship Fund
Oliver Burton Jr a Newport tenor headlines a November 10 concert at Colt auditorium sponsored by the Bristol Senior High School Alumni Association to benefit its scholarship fund. He will perform Handel Scarlatti Mozart Brahms Mendelssohn pieces with intermission and encores.
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Oliver Burton, Jr
Colt Auditorium
Newport
Bristol Senior High School Alumni Association
Oliver Burton
Bristol
Shorton Giles
Handel
Brahms
Burton
Elijah
Mendelssohn
Edwards
Banjo
Dichmont
Drive-In Project Faces Zoning Board Opposition
Beach Terrace Association and Tupelo area residents plan to oppose a proposed drive-in theater on Tupelo Street at Thursday night zoning board meeting. Manuel A Sousa hosts attendees including George Oliver, with Bristol Highlands also expected to be represented. Petition for the theater by Raymond Caine and Mrs Helene Brooks has been denied in past years.
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Beach Terrace Association
Tupelo
Zoning Board
Tupelo Street
Manuel A Sousa
Association
Add&it
George Oliver
Oliver
Sousa
Bristol Highlands
Raymond Caine
Esmond
Wardwell Lumber Co
Helene Brooks
Ambassador Gunewardene to Speak on Southeast Asia
Bristol residents will hear RSS Gunewardene, the ambassador of Ceylon to the United States, discuss the growing importance of Southeast Asia. The Bristol World Affairs Council hosts the event at the YMCA on Wednesday, November 16 at 8 pm with a coffee hour to follow.
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Bristol
United Nations
Bristol World Affairs Council
Southeast Asia
United States
Ceylon
Rss Gunewarden
YMCA
Ambassador Gunewardene
Holiday shifts Phoenix issue to Saturday delivery
The Phoenix will publish on Saturday due to the Friday holiday. Advertising deadline for Saturday’s paper remains at 12 noon Thursday.
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the Phoenix
Veterans Council to Install Caruso as President
John Kiernan of the United Veterans Council of Rhode Island will install Fortunato Caruso as president of the Veterans Council at the second annual installation and dinner dance Friday at the Midway at 7 p.m. Caruso succeeds Albert P. Russo with Samuel J. Smith as vice president and Chester W. Williams as secretary.
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John Kiernan
United Veterans Council of
Rhode Island
Fortunato Caruso
Veterans Council
Caruso
Albert P. Russo
Northern Bears Shot By Bristol Sharpshooters
Two Bristol hunters returned with bears from New Brunswick and Maine. Manuel Cabral bagged a 250 pound black bear while Leon Dobridnia earned a 135 pound (pound) bear near the Canadian border. Cabral also took four deer in New Brunswick. Dobridnia joined a hunting party with Herbert E S Clark and guide William Barraclough from Greenville Maine.
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Manuel Cabral
Greylock Road
Leon Dobridnia
Fort Hill Road
Cabral
Dobidnias
New Brunswick
Dobridnia
Maine
Fort Hill
Herbert E S Clark
Bristol
Clark
William Barraclough
Greenville
Bishop Grants Meat Eating on Armistice Day Abstinence
Bishop McVinney of the Providence diocese lifts Friday abstinence allowing Catholics to eat meat on Armistice Day noting the custom to suspend abstinence when a major holiday falls on a Friday.
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McVinney
Providence
Mamie Eisenhower Thank You Card Sent To Mrs Ruggiero
Mrs Virginia Ruggiero of 1263 Hope Street sent a get well card to President Eisenhower as he faced illness. Mamie Eisenhower replied from Denver Colorado on October 24 thanking her for the expression of concern. The card bore a U S sealing gold seal and the embossed message from Mamie and the President noting gratitude and reassurance.
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Mamie
Mrs. Ruggiero
Virginia Ruggiero
Hope Street
Eisenhower
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Battery C
Samuel J. Smith
Chester W. Willams
Francis P. Cuomo
John J Sylvia
Augustine Mello
Cuomo
Samuel Campanella
Anthony Desmarais
Orlando J. Bisbano
Russo
Kearney
American Legion
Anthony C. Almeida
VFW
Lawson-Haida
DAV
Anthony M Cappucci
Post No. 1
John Partington
Emelien Desmarais
Antone P. Camara
Frank Centazzo
Bisbane
Ralph Lavers
Trinity Church
Phoenix
War Welfare Committee
National India Rubber Co
Red Cross
Patrick McGovern
Police Department
Herreshoff Marine Band
State
Thames
Constitution
High
Valley
Hope
Pappasquash Road
Wood Street
LeBaron B. Colt
Andrew Weeks Anthony
Linden Place
Rtobert H Peterson
King Philp Fire Engine Company
Tom Downt
Colts
Kaiser
Unknown Soldier
W.W. S. Arlington National Cemetery
Northern Bears
Bristol Sharpshooters
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