Bristol Council of Defense plans unannounced daylight and blackout tests
The Bristol Council of Defense announced next week as part of NE air raid drill prep two unannounced daylight tests to occur Monday to Wednesday and two blackout tests on Thursday and Friday evenings. Tests are mobilization drills with no incidents. Wardens, auxiliary firemen, police, and rescue squads will report for duty.
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U. S. Council of Defense
Bristol
B. W. Wall
Wall
Reynolds School
A. A. Edmonds
Defense Council
James E. Sullivan
B.W. Wall
Bristol Defense Organization
Messrs
Bullock Completes Naval Training at Newport
Robert H. Bullock 17 of 686 Hope Street has finished basic training at the Naval Training Station Newport and will enter a Quartermaster school. He is a Colt Memorial High School graduate and worked as a carpenter at Herre shoff Manufacturing. His brother Harry H. Bullock Jr. is a U S Army corporal.
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Robert H. Bullock
Hope Street
Harry Bullock
Naval Training Station
Newport
Bullock
Colt Memorial High School
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Harry H. Bullock
U. S. Army
Ration Board Grants New Permits for Vehicles and Tools
The War Price and Rationing Board issued permits to John Henry a plumber at 38 Bay View Avenue for one new truck tire to Louis H. Gallo a school janitor at 69 Franklin Street for one type 2 pair and to Herreshoff Mfg Co for one typewriter. New board number 152.1 Bristol 1057.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
John Henry
Bay View Avenue
Louis H. Gallo
Franklin Street
Herreshoff Mfg. Co
Bristol
Farewell for Pasquale Mazzi Before Army Enlistment
Friends and relatives gathered Sunday evening at 335 High Street to bid farewell to Pasquale F Mazzi who entered the armed forces on November 13. He is the second son of Mr and Mrs A Mazza to join the military.
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Pasquale F. Mazzi
High Street
Pasquale
Uncle Sam
Mrs. A. Mazza
Two Bristol Boys Awarded Soldiers Medal for Heroism
Privates Henry W. Arouca and Virgin S. Sousa of Battery C 243rd RGNG Bristol were honored for rescuing the Navy plane crew after a crash off Beaver Tail Light in Narragansett Bay on September 4 1942. Sergeant William R. Pepin of Providence assisted. Both are former Boy Scouts with strong swimming and lifesaving backgrounds.
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Bristol
Narragansett Bay
United States Army
243Rd
Henry W. Arouca
Virgin S. Sousa
William R. Pepin
Comstock Avenue
Providence
Beavertail Light
Pfe Arouca
Joseph Arouca
Oliver Street
Pfe Sousa
Mary Silva
Joseph F. Pannone
Bradford Street
Three Local Men Enlist in U S Navy
William F McKenna of 486 Wood Street John A Pelegrino of 25 Congregational Street and Dominic F Notarangelo of 18 Congregational Street enlisted in the U S Navy on Monday.
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William Francis McKenna
Wood Street
John Antonio Pelegrino
Congregational Street
Dominick Frank Notarangelo
U. S Navy
Postmaster Urges Early Christmas Mailing Plan
Postmaster Daniel W. Coggeshall appeals to the public to mail Christmas letters and parcels early and to address items clearly. He notes a record volume ahead, wartime strains on staffing and transport, and a 30 percent rise in free military mailing. The New York office handled 350,000 overseas parcels daily in late October.
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Daniel W. Coggeshall
Post Office Department
Coggeshall
Department of Commerce
Army
Navy
New York Post Office
Sonny Sylvester Enlists as Navy Petty Officer
Harold T. Sylvester announces that his son Sonny Sylvester of 33 Usher Avenue has enlisted in the U S Navy as a Petty Officer Third Class Yeoman. Before service he worked in the War Department in Detroit Michigan and is grandson of DeWitt F E Bolster formerly a Bristol Phoenix reporter now of Los Nitos Cal.
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Harold T
Sonny” Sylvester
Harold T. Sylvester
Usher Avenue
U. S. Navy
War Department
Detroit
Michigan
Sonny
DeWitt FE. Bolster
Bristol Phoenix
Los Nietos
Cal
Victory Corps program outlined for Bristol high school students
School Superintendent Emr S. Mapes detailed three service tracks Air Sea and Land for Victory Corps at Andrews High School. Courses include aviation science navigation shop work and physical fitness with guidance to steer students into proper service and opportunities for girls in community war work.
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Victory Corps
Emer S. Mapes
Andrews
Mapes
Air Service
Earl G. Sturdevant
Junior Red Cross
Bristol
Hazel Wood
Providence
Suzman Leaves Bristol to Join U S Army
Robert B. Suzman, member of the Bristol War Price and Rationing Board and a men's clothing merchant, leaves to become a private in the U S Army. He is secretary of the Jewish Synagogue and active in civic life. his father was a Spanish-American War veteran and his brother Maynard is also in the Army. A farewell party at the Hotel Belvedere with 25 attendees featured remarks and a gift presentation.
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Robert B. Suzman
Bristol
Suzman
Fred E. Suzman
Maynard
Belvedere
Daniel W. Coggeshall
A. A. Edmonds
Mr. Suzman
Dr Frederick Y Martin Speaks on Illuminated Manuscripts
Dr Frederick Y Martin of Martin Hall spoke to the Bristol Chapter D A R on Illuminated Manuscripts. He showed over 400 year old hoked works painted by monks and noted they took about a century to complete. Hostesses listed include Mrs Frederick G Perkins Mrs Ammanda Yelland Mrs Richard Simmons Mrs Etta Darrah and Miss Agnes Herreshoff.
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Frederick Y. Martin
Martin Hall
Bristol
Frederick G. Perkins
Ammanda Yelland
Richard Simmons
Etta Darrah
Agnes Herreshoff
Charles R. Blackmar, Jr
Hampden Road
Barrington
Calf with a V on Forehead Aids Red Cross Fund in England
An English news clipping recounts the “Victory V Calf” in St Albans piloting a fundraising blitz for the Red Cross Agricultural Fund. The calf, led by Miss Eileen Watson, gathers bids, auctions, and side shows including chocolates, a bouquet, homing pigeons, a bicycle raffle, and livestock sales to push the total well upward, with hopes of reaching one million pounds.
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Red Cross
England
Pollock
Byfield Street
St. Alban’s
The
National Farmers Union
Red Cross Agricultural Fund
Eileen Watson
Cyril Fletcher
H.J. Joel
Pletcher
Betty Astell
T. Wiggins
Fletcher
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Ration Board
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Boy Scouts of America
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Charles ‘Roger
Rita Hayworth
Ginger Rogers
Henry Fonda
Chas
Laughton
G. Robinson
Paul ‘Roberon
Ethel Waters
Rochester
Players
Lloyd Nolan
Marjorie Weaver
Slapsie
Maxie Rosenbloom
Arline Judge
Harvard
George Sanders - Herbert
Marshall
War Services
John L. Burke
Burke
Boston University
David MeeLaughlin
Lucien Capone
Washington
George M. Cohan
Ian M. Walker
P. TA
Colonial Hotel
Irving Rosen
Nbc
Fred Martin
Alere
W. H. Potter
Napsbury
Reed
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