Bristol Scrap Drive Seeks More Truck Workers for Sunday
The Bristol Salvage Committee reports 35 pledged trucks and drivers but only about 60 volunteers, with 40 more needed. Fire Chief Moses Moore urges timely Sunday morning report at 8 at the Highway Department and asks truck owners to weigh their loads at Paley's Yard before Sunday.
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Ian M. Walker
Bristol Salvage Committee
Moses Moore
Highway Department
Mt. Hope Avenue
Paley’s
Thames Street
Walker
Axis
Richard J Conners
Meyer Paley
Gordon B Small
Ferry Road
Standard Oil Company
Lawrence I.anoher
RTI
J Harry Tuplin
Tuplin
Highway Dept
State of R. I. S Kinder & Bro
Charlie Falugo
Seth Paull
John Andrade
Wardwell Lumber Co
Carr Mre Corp
Callan Coast Co
Bristol County Water Co
Bristol Macaroni Co
Barney Teviten
Elm Farm
Frank Perry
Floyd Huestis
Matthew
Bristol Honor Roll deadline set with corrections due
The Bristol Honor Roll deadline is fixed for Wednesday October 14. Names of local servicemen and servicewomen will be added to the roll, with the frame placed in front of the Burnside Memorial Building. Submit new names or corrections to the Bristol Phoenix office by next Wednesday.
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Bristol
Burnside Memorial
Bristol Phoenix
Army Intelligence Officer to Speak at Rotary Meeting
Col. C. Wellington Furlong will address the Rotary Club next Wednesday on The Middle East, Key to Victory. The explorer and author, a noted authority on the Near East, will discuss second fronts and the Eastern Question with examples from his wartime experiences.
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Army Intelligence
Rotary
C. Wellington Furlong
Turkey
Near East
Rotary Club
Frederick W Martin
Wellington
Middle East
Furlong
Middle
Mediterranean
General Wavell
Lord Allenby
Ataturk
Inonu
King Feisal
Arabia
Metaxis
Greece
Lawrence of Arabia
King Fuad
Egypt
Near
Sahara
Philadelpha
Tripoli
Gibraltar
Malta
Balkans
United States
Naval
West Pont
Annapolis
Army and Navy War Colleges
Royal Geographical Society of London
National Geographic Society
Washington
United Nations
Axis
Cats
Germany
Russia
Port-Amer Women's Civic League Donates to BBB Fund
The Portuguese American Women's Civic League donated 20 dollars to the BBB Fund at their meeting this week. President Mrs Margaret Ro Andrade announced plans to send gifts to relatives of members or sweethearts currently in service.
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Port-Amer
Women’s Civic League
BBB
Mercan Women's Civic League
Margaret Ro Andrade
Control Center Workers to Receive 50 Hour Pins
Bristol civic leaders announce that all Control Center volunteers who reach 50 hours will be awarded pins by the State Council of Civilian Defense. Lt. Col. George R Thompson urged increased staffing while A. A. Edmonds stressed the importance of telephone duties and patriotic service.
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George R. Thompson
State Defense Council
Control Center
State Council of Civilian Defense
A. A. Edmonds
Bristol Defense Council
Edmonds
Rotary Club
State Council of Defense
Bristol
Marguerite
Stone
Marguerite Stone
Joseph Hall
Robert J McCaughey
Louise Brechin
A M . Miller
George Millard
William W . Cross
Grace F Kinder
Joseph Connell
Betty Chase
Tucion Capone
P D. Frazell
P J Frazell
Alma Smith
William P Gladding
Eleanor Fitz
Marion Mapes
Helen Newbold
Earl G Sturdevant
Elizabeth Watters
Evacua Baldwin
Robert L. Lanphear
Catherine Levere
Jean Tobin
Iean McCaw
Ella Millard
Mary Sanford
George L. Millard
Thomas Foley
William P. Gladding
Lucien Capone
Margaret Stone
War Bond Donated For B B B Benefit Bridge
Bristol Buddies Bundle Fund organizes a bridge benefit with a War Bond prize donated by RF Haffenreffer. Mrs Raymond S Brightman chairs the event to be held on October 21 at St Michael's Parish House. Subcommittees include prizes pencils and chairs, refreshments, and ticket sales. A food sale and donor list are announced.
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Raymond S Brightman
Bristol Buddies
Regina Farley
Barbara Huestis
Margaret Walsh
Sally Levy
Mary Paull
Charles Otten
Vasta Lar Ruggiero
Helen Fionn
Beatrice Ether
Brightman
St Michael’s Parish House
Haffenreffer
BRB
RB Fund
Earl G Sturdevant
William Pinch
Anna Rash
Huestis
Mary Turillo
Helen Burke
Irene Sousa
Mary Castro
James McKenna
William H. Angevine
Earl P Mathewson
Vernon A. Gray
Guy A. Sullivan
Joseph Brogden
Louis W. Beauregard
Galton
Pierce
William I. Serbst
Alice B. Alnty
Bristol Pupils Pledge Scrap for 203000 Lbs This Sunday
Bristol school pupils announce scrap metal pledges for a Sunday collection. Reynolds School leads with 66 364 pounds, followed by Guiteras 44 071, St Mary 28 621, Senior High 26 373, Avfield 20 523, Walley 14 758, Taft 2 097, totaling 202 807 pounds.
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Bristol
Sunt
FEF S Mapes
Reynolds School
Reynolds
Guiteras
St Mary
Senior High
Avfield
Walley
Taft
Christmas Bundles Total To Date Attributed Donations
A summary of Christmas bundle donations lists George F Phillips 200 Miss Ella Waldron 200 Ruth and Mortha Graham 200 Joseph Pacheco 100 Santo Christo Club 50.00 Portuguese American Women's Civic League 20.00 Local No 220 ARWA Bristol Mfg Corp 25 Herreshoff Mfg Co 122 Herreshoff Employees 122 and a total to date.
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George F Phillips
Gabriel DeFelice
Ella Waldron
Mr Hope
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth & Mortha Graham
Santo Christo Club
Joseph Pacheco
First Scrap Load From Town Shed In Local Drive
The first scrap metal load was taken to Paley's this morning at 830 by a town truck. Most of the load came from the Town Shed on Mt Hope Avenue totaling 3620 pounds. It included old shovels snow plow blades lawn mowers and aluminum from pickup week months ago.
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Paley'’s
Mt. Hope Avenue
Feeding U S Army Air Force in China Costs Vast Sums
Overseas reports detail the large scale China based catering system for U S Army Air Force personnel. Hostels employ over 2 000 Chinese staff across dozens of centers with monthly costs near 500 000 dollars at key bases. Even with 85 Chinese dollars daily per man the meals and services are expensive, and menu tastes differ from American norms.
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China
United States
U. S. Army Air Force
US. A. A. F. China
Chungking
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