Bristol Corps Praised by New York Official in Scout Controversy
Robert M. Cotter of the All American Association of Drum and Bugle Corps Judges says the Bristol Boy Scout Corps is the finest he has judged in a letter to Edmund S. Rex. The controversy centers on Bristol claiming national champions status after placing high at the World’s Fair contests. Cotter clarifies judges have no power to confer such honors.
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Bristol Boy Scout Corps
Robert M. Cotter
All American Association of Drum and Bugle Corps
Edmund S. Rex
Cotter
Bristol Corps
Warren Bugle and
Drum Corps
New York
Warren Corps
United States
Mr. Rex
J. Harold Williams
Rhode Island
George R. Fish
William G Brennan
J Harold Williams
William G. Brennan
Boy Scout Bugle Corps
Bristol
Warren
Rhodes Island
Bristol Boy Scout
New York City
Boy Scout Corps
Col. Cotter
Huestis
England
Canon Parshley
Parshley
Edmund S Rex
Britain
R I
Our Town
Commission
Bridge Whist Party Set At St Marys Auditorium
Mrs Edward LeClerc announced a bridge and whist party in St Marys auditorium on Wednesday at 8 PM Refreshments and a prize for each table will be provided The committee includes Mrs Edward LeClerc Mrs Otis M Bailey Jr Mrs Laura Martully and Mrs Andrew Vorro
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Edward LeClerc
St Mary's Auditorium
Otis M. Bailey, Jr
Laura Martelly
Andrew Vorro
War relief appeal from Bristol England to Bristol Rhode Island
A cablegram from Bristol England asks Bristol Rhode Island to raise 5000 dollars for a war emergency hostel for evacuees from London and elsewhere. City officials consider meeting Bristolians to support the project and note ties between the two Bristols dating to 1680.
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Bristol
England
Cables
Rhode Island
J Floyd Huestis
London
Police Dedicate Souvenir Program to Ezra Dixon Jr
Bristol Police honor Ezra Dixon Jr as the 4th annual ball program dedicatee for the Police Beneficial Association. The Thursday event at New Bristol Casino supports the Bristol Police Pension Fund with Dixon praised for fostering officer welfare and future pension plans.
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Ezra Dixon, JR
Bristol Police Department
New Bristol Casino
Dixon
Police
Police Department
William S. Baker, Jr
Joseph Tex
Willkie Rally Backing No Third Term In Warren Town Hall
Bristol 4 County Willkie Clubs plan a No Third Term rally in Warren Town Hall Wednesday at 8 p.m. Charles P Sisson and Charles H Eden headline with Miss Helen Church and Mrs Martha Baird Allen. The program ends by 9 30 so attendees can hear Smith and Willkie speeches on the issue, with a radio provided.
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Bristol
Warren Town Hall
Charles P Sisson
United States Attorney General
Charles H Eden
Rhode Island
Helen Church
Martha Baird Allen
Willkie
John H. Wiggins
Warren Willkie
President Club
Alfred E. Smith
Wendell L. Willkie
Armistice Day Committee Plans Parade and Memorial Services
The Armistice Day Committee meets Friday at 7 pm in Kearney Post Home Franklin street to assign sub committees and select a chief marshal for the November 11 parade. A memorial speaker is sought and services set for Colt High School on November 10. A Phoenix fund aims to raise at least 100 dollars for expenses.
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Kearney
Franklin Street
George R. Fish
Colt High School
Bertram W Wall
American Legion
the Phoenix
Phoenix
Miss Jane Dee to Sing at St Michael's Sunday Evening
Miss Jane Dee of Providence will be the soprano soloist Sunday evening at St Michael's Church. The Y Oratorio Society conducted by William DeRain will perform Verdi Requiem. Dee trains for opera and has earned praise from Metropolitan Opera conductor Wilfred Pelletier. The Y Singers performed Handel Messiah at St Michael's last year.
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Jane Dee
Providence
St. Michael's Church
Y” Oratorio Society
William DeRain
Miss Dee
Wilfred Pelletier
Metropolitan Opera
Virginie and Jean Haffenreffer
The records show Virginia and Jean Haffenreffer with amounts totaling 3.31 and a separate entry for W. Fred Williams in the third position.
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Virginie
Jean Haffenreffer
Youth views on government and defense in Gallup poll
The Gallup Poll of Americans aged 16 to 24, cited in Readers Digest, finds 88 percent oppose changing to a different government form for more jobs, with 50 percent valuing ability over pull for employment. A 68 percent favor mandatory military service, and 58 percent support selling over-aged destroyers to England to aid defense.
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American Youth Congress
Gallup
England
Germany
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Mr Rex
St. Mary’s Auditorium
Colt
BarrinGton
Guiteras Field
Wayne Morris
Virginia Dale
Lillian Cornell
William Frawley
Ann Sothern
Maisie
Lee Bowman
Slim Summerville
Virginia
Weidler
McNamee Newspaper Newsreel
Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Brigham Young Frontiersman
Brian Donlevy
Jane Darnell
Fred MacMurray, Patricia Morison
Rangers OF Fortune
Albert Dekker
Bristol Casino
Charles P. Sisson
U. S. Attorney General
Charles H. Eden
Bristol County Willkie
Children’s War Relief Fund
W. Fred Williams
DU Pont
Magtz
DUCO
Bristol Housing Guild
Wardwell Lumber CO
Thames Street
Ipucco
Navy
Hitler
Soviet Russia
Finland
Russia
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