Campaign rallies shape Rhode Island GOP drive
The Republican campaign opens with rallies in Woodstreet and Hope Street headquarters featuring speakers like Sigmund Fischer Jr and Charles Drummey of Maine. State and local candidates plan events through Oct 31 and Nov 1 at Colt Memorial High, Pistime Theatre, and Columbia Hall with U S Attorney J Howard McGrath leading tonight's rally.
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John“R! Bernardo
Anethony d.Rines
Denice
Cup Defenders’ “Association
Woodstreet
Charles Eden
United Citanee
Hope Street
Sigmund “Fischer, Jr
Aétotheyeral’s
Priddipat
Reynold
Échoiol
Charles “Fe Drummey
Maine
G. ©. P. Town Committee
Colt Memorial High School
Paul Fitzsimmons
Newport
Mary Colt Gross
Women’s Republican Club
Rhode Island
Fred Perkins
Kenneth Wright
Poli Hall
Mate Street
Sevon
Michael Pistachio
North Providence
Michael Hennessy
Providence
Ahd 'Algid Pénnyson
Pawtucket
Pistime
Kwitel
Columbia ‘Hall
Health unit aims to boost local health services in Bristol area
Dr John Castronova of the Southeastern Health Unit spoke to over twenty nurses from Newport and Bristol Counties at Rockwell House in Bristol. Miss Celia Walsh of the Rhode Island Public Health Commission urged collaboration to meet taxpayer demands for health protection alongside police and fire services.
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John Castronova
Southeastern Health Unit
Rockwell House
Bristol
Newport
Celia Walsh
Childs Hygiene Department
Rhode Island Public Health Commission
Battery C to honor 10th birthday with banquet and ball
Captain Albert A. Moren announces Dr Frederick S. Martin and Bertram W. Wall as speaker and toastmaster for Battery C 243rd Coast Artillery Bristol event on November 14. Martin operates Martin Hall and served in World War I. Wall was a Quartermaster Corps lieutenant. Plans advanced at armory meeting on Church Street with Private First Class Joseph Ruggiero as general chairman.
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Albert A. Moren
243Rd Coast Artillery
Bristol
Frederick S. Martin
Bertram W. Wall
Martin
Martin Hall
Intelligence Department
Walt
Quartermaster Corps
General Arrangements Committee
Armory
Church Street
Joseph Ruggiero
Gala Night in Carmel Promises Stunning Stage Show
Gala entertainment at the Night Ulo Re vue in Carmel promises a lavish revue staged by Mt Car mel Hayers in Guiteras auditorium on Thursday night. The show features Lucien Capone as master of ceremonies with Louis Guida announcing, plus a lineup of local stars including Bungy Congdon, the Morgan brothers, Paolo Armilotti, and a girls quartet and boys sextette.
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Louis A. Guida
Bungy Congdon
Morgan Brothers
Paolo Armilotti
Anna, Larmone
Theresa ‘Lurillo
Anna
Quatritto
Emily del
Aavine Pauline Bruno
Joseph F. Pannone
Joseph Principe
Bristol
Dom Santo
Embassy Boys
Mary Soldano
Adelie Fiore
Theresa Tirilio
Mona Caldariso
Clara de Leo
Emily Carmone
Dinner Dance for Rhode Island Portuguese Fund
A large crowd is expected at the Thursday dinner dance at Narragansett Hotel Providence. The event, organized by the Portuguese American Civic League of Rhode Island, supports a scholarship fund for Portuguese American students in Rhode Island colleges. Committee includes Peter J Pimentel president Miss Mary Gonsalves secretary and Dr. Charles A Sylvia treasurer. Daniel Vargas also serves.
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Narragansett Hotel
Providence
Mary G. Gonsalves
Charles A. Sylvia
Daniel Vargas
Council President Opposes New Billboards Near Fire Station
Warren Bristol highway faces billboard dispute as Council President Prescott B Paull vows to block new signs north of the Defiance fire station. He cites zoning law concerns and notes storm toppled three old billboards.
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Council
Prescott B. Paull
Defiance
Warren- Bristol
Halloween Parties Mark Bristol Girl Scout Week
Varied programs and Halloween events fill the Bristol social calendar as Girl Scout Week honors Juliette Gordon Low founder of the movement. Bristol troops plan Halloween parties including a mystery ride by the Girls Club of the Collins and Aikman Mills and a social by the Junior Auxiliary of the American Legion at 12 Lincoln Avenue hosted by Harold W. Gifford.
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Bristol
Juliette Low
Girl Scout Movement
America
Hallowe’en
Girls’ Club
Collins and Aikman “Mills
The
American Legion
Kearney
Harold W. Gifford
Lincoln Avenue
Martha DiMezza
Nellie Fatco
Constance Campanello
Muriel Trudell
Bowling Tonight in Bristol Council K of C Circuit
Four teams will bowl tonight on High street alleys in Bristol Council K of C circuit matches. Event details list Grand Knist Janes and Rugg ae among participating squads.
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Bristol Council
K. of C
Knist Janes Rugg
Bristol Council Forms Advisory Committee on Industrial Rehabilitation
The town council approved an advisory committee of local industry heads to study paid sales manager plans and report to the budget committee. Attendees included executives from Collins and Aikman, United States Rubber, Herreshoff, Bristol Lace, Callan Construction, Industrial Trust, Carr Mfg, and Dixon Saddle. The council also reviewed department budgets and tentatively set a Nov 16 town meeting with $10 000 for work relief, $3 000 for Public Aid, and $7 000 for sewer operations plus plant trial expenses through February.
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Bristol
Edward L. Leahy
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Collins and Aikman Company
Ernest G. Brown
Bristol Pliant
United States
Rubber Products, Inc
Carl Haffenreffer
Herreshoff « Manufacturing Company
Edward Clay
Dwittr
Bristol Lacé“Company
Lie HH. Callan
Callan Construction
Ralph Childs
Industrial Trust Company
Arthur H. Carr
Carr Mfk&Company
William G. Dixon
Dixon Saddle Company
R. S Bosworth
Chamber of Commerce
Frank C. Doran
Norton M. Zinderstein
G. R. Perroni
Prescoot B. Paull
Paull
Department of Public Aid
Sewer Department
H. K. Barrows
Reverend Parshley Declines Speak at Roosevelt Rally
Canon Anthony R. Parshley rector of St. Michael’s Church and editor of the Diocesan Record declined an invitation to address a Colt Memorial High School rally on October 31. A lifelong Democrat who backed Al Smith in 1928 he said the priest in politics sets a poor example and would undermine his influence as a Christian minister.
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Nunes
Anthony
R “Parshley
St. Michael’s Church
WHS
Colt. Memorial High School
St. Michael's Church
Roosevelt
Anthony R. Parshley
Diocesan Record
Rhode Island Episcopal Church
Democratic Town Committee
Colt Memorial High School
al Smith
Mr. Parshley
James T. Pierce
Town Committee
Colt Memorial
Armistice Day Fund Drive Urges Public Support
A town Armistice Day observance committee, formed by the Townes and Kearney Post No 6, American Legion, appeals to the public for donations to fund the event. The group aims for a dignified yet economical observance and invites checks at the Phoenix Office or James F. Duffy's Store. Princess Elena Lodge has contributed 118.70 plus 2.00.
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Townes and Kearney
Legan
Phoenix
James F. Duffy
Fitzgerald to Speak at Rotary Club Meeting
Principal Edward J Fitzgerald of Colt Memorial High School will address the Rotary Club tomorrow at the Hotel Belvedere. He will discuss his summer cross continental trip.
Migliori Denies Voting For Nunes In Bristol Dems Fight
Rocco Migliori of the Bristol Democratic town committee says he did not vote for Anthony J. Nunes for chairman. He states his ballot went to John Romano, who led the committee for years and was defeated by Nunes by one point two weeks ago.
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Anthony J. Nunes
Bristol
Democratic Town Committee
Rocco Migliori
Romano
Nunes
Bristol Town Council backs trees as city asset
The Bristol Town Council expresses strong support for the city’s trees, criticizing the State Department of Public Roads for removing a large tree without prior notice while widening a sidewalk on Oliver Street. The piece urges protection of the elm-lined streets and waterfront legacy.
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Bristol
State Department of Public Roads
Oliver Street
Tunis Names College Football Teams as Pros in Mercury
Harvard alumnus John R. Tunis argues in the American Mercury that several colleges should be considered professional in football. He divides schools into three groups and offers a table he deems fair to the debate on commercializing college sports.
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John R. Tunis
The
American Mercury
Harvard 1911
Colleges Expand Scheduling For Revenue Driven Football
The article discusses how schools like Pittsburgh and others use expansive schedules to cover stadium costs. It notes Pittsburg faces nearly 200000 yearly mortgage payments for its stadium and has pursued a heavy game slate to attract crowds and revenue.
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Princeton
Pittsburg
Minnesota
Boston College
Colgate
Columbia
Duke
Fordham
Southern California
St. Mary's
Syracuse
Temple
Nebraska
Tunis
Pitt
Semi professional list names colleges and pay practices
The speaker cites Harvard Dartmouth Army Navy Penn Notre Dame Cornell Boston University and others noting they rarely recruit openly and use covert methods. He says these serious institutions require players to pass exams and that colleges that pay their men offer a fixed rate usually 60 to 80 dollars a month without deviation.
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Harvard
Dartmouth
Army
Navy
Penn
Notre Dame
Cornell
Boston University
Notable Amateur Elevens Named by Tunis
Tunis lists Brown, Maine, Rutgers, Tufts, Washington and Jefferson, Williams, Cobby, W&3 legan, Trinity, Middlebury and several others as amateur football elevens.
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Tunis
Brown
Maine
Rutgers
Tufts
Washington and Jefferson
Williams, Cobby
W&3legan
Trinity
Middlebury
Open secret of college game fixing exposed
A veteran observer claims that gamblers have corrupted highly professionalized college teams by bribing certain key players. He asserts that games are sometimes thrown and that most insiders acknowledge this, save a few sports writers and some alumni in denial.
Princeton faction feared to join outs in Western Pennsylvania
Tunis says protests may surge as he suspects Princeton men could align with out-and-outs. He suggests graduates curb zealous college actions and shift the Orange and Black toward semi-pro status.
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Princeton
Tunis
Old Nassau
Eges
Pennsylvania
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