Bristol Fire Hose Shortage Prompts Budget Request
Bristol officials warn hose supply is deficient with 4200 feet in service and 3000 feet purchased over ten years. Board recommends 3000 feet of 23 inch hose and 1000 feet of 13 inch hose per truck plus replacements. Tests show 1700 feet pass, 400 condemned, 250 need recoupling. A $3000 request is urged for 2000 feet of 23 inch and 1000 feet of 13 inch hose with fittings.
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Serbati
Bristol
Ntherworld
Board of Fire Engineers
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Usher Barn
Rhode Island
Providence
Board of Engineers
Defiance
Ahrens- Fox
Scout Activities and Fall Plans Highlight Bristol News
The First Bristol Troop resumes meetings after a holiday break with patrol leaders meeting at Scout Hall to plan next week’s session and a September 18 fall round-up. Awashonks Herd resumes Saturdays at 7:30 with officer meetings September 21 to outline fall and winter programs. Sea Scouts Admiral Edwards hold fall meeting September 23 at 7:30 with Mates and crew leaders planning fall activities. Advancement and social events are emphasized for the season.
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Bristol
Scout Hall
Awashonks Herd
Sea Scouts of
S. S. Admiral Edwards
Gasoline rationing explained by Interior official
Harold L. Ickes through Q A outlines how eastern stations receive quotas based on 90 percent of July sales and how shortages stem from reduced tanker transport and higher demand. He notes no guarantee of Sept 1 depletion but urges motorist conservation and government measures to boost supply via barge pipeline and trucks.
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Petroleum Co-ordinator
Harold L. Ickes
Hitler
East Coast
Bristol Probate Notices Include Final Account and Administrators
Probate records in Bristol dated August 19 1941 show Silvio Martinello estate administratrix requests final account with real estate sale credit to be reviewed September 15 1941 at 10 am in Probate Court Bristol with fourteen day publication in Bristol Phoenix. Also Elizabeth K Paull estate administratrix named August 19 1941 claims period opens August 22 and Arthur H Carr will probate with bond and claims filing starting August 22 in Bristol.
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Bristol
Silvio Martinello
Cristina Martinello
Bristol Phoenix
John W. Church
Elizabeth K. Paull
Gladys E. Paull
R. 1
John W. ‘Church
Arthur H.carr
Arthur H. Carr
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