Price Panels Authorized to Collect Treble Damages for Violations
Oregon Bowles empowered local Price Panels to collect treble damages for price ceiling overcharges under the Price Control Act. Violations may yield three times the overcharge or at least 25 dollars, with settlements in court or via chair conferences, refunds to consumers, and public records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
Congress
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
Rhode Island
Christopher del Sesto
State Enforcement Division
Treasury of the
United States
Charles Simao Awaits New Assignment in Miami Beach
Charles Simao 21 of Bristol Rhode Island has returned from service outside the continental United States and is being processed at AAF Redistribution Station No 2 in Miami Beach Florida for a new assignment. He served 25 months with a corps of engineers in the European theater and will be assigned to duty best fitting his skills after medical and classification review. His parents Mr and Mrs Manuel Simao live at 188 Metacom Avenue Bristol. He attended Colt Memorial High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Charles Simao
Bristol
R. I
United States
Army Air Forces
AAF
Simao
Corps of Engineers
Manuel Simao
Metacom Avenue
Colt Memorial High School
Schools Open Tomorrow For Regular Fall Term
Thousands of Bristol youngsters resume their march to school tomorrow morning for the beginning of another school year. Superintendent ES Mapes urged that war workers return to continue their education and asked parents to bring birth certificates and vaccination records for new pupils.
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Bristol
ES. Mapes
Mapes
Post Office to Accept Mail for Foggia Province
Bristol residents with relatives in Foggia Province Italy can mail letters and postcards there. Postmaster Daniel W. Coggeshall has authorization from the Post Office Department for this service with the same postage as other foreign mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Province of
Foggia
Italy
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Post Office Department
Yacht Club invaded by race and food enthusiasts
A Bristol event saw Cole's River and Bristol Yacht Club fans gathering at the clubhouse for a day of racing and meals led by Bake master Richard Traynor from Swansea. A 125 person bake served in or near the event, with awards and lists of participants in the Herreshoff 12 1/2 races. Col Edwin S. Godfrey longtime Bristol resident and former colonel of the Bristol Train of Artillery funeral noted. Beetle boats from Cole's River finished in order Sea Dog Della Dodsworth P.D. Skip py Lake Pandora Marjorie Deane Vamoose Garrett Sanford Bundee Allyn Rivers.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Cole’s River Yacht Club
Bristol
Richard Traynor
Mr. Traynor
Swansea
Edwin S. Godfrey
Lisbon
Conn
Israel Daniels
Beetle
Cole’s River
Sea Dog
Della Dodsworth
P.D
Skippy Lake
Pandora
Marjorie Deane
Vamoose
Garrett Sanford
Bundee
Allyn Rivers
Pfc Joseph DeFaria Reported Slightly Wounded in France
Private first class Joseph DeFaria U S Infantry brother of Manuel De Faria of Colt Farm has been slightly wounded in action per a War Department telegram to his brother He is in a hospital in England and has received the Purple Heart DeFaria born here moved to Portugal at age three and returned to work at Colt Farm in 1938 He trained at Camp Edwards and had been in England before the Normandy invasion Parents still live in Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph DeFaria
U. S. Infantry
Manuel DeFaria
Colt Farm
War Department
Pvt. DeFaria
England
Portugal
Seekonk
Julia Jamiel Chosen Pin Up of BTA Auxiliary
Julia Jamiel a private in the Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary was chosen pin up girl by servicemen judges at a Saturday evening BTA Auxiliary formal dance The event featured a prize waltz won by Capt Nellie Medeiros and Cpl Arthur J Belmore with Lt Louis Falco and Lt Connie Piemontese as runners up Evelyn Jamiel sang and Lucy Jamiel danced and tapped a baton number Attendees included guests from Camp Edwards Melville Newport Naval Training Station and Price's Neck Anti Aircraft school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Casino
Godfrey
Verndale Circle
Bristol Highlands
Bristol Train of Artillery
Alfred M. Merriman
Connecticut
Saint Andrews
All Saints Church
Providence
St Michael's Church
Bristol
Col
Ponemah Mills
Taftville
Conn
Norwich Inn
New England
B TA
Col Godfrey
Grace L. Godfrey
Henry A. Hambrick
George W. Boutilier
Fred W. Macauley
Luke H. White
Louis Fa
Julia Jamiel
BTA
Nellie Medeiros
BTAA
Cpl
Arthur J Belmore
U.S. Marine Corps
Louis Falco
Connie Piemontese
Evelyn Jamiel
Lucy Jamiel
Lucy
Camp Edwards
Melville
Newport Naval Training Station
Price’s Neck
Salvation Army Drive Near Halfway Goal Reached
The Salvation Army Drive reports $455 raised, about half the $1000 target. Committee members include Capt. Nellie Medeiros First Lieuts Lavina Maturi Connie Piemontese Second Lieuts Josephine Jamiel and Irene Sargento, with J William Wood as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Medeiros
Lavina Maturi
Connie Piemontese
Josephine Jamiel
Irene Sargento
J. William Wood
Salvation Army Drive Fund
Mr. Wood
Scrap collection volunteers sought by Kearney Legion
George R. Fish chair man of Kearney Post No 68 American Legion scrap committee urges volunteers for next Sunday’s drive from 8 am to 1 pm. Helpers needed for truck drivers and crew. Money from waste paper sales funds town recreational program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Fish
Kearney
No 68
American Legion
Fish
Legion Post
Kearney Post
Anniversary Dinner Honors Mr and Mrs Clarence Booth Jr
Mr and Mrs Carl Steffen of Point Pleasant Farm Bristol entertained at home for the 15th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Clarence A Booth Jr of Barrington. Guests brought gifts and rooms featured multicolor flowers with red white and blue table decor. A social evening followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Steffen
Point Pleasant Farm
Bristol
Clarence A. Booth Jr
Barrington
Council Meets Tonight Deliberations On Wharf Land Use
The town council holds its regular monthly meeting in the Council Chamber this evening. Building Inspector Otis M. Bailey Sr. is expected to report on a charge that a State street wharf building is partly on town land without authorization. Other routine business will be transacted.
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Otis M. Bailey Sr
State Street
Victory Garden Notes From Farmers Markets
Continue canning tomatoes and preserving harvests as prices stay low. Recommend canning freezing or dehydrating corn and carrots beets and squash. Suggest canning early pears and planting radishes spinach turnips and lettuce for a bountiful season.
Baby arrives as Stegman’s squad celebrates in Pacific
A Marine dive bomber pilot from Salina Kansas learns his wife gave birth to a baby girl on June 18 after anxious days. His squadmates mocked his nerves then cheered at the war’s pause as he let out a victorious war whoop. In Saipan a Navy medical corps lieutenant’s ill timed calisthenics sparked bemused signals from nearby ships. Marine communications teams on Saipan kept a frontline switchboard alive under bombardment, with one wounded man but the line stayed open as shells fell and frontline troops advanced.
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South Pacific
States
Marine Corps
James J. Stegman
Salina
Kans
Pacific
Guam
Navy Medical Corps
Saipan
Corp
Harold T. White
Pfc
Lyle A. Walthrop
Marines Describe Saipan Battle End and Suicide Charge
Marines recount brutal Saipan combat as hand grenades burst around a machine gun and mortars hit the switchboard. Under star shells the enemy pressed from a bluff, with one Japanese soldier committing harakiri at close range. The Marines kept their communication lines intact as the battle concluded with the next day.
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Hara-Kiri
Saipan
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Post Office
Yacht Club Invaded
Frederick M Dixon, Jr
R F Haffenreffer, III
Earl P. Mathewson
Henry Wood
R. F Haffenreffer
Haffenreffer
Haileigh V Tingley
Herreshoff
Kelpie
John Borden
Moro
Bill Faucett
Raven
L Willard Gardner
Douglas Borden
Beelzibub
Duke McCann
Mischief
Betty Lou Rivers
Me Too
Munroe Deane
Raggedy Ann
R. F. Haffenreffer
III
Minx
Halsey Herreshoff
Frolic
Nancy
Terest
Bliven Field
Raymond Bhiven
Bette Davis
MR. Skeffington
Claude Rains
Walter Abel
Walt Disney Cartoon
Jack Carson
Jane Wyman
Edgar Barker
Scotland Yard
Stephanie Bachelor
C. Aubrey Smith
Indiana
Walter Brennan
Lon McCallister
Jeanne Crain
June Haver
Captain America
France
Mr Fish
Leroy Dean
A. Elmer McNamara
Vernon A. Gray
Dominic J. Mascola
Henry J. Tasiello
Victory Garden
Lt. Stegman
Corp. White
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