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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1936
Page
4
The Ottawa Evening Citizen argues Roosevelt’s re election is vital for global stability. It lauds his clear simple rhetoric and predicts renewed leadership could prevent world disorder, noting the election impact on democracy and peace beyond the United States.
Canadian cheese factories rebound under Roosevelts good neighbor policy and Hull's trade pact pushes cheaper imports into the United States. The Farmers Advocate reports a 733 percent rise in Canadian cheese imports in early 1936, flooding Milwaukee Green Bay and Chicago warehouses and pressuring American dairy prices.
A Louisville Courier Journal note argues that public opinion will decide whether New Deal policies survive or end. It urges Republican contenders to articulate a bold stance on the proposals proposed by the administration.
The Bristol School Committee approved restoring four percent of the 14 percent wage reduction for all department employees, aided by approximately $7000 in state support. Superintendent Elmer S. Mapes explained $5000 of aid is equalization money and $2110 comes from per pupil attendance. Half of the aid is to be paid by January 31, 1937, with an added year's cost of about $2850.
Local voters receive individual ballots in a Literary Digest poll testing national sentiment for the next U S president. The 1936 poll uses secret post card ballots, with Rhode Island results tallied with other states and early returns already published.
Miss Mildred Frances Newman daughter of Mrs Mary E Neman will marry Frederick Wilcox Coggeshall at 2 PM tomorrow in St Michael's church Canon Anthony R Parshley to perform the ceremony Attendants are Miss Mae Newman and Merritt Seymour Ushers are Newman and Herbert Gray.
The text explains taxes on manufacturers become part of product costs and passed to consumers. It notes Federal taxes make up about one and two thirds cents of a loaf of bread and argues these taxes support the high cost of New Deal government.
A mass of requiem was celebrated at St Elizabeth Church for Mrs Mary Gloria Arruda wife of Joseph Arruda of 43 E Street who died Wednesday. Burial was in St Mary’s Cemetery. She came to America and resided in Bristol 20 years ago. Survivors include her husband her parents three children two brothers and four sisters.
The Bristol Line from New York to Boston has grown popular and transformed Bristol Harbor with expanded wharves and sugar refinery growth. Rumors say the boats may move to Fall River touching Newport, while investors in New York and Boston push to secure the vast passenger and freight trade already established by the Bristol operation. The Sugar Refinery at Bristol, owned by Camp and Chapman, has undergone major expansion, adding brick buildings, dock sheds, and a large warehouse, driven by new leadership and strong local employment.
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