Two Sockanosset boys nabbed after Bristol spree
One of two 15 year old boys tied to a week of breaks in Bristol is captured after a chase through apartments and yards. The fugitive stole a car on Wood Street, while the other boy remains at large. Police traced the pair to Bradford Street near LaFazia's Drug Store and described their burglary spree along Hope Street and Metacom Avenue, with loot recovered from a manhole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Margaret A. Jackson
Cherry Street
Warren
Wood Street
Bradford Street
LaFazia
Lockanosset
Cranston
Albert Jamies
Norman J. Vermetter
Hope Street
DeCosta's
Arthur J Duffy
Council Probes Dwindling Town Dump Space For Refuse
Five town council members plus Highway Surveyor inspect the dump and warn that usable dumping area is nearly exhausted. They note prior verbal approval covered Silver Creek lands now used up and consider alternative sites and disposal methods including incineration to prevent rubber pile ignition and smoke nuisance.
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Paul C. Millemaggi
Richard Connery
Henry F Serbst
William W. Perry
Silver Creek
Monroe Avenue
Serbst
Millemaggi
Giacomo Marasco
Bristol residents named in town hall records
Town hall records list individuals including Manuel DeFaria of Colt Farm Bristol Irene Simao of 188 Meta Com Avenue Bristol Henry Costa Cardoza at 122 Mt Hope Avenue and Mary Ann Castro 127 Bay View Avenue Francis Duffy 124 Church Street and Elzira daPonte 30 Mt Hope Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel DeFaria
Colt Farm
Bristol
Irene Simao
Metacom Avenue
Francis Duffy
Church Street
Elzira daPonte
Mt Hope Av
Last Day For Blue Cross Direct Enrollment In Rhode Island
Tomorrow is the final day the Blue Cross regional office on Hope Street will accept applications for direct enrollment. Executive Director Stanley H. Saunders says response has been strong and all state branch offices close after business tomorrow. Non-group enrollment is for those under 66 who are self employed unemployed retired or with 10 or fewer workers. Thirteen Rhode Island hospitals guarantee benefits including up to 31 hospital days and extensive services.
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Blue Cross
Narragansett Electric Company
Hope Street
Stanley H. Saunders
Rhode Island Blue Cross
Saunders
Morrisey to Lead Bristol Theater Membership Drive
Donald F Morrisey was named publicity director to head an immediate membership drive for the Bristol Community Theater. A house to house canvass will offer advance tickets to three plays upon joining. Subchairmen were appointed by Mrs Theresa Donovan including D Lloyd Smith and others for makeup furniture design lighting and more. A musical Red Mall is under consideration as part of the committee’s plans.
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Bristol Community Theater
YMCA
Donald F Morrisey
Theresa Donovan
D. Lloyd Smith
James Husband Small
Eleanor Gladding
Francis Bragg
Philip Clark
James Meiggs
George Millard
Hermann Wilbur
Earl P Mathewson
John Price
Red Mall
James Husband
Francis Palmer Clark
Free Enterprise at Risk Says Rotary Speaker
Albert T. Fu sonie Collins & Aikman Industrial Relations Manager told the Rotary Club that free enterprise remains vital to job creation and national prosperity. He warned that government overreach and labor-management meddling could push the economy toward state control.
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Albert T. Fusonie
Collins & Aikman
Rotary Club
America
England
Balkans
Germany
Japan
Eric Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Philip Murray
C.10
William Green
A. F. of L
Congress
Local servicemen Find Small World in Nice Meeting
Staff Sgt. Fred Nenna of Bourn Street and Cpl. Vincent Troiano of 7 Coggeshall Avenue met in Nice while on duty. They enjoyed a brief reunion with Domenic Simmons of Bristol, took photos for their families, and hoped to be home by Christmas. Troiano returned to duty while Nenna explored Rome.
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Fred Nenna
Bournstreet
Vincent M. Troiano
7 Coggeshall Avenue
Nice
Domenic Simmons
Bristol
Nenna
Rome
Troiano
Navy Seaman Byrnes Aids Balikpapan Bombardment
William P. Byrnes seaman first class USNR son of Mr and Mrs Thomas H Byrnes of 68 Burton street manned a 40mm gun on a 7th Fleet motor torpedo boat. The craft wrecked an enemy shipyard and sank four sailing vessels loaded with Japs while supporting Australian landings at Balikpapan in Southeastern Borneo after 24 combat patrols in the Pacific eight months. He joined the Navy in May 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Byrnes
USNR
Thomas H. Byrnes
Burton Street
7Th Fleet
Balikpapen
Borneo
Byrnes
Pacific
Navy
OSS Tales and Turkish Rescue Stories From World War II
The piece cites George L Howe and George Stringer describing OSS wartime actions. It notes OSS involvement in rescuing over 4000 airmen, and details clandestine routes through Turkey aiding Allied evasion and rescue, with Turks allowing occasional escapes under allied supervision.
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U.S.S
U. S
Turkey
Ankara
Germany
Bulgaria
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Sockanosset
Duffy’s
Andrea D’ambrosio
Mr. Vermette
Town Hall Records
Wallace Motors
Fred MacMurray
Helen Walker
Marjorie Main
Jean Heather
Porter Hall News
Pop Pie
la Mode
Robert Lowery
Roger Pryor
Phyllis Brooks
Allan Jones
Grace McDonald
Raymond Walburn
Roy Rogers
Utah
al Pearce
Hitch-Hike
Dale Evans
Brad Taylor
Donald F. Morrisey
W.L.B
N.L.R
W.P.A
Aa.a
American Management Association
New York
Woolmann
Harvard
Columbia University
Ronger
Bristol Boys
Bristol Public
Colt High School
Bristol Evening High School
George L Howe
Willam J
Wild Bill) Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Saturday Evening Post
Italy
George Howe
William H. Stringer
The
Christian Science Monitor
Jack Chester
Associated Press
ELAS
Greece
Cairo
Himmler
Goebbels
Imaa
Chester
Mr. Stringer
Sphinx. C
O.S.S
Midwest
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