Woman Arrives From Europe Aboard Clipper in Bristol
Mrs. Gloria Mello, the first Bristol woman to cross the Atlantic by Clipper, returned home early Wednesday after flying from Horta in the Azores to New York in 21 hours. She described the war's toll on Portugal and expressed hope for peace, noting initial fear but happiness at reaching Bristol.
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Gloria Mello
High Street
Mello
Atlantic
Horta
Azores
New York City
Portugal
Bristol
Cablegram
John
Providence
Flowers Exhibit At Bristol Garden Club Meeting
Bristol Garden Club met at Mrs. Mildred Herreshoff’s Ferry road home on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Stanley E Friswell won first for best arrangement. second place split between Mrs Norton M Zinderstein and Miss Mabel Salisbury. third place tie between Mrs Henry W Boynton and Mrs A H Carr. Miss Mary Perry received honorable mention for most original arrangement. 24 members and guests attended. tea served with Miss Afines B Herreshoff pouring.
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Bristol Garden Club
Mildred Herreshoff
Ferry Road
Stanley E. Friswell
Norton M
Zinderstein
Mabel Salisbury
Henry W Boynton
A. H Carr
Mary Perry
Afines
Herreshoff
Bristol to Hold Special Town Meeting Next Monday
Bristol taxpayers will assemble in a special financial town meeting next Monday night at 7 30 in Reynolds school auditorium to consider the appropriation of 10000 for relief purposes. W Fred Williams, appointed moderator to succeed Judge Ward L Leahy, resigned, will preside at the session. Checkers will be William A Bottomley and Michael W Pasquarelli for the First District and Joseph P Nunes and James F Wylie, Second District. Town Clerk John W Church is clerk.
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Bristol
Financial
Reynolds School
W. Fred Williams
Ward L. Leahy
Checkers
William A. Bottomley
Michael W. Pasquarelli
Joseph P. Nunes
James F. Wylie
John W. Church
Edmonds Heads to Legion Conclave for National Meeting
Town Councilman A A Edmonds travels by auto to Chicago for the National American Legion convention as Rhode Island delegate. He is part of a policy making committee guiding Legion actions for the coming year. Accompanying him are Harold B Woodward and Domenic Mascolo, both Rhode Island Legion leaders heading to the event.
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A. A. Edmonds
American Legion
Chicago
Ill
Rhode Island
Edmonds
Tee
Harold B Woodward
Barrington Post
Domenic Mascolo
Kearney Post
Legion
Bristol Police Seek Two More Patrolmen to Alleviate Overtime
Police Chief Anthony J. Ferrara urges adding at least two patrolmen to Bristol, Rhode Island, to meet FBI population staffing standards. Current force of eight is below requirements and officers work heavy hours. Proposed pay and leave increases are discussed. action pending.
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Anthony J. Ferrara
Bristol Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ferrara
Bristol
Chiat
Rhode Island
Floyd Huestis
Brothers Arrested On Wire Theft Charge
Manuel Morris and John Morris, Bristol brothers, face Fifth District Court next Monday on larceny and receiving stolen goods charges tied to a September 14 wire theft from the United States Rubber Company plant. Both posted $500 bail. police say other suspects are being questioned.
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Bristol Brothers
Fifth District Court
Bristol
United States Rubber Company
Manuel Morris
Prospect Street
John Morris
Wall Street
Phent
J Vincent Sumpter
Manuel
Anthony J Ferrara
Perrara
Capone Leads PTA Committee on School Cafeterias
Mrs. Lucien Capone of this town chairs a three woman State Congress PTA committee studying surplus commodities for underprivileged schoolchildren. Sponsored by federal funds, the plan would establish school cafeterias offering meals at little or no cost and may employ WPA workers. A Rhode Island school canvass is underway and a report is due soon. The group will consult Superintendent Elmer S Mapes.
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Lucien Capone
Congress
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Rhode Island
PTA State Congress
Fuure
Elmer
Rummage Sale and Columbus Day Dinner Announced
October events include a Friday rummage sale by the Flower Committee of the Congregational Church and a Thursday Columbus Day Dinner Office. Bristol Council No. 379 K of C plans a gathering at the new Bristol Casino.
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Flower Committee
Congregational Church
Bristol Council No. 379
K. of C
New Bristol Casino
Hitler and God in Wartime Rhetoric
A Telegraph analysis notes Hitler’s references to God and the Father of Mankind in speeches at the war’s outset and in Danzig crowds. It contrasts public piety with Nazi actions, citing Lincoln’s wartime quip about being on God’s side.
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Hitler
Germany
Danzig
Father
Abraham Lincoln
God
Irish designer of White House aided by Leinster House links
The passage notes that the White House in Washington is modeled on Dublin's Leinster House, designed by Irish immigrant James Hoban who won a prize in 1782 for a suitable presidential residence. It highlights rising aviation interest with 50000 inquiries to the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce library, and abroad inquiries matching domestic levels as American aviation expands with engines, planes, and pilots.
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United States
Ireland
White House
Washington
D. C
Leinster House
Dublin
America
James Hoban
George Washington
Hoban
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Rockefeller Center
New York
Army Air Corps
Walking for Exercise Says Housewife Travels Eight Miles Daily
A presenter at the 28th convention of the National Association of Chiropodists, Dr. Joseph Lelyveld of Boston, claims housewives average about eight miles of walking per day, roughly the distance from Boston to San Francisco, as yearly exercise.
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Boston
San Francisco
National Association of Chiropodists
Joseph Lelyveld
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