Desert Rats of the Ordnance Battalion Reach Southern England
The United States Army Ordnance Battalion known as the desert rats prepares for a cross channel trip to France after 16 months in North Africa. Frank Recupero, 377 High street, is a member. Activated July 4 1942 and praised as Aberdeen’s Own the unit includes 80 specialists. They traveled from Newport News aboard the Mauretania stopping at Rio de Janeiro and Durban before entering the Red Sea then overland to Cairo. In Africa they supported shops in Tripoli and Benghazi, trained with British arms, and aided evacuees including 640 Polish refugees at Christmas. They moved to England in late January 1944 to assist invasion preparations.
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U.K
North Africa
Desert Rats
United States Army Ordnance Battalion
England
France
Frank Recupero
High Street
Aberdeen
C. T. Harris, Jr
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Newport News
Virginia
Mauretania
Darlo el Hagg
Cairo
Russel B. Huckstep
Eritrea
United States Army Engineers
Benghazi
Tripoli
Eighth Army
Egypt
Robert A. Walters
Rougemont
North Carolina
Farouk
Walters
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kai Shek
Africa
C&A Wins YMCA Industrial Softball Championship
Collins and Aikman clinched the league title by beating the Independents 6 to 4 in a fast six inning game played in 35 minutes with spectators noting the pace was unusually quick. The victory capped the YMCA Industrial Softball League season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins and Aikman
Y.M.C.A
Independents
Funeral for William B Pearse Held in Greenville
The funeral for William Bradford Pearse, a native of the town, was held yesterday afternoon at N. M. Latham Funeral Home in Greenville. Rev. Herbert D. Graetz and Rev. Noah E. Fehl officiated with bearers from local companies and lodges. Burial followed at North Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bradford Pearse
N. M. Latham
Greenville
Herbert D. Graetz
First Congregational Church
Noah E. Fehl
Greenville Baptist Church
Simms
Bennett
Greenville Finishing Company
Nickerson
Mr. Steere
Greenville Trust Company
Andrew Winsor
Willard Walcotte
St. Alban’s Lodge
North Cemetery
End of bicycle rationing announced by OPA
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles said rationing ends due to few bicycles available and insufficient production. The program began May 1942 with about 200,000 bikes and now the stockpile is gone. Dealers must keep rationing records for six months. War Production Board concurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Chester Bowles
War Production Board
Probate court notices from Bristol Rhode Island records
The Bristol probate docket lists appointments and filings for estates including Eunice Eveline Munroe Ellen F Brady and Frank Howe French. It notes requests for administration, final accounts, bond requirements, and dates for notices and hearings in September and October 1944.
Town probate admission for Herbert Town executor bond
Estate of Herbert Town Bristol Rhode Island presents probate admission of the Last Will and Testament and appointment of Harry Town as executor on September 22 1944 with bond as required by law. The notice is dated September 18 1944 and references bond filing and executor qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Howe French
Bristol
R. I
United States
Amos S. Gorham
Robate
Alexander G. Fales
Mary E. Fales
Alexander G Fales
Bristol Phoenix
John W Church
Mary Quinn
Daniel Quinn
Probate
A. May A. Brownell
Ernest H Brownell
Dorothea B. Rathbone
A May A. Brownell
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company of Providence
A May A Brownell
Emma E. Burgess
William N Burgess
Milford
Worcester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Ernest H. Brownell
Herbert Town
Fifth Army honors Peter Cavallaro for Combat Infantryman Badge
The Fifth Army in Italy cites Bristol Rhode Island resident Peter Cavallaro of the 34th Red Bull Division for actual combat on the front. He is awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, a silver rifle on infantry blue within a silver wreath, recently authorized by the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Italy
Peter ‘A> Cavallaro
Ryan ‘Avenue
Bristol
Rhode ‘Island
34Th “Red Bull
War Department
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Basilion
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Durban
Red Sea
Tewfik
Suez Canal
Ernest G. Oberosler
Kevin
Montana
Red ‘Sea
Saud
Arabia
C&a
William B. Pearse
Walsh-Kaiser Coo
Employment Office
Washington Avenue
Providence, R. I
U.S.E.S
Tre
Elizabeth Formisa
Ginerat
Protate
John W. Church
Eunice
Harold Rennberg
P.A
Public Assistance Department of Social Welfare
Eunice Eveline Munroe
J. Alden Chesebro
Providence
Rhode Island
Ellen F. Brady
James P Cronan
James Barnard French
Iendly Circle
Hope
Kearney Post
The
American Legion Relief Fund Legion
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Undertaker
William Sitreef Tel
Arate Wap
Ulysse Forget, M. D
Main ST
Warren, R. I
Warren
Harry Town
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martha Graham
Hope St
Thyra Carlson
High St
Bradford St
Perles
Waterbury’s
Phillips
Magnesia
Colgate
Johnson’s
Johnson
Kelldy
Burnside Memorial
Sophadox Rs Paneer
TEL
Burt 'St
Lotr Ok
Ony Lond
Don Luiz Fillipe
Lincoln Hall
Usher Avenue
Sewing Machine Co
Singer Sewing Machine Co
South Main Street
Fall River
George M. Wilbur & Sons CO
Constitution St
Salvador Nunes
Mt. Hope. Ave
Dorchester Mutual
Go of Boston
E. L. Watson Co., Inc
Weybosset Street
J. E. Connors
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