Police Officials Get Program From Gov Saltonstall
Gov Saltonstall outlines a ten point plan developed after a Washington police conference to defend against sabotage and major disasters. The proposal divides the state into nine districts with joint federal state and local policing, mobilized only by the governor for major emergencies, under district mobilization officers and experienced police command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saltonstall
John F Stokes
Sherman Miles
First Corps
Aus
Federal Bureau of Invest
Be Sin Plam
Mator
Activia State Defense Council
Govenor
Local Finance Committee Appointments and Horticulture Notes
At the last Selectmen meeting the Finance Committee was appointed: Richard F. Piper Paul ey Rhoades Ralph Be Hawes Arthur V. d Daniel Krause to serve two years one year respectively. Town Accountant appointed, Fannie Goodnow moved to Maynard Road. A garden feature section discusses fruit tree planting for home orchards, varieties, and care with Little Tree Farms Framingham Centre participating in Garden for Victory program.
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Bury
Rd of Selectmen
Richard F. Piper
Pauley Rhoades
Ralph BE. Hawes
Arthur V. d
Daniel Krause
Massats Horticultural Society
Surinse
Wihe
Tittle Tree
Framingham Centre
Greening
Baldwin
Clapps
Bartlett
Richmond
Montmorency
Little Tree Farms
Sels
Acton Easter Services Announced by Churches
Acton Easter services include Handel heavy Hallelujah chorus and hymns at South Acton Universalist Church with Mr Milner Dunn delivering an Easter themed sermon. West Acton Baptist church members join Sunrise Services at Fort Devens at 6 to 7 am guided by Chaplain Bradley Folenshee.
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Acton
South Acton Universalist Church
Holy Temple
Jesus
Milner Dunn
West Acton
Screen Celebrities Dish on Cars and Fights in New Film Gossip
The piece notes the bow of a unique station wagon convertible in Mr and Mrs Cugat with Raymilland and Betty Field. It mentions Claire Trevor collecting rhumba records, Marc Lawrence’s hard role in This Gun for Hire, Mickey Esposito mistaken for Leo Carrillo, Hugh Herbert's farm life, Arthur Hunnicutt's debut in Wildcat, Frank Moran’s boxing past and Palm Beach Story, Alan Ladd insuring his face for The Glass Key.
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Mr. and
Mrs.Cugat
Ray Mitland
Betty Field
Concord Region 4 Air Raid Drill Delayed
State advisory confirms Region 4 blackout for Concord on Thursday April 9 with time to be announced. H P Larrabee chief warden announces precautionary drill with indefinite timing.
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Concord
Region 4
H. P. Larrabee
Easter services and union events across Acton Maynard
The report outlines Easter season activities across Acton and Maynard churches. Plans include a 7:30 p m evening service with a sung program Joseph of Armatha s by John A Farnham, a union service with special Easter cello by Miss Priscilla Gleason, and a Three Hour Good Friday service from noon to 3 p m at the Finnish Congregational Church in Maynard with clergy participation. Communion is set for Wednesday night at West Acton Baptist Church at 7:30. Easter morning events include a Men s Class attendance and Youth Endeavor meetings at 4 5 and 6 p m respectively.
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Joseph of
Acton
Maynard
Wil
West Acton Baptist Church
Ac- Center
Court News of Interest in Vicinity
Probate filings in Middlesex Court include the will of George H. Reed of Acton who died March 18 at 89, with $5000 real and $4000 personal property all to the immediate family. Also filed is the Goodearl will of South Acton who died March 15, leaving life use of real property to widow Cassie B. Goodearl and equal shares to son Robert F. Goodearl and daughter Gertrude I. Leard. attorney Howard A. Wilson handles the filing.
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Glancy News Service
Cambridge
George H. Reed
Acton
New England
Jimes
Middlesex
William T. Goodearl
South Acton
Cassie B. Goodearl
Robert F. Goodearl
Gertrude I. Leard
Atty
Howard A. Wilson
Concord Recreational Council approves series of square dances
At a March meeting the Concord Recreational Council plans a series of square dances. Events are scheduled for May 9 May 16 May 28 and June 6 in the va building with a small admission charge.
Prank H. Lamont Dies at 49
Funeral services for Frank H. Lamont of 13 Pond Lane and city resident Prank H. Lamont, aged 49, were announced after he died on Saturday.
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H. Lamont
Concord
Frank H. Lamont
Pond Lane
Patrolman Foster Commissioned as Captain in Marine Reserves
Concord patrolman John Foster, a 12 year veteran of the Concord police and former state trooper, was sworn in as a captain in the U S Marine Corps reserves in Boston. A Brookline native and World War I veteran, he earned Croix de Guerre honors and served in France with the Fifth Marines. Foster, 44, has a wife and two children and plans active duty at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
John Thomas Foster
Potter Street
United States Marine Corps
Boston
Foster
Concord Department
State Police
Brookline
New England Revolver League
John A. Lejeanne
St. Etienne
Toul
Verdun
France
Aisne Maind
United
Past Masters toast at Maynard Grange Past Masters Night
Maynard Grange hosts 30 Past Masters from Maynard and visiting Granges on Thursday March 26. Officers filled include John E. Johnson master, Clinton L. Wilson overseer, Philip B. Carter lecturer, Edward Mullin steward, Mary G. Jones secretary, L Ray Smith gatekeeper, Elsie Leslie Ceres, Marion L. Johnson Pomona, Mabel Chapman Flora, Dorothy Warden Lady Assistant, Leslie Sims executive committee, Alice Perkins, cis Brown, Hazel Rice pianist. A fine program and collation followed with dancing led by John Dora of Maynard Grange.
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Maynard
Maynard Grange
John E. Johnson
Chelmsford
Massachusetts State Grange
Middlesex North Pomona Grange
Clinton L. Wilson
Waltham
Middlesex Central
Pomona
Philip B. Carter
Melrose
Middlesex Essex
Edward Mullin
Ayer Grange
Rusell Chase
Stoneham
Middlesex Essex Pohona
Henrietta Carter
Ceres
Charles Chapman
Framingham
Mary G. Jones
L. Ray, Smith
Dracut
Elsie Leslie
Arlington
State Grange Home and Community Service Committee
Marion
L. Johnson
Middlesex
North Pomona
Flora
Mabel Chap Man
Middlesex Centre
Pomona Grange
Dorothy Warden
Winchester
Auburn
Worcester
Massachusets
Five Grass and Chimney Fires Strain Sudbury Fire Dept
Sudbury Fire Department battled five fires in two days last week four grass fires and one chimney fire. Fire Chief urges residents to stop unsafe burning of rubbish and improve disposal practices to reduce incidents.
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Sudbury
Sudbury Fire Department
Will of Concord Woman Filed for Probate at Courthouse
The will of Edith F. Chase, longtime Concord library assistant, died March 19 in a Natick rest home and has been filed for probate. The estate value is undetermined as no bond is filed. A $5900 trust benefits her niece Martha F. Chase, with annual income to cousin Ruth Keyes for life, then to Mary and Edith Medding, and finally to Martha as executrix. The 1924 will lists Boston attorneys and a Concord appraiser. Clarence L. Clark of Concord sues for divorce from Abbie J. Clarke, now in Boston, alleging cruel treatment on Christmas Day 1941. returnable April 27.
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Glancy News Service
Cambridge
Edith F. Chase
Concord Library
Natick
Martha F. Chase
Concord
Ruth §. Keyes
Mary
Edith Medding
Martha F. Chage
Attys, Stewart, Chase
Abbie J. Clarke
Boston
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Identification Cards II for Civilian Defense
Concord plans official ID cards for every defense member. Descriptive data must be filed with the Concord Committee on Public Safety at 12 Main Street before photography at the Veterans Building on Saturday April 4 from 2 to 6 and 7 to 9 p m. Identification officer Leon F Foss notes the office open Friday April 3 from 7 to 9.
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Concord
Organization For Civilian Defense
Committee On Public Safety
Veterans Building
Office of the
Concord Committee On Public Safety
Main Street
Defense Organization
Committee ‘On Public Safety
Leon F Foss
Immunization Clinic Offered Free For Children
Concord town health department repeats free diphtheria immunization for preschool and school children. Parents urged to bring children not yet immunized as clinics run Monday April 6 at Peter Bulkeley School 9 A.M. and West Concord School 10 30 A.M.
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Concord
Hearth Department
The
Peter Bulkeley
West Concord
CANCELED STAMPS FOR LONDON HOSPITAL
An authoritative letter from New York describes the demand for canceled stamps for Queen's Hospital London. Stamps trimmed and sent in cartons to Mrs Edgar Leonard in New York fetch higher prices, aiding hospital costs. local Concord delivery routes are noted for forwarding.
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London
New York
Queen’s Hospital
Hackmey Road
Queen's Hospital
East End
Edgar Leonard
East 62Nd Street
New York City
Cryostase and vinostaain reactions in varying temperatures
Fragmentary notes describe Cryostase 198 acid reacting when hot and vinostaain forming in cloudy conditions. When cooled, a jalear-like compound appears. Further details are unclear due to damaged text and missing context.
Little Man Hero of Storm Restores Factory Power
In a severe snowstorm 18 to 20 foot drifts crippled transport and power services around a key Ministry of Supply factory. Jones, a part time government worker, coordinated Navy Army Air Force Home Guard Post Office Railway and Lifeboat crews to repair cables restore power and resume production within 27 hours starting January 26. Local authorities secured fuel food and sea transport while RAF engineers and a lifeboat crew aided wiring and power restoration. By the afternoon of January 27 power returned and factory work restarted.
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London
Navy
Army
Air Force
Home Guard
Post Office
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Ministry of Supply
Jones
R.A.F
Ministry of Food
Sinking of U-95 prompts strange Dutch account
A Dutch seaman aboard a submarine that sank U-95 witnessed the German crew and 12 survivors swimming away in formation. None spoke until the commander ordered a cry for help. The sinking of U-95 was announced recently.
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London
Vrijnen
Magnetic anti mine device eyed to render torpedoes ineffective
Franklyn G. Barnes, inventor, said a device now exists that could prevent torpedoes from reaching ships. He also claimed a plan to cut gun recoil enough to swap an eight inch gun for a half caliber and suggested a mobile fort with cannon and machine guns as another possibility.
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Franklyn G. Barnes
Rockets Aid New Nazi Aircraft Booster
A correspondent reports experts say rockets enable a plane to lift over 3000 pounds more bomb load. The note recalls General Ernst Udet dying while testing a rocket plane and mentions an allied bomber recovered intact after capture.
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Ockets
Ernst Udet
Gold Rush on Pacific shores spurs new shark liver trade
A California gold rush analogy describes a wartime surge in shark liver trade with soupfin livers valued for high vitamin A. Fishermen off the Pacific coast, from Seattle to San Francisco, report rising prices and rapid profits as crews haul longfin sharks and soup fins. The industry expands amid war demand and cod liver oil shortages.
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San. Francisco
California
Mother Lode
Fish and Wilds Life Service
Department of the Interior
San Francisco
Firmen
Seattle
T. d. Guaragnella
Farallone
Ethel
Washington
Natan
Norway
United States
Oregon
Fornia
Aramaic Key Ties Jesus Sayings to Original Language
In Chicago a University of Chicago professor argues that the gos were not written in Greek but in Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus. Dr Albert T Olmstead proposes translating Greek back into Aramaic to better reveal Jesus sayings. He says Aramaic offers a clearer, singular content versus Greek translations.
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Chicago
University of Cage
Albert T. Olmstead
Jesus
Tin for Cans Reduced Again by War Board
The War Board cut the tin allowance for can making to 1.25 pounds of tin per 100 pounds of tin plate. This second reduction follows an earlier drop from 1.50 to 1.35 pounds. Exceptions apply to items needing heavier coatings to prevent contamination.
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War Board
War Oe Board
Rabbit Pelts Drive War Effort Enrich U.S. Farmers
Washington reports rabbit pelts become a bigger resource for the hat industry as imports decline due to wartime demand. Farm trapper incomes rise as pelts meet domestic needs and support the hat trade amid shortages.
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U.S
Washington
Bunny raises over 2700 at London auction for Aid-to-Russia
A jive rabbit sold for more than 2700 dollars at a London auction benefiting the Aid-to-Russia fund. The tame rabbit drew bidders and aimed to aid relief efforts.
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London
Aid-to-Russia Fund
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Tombstone
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Hugh Herbert
Arthur. Hunnicttt
Frank Moran
Jack Johnson
Jess Willard
Avery Preston Sturges
Palm Beach
Alan Ladd
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Bill Bendix
Eddie Marr
Tarring Day
Labaines
Stwood
Muse
Suirrey Temple
Shirley
Westlake School
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