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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1933
Page
6
The Red Cross notes 3 072 counties served with flour for bread and more than a billion garments distributed to five million families, totaling over twenty million people aided. Six hundred thousand women worked long hours sewing sixty million yards of cotton into garments for schoolchildren and households.
The piece reviews the vast Red Cross relief program during the Depression, noting $685000 in direct costs and distribution of 25 million ready made garments. It cites wheat and cotton aid, factory orders, and ongoing clothing and blanket distributions as the end of surplus programs nears. It highlights John Barton Payne's leadership and widespread unemployment relief across the nation.
Washington letter notes U S Bureau of Fisheries and Maryland Conservation Commission plan to dump 2 000 hard bred Columbia River salmon into Deep Creek Lake Maryland. The run could attract tourists to Great Falls while salmon travel from ocean to headwaters spawning grounds despite strong currents and falls.
Idaho Utah and Wyoming calcium deposits are estimated worth about twelve dollars an acre according to rural economist Oliver Antie Baker of the States Department. The estimate reflects calcium resources along the West's arid regions and signals potential development in Salt Lake City Utah based reporting from INS.
Fishermen in Marlboro and Huwl son awaiting the April 15 opening as streams statewide are stocked with a record trout volume. About 1.6 million trout have been released since last July under Director Raymond J. Kenney and a new hatchery plan guiding release into prime streams. Most stock went to brook trout with brown trout and other two year olds also distributed across the state.
A statewide safety conference will convene at the Hotel Statler in Poston on April 25 with sessions on pedestrian safety and motorist control. General John W. Sherburne notes 2227 fatal motor vehicle strikes and many injuries in five years. the Massachusetts Safety Council calls for changes beyond the current motorist focus. Governor Ely and many mayors, police leaders, and town selectmen will attend.
A new foundation garments department has opened at the Rise berg store in Corey building to enhance dress and coat ensembles. Bessie O'Toole, former owner and corsettiere expert, will lead the department meeting women’s demand for Ivy corsets and similar items.
The report notes that calcium shipments to fertilizer producers would continue from western sources even as other regions exhausted supplies, signaling a shift in mineral distribution and long term availability concerns.
A brief consumer guide explains how to tell if chicken is fully browned and cooked through. It notes color, texture, and doneness cues to ensure safe serving.
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts expands to 65 hours weekly to fill 55,000 outlets with Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets in a new 50 cent tin. A million boxes await filling as thousands of workers operate six days weekly in advance of a national ad push starting April 1.
St. Marys Church held six masses led by Rev. F X Lariviere and Rev Leonidas Reid with Holy Communion distributed at morning services. Fr Boisvert preached on the gospel. Lenten series to be held nightly at 7 15 with morning masses at 7 and 730. St Annes Sodality held its monthly meeting Sunday afternoon.
A St. Louis note recalls a plan to revive horse drawn beer wagons. Breweries prepare red wagons with silver trim and restored keg wagons from storage. Attendants foresee a comeback of the traditional teamwork as tem perance concerns echo in the streets.
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