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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1939
Page
4
Fragmentary text appears to include place names and numbers but is too garbled to identify a specific event or action. No clear entities or dates are readable to summarize a coherent news item.
A column argues New England needs stronger air and land defenses amid wartime fears. It notes regional industrial strength makes the area a potential target and urges equitable national defense spending while warning of outdated defenses. The piece also threads in social quips and local anecdotes about driving and fashion trends.
A political essay warns that modern warfare requires a regimental national effort and could erode individual rights. It argues that emergency measures might push a democracy toward totalitarian controls, risking government takeover of industry, labor relations, and profits. It cites German wartime state power as a cautionary example and urges vigilance before any escalation.
Dr. Raymond B. Fosdick cites Rockefeller Foundation concerns over underfunded pharmacology in twenty five leading medical schools and criticizes the AMA push to centralize patent medicine licensing. He notes the gap in medical education and questions the proposed patent repository role.
A reader references a former reformatory experience and argues for the removal of Charlestown State Prison while recalling prisoners gaining skills. The letter also requests information on deputy collector travel fees and whether charges are based on home or office travel, citing Major Charles S Coulter U S Army.
A Maynard reader asks who returned a lost sum found by a United Co-operative Society clerk. The note claims a clerk recovered and returned money to its rightful owner, and the writer requests confirmation from the newspaper.
The body of the late Dr William Clancy who died in Burlington Vermont will be brought here this afternoon to the John J Brown Funeral Home on West Main Street. Calling hours are tonight from 8 to 11 o'clock. Interment will be Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in Immaculate Conception Cemetery.
Marlboro Csewald Jolly, guitarist with the Grace Steamship Line orchestra, is spending time with his parents on Mra L and N Jolly street. He recently returned from a cruise to the West Indies and South America and will sail again from New York later this week. Attys Valmore Cote and wife of North Adams visited the city. Vincent Lisieur and Richard Curtis returned to Amherst State College after winter holidays. Mr and Mrs Paul Gervais and sons Roland and Paul Jr, and Mr and Mrs Francis Baker of Worcester, were guests of Misses Cora and Alexina Martin on Lincoln Street.
Mayors from Marlboro Lowell and Quincy urged the Massachusetts Legislature to postpone tax bills due July and to extend abatement options. Governor Saltonstall proposed delaying the usual June 14 mailing as officials seek ways to curb expenditures and ease municipal finances.
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