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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
5
A fragmented item notes an upcoming Humane Week during April with references to Animals Week events and recognition efforts. Mentions of a magazine author and a statement by an editor appear amid garbled lines.
Ed Gaultney of Ypaid paid an $8.40 fine after being accused of driving a team while intoxicated during World War I.
Sudbury Tire Rationing Board approves April allocations listing recipients and tires. Fred S. Morrison receives two retreaded tires for a car, John H. Whitworth one tire and tube, Henry Anderson one tire and tube for trucks, Sumner B. Annis one tire, Bart I. Stone two retreaded tires, Kenneth A. Poette two retreaded tires for cars, Tier State Gas and Oil three retreaded tires for a truck.
A wartime U. S. defense bond drive urges readers to invest funds for national security. The campaign promotes patriotic duty and the productive use of savings to back military spending and postwar prosperity.
Do You Know Massachusetts surveys local facts from 1940s Massachusetts civic life. It notes Golden Bantam corn origins in Greenfield and public welfare figures by county, car sales in January, Worcester steel works safety, Boston building permits, and a zoning revision in East Longmeadow for Pratt and Whitney plant.
Acton-Acton region and Region 9 completed a coordinated blackout Thursday night with no major disturbances. Town Hall and West Alton events proceeded as lights were out, while emergency services and wardens staffed posts and reported prompt alerts and orderly conduct.
Officials said this morning that it has proven to their satisfaction that every person connected with the defense effort is thoroughly alive to his and her opportunity, that there is extraordinary teamwork among divisions, and that house holders generally are co operative when they hear the alarm.
The Salvation Army 1942 appeal in Maynard shows a 40 percent rise over last year with War ren A. Tiwomily directing the drive and Harold J. Morgan serving as treasurer at Maynard Trust Company. Contributions from Maynard and Stow helped reach the combined goal despite wartime pressures.
Massachusetts anglers face a recodified 1942 fishing season with a statewide opening on April 15 and a reduced trout creel limit from 15 to 9, while minimum length stays six inches. Special rules apply on Millers and Deerfield rivers and all great ponds, with fly fishing restrictions on select state forest waters and Deerfield river rules unresolved.
In Washington the Treasury releases a Defense Savings Bonds yardstick guiding the 48 million employed to participate in the war drive. Secretary Morgenthau says the job is larger than expected and urges intensified bond purchases while noting individual circumstances may limit savings.
The almanac notes hour rules before and after sunset for Gonesse and sunrise gun nets. Daily limits include salmon five at 13 inches, white perch fifteen at seven inches, pickerel ten at 12 inches, pike perch five at 12 inches, and muskallonge five at 20 inches. The exact minutes vary day to day.
Governor Saltonstall issued a proclamation urging all war work plants to stay in operation on April 20 for Patriot's Day observance. He called for flag displays and simple observances in churches schools and homes to mark the anniversary of the Lexington and Concord battle.
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