Massachusetts Workers Shift To Five Day Week Under Study
Department reports show about 72 percent of Massachusetts factories operate five days a week, 25 percent exceed five days, and 3 percent less than five. Forty hour weeks prevail for 81 percent of employees, with 45 percent over, and 4 percent under forty hours. Tax on motor vehicles ranks near the bottom nationally, and 1946 saw more second marriages than 1945. Retail trade rose 1.4 percent in the first two months of the year, while seafood landings reached 16.6 pounds per resident in February led by haddock and cod prices. Concord votes to amend zoning to allow garden-type apartments in single-family districts with safeguards.
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Massachusetts
Union
Kansas
Missouri
Haddock
Division
Mariné-Fiernes
Concord
Westboro to Raise Fax Rate to Forty Two
Westboro adopts a $42 tax rate for the year announced by W. Pilling chair man of boards of assessors. The rate rises by $6 from last year’s $36 due to wage boosts and town department needs.
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Westboro
W. Pilling
Boards of Assessors
Henry
Long
Air Mail Envelopes Speed Up Post Office Mail Flow
Post Office officials report air mail envelopes in red white and blue now dominate mail handling. Aimed at speeding delivery the distinctive envelopes prompt quicker opening and processing at pickup and distribution points.
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Air
Ait Hall
Concord Coal venture amid regional drive and church circle
Guido J Antongneni prepares to operate his new Concord Coal company bought from Concord Oil. The Salvat r Army drive for 1947 progresses through Concord West Concord and Carlisle as the goal nears. The Sewing Circle of Evangelical Free church gathered last Thursday at Mrs Esther Davis's South Acton home.
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Guido J. Antongneni
Concord Coal Company
Concord Oil Company
Concord
West Concord
Carlisle
Evangelical Free Church
Esther Davis
South Acton
Concord Watertown Duel Meet Dominated By Watertown
Watertown High School athletes won the 100 and 220 with Tanguso taking sprint titles. Piteoenner and Packard led the 880 and 440 as Lexington’s Holmes won the broad jump and Bailey Woodward claimed shot put and high jump. Wathen of Watertown won the mile.
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Lexington
Watertown
Tanguso
Piteoenner
Packard
iLe
Holmes
Bailey
Wood Ward
Wathen
Catholic Daughters View Movies in West Concord Meeting
At Odd Fellows Hall West Concord Court Our Lady Help of Christians held a business session led by Regent Mrs Frances Dolart followed by motion pictures shown by Rothwell N MacRae. The next meeting is Tuesday evening May 6 at 8 o clock.
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West Concord
Our Lady, Help of Christians
Odd Fellows Hall
Rothwell N. MacRae
Frances Dolart
Regent
TAKE ME. WORD FOR IT: Broad A debate in media lessons
Frank Colby critiques a Hollywood teaching trend that praises a broad A in words where it does not belong. He cites examples from soap operas and radio education, arguing the so called cultured pronunciations are false and mislead the public. The piece notes regional differences, particularly in New England, and defends the traditional flat a pronunciation in common words.
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Sorfiedn
Holywood
New England
Commercia
Tadid's¢rnes Imforms Us That, “Theatre ‘Tion
Attion
Nékt’ Week
New
Teen fashion shows spotlight budget chic and TV stars
Teens parade new season looks in department store runs with free popular culture tie ins. Models pose while staff assist and local celebrities appear to boost crowds in Philadelphia and Newark events.
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riveVid
Ters aPhit
Tetr
Deketat
Sunday Macaroni Dinners From Italian to American Traditions
A Sunday dinner guide describes macaroni as a versatile dish rooted in Italian cuisine but adaptable with vegetables or meats. It outlines varied blends from wheat and chestnut flour to bean and rye mixtures, and offers recipes like baked macaroni with cheese, cannellini tomatoes, and macaroni timbales using cooked meats.
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Diene Pithue
Italy
Carr
School play auditions spark keen competition for parts
Between class farewells and daily routines students audition for roles in the school play. Jerome Courtland and Rob ert Hutton lead the effort as classmates seek top parts and recognition in campus gossip and the deMool paper society.
Safe combination notices aim to aid burglars at J J Fitzgerald
Philadelphia reports warn would be thieves that safes contain valuables and that a big door sign shows the combination. General manager Timothy P Gallagher says the system should cut smashed safes as veterans benefit from the vocational rehabilitation act.
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Philadelphia
J. J. Fitzgerald & ‘Co
Timothy P. Gallag
New Orleans Druggist Thonsen Honored as Early Pharmacist
Thonsen, a pioneering New Orleans druggist, was the first licensed pharmacist in America. He earned honor in 1816 in a building later slated to become a shrine of pharmacy, reflecting his prominence in the early profession.
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Thonsen
New Orléans
Louis “Dufitho
Fide
Éream
America
Concord Elks attend Maynard Lodge officer installation
Several Concord members of the Elks attended the installation of officers program at Maynard Lodge B P O E last Monday evening.
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Concord
the Elks
Maynard Lodge
B.P.O.E
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