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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1943
Page
5
American engineers use prefabricated Marsden mats to rapidly construct airstrips. The method allows quick deployment with native labor handling laying and cleanup, cutting hours compared with traditional methods. Photos show Guadalcanal airfields and the new facilities for assembling and installing mats.
Phyllis Belmont urges mothers to balance home life and children with war work. She notes a juvenile crime wave in London after the war began due to many homes deserted as parents enter war jobs. If mothers cannot care for children while volunteering, she says to quit war work.
Frank Colby presents guidance on proper pronunciations for German Tirpitz Italian Trieste and German Wilhelmshaven. He introduces parity as the relative farm price index tied to costs, explaining how rising costs affect selling prices. The piece cites phonetics, place names, and a Bell Syndicate column note.
The War Department and Office of Education disclose five million educational experience summary records will be distributed to U S high schools. Cards list academic standing achievement vocational prep wage history aptitudes hobbies and social security number. In future these records may screen high school selectees. Boys present cards at induction reception centers and scores from Army Navy tests are included.
Grow these leafy greens for salads and nutrition. The article highlights romaine and curly lettuce, chervil, chives, watercress, and garden cress as drought and frost tolerant choices. It notes their vitamin A content and suitability for bowl salads and late fall harvests.
The report describes building an improvised alcohol plant from broken-down railroad tank cars, scavenged equipment, and salvage materials. With no new gear available, the plant had to operate quickly, using only 2400 dollars of original equipment.
A wartime timetable lists ration dates from April 30 to July 22 for Can Goods meats coffee sugar shoes and gasoline. It notes stamps A B C D E F G and book numbers with value points, expiration dates and post values. It urges victory bonds and local dealer notices for red and blue stamp conversions and distribution of Book Number 3.
The United States Department of Agriculture announced funds for Irish potatoes and truck crops. Middlesex County plans to set goals and pay farmers 60 cents per bushel for potatoes above 90 percent of the farm goal up to 110 percent, and $6000 per acre for approved truck crops above 90 percent of the goal up to 110 percent. County officials seek acreages and urge interested farmers to reply by the stated deadline.
Concord hosts a Boy Scout Court of Honor at Peter Bulkeley School on Friday night April 16. Awards and badges of advancement were presented to many Scouts. Three former Scout Lieutenants from Bedford Airdrome attended, noting the diverse origins from North Carolina, California, and Texas.
Fragmentary text references women in AVES and SPARS and mentions officer procurement and history. No clear event or names to identify a coherent news item or action.
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