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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
9
Concord residents and service members are listed with duties transfers and visits. Highlights include Krisman and Brisman on sea duty with family details, several soldiers returning on leave from overseas, and officers like Lieut. J. Clifford Geer, Lieut. Albert C. Cook, and Lieut. Grant noted for illness, duty and training.
The notice lists soldiers and sailors connected to the town including Pvt. Robert A. Raymond at Will Rogers airfield Oklahoma City Okla and promoted to Private First Class. Freddie Bregoli in the U S Navy visits his parents in town while Seaman Donald J Dee returns to Pensacola after furlough. John B Coyne of Main street returns to Jefferson Barracks after a furlough with his parents and is attached to the Medical Corps. Jaculates at Brown University and pitches on the service team at a naval base, losing 3 0 to Camp Edwards. The report mentions arthritis malaria illness and care for Concord Company boys.
Local high school graduates and families report multiple service members in the U S Army Navy Air Forces and Marine Corps. Joseph McBreen now at Fort Belvoir and brothers Henry Thomas Edward Finigan Lincoln Currier and others journey through training and postings with notes on bases and promotions.
Local repair shop Frank's Radio Electric Service advertises complete service for any make or model established 1926 located at 145 Main St Hudson offering nationwide coverage and expert repairs.
The Wal Hospital School of Nursing announces a new class starting September 7. August 9 is the last day to file for the 1943 group. late applicants may join a mid term class in February. Local residents Ethel Hansen Alice Ryan and others previously enrolled are noted as graduates and applicants.
Poon Lim, a 25 year old Chinese mess steward, survived 131 days adrift on a liferaft after a torpedo sank his merchantman on November 23, 1942. He fashioned a fish hook from a bent nail, fished with parts of a biscuit and a flashlight coil, and drank and collected water from the raft. He was rescued by a fishing vessel off Brazil after more than four months at sea. His wife and parents were on Hainan island under Japanese occupation and remain out of contact.
In Kansas City a pair of dogs reportedly presented purses totaling 421.98 dollars to WAAC Corporals Mary Bowling and Genevieve Rodruges. Police said if the owner isn’t found the money could stay with the WAACs. The dogs vanished, likely to return for more.
London officials disclosed that servicemen were cashiered or jailed for disclosing military information. A senior officer received a year for gossiping about a second front to a dinner companion. Another soldier who arranged a code with his wife to learn his station drew a six month sentence.
Boise Idaho dispatch reports William Behler of Grangeville Idaho sentenced to death for the murder of a Ferdinand Idaho storekeeper. He testified he lived in a forest hut near Ferdinand for nearly three months on stolen wheat after breaking into the store driven by hunger.
Concord notes celebrate the fourth wedding anniversaries of Mr. and Mrs. Warner H. Eldridge and Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Lind. Town sports report good fishing in the Concord, Assabet and Sudbury rivers. Nurses assist at Emerson Hospital to ease staffing shortages. Youths attend a two week Boy Scout program in Antrim, NH. Local clergy and church groups hold services and events. Farmers report excessive rainfall harming early corn and potatoes. Rev. Edward P. Daniels marks 28 years in Concord. The James J. Mansfield post A.L. plans a meeting August 11 and a baseball game at Emerson Playground.
Fragmentary text mentions manpower issues and players in action. No clear names, teams, places, dates, or outcomes are readable to form a coherent summary.
William H. Ryan of Lincoln, aged 76, died Friday at Emerson Hospital after an accident. Funeral services held Monday at St. Joseph's Church with a high mass, burial at Calvary Cemetery in Waltham. He was survived by two sisters from Concord and a brother in Charlestown.
Bedford residents travel to Maine for visits and vacations. Miss Katherine Poleo enjoys time away at Hampton Beach while Thomas Poleo returns from a furlough to hospitality. The report notes local families and relations visiting relatives across towns and states.
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