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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
5
Activities for family fun include line races using blocks cups and bottles with rules on blowing and not using hands. Variations replace cups with ice cream cones and 30 foot bottle tasks test speed and accuracy. Farmyard sounds contest and relay options accompany the events released by the Western Newspaper Union.
A California bulletin outlines common grain pests such as the granary weevil and the lesser grain borer, their life cycles, and practical control steps. It covers storage pests including the cadelle, sawtoothed grain beetle, confused flour beetle, and others, with heat and fumigation as key remedies.
The Treasury will mail Form 1040 ES declarations for 1943 to most taxpayers. Those with insufficient withholding must pay half the deficit by September 5. Filing rules vary by marital status and income. some earners must file even with small wages. A simple six line form and instruction sheets will be issued after August 15 at local collectors.
Practical wartime advice on preserving washable garments, mending worn spots, and staying stylish. Recommends nending baskets, keeping ready repair items, and using colored silk envelopes to organize makeup in blue brown and black schemes. Ledger Syndicate WIN Features.
Historian Fred Neher notes the Aztec calendar from the first or second century A D contains 18 months of 20 days plus five extra Nemontemi days at year end meaning useless.
A veterinary note from J A Arey at North Carolina State College advises cleaning stalls, whitewashing, and removing scales with a stiff brush and soap before applying tincture of iodine to ringworm spots. It explains the parasite affects calves and can appear on head shoulders and rump with a gray crust forming on exposed skin.
A brief item notes a flock of geese causing disruption in a field where onions are grown, described in a concise, period newspaper tone. The incident centers on the birds moving through the crop and the affected harvest area, with no injuries reported.
Miss Ruth E Gill daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick H Gill of 16 Manning Street will receive a bachelor of science in education from the State Teachers College at Fitchburg at graduation exercises Friday August 18. She earned a diploma from Framingham State Teachers College on June 13 1935 and has attended Fitchburg State Teachers College for the past four summers.
Secretary Morgenthau said withholding tax payments did not significantly affect war bond purchases. Redemptions appeared to level off at the June rate of about 140 million dollars per month.
Major John E. Shennett wing commander announces a new CAP airfield two miles north of Clinton Massachusetts. Several planes are based there and training flights are planned at the field as the civil air patrol expands its wing activities.
Relatives listed to attend the exercises include Mr and Mrs Gill Miss Mary Gill of Manning Street a Harriman Grammar School teacher Mrs James Walling of Waban and Mr and Mrs James Gill of New York.
More than 1,000 applications are expected for Civil Service examinations to be held September 25 and October 16 in Boston and various cities and towns. The tests will select junior clerks and other local service posts, open to males and females, with applications due by 4:30 p.m. September 7. Buy war bonds and stamps.
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