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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
7
A damaged OCR fragment mentions an Institution for Savings and a Book No 8397 associated with McCleary Treag in Massachusetts. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear event details or dates.
Interior Secretary Ickes announced a 90 percent last-requirements cap for anthracite coal dealers amid strikes. He warned of supply trouble but said a bituminous substitute will be available for households. Government agencies will push an intensive fuel conservation drive with offices in New York and Boston.
Public notice states a duplicate book request has been received for savings by Sidney Leary in Maynard Mass. The notice cites record Mo. 10469 and dates Mag. 19 26 Sept. 2.
A petition filed in Middlesex Court seeks Sadie Coulter of Maynard to be appointed administratrix of the estate of the late Coulter. Objections may be raised by filing a written appearance in Cambridge court. The notice lists dates August 12 and 18.
Axis defenses stiffen as Allied forces push in Sicily signaling the opening of a final campaign phase. Pacific operations press forward with U S troops securing gains, while European fronts report intensified enemy flanks and renewed offensives.
Legal notice of foreclosure sale by mortgagee John B. Rice on two Sudbury parcels totaling about thirty acres and other meadow land with house and outbuildings. Sale set for September 11, 1943 at 2 PM at Rice Building Marlborough with $100 cash down and remaining balance in ten days. Includes details of liens, prior mortgages, and probate records.
The text reports Geni Timolshenko held by Germdans since October 1941 as Orel falls to Soviet forces and German rear-guards delay Reds in street fighting. It notes heavy Soviet artillery planes tanks and infantry sealing victory. Belogarod is also reported captured.
In a dramatic test flight for the US Army Air Forces, Col Hough pushed a P-47 Thunderbolt beyond previous limits. He climbed to 43,000 feet, dove to high speeds, then leveled at 18,000 feet while recording the flight instruments. The test occurred after prior record attempts last September in California.
The war department reveals that about one in ten American soldiers in Japanese prison camps have died of disease since capture. In related figures, seventy percent of wounded Russian soldiers recovered on mission to the Soviet Union indicates the broader wartime casualty trend.
Dr and Mrs Eagar Tucker of Lexington road return from Provincetown. Edward J Byron of Waleini street named new call fireman at the Central station by Chief Tuttle, replacing Robert S Dickey of Hubbard street who entered the U S Navy last week. Dickey was the 22nd fireman from the local department to join the armed forces.
The data shows a growth in civilian single engine planes from 10 in 1939 to a higher count by 1942, reflecting expanded use of private aviation amid the wartime era.
Laurinburg Maxton Army Air Base Maxton North Carolina. Harry Bonin a private first class in the Medical Detachment served eleven years in military bands of service. He spent time in the Massachusetts National Guard 1922 to 1925 a German class in the Navy 1985 to 1929 and the Naval Reserve 1929 to 1932. He also served on a Coast Guard cutter in the Atlantic 1932 to 1935. Bonin enjoyed his Coast Guard days especially the iceberg patrols and rum running stories. Drafted last November he did basic at Kearns Utah and now serves as a night ambulance driver at Marlboro 22 Howland Street.
Xobacco money is used as currency among New Guinea natives. The practice assigns value to tobacco leaves and shells, shaping local trade patterns and social exchanges in coastal and highland communities.
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