United States Looks to Synthetic Rubber Future
The United States faces rubber shortages as imports could be cut off. Industry peers have introduced synthetic options like Neo Prene and a first American synthetic tire from Goodrich and Phillips Petroleum, aiming to reduce foreign dependence. The piece also discusses American freedoms, responsibility, and conservation, contrasting with totalitarian systems and urging continued innovation and prudent resource use.
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United Sta
Germany
United States
TRH
Surma
Borneo
Dt States
DuPont
Goodrich
Phillipe Petroleum
America
Hiss
Bowditch Heads 18-Candidate Republican Middlesex Ballot
Nathaniel I Bowditch chairman of the Middlesex County Commissioners leads the Republican primary slate of 18 for two county seats on September 17. A Framingham resident and longtime civil servant he has chaired the county since 1926 and held many local and state posts including trustee of Massachusetts State College and president of the Extension Service. He has been lauded by Governor Saltonstall and leaders in agriculture and education.
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Nathaniel I. Bowditch
Middlesex County Commissioners
Bowditch
Commission
Snce
Reeléc
State College
Walcott, Crane, Guild
Walsh, Cox, Fuller, Curley and Saltonstall
Bowdtch
State Board of Agriculture
Middlesex County Extension Service
Framingham Park and Playground Commission
23 Towns Represented at Meeting Protest WPA Curtailment
A group of about 35 Middlesex County officials from Acton and 22 other towns met at Town Hall to protest reductions in WPA work. William A. Bancroft presided, Ralph W. one secretary, and resolutions urged Middlesex County to take joint action to restore funds. Towns named include Acton, Ashland, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, North Reading, Tyngsboro, Wayland, Littleton, and Lincoln.
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Acton
Middlesex County
William A. Bancroft
Hopkinton
Ralph W
Acton Board of Selectmen
Middlesex County Selectmen's Association
Ashland
Groton
Holliston
North Redding
Townsend
Tyngsboro
Wayland
Littleton
Lincoln
Sudbury Water Department Plans Lay On Goodman Hill Property
The Water Department works on Edward W. Stevens property Goodman Hill road as he plans a dwelling for own occupancy soon. J. Leo Quin custodian of the Town Hall is on vacation. An old barn at the William Tufts house site has been razed to allow addition construction. Architect Charles H. Way from Hopkinton involved.
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Water Department
Edward W. Stevens
Goodman Hill Road
Stevens
J. Leo Quin
William Tufts
Ae Williams
Hopkinton
Charles H. Way
Maynard High Opens 1940 Football Campaign Strong Backfield
Maynard High School opens preparations for the 1940 season with practice at Alumni Field next Monday. The first game is set for September 14 at Leominster. Co captains Wild Bill Priest and Fred Sarvella lead a veteran backfield with Jo Jo Smaha and Wally Higgins at key positions. prospects remain optimistic despite early championship odds. Coach Mike Vodoklys enters his fourth season confident in building a powerful eleven for both Midland and Middlesex leagues.
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Maynard
Maynard Jig School
Leominster
Midland and Middlesex
Orange and Black
Wild Bill Priest
Fred Sarvella
Wally Higgins
Jo-Jo Smaha
Kari
Acton
Fran Crowley
Jack Rabbit King
Ed Higgins
Tony Buscemi
Cowboy Charlie Fourratt
Maynard High
Mike Vodoklys
Quiet South Acton Wedding Unites Florence Clifford and Winthrop Wood Addy
In a home ceremony at 8 PM on Wednesday Miss Florence Haze Clifford, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert P Clifford, wed Winthrop Wood Addy, son of Te A Addy, with Rev Harry K Roberts officiating. The couple will reside on Crescent Street, Stow, after a brief wedding trip.
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South Acton
Florence Haze
Clifford
Albert P. Clifford
School Street
Winthrop Wood Addy
Te A. Addy
Stow
Harry K. Roberts
Addy
Gladys Smith
Ayer
Aft
Mr. Addy
Philip Addy
Frances McGuire
Dorothy Roche
Physician To Owen Office Opens In Maynard
Dr. Arthur T. DeAngelo has opened a medical office at 3 Acton Street Maynard. He graduated from Tufts College and Louisiana State Medical School, interned at Somerville Hospital and Boston City Hospital, was resident surgeon at Whidden Memorial Everett, and completed senior residency at St. John's Lowell. His wife is a nurse and X ray technician.
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Maynard
Arthur T.deangelo
Acton
Tufts College
Louisiana State
Somerville Hospital
Boston City Hospital
Whidden Memorial Hospital
Everett
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell
DeAngelo
West End Upsets Suomi AC in 188-Run Softball rout
At Crowe Park on Sunday the West End defeated Suomi AC in a lopsided softball game. Pitcher Boris Sokoloski showcased peak form, holding the opponents to a record run total as the victors surged to a stunning win.
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West End
Suomi A. C
Crowe Park
Boris Sokolowski
Battle of Britain News Analyzes Nazi Air Campaign
Roger Shaw describes the escalating German bombing momentum aimed at port facilities and airfields to wear British defenses, while Japanese forces drive Britain from Shanghai and threaten Hongkong. The piece notes Gandhi's demand for independence, Indian contributions, and Mussolini's Italian offensive in East Africa as Britain recalibrates its imperial stance.
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Shanghai
Italy
London
Berlin
Channel
Val
Margate
Dover
Portsmouth
Ethiopia
Maliland
Red Sea
Mussolini
Do‘ing
Berabera
Lindon
Hongkong
Bombay
Calcutta
Mosley’s Blackshirts Turn Brixton Jails Into Resorts
The article notes about 400 Oswald Mosley followers, both men and women, are interned in Brixton and Holloway jails in London. It reports their wealth and taste for luxury, with jail wardens now needed for serving, sun baths by Lady Mosley, catered meals, silk shirts, and weekly wardrobe changes.
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Sir Oswald Mosley
Brixtong
Halloway
London
Osley
Lady Mosley
Hitler
Unity
Sir Oswald
National Guard Mobilization Passes Amid Debate
The senate approved a National Guard mobilization by 71 to 7. Guardsmen, many businessmen, faced possible deployment across the Western hemisphere or to the Philippines. Married men could resign within three weeks to avoid service. Roosevelt sought to reassure troops they would not be sent far away, while New York units converted to armored cars and coast artillery.
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Senate
Hemisphere
Philippines
National Guard
Willkie
Roosevelt
New York
Harlem
New End
Hartford
Con
England vows to scuttle ships rather than surrender to Germany
The article notes England’s promise to surrender no warships to Germany and to scuttle them if defeat came. It mentions British requests for 50 to 100 American destroyers and indicates heavy losses in the destroyer class, a point seen as reassuring to Americans.
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England
Germany
Governors and Senators Clash Over Conscription Debate
Governor Stassen outlines local home guard plans amid a bitter Senate clash led by Minton and Host and spurred by conscription. Morgenthau orders guards around his Washington office as officials offer no explanation amid the mystery surrounding the issue.
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Stassen
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Minton
Indiana
West Virginia
Morgenthau
Washington
Treasury
Fragmentary quote about a trained heart and menace
A terse, incomplete quotation suggests a concept of a man with a trained head and a menace in certain degrees. The fragment ends with a note of attribution to Anon and a dash.
Bushnell Seeks Attorney General Nomination Amid Wide Endorsements
Richard D. Elgon reports that Robert T. Bushnell former Middlesex District Attorney is pursuing the Attorney General nomination in the primaries. Campaign chiefs say almost 100 percent of Middlesex County selectmen have signed pledge cards and pledges pour in from Worcester and Essex counties. Both Republican and some Democratic selectmen endorse Bushnell. nearly 500 lawyers have supported him via a letter from his Lawyers Committee.
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Richard D. Elgon
Robert. T. Bushnell
Micdiesex
Wiiican
Cach
Amocent
Unitan
Middlesex County
Worcester
Essex
Bushnell
Boards of Selectmen
Middlesex
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association
Marblehead
Leadin
Neade
Damon E. Hall
Belmont
Boston Bar Association
Attorney General
Massachusetts Bar
Bar Associations
Damon Hall
Robert G. Dodge
Massachusetts and
Boston Bar Associations
Harold P. Johnson
Woburn
Middlesex Bar Association
Edwin © .G. Norman
Worcester Bar Association
Worcester County
Joseph Talamo
Nelson B. Vanderhoof
Boston
Grievanee
Henry R. Mayo
Maynard Couple Hayes win Boys Maynard
Twins born to Mr and Mrs Walter Kelly of Sudbury Street in the Dm erson hospital Concord. Both boys and their mother are reported as doing fine.
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Maynard
Walter Kelly
Sudbury Street
Dmerson Hospital
Concord
Deane Family Hosts Weekend Guests and Trip Highlights
Mr and Mrs Richard F Deane of Piper road entertained guests Mr and Mrs Albion Deane and son from Fairlawn New Jersey. Nelie Tolman and daughter Charlotte returned Monday from a motor trip to Dayton Ohio after two weeks away with Mrs H Miller. Miller will visit Tolman this week after returning via Niagara Falls.
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Richard F. Deane
Piper Road
Albion . Deane and Son
Fairlawn
New Jersey
Nelie Tolman
Charlotte
Dayton
Ohio
H. Miller
Niagara Malls
Friday Night Pay Night at Tonk Sears Event
A fragmented historic notice notes a Friday, pay night event tied to Tonk Seuurrence, with unclear local details. The readable bits suggest an evening gathering or payroll moment, but specifics remain obscured in the OCR.
Ford representative invites Sudbury drum corps to West Virginia convention
Ralph J. Sudbury, Ford Eastern Representative, extends invitation to the Junior Drum Corps 9 field West Virginia for the Amearigg gion convention week of ember 22 at Wayside Inn. Albert EB Sudbury Post 191 and the National Convention parade plan include a liaison camp and large group from the corps traveling by bus. The party will head to Sudbury with HQ at Wayside Inn as guests of Mr. Ford for an exhibition during their stay.
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Sudbury
Ralph J. Eastern
Ford
West Virginia
Wayside Inn
Amearigggion
Hoston
Ammander Albert EB
H. Sudbury
Concord couple wed in Trinitarian Church ceremony
Helen Brita Larsen daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivar Larsen of Carlisle and Dr Spencer Copland son of Mr and Mrs Spenc Taylor of Concord were united at the Trinitarian Congregational Church last Saturday afternoon. The Rev O Rafos officiated. The bride wore muslin de soie and lace with veil and coronet and carried white roses baby's breath and a white orchid. Misses Larsen Carlisle and Taylor sisters of the couple served as bridesmaids in aqua marine pink gowns with gladioli and baby's breath. Dr Donald C Gillibrand Greenfield classmate of the groom was best man with ushers Thomas Taylor James Somerville Clare and Fritz Winslow. The bride’s mother wore berry lace. the groom’s mother wore blue. Miss Pearl Maines of Concord sang solos. The ceremony was followed by a wedding cake and plans for a honeymoon in the White Mountains and New Hampshire. The bride is a graduate of Acton High School and Tufts College and Tufts School and will practice in Lexington.
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Concord
Helen Brita Larsen
Ivar Larsen
Carlisle
Spencer Copland
Spenc Taylor
Concord Read
Actonter
Rafos
Evangelical Church
S Sen
Dred Larsen
Si Carlisle
Hilda Fila Carlisle
Donald C. Gillebrowal Greenfield
Thomas Lylor
Lexington
James Somerville
Clare
Woburn
Fritz Win Carrisle
Miss Pearl
Maines
Ford
Acc
Isabel V. Warren
Onganiat
M. White Mountains
Candlewick
Lexi the Bride
Cord High School
School
Mount Vernon Club
Acton
Tufts Colege
Tufts School
Hospital report from Concord area notes patient counts
Acting superintendent Louise Concord Miss reports July hospital census with admissions discharges and current patient totals. Readings show patients in care across units with several discharged and others remaining under observation as staff log figures for the month.
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Louise
Fearful Times Shakespear Quote In Shaky Verse
A fragment from Fearful Times hints at a Shakespearean style line about fear and timing. The incomplete text suggests contemplation of danger and consequence.
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Klas
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