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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1940
Page
7
Deposit Book No. 12158 lost per law notice. We have received an application for a new book. E McCleary, Treasurer, Abet Institution for Savings, Massachusetts. Date March 7, 1940. February 7 14 21 referenced.
Massachusetts Probate Court invites interested parties to object to Helen lifts of Maynard being appointed administrator of Jane Finchliffe's estate in Essex County. A court appearance is required before ten o'clock on the second Friday in February 1940. The notice names register P Fardan and cites dates January 24 31 and February 7.
A probate petition seeks acceptance of a will for the deceased Mary FP Joyea. Annie Maynard of the county requests appointment as executrix and court action is set for the January session with standard notices to interested parties.
In Middlesex County probate court a claim is filed by the administratrix of Herman Chaplin late of the county. Interested parties are summoned to appear at Bridge Court by ten o clock on February ninth to object to the first account. Judge Loring P. Jordan presiding with Register on January 17, 1940.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts notices a public auction of Harold W. Hammond property in Sudbury South Sudbury Middlesex on February 28 1940 at 1 pm at 20 Second Street Cambridge. The parcel includes land with buildings bounded by railroad rights of way a stone fence and the road known as Edcot Road with all rights and privileges.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss PROBATE COURT to all persons interested in the estate of Adele M Rice of Sudbury deceased. Executors present to court their schedule of account for allowance. If you object file a written appearance in Cambridge before ten o clock in the forenoon on February 23 1940. Witness John C. Tegeat First Judge. Loring P. Jordan Register. Jan 31 Feb 7 14.
In Middlesex County probate court a petition for probate of a last will of Ellen G Joyce, late of Maynard, is filed by Annie T Joyce as executrix with bond. Objections must be filed before 10 a.m. February 19 1940 in Cambridge. Judge John L Loggat scribe Firet Judge. Register P Jordan. Jan 34 Web. 7,14
Senator Wheeler, a New Englander from Montana, wins early backing at a Columbus meeting as labor leaders hint at presidential timber. John Lewis attacked Roosevelt’s third term, praised Wheeler’s platform, and warned of a risky bid while promising labor support if nominated. Wheeler outlined a program focused on neutrality, trade expansion, labor jobs, relief, and unemployment solutions.
The piece covers U S plans to embargo arms to Japan amid broken trade pacts, debates in Congress over which side bears responsibility, and reactions in Britain, Germany, and Romania. It notes Washington’s slow action and mentions German pressures, Soviet setbacks, and Romania facing oil-related risks with Nazi Germany.
The item notes Harry Hopkins ill after thirteen months in office as commerce secretary and John Thomas Gooding named to seek the late William Borah’s Senate seat. It also mentions Kaiser Wilhelm II’s eighty first birthday at Doorn and philanthropist Harkness dying in New York with Standard Oil ties.
Securities and Exchange Commissioner Jerome Frank says public utilities have not begun voluntary integration programs under the holding company act and that government proceedings against them are about to start. Britain sold nearly 10 percent of readily marketable American securities in the first two war months to raise cash for munitions. In Rome Il Duce’s paper Girnale d Italia notes rumors of arrests in the Ukraine tied to a vast plot against Stalin, Molotov, and Voroshilov. Churchill, in his weekly address, calls Nazi Germany weaker than Kaiser Wilhelm’s regime, while Britain and France lead early in the other war.
United Press survey of Paris dressmakers names Doris Duke Cromwell among the world’s ten best dressed women alongside the Duchess of Kent and Windsor and various royals and socialites. The list notes Mrs Cromwell’s Paris wardrobe and Giolinine preference while acknowledging her inclusion despite no daily gown budget.
The prompt asks to deduce the ship's name given claims it rescued passengers from a sinking steamer, was captured by Germans, and held by Russia in the last six months while a U.S. returnee. It also asks why Canada suddenly called an election, identifies a warm southern U.S. season, notes a new mountains discovery by a famed explorer, and mentions a Vatican memorandum accusing Germany of trying to destroy Catholicism.
Disjointed notes reference wartime topics and a major snow event in Atlanta. Mentions Rear Admiral Byrd, Antarctic mountains, Polish tensions, and mass shootings amid unclear context and garbled phrases.
In 1917 the czarist overthrow spurred fears of a domestic revolution. The U S justice department arrested 17 Christian Front members in New York, accusing them of anti Jewish motives and arming for upheaval. FBI official Hoover decried the group's aims while Detroit preacher Coughlin later condemned them.
Reports say Mexico considered supplying Japan with oil and related materials after the United States severed trade pacts. President Lazaro Cardenas reportedly sought Tokyo talks to ease potential embargo impacts while seeking capital to upgrade a Pacific port and oil storage facilities in Mexico.
A Gallup poll shows 60 percent favor consulting the public before a new war, up from 51 percent last September. The piece notes defense spending in 1938, including aircraft and air parts, under wartime senate provisions and expert projections.
The New York municipal information center on Forty second Street near Park Avenue attracts taxpayers curious about city services and local history. Staff, led by director Elizabeth P Kehoe, answer questions on topics from Brooklyn geography to traffic, with pilots and air travel notes highlighting rising public interest in travel information during holidays.
Officer Rees of the British freighter Rudby hove to in Albany, a deep water port, claiming Wales as homeland. The text cites a lengthy Welsh town name rendered oddly, with geographers noting it may resemble the Wells Tongéspinde form.
State House Boston February 7 Governor Leverett Saltonstall ordered a military inquiry into hurricane expenditures of the state guard at armories. The auditor reported that Marlboro work was not entirely hurricane related and payments to contractors were denied pending settlement. The probe targets Maj William Harrison and Adj Gen Ednar Erickson with a board chaired by Gen Charles H Cole to uncover alleged illegality waste and extravagance. The governor declined to comment on Cole's role saying the inquiry aims to obtain all facts.
The Maynard Woman's Club meets February 13 at 2.30 PM in K of C hall. Mrs Henry Hudson, a teacher of Cotene and Hutertor Decorating at a college, will discuss analyzing personal coloring and figure and how color, texture, line and design can improve appearance. Mrs Joseph Dineen will be soloist.
Maynard Dramatic Club members will meet next Wednesday at Miss Rita Foley's Sherman Street home to plan the annual spring production. The Reading Committee will announce the next play and a May date for the performance is set. A post meeting program features club members including Henry Tatler Rita Foley Helen Ketola and Sirkka Frerth.
Fragmentary quotation reflecting a view on leadership and provident conduct within a group. The passage critiques a leader who is not prudent or foresighted in the affairs of their company.
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