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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1941
Page
5
Lost book 4 with Deposit Book No 061 reported recovered by Middlesex Institution for Savings. Payment arranged by J W Ballou assistant treasurer, with date January 21 1941 and entries January 22 29 February 5 noted.
Law notice states receipt of an application to duplicate Book No. 8152 at Assabet Institution for Savings. Sidney E. McCleary Georgetown? and Treasurer Jam 22 29 Feb 5.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss Probate Court notices a petition from Ellcot Hares of Kennebunk Maine asks that a will copy be filed and recorded in Middlesex Registry and that he be appointed executor without bond. Interested parties must appear in Cambridge before ten o’clock in the forenoon on February 21, 1941 to object. Witness John Leggat First Judge January 13, 1941. Loring P. Jordan Register. Jan 22, 29 Feb 6
Weekly news analysis notes that the lease-lend bill would give the president broad powers in aiding Britain. It reports Greeks resisting Italian offensives while Britain accelerates its Libyan campaign. The column carries the columnist's opinions, not the newspaper's.
The article surveys Allied lend-lease support to Britain, noting Senate leaders and ministers backing aid. It details British campaign momentum from Flanders to Africa, highlighting Tobruk, Sidi Barrani, Bardia, and Australian forces credited with driving the offensive and securing key gains amid war pressures.
Greek forces break through at Klisura after brutal snow battles with Italian troops. British and Greek air power disrupt retreating columns as Italians fall back along Albanian roads toward Tepelini, Valona, and Tirana, with Tepelini seen as crucial.
Senator Nye of North Dakota cites 30 to 35 affirmative votes, fourteen to nineteen short of a majority, for a US declaration of war on Germany amid debate over lend-lease as a full war move. He sees the bill as a declaration of war even before formal action while Roosevelt awaits the outcome.
News recounts a rapid Libyan campaign led by Gen. Sir Archibald Wa by British forces, highlighting a blitz that mirrors earlier rapid war in Europe and reshapes control in North Africa.
In London reports the Free French Navy fields 80 merchantmen and 30 warships in operations against Axis. In Vichy France the regime bans Jewish participation in business affecting 11 000 establishments. Washington says a new agency will enforce defense industry compliance with government requests. London notes an American aircraft crew shot down a German bomber, marking a first victory for this plane type.
As Germany unleashed a new wave of incendiary bombs on Britain, London and other cities faced heavy raids. Britain answered with volunteer rooftop fire watchers and intensified bombing attacks on invasion ports and German cities, including a three day strike on Bremen and a major invasion port assault with over 650 Royal Air Force planes taking part.
Leon Henderson addressed junk dealers at their institute meeting styled as the administrations top price official. He warned the industry to raise scrap steel supply or face government action while declaring a willingness to "make a deal with the Devil" to defeat Hitler. Dealers reacted with solemn faces that turned to cheers as the convention adjourned.
The Soviet Union reportedly signed a treaty with Germany to supply foodstuffs, drawing diplomatic murmurs about its aims. Moscow stated the agreement targets no other power and that similar alliances are being sought, a move seen as navigating troubled waters amid wartime tensions.
Reports describe rising unrest in occupied zones with tales from insiders about hunger, economic hardship, and alleged theft via wholesale style buying. The coverage notes uncensored reports reaching the United press from defectors and witnesses within the territories.
Concord updates report Huston University students resuming studies and list recipients, church attendance by Company H at First Parish Church and St Bernard’s, and community notices. The piece mentions skier Nick Readay directing a Williamstown ski school, newborns Lawrence Elliott Jr, Richard Putnam, local hires at Colonial Inn, and various club, school, and civic activities.
The Lutgeran church elected officers at its annual meeting with Rev Bernard Hillila as president and Emil Rauman as secretary. Bernard Hillila, currently studying in Hancock Michigan, will assume the pastorate in June. The Table Aid Society meets January 28. Sunday School runs in Finnish and English at 10 30 a m. A Sunday service with Rev A Kuusto offset drew a free congregation at seven o'clock.
Miss Bula Sophia Taylor is enrolled in the School of Education at the University. Grace Taylor accompanies her sister on Prospect and by the Marble shows a nearby scene.
In Marlboro the air program reports three straight weeks of progress with skills resembling wheels, six inch by four feet aluminum skids replacing wheels for smoother landings. Hangar notes list six dozen students nearing Private Tests as tests cover Afr Rules and Regulations Meteorology and Navigation.
Marlboro High students will view a color film of the Thanksgiving Day game against Hudson tomorrow at 12 15 p m in Assembly Hall. The nearly half hour reel features color shots of the Hudson band and both schools cheerleaders. Marlboro’s band is missing from the screen. Closeups of plays should engage the audience.
The funeral services for Daniel MacCharles former resident of Homestead Street West Acton were conducted at the West Acton Baptist Church on Tuesday following his death in Hartford Connecticut last Friday.
At Maynard High School an assembly awarded letters to the football lettermen and the field hockey teams. Principal Albert Lever and coaches Elizabeth Mahoney Michael Vodoklys spoke, with captains Elizabeth King Walter Higgins and Franky Crowley addressing the crowd.
Marlboro friends report Capt. Oscar Bohlin of Lexington has completed steps to be promoted to major in the 211th Coast Artillery at Camp Hulen Texas. Promotion would entitle him to wear the gold maple leaf within weeks. Bohlin, a World War I veteran, helped train the Marlboro Drum and Bugle Corps and led regimental activities with the 1st Corps of Cadets.
Marlboro Miss Carol W Noyes a junior at Wellesley College will sing with the Madrigal Chorus in the Annus Elizabethan Evening hosted by the College Department of English Literature on Thursday night January 23. The program aims to relate Elizabethan poetry to the era's music and highlight courtly songs. Miss Noyes daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry A Noyes Cartig Street Marlborough is among the several girls who will perform the 2nd part.
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