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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
9
Group of girls enjoyed a week long 4-H project camp in Ashby. Led by W L Haskell, participants included Winifred, Marcie Rosalind Bonazzoli, Bulloch, and Dorothy, with others noted as present on the road.
Deposit Book No 22779 shows payment stopped for W. S. Smith assistant. The notice records a lost book and directs action for recovery or replacement.
Bill Merriam son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Merriam of South Acton celebrated his twenty first birthday while home on furlough from Camp Monmouth North Dakota over the weekend Local Acton Woman's Club members gathered last night at the Center area home of Mrs David Lawson to discuss upcoming activities and plans.
The Ladies Aid of the Center Congregational church held a midsummer sale on the common last Saturday. Proceeds supported church work, with social and financial success attributed to chairwoman Mrs. William Sears and a committee including Mrs. George Horton ice cream Mrs. Charles Smith Miss Jenne Reed home baked goods Mrs. Charles Strack fancy work Mrs. Huest Washburn vegetables fruit and home grown peat Miss Ethel Milbury Mrs. Thomas Drummond and Mrs. Charles Davis fool and Mrs. Walter B. Stevens missionary table.
Bank Book No. 10449 is lost and applications for a duplicate book have been received. Maynard Trust, Maynard Massachusetts. July 23, August 6.
John Trachetchick of Maynard petitions to change his name to John Trachim. Citizens may object by filing a written appearance in Cambridge before 10 a.m. on August 20, 1942. The citation is issued by Judge John Leggat with Register Loring P. Jordan.
Massachusetts probate court in Middlesex appoints Nellie B Young of Yarmouth Maine administratrix of Charles H Young late of Poland Maine. Bond not required. Objections due by 10 a m July 20 at Cambridge court. Witness John C Leggat. Register Loring P Jordan.
Chinese forces halted three weeks of Japanese advances along the Hangchow Nanchang railway front in eastern Kiangsi. They recaptured Julian and Wenchow coastal ports, cleared southeastern Chekiang, and widened a 25 mile wedge into Jop lines while thinning garrisons to hint at a broader campaign toward Inner Mongolia. The Chungking communiques report attacks along the line in full swing and Japs far from secure.
The Russian front reports intense fighting as German forces push toward the Don basin. Voroshilovgrad fallen. Voronezh and the lower Don basin see heavy Russian counterattacks while Allied tanks and planes aid the Red Army. German losses exceed two hundred planes. Russian losses total over one hundred. Rostov remains in grave danger.
Maj. Gen. Lewis Brereton assumed command of U S forces in the Middle East as American bombers and British naval aircraft harassed Axis supply routes near Tobruk Benghazi and El Alamein. In the Aleutians Japanese raids and U S landings on Attu and Kiska were offset by losses including 13 ships and several warships.
The report outlines a shift in the rubber situation noting private industry producing rubber at 25 000 tons annually while two government plants are equipped for 100 000 tons per year, with a target capacity reaching 400 000 tons by 1930.
National Selective Service issues a new order detailing call-up priority from single men with no dependents to married men with specific war effort ties, with rules on pre 8 December 1941 dependency status. In a related case, the FBI arrests 14 in New York and Chicago as contacts for eight Nazi saboteurs during their Washington trial, including charges against six Chicagoans and a coast guardsman thwarting the landing near Long Island.
General Douglas MacArthur spoke frankly in a two hour off the record session with over 100 editors and correspondents in Australia. He outlined his views on the war, the Pacific theater, and referenced his World War I service with the 42nd Division in France.
President Roosevelt formally declares war on Hungary Romania and Bulgaria following prior signals of conflict. In a separate note a British submarine attacked a convoy, torpedoing two ships but suffering no damage to crew or vessel.
Air Cadet Robert K. Stuhlman on furlough from Nashville assists in launching First National Stores war stamp drive in New England during July. Mary Hayes Catherine Sheey and Theresa Kelly from the First National office anticipate more stamps for albums as sales prizes and community groups sponsor awards. The drive, part of Retailers-for-Victory Month, runs week long in all First National Stores and Markets with war bond prizes and Legion Auxiliary units contributing to the effort.
Marlboro attorney John F. Rice reports openings in the Ordnance Department U.S. Army for executives in fields like industrial service planning and small arms production. Several deputy roles span artillery, ammunition, small arms, tank divisions, distribution and storage, with salaries up to 6000 dollars. Tobacco gifts noted for service members.
Gas rationing officers led by Wrena Davison Alvin S. Bradshaw and Webster Cutting with assistants Milkeley and Atkinson processed gasoline papers swiftly to satisfy law demands for distributor checks and to approve business necessity applications under class A limits.
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