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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
7
Park officials led by Chairman Joseph H. Yel announced improvements to the Maples peach beach project. Five park commissioners endorsed a season extension, saying the bath area will be rebuilt and the beach widened for the summer season.
Court notice for the estate of a deceased with Mar woods of Sudbury involved. The filing requires an appearance before ten o'clock on the thirtieth day, 1943, at alion. John Legent, First Judge, issues the order dated June 10 1943. Loring P. Jordan, Reeiaey Jung 10 17 24.
Washington officials announced shoe ration stamp No 18 will be valid from June 16 to about October, allowing purchase of summer or fall footwear. The Office of Price Administration said the stamp could be used for any shoe type and an exact expiration date will be set tomorrow.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Senior Blueprint Operator at 1440 a year and Junior Blueprint Operator at 1960 a year. Senior Photostat Operator and Junior Photostat Operator pay scale and 5 percent retirement deduction apply. Overtime after 40 hours is time and a half. Applications accepted until needs are met. Details and applications from the Secretary, Board of U S Civil Service Examiners at New England post offices or the Boston Post Office and Courthouse Building.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex probate court informs interested parties of a petition to probate a will for Frank R Peters late of Acton filed by The First National Bank Boston and J Peters of Acton seeking appointment as executors without surety. Objections must be filed by the return day. John Q. Quire, First Judge, and Loring P. Jordan, Register. The dates listed are June and July.
Editorial style brief noting a weekly analysis released by the Western Newspaper Union with references to platens and creases in columns. Indicates a republication wire service format and standard clipping language.
Allied leaders embrace French unity as De Gaulle and Giraud form a seven to nine member National Liberation Committee to direct wartime efforts until France elects its government. The body includes Alphonse Georges, Jean Monnet, Rene Massigli, André Philip, and Georges Catroux, signaling removal of Vichy ties. President Roosevelt then orders 500,000 striking miners back to work, backing the War Labor Board in resolving the dispute with United Mine Workers.
Chinese forces report decisive gains in Central China near the Yangtze River with more than 30,000 Japanese casualties over two weeks. Chiang Kai shek’s headquarters say enemy positions were abandoned and large stockpiles captured as Chinese troops recaptured zones in Hupeh and Hunan.
Allied warships pounded Pantelleria as Italian forces offered little resistance from shore batteries. Bombers hit port facilities while other Allied planes targeted Sicily and Sardinia. Destroyers sank two merchant vessels and an escort torpedo boat, with a burning Italian destroyer beached.
The Senate approved a two year extension of President Roosevelt's reciprocal trade agreements after defeating five amendments restricting presidential authority. House action had favored the extension, and supporters were aided by some Republicans. This move provides continued policy guidance for the embattled trade program.
Ambiguity over Argentina's stance as observers weigh if the government will maintain benevolent neutrality toward the Axis or break with it ahead of elections. The military reaction gains meaning on the eve of conservative party campaigns and Senate race with Robustiano Patron Costas touted as a candidate.
Treasury officials call on families to invest 25 cents of every dollar earned in war bonds. Emma Morgen and other leaders discuss coal stocks and munitions amid draft talks. A group of oil executives joined soldiers at Fort Wayne to experience life with troops fighting overseas.
A wartime dispatch reports Soviet claims that 123 German raiders were shot down in Kursk region while the air war caused civilian casualties as German forces press a new drive east of Novorossisk. German lines in the Caucasus describe Red Army advances and broader battles across the Kuban valley with unknown totals.
Dudley Field Malone, once a prominent international attorney and social figure, returns to New York for a short visit. The piece recalls his influence, ties to reform movements, and personal anecdotes from hotel encounters to public events.
After five months of Congress toiling the pay-as-you-go income plan sped through the Senate after House passage. Treasury teams set up a source deduction system taking 20 percent from each paycheck for 40 million workers starting July 1. The compromise bill would raise individual income tax revenue to about 16 billion dollars in the new fiscal year, forgiving 1942 taxes on 50 dollars and offering a 75 percent reduction on the remainder over 50.
In the Aleutians and across Burma and China fronts Allied air power intensifies. After Attu, air forces bomb Japs in the Kiska area and Wau in New Guinea, while heavy bombers strike air bases and targets in Burma including the Shweli bridge near Mandalay, with large incendiary and explosive drops totaling thousands of pounds.
Delegates from 44 United Nations countries pledged a postwar era of plenty at the Hot Springs food conference. They proposed an international organization forming a permanent agricultural authority to coordinate measures. Undersecretary Paul H Appleby praised the conference as highly successful.
Officials cite shortages of beef as the cause for higher point values. Consumers saw increases across meat categories while the Office of Price Administration announces adjustments. Housewives receive some consolation as cuts of veal lamb and mutton also see changes.
Treasury Secretary Henry announces the merger of the fund committee and the war savings staff into a single agency called the war prudence. The plan places state committees under a national chair and ties reporting to the Treasury, aiming to streamline future war finance operations.
Frank Hanson, county trapper in Nevada County California, requested and received a pay raise and travel allowance from the county board amid rising living costs. He spends most of his time in the wide open spaces to carry out his duties.
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