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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1951
Page
12
A reporter surveys workers on unemployment compensation deductions and explains Massachusetts Law. It outlines employer funded benefits, a 1936 Act, and loopholes that allow fraud while urging reform by the Massachusetts Council on Employment Security to safeguard funds for regular workers.
An old ad describes making a home Pinex cough syrup by mixing granulated sugar or corn syrup with water, then adding 244 ounces of peat from a druggist for a pint of medicine. It touts rapid throat and bronchial relief, easy breathing, and a money back guarantee with ready mix option.
Douglas Corbett of Medford Massachusetts, crippled by a bicycle accident, builds a radio and television repair business from his wheelchair. He earned the Who's Crippled citation from the Easter Seal Agency and the Bay State Society for the Crippled and Handicapped for his example of self reliance and productive work. He attended Massachusetts General Hospital for years, finished high school, studied radio at the Massachusetts Radio School, and now runs a shop at 908 R Street aided by family and a taxi driver who ferries him to work.
Mrs. Annie Burney suffered the destruction of her home and all belongings after a hot iron ignited a recently cleaned dress priced at .65. The blaze started when gasoline-cleaned fabric caught fire and caused widespread damage before responders could contain it.
The Agriculture Department reports 1950 crop output near the record high, with a strong per acre yield and a favorable fall season boosting both quantity and quality. Soybeans and several large crops topped forecasts while many other crops posted substantial gains.
A craft note outlines beating and mixing to develop fine cake texture using an electric mixer or by hand. It describes slicing gumdrops into petals and a stem for decoration, plus a white cake mix option for a light, downy crumb and quick bake. An almond seven minute frosting recipe is included with egg whites, sugar, corn syrup, and flavor extracts.
Ronald Toniutti of Chicago has written a war novel about German soldiers in the closing months of World War II titled And There Were Seven. Published by Exposition Press New York at $2.50 the book follows seven men retreating across the Rhine facing death and defeat as they seek survival through drink, romance, and desperate camaraderie. Toniutti, twenty two, a Chicagoan employed as an Anagraher, has written this first novel after years of writing.
A Boston salesman won a $4,000 court verdict against the University Club after admitting he was drunk when he fell leaving the club.
Dairymen advise keeping cows well fed with high quality alfalfa hay to raise milk production and reduce feed costs. Rhode of the University of Illinois claims 25 pounds daily supplies all needed protein and calcium while delivering carotene and vitamin D in winter. Alfalfa provides protein and about 100 pounds of total digestible nutrients at lower cost per unit than soybean meal, oats, or corn and cob meal, with protein costing eight cents per pound versus higher prices for alternatives.
The Chicago Stock Yards site marks its 85th year as new pens and galvanized steel rails replace aging structures. The move aims to improve service for livestock farmers and streamline yard operations.
Dr A. Bucs reports bovine typhoberrulods is rare in the United States as cattle losses drop thanks to the U S Department of Agriculture brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication program. Semen quality linked to reduced human tuberculosis risk is noted.
Miss Gertrude Campbell to head the New England States region of the Girl Scouts of the U S A. She joins the national headquarters plan and assumes office March 1. Campbell has been with the national field staff in the New Region since 1948 and will oversee more than 139 500 Girl Scouts. She will help coordinate events leading to the centennial observance in October in Boston Massachusetts.
Minnie the elephant at Brookfield Zoo mourned the loss of her roommate Nancy who died at age 30 in January. Zoo director Robert Bean introduced a five year old elephant as a companion to ease Minnie’s loneliness, noting elephants live in family groups but still feel grief.
Readable text shows Renee or Raleigh area farmers produced 9 bushels per acre amounting to 4050 on the same acreage. The larger figure indicates total harvest of 77 925 000 bushels in 1949.
A record notes that five pounds of coal are required to produce a single army rifle, indicating the fuel demand for firearm production.
An updated voter roster for February lists numerous new electors. Names include Lorraine Ballard Irving Sauren Edwards Fawards Nutting Snow Snow Berence Trafton Traf ton Willett Andersen Andersen Christoffer son Dreher Fitz Fitz Morison Morrison Matt Mott Piper Tinker Waltner Warner Nettie Watters Watters Wiles Boney Chanter Choate Choate Foley Foley Miney Newsham Whitcomb Whitcomb and others across precincts.
Kapon graduates from Beewee Mechanic School at the U S Naval Air Training Center in Memphis Tennessee. He entered the Naval service October 18 1948 after recruit training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
A fragmented report outlines a legislative push by Representative Hey Oth Middly and others to address drought and rainfall by proposing a weather related bill. Experts including Massachusetts Institute figures weigh options as reservoirs and city funds are discussed amid talk of rain manipulation and policy fixes.
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