Early season progress for Middlesex soil projects boosts service
The Middlesex Soil Conservation District reports rapid progress on drainage ditches stream channeling and pond construction across multiple farms including Fitch in Bedford Sonesta Holliston and Mason in Concord. Officials urge farmers to start work now to improve efficiency and utilize available technicians and equipment.
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Winfred P. Fitch
Bedford
Sones
Holliston
Ralph D. Anderson
Marlboro
Alvin Richardson
Wilmington
Edward Brown
Sudbury
Farnham
Smith
Great Brook
Carlisle
Sonesta Farm
Austin Mason
Concord
Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
AmendmentDeadline For ABC Constitution Amendments
The American Bowling Congress sets a December 1 deadline for amendments to the constitution to be acted upon at the 1954 convention. Proposals must reach ABC headquarters by December 1, 1953 for delegates at the Seattle convention to consider on April 9, 1954.
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Bowling Congress
Milwaukee
Wis
American Bowling Congress
ABC
Seattle
Washington
May Healer Payment Prompt Sparks Wardrobe Chat
A quirky rhyme suggests doctors should be paid and people shed flannels in May. The verse hints at paying medical staff while hinting at seasonal dress changes in a light tone.
Miami Man Grows His Own Coffee
A blind 78 year old Miami man, Charles F. Oxar, grows coffee in a 100 by 200 foot garden. He produced two pounds last year and hopes for a larger harvest this year. His project began after a son brought home a Brazilian coffee plant during World War II.
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Miami
Miami, Fla
Oxar
Brazil
Massachusetts Develops Local Economic Development Commissions
Massachusetts becomes the first state to authorize cities and towns to establish economic development commissions. Fifteen localities already had such bodies. The act allows municipal commissions to be formed and funded, with guidance from the Department of Commerce.
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Massachusetts
Herter
Massachusetts Department of Commerce
Australia starts Geelong refinery to expand oil output
The first of four new large refineries to boost Australian refining capacity is now operating in Geelong Victoria. The Shell owned plant will supply motor spirit automotive gasoline diesel fuels and furnace fuel oils as part of making Australia self supporting in oil refining after years of relying on overseas refined products.
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Australia
Sydney
Geelong
Victoria
Shell-Ownen
Paul Bunyan Paper Bag Becomes World’s Largest
The Equitable Paper Bag Co of Long Island City unveiled a 70-foot-long machine producing a giant paper bag named Paul Bunyan capable of holding a 9 by 14-foot rug. The bag measures 19 by 18 by 167 inches and was built with a $150,000 investment.
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Paul Bunyan
New York
Long Island
Equitable Paper Bag Co
Northwest
McCarthy Seeks Republican Nomination for Secretary of State
Boston representative Michael J. McCarthy of East Bridgewater declared his bid for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State. A veteran legislator with 12 years in the Massachusetts House he chairs the State Administration and Engrossed Bills committees and serves on several commissions. He has 18 years on the East Bridgewater board of selectmen including 15 as chairman and 21 years as town clerk. A World War I veteran active in veterans groups, he is a longtime public service figure with ties to American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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U.S
Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Taylor
Grant
Arthur
Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Coolidge
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Continental Congress
U. S. Senate
House
Senate
United States
Andrew Johnson
William W. Belknap
Congressional Quarterly
Boston
Michael J. McCarthy
East Bridgewater
Massachusetts
McCarthy
Public Service Committee
Special Commission On Taxation
Commission On
Recess Commission On Financial Aid
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
the Grange
Kiwanis Club
National Tax Association
National Institute of Municipal Clerks
Meaning of Competition and Competence in the Economy
The piece explains that competition and competence share Latin roots meaning to strive together. It notes savings and loan associations hold over $23 billion in savings, an average of more than $114 per person, per the National Savings and Loan League.
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Savings and Loan Associations
United States
National Savings and Loan League
Kindly Landlord Finds Time For His Tenants
New York landlord Fred Trump operates 4500 housing units in Brooklyn and Queens offering summer camps, baby-sitters, beach bus service, and a school for 160 children in the Brighton project. He provides facilities while the Board of Education supplies teachers, aiming to be remembered as a caring, self made developer.
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Gay Pauley
United Press
New York
Fred
Trump
Brooklyn
Queens
Brighton
New York Board of Education
Armed Forces Day Exhibits At Fort Devens
Fort Devens unveils New England s largest Army installation open house on May 15 featuring simulated A bomb explosions first shown to the public. displays include small arms tanks field artillery and machine guns plus medical units Red Cross exhibits and chaplains corps activities among others.
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Fort Devens
New England
Red Cross
Worcester
Nebraska Sheriff nets arrests after two-car crash
Columbus Nebraska Sheriff Herb Person followed up an auto accident report and found two Omaha youths wanted on breaking and entering charges in one car while the other car carried two Barrington Illinois girls who admitted leaving home without permission.
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Columbus
Neb
Herb Person
Barrington, Ill
Banknote Confusion and Insurance Pressure
Incoherent brief notes discuss money amounts and insurance concerns. The fragment mentions a possible income change, a $275 figure, and references to national depth and money supply uncertainty. The text is fragmentary with unclear subjects or actions.
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Syd Rayne
Wayland
Hingham
Middleboro
Saugus
Tort Sundquist
Fashion
Chicago
Division of Research
Massachusetts Dept. of Commerce
Boylston St
Mass
New Transportation Services Waterman Steamship Corp
Boston West Coast
Rome
Commonwealth
U. S. Department of Commerce
Burton Brush Co
Cambridge
Pilgrim Industries
Brookline
Symmons Engineering Co
Japan
Osaka
Moji
Greece
Aegean
National Geograhic Society
Isles
Maynard
Middlesex
RUG & Carpet Cleaning Company
Dangerous Delta
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SECY
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Graip
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