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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
4
Post fragment lists treaty with Wyltigiss 1816 and mentions Rene chars of William Fenn College 1755. Includes PiS Accept Symmes offer to set women vote in Dominican 12 17 and money orders division of post office 1864. Also references authorize sale of public land and enoneirs 706 and Supreme Court affirms church corporation 1890. WU Berrie
The piece blends wartime briefings with Mother's Day sentiment as American troops face losses and missions. It notes pilots shooting friendly forces in jets, Liberators bombing cities, and calls for frank reporting and renewed enlistments. It ends with soldiers reflecting on service and a tale of a soldier learning to sew.
Walter Kiernan quotes Walter Reuther proposing a 30 hour week after the war and jokes about quitting work entirely. He notes labor says 30 hours could match prewar output and urges a workable plan to allow longer mornings and earlier evenings, dismissing pie in the sky promises.
A census uncovers diverse occupations including hail storm averters, water pourers for gods, grasshopper sellers, cradle swingers, and professionals who identify witnesses.
Instructions for growing sweet corn in small gardens including patch size six rows of 15 feet, soil quality, fertilization, planting depth, hill vs row planting, thinning, hilling, and pollination for maximum ears. Phrases compare corn vitality to a proverb about wisdom versus noise.
A curious note describes a mouse in Europe that sings like eee Newnia and barks like a dog, a whimsical aside reflecting playful language.
Concord residents tally military service updates with several sons and neighbors in the Navy Army and Marines. Promotions returns to duty and leaves mark a community-wide wartime effort with multiple family ties to ships bases and campaigns in the Mediterranean North Africa and Pacific theaters.
Marine Private First Class Charles Kavaleski 21, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Kavaleski of Maynard Massachusetts, has been promoted from Private to Private First Class while serving with the Fourth Marine Division. He aided Klein Atoll in the Marshall Islands campaign, earning recognition for his role in the action.
Lieutenant Robert Williams of the U S Navy Reserve and his crew patrolled the Atlantic aboard a Grumman torpedo bomber from a small escort carrier. They repeatedly torpedoed three submarines in a single patrol, photographing wreckage and rescuing survivors while evading enemy fire. Six weeks later they sank another submarine and returned safely.
Anthony J Silkon of 2 Sudbury Court Maynard has been promoted from Tec 5 to Corporal in the 373rd Field Artillery, 100th Infantry Division, division headquarters announces.
More than a quarter of America 8,000,000 servicemen cannot vote this year because they are under 21. Only Georgia allows 18-year-olds to vote in all elections. The article notes wide variation in minimum voting ages across states.
Mrs Evangeline critsas of 48 Bridge street receives a tender Mothers Day message from her son Corporal Agoritsas stationed somewhere in Italy. He has served in the forces for a year and six months and hopes to be home next year for Mothers Day with a smile on her face.
Mrs. Albert Chai of 53 Frye Street announces the engagement of her sister Margaret Evelyn Oram of 53 Street to Samuel F Ruggerio of Damon Street West Concord. Miss Oram attended Concord High and works at Curtis Shoe Company. Mr Ruggerio is a graduate of Concord High and is connected with Waltham Bay Corporation. The couple plan to marry on December 3 at Immaculate Conception Church.
A shopper protests unsatisfactory stores and asserts a need for mercy from the photographer woman, expressing frustration and desire for better treatment.
The War Food Administration urges farmers to skip the second cutting of clover and alfalfa to mature seeds this summer. Seed shortages threaten dairy and meat supply as 1943 production was already down and more loss could raise shipping pressure. The campaign titled Seed for Victory advocates planting sorghum and Sudan grass this spring.
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