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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1950
Page
5
Mansfield Post No. Legion announces a Defense To Conduct program on November 11 at the Vete in Concord. Supper will be served and a guest speaker Cronin, director, will talk about wartime experiences with the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts ’98 during a war veterans gathering.
As voters prepare for Tuesday's election, Maynard's mill closure rekindles anger at Democrats over job losses and leadership. Republican David B. Williams campaigns on action while Democrats face criticism for inaction and fundraising letters. The piece notes district income data and urges buying U S Savings Bonds.
Two Massachusetts Reformatory inmates Jack Perkins and George Callahan fled West Concord by building a plank to scale thesouth wall. They jumped the 22 foot barrier around 10:30 p m and remain sought as guards and police alert nearby towns. Both are 20 and 22 and had five year indeterminate sentences with parole eligibility in 1951. Callahan had parole violation history.
Concord Sympathy extends to School Committeeman George T Goodspeed of Lower Road for the death of his father Charles E Goodspeed 83 a famed Boston book seller who died Tuesday at Ayer Private funeral services were held this afternoon He is survived by his wife and two daughters in addition to Mr Goodspeed
Alfred Carlson assistant agricultural agent Middlesex County Extension Service Concord spoke at the Boston farm program yesterday morning. Roger Harrison led the program and conducted the interview.
Concord Lodge of Elks held a penny sale at the Veteran Building to raise funds for a new one thousand dollar Elks scholarship fund aiding local youth. Prizes included a 14 inch television set won by Officer Fitzgibbons and other awards such as fuel oil, a bicycle, coal, and cash prizes awarded under the grand drawing.
Concord Council Knights of Columbus will install its new officers at Monument hall next Tuesday night November 7 at 8 o’clock. District deputy and staff will install the suite headed by Grand Knight James W Powers. Refreshments will be served.
On Wake Island President Truman and General MacArthur met and issued a statement about reconstruction of Korea, a possible Japanese peace treaty, and unity with U.N. nations to seek peace. Observers noted their differing views and the meeting’s cordial tone despite prior clashes. Dewey ruled out 1952 presidential bid, backing Eisenhower. Stassen supported the move. Truman reacted calmly to the news. Eisenhower offered no party ties or ambitions.
Churchill warns against false security from Korea while Eisenhower to Columbia University vows service to freedom. Hershey weighs erasing most draft deferments to hit three million armed forces by next June. 19 000 medical fields registrants face possible induction.
Senator Estes Kefauver chairing the crime investigating committee confers with chief counsel Rudolph Halley and assistant Alfred Klein. The panel has disclosed major crime syndicates operating in several U.S. cities.
Nine companies announced reductions on various goods including bag coffee and airplane parts. Retail chains A and P and Grand Union cut bag coffee by two cents per pound, Boeing in Seattle trimmed stratocruiser spare parts prices by 10 percent, and Armstrong Cork lowered standard asphalt tile by about five percent. Coffee prices had been rising for months.
The American Heritage Foundation sponsors a national effort to raise voter participation ahead of the election. A three member panel will review regional turnout, led by Lt. Gen. Bedell Smith, Charles Wilson, and William Green. In 1948 Utah led with 74.6 percent turnout.
The U S internal act prompted visa suspensions, forcing hundreds of artists and travelers to return to their homelands for permits. State Department barred entry for current or former communist or Nazi affiliates, despite eligibility concerns for Spaniards and Argentines. Businessmen warn U S German trade is hurt as anti totalitarian rules bite Europe.
A.hew urges an all-out effort for survival with calls for higher taxes, stricter credit limits, and longer work hours. He argues for state buying dialogue to avoid broad price and wage controls, and proposes increased production, rehiring older workers and women, and restoring wartime work hours.
Postmaster General Donaldson asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for a parcel post rate increase of 103 dollars, raising first class rates from four to nine cents depending on zone, with additional pounds rising up to three cents per pound.
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