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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1952
Page
7
The hunt for the slayer of a Reading businessman and his wife turned to a Reading high school as state police linked a weekend thief to five of 25 silver dollars stolen in recent breaks. Investigators say the slayer is likely a Reading resident and almost certainly the weekend thief.
In Auburn Maine a Boston short order cook Carl R Chase 35 faced arraignment in Auburn district court on charges of murdering Alex Yoksus 55 during a holdup on August 27. Chase was brought from Baltimore after his employer a suburban restaurant recognized him from a detective magazine feature about the case.
Secretary General Trygve Lie will not quit his post despite pressure from Britain and Brazil to reconsider. Romulo’s U.S. ambassadorship candidacy enters open contention as Lie’s fate hangs in the UN assembly. In Korea, South Korean forces recapture Pinpoint Hill and Sniper Ridge after heavy exchanges with Chinese troops.
In New York a UN employee testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee about secretly changing from U.S. to Soviet citizenship three years earlier. Olga Michka, 33, gave the key statement while five witnesses testified during the hearing. Washington General Omar Bradley asserted that UN Korea fighting and European rearmament shift Moscow’s tactics and could avert World War III.
Hudson librarian Mrs. Helen Groves announces Book Week at the local library the week of November 17. A new books display will greet children in the children's library with panoramas by school children directed by Carl Dolan. A window display opens at Marlboro Hudson Gas office in Wood Square. Story hours for first through fourth graders run each morning in the children's library.
Insulate cold water lines to safeguard against freezing. Insulation also stops outside moisture from condensing on pipes and dripping onto floors.
A West Springfield Massachusetts newspaper quotes a reader asserting there is no guarantee that government actions won t erode the value of wages or income when returned, expressing concern over tax and take mechanisms.
Tulips offered in Holland are graded by circumference from 9 to 12 cm for shipping. top sizes exceed 12 cm, first sizes 11 to 12 cm. Early flowering tulips bloom two weeks before tall late varieties. Plant in well drained soil. large bulbs yield earlier, bigger blooms and reduce next spring disappointment. Tulips range from species to Breeders, Darwins, Rembrandts, Parrots, and can be mixed in beds for color impact.
A garbled excerpt shows a deaf mute seeking handouts, dialogue about a person named Regenold, and a mention of Jackson Tennessee. A shopper plans to buy pork lamb fish dairy eggs coffee and sugar with small-change totals, while Essex County Vermont is briefly noted.
The 1939 dollar’s purchasing power is described as worth about 41 to 52 cents depending on items. It notes 50 cents for furniture or clothing purchases and mentions the show and shoppers. The fragment reflects economic depreciation and price context from the era.
Mrs. N. C. Hildebrand of Amaprillo Texas won a jelly making contest at this year’s Tri-State Fair and received a 100 pound sack of sugar as prize.
Mea y maird Edward Gately described the event with prizes awarded to attendees. Names include Peter Pronko at 50 Rossenvelt, Adam Rakiey of 23 Sudbury Wales, Virginia Vodoklys at 79 Boon, Stew G Brooks at 42 Winthrop, Francis Sokolowski at 144 Ryakiewien, and John Veraka at 16 Boeske. Other recipients listed: Ed Butler Taylor, Jeenn Keransesich, Robert Geraldy, E. Carty, Bar-PerriLo, and Powler.
Members of the Alliance of churches announce Thanksgiving Sunday services at First Parish on November 28. The newly formed men’s choir will sing, with a coffee hour and nursery provided in the vestry, as families gather for a real Family Sunday.
Miss Katherine Mary Kinsley attends a fall regional meeting of Science Teachers of New England at Memorial Hall Harvard University on November 28. Norman Perris, Director of Education at the Museum of Science Boston, lectures on Science Projects for Miriam Dickey Children’s Museum Boston. Pearl Brandwein of the Science Department Forest Hills High Sebor New York City demonstrates unusual uses of simple equipment in science teaching.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses plumbing valves and a missed comparison with Dutch history. It mentions a valve used for a softener and an Indonesian possession of the Netherlands for over 300 years before independence in 1949.
Hudson Water Street resident Sergeant Stanley Staniunas recently returned from Korea will address the St Michael’s Parent Teachers Association at the school hall on Monday evening at eight o’clock. A business meeting and social follow with Mothers of seventh graders handling the coffee hour. Mrs Anthony Ms Esperance Jr. oversees the program. Sergeant Staniunas will show colored slides and give talks.
Bolton youth Douglas Hanson, 10, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hanson of Main Street, earned third prize in the beginners vegetable garden group at Worcester County Horticultural Society Garden Contest. The event, held Saturday in Horticulture Hall, included 84 county children and was run by the Worcester County Extension Service 4 H clubs in cooperation with the society.
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