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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1938
Page
2
A fragmentary report describes a man found dead in a small town near a railroad. Authorities were called Sunday night and withheld official details while investigating. a woman who brought food to the deceased is mentioned. The text is garbled with many misread words.
A crowded Maynard event drew a large audience in overflow as priests and parishioners thanked all who helped. An evening program included a dance in the hall and a gym crowd at the 21st party.
The piece describes a Grange gathering with officers elected including prefects and treasurer at Lexington area lodges. It notes a December 5 sale at Grange Hall with entertainment planned, led by Mrs George Duclos and others, featuring auctions, treats, penny sale, prizes and community participation, with proceeds aiding the Grange.
Mr and Mrs Giuling traveled to Rhode Island for Thanksgiving with relatives when George Husing suffered a heart attack and died Friday night. Funeral services were held in Taunton on Tuesday afternoon and he was buried there. The Huling family resided on Concord Road.
An examination of returns filed with Secretary of State Frederic W. Cook reveals a large number of local candidates failed to declare campaign expenses or omitted items. The list covers third to thirteenth Middlesex districts with figures for receipts and outlays, noting several without returns or with incomplete data.
Paris faced food security strains as a nationwide general strike against Premier Daladier's government began. At 4 a.m. convoys moved from garrisons to strategic points while mobile guards patrolled Paris wards. By 5:30 a.m. the capital's major market district slowed to about one third of normal activity.
A damaged plane crashed into the sea about 30 miles north of San Francisco near Round Epasy, with two survivors reported and a missing third. The Yangtze vessel and Chiang Kai-shek were also mentioned in a separate dispatch from Shanghai, noting broader tensions.
Johanna Hoffman a hair dresser and Otto H. Voss an airplane mechanic were convicted by a federal court jury of conspiring to steal United States military secrets. The jury could not reach a verdict against co defendant Erich Glaser and resumes deliberations. Hoffman and Voss face up to 20 years in prison.
Massachusetts unemployment compensation checks averaged 40.72 dollars in September, well above Maine 9.31, New Hampshire 9.43, Vermont 9.39, Rhode Island 7.44, and Connecticut. Secretary Harrington cited a rising trend since February and a plateau around 10.73 dollars, with benefit rates tied to half the claimant’s average weekly wage and a 5 to 15 dollar range.
Mrs Edward O Dowd presides at Legion auxiliary event in Billerica. David Dodd, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Dodd of Hinl Street, is sick with grippe. Nancy Webber visits from Maple Street, returning to school Sunday. Mrs Brank Foss visits Sturbridge with infant daughter. Bedford Grange to host town hall dance Friday December 9. PTA to hold whist and bridge at the school house Friday 8 30 pm amid bad weather last Friday many youths attended the PTA dance in the school auditorium.
A public hearing by the Board of Selectmen is set for Friday evening December 2 on Boston Edison Company’s application to erect 22 poles on Sudbury Road and to receiveinmail for street installations per the town meeting vote. The selectmen will also act as board of appeal on Chester L Perry's garage in non conformity with zoning and on Joseph Paolini's request for a lawful addition to a dwelling under the same conditions.
Fragmentary OCR yields a terse town trading remark lacking clear dates or entities. The readable portion references a pig and trade, but the context and participants are unclear, preventing a precise event or outcome from being established.
December events feature Mal MacNeil and his Texas Rangers with amateur performers. The program aims to attract wide attendance and support hospital children's institutions in Boston. Mrs. Cora Redfern oversees the affair with a team of assistants expected to ensure success. South Acton Osgood Tuttle of Maple Street, injured October 12 in Holden, rests in hospital after a stump-removal accident when thrown from a truck suffering a compound fracture of the right leg.
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