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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1942
Page
4
The fragment notes 1940 Reich decrees seizing ships including the City of Flint and references contraband charges. It mentions a 1945 New York subway expansion, the 1825 Erie Canal opening, and the 1886 unveiling of the Statue of Liberty. The garbled text references U S wage hour laws and World Health Organization terms.
The piece discusses postwar justice for Nazi crimes, calls for punishment of torturers, and contrasts vengeance with constructive postwar aims. It notes occupied nations demand accountability and urges nations to channel energies into rebuilding and lasting peace. It mentions European leaders and the United Nations shaping postwar policy.
Community notices recall births and visits from 26 years ago. Miss Mildred Morgan and Miss Mabel Lowney welcomed at Concord Junction, Maynard residents visit Camp Devens, and Mr and Mrs Harry Patterson greet a daughter.
Rationing officials announce that most B and C books expire October 22 and online applications may be needed. Local boards will reopen Wednesday evening as July 22 supplemental rations expire. The Office of Defense Transportation reports ready blanks for new commercial vehicle operators and fleet applications.
A patriotic plea urges every farmer, homeowner, and factory operator to start a personal scrap collection. Citizens are asked to form home committees, collect iron, steel, copper, aluminum, zinc, rubber, and rags, and turn in materials as soon as local collections are announced.
The article discusses Perry B's view that leprosy is no longer a horror, noting it is rarely highly contagious, usually painless, often lacks external symptoms, and seldom fatal. It cites about 1,000 U.S. cases and 400 inmates at the Carville leprosarium in Louisiana.
Voters in Acton Maynard Bedford Concord and Sudbury are among 42 districts asked to vote on a November advisory ballot. The measure requests a convention to draft a Federal Constitution uniting free peoples in a democratic world government led by the President and Congress. The Massachusetts Committee of Federal Union and local leaders circulated petitions to place the question on ballots.
A report estimates rat damage to crops equals the annual production of about 200000 farmers. The figure highlights the scale of rodent impact on agriculture and food supplies.
The Concord churches announce Sunday services at 10 45 a m and a day school at 10 45 a m with a testimonial meeting on Wednesdays and evening services at 7 45 p m The church edifice hosts a reading room weekday hours 12 to 4 p m excluding holidays The Oct 25 lesson subject Probation After Death features scriptural passages from Revelation I Peter and key readings from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy The lesson emphasizes Christian Science beliefs and the need to cast the anchor of hope beyond matter.
A fragmented passage discusses moving from material sense to the sense of being, urging spiritual understanding and the comforting aid of the righteous. The text references a Shekinah, martyr-like devotion, and a doctrinal shift beyond earthly joys and afflictions.
Rev Edward P Daniels leads a service at 9 45 am October 25 with a sermon The Opening and music by the chorus choir The Emerson Society meets at 6 30 pm and Wendell mond of Middlesex speaks at 7 pm on Necessary Aims in the vestry
See church on Inn Street for Sunday October 26 with a hot communion at 8 am Morning sermon and junior church during this service.
A fragmentary text evokes a religious claim tying the loss of material objects to Earth's moral fate. It quotes Ezekiel 21 27 and asserts divine overturning until a specified figure arrives.
New England men reporting for Army duty are advised to travel light. General Sherman Miles notes the Army provides clothing and equipment on arrival. Civilians clothing should be sent home to avoid congestion at Fort Devens. Men should bring only weather appropriate outfits and small personal items in a light bag.
Wallace Pollard of Lawin Street has enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and will report in Boston for duty on Wednesday October 21. He was a meter reader for Marlboro Hudson Gas Co and has lived in Marlboro the past year and a half, previously residing in Acton.
Dr EB Free a NYU faculty member reports slot machines give one jackpot chance in 1000 after a lengthy study. The average payout is about three fifths of money taken in and other odds indicate varying coin returns from 2 to 16. Several methods to fix machines to alter the odds are discussed.
Dr Vincent J Pollina Jr outlines office hours for Maynard practice with all day and evening slots by appointment at 147 Main St telephones 7051 and 147 Main St office.
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