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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1943
Page
4
The text outlines changes to ration books including eight pages with red blue and green stamps and new ultra violet glow tokens for future dining and price adjustments. It mentions sugar coffee meat and butter coupons and efforts to simplify and speed up distribution amid wartime shortages.
In this wartime outlook a longtime observer argues Germany and Japan will require two hard years of fighting and rising home sacrifices. He stresses sustained effort, large industrial readiness, and continued national optimism despite grim prospects.
Two headed matches in England help address a household fire risk and supply shortage. The devices feature dual tips to spark a flame safely, aiming to conserve resources while maintaining usability.
Noel Coward play arrives for a two week run starting Monday night October 25 at the Wilbur Boston after a record New York run. Original Broadway cast includes Clifton Webb Peggy Wood Mildred Natwick Ila Stoddard with Stewart Chaney handling setting and mail orders already being taken for the stage comedy touted as a major seasonal event.
A largely attended farewell party in Bedford Town Hall honored Rev. John J. Donegan of St Michael's Church. He departs for St John’s in Wellesley Hills to begin new duties. Rev. John J. Allston will succeed him at St Patrick's in Lowell.
James S. Bartlett 70 longtime meteorologist and Weather Bureau observer died Monday in South Sudbury He taught meteorology at the University of Wisconsin for a decade and founded stations in Cuba and Madison He later moved to South Sudbury and worked as a florist He is survived by his wife four sons a daughter and two sisters with a state road home in South Sudbury
The flag draped casket of Sturtevant was honored as Cadet Urquhart, official naval escort, delivered the American flag to his father in Concord. Flags flew at half staff for a popular local youth, the town’s 10th World War II casualty and youngest so far. He died from injuries October 18 after preflight training and aviation wings pending. Survived by parents Henry B. Sturtevant Jr and three brothers, with ties to Bowdoin football and local school life.
Mrs James Powers entertained a small group of members at a social event described in the fragment. Details are limited but indicate a gathering of residents associated with a local club or organization.
A fragmentary text describes a sequence where a younger family member changes seats and a uniformed man is approached for seating. The piece mentions a doctor and a seat allocation for the 99th or 100th person, implying a ceremonial or procedural seating event.
Massachusetts faces a wide income to consumer sales gap while savings and taxes grow. Historical notes mention the Barnet steamboat of 1826 and shifts from barges to steam in the Connecticut River Valley. The piece cites high school programs, principal changes during wartime, and census figures on family income and wage dependence.
The marriage of Mrs. Isabelle M. Fenton of 129 Kendall Avenue Bramingham to William T. Pine former Marlboro mayor occurred on October 1st in Marlboro.
A garbled classroom quiz lists multiple choice prompts about planes slang games and a historical figure. It includes fragments such as is it a monoplane or biplane and bets on slang like cut a rug, plus misquoted lines about Heywood Brown and roles.
An obituary notes Mr Pine who lived in Framingham for 46 years and formerly worked in a local grocery business. The notice honors his longtime residence and former occupation.
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