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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1943
Page
3
This piece presents a columnist's reflections attributed to Baukhage offering social and political commentary. It frames everyday life through a veteran journalist lens and hints at ongoing public concerns and opinions.
A long review of postwar plans urges swift demobilization and reemployment of veterans. It stresses placing skilled ex soldiers into civilian work, maintaining war contracts temporarily, and expanding retraining centers while limiting farm dumping and ensuring steady employment. It notes practical needs like veterans' benefits and national insurance.
War briefs mention plans for large crates and shipments amid Allied and Nazi actions. The French Academy of Arts and Sciences delays inviting members back until peace resumes, reflecting wartime disruptions and ongoing tensions.
After Pearl Harbor the United Seamen Service began in September 1942 with broad union and public support. It provides medical, residential, recreational and personal aid through 125 public clinics, five rest homes, and a hotel and club network in port and abroad. USS and WSA repatriated 5,000 seamen and coordinated with military and Red Cross services to keep morale high as the merchant fleet expands.
Sleep researchers have created bed attached instruments to monitor movement during sleep. Findings show people move frequently, averaging about one hour of movement per night, making the idea of sleeping without moving at all improbable.
Kolombangara Island hosts a near perfect circle volcano 18 miles wide with a central crater over a mile high. Vila village sits on the west shore near Guadalcanal, serving as a plantation base and airfield for smaller ships and bombers, while surrounding coastal plots grow coconuts yams pineapples and bananas.
The guide notes hot yolls or biscuits may be split and buttered on both halves. When not hot, spread only a small piece at eating time. Buttering a whole slice of bread is common, and a full toast with melted butter is acceptable.
A fragmented wartime ad urges readers to buy war bonds and stamps. The text includes scattered phrases about air service slang and a request to invest money, mentioning a $100 amount and general wartime enlistment rhetoric.
In Orleans the discussion covers correct phrasing like must leave and have to. In Kansas City readers debate pronouncing QUIXOTIC as kwike OT-ik and why span pronunciation should be kee HO tik. San Diego notes a pronunciation concern about the Alamo and surrounding terms. Bell Syndicate and WNY Features conclude with a call to buy war bonds and stamps.
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