Yardley era espionage book tied to foreign broad casting
A fragmentary report links Yardley and the Black Chamber to espionage talk, noting a New York publishing episode on foreign broadcasting and cryptography. It traces Yardley’s influence, disclosures, and a shift toward listening services amid diplomatic tensions. The piece also touches on Morgan and Sperry’s aviation precision ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emuel F. Parton
York
Sybil
Wash
Yardley
State Department
Unseen Brooks and Rivers Referenced by Ovid
Fragmentary line from Ovid notes unseen rivers and forty seas. The citation evokes water imagery as a metaphor for vast, hidden natural channels beyond perception.
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Gathernate
Ovid
Concord Briefs Patchy Town News Across Activities
Concord notes report Mrs John Gates Sr securing a Middlesex School position. Local chapter plans season meetings. several residents return from fishing trips. youths on two week motor trip to the west coast. draft board news and selective service plans. Royal Arch Chapter resumes fall meetings. staffing changes at Concord Reformatory and State Farm Colony. Weather records show frosts. social events include debutante luncheon and union meeting. ninth wedding anniversary celebrated by Howard and Velma Edwardson.
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State Armory
Concord Board
Acton
Bedford
Concord
Wayland
Maynard
Lincoln
Sudbury
Ex high school luminaries play semi pro football names Mara Flannery
Joe Mara and Sam Flannery, once local high school stars, play semi pro football for Woodward Tyler eleven of Waltham. They played at Gardner last Sunday and travel to Fitchburg Thursday, then to Connecticut on Sunday. Thursday Evangelical Free church hosts missionary meeting at 8 p m with Grace Machau as guest speaker. Hostesses are Mrs Thora Korsmo and Mrs Carrie Hansen.
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Joe Mara
Sam Flannery
Woodward
Yler
Waltham
Gardner
Fitchburg
Connecticut
Missionary Meeting
Evangelical Free Church
Grace Machau
Thora Korsmo
Carrie Hansen
Scotland Yard seeks women drivers to fill police shortage
London reports Scotland Yard facing a shortage of police drivers and inviting women to apply. The force promises to supply applicants with smart uniforms and notes the recruitment aims to strengthen the fleet and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland Yard
London
Ith
Britain
Sarah Millett Married George E Hall in Concord Ceremony
In Concord at First Parish Church on Saturday, Sarah Willard Millett daughter of Mrs Frederick Millett Oak Road married George Edward Hall son of Mrs George Hall Dedham. Rev Edward Perry Daniels officiated. The bride wore family attendants including her sister as matron of honor and six bridesmaids. After a reception the couple planned residence in Cambridge Shaler Lane. Both families noted for notable education and ties. groom Harvard 1937.
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eConcord
Sarah ‘Willard Millett
Frederick Strickland Millett
Oak Road
George Edward Hall
George E. Hell
Wampatucket Road
Dedham
Edward Perry Daniels
Clement R. Ford
Sharon
Connecticut
R. Archibald Smith
Kansas City
Missouri
William R. Bascom
St. Louis
Elizabeth A. Hall
Keyo Ford
William A. Niss
New York City
Shirley Foote
Winchester
Elizabeth Marion
Cotcord
Francis A. Brewer, Jr
Boston
Hugh Putnam
Providence
Rhode Island
William Rothwell
Cambridge
William C. Haskins
Fitchburg
Edward H. Bennett, Jr
Melrose
Shaler Lane
Hall
Cambridge School
Colby Junior College
Bouve-Roston School
Noble % Greenough
Harvard College
Sportsmen's Field Day Set For September 21
West Concord Musketaquid Sportsmen's Club plans its annual field day at Harrington Avenue Route 62 Edward Leisch as general chairman. The event begins at 10 am with shoots games and races all day and three gate prizes. A clambake will run from 12 to 2 pm with prizes awarded through the day.
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West Concord
Musketaquid Sportsmen's Club
Harrington Avenue
Edward. A. Leisch
Concord Celebrates 306th Birthday Anniversary
Concord observed its 306th incorporation anniversary last Friday with the town flag flying on public buildings and schools. The town, Massachusetts Bay Colony’s first inland settlement, traces its origins to 1634 with early settler William Wood and land chartered as New England Prospect on the Musketaquid River, now the Concord River.
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Concord
Massachusetts Bay Colony
William Wood
Winthrop
New England
Musketaquid River
Concord River
Peter Bulkeley
Red Cross Nurse Report for Concord August
The Red Cross Nursing Service for August lists visits across categories. Noncommunicable nursing day visits 151, prenatal 1, postnatal 6, communicable 3, newborn 1, infant 16, preschool 4, children 4, adult health 4, other visits 1, and a total month count.
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Concord
Red Cross
50th Wedding Anniversary Observed for Allen Couple
Mrs. John P. Allen hosted a reception on a September evening at Genin Street to honor the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Relatives friends neighbors and Odd Fellows members visited to pay respects and present gifts. The couple’s children Roger K. Allen Homer Allen Ruth Pratt and their families attended. Mr. Allen is a former Odd Fellows secretary and retired Reformatory officer. Both enjoy good health.
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John P. Allen
Genin
Golién
Puple
Roger K. Allen
Concord
Homer Allen
Purdue University
Indiana
Burleigh JL
Ruth) Pratt
Odd Fellows
Allen
The
Woburn Triumph Delays Shawsheen Valley Title Playoff
West Concord Our Lady’s beat Nashataugs of Woll 2-0 as Henry Cook held the visitors to two hits in five innings. A later 12 inning protest forced a replay and left the tied championship in limbo with Woburn sharing second half potential. a playoff against Bedford or West Concord looms.
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West Concord
Our Lady’s Baseball
Shawsheen Valley
Nashataugs
Woll
Rideout
Henry Cook
Gene Callahan
Posuld
Woburn
Our Lady's
Arthie Barrett
George Downey
Jimmie Olgen
Bedford
West Corncord
Concord Guards Rifle Team Shows Strong Season Start
Concord Massachusetts state guard Company D 23rd Infantry opened its shooting season at Camp Curtis Guild Wakefield placing fourth among 13 entries. Pfc Ola Mongstad and Pfc Harry French led the team with 68 three round totals as the squad posted 642 to the winners 656. Coach Lt. James A. Christensen noted plans to compete again at Wakefield September 28. Scott Field has shed its lighter-than-air era with helium crates sent to Duncan Field Texas for reconditioning.
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Concord
Massachusetts State Guard
23Rd Infantry
Camp Curtis Guild
Wakefield
Ola
Mongstad
Harry French
Name Pee St Sergt. R
Poland
Tr. Ast Cl
Priv
A. Booth
A. D. Murphy
R. L. Hatch
James A. Christensen
Couple Wed in Rectory Ceremony in Concord
Miss Mary Mal ina LaBounty and Edwin Anderson were married Sunday afternoon in Our Lady Help of Christians Church rectory. Rev. William F. Shaughnessy officiated. The bride, a registered nurse, and the groom will reside in South Acton after a reception at Wright's Tavern Cord.
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West
Concord
Mary Mal
Ina LaBounty
George LaBounty
M ‘Street
Edwin Anderson
School ‘Street
South Acton
Our Lady Help of Christians’ Church
William F. Shaughnessy
Veronica O'Sullivan
Arlington
Joseph Walther
South Boston
Wright
Flower Show Draws 500 From State to Concord
About five hundred visitors from across the state attended the annual flower show under the Garden Club auspices at the Antiquarian Society House in Concord. Mrs Arthur B Brooks won the president's copper bowl for the third straight year, with many local women earning first prizes in various classes. Judges were Mrs Harold Plimpton Mrs Chester Cook and Mrs Sherman Whippie Jr. A noon buffet at Westwinds and a judges luncheon followed, with afternoon tea hosted by a large committee.
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Concord
State
Old Garden Club
Antiquarian Society House
Lexington ‘Road
Yey
Bates
Paces
Eugene G
Arthur B. Brooks
Brooks
F. H. Trumbull
Horace Chenery
Concord High Welcomes New Principal J Clifford Geer
The first assembly at Concord High featured new principal J Clifford Geer addressing students. He outlined activities for the year and urged support for football coach Bernie Megin and the team to boost school spirit this fall.
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Concord
Concord High School
J. Clifford Geer
Concord The Wedding Of Miss Mary Handlin And Louis McKenna
Miss Mary Handlin of Syracuse and Louis F McKenna of 45 Lexington Road married on Saturday August 30 in Syracuse. McKenna, former Concord athlete, is now athletic director and coach at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse and the couple will reside there.
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Concord
Mary
Handlin
Syracuse
New York
Louis F. McKenna
Lexington Road
Louis. McKenna
Dooley and Maloney Wedding Reported in Lexington
Local interest centers on the wedding of Miss Ma oney of Lexington and W. Dorian of Lexington. The ceremony took place Sunday afternoon at Sacred Heart Church in Lexington, marking a formal union between the Dooley and Maloney families.
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Concord
Poser G Maoney
Lexington
W. Dorian
Sacred Heart Church
Dooley
Missionary from China to Speak at Concord Meeting
The Woman's Church Aid Society of Acton Center Congregational church travels to the Trinitarian church in Concord for a regular Woman's Union meeting Thursday at 2 30 P M. Mrs Hugh Robinson formerly of Conford and recently returned from missionary work in China will speak followed by tea and a social hour. Carpool requests go to Mrs Spencer Taylor.
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Women's Union of Trinitarian Congregational Church
Olge Robinson
Acton
Woman's Church Aid’ Society
Acton Center
Congregational Church
Woman's Union
the Trinitarian Church of Concord
Hugh Robinson
Conford
China
Spencer. Taylor
Concord Country Club Mixed Foursome Tourney Results
At Concord Country Club over the weekend an invitation mixed foursome golf tourney completed qualifying rounds Saturday with many entries. Semifinals and finals saw Buttrick Carruthers defeat Gardiner Brown 2 up. Piersons fall 3 and 2 to Buttrick Carruthers in the final. Second flight saw Hendersons and Gannets reach the final. Consolation flights produced multiple wins with Goodrichs overcoming Wardwell Weld 2 and 1 in the consolation final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concord Country Club
John B. Buttrick
Oliver B. S Carruthers
Raynor Gardiner
A. P. Brown
C. Pierson
William Faversham
J. Grew
Buttrick
Carruthers
Kenneth” “Enedih
Clayton
Justin W. Dickens
Seer Aeriaha
Claytons
Hubert’ M. Wardwell
AL Weld
Andrew H. Hepburn
J. Emory
J. Goodrich
Pliny . Jewell, Jr
T. Crocker
Goodriches
Wardwell and Weld
Ray Lapham
C. White
C. Francis
Gaskill
B.A
Concord Rotary Club to hear guest speaker Harold Lawton
Harold Lawton of the G B Company Boston will speak at Concord Rotary Club's weekly meeting and luncheon Thursday noon. He will be introduced by Albert M Coffey with President Ervin L Bamford presiding. The Ladies Auxiliary AOH held a well attended whist party at 18 Grant Street with prizes to multiple winners and a door prize won by Mrs Moynihan.
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Harold Lawton
G.B. Company
Boston
Concord Rotary Club
Albert M. Coffey
Ervin’ L. Bamford
Joh. Whalen
Grant Street
Michael Wrenn
Elizabeth Goulding
Thomas
DuBerger
James Hanley
George Byron
John Berry
Patrick“ McPhillips
Mary A. Battles
Moreau
West Concood
Denaro
Katherine Downing
Rev Edward P Daniels to preach on The Souls Desire
Rev Edward P Daniels will preach on The Soul's Desire at the First Parish church next Sunday morning at 14 o'clock. John Henry Lawton of 6 Grant street will leave for Baltimore to resume duties as speech director of Loyola College and complete doctoral studies at Johns Hopkins University. Musketaquid Sportsmen's Club holds its bi monthly supper and meeting at the Harrington avenue clubhouse Thursday evening with Archie Simpson in charge. President Larry Dee has called a meeting of the Mill Dam bowling league for Thursday evening at the K of C hall. all team managers new entrants players and officers are urged to attend as plans for the coming season will be formed.
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Edward P. Daniels
John Henry Lawton
Grant Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Loyola College
Johns Hopkins University
Musketaquid Sportsmen's Club
Harrington Avenue
Archie Simpson
Larry Dee
Mill Dam
K. of C. Hall
Concord High School Grads Prepare for 1941 Season
Emerson playground hosts Concord High School football drills led by new head coach Bernie Megin a Notre Dame veteran. About 40 players train daily as linemen backs and ends compete for spots with newcomer Al Robinson and ex-head coach Cook assisting. Preseason prospects look spirited with 10 freshmen and several contenders vying for multiple positions ahead of the September 27 opener at Dracut.
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Concord
Knute Rockne
Emerson Playground
Bernie Megin
Notre Dame
Megin
Rockne
Dracut
al Robinson
al Cook
Stow Street
Ee Ae
Robinson
Cea
Semerne
Fey
Robinson - Hag
Gue Speedy
Merton
Wille
John Giles
Colin
Colin, ‘Oody” Rich, Ray Sithe: Wtone Billy Onelad Freshmen ‘Sonny Stweetland
Larabee
Chuck Harwood
Parker
Jackie Mlavin Yi
Cook
Law
Donavan
Cousing
Néddeomiens Tamente
Bob Pier
John Webster
Jim Sheehy
Middlesex
John Chage
P Williams
George Denisevich
J Boyd Frannie
Horne
Lana
Pater Ee
Billy Leeee
Pat Er
Pete Te Rhetter
Don
Treen
Tommy
Beane
Branch McPhison
Damie
Flavin
Sleepy Hollow Beats East Quarter in Playoff Push
East Quarter fell to Sleepy Hollow in a two game series at Emerson Playground and Depot to 3 1 in a later match prolonging the second half playoffs. East Quarter and Depot now prepare for a rematch with Sleepy Hollow. Charley Doyle reports first game of Shawsheen Valley League playoff set for Sunday at Bedford Page Field 1 30 between Bedford and Naghtaughs of Wo burn. winner vs West Concord in game two.
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Sleepy Hollow
Emerson Playground
Depot
Gee
Chuck Mara
Charley Doyle
Our Lady’s Baseball Nine
Bedford and
Naghataugs
Woburn
Bedford
Page Field
West Concord
Middlesex School Football Squad Under Coach Foster
Middlesex school reports a football squad of nearly 25 under coach Robert F Foster. Captain is Dick Guard fullback from Honolulu. First game is Saturday September 27 against Boston Trade at Concord gridiron. Additional candidates to report later this week.
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Middlesex
Robert F. Foster
Dick Guard
Honolulu
Boston
Concord
Local families head to summer and fall travels
Joseph Bartolmeo of 2 Monument Street leaves for Long Island to reunite with his wife visiting relatives, then plans a southern motor trip. Edward J. Dalton and Marguerite Howes return from their wedding trip to reside on Cambridge Turnpike. William M. Shedden and family return to Nashawtuc Hill after summer at Wianno. The First Parish King'see opens its Fall meeting Tuesday at 2 30 PM at Mrs Walter How’s Monument Street home with Mrs Raymond Willard assisting.
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Joseph Bartolmeo
Monument Street
Long Island
New York
Mrs. Bartolmeo
Edward J. Dalton
Marguerite Howes
Cambridge Turnpike
William M. Shedden
Nashawtuc Hill
Wianno
King'see of
Walter’ How
Monument — Street
Raymond Willard
Sergeant OBrien Moves to Washington on Furlough
Sergeant Robert G. OBrien of Company H travels to Washington DC with his mother Mrs. Michael OBrien of 3 Elsinore Street and cousin William LaHiff for a week while on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. O’ Brien
Company H
Washington, D. C
Michael O’brien
Elsinore Street
Willam LaHiff
O’brien
Acton Agricultural Fair Celebrates 26th Anniversary
Acton residents gathered Friday for the annual agricultural fair marking its 26th year. A Giant midway opened at noon with 4-H judging, a Newland Guernsey club show, fruit and canning displays, and a 4-H daily show. Saturday featured ox pulling, doll carriage parade, bicycle parade, fireworks at 10, and fruit auctions at 10:30. Fair officials included Arthur A. Greenough, Carl G. Hanson, Robert Clapp, and George Erickson among others. Acton Garden Club and local groups organized flower and cattle shows.
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Acton
Nawland Guernsey Club
Sof
Arthtr A
Greenough
Carl
Hanso
Ang Ephry
Robert Clapp
Knowlton, Cheiryman
George Erickson
Acton’ Garden Club
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Japan
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Try Corporation
America
Concord Briefs
John ©. Gates, Sr
Belknap Street
Middlesex School
C.D. of A
Goncord
Michael J. Wrenn
Angelo Bartolmeo
Frank MacLean
Joseph Gaudet
Thomas Hayes
Prince Edward Island
Robert P. Macone
Longstreet
Raymond Lawson
Fielding Street
West Coast
Joseph M. Appleby
Devens
New Brunswick
Walden Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Exellent
Russell C. Berry
Archie EB. Gordon
Concord Reformatory
State Farm Colony
Norfolk
Thomas P. Dee
Wrinkles
East Andover
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Dee
Joseph
Bedford Street
Herold Tompkins
Lowell ‘Road
Springfield
Arthur W. Parke
Concord “Young Republican Club
Council of
Young Republicans
Wa‘ch ‘Hill
Robert Mara
Mary A. Mara
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Stanley Howard
John Robinson
Sally Foss
Leon F. Foss
Hubbard Street
Bouve- Boston School
Mayo Tolman
Mississippi
Joan Pratt
Margaret Peters
Suesis
Brae Burn Country Club
Howard Edwardson
Main .Street
Velma Olive
Hinzaan
Judith Ann
Sanforée Charless
Sarah Millet
George E. Hall
First Parish
John P. Allens
Company D
Scott Field
Duncan Field
San Antonio
Texas
Mary M. LaBounty
Concord High
McKenna—Handlin
Dooley—Maloney
C. Mason
A. A. Connor
C. L. Wilson
A. H. Peabody
Wilsons
Masons
C.H.S
Coneeee Megin
Fritober
Miriam Clark
Anna Denisevich
Atto Tance
Harris
Rice
Marlboro
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