Notice of Assabet Institution Meeting and Probate Action
Notice at Ar d Massachusetts September 25 1940 announces a quarterly meeting of the Assabet Institution savings to be held October 2 1940 at King Rooms Maynard Mass at 7 o clock P M for business. Also probate court notice for Sarah J Dickey estate seeking Herbert Dickey Malden as administrator without surety with appearance required before the fourth day of October 1940 in Cambridge before ten a m per citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ard
Mass
Assabet Institution ‘Savings
King Rooms
Maynard
Gper
Howard A. Wilson
Monwealth
Massachusetts
Sarah J. Dickey
Herbertckey
Malden
Combe
Yestate
Mbridge
Board Ofmen
Selectmen
Donald A. Lent
Walter A. Cheslak
Alton W. Sims
Probate Court Divorce Proceedings In Kannus Finland
Matti Luomala of Kannus faces a divorce petition filed by his wife Olga pala alleging desertion and seeking a decree of divorce. The court orders appearance within twenty one days with return day set for December 16, 1940. Judge John C. Leggat presides with Register Loring P. Jordan. September 12 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monwealth
Massachusetts
Matti Luomala
Kannus
Olgapala
Inces
Loring P. Jordan
Register
Weekly News Analysis Editorial Note
An editorial note from the Western Newspaper Union marks the weekly analysis as the analyst’s opinion and not the newspaper’s stance. It clarifies the opinion content in the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Conscription Law Advances to President for Signature
Congress sent the Burke-Wadsworth military conscription bill to the President. It requires all male citizens ages 21 to 86 to register for possible service. The law sets October 16 1940 as the registration date with 400 000 trainees planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
War Department plants visit outlines aircraft production plan
Maj. Gen. H H Arnold and William Knudsen inspect a P 40 at Curtiss Buffalo plant during a war tour. Knudsen says U S military planes will be produced in large numbers by April 1942. Wartime manpower totals are noted as 16 599 000 under the nationwide mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apilliam
Knudsen
U. S.defense Commission
H. H. Arnold
Bit
Pee Peices
Curtiss, Right
Buffalo
New York
U. S
Two Party Leaders Die On Same Day In Uproarious War News
Speaker William Bankhead dies after an illness, age sixty six, from internal hemorrhage. Dr. Glenn Frank, Republican adviser and ex-university president, killed in a Wiscon sin auto crash with his son Glenn Jr., aged 21. The piece blends obituary with wartime commentary on Britain and Germany, praising resilience amid bombings and strategic debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Bankhead
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
United States Senate
Greenleaf
Wis
Frank
Glenn Jr
William Bankhead
Roosevelt
House
Willkie Attacks New Deal in Chicago Campaign Stop
In 1940 Wendell Willkie spoke to about a half million in Chicago amid a Democratic machine stronghold. He targeted the New Deal in four addresses at stockyards and western electric sites, urged voters to back him, and warned about penitentiary consequences for opponents. He faced mixed reactions over his stances on conscription and the destroyer deal with Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Willkie
Kelly-Nash
Chicago
Willkie
New Deal
Western Electric
Mrs. Willkie
United States
Churchill
Horrors in Jersey as deadly blast devastates Kenvil area
Reported explosions at Hercules Power Company cause extensive destruction in Kenvil New Jersey. Dozens dead and hundreds injured with up to 2 million dollars in disrupted government work. FBI rushed in amid sabotage claims and Nazi links alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenvil
N. J
FBI
U.S
Pier Mittee
Nagipuind
Andover
Loah
Berlin
Westminster
B. Paul's
Its REICH World’s Fair Dramatizes Czech Pavilions Defiance
The piece reports on Nazi pressure to run the Czechoslovak pavilion at the Long Island World’s Fair. Czech commissioner George Janacek refuses to obey Nazi orders, threatening to sell exhibits. It includes hostile German air activities and odd Italian press claims about Paul Revere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Bohemia
Oravia
Czechoslovakia
George Janacelk
Janacek
Baron von Neurath
Paul Revere
Paolo
Paolo Revere
Italia
Paul
Boston
Mass
Apollos de ‘Revoire
Guernsey
Shaw Advises Britain to Woo Russians, Notes Churchill Shift
George Bernard Shaw urged Britain to engage Russia swiftly. He praised Churchill's past anti Russian stance but noted a changed view, citing Churchill once calling Lenin a very great man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Géorge Bernard Shaw
Wilston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Churchill
Lenin
Names in the News Theate of WWhdser and World Leaders
The theater of WWhdser now governor of the Bahama Islands sent congratulations to brother George for escaping German bombs. Premier Markenzie King of Canada echoed the gesture. German Reichsmarschall Goering reportedly piloted a Junkers plane during raids on Lotion. Vichy France put on trial ex generals and ministers in a conservative purge tied to historic liberal backlash.
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Wwhdser
Bahama Islands
Florida
George
Markenzie King
Canada
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Junkersplahe
Vichy
Gamelin
Diérand Reynaud
Georges Mandel
Buidgting
France
Dreyfus
Acton exhibits showcase prize winners in produce and 4-H
The Acton Town Hall agricultural displays list winners in corn and vegetables led by Thomas McGrath Concord and J F Cummings Southville for varieties. 4-H shows honor sewing, cooking, canning and crafts with multiple youths from Acton Center, Stow, Wakefield, Boxboro, Wayland, Concord, and surrounding towns earning top ribbons.
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Acton
Town Hall
Thomas McGrath
Concord
Shannon
Wobirn
Anson Wheeler
J.F. Cummings
Southville
J. F. Cummings
Conn
Justamere Farm
George W. Burroughs
West Aston
J. F. Cummiings
Joseph Dee
J Antony ‘Walters
Lexington
Stig
Ralph ‘Stiles
Stow
E.W. Moore
Charles D. Quimby
Boxboro
Lima
E. W.moore
Detroit
Justathere Ifalm
Piétro Antonogeli
W. ‘Moore
Blanthard
J. S. Cummings
Pietro Antonibgeli
East Billerica
Justamere, Farm
William ‘J. Place
Joseph Decatur
Wayland
Louis Novak
William J. Placey
West Acton
Warren “Hayward
St ‘Acton
B. W. Moore
Tomatess
Anthony Waiters
Rutahaga
Edward A. Field
Eb.w. Moore
Joanne Vose
South Acton
Verna Berry
Wakefield
Madeline Blanchard
Verna’ Berry
Betty Hallett
Beverly Clark
Nancy Stoddard
Wakefelt
Marilyn. Anderson
Eleanor Hall
Pearl Koulas
Chelmsford
Mazant Johnson
Priscilla Lewis
Nanty Land
Alice Land
Nancy Laind
Farth
Holden
Pajamas
Floreust Réid
C Js
Mabey
Alice Lund
Sylvia Burroughs
Hoxboro
Betty Frost
Westford
Plath Wal
Ronaing
MtNamara
Nancy Billings
Alice
Lund
Dorothea Nixon
Nancy
Sandra Barcodghes
Bokboro
Avis’ Day
Busy Bee Canning Club
Hunneman
Romaine McNamara
Paxboro
Fascilla
Avis Day
Muriel Johnson
Frese Lewis
Pee
Eha Sita
Egtford
Dorothéa Nixon
Heéets
Priepilld
Lewis
Borothea Nixon
Rena Shea
Lancaster
Reha’Shea
Ruth ‘Moore
Winifred “Gaughan
South Sudbury
Dorothea ‘Nixon
Illian Maine
Waltham
Ray. Collins
Eugene Gray
Littleton
Richard Angelyt
Ashby
Yourth
Frances Lealy
Townsend
Steward Johnson
Davi Bcott
John
Leahy
Pearl Roules
Laurence Nixon
Frances Leahy
Willard Jolie
Stewardson
Cosmos
Doris Dudley
Dahlias
Edith Anderson
Waesford
Mary Mignosa
Gladiolas
Hildaward Barke
Arigolds
Pent Kotla
Alice Puffer
Zinnias
Doris
Dudley
Edward Farke
Chellmsford
Mary Mignola
Shirley Johnson
Nasturtiums
Leland Lewis
Harris Shirley
Thira
Nanty Pillings
Joseph Wheeler
Marilyn Black
Condord
Ith Anderson
Ella Potter
John Harris
Shirley
Ingvald
Ederson
Acton Centre
Stephen Scott
Pepperell
Warren Shaw
Westfield
Hwings
Donald Kimball
Phillip Heathcote
Betty Davis
Orrel
Helen Burroughs
Econd
Nancy Lund
LeForest E. Gray
Concord Rfd
Stewart Johnson
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Horrors
Jersey
Kérivil
New, Jersey
Plass
Ontario
Toronto
Paolo” Revere
Revere
Shaw
Nuriro
Nurito
XACO
Thea
Fivery Medeessey
Night Kenny Baker
Texaco
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WNU
Doan
Rand Central Station
Galeria
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