Local residents return from trips and family visits
Mr and Mrs George Pierce and daughter Phoebe of Bellevue returned from a Maine trip and moved to their Duxbury camp. Dr and Mrs Harry Thornbury of Fairfield Connecticut were weekend guests of Miss Nan Miller. Misses Claire Goodwin Edith Petrucci and Eleanor McCormack returned to Town Hall duties after a vacation at Goffs Falls New Hampshire. Mrs Horace Smith enjoys time with two grandchildren and their mother Mrs John O Sullivan of New York. Mrs Annie Egan of Brookline visited her many grandchildren. Mrs Julia McCarthy and daughters Mrs John Halligan and Mrs John Flannery returned from Harwich Cape Cod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pierce
Phoebe
Bellevue
Maine
Duxbury
Claire Goodwin
Edith Petrucci
Eleanor McCormack
Goffs Falls
N. H
Horace Smith
Waldemarave
John O’sullivan
New York
Julia McCarthy
John Halligan
John Flannery
Harwich
Cape Cod
Gas alarm helps locate pinhole leaks in telephone cables
The article describes a method similar to finding a leak in an inner tube. Nitrogen gas under pressure fills key long distance cables and signaling devices trigger at the terminating office when a pinhole lets gas escape. This rapid detection aids quick repairs and service continuity.
Danger of aspirational pneumonia after surgery
Doctors Ernest E. Irons and Car Wesley Apfelbach discuss in JAMA a form of pneumonia caused by inhaling regurgitated stomach contents, known as aspiration pneumonitis. They note hiccoughing retching and nausea precede symptoms more often than vomiting and state preoperative suction reduces its incidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Irons
M. D
Car Wesley Apfelbach
Chicarr
Journal of the American Medical Association
Beef Producers Argentina Brazil and Uruguay Lead Latin Output
Beef and veal production in Latin America centers on Argentina Brazil and Uruguay. The three nations together produce about 15 000 pounds of beef every minute, reflecting their dominant regional role in meat supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Latin America
Summer Socials and Visits Highlight Local News
Community notes report Mrs. William Allan MacQuarrie hosting Lt Commander William Hanis of the British Royal Navy while his ship undergoes Lease-Lend repairs. August brings bridge and whist parties led by Mrs. Mary Austin and Mrs. Bert Priddle. Birth announcements include Arthur Jr. born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Maskell. Other items cover promotions, travels to Canada and New York, visits to Alton Bay, Coast Artillery training, and a pending wedding for Miss Helen Kennedy to William Franklin. Local figures include Ex-Gov Curley’s relatives and Dr. Sidney Robins’s university ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allan MacQuarrie
Washington Ave
William H. Hanis
Royal Navy
Hanis
Navy Yard
Waterfront swimming events highlight Sunday page at Camp Powon
A waterfront meet featured many freak events with winners listed led by Charles Melanson Kent Davis Donald Lane Francis Hall and Graham Killion. Later Sunday evening Camp Powon held Court of Honor presenting 2nd class 1st class certificates and merit badges to numerous scouts including Charles Edgar Stewart Shapiro Graham Killion and Richard Wilkinson. The Samoset Headquarters patrol won the past weeks point contest under John Mullen as a group of campers and troops arrived from West Lynn Troop 10 and several Order of the Arrow inductees attended the weekend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Melanson
Kent Davis
Donald Lane
Francis Hall
Graham Killion
Richard Hake
Merton Stewart
Charles Edgar
William Rowe
Robert Brennan
Joseph Stewart
Joseph Furrier
Watermelon Battle
Charles Robinson
Vincent Powers
Frank Dolloff
Leavitt Dolloff
Justin Hanson
Richard Wilkinson
Camp Power
Court of Honor
Robert Burkowitz
Lawrence Sherman
William Wilkinson
Stewart Shapiro
Corning Pevear
Lee
Philip Killion
Stuart Shapiro
Roy Orrall
Gerald Shanahan
John Neckles
Irving Peterkin
Ralph Thomas
Donald Walker
Charles Kilgore
Roger Pevear
Irwin Gordon
George Cole
Richard Leighton
Francis Linehan
Graham _ Killion
Samoset
John Mullen
Walter Perry
Camp Powon
James Wightman
Robert Day
Frank Ralph
Robert Bruni
Graydon Lunt
Kemon Taschioglon
Howard Norton
John Burke
John Lomasney
Robert Melanson
Malcolm MacLeod
Troop 10
West Lynn
James Sullivan
Richard Fecteau
Everett Sawyer
Angelo Stavru
Philip Fecteau
Daniel Anastos
Richard Hanna
Clarence Frazier
Clarence Calder
Donald Budgeon
Order of the Arrow
Order
Daniel Wormwood
Robert King
Langdon Wales
Eugene Twomey
Donald McBrien
Richard Brown
Robert Broadwell
Bay Shore Council
Camp Powow News Highlights New Arrivals and Weekend Trips
Monday arrivals include John Blake and 30 others as Camp Powow opens a busy week. Fisherman Dick Leighton is noted for catches and stories while Chief Hilton holds his own. A recent canoe trip headed to Lake Attitash near Meadow Brook, with camp at George Nihan’s summer home. Troop 1 Amesbury visitors join Powow for a touch football win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Powow
John Blake
Robert Brennan
John Burrill
Richard Cadigan
Kent Davis
John Doran
Thomas Driscoll
Charles Edgar
Dick—Hake
Robert Nickerson
Walter Perry
Stuart Shapiro
Morton Stewart
Lawrence Sherman
Charles Taylor
Ralph Thomas
Donald Walker
Robert Woodworth
Dick Leighton
Hilton
Lake Attitash
Pgwow
Donald Lane
Bob Leighton
Warren McClain
Graham Killion
Irving Peterkin
Chester Lumsden
Ellsworth Bourque
Meadow Brook
George Nihan
Lynn
Amesbury
Powow
Mail Boxes on Trolleys in Knoxville Unique in Nation
Knoxville Tennessee stands alone in having mail boxes on streetcars according to records at the post office department in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Post Office Department
Washington
Winthrop Scouts Camp at North Saugus Reserve
Winthrop Scout groups camped at the Boy Scouts Reservation in North Saugus. Names include William McCollum Joseph Cash Wilbur Halliday and Francis McCabe who built a Stony Hill camp site. The group pursued merit badges nature cooking pioneering and waterfront tasks led by Robert E. Broadwell with Stanley Stocker aiding first aid and life saving instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Boy Scouts
North Saugus
William McCollum
Joseph Cash
Wilbur Halliday
Francis McCabe
Stony Hill
Stuart Shapiro
Byron Zedros
Drummond
Allan McNaughton
Stanley W. Stocker
Red Cross
Lynn Woods
Wolf Pits
Nihan
Robert E. Broadwell
South Dakota Vaudeville Actor Eats Metal Diet
Rolle A Clark of South Dakota eats metallic fare for 17 years, consuming about 30000 razor blades and 10000 fish hooks. He claims to be the only person to eat fish hooks and says windshield grass is the hardest. His teeth are plated with platinum gold alloy and remain in good condition. Clark performs in vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Clark
South Dakota
Clark
Driver Responsible For Large Share Of 1940 Traffic Deaths
A New York Times analysis shows about 24 000 of the 35 000 U S traffic deaths in 1940 resulted from a driver’s reckless or illegal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mail destruction for missing return postage guarantee
The post office destroys about 5,000,000 pieces of third class mail weekly because senders fail to print a return postage guarantee. Postal officials warn addressees to include proper payment to prevent loss of mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
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Orient Palace
Orient
Sun
Mon
High Sierra
Humphrey Bogart
Adam
Warner Baxter
Boston
Zanzibar
B. Crosby
Carole Landis
Monster and the Girl
Robert Paige
Jane Withers
Lola Lane
Harry J. Thornbury
Fairfield, Conn
Thornbury
Nan Miller
Annie Egan
Brookline
New England
NEW England Telephone & Telegraph CO
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
A. E. Whittemore
William Allan, MacQuarrie, Jr
San Francisco
William Allan
John F. Smith
Somerset Ave
Mary Austin
Bert Priddle
St. John’s Hall
Lincoln St
Winthrop Catholic Woman's Club
Arthur Maskell
Cora St
Melrose Hospital
Arthur Jr
Helen Littleton
Helen of
Medford
Lester Thayer
Bowdoiist
Robert Belcher
River Rd
South
Harold Turner
Cliff Ave
Toronto
Canada
Johanna Kleemann
Quincy Ave
Dawn
Louise and
Marjory Hagman
Cedarville
Jean Howard
Court Rd
Scituate
Curley
Theodore Hiller
New Jersey
Erick G. Hagman
Loring Rd
Arthur Pringer
New Bedford
Eddy Dohery
Read St
Edna Lane
Grace Downie
S. S. Fairfax
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Baltimore
Alice Fearing
Miss Carol Curtis
Curtis
Alton Bay
Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H
Birkmaiers
Pleasant Park Rd
Mendon, Mass
al Dodson
Bartlett Parkway
Our Community Hospital
Paul Miller
Little Rock
Arkansas
John W. Fielding
Mary Jane
Sonny White
The
Crest Cash, Market
Coast ‘Artillery
Boston Harbor
Camp Devens
Helen Kennedy
John J. Kennedy
William H. Franklin
Cambridge
Margaret Hanlon
Barbara Tattan
Moore St
Eleanor Lythgoe
Attleboro
Hovey Rand
Community Hospital
C. L. Hatch
Sidney S. Robins
St. Lawrence University
Canton, N. Y
Ralph M. Harper
St. John’s
University of North Carolina
Harvard
Robins
Sgt. Pollard
Quantico
Richmond
Virginia
Kentucky
Cth Fashion S
Ababa
Salem
Mass
Orn
Glen
Hopkins &Seet
Peter Dawson
Glen Garry
Thistle
Cinzano
Old Navigator
Caldwell Quart Cabana Club
Greater Boston
East
Piscopo’s Liquor Storearnes Avenue
Orient Heights
Winthrop Scouts
Greyhound Mngi
Post UN
Pleasant
Ocean
B & P Shoe Repairing
Lew Pricee
Winthrop Review
Oliver Street
P. O
Gilbert R. Rand
Jeweler
Bartlett Rd
Katee Call
Hancock
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