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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1952
Page
2
Reports from European capitals say tax levels up to two thirds of income strain national budgets. The three day event in Washington features Rockefeller and Eric Johnston examining how personal finance ties to defense commitments for citizens and governments.
The article notes a 15 percent rise in steel 10 percent more copper and 37 percent more aluminum in the third quarter and plans to raise automobile output to 1 150 000 for July to September while considering removing all consumer goods restrictions. It cites stretch-out in war production and questions whether stockpiles are oversized or an election may be looming.
Maine Development Commission executive director Everett F. Greaton reports that 37 leading newspapers and magazines carry the states vacation message to national summer visitors. Inquiries to date total 764000, up from 274000 last year, an all time high, with newspapers handling most of the exposure across inland and coastal Maine and surrounding regions.
The Maine conventions closed with the Democrats quiet and the Republicans marked by division. Reports note a restive session and a political clash that diminished the expected surge.
Historical note recalls the Bangor battle tie and the shift as Eisenhower backers gain the Maine delegation. The article suggests lingering scars may heal now the question is settled and urges Republicans in Maine to move past old differences.
Morse High School held an assembly on socialized medicine as part of a Maine student program. Participants included Clara Hanscom Ann Singer and Neil West with William Carmichael guiding the project. The talk was broadcast on station WGAN Portland on Sunday April 6 at 1 PM.
A local talk by Major General Lowe honors Korea War leaders and recalls Inchon and Seoul events. He praises Marines and Willoughby's prewar warnings, notes Bath casualties aboard the U S S Pickaway, and warns against appeasement in the face of Communism.
Ernest M Wallace and crew aboard Talbot wharf report 15 halibut dressing out at 986 pounds after 42 hours at sea. The catch came from 15 tubs of trawl along with 500 ground fish. Spectators watched Dick Wallace’s dramatic camera shot and halibut heads overflowed the slip.
City council approves the 1952 53 budget signaling a one mill tax cut. A food rummage sale by the townwide Phippsburg PTA is set for April 5 at Riverside hall. The Consolidated School committee met March 26 at the Clifford Pye home with Archibald Gilman and others exploring a central school.
Three Bath people are among the injured after a collision on U S Route One involving a State Trooper Mortimer W100 vehicle. Mrs Carrie Page, Mrs Dwight Pierce Jr and other relatives are mentioned in the report as visiting patients at Maine General and Memorial hospitals. The husband of Mrs Pierce is treated for a broken jaw and facial cuts in Portland. Friends report they are responding to treatment and show improvement.
Richard Barnes 17 son of Mr and Mrs Charles S Barnes of Wiscasset shot himself on Westport Island while employed in lumbering. Body found seated with back to a tree a shotgun nearby. Medical examiner ruled death self inflicted. Funeral held at Wiscasset Congregational Church. Burial at family lot. Barnes one of ten children.
Mrs. Julia Musk resigns as executive secretary of the Bath Chapter American Red Cross after about eighteen months in the role. Mrs. Florence Hawley is named to succeed her and will work weekdays 12:30 to 4:30 in rooms above Bath Trust Co. Mrs Hawley’s home telephone is 1526.
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Mme ee stalled at Masonic Temple Wednesday due to absence of presiding steward and will be installed at a later date at a specified lot.
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