Maine G. O. P. Adopts Charity Tone Platform
Maine Republicans at the Bangor State Convention approve a platform praising Gov. Lew Barrows and urging separation of federal branches plus restraint on taxes and Social Security, with planks on port development, fisheries, education funding, civil service, and opposition to federal interference. Balloting for party chairmanship occurred as delegates prepared to reconvene in Augusta April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bangor
Lewis O. Barrows
Barrow
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
U. S. Senate
Social Security Fund
Barrows
Portland
Augusta
Arthur E. Sewall
York
J. Fred O'Connell
Cyril M. Joly
Waterville
Congress
Senate
Brunswick's Air Met Insulation Promises Industrial Future
Brunswick opens a new industry with Pejepscot Paper Co producing Air Met insulation. Aluminum foil layers form air cells boosting moisture resistance and heat retention. Five workers currently, with Benedict patent holder and Ruberoid Co handling marketing. A new decorative interior product also debuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Pejepscot Paper Co
Mr. Benedict
Ruberoid Co
New York
Reduced Tolls Planned for Maine Kennebec Bridge
The State Highway Commission, authorized by the Public Utilities Commission, will cut one way toll tickets on the Maine Kennebec bridge between Richmond and Dresden by set amounts as traffic resumes in five to six weeks after flood damages. The 20 ride books allow twenty trips across the bridge with various weight categories. The commission also dismissed East Boothbay residents petition to extend permanent water service from Boothbay Harbor, noting a legal town vote is required.
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State Highway Commission
The
Public Utilities Commission
Maine-Kennebec
Richmand
Dresden
Highway Commission
East Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay
Dover Man Killed on Wiscasset Road
Anthony Sandock about 45 of Dover New Hampshire died after being struck by a car driven by Frank Prescott of Rockland. Sandock was walking with Don Grimes when he stepped into the highway. He died at the scene three miles from Wiscasset. He is survived by a wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Sandock
Dover
N. H
Frank Prescott
Rockland
Sandock
Don Grimes
Wiscasset
Former Jane Hyde to receive fortune at once
Maine law grants married adults status and Jane Hyde Fenn, 19, widow of a month, inherits not the 21st birthday but a $750,000 principal from her father John H. Hyde. The Bath shipbuilder's $2,000,000 estate had provided income until now. She married 24 year old produce broker Converse G. Fenn a month ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Jane Hyde Fenn
Fenn
John H. Hyde
John 8S. Hyde
Bath
Converse G. Fenn
Mrs. Fenn's Fortune Fortune For Jane Hyde Fenn Revealed
Jane Hyde Fenn, 19, daughter of Mrs. Eleanor B. Hyde of Elmhurst and the late John H. Hyde, is central to a fortune feature. Details continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Hyde Fenn
Eleanor B. Hyde
Elmhurst
John H. Hyde
Boothbay Harbor Lawyer Dies By Poison Suicide
Lincoln County officials report Everett N. Boucher a 35 year old Boothbay Harbor lawyer from Tupper Boucher took his own life in a parked car on the Cedar Grove road near Dresden. A potassium cyanide like poison was suspected. The death is ruled a suicide. investigators found a small metal box with white powder and a water bottle near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
Everett N. Boucher
Tupper-Boucher
Boothbay Harbor
Cedar Grove Road
Dresden
Route 27
Boucher
Portsmouth
N. H
Harold Hurley
Harry Carlisle
Gardiner
Carlisle
Joseph Odiorne
Many Committees Form For Sagadahoc Emergency Relief
The Bath Sagadahoc county disaster relief plan unites the American Red Cross and American Legion with joint and separate committees. Sheriff Charles W. Messenger appoints Loring Small as 1st vice chairman and G. J. Galvin as 2nd vice chairman. The Salvation Army, Electric Light & Power, Riggers, and Plumbers & Pipe fitters groups name chairs and vice chairs. The Marine group under Captain W. S. Blair mobilizes boats and launches from the City dock with Howard H. Barter as launches chief. The U S Coast Guard is requested to send a boat from Popham Beach. The Organized Veterans iron out the Legion and VFW lines. Gummed windshield stickers and arm bands go to volunteers Tuesday. The Bath Times will publish a vest pocket book with committee details.
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American Red Cross
Washington
D. C
American Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
Disaster Relief Committee
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Legion
Red Cross
Harry Day
Sagadahoc
Charles W. Messenger
Loring Small
West Bath
G. J. Galvin
Woolwich
Salvation Army
Edward J. Tripp
Alfred Proctor
Harry Burton
Electric Light & Power Committee
Ralph W. Bragg
Lawrence Lowell
Melvin Ferris
W. J. McElman
Clifford Armstrong
Reginald Burns
Henry M. Powers
Raymond E. Trott
Harold T. Stanton
Marine Group
W. 8
Blair
Howard H. Barter
George E. Levyn
Maurice F. McCrater
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eugene Hart
Floyd H. Preble
Woolwich Dept
V.F.W
J. A. Clappison
Bath Times
Mrs Butler Seeks Republican Nomination for Legislature
Mrs Henry W Butler of 624 High Street announced Tuesday she will seek the Republican nomination for Representative to the Legislature. She already filed primary papers amid strong support from friends and has long been active in Republican circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Butler
High Street
Sagadahoc County
Women's Republican Club of
Maine
State Military and Naval Children's Home
National Society of Daughters of 1812
Genesta
OES
Butler
Augusta
Capt. Butler
Bath
Bennett
Buckfield
Edwin G. Parris
Upper
Washington Street
LeRoy Lord
Senator Sewall Telephones From Peru to Bangor Delegation
State Senator Sumner Sewall phoned from Lima, Peru, to his wife Mrs. Sewall in Bangor during the Bath delegation’s meeting at the Republican state convention. The call sparked applause as Sewall sent felicitations to the delegates and the resolutions committee.
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North
South America
Sumner Sewall
Lima
Peru
Sewall
Bangor
Bath
Senator Sewall
City Marshal Butler Overhauls Bath Police Service
New Bath city marshal Lieut Joseph A Butler unveils reforms after studying Maine and Massachusetts systems. Key measures include staggered 15 minute patrol calls to headquarters, day and night patrol duties, on scene accident reporting using a National Council of Safety form, patrol wagon swings, and a lodging applicant card file to curb vagrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Butles
Maine
Massachusetts
Butler
Bath
Marshal Butler
National Council of Safety
Nori
Adaresas
Woolwich
Pate
Morse High Seniors Class Parts Announced on Wednesday
Morse high school's senior class of about 106 will graduate in June with Jean Browne McCall named valedictorian and Virginia Etta Kingsbury salutatorian. McCall, daughter of Lieut. Commander Roger F. McCall, has extensive scholastic honors from multiple states and plans to attend Duke University. Kingsbury, daughter of Mrs. Warren K. Davis, is a commercial student active in the principal's office and seeks a book keeper position after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Browne McCall
Virginia
Etta Kingsbury
Miss McCall
Morse High School
Horace P. Herrick
Margaret Elizabeth Brimigion
Patricia Sewall
Roger F. McCall
Bedford Street
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
San Diego High School
California Scholarship Federation
Rhode Island
Maryland
Pennsylvania
California
Maine
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Winter Street
Duke University
Durham
N. C
West Bath
Virginia Etta Kingsbury
Warren K. Davis
Miss Kingsbury
Frank G Tallman Navy Heiress Descendant Dies
Frank G. Tallman 78, vice-president of E I DuPont de Nemours Co., died April 1 in Wilmington. Born in Dubuque Iowa, he lived in Portland and Syracuse earlier. A Bowdoin donor and Cornell graduate, he traced lineage to Bath Maine shipbuilders. He once worked at Carnegie Phipps & Co. mill and became a Dupont executive.
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Frank G. Tallman
Wilmington
E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co
Dubuque
Iowa
Portland
Maine
Syracuse
New York
William A. Sweet
Carnegie Phipps & Co
Beaver Falls
Peleg Tallman
Bath
Bath Park
Patten Free Library
Dupont Co
Henry Tallman
Peleg
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bedford Street
Theodora E. Webb
Middle Street
New York City
Rachel J. Elwell
Middle Stret
Tallman
Bowdoin College
Tallman Lecture Fund
Bowdoin
Henry
Cornell University
Governor Urges Maine Fishermen to Oppose Tariff
Governor Lewis O Barrows appeals to thousands of Maine fishermen to demand a fair deal in pending federal trade agreements. He plans to testify in Washington before the Trade Agreement Negotiations committee, arguing that lifting tariff barriers would bankrupt many dealers and fishermen, with Canadian subsidies and cheaper imports flooding U S markets.
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Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
Congress
Washington
Barrows
Nova Scotia
Canada
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Labor
State Labor Department
Port of Portland
Richmond Bridge
Wiscasset Road
Jane Hyde
Waynflete
G.C.P
Morse High
Long
Jean Browne
M'Call Valedictorian
Salutatorian
Dupont de Nemours Company
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