Two Grass Fires Keep Georgetown Firemen Active
Grass fires near Georgetown spread to Bay Point and Robinhood homes. The Robinhood house of Frank N. Fowler was destroyed, with the family homeless, while Roy Moore’s Bay Point property was saved. Firefighters returned from Bay Point to find the Robinhood residence already reduced to ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Five Islands Fire Company
Bay Point
Robinhood
Frank N. Fowler
Bath Iron Corp
Somerville
Mass
New York City
Second Victory Loan Drive Opens April 12
The United States government asks Americans to loan 13 billion dollars in the Second War Loan drive beginning April 12. The Victory Fund Committee and Savings Staff will work with the Treasury Department's War Finance Committee to marshal funds for training and equipping millions of troops and shipping them overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Victory Fund Committee
Treasury Department
War Finance Committee
Atlantic
Wants Certificates Of First Aiders
Red Cross First Aid certificate holders are asked to give their names to sector wardens to form a complete list of First Aiders for disaster time. A film Until the Doctor Comes will be shown at City hall auditorium Sunday at 7 p.m. Frank Smith will speak. Miss Ruth Murphy and Miss Cora Duarnt were Lewiston visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bath
tIen- Works
City Hall
Frank Smith
American Red Cross
Bowdoinham Youth Wins a Commission in the Marine Corps
Allen Kenneth McDougal of Bowdoinham has earned a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve after completing the Officers Candidates' course at Quantico Virginia. A Mississippi State College graduate in 1938 with science and physical education majors, he played football basketball and baseball and was a Zeta Psi member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Kenneth McDougal
Aubra S. McDougal
Bowdoinham
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Marine Barracks
Quantico
McDougal
Mississippi State College
Zeta Psi Fraternity
Red Cross Delivers Food Parcels to War Prisoners
Red Cross parcels weighing about 11 pounds are assembled in New York by nine chapters with 125 volunteers daily to produce 4000 parcels. Each parcel includes milk cheese oleomargarine meat prunes coffee soap and cigarettes. Parcels ship from Philadelphia to Marseilles then to Switzerland for prisoners overseas. Over 1,040,000 parcels had been sent by Dec 15 last year.
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Independent Business Office
Red Cross
New York City
New York
Philadelphia
First Packaging Center
Atlantic
Axis
Marseilles
Lisbon
International Red Cross
Switerland
Augusta police seek Dorothy Gregoire over Germany letter
Augusta police are anxious to locate Miss Dorothy Gregoire to deliver a letter from Germany. The missive, written from a prison camp, was sent by Col. John Thomas Tatton and addressed to Gregoire in care of the Chief of Police, Maine. Police urge anyone with information on her whereabouts to contact Chief Bernard Dudley.
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Augusta
Dorothy Gregoire
Germany
John Thomas Tatton
Gregoire
Maine
U.S.A
Col. Tatton
Bernard Dudley
Augusta Police
Lambert Park housing project shows strong progress
The Lambert Park government housing project at the North End is under construction and progressing despite a harsh winter. Simon Werner, housing manager, guides a reporter through 450 planned units, social facilities, and a central social and administrative building. Progress includes grading, drainage, and forthcoming occupancy in small rental groups with units ranging from five room singles to four room doubles.
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Lambert Park
North End
Simon Werrer
Hyde Park Terrace
Werner
Victory Gardens
Subscriptions Rise for Bath Independent Newspaper
On May 1 the Bath Independent increases annual subscriptions to 2.00 with pro rata for shorter periods and raises copy price to 5 cents from 3. This reflects newsprint and production costs. Prepaid periods stay at old rate. new or renewing periods switch to 2.00.
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Bath
Destroyer Hale Launches Sunday From Bath Iron Works
The U S Hale second destroyer of that name slid from the ways at Bath Iron Works Corp Sunday afternoon at 1 30. Mrs G Howland Chase of Washington D C granddaughter of the late Hon Eugene Hale christened the vessel. A large launching party included Senator Frederick Hale Chester L Churchill and Bath Iron Works executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Hale
Bath Iron Works Corp
G. Howland Chase
Washington, D. C
Eugene Hale
United States
Maine
Chase
Mary Hale
Grady
Loyall F. Sewell
John Williams
Charles H. Cahill
Governor Urges Aid for Crippled Children Easter Seal Drive
Maine Governor Sumner Sewall promotes the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children Easter Seal Sale from April 5 to 25. He notes disabled people contribute to war production and urges school and civic support, citing Mrs. James Nostall as Bath chair and local ward captains to boost fund raising. The piece also praises Old Orchard Beach students for recent honors and a Minute Man flag presentation.
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Sumner Sewall
Maine
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children, Inc
Pine Treen Society For Crippled Children
Oth
Ers
James Nostall
Bath
Ladd
Nostall
Old Orchard Beach
Margaret E. Harriman
Saco
Three Prisoners Escape From Augusta Jail
Three men evaded guards at Kennebec County Jail in Augusta on Sunday night by breaking through a third floor tin ceiling and skylight. They fled to a nearby area and surrendered Monday after authorities surrounded a camp on East Pond, Oakland. The escape involved smashing through ceilings, sliding down a roof, and may have left one wounded. The men face potential charges and are suspected of involvement in a prior February break attempt.
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Augusta
East Pond
Oakland
Chiefharles Watts
Frederick Marston
Simon P. Cote
Belfast
Patrick Desveau
Waterville
Kennebec
Charles Watts
Henry Labrie
Watts
Neighbors urged to greet doorbell leaders for war effort
A future doorbell ring may summon a Neighborhood Plan leader to explain how housewives can help in civilian defense and Red Cross work. Volunteers report to Zone Leaders about recruits for centers, sewing, nurses aides, and office tasks while citizens may be asked to join gardening projects and salvage drives.
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Citizens Service Corps
Red Cross
Defense Office
Roses Sold by Salvation Army in Farmington
The Salvation Army sold red roses on Farmington streets Saturday to support its annual maintenance campaign led by chairman Lloyd B Morton. Rosebud sales were conducted by Lamont Higgins and Roland Booker, uniformed members of the public relations department replacing the old tag day.
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Salvation Army
Farmington
Lloyd B. Morton
Lamont Higgins
Roland Booker
Salvation Army Public Relations Department
Indifference dubbed nation’s greatest enemy of today
Sgt. Joseph Curran urged City Hall observers to join the Aircraft Recognition school, saying indifference is the country’s main enemy. He noted Civil Defense volunteers quickly learned to identify five planes and stressed constant vigilance by Royal Observers Corps members.
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Joseph Curran
Ground Observer Corps
City Hall
Curran
Sgt. Curran
England
Atlantic Ocean
France
Channel
Royal Observers Corps
Hitler
New England
Ground Observers Corps
Genesta chapter observes annual obligation night
Genesta Chapter orders charter draped in memory of late past matron Edith Savage for 30 days. A rummage sale raises 645 dollars for the entertainment fund. Early Diagnosis Campaign for tuberculosis begins in April under state leadership, with 16th annual drive and materials distributed by Maine affiliates. Jonesport votes 1260 dollars to continue street lights this summer.
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Genesta
Masonic Temple
Evelyn Morse
Grand Lodge of Maine
Sarah Shaw
Edith Savage
Katherine Smith
Viola Osgood
Doris Pride
Virginia French
Verna Bowie
Marewich Lonn
Herbert Morse
Fred Osgood
Earl Pride Burt Lonn
Earl Pride
Ethel Osgood
Jean Danforth
Esther Andrews
Alice D. Granville
Kezar Falls
Maine Public Health Association
Maine
Naval duties outlined by Capt Hitchcock to Bath Lions Club
Capt Russell S Hitchcock U S N supervisor of shipbuilding in Maine spoke at the Bath Lions Club outlining naval duties and base work at Puget Sound. He discussed Adm Ernest King and navy life while members donated to service funds and planned a veterans honor roll and a community Victory garden.
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Russell S. Hitchcock
Maine
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Hitchcock
Puget Sound
Bath
Naval Base
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Lion Nathan Press
Pvt
Ernest M. Shea
Press
Cigaret and Candy Fund For
Lions and Lions Sons
Elmer Williams
Lions
Augusta
Bath Club
Lion Henry Trowbridge
The
Times
Lion Herbert Cavanaugh
Bath Country Club
Navy Barracks
King Lion
Arthur L. Pratt
Roger Luke
Resignation of Maine Public Health Association Official
Mrs Alice H McGouldrick, financial secretary of the Maine Public Health Association, resigns due to ill health after six months on sick leave since October. Board accepts her resignation with deep regret. She is married to Frank H McGouldrick, Dixiefield group town pub home superintendent, and joined the association in 1927 as field secretary before becoming financial secretary.
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Alice H McGouldrick
Maine Public Health Association
Augusta
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Frank M. Fowle
Ruth Murphy
Cora Duarnt
Lewiston
Marine Corps
Allen K. M'Dougal
High Street
Defense Barracks
Hale
Iron Works
U.S.S. Hale
Sergi Curran
Franklin Wright
Isabelle Murray
North American Aviation
California
Genesta Chapter
Jonesport
Bertram Willis
Edgar Leavitt
Academy Street
Portland
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