Burglar Alarm Proves Unfounded in Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham residents recall a night when a suspected burglary at R A Dickinson’s store prompted Deputy Sheriff R H Jack and assistants to rush to the scene. They found it was workers from Richmond visiting to inspect electric lights, not a crime, and the lights were off that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle
Chester Jack
Richmond
Topsham
R. A. Dickinson
R. H. Jack
Mr. Wyman
Bertha Hackett
Winthrop
L. E. Seekins
John Holden
Bay Shore Road
George F. Denham
Ira Frost
Brunswick
Everett Rogers
William W. Wharff
Lynn
Mass
Wharff
Hazen Nevens
Gardiner
America Purinton
Mevens
Margaret Purinton
Sagadahoc
W. B. Kendall
Coombs High School
Clara Fogg
John C. Sedgley
Augusta
Bowdoin
Robert Sedgley
Standish Reed
Vincent Mountfort
Lithco Allen
Nichols
Brooklyn
Daniels
Millay
Charles Phil- Stook
Co. H. McEwen
B. Cornish
Exemptions and aims of the War Department draft bill
The draft bill outlines exemptions for high officials religious sect members and certain federal workers and others deemed essential to the military and national interests. It also states the President may exclude or discharge other classes and specifies the age range and motive for the draft. The article also notes the Maine Central transfer steamer Ferdinando Gorges will overhaul at Bath Iron Works and not make its spring trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
United States
Maine Central
Ferdinando Gorges
Bath-Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
Hercules
Gorges
Boston
Airydock
MIT organizes naval architecture experts for cooperative shipbuilding
MIT is forming an advisory committee with five maritime industry leaders to link naval development efforts with practical merchant marine expansion. The committee includes Joseph W. Powell Homer Ferguson Charles Wetherbee James Swan and George J Baldwin, all affiliated with major shipyards and makers. Navy constructors are drawn from institute graduates and will retain their degrees at June commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute
Joseph W. Powell
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Homer I. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works
James Swan
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
George J. Baldwin
American International Company
New York Shipping Corporation
Wetherbee
Swan
Baldwin
United States Naval Constructors
Navy
Percy works toward flag staff for federal building
Communications from Wallace H. White Jr. dated April 17 report progress on securing a flag staff and flag for the federal building. A copy from the assistant secretary of the treasury dated April 16 seems to confirm that the building will be properly supplied with the National emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Percy
Federal
Wallace H. White, Jr
Second District
Bath Post Office to Install Flagstaff on Roof
The Bath Maine Post Office will receive competitive proposals for furnishing and erecting a suitable flag to replace the one blown down. The custodian will select the best bid and erect the pole promptly. A National emblem will be sent for use on the pole once completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
U. S
Dear
Bath
Maine
Uge
B. R. Newton
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Bowdoinham
Clarence Purinton
W. L. Bonney
Alice Fulton
Marie Jack
Abagadassett Point
Harry Tarr
Rich’mond
Pythian Sisters Aid
Robert Grace
Alice Hurley
Matawamkeag
Vinal H. Tibbetts
Murley
Earle Brown
Ralph Cunningham
Lola Lang
E. E. Wilson
William Nesbit
James M. Pratt
Bert Fulton
Nesbit
S. W. Carr
Ellis Sedgley
Philadelphia
Grange Hall
Henry Cornish
Ralph Currier
Randolph
Haverhill
Kate Blair
Haines Landing
F. B. Burns
Fred Cunningham
Sherman Pratt
Kate Williams
James Williams
Boston Post
Alfred Maxwell
Portland
O. A. Sherman
George Preble
Yarmouth
Robert Brown
Kennebec Lodge
K. of P
J. E. Cornish
Massachusetts
Lysle Temple
Florence Cornish
the Ridge
Ava Cornish
Annie Cobb
Ridge Road
oTre"Moulton
Williston Small
Winneganee
Texas ‘Yard
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Hattie O. Perry
S. A. Getchell
Horace Snell
Methodist Aid
Ida Cornish
Jack Brown
Lena Patten
Burton
Robert Wade
Bradford
Louie Sparks
J. L. Pinkerton
Woodfords
R. B. Andros
Andros
Brunswick and Bath
Co. A. Alexander
F. K. Jack
Taffeta
Frere Fine Station of Pace
Sale Nt Se
Thompson Bros
Conley’s Specialty Store
Almeria
Spain
Phineas W. Sprague
Palermo
Seville
Gross
Thomaston
Mobile
Ala
William F. Oram
Oliver
Fred C. Hill
General Service
Infantry
Manchester
N. H
Cumberland Avenue
C. G. Hill
Bryant Pond
North Lowell
Lewiston
Park
Destroyer Manley
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