Allies and Germany race for postwar shipping power
The article notes Germany builds large cargo fleets in Hamburg Bremen Flensburg and other ports as the Allies plan a postwar merchant marine. It praises American farmers and shipworkers for wartime effort and highlights Congressmen Wallace H. White Jr. support, predicting strong local backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
Flensburg
Tevklenberg
Hamburg-South American Shipping Co
Norddeutsche Lloyd
Africa Line
Hansa Line
Kosmos Line
Fire prevented spread at Five Mile swamp blaze
Quick action by Zina M Eaton Clarence Lakin and Charles Hunt stopped a woods fire near the Five Mile swamp on the Charles Hunt lot. Bath crews with 1500 feet of hose fought the blaze for hours while negotiations for help continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Oliver
Marshal
Abraham Oliver
Popham Beach
Zina M. Eaton
Clarence Lakin
Charles Hunt
Five Mile Swamp
Combination 4
Kennebeck
Carolyn
Marcia Paine
Richmond
Ida Hunt
Forest Drake
M. Wi Sewall Co
Albion K. Moores
Angus Robertson
North Cambridge Mass
Orman Rogers
Madelyn (Dennison
Freeport
Leon Pennell
John King
Bowdeinham
Seymor Hayden
Edgar Williams
Eugene Spinney
Portland
George Dennison
Clinton Pratt
Beavon Street
Harry C. Williams
Dr Barker
Harry Oliver
Howard Spinney
Charles Perkins
Walter Morse
Gardiner Huff
Russell Street
Zina Butler
Bath
Bridge Hall
Gus Small
Walter C. Perry
Ray Oliver
Palmer
Samuel Burke
W. A. Downing
Roland Barre
George Stulv
Oliver Webster
Bay Point
Olney Perry
Madelyn Ellen
Perry
Annie Williams
Local Notables and guests cited at Bath area outings
Bath readers note a string of social visits and travel including Hon E W Hyde at Popham Beach, Miss Beatrice Washburn visiting Portland and Boston, Miss Marion Colby in Boston area, and families from Bath visiting Five Islands Bruns wick and North Street. Local hires and travel arrangements fill the page with community movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Hyde
Bath
Popham Beach
Walter Serle
Wiscasset
Percy
Beatrice Washburn
Portland
Boston
Marion Colby
Vicinity
John J. Desmond
Madeline
Fred B. Silsby
Islands
Mr. Silsby
Miriam Adams
Charles A. Adams
Brunswick
Ruby Bryant
Mise Marie Rowe
Virginia
L. H. Jordan
Waterville
Henry Jordan
Elm Street
Fred Carey
East Brunswick
J. Arthur Spinney
Armour & Co
New York
James L. Spinney
High Street
Prescott Fay
Emma James de Gogorza
North Street
Harold
Marjorie
King ‘Tavern
J. Houghton McLellan, Jr
Newport
R. IL
U.S.S
Albcalda
J. Houghton McLellan
Middle
North
Elizabeth Potter
York Street Court
Campbell’s Pond
George Holbrook
John Howe
Muriel
Fred Colby
Earl
Sebago Lake
Moose Pond
Colby
Alfie Jacobs
Taylor Pond
Smith
Warren Gledhill
Mr. Cushing
France
Entertainment Bureau
Hat Pins in Hand Woman Defies Men
Mrs Potter and her daughter Jetta confronted two strange men near Donnell grounds in Marshall and High streets. She drew two hat pins from her hat to threaten trouble, stopped an approaching car to alert occupants, but the men escaped. Police searched but found no trace of the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colgach
Thompson
Bath figures in many Sunday visits and trips
Bath residents and guests were active on a Sunday and following days with visits to Popham Beach Damariscotta and Bath. Otis Trafton drove to Waterville in his car. Miss Mussenden and others visited Bath. families from Bath and Portland entertained guests in Bath and Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Ledyard
Bath
Popham Beach
Otis Trafton
Waterville
Trafton
Mary ‘Mussenden
Friends
and Mire
William P. Hatch
James King
Jon James, Jr
Lyda M. Sampson
Portland
John T. Parris
Washington Street
Daniel T. Dougherty
Jon Jatk
Fiske House
Merline Thompson
Florence M. Brown
Brookline
Mass
Davis Hatch
Davis Jr
Winthrop
Davia Hatch
Green Street
John Goff
Evelyn
LeRoy Lord
Edward B. Parris
Kennebec
B. F. Roberts
Arthur
Philadeia
A. B. Higgins
East Brunswick
Alice Waters
Popham Beath
Fuller Cottage
Louise Clark
San Diego
Cal
Loach
Ella Chase
Teft
Pitland
Waffe Parris
Frank B. Parris
tilne#8
Garrell Deering
Elizabeth
John F. Stacy
Rockland
Damariscotta
James Tarbox
South
Lieut. Tarbox
45Th Infantry
Mra. Tarbox
Louisville Ky
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Tarbox
N . Tarbox
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Soldiers Defeat Bath Team 3 To 2 In Ten-Inning Thriller
Bath lost to the soldiers 3 to 2 on Kelley field last Saturday after ten innings. Fort Bald win at Popham Beach 6 to 3 is recalled from two weeks earlier as a notable game. A good crowd attended and plans are underway for another meeting between the teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Fort Bald
Popham Beach
Soldiers
Kelley Field
Sullivan and Meehan Spark Glove Work in Narrow Game
Sullivan and Meehan execute sacrifice hits while Blair and Sherlock reach via walks. Lowell, Embleton and McNeill mix on base, with McNamara and Sullivan stealing. Embleton to Sherlock to Kelley turn a double play. Morse umpired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Po Sullivan
Meehan
Blair
Stover
McPherson
Oliver
Rf Peleke
Cutting
Murray
Lowell
P McNeil
Ste
Ft. Baldwin
McNeil
Embleton
Jones
Kelley
Sullivan
Sherlock
McNeill
McNamara
Leydon
Morse
Queen Esther Dinner Held by Freeport Lodge Members
A Queen Esther Rebekah lodge chicken dinner in Freeport drew a large crowd on Tuesday. Attendees departed Bath at 11 o clock and spent the afternoon in games, cards, and music. Notable guests included Mrs. Arthur Bishop, Mrs. Fred Brackley, Mrs. Tena Hill, and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Freeport
Bath
Arthur Bishop
Fred Brackley
Tena Hill
E. B. Parris
Frank Parris
Florence Fuller
John Howe
Howard Larrabee
Frank Wright
Lois McKeever
Richardson
Horace Ward
Davis
John Knowlton
Lerey Lord
Frank Beals
Harry Schottler
Scott Tibbets
Mollie Oliver
Lottie Barker
Doyle
Bangor
Starbird Rejected from Sagadahoc Contingent
Harry A Starbird, part of the Sagadahoc county contingent sent to Camp Devens, was rejected after a foot injury from a truck run over. He is convalescing in Bowdoinham and hopes to join another service branch. The Texas yard employs a large force with 3,178 checks issued to men outside the office force on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A Starbird
Sagadahoc County
Camp Devens
Bowdoinham
Starbird
Texas Yard
Bath boy Sergt Arsenault writes of transfer to Battery B
In a letter to his mother Mrs Mary Arsenault Sergt Edmund J Arsenault describes his transfer in Fates to Battery B 54th C A He notes fellow Bath boys moving to other batteries and reflects on life overseas praising American money over French and plans to have pictures taken for friends to receive by mail in early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Arsenault
Edmund J. Arsenault
Sergt
Arsenault
Labor builders plan Bath Bath Labor Day muster
Local labor members organize a muster of state firemen in Bath for Labor Day. Four men seek several fast runners to attend a special meeting at the hose house on Water Street to join regular crews for reel races on the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Water Street
Bath Women Die Sunday in Poplar Street Incident
Miss Mary Sullivan Miss Agnes Finnegan and Mrs Thomas McDonough of Bath passed Sunday in Bath. The cause and exact location are unclear from the fragment. Further details were not available in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sullivan
Agnes Finnegan
Thomas McDonough
Bath
Popham Beach
Bath pair visits Papham Beach on Sunday
Mrs. Charles H. Cahill and her son Charles H. Jr of Bath spent Sunday at Papham Beach enjoying the seaside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cahill
Charles H., Jr
Bath
Papham Beach
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Maine
Wallace H. White, Jr
Lewiston
White
Ligcole
Frank Deering
Edgar ‘Williams
Herbert Morse
Bath Iron Works
Elmér
Windégance
Harry C. Webber
Thomas L. Perry
R. Campbell
Fort Baldwin
Kreather
Embdleton
Nelson
Sehorn
Queen Esther
Sergt. Arsenault
Socony
C. A. Reed
Shaw Auto Co
Auto Supply Store
Martin Wyman
A. B. Thwing
West Woolwich
H. P. Hathorn
Woolwich
Stacy & Stevens
New Meadows Garage Co
New Meadows Landing
F. A. Bubier
Foster's Point
Standard Oil Company of
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