The Barn Independent masthead and mailing notice
The Barn Independent circulated weekly from Bath Maine published by The Times Company at 83 Front Street F B Nichols president and treasurer Harry C Webber editor The paper lists subscription rates one year six months in advance and notes second class postal entry at Bath Maine
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
F. B. Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Harry C. Webber
Safety with efficiency in railroad regulation debate
Congressional bills would grant blanket ICC power to impose strict rail safety rules, risking inflexibility and higher costs. Experts cite strong current safety records with improving rail fatalities from 0.90 in 1918 to 0.08 in early 1948, arguing legislation could hamper progress and shift control from experienced railroad men to Washington officials.
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Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
National Safety Council
Old fuel young ideas shine at Columbus coal meeting
Officials from hundreds of leading coal companies met in Columbus to map new research for the industry. They discussed smokeless home heaters, coal furnaces, and stoker boilers to cut costs, while reducing smoke from locomotives. Developments in fuel gas from coal and continuous mining aim to lower coal costs and boost output.
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Columbus
Coal's Future in Fuel: Toward Synthetic Gas and Free Economy
The excerpt argues synthetic gasoline from coal could cut costs, reflects current coal progress and industry mindset, and links individual freedom to economic liberty, claiming directing economic activity shapes personal freedom. It emphasizes coal's long history and potential youth.
Sagadahoc Aims to Lead Boost Maine Drive in State
Sagadahoc County Boost Maine committee co chairmen Harold P. Small and Harry C. Webber announce new Bath volunteers to boost statewide effort. The drive seeks near 100 percent county participation with a kickoff dinner honoring Governor Payne and speakers.
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Sagadahoc
Maine
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Cochairmen
Harold P. Small
Harry C. Webber
Payne
Franklin County
Lincoln County
Publicity Bureau
Appeals sentence on driving charge in West Bath
George T. Rose of West Bath was found guilty of reckless driving by Municipal Court Judge Gardiner R. Deering after a defense by Harold J. Rubin. Rose appealed the $25 fine and $7.70 costs to Sagadahoc Superior Court in the October term, with $200 recognized for an appearance. A local intoxication case earned a $10 fine and $5.15 costs in lieu of 30 days in Kennebec jail.
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Harold J. Rubin
George T. Rose
West Bath
Mortimer O'Connell
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Rose
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Rubin
Reading
Ralph O. Dale
Kennebec County
Streetbath Chamber Seeks Bath City Registration Office
Secretary of State Goss received a written request from the Bath Chamber for a registration office in Bath. Roy Stewart, an active committee member, said he would meet the Governor early this week on the matter. A plan for an air plane shuttle Portland Rockland was discussed along with new industries contacted by George Musk and William Turpie. The group voted to appoint Mrs. Mary M. Stacey as secretary.
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Goss
Bath
Roy Stewart
Portland
Rockland
George Musk
William Turpie
Industries Committee
Sam Prawer
Mary M. Stacey
Corrigan
Courtney E. Stover
West Bath
New Meadows Lake
Augusta
Bake Postponed by Governor Fire Ban at Small Point
The Elks annual clambake at Head Beach Small Point has been postponed due to the governor's open fire ban. A rescheduled date will be announced later when the ban is lifted.
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Elks
Head Beach
Small Point
City Manager July Report to City Council
City officials recap July activities across departments. Police logged 40 arrests, 77 thefts or property incidents, 23 wrecks, 89 openings at facilities, and 4 held for investigation. Fire dept reported 19 alarms, $500 loss, two false alarms. Public Welfare noted 67 relief cases, 203 persons aided, yard and cemetery work completed. Highway and Sewer described street and gravel work, asphalt pours, 70 surface-treated streets. Health noted two mumps cases and inspections. Licenses approved for building, disposal areas, and vendors. Misc: parking receipts $819.90, Plummer House work near finish, honors roll board removal planned, tires-tubes bids sought, fireworks fund surplus not needed.
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West Bath
Arrowsic
Horatio Baker
Union
Water
Snow Park
Academy Street
Andrews Road
Plummer Home
Deer Frolics Across Maine Farm Scenes At Westfield
Game Warden Charles Harriman reports a buck deer briefly left the forest to romp with horses and young cattle at Westfield. The animal then visited a farmer’s yard before returning to the woods. Warden Elmer Ingraham notes a missing fawn named Flag at Moosehead Lake camps. guests paid a doctor from Rhinebeck, New York, to set its broken leg and the fawn is recovering.
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Mapleton
Charles Harriman
Harriman
Westfield
Elmer Ingraham
Moosehead Lake
Flag
Ingraham
Greenville
William Thompson
Rhinebeck
N. Y
Bath residents accused of poisoning birds
Mrs Barbara L Corning educational director of the Maine Audubon Society writes to the Times alleging Bath residents are poisoning birds. She condemns cruelty to animals as harmful to children and disgraceful to the town during her plea for humane action.
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Maine Audubon Society
Barbara L. Corning
Yarmouth
Mass
Times
Bath
John W. Corning
The
Elderly man jailed for vagrancy at Municipal Court
At the Kennebec county court, Judge Gardiner R. Deer ing sentenced Mitchell King to 15 days in jail after he had spent the night in a police cell by his own request. King testified he slept in the woods and begged for food money and has previously asked to sleep in the cell block. He is homeless and has sought work with no success. A separate intoxication case resulted in a $10 fine plus $5.15 costs or 30 days in jail.
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Kennebec County
Gardiner R. Deering
Mitchell King
Three new POW commissioners named by the president
The president appointed three commissioners to serve as directors for prisoners of war under public law 896. Former prisoners are urged to contact Gardiner Rogers or Frank Reinoehll so their cases can be processed.
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United States
Gardiner Rogers
Frank Reinoehll
Meadowbrook
Brigham’s Cove
Hubby
Venezuelan x-ray tech arrives in New York for family visit
Joseph Long landed Friday morning from Venezuela to visit relatives at 19 Bedford Street. He is employed as an x-ray technician with the Foster Wheeler Company of New York.
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Joseph Long
Venezuela
Bedford Street
Long
Foster-Wheeler Company
New York
EAVESDROPPING WITH MERRIMAC
Local news notes improvement plans for Bath Maine including a new flagpole removal of the honor roll new cement walk to Lombard street and paint jobs under Boost Bath Maine Products Week. Governors Payne and Maine politics are spotlighted with O'Brien's WMTW program and public interest in state happenings.
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Keats
Lombard Street
Augusta
Michael O'Brien
WMTW
O'Brien
State House
Parades, laws, and seaside tales in Sagadahoc County
A local column juggles small town happenings Sagadahoc County residents push Maine publicity, a parade mishap in Rockland sparks laughs and complaints about view privacy lobster licensing debates and a call for practical dress at the shops plus a humorous note on summer fashion and leg makeup amid coastal jokes and gossip.
Injured Man Gains and Improves Daily at Hospital
Alonzo Twombley, 88, Phippsburg, who had a leg amputated after a collision between a M. C. R. R. freight car and a passenger car driven by Joseph McKenna on July 12, is reported in good condition. Dr. Ardenne A. Stott said Twombley’s leg is healing well and he moves around his room in a wheelchair, smoke in pipe, eats three meals a day.
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Alonzo Twombley
Phippsburg
Memorial Hospital
Joseph McKenna
Ardenne A. Stott
Times
Twombley
P. H. A. Auditor to Audit Bath Housing Projects
Max Barr of Boston P H A will audit Bath Housing authority Hyde Park and Lambert Park for three weeks. About 20 percent of tenants will receive confirmation letters and be asked to reply. Barr, the Hyde Park project’s first accountant at opening in 1942, welcomes former tenants to meet him.
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Max Barr
Boston
Bath Housing Authority
Hyde Park
Lambert Park
Barr
Prize winner Duncan Farrell to attend Yankees Red Sox game
Duncan Farrell, Morse High basketball mentor and Equitable Life agent, wins a prize for insurance salesmanship in the Lewiston district. He and his wife will attend the New York Yankees versus Boston Red Sox game in Boston on Thursday, after being named the top producer in the area.
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Duncan Farrell
Morse
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Lewiston
Farrell
Dominique Tardif
Bath
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Boston
McMann Family Leaves After Week at Bath Visit
Mr. and Mrs. John L. McMann and their niece Miss Paula Dinklacker of Brooklyn New York depart Bath after a weeklong stay with Mrs. Mary E. Gallant at 1 Washington Street and Mr. Edward J. McMann and his wife at 16 Pleasant Street.
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Bath
Leslie
Rocky” White
Worcester
Mass
Rocky
Morse High
Leora
Ursula
Coralie
Muriel
J. Arthur White
Upper
Washington Street
John L. McMann
Paula Dinklacker
Brooklyn
N. Y
McMann
Mary E. Gallant
Edward J. McMann
Pleasant Street
WEEKLY CROSS WORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE ANSWER
Reader puzzle page lists cross word clues with river and region names, plus a cryptogram quotation. The notes include a cryptogram: LONGFELLOW and a Virgil quotation, with numerous partial clue entries and an extracted answer line.
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Cemetery and Park Department
Oak Grove
Maple Grove
Health Department
Michael
Effie Smith
Honors Roll Board
Westfield Pasture
Audubon Society of Maine
Merrimac
Boost Maine
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Boost Bath
Popham Village
W. W. Westermeyer
E. M. Fuller
Connecticut Hospital
Larrabee's Grove
Westermeyer
California
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
City Recreation
Postoffice Square
Karen Lee Savage
Paula Lessard
Merlene Osborne
Karen Lee
Paula
Miss Glamour
Merlene
Leeman Highway
Marion Chamberlain
Maine Publicity Bureau
Sedgwick
Frederick G. Payne
Switz
Scott
Leaep
Enough
Africa
Longfellow
Virgil
King Features Syndicate
Fiz
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