Inflation, Steel Wages, and the Ripple Effect
The piece argues inflation is real and not a hoax led by Steelworkers' President David J. McDonald. It explains how inflation raises costs across farms and industry, showing how wage hikes in steel ripple through prices and living costs, and notes steel wages pull up pay in allied sectors. It criticizes McDonald for resisting non inflationary reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Steelworkers Union
To The Rescue How a luxury liner aids national defense
Maritime Affairs argues that an ocean-going hotel in peacetime serves as a first line of defense in war. Adm Arthur W. Radford notes a ship like the United States could carry an army division across the Atlantic in four days. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 underpins defense ready American shipping and Navy partnership to modify liners for wartime use, incurring higher costs for added speed gun platforms and compart mentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Affairs
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Atlantic
Navy
America
A Symbol of Integrity Herbert Hoover as a working man
The piece portrays Herbert Hoover as a model of integrity who earned success through effort, promoted efficiency in government, and warned against spendthrift policies. On turning 85, he is revered as a national symbol inspiring future generations to protect heritage from debt and inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
U.S
Mr. Hoover
Georgetown Community News Highlights and Personal Notes
Mrs Ernest Roberts led a First Baptist church service with scripture from Isaiah 55 last Sunday. A sacred concert is planned Saturday at 7 30 PM with Forest Perkins guest organist. Georgetown Central School opened with 57 pupils and a three teacher staff. Numerous local residents visit, return from trips, or relocate, including Dr Dalrymple, Mrs Dalrymple, families from Bath and Brunswick, and many Georgetown natives with activities at Kennebec Point, Robinhood, and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Roberts
First Baptist Church
Forest Perkins
South
Paris
Georgetown Central School
William Marr
Edgar Drake
Sydney C. Dalrymple
Georgetown
Lynde
Rosie Mains
Lawrence Lowell
Bath
Raymond Reid
Reid
Lowell
Joseph F. Wiggins
Rupert Snowdon
Fromester
First St
Ronald Atwood
Susan
Old
William Harrison
Orono
University of Maine
Robert Powers
George Powers
Robinhood
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Carroll P. Powers
Belle Heald
Edythe Laws
Brunswick
American Academy
Richard Coffin
Boston University
Maud P. Thayer
Robert Hawley
West Georgetown
Calais
John D. Williams, Jr
George Oliver
Willard Oliver
Florence Woodside
Joseph F. Higgins
Clarence B. Hill
Ethel B. Patterson
Ruth Patterson
Freeman Gilliam
West Point
New York City
Yonkers
N. Y
Maud Thayer
Addie Loveitt
Daisy Mains
Ellen Perkins
Althea Heffron
Pineland Hospital
Gunnar Solveson
Thora Bergreen
Staten Island
George Alderman
North Adams
Mass
Charles Dewhurst
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
Dudley Allen
Joseph Reed
Litchfield
Five Islands Community News Highlights Weekend Events
Sunday worship at Secord Baptist Church led by Rev. Ernest Roberts with a Thursday prayer meeting set for 7 30 p m. The annual Sunday school picnic at Reid State Park featured children cooking hot dogs and toasting marshmallows, a final swim, and cool 40s fall weather. Firefighters battled a small Sagadahoc Bay brush fire. A painting bee is planned for Sept 19 at 8 30 a m to paint the library hall. Various local residents and visitors are noted in gatherings, travels, and weekend visits to cottages, with several family updates and distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secord Baptist Church
Ernest Roberts
Reid State Park
Sagadahoe Bay
Arthur Cochrane
Pat Moore
Tom Watson
Library Hall
Orville Rowe
Thomas Watson
Rowe
Georgia Ann Watson
Indian Point
Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
Quincy
Mass
Calhoun
Savage
Miss Watson
Washington State Teachers College
Machias
Gerald Carr
Corinne and
Gerald Jr
Band Boosters Club Meets Monday Evening
The Band Boosters Club held its first Fall meeting Monday at Huse Memorial School. Miss Carol Cornish and Miss Patricia Kelley presented a program after attending the Maine Music Camp at Farmington. President Stanley H. Hunter led a brief business session. refreshments were by Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Greta Gower. The next meeting is set for Oct. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Carol Cornish
Patricia Kelley
Cornish
Kelley
Maine
Farmington
Stanley H. Hunter
Hunter
Greta Gower
Portland Socials Note Mrs Wakefield Blaisdell and Noddin
Mrs Carroll Wakefield, Mrs Harry Blaisdell and Miss Effie Noddin traveled to Portland on Monday for a social outing and visit, according to county society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Wakefield
Harry Blaisdell
Effie Noddin
Portland
Bay Point Families Make Summer Travel Plans
Bay Point residents and visitors are noted leaving for homes in Bath Roosevelt Merrick Uniondale and Rangeley Lakes. Families joining launches at Bath Iron Works and visits to Augusta Freeport Waldoboro are listed with several members traveling or visiting relatives and cottages over the weekend and weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Martin Powers
Bath
Sturgis Leavitt
Robert Miller
Roosevelt, N. Y
Kenneth Young
Merrick
N. Y
Bay Point
Freeport
Arthur Tibbetts
F.C.G. Frank Burnham
Rockland Lighthouse
University of North Carolina
Chapel Fell
Sne
Furbish
Waldoboro
Mer- Th
Colonial Club Plans Annual Fall Outing
The Colonial Club outlines its fall outing set for Sunday September 20 at Boothbay Harbor Country Club with 50 members signed up and invitations to non-golfers. Reservations contact Fred R. Morton or Russell Thurston. A smorgasbord supper runs 5 to 7 p.m. The meeting led by President Eugene Eberhard also discussed the Bowling League opening in October with vacancies and sign up by George VanWinnen. New members Paul Karras Merle B Niles Joseph T Mullen and Douglas O Wirta admitted. Beginning October suppers will be served before each winter session. Guest speaker for October is John R Newell president of Bath Iron Works Corp sharing a talk on his European trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Boothbay Harbor Country Club
Fred R. Morton
Russell Thurston
Eugene Eberhard
Owl
George VanWynen
Paul Karras
Merle B. Niles
Joseph T. Mullen
Douglas O. Wirta
Maine Trail Riders Plan Fall Rides and Banquet
The Maine Trail Riders Association met in Phippsburg to set two fall trail rides and the annual banquet on November 7. Committee members named include Donald Freeman chair, with Robert Keenan and Miss Sally Rainey on the nominating panel. banquet committee led by Frederick Hall and others. The group will join Clinton Trail ride on Sept 20 and focus on Cornish Trail ride Oct 2 3 and 4, plus planning another Labor Day horse show for next year. Members from Bath, Phippsburg, Wiscasset, Lisbon Falls and Topsham attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Trail Riders Association
Phippsburg
Sally Rainey
Donald Freeman
Bath
Robert Keenan
Lisbon Falls
Miss Rainey
Frederick Hall
Topsham
Stanley Wentworth
Litchfield
Edna Merry
Brunswick
Paul Merry
Charles Cunningham
Wiscasset
Funeral Services Friday For Alfred I Norton
Funeral services for Alfred M. Norton 55 plant engineer of Bath Iron Works who died September 9 at a Portland hospital were held at St Philip's Episcopal church Wiscasset. Norton served 17 years with the shipbuilder including 1945 onward as plant engineer and helped plan Wiscasset Auditorium Gymnasium and the first unit of modern elementary facilities. He held leadership roles at Miles Memorial hospital and the B I W foreman's club and was active in numerous organizations including Ris ing Sun lodge Newcomen Society Naval Architects Marine Engineers Association and Lincoln County Fish and Game. Interment followed in Evergreen cemetery Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred M. Norton
Bath Iron Works
Portland
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Wiscasset
Norton
Augusta
B. I. W. Foreman’s Club
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damaristotta
St. Philips Church
Rising Sun Lodge
Nashua
N. H
Newcomen Society
Naval Architects Marine Engineers Association
Wiscasset Fire Company
New York Anglers Club
Lincoln County Fish and Game Association
Evergreen Cemetery
Winter Street church hosts regents tea and program
A Winter Street church meeting featured invocations and reports by local chapter committees. Vocal solos by Robert Ramsey of Bath delighted attendees. Luncheon for members followed, with a 4 pm tea and reception at Mrs Charles V. Minott’s home hosted by Col. Dummer Sewall Chapter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Arthur M. Bowker
William W. Dennison
Robert Ramsey
Bath
Churen
White
Phinesburg
Charles V. Minott
Frederick M. Haggett
Col. Dummer Sewall
Alice Varney
Leonard Lord
Carl Albee
Norman Howard
Harold Stanton
Charles M. Tubbs
NAA Fall Outing Brings Maine Accountants Meeting
The Southern Maine Chapter of the National Association of Accountants held its annual Ladies Day and Fall Outing at Sebasco Lodge Maine on September 12 and 13. About 40 couples attended from Bath Brunswick area including President and Mrs George I Finlay Director and Mrs Donald L Cromwell and Mr and Mrs Donald J Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Maine
National Association of Accountants
Sebasco Lodge
Sebasco Estates
Maine
Bath-Brunswick
George I. Finlay
Donald L. Cromwell
Bath
Donald 3. Davis
Brunswick
Loretta Pouliot Heads to Gorham State Teachers College
Miss Loretta Pouliot, daughter of Mr and Mrs Antonio Pouliot of Robinson Lane, left Tuesday to enter the sophomore class at Gorham State Teachers College this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oliver
Loantha Jones
Damariscotta
Harold Brown, Jr
Marjorie Foster
Concord
N. H
Gregory Barrett
William A. Todd
Camden
Rockport
Thomaston
Shirley
Howard
Lynnfield
Mass
Roy Newman
Harry Stone
Bay Point
Sandra Tabor
Bath
Georgetown
Chester Horne
Harry Horne
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Loretta Pouliot
Dauhter
Antonio Pouliot
Robinson Lane
Gorham State Teachers College
Edith P Stevens 34 obituary Bath resident
Edith P Stevens 34 died Tuesday at Bath Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Wife of Simon L Stevens of 84 Pearl Street she was born Fryeburg October 28 1942 daughter of Reuben C Walker and Lois Slainwhite Walker. Survived by husband son Harold R Walker parents two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Church of the New Jerusalem Rev Louis A Dole officiating. Burial Friday at Pine Grove Fryeburg. Friends may call Wednesday evening at Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith P. Stevens
Bath Memorial Hospital
Simon L. Stevens
Pearl Street
Fryeburg
Reuben C
Lois Slainwhite Walker
Bath
Morse High
the Forks
Church of the New Jerusalem
Harold R
Reuben C. Walker
Barbara L. Holmes
Carol Lindquist
Pennsauken
N. J
Louis A. Dole
Pine Grove Cemetery
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Mrs Caroline Thompson Rites Held In Bath
Mrs Caroline Thompson wife of Luther S Thompson of 19 Andrews Road died Tuesday at a local nursing home She was born in Dublin Ireland and educated there a resident of Bath for 60 years She was a member of Central Congregational church Ladies Aid and past worthy matron of Genesta Chapter O E S She served as secretary for the chapter over 20 years Survivors include her husband daughter Mrs Clifford Smith of Portland and grandson William T Smith of Lubbock Texas Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from Curtis Funeral Home burial in Oak Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Thompson
Luther S. Thompson
Andrews Road
Dublin
Ireland
William O'Brien
Clifford Smith
Portland
William T. Smith
Lubbock
Texas
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Mrs Alice MacLuer Dies Suddenly at Bath Home
Mrs. Alice Margaret MacLuer 47 wife of G Keith MacLuer died suddenly Saturday evening at 133 Washington Street Bath Born Bath April 25 1912 daughter of Wilfred and Lizzie Card Chaney she graduated Morse High School 1931 and Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses 1934 She was a member and past president of Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumni Association Survived by her mother and three sons David James and John a sister Mrs Ralph E Crooker all of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Macluer
Alice Margaret MacLuer
G. Keith MacLuer
Washington Street
Bath
Wilfred
Lizzie Belle Card Chaney
Funeral service for Mrs Alice MacLuer held Tuesday
Funeral service for Mrs. Alice Margaret MacLuer was conducted Tuesday at 1 30 p m from the A F Mayo Son Funeral residence. Rev Warren B Harris pastor of Corliss Street Baptist church officiated. Bearers were Earl Gray Charles Buzzell Wilbur Higgins and Leland Polley. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Margaret MacLuer
A. F. Mayo & Son
Warren B. Harris
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Earl Gray
Charles Buzzell
Wilbur Higgins
Leland Polley
Oak Grove
WEATHER ACROSS AND DOWN PUZZLE CLUES
A cryptogram style crossword with across and down clues listing terms like give over monk's sports stand offish projecting ends of churches and other entries. Includes a Longfellow quote message and a cryptoquote cipher sample with daily letter substitutions and hints for solving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monk
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Carlton College
Cathy Brown
Jane Oliver
Grace Ellen Preble
John Calabrese
Brishton
Calabrese
Richard Fllis
Watertown
Didley’ Allen
Harold Brown
Lewiston
Robert Colby
Richard Bowen
Glenis Brewer
Dean Murray
Bath Junior High School
Jackie
Edith Taskey
Charles Tocar
Faith Powers
Morse High School
Carrol Powers
Parvis Chahbazi
Kalamazoo
Mich
Chahbazi
Western Michigan University
William Zorach
Brooklyn
Zorach
Will Mavis
Presley
Lida Pinkham
Kenneth Dell
James Dell
Edward Pratt
Prince Edward Island
George H. Smith
B. F. Perry
James R Dyer
Gertrude Smith
Canaan
Fred J. Tyler
Enfield
Perry
Smith
Mr. Tyler
Elanor Wilson
Branwell E. Harford
Daniela Staffield
William Farr
Nathaniel J. Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Seguinland Road
William Watson
Michael Rousse
Harmon's Harbor
Leon Kelley, Jr
Leonard
Billy
Jody
Woolwich
Leon Kelly
Phyllis Campbell
Marcia
Campbell
Russell Harford
William Grady
Sedgemere Road
Jamacia Plain
Somerville
Miss Briggs
Five Islands
Albert Deermont
Shirley Howard
Washington State
Watson
Port Clyde
Monhegan Island
Hanna Richards
George Smith
Russell Watson
Sally Campbell
Marianne Moore
Gardiner
Kennebunkport
Herman Barter
James R. Dyer
Clearwater
Fla
Lara Gray
Beulah Miller
Albert Moore
Laurie, Darryl
David
Henry Moore
Carl Williams
Williams
Maine Trail Riders Assn
Elizabeth
Miss Noddin
Georgetown Baptist Church
WKTQ
Alfred I. Norton
Sym
Longfellow
Avield
Burton
King Features Syndicate. Inc
Ruhr
Rita
Tae
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