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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
2
An editorial urges better driving courtesy in Massachusetts and across the states. It notes high weekly accident and death rates, criticizes reckless maneuvers on hills and fast speeds, and calls for drivers to adjust speed to road conditions and traffic. It stresses personal responsibility and avoiding crashes through safer, courteous behavior.
Bank deposits rise while wheat and cotton gluts threaten prices. Widespread unemployment and cold winter fears persist, spurring community chests and Hoover promised relief. New Brunswick tourism climbs twelve percent through July with Maine benefiting. health advisories counter unfounded paralysis rumors while road repairs on Lemont Street are noted amid deteriorating surfaces.
The Maine Department of Labor and Industry publishes an Industrial Safety Bulletin focusing on reducing workplace accidents. Bath Iron Works joins the effort with safety meetings and employee suggestions, reflecting growing national attention to accident prevention and safer industrial practices.
A Maine vacation boom is reported with resort hotels seeing satisfactory business. August may rival or exceed last year, though July was weaker due to weather. The New England Council notes growing industrial momentum and hints of a broader regional return to near normal conditions after a slow month.
Labor Day will feature a large firemen's muster in Bath, the site of the first event of its kind. The city’s enduring interest in this sport draws attention to fire department matters and may attract men more dedicated to safeguarding property.
Leaders of both major parties stay unusually active as campaigns ramp up. Democrats claim a strong chance of victory and will push harder early, while Republicans prepare for a hard fought national battle.
Suburban crews cut roadside bushes and burn dry debris to prevent future flood damage. Ensure gutters stay clear to avoid water overflow. The Portland-Brunswick road is near completion and will soon reopen, boosting travel on the route and benefiting the public who faced delays during construction.
The article predicts television will reach Maine households within months. It notes early service may be crude but will improve, allowing people to see artists or speakers in their homes as well as hear them.
Tolls on the Kennebec bridge show a sizable year over year gain. Early season traffic dipped from last year but statewide reports indicate August tourist travel exceeded July, signaling a heavier tourist influx later in the season.
The New England Milk Producers Association adopts a rating plan to stabilize dairy prices by tying payments to a quota for each producer. Effective September 1 in Boston, the plan replaces the surplus system and aims to curb May and June surpluses while preventing fall shortages. It allows farmers to use part of milk as feed without harming producers. consumers remain unaffected.
Bath lodge of Elks held its annual clambake at Meadows Lodge on the New Meadows river in West Bath. More than 60 attended as Lucius M. LeMont prepared a menu of lobster, chicken, clams, frankfurters, eggs and sides. Married men won the tug of war over single men with Alden G. Smith and Parker Lewis anchoring their teams.
Colby College selects Hegeman Harris Inc as the contractor for a $3,000,000 campus project. The firm will begin with preliminary engineering. Hegeman Harris has built projects at Harvard, Dartmouth, Columbia, Yale, Vanderbilt, Butler, among others, and recently the American embassy in Paris.
One of New England’s best known handtubs, the Okos from Marblehead Massachusetts, applied for entrance blanks signaling intent to join 20 tubs on the firing line for Bath’s Labor Day muster. Bath will host a day of parades concerts and a large crowd of over 1 000 visiting red jackets.
A concise arc from the Continental Congress era to Jefferson and Washington founding the State Department. It traces early salaries and duties, from Paine and Livingston through Jay, the 1789 act, and Jefferson’s broad control, to today’s multi‑million budget and expanding global role.
State officer John P. Crosby arrested Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ambrose of East Brunswick on federal warrants Friday morning near the Hardings pumping station. Deputy Marshal Eatons to take the pair to Portland, with Michael Lyden the remaining fugitive. The Ambroses were arraigned in Brunswick and Portland after arrest in Cumberland County. Georgetown church supper attendees included Carroll Deering and Elizabeth Jackson.
The Iron Works Corp. nominates Eddie Clough as genuine world champion rivet driver. Clough recalls nothing specific about his record but notes he riveted between 2,200 and 3,000 rivets in a single workday during wartime.
More than 50 people attended the Maine Ayrshire club gathering at North Bath on a rainy Wednesday. Elmer J. Rich gave the welcome, with C T Conklin and university professors among speakers. a 4 H judging demo won by Howard Buzzell. Officers were elected and guests admired Rich’s herd as some stock heads to the Lewiston State Fair. Parking was overseen by John Shaughnessy and David Rich Jr. Guests included Mr and Mrs George Wall of St John New Brunswick.
Ardenne Cote, 23, pled guilty to breaking and entering and larceny at Ames grocery on High Street and to breaking and entering a residence on South Street. Held on 800 and 500 bonds, he faces October term of Superior Court. A 15-year-old relative also pled guilty and was sent to the State School for Boys. City Marshal Whitney linked the case to clues from canned goods found at Spring and Middle streets and an empty Washington Street store. Cote had prior reform school time for earlier thefts.
Bridge receipts for the second week in August show a gain of 283.40 over 1930 with Kennebec Bridge traffic up. An extra 1,010 five cent toll paying passengers and 722 five dollar tolls contributed to the increase, totaling 20,583 passengers at five cents and 19,543 in 1930.
Up to 8000 tons of bituminous coal will be hauled this month from Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. to Oxford Paper Co. at Rumford on Maine Central tracks. Daily averages run 400 to 450 tons with eight to nine cars per trip. A separate daily 15-car pulpwood run for Pejepscot Paper Co. uses the same train, with coal cars left in Brunswick overnight and returning via Crowley’s and Leds’ Junctions. Bath departures scheduled for 1030 a.m. with possible delays.
Mr and Mrs William Fletcher of Long Island New York with sons William and Hubert and daughter Martha are spending several days at the home of Mrs Fletcher's parents Mr and Mrs William A Marr on Upper Washington Street.
A joint Maine and U S Agriculture report Aug 1 shows Maine potato prospects at 48.72 million bushels, down 7 percent from 1930 and 51.77 million a month earlier, with late blight risk growing in Aroostook County. Other crops show mixed results as weather shifts affect prospects across New England.
SONS OF VETERANS T. W. Hyde Camp will entertain division officers of Maine Saturday night at their Middle street hall. Invitations extended to the auxiliary and to the Ladies of the G. A. R. Supper to be served 6 30 to 8 p.m. then speeches, social, and dancing to close. Miss Phyllis Wright and Miss Eleanor Sparks returned from Camp Maqua Poland after a week there. Wright resumes duties as switchboard operator at Hyde Windlass office.
Federal officers with state and city officials rounded up four Bath men and one woman as alleged bootleggers after purchases of beer and alcohol were traced to them. The arrests followed an undercover liquor purchase two weeks earlier by a Bath team led by United States Deputy Marshal Lester D. Eaton and agents Henry P. Weaver and Arthur England. Morrill and DeFreitas were detained in Portland after the roundup at six o'clock last Wednesday evening.
The Frigate Constitution post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was formally instituted and officers installed in Grand Army hall Bath last week. State officials led by Department Commander Archer LaBranche of Biddeford attended with Roy Smith and William Ball of Auburn. The degree staff of Hulett post Auburn Lewiston conducted the ceremony followed by a banquet.
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