Bath Indepement publication notice and rates
Bath Times announces weekly publication by The Times Company at 83 Front Street Bath Maine with B Nichols president treasurer and Harry C Webber editor. Rates: one year two dollars six months one dollar. Entry at Bath post office circulation second class rate.
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Harry C. Webber
Bath
Raids on Treasury Warn of Federal Power Push
The piece argues that federal budget cuts harm vital services like forest protection, Coast Guard, road and harbor projects while funding public power ventures through tax exemptions. It alleges a deliberate plan in Congress to socialize electric power, centralize control, and erode home rule, urging locals to resist federal overreach to avoid a growing taxed bureaucracy.
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Forest Service
Coast Guard
Congress
U. S
Washington
KING SIZE The vast scale of oil industry growth
A historical overview highlights the oil industry’s transformation from a small beginnings to a giant in fifty years. It cites huge consumption figures for cars, trucks, buses, airlines, tractors, railroads, and ships, and notes advances in gasoline quality and ongoing research for better products.
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U. S
America
Hope for upswing in jobs forecast amid trade show optimism
Taxed by a cautious economy and political rhetoric, industry jewellers at their annual trade show voiced guarded optimism about labor market gains. The administration’s push to highlight business momentum contrasts with softer overall indicators.
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Labor
Tobin
Postwar demand fuels bright Christmas trade mood
Postwar industries show renewed demand with strength in cotton textiles, paper, lumber and metal prices rising again. Auto output remains vigorous and construction contracts hit new peaks. Retailers, having trimmed inventories, expect continued consumer spending to trigger fresh orders to wholesalers and manufacturers.
World Traveler Anne Guthrie To Travel Abroad Soon
Miss Anne Guthrie, a Bath figure, leaves at month end for a trip to Norway and Sweden. After serving as UN Assembly representative in Paris she has spoken coast to coast for the Peat Bureau of New York. Her engagements included Rotary Kiwanis and Altrusa, with a Paris period later in Scotland.
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Anne Guthrie
Bath
Norway
Sweden
UN Assembly
Paris
Peat Bureau
New York City
Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
Altrusa International
Banff
Alberta
Canada
Miss Guthrie
Scotland
Maine
Henry Nason
Plan to Liberate 600 Pheasants in Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc county will receive 600 pheasants from the Inland Fish and Game Department. Emery Freeman of the Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet Association says Bath will host the birds and a local liberating committee will distribute them within a week or ten days. This year’s Sagadahoc quota is among the largest yet, nearly double last year’s birds.
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Sagadahoc
Emery Freeman
Short Lobsters Cost $5 Each in Court Bath
Bath Municipal court Thursday morning fined James F Sweeney of Phippsburg 90 dollars plus 470 dollars costs after pleading guilty to possessing 18 lobsters under legal length. Floyd A Wallace of Phippsburg paid 30 dollars plus 4.70 in costs for six lobsters. Swansea G Burns of Bath, sea and shore fisheries warden, was the complainant.
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Bath
James F Sweeney
Phippsburg
Floyd A Wallace
Swansea G. Burns
Municipal Court Convicts Driver and Drinks Charge
Robert Niles was found guilty of driving 55 miles per hour on Washington Street during a Monday municipal court session. Officer John Reinher filed the arrest. One respondent received a $10 fine and $5.15 in costs on an intoxication charge.
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Robert Niles
Washington Street
John Reinher
Nazarene youths enjoy Friday entertainment at Boothbay Harbor
Young people from a Nazarene church were entertained Friday night by Captain and Mrs. Dale Simonson at their Boothbay Harbor home.
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Nazarene Church
Dale Simonson
Boothbay Harbor
Bath employment outlook brightens amid shipyard stability
A Bath area analysis for July by Seth W. Thornton of the Maine Employment Security Commission shows labor demand stabilizing in ship and boat building, with textile and construction jobs uncertain. Agricultural harvesting boosted opportunities, and unemployment claims fell 25 percent as shipyard contracts were confirmed.
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Bath
Seth W. Thornton
Maine Employment Security Commission
Navy Department
Bath Office
Thornton
Tampering Meters Costs Bath Man Dearly in Court
Kenneth Radley, 36, faced charges of maliciously removing a municipal parking meter and throwing it into the street. Judge Gardiner R. Deering found him guilty and ordered a $25 fine plus $14.51 costs. If unpaid, he faces 30 days in Kennebec County Jail. Meter damage was about $10.
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Bath
Kenneth Radley
Gardiner R. Deering
Radley
Kennebec County
State highway crew on Perry's Hill project
A State Highway road crew works on Perry's Hill along Meadowbrook road in Phippsburg. The $800 budget allows a short tarred stretch from West Bath road at Brigham's Cove toward Perry's Hill top, intended to meet State Aid road rules but unlikely to ease daily rough driving for Meadowbrook, Wynburg and Brightwater cottagers.
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Perry's Hill
Meadowbrook Road
Phippsburg
West Bath Road
Brigham’s Cove
Meadowbrook
Wynburg
Brightwater
Reckless Driver Pleads Guilty In Local Court
Wayne E. Wright of Mendota Illinois pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Municipal Court Recorder John W Quarrington after admitting he fell asleep at the wheel on Route 1 in Wolwich. He paid a $25 fine and $4.70 in costs. His wife Mrs Wright was treated for shock and a cut at Bath Memorial hospital. Their three children and he escaped injury. Walter Gallant of Bath also pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle in Phippsburg after license revocation and paid $25 plus $4.70 costs.
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Wayne E. Wright
Mendota
Ill
John W. Quarrington
Frank W. Powers
Wright
Powers
Route 1
Wolwich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Walter Gallant
Bath
Phippsburg
Pierce Couple Return to Tucson After Summer at Birch Point
Mr and Mrs Thomas Pierce departed last week for their home in Tucson Arizona following the summer spent at their Birch Point cottage.
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Thomas Pierce
Tuscon
Arizona
Birch Point
Club Forty-Two Style Show Plans Fall Wedding Ensemble
Club Forty-Two announces a September 16 style show at Sedgwick featuring a fall wedding ensemble designed and sewn by Mrs. Robert Perry. The event includes fall furs, career girl clothes, sporting toys, music, and refreshments after the parade of styles with local models.
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Robert Perry
Sedgwick
Leonard Smith
Pat O'Reilly
Barbara Child
Edith Small
Bernard Pratt, Jr
Harrieton
Frances Grainger
David Clark
Strange Tomatoes From Bath Garden
James Noel of 6 Tarbox Street reports two unusual tomatoes from a Burges climbing variety grown in his garden. The white fruit weighs about a pound and a half, the red nearly as heavy. He says the vegetables lack normal curvature and are full of twists, displayed after bringing them to the Independent office.
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James Noel
Tarbox Street
Noel
Mother Nature
The
Times
Sebasco Fishermen Capture Four Blue Dog Sharks
Three Sebasco fishermen dragging for whiting off Seguin found a school of blue dog sharks and captured four with tuna gear and a wire hook. One shark measured eight feet. They also hauled in large and small shad for lobster bait, and two fishermen caught two electric skates at Candy's Harbor, each giving a shock when touched.
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Sebasco
Seguin
Candy's Harbor
Old Brick House Tied to Bath Merchants History
The Old Brick House in Bath, tied to prominent merchants through generations, passed from Sewall Watson’s heirs to Samuel Dillaway in 1884 via Lizzie J. Marston, daughter of James and Eliza J. Drummond, then to various owners until 1942 when Bath Iron Works Corp. acquired it from Edward W. Bridgham, longtime owner since 1927.
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Bath
Sewall Watson
Samuel Dillaway
Lizzie J. D. Marston
James and
Eliza J. (Riggs) Drummond
Charles Levi Marston
Yarmouth
Bath Iron Works Corp
Edward W. Bridgham
Fire in Lemont antique shop minor damage noted
Patrolmen Kelliher and Mank detected smoke at 12 30 am near Center and Washington. They traced it to a second floor room in the Lemont antique shop at 790 Washington Street. Prolonged firemen hose lines subdued a couch blaze on the second floor. proprietor L Earle Lemont slept on the fourth. Cause believed cigarette.
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John J. Kelliher
Irvine C. Mank
Center
Washington Streets
Lemont Antique Shop
Washington Street
L. Earle Lemont
Maine Three-Quarter Century Club Plans South Portland Meeting
The Maine Three-Quarter Century club schedules its annual gathering in South Portland from August 31 at the high school grounds. City officials led by Albert Waterman invite members for a program and recreation in the school auditorium if weather turns foul. Last year the session was in Bath.
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Maine
South Portland
South Portland High School
Albert Waterman
Bath
Scarcity of Herring and Mackerel Across Casco Bay Areas
The Casco Bay region and eastward report a continued scarcity of herring and mackerel. Warm Gulf of Maine waters and pogies are cited as likely causes, with herring absent where pogies run. Some small mackerel are caught in Winneganee Bay, shipments to Boston arise from local catches, and a theory notes a cyclical disappearance about every decade.
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Casco Bay
Winneganee Bay
Boston
City Landing
Maine
Paul Dorr
Boothbal Harbor
Gulf of Maine
The
Herry
Bear Island
Sebasco
Mrs Sewall and guests enjoy week at Red House
Mrs Samuel S Sewall and Miss Oliver Lawson of Prouts Neck visit with Mrs R P Jellett and Mrs Even Mercer of Montreal and Mrs J S Anlesley of Toronto, spending the week at the Red House on Lincoln Street.
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Samuel S. Sewall
Oliver Lawson
Prout’s Neck
R. P. Jellett
Even Mercer
Montreal
J. S. Anlesley
Toronto
Red House
Lincoln Street
National survey shows Maine seeks vacation visitors spending
A Curtis Publishing Research Department study lists Maine groups spending 8970000 in 1940 on advertising and promotion to attract water and agricultural tourism. Maine entities like Augusta Bath Camden Mount Desert Old Orchard Beach Portland Presque Isle contribute funds as part of a national record 8.7 million.
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Maine
Surveying Highway to Reid State Park
State Highway Commission engineers advance the Georgetown to Reid State Park route with two survey crews. One group works inside the park on roads under Myron A. Lamb, park designer. Construction could start October 1. Friday bids open for Woolwich to Arrowsic bridge, key park access link.
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State Highway Commission
Georgetown
Five Islands
Reid State Park
Myron A. Lamb
Portland
Park Commission
Woolwich
Arrowsic Island
Augusta
Two Autos Damaged in a Collision
At about 1 p.m. Friday a 1940 Chevrolet convertible driven by William Milliken of Oak Street struck the left front door of Ada Deering's 1949 Oldsmobile parked near the Y M C A facing north. Deering’s car had severe damage to the left front door. Milliken’s car had dents on the right side. passenger Richard Snowdon of 10 Andrews Road suffered a slight arm injury.
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William Milliken
Oak Street
Ada Deering
Washington Street
Five Towns School Calendar Details Names and Addresses
Rural and coastal Maine calendar lists multiple schools in Wiscasset Woolwich Bath and Sagadahoc with names of principals including Mrs Louise Reynolds Mrs Ruth Shaw Mrs Alice Galvin Mrs Hazel Hopkins Mrs Jessie Spaulding Mrs Eleanor Jameson and Miss Agatha Lennox plus locations like Nequasset Pleasant View Day's Ferry and Union Bridge schools providing addresses such as 28 York Street Bath and Middle Street Bath.
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Louise Reynolds
Sagadahoe Ferry
Woolwich
Ruth Shaw
Sagadahoc
Wiscasset
Alice Galvin
Nequasset Grammar
Hazel Hopkins
Nequasset
York Street
Bath
Jessie Spaulding
Pleasant View
Washington Street
Eleanor Jameson
Union Bridge
Florence Temple
Chopps School
Agatha Lennox
Day’s Ferry School
Middle Street
Hospital Card Party Opens Bath Memorial Fund Drive
York hall the Sewall home hosts the second annual card party and tea for Bath Memorial hospital on Aug 25 sponsored by Mrs Sumner Sewall and Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary Co chairs are Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees and Mrs Ruth Mullaney Tickets sold by the co chairs event marks the fall fundraising kickoff with social visits and a prelude to the Hospital Fair Invitations go out for the marriage of Rosalie Elizabeth Preble to Richard Thomas Barden Sept 4 at First Parish Gorham with a reception at 24 Church street Gorham.
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York Hall
William D. Sewall
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sumner Sewall
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Ruth Mullaney
Clarence A. Preble
Rosalie Elizabeth
Richard Thomas Barden
Gorham
Church Street
Bath Bus Party Visits Quebec
A Bath group recounts a religious pilgrimage to Quebec City including visits to Ste. Anne, the Basilica for a Pilgrimage Mass, and the Chapel of Perpetual Adoration. They toured Kent House, Montmorency Falls, Notre Dame des Victoires, the Citadel, and Chateau Frontenac, recalling Dickens and historic sites along a scenic St. Lawrence route. The trip ended with a return to Bath after a late-night departure, listing many participants and their escorts.
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Jochim
Ste. Anne
Ste. Anne’s
Kent House
Montmorency Falls
Sir F. Haldimand
Canada
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Quebec City
Queen Victoria
Victoria
Niagara
St. Lawrence River
Charles Dickens
Quebec
Paul Gignoe
Church of Notre
Merne Town
Taschereau
Sou Street
Plains of Abraham
Wolfe
Montcalm
Gibraltar
Cape Diamond
Cidale Hill
St. Lawrence
Isles
Levis
Kennebec
Bath
Lucy Desmond
Laura White
Hannah Curran
Emma Bickford
Frank Fortier
William Hogan
Marilyn Hogan
Phoebe Hart
Annie Wilson
Alma Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Christopher Gill
June Gill
Katherine
Frances Grainger
Rose Chamberlaine
DAILY CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE WITH LONGFELLOW KEY
A daily puzzle page lists a code AXYDLBAAXR translating to LONGFELLOW and provides clues for across and down words, including common cryptogram solving tips and an example CPVP VIVFE LO VIQE showing the cipher format.
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Longfellow
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Monthly Report of
Perry’s. Hill
Bath Garden
National
North School
So. Am
Virginia
Abbr
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Egypt
Sym
Eagle's Nest
Turk
River
Paraguay
Loo
Beast
Eng
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Senior
Ftbib
Horace
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