New State Road Opens as Coastal Growth Pushes Transit
A newly completed stretch of State aid road on lower High street from Marshall to near Lemont street opens, praised for smooth macadam under Andrew S. Merrill’s supervision. The piece aids access to West Bath, Phippsburg, Georgetown resorts, boosting coast commerce and tourism while Maine readies for the September 11 election and related referendums.
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State Aid
Lower High Street
Marshall Street
Lemont Street
Andrew S. Merrill
High Street
Merrill
West Bath
Phippsburg
Georgetown
Small Point
West Point
Sebasco
Phippsburg Center
Pogpham Beach
Popham
Maine
Old Orchard
Bath
Interior States
Road improvement draws praise for Waldoboro stretch
Travelers praise the new State highway segment near Waldoboro for its smooth surface and early openness. The Bath to Rockland route is described as a fine piece of highway, encouraging motorists to use Route 1 to reach eastern Maine.
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Path
Rockland
Waldoboro
Bath
Woolwich Highway Praised by Exacting Motorists
An unnamed report notes that a forthcoming roadway in Woolwich will meet high standards, leaving little fault for the most exacting motorists to find.
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Woolwich
Bath to charge interest on unpaid 1933 taxes
The Bath city council voted to charge interest on unpaid 1933 taxes after August 31. Interest accrues from July 1, with no extension this year. The deadline to pay without interest is Thursday at 5 p.m. when the treasurer’s office closes.
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Bath
One Man Shops Embrace NRA Rules And Fair Compliance
Mr James explains NRA codes affect hours and wages in single employee shops. He says one man may stay open all day if he does not exceed his hours, and urges buying from NRA displaying stores. The discussion covers split shifts, minimum wages, and the role of blue eagle affiliates in fair commerce.
Old Bark Attracts Interest in Bath Iron Works Venture
A West African promoter once drew Bath Iron Works to tow the famed old craft the Queen of the Jute Clippers to Bath. Though a year passed with no hiring for repairs, the venture may still go forward one day. Mrs. D W Patterson of Asheville, North Carolina, left after a two week stay at Birch Point.
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Boston
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Williams. Newell
the Iron Works
D. W. Patterson
Asheville, N. C
Birch Point
Dutch Elm Disease Spreads to New York Area
The Dutch elm disease has reached New York State with seven elms on Staten Island and single trees on Brooklyn Lynbrook Port Washington and Rye Westchester. New Jersey infected trees rise to 309 since July 31 within a 15 mile Hudson River strip. Citizens urged to watch elms for wilting and brown leaves and send twig samples to Wooster Ohio or East Orange New Jersey for testing.
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New York State
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Lynbrook
Port Washington
Long Island
Rye
Westchester County
R. Kent Beattie
Bureau of Plant Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
New Jersey
Mr. Beattie
United States
Largest Bellanca cabin plane lands at Powers field
The six place Bellanca cabin plane with Wright Whirlwind 300 h.p. motors piloted by William Alexander landed at Powers field on Brunswick road near West Point carrying A. G. Rice and H. C. Ballou for the Ballou camp on Wood Island off West Point. They arrived from Roosevelt field New York in two and a half hours and may return Sunday. The arrival followed two Army planes that previously set the field’s size record.
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Brunswick Road
A. G. Rice
H. C. Ballou
Ballou
Littlewood
Wood Island
West Point
William Alexander
Roosevelt Field
New York
Powers
Alexander
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Rice
Houston
Portland
Jimmy Mattern
World Flier
Bellanca
Bornheimer Ames Wedding Planned in Portland Connections
Vernon M. Bornheimer of Portland and Velma T. Ames of Portland will wed Sept 16 at four in Walnut Hill. Rev Hilda Libby Ives will perform the outdoor double ring ceremony. The bride is sister to Floyd Ames and daughter of the late Martin A. Ames. She has worked as a cashier at Beneficial Loan Society and belongs to Sages and the YWCA Business Girls club. The groom, son of Bert L. Bornheimer, manages Personal Finance Corp in Portsmouth New Hampshire. A reception follows the ceremony and post wedding trip.
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Vernon M. Bornheimer
Portland
Doris Frost
James W. Bornheimer
Bornheimer
Miss Ames
Martin A. Ames
Gray's Business College
Beneficial Loan Society
Sages
Business Girls’ Club
Bert L. Bornheimer
Lewis Street
Personal Finance Corp
Portsmouth
Will
Boy Injured Minor in Depot Square Car Crash
John Tourtillotte about 15 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph H Tourtillotte 216 Center Street was injured slightly in the left arm and side Monday afternoon in Depot square when run into by an automobile driven by John F Merchant Jr of North Bath. An other lad was with Tourtillotte and both boys tried to dodge the oncoming car.
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John Tourtillotte
Ralph H. Tourtillotte
Center Street
Depot Square
John F. Merchant, Jr
North Bath
Tourtillotte
Satisfactory NRA meeting reported with renewed support
Leaders hailed Thursday's Bath gathering as a success showing clearer aims of the NRA. Groton James explained details while state chairman Leon Tebbetts and new appointees Harold Small and Roscoe McFadden led a district canvass plan to secure consumer and employer cooperation.
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NRA
Groton James
Leon ©. Tebbetts
Waterville
Harold P. Small
Roscoe P. McFadden
National Recovery Movement
Bath
Enjoyable Evening at Bath Country Club
The August committee hosted a supper and bridge at Bath Country Club drawing 65 members and guests. Prizes included golf balls and cigarettes for card games with Mrs. Jack Germaine of Wollaston winning high score in contract.
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Bath Country Club
Jack Germaine
Wollaston
Mass
Milton C. Trott
Marvin R. Truss
John McInnes
Charles Connor
J. Clifford Spinney
Jack Dougherty
William M. Partington
Infirmary to be Built at State Military and Children's Home
Governor Brann and the Executive Council ordered immediate construction of an infirmary as a second story addition to the State Military and Children's Home in Bath. A $5,000 resolve, introduced by Senator N Gratz Jackson, will cover construction plumbing lights bells and annunciator. Miss Bessie F Greenblatt principal of Weeks Street school is home recovering from a broken ankle after a four week injury.
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Bath
Brann
N. Gratz Jackson
Sagadahoc County
Bessie F. Greenblatt
Washington Street
Miss Greenblatt
Weeks Street
Front Porch by Reginald Wright Kauffman
Summer resident Reginald Wright Kauffman publishes Front Porch through The Macaulay Company New York. The novel, three years in the making, contrasts old American tradition with modern freedoms arguing for stability and depth in a realist, emotionally deep story.
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Macaulay Company
New York
Reginald Wright Kauffman
Mr. Kauffman
Sebasco
Europe
Kauffman
John Masefield
America
Maine Seacoast Deep Sea Fishing Booklet in the Works
The Maine Development Commission plans a next year booklet on salt water fishing along the Maine seacoast to attract summer visitors. Manager Harrie B. Coe seeks photos of big catches deep sea trips rock and boat fishing chowder making lobster boils for shore picnics and related scenes to send to the Maine Publicity Bureau Portland.
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Maine
Maine Development Commission
Harrie B. Coe
Publicity Bureau
Maine Publicity Bureau
Portland
Mrs Dwight Morrow Passes Through Bath En Route North Haven
Mrs Dwight W Morrow mother in law of Col Charles A Lindbergh travels by train to the Morrow Summer home at North Haven arriving in Bath about 9 am aboard the day coach. Her son in law Col Lindbergh and daughter Mrs Ann Lindbergh plan to depart from Shetland Islands to Scotland during the North Atlantic mapping cruise.
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Dwight W. Morrow
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bath
Morrow
North Haven
United States
New Jersey
Portland
State of
Former Bath Girl War Nurse Takes California Walk
The article notes Mrs. Dolloff, once a Bath war nurse now traveling to California, and mentions their son Richard Dolloff named after a Revolutionary ancestor. It records that a James Dolloff in Rumford cared for the poor for nine cents a year.
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California
Crossword Word Puzzle Clue List
A long clue sheet listing many crossword prompts with numbers for across and down entries including leather beverage girl s name by word of mouth hastened realized pertaining to biblical mountain foolish talk move or run swiftly short news article famous garden equal black viscous substance utensil with means for separating course from fine particles children's game part of verb to be beverage proceed fashionable watering place pinochle term water litter on which corpse is borne to grave simple need policemen wicker container head or brain poems alone state in Indo China marry vessel European tree Indian distance part of the eye one who capers part of a circle note of musical scale finish conceive consider carpenter s tool prime boy s plaything old Roman calendar tenth day of certain months read asunder saltpeter side step it is poetic there dar snakelike fish period of time obtained lowered degraded allot bag action aside or apart colored fluids spirit walk in water fruit of the blackthorn curtsey cover arise negative solution will appear in next issue.
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Indo-China
Golden Banded Lily Draws Attention in Garden
A golden banded lily, Lilium Auratum, blooms at Mrs. Ambrose S. MacFadden’s 26 Deering Street garden attracting flower lovers. The plant bears seven blossoms and one bud, with white petals edged in gold and brown speckles, while fragrant blooms fill the home scene.
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Ambrose S. MacFadden
Deering Street
MacFadden
Mrs Thelma Cameron Weds George Conway In St Mary's
Thelma Sarah Cameron daughter of Mr and Mrs James E Cameron 500 Middle Street married George T Conway son of Mrs Mary C Conway 63 York Street and the late William J Conway at St Mary's Church Saturday morning Rev Timothy C Maney officiated The couple were attended by Miss Mary Cunningham and Harold J Sonia The bride wore pink and blue with pink roses They left for a two week wedding trip to the White Mountains and Canada A separate Lewiston notice shows a marathon dance license petition delay by Mayor Wiseman and the city board awaiting sentiment next week.
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Thelma Sarah Cameron
James E. Cameron
Middle Street
George T. Conway
Mary C. Conway
York Street
William J. Conway
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
Harold J. Sonia
Miss Cunningham
Mr. Conway
Morse High School
Morse
Conway
White Mountains
Bocaraton
Fla
Camerons
Walsh
Everett
Mass
Hubert T. McCarty
Sonia
Canada
Lewiston
Wiseman
Governor Brann invites Maine visitors to Summer Visitors Day
Governor Louis J. Brann urged Maine newspapers to tell all visitors on September 1 that they are invited by the state and council. He warned against individual invites, noting the crowd will be vast and impossible to contact directly. He asked returning guests to mail a postcard from Augusta to estimate attendance.
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Augusta
Louis J. Brann
Maine
Brann
Comig
Grocer Loses $50 Bills Recovered. One $5 Missing
Sam Povich drops a roll of fifty dollars outside Bath National Bank. Kenneth Bertrand and another youth find and split the money, with Bertrand returning $45 to the grocer and the police seeking the remaining $5. Bertrand is rewarded for honesty.
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Sam Povich
Middle Street
Bath National Bank
Povich
Kenneth Bertrand
Duncan McIntosh
Woolwich
Bertrand
Walter L. Whitney
Mr. Povich
Ralph Bertrand
Whitney
Mrs. Dole Returns to Wayne Summer Home
Mrs. George H. Dole returned Thursday to her Wayne summer home after visiting several days with her sister Mrs. Edward H. Kimball on Lincoln Street.
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George H. Dole
Wayne
Edward H. Kimball
Lincoln Street
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