President faces choice as Democrats split over New Deal
A looming congressional split pits 48 revolt minded Democrats against a Republican minority, threatening to curb or derail a radical New Deal agenda. Analysts warn of a possible government paralysis if Congress blocks president proposed measures, or if he shifts right to win a workable majority. Time will tell which path prevails.
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White House
Taft
Hoover
Congress
Wilson
Bath street department slows snow cleanup after storm
After a severe storm Bath and other Maine towns faced delays as streets and sidewalks remained cluttered with snow. The Bath department began top priority snow removal in the business district on Saturday and warned pedestrians that cars slow to stop on slick surfaces. Fire crews warned that motorists rushing to blasts hinder fire apparatus and raise insurance rates. Chief Engineer Scott Morse urged strict ordinance enforcement to prevent sightseeing at fires and possible rate hikes.
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Bath
Maine
Scott Morse
Rubber footwear sales spike with weekend demand
Shoe stores reported strong business in rubbers and overshoes over Friday and Saturday as mild winters reduced prior purchases. The recent reminder of rubber footwear as an almost necessary winter adjunct prompted buyers to stock up despite two snowless seasons.
Bath High School Alumni Ball Raises Funds for Seniors
Despite bad weather the Bath High School Alumni Association eighth annual Thanksgiving Night ball drew over 200 attendees at Morse high school gym. A sizable net was turned over to the senior class to aid graduation expenses with Doc Hargon’s Portland band providing music from nine to one. The gym was simply decorated with fir trees and strategic lighting. committee members included Robert Carey and Mary Darrah with patronesses led by Mrs. Donald N. Small.
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Bath High School Alumni Association
Morse High School
Doc Hargon
Band
Portland
Robert Carey
Carey
Mary Darrah
Isabel King
Frank Curran
Martha Page
William Bennett
Mary Tourtillotte
Arthur Kronstrand
Robert Sutherland
David Rich, Jr
Eugene Lewis
Leonard Lord
Donald N. Small
John Parker
Fred D. Hill
Warren F. Hawley
Eugene M. Desmond
Marius H. Page
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Herbert Calderwood
White Ribboners Guests of Miss Brown
Miss Nan E Brown hosted the W C T U gathering at 31 Deering Street with devotion led by Mrs Lillian Mayo. Readings and a solo followed, and letters from state and national officers were read before refreshments.
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Miss Brown
Nan E. Brown
W.C.T.U
Nellie M. Brown
Deering Street
Lillian Mayo
Carrie Trott
Lila Place
Elva Libby
Papa
Beulah Pratt
Mayo
Nella Stover
Althea G. Quimby
Helen H. Green
Radio
Elizabeth Trott
Mabel Paquet
Grace Watson
Lizzie B. Chaney
Three Hills Designated For Coaster Use In City
City officials designate South Winter and Beacon streets hills for coaster sliding. City Marshal Joseph A Butler says special officers will patrol intersections nightly from seven to midnight to ensure safety. Parents urged to keep children off unmonitored hills and drivers reminded these hills are supervised at night.
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Beacon Street
Joseph A. Butler
Believe Attempted Looting at Dye Works
Police investigated an apparent looting attempt at Bath Dye Works on Commerce Street Friday evening. Patrolman Dean R Bonney and City Marshal Joseph A Butler found tracks in snow leading to the second story storage area and traced a return route via a Commerce Street door window. Evidence showed a stairway descent from Acme Supply Co quarters to the Dye Works and fresh tracks about the scene.
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Bath
Commerce Street
Dean R. Bonney
Joseph A. Butler
Commercial Street
Acme Supply Co
Gunners Struggle Back Through Drifts From Maine Trip
Captain Walter L. Eliot Edward E. Sonia and Vincent A. Henderson returned Friday from a hunting trip to Northern Maine after a 12 hour drift filled journey. They brought back a 150 pound doe shot 20 miles above Kadako. They left Greenville at 7 am and reached the city at 9 pm averaging under 15 mph. The toughest leg was Greenville to Augusta with clearer roads later to Bath.
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Walter L. Eliot
Edward E. Sonia
Vincent A. Henderson
Maine Woods
Greenville
Brunswick
Kokadjo
Augusta
Bath
Randolph and Gardiner's Oldest Resident Edward Ellis Dies
Edward F. Ellis died Friday at Gardiner General Hospital at age 97 after months of ill health. Born in Augusta in 1841, the Randolph resident lived there ten years. he is survived by his widow Ellen A Warner Ellis.
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Edward F. Ellis
Randolph and
Gardiner
Gardiner General Hospital
Augusta
Steven Ellis
Randolph
Ellen A Warner Ellis
Delightful party for Bath couple marks 40th anniversary
Mr and Mrs Oliver Moses hosted guests at their Lisbon Falls home for the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Daniel Doyle Bath. Bridge games opened the evening and a tiered white and silver cake with a miniature bride and groom was cut by Mrs Doyle. Guests included Stronach Lyons Whittier Warren Riley Beal Elsie Wyndham Max Laupheimer and Exeter Academy student Richard Moses along with the hosts and honorees.
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Oliver Moses
Main Street
Lisbon Falls
Moses
Daniel Doyle
Bath
Contract Bridge
Henry Bickford
Doyle
Carl Stronach
Lewiston
James T. Lyons
L. A. Whittier
Ernest Warren
Edwin A. Riley
Raymond Beal
Elsie Wyndham
Max Laupheimer
Exeter Academy
Richard Moses
Mrs Charlotte Owen Wins Grand Prize at Dromore Grange
At a regular Dromore Grange meeting last Tuesday Mrs Charlotte Owen won the grand prize in a yearlong raffle of cakes and foods to raise funds for the organ. A covered dish supper followed with social hour. 33 attended including six visitors from Progressive and Bodwell.
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Dromore Grange
Charlotte Owen
Progressive
Bodwell
Edgar A. Guest
Elfreda Perkins
RCAC
Club Dirigo Presents Supposed Radio Play at Central Grammar
In observance of Thanksgiving Club Dirigo, Central Grammar School's eighth grade second division, presented a special radio program over Station CGS. Geraldine Corliss announced, Pauline Prest narrated the Thanksgiving story, and Madeline Haley read. The ensemble performed Thanksgiving in Early Boston with many students listed as participants.
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Dirigo
Central Grammar School
CGS
Geraldine Corliss
America
Pauline Prest
Madeline Haley
Boston
Anna Berry
Anna May
Kenneth Crocker
Billie
Stewart Day
Uncle Dan
George Fox
Pormort
David McDonald
Winthrop
Robert Gilmore
Crier
Elmer Wallace
Blackstone
Frances Lowery
Betty
Marion Small
Mistress Clapp
Marilyn Garneau
Joseph Teasdale
Phyllis Curran
Evelyn Young
Genesta Sewing Circle Christmas Sale Planned
Genesta Sewing Circle announces a Christmas sale Friday December 2 at the Masonic temple. A supper at 6 30 will be for Eastern Star members only. Various members oversee apron table cooked foods candy table novelties quilts and kitchen dining room duties.
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Genesta Sewing Circle
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
Ralph K. Hall
Luther S. Thompson
George Merrill
Elwood A. Hathorne
Clifford B. Smith
Thomas Aikenhead
George Rogers
Albion L. Corliss
Clothing Store Robbed in Front Street Breakin
The clothing store and tailor shop at 129 Front Street owned by Solomon K. Greenblatt was entered Thursday night. Merchandise valued at $300 was stolen. Entry came via a broken window and rear latch. City Marshal Joseph A. Butler noted two similar breaks in Brunswick that night and expected clues to an early arrest.
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Front Street
Solomon K. Greenblatt
Joseph A. Butler
Brunswick
Winter Street Church Advent Sermons Announced
During Advent season at Winter Street Church Rev. Joseph O. Purdue will discuss prayer in Sunday services. Topics include The Prayer of Longing on December 4 The Prayer for Goodness on December 11 and The Cry for Forgiveness on December 18.
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Winter Street Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Evensong Services Begin at Grace Episcopal Church
Beginning last Sunday and through Advent, Evensong will be sung at 4.30 p.m. each Sunday at Grace Episcopal Church with the Boys' choir led by George D. Fields. George Bushey, a lumber operator from Ashland, startled a three year old bull moose while inspecting timber and showed him down the track dragging 40 feet of woven wire attached to his horns. Local game wardens pursue the entangled moose to free him.
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Grace Episcopal Church
George D. Fields
George Bushey
Ashland
Bushey
Portage Lake Road
Portage
Clifton O Page Named Headmaster At Detroit School
Trustees of Detroit University School announce Clifton O Page of Bath will assume headmaster duties on July 1 1939. Page has taught English and public speaking at Taft School and Country Day School and has led Park School Indianapolis since 1928. He holds an MA from Indiana University 1937 and has studied at Harvard and Columbia.
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Detroit University School
Detroit
Mich
Edsel Ford
Clifton O. Page
Bath
Orville E. Page
Middle Street
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
Page
Morsehigh
Bowdoin
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Boston
Scarboro High School
Technical High School
Springfield
Mass
Taft School
Watertown
Conn
Country Day School For Boys of
Newton
Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville
N. J
Park School
Indianapolis
College Board
Harvard
Columbia
Indiana University
Headmasters Association
Indiana
Dorcas Allen
Swanton
John D. Rockefeller
Pupils Present Book Week Program At Mitchell School
Grade 4 pupils under Miss Anne M Thompson performed for Grade 3 with a program including songs and legends. Students presented readings and dances such as Nokomis Story Black Wolf's Story Ground Hog Dance and Tommy's Dream. Stella Block won best poster with a poetry book prize.
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Anne M. Thompson
Betty Nostal
Lorenzo Fletcher
Shirley Wakefield
Black Wolf
Howard Kelley
Crane
Hazel Alley
Tommy’s
Kenneth Coombs
Natalie Burditt
Zelma Cummings
Carl McCabe
Jackie McMann
Eestine
Russell Fletcher
Jean MacDonald
Billy Bangees
Phillip Ames
Stella Block
Duty on Holiday Gifts for Canada Free up to Five Dollars
The Tariff law allows casual donations or gifts from abroad to Canada with a value not exceeding $5 to enter free of duty. Christmas presents up to $5 qualify if marked Christmas present only and value shown. Items over $5 incur standard customs duties. National Revenue Office at St. John, NB provides information.
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Canada
National Revenue Office
St. John
N. B
Judge Dunton Qualifies for Sagadahoc Probate and Municipal Posts
Municipal Court Judge Arthur J. Dunton of this city, recently named Probate Judge for Sagadahoc County by Gov. Lewis O. Barrows and approved by the Executive Council, qualified Friday afternoon before Clerk Fred H. Thompson. His commission arrived Friday morning and he will preside as municipal judge until a full appointment is made. He succeeds the late Walter S. Glidden.
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Arthur J. Dunton
Lewis O. Barrows
Sagadahee
Executive Council
Fred H. Thompson
Dunton
Walters. Glidden
Unclear Addressing Talk Promotes Public Resource Reforms
Dr. Albert W. Plummer of Lisbon Falls spoke at Baxter hall on employment and monopolies. He urged making natural resources public and freeing labor from concentrated control, arguing machinery and population are not sole causes of unemployment and advocating open access to resources.
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Baxter Hall
Albert W. Plummer
Lisbon Falls
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Plummer
United States
Texas
Eee
Bath to Florida voyage endures brutal tow and storm beat
A narrator details a frail boat journey from Bath to Florida facing fierce seas near Watch Hill and Fishers Island. The Duchess endures damage to decks and gear while the Wallaby tow boat keeps the craft from foundering. After Mystic damage and a move to New York by train, the voyage proceeds toward New Haven and the harbor, with a gull companion and orchards of apples onboard.
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Page One
Wallaby
Watch Hill
Bill
Fishers Island
Stonington
Noank
Mystic
Marblehead
New York
Scarsdale
Englewood
Mystic River
New London
Bartlett Reef
Merrymeeting
New Haven
City Point
Popham Beach Life Saving Station Reports Limited Night Visibility
Coast guardsmen said nighttime visibility near Port Popham was limited to occasional glimpses of the light. By noon the yard area was cleared and only the office building remained open as officials closed other sections.
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Popham Beach
Port Popham
Truck driver helps stalled bus in December storm
Bill Brown of Winnegance, famed for a helpful streak, pulled a stalled Oakhurst truck from deep drift and then lent a lift to a bus struggling in the night gale. He remembered for courtesy amid the 40 years ago reminder of the 1898 blizzard.
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Bill Brown
Winnegance
Pulte Bia
Mr. Brown
Bill
Oakhurst
Portland
Winneganee
Men of Bath honor guard list banquet tickets roles
A long roster lists individuals from military and civic groups in Bath including Maj. Albert Owens M D surgeon Marine Reserves Capt W S Blair Port Captain and Lieut Wm Turgeon instructor flying units. Also named are James Jenkins master of purchasing Rev Joseph Purdue scoutmaster Floyd Preble and many others involved in planning a banquet.
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James Jenkins
Dept
Albert 3. Owen
M.D
Frank Fortier
Eugene Hart
State of Maine Dept. American Legion
W. S. Blair
B. I
Launcelot Cooper
Elver A. Stickney
C. O
C. A
John Parker
Fred D. Hill
Rotary Club
Joseph O. Purdue
Floyd Preble
Wm. H. Turgeon
Edward S. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Co
Maurice McCrater
Naval Reserve
Onald Small
Bath
J. Stanley Wallace
Headquarters Co
Marine Batt
Rgt
Jack Wilson
Co. B
Marines
Malcolm A. Blanchard
Martine Air Squadron
Edmund Peters
Deer Isle Sedgwick Bridge Dream Reaches Construction
Raymond C. Small a pioneer of the Ree Eggemoggin Reach bridge district reviews the path from early advocacy to kickoff and the ups and downs that led to actual construction of the Deer Isle Sedgwick Bridge long sought by Deer Islanders.
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Raymond C. Small
Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge
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Winter Street Services
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