Initiative and Energy for Private Industry Postwar Future
Henry J. Kaiser argues private industry must lead postwar planning with government collaboration. He cites three expendables initiative energy and materials and warns leadership must come from industry itself to keep industrial plant intact and provide global prosperity. The piece lauds America’s industrial history and calls for free enterprise under balanced public regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Kaiser
Ife
M. Kaiser
America
Europe
Unpopular fact on freedom and security in wartime policy
The text argues that the war aims center on preserving individual freedom over universal economic security, noting that democracy requires state power to ensure public welfare. It extols American living standards, mobility, and consumer abundance, while linking these to free enterprise and representative government supported by citizen participation. It adds a note about cutting a Christmas tree with owner permission.
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Sessa
Fire safety push slows holiday decorations
With labor diverted to war industry and gasoline rationing, lumber costs rise and delivery becomes harder. Chief Frates orders no inflammable decorations in public halls to prevent tragedies like the Cocoanut Grove fire, urging fire and police departments to maintain vigilance at all public gatherings.
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Frates
Cocoanut Grove
Care in Cleaning Home Furnishings
Cleaning routines save time and materials while reducing dust buildup. Regular vacuuming for 15 minutes daily on dining room and living room rugs protects fibers from abrasive sand particles and keeps furniture and floors looking cleaner.
Youth Dominates Augusta Enlistments in New Group
The Augusta US Recruiting Service reports a surge of teen recruits led by Sgt. George Laselle. Ten men aged 18 to 19 enlist with Air Corps and Armored Force choices, plus a 20-year-old, including Richard Tanner in parachute troops and William Cusick in the Air Corps.
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Augusta
United States Recruiting Service
George Laselle
Air Corps
Armored Force
Laselle
Richard Tanner
Clarence Tanner
RFD 1
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
William Cusick
Howard Cusick
Beech Street
Gardiner
Howard, Jr
Percy Sanborn, Jr
Percy Sanborn, Sr
Capitol Street
Wilfred Martin
Frank Martin
Franklin Street
Leroy Cunningham
Edred Cunningham
Sheepscott
Bath of Corp
Seven New Court Cases Placed Before Judge Monday
Seven new cases and a continued case were heard in Municipal Court before Judge Gardiner R. Deering Monday morning. Charges included intoxication assault and obstructing an officer with several defendants pleading guilty or not guilty. A Bowdoinham neglect of children case was continued after defense counsel requested more time due to the mother’s illness, with a physician’s examination to be presented and a new hearing date to be set.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Clarence Lebel
Russell Street
Francis R. Powers
Lebel
Lebrt
Powers
Augusta
Joseph Williams
Candy in Army Rations Expands as War Food Now Includes Sweets
Washington reports candy to accompany guns and gasoline in three standard Army rations. Ration C contains about 25 percent candy while Ration D, fortified with Vitamin B-1, relies on candy components. Ration K uses dextrose for parachute and submarine units. The subsistence lab plans tropical, mountain, and desert rations with confection content. About 25 million pounds of candy are already purchased for camps and cantonments. Candy bar makers note 15 percent of output goes to the armed forces. Railway vendors report rising candy sales due to troop movements. Ms Ina Anderson of Hyde Windlass & Co. spent the weekend at home in Thomaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army
Quartermaster Corp
Quartermaster Corps
Motorists Face Judge Deering in Municipal Court
In a busy Saturday session Judge Gardiner R. Deering handled three motor vehicle violations and a larceny case. Lebel pleaded guilty to speeding 45 mph in a 25 zone and paid 10 dollars fines. Harold Ricker admitted driving 50 mph in a 35 zone and paid 10 dollars plus costs. Lennie Wallace faced improper registration with 20 dollar fine and 8.70 costs or 30 days in jail. Wallace accused of stealing plates and forging a name at the ration board. Larceny case against John M. Sullivan was continued to December 14 with 100 dollar bond after delays for a Navy chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Clarence Lebel
Russell Street
Deering
Herbert Mariner
Lebel
Elm Street
Topsham
Mariner
Harold C. Ricker
School Street
Brunswick
Route 201
Lennie Wallace
Phippsburg
John Libby
Augusta
Libby
Wallace
Bath
USN
John M. Sullivan
Navy Barracks
Sullivan
Edward W. Bridgham
Three Birthdays Observed by Lowell Temple
Lowell temple No 31 of the K of P held a regular meeting last Wednesday observing birthdays for Mrs Jane Shea widow of William H Shea and Mrs Viola Melzard. Each received a temple gift. Aft ernoon tack ing followed by a public supper at six led by Mrs Shea. A penny march and mystery prize were part of the evening. Plans were made for the annual Christmas tree on Dec 23 with Mrs Marion Darrah and Mrs Iva Cousins in charge. Nomination and election of officers occurred during the meeting.
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Jane Shea
William H. Shea
Viola Melzard
Lowell Temple
K. of P. Hall
Temple
Mary Curtis
Shea
Agnes Perry
Marion Darrah
Iva Cousins
Dim out rules urged for wartime headlights
Chief Air Raid Warden Ralph W Bragg stresses strict compliance with dim-out regulations for automobile headlights. Upper halves must be blocked with opaque material, permanent in nature, avoiding white tape. Some have used unsuitable coverings that detach in wind, so dimming must be maintained throughout dim-out hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Bragg
Boy Scout Heroism Awarded for Ocean Rescue
Irving Grant of Lewiston and Squirrel Island received the Certificate of Heroism from Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts for saving six year old Suzanne Pinkham of Squirrel Island from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean last August 10. The honor was presented at a Portland council meeting on Wednesday night.
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Irving Grant
Lewiston
Squirrel Island
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts
Suzanne Pinkham
Douglas Pinkham
Atlantic Ocean
Portland
Maine Potato Boy Returns to Stores This Season
The State of Maine reissues the Potato Boy display to promote potatoes as a daily staple. The 44 by 34 inch, six color display features Uncle Sam’s nutrition message and carries Office of Defense approval. Maine Development Commission offers 35,000 displays with posters to retailers at no cost through Brooke Smith French Dorrance in New York.
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Maine
Uncle Sam
Office of Defense, Health and Welfare Services
Federal Security Administration
Maine Development Commission
State of Maine
Brooke, Smith, French & Dorrance, Inc
Madison Avenue
New York
Car Destroyed In Arrowsic Crash
Curtis Cunningham of Arrowsic and a passenger escaped injury when a 1937 Chevrolet Tudor struck a pole on the Arrowsic road near Sewall's Pond, rolled over a bank, and caught fire, destroying the vehicle while Cunningham and Donald Mc Rae walked to his home. Police say Cunningham pulled right to avoid an oncoming car but could not return to the road.
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Curtis Cunningham
Arrowsic
Sewall’s Pond
Charles W. Messenger
Cunningham
Donald McRae
Bath Girls May Enlist in WAAC
The article highlights Bath women enlisting in the WAAC, listing available roles from cooks and stewards to typists and telegraph operators. Lt. Kenna St. Kenna, a Framingham native and former Dennison supervisor, is profiled. she would have enlisted earlier if not for Pearl Harbor’s tragedy, and she aims to contribute to victory.
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Kenna St. Kenna
Massachusetts Teachers College
Keene, N. H
Dennison Manufacturing Co
Framingham
Mass
Life
WAAC
Pearl Harbor
Three Wounded In Friday Morning Fight Near Oxhorn
State Police report three people were wounded in a knife attack near Oxhorn dine and dance on Route One in Wiscasset on Friday around 12:30 to 1:00 AM. Two soldiers and one civilian, a Brunswick Airport worker, suffered non life threatening arm and abdominal injuries. A sailor alleged as the attacker fled east in a car with a civilian.
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Oxhorn
Wiscasset
Bath Road
Ear
Fficer
John P. Crosby
Crosby
The
Brunswick
Fishermen Sought for Coast Guard Corsair Fleet
Portland recruiting office announces exams for petty officer ratings to join the Corsair Fleet defense patrol. Lieut G A Downing says applicants aged 17 to 55 with sail handling experience may apply at Chapman Building Portland. Portland handles motor mechanic exams for Coast Guard Reserve, focusing on internal combustion gasoline and diesel engine work.
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United States Coast Guard
Portland
G. A. Downing
Downing
Coast Guard
Chapman Building
Maine
New Hampshire
Boston
Coast Guard Reserve
Baptist Ladies Meet and Christmas Quilt Sale
The First Baptist church ladies sewing circle met for a business session with a quilt tack and a quilt top gift. A Christmas sale Tuesday afternoon followed by a turkey supper. A vestry dinner for the Bowdeinham Baptist Association is planned for December 14 with a named committee to recruit officers and enroll student nurses for Augusta School of Nursing starting February 1943.
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First Baptist Church
Simon Moore
Herbert E. Worrey
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
Joseph L. Dauphin
Gladys Francis
Florence Martin
Jennie Oliver
Laura Harrington
Elsie Crosby
Nella Stover
Lottie Goodwin
Julia Moore
Augusta School of Nursing
Henrietta Altman
R. N
Augusta General Hospital
Bangor State Hospital
Children's Hospital
Portland
Boothbay Shipyard Plans $500 Life Insurance Gift
The Frank L. Sample, Jr. Inc. shipyard announces a $500 life insurance policy for each employee as a Christmas gift. The policy remains in force for one year or until the employee leaves, whichever comes first.
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Frank L. Sample, Jr., Inc
Boothbay
Firemen respond to three chimney, house, and factory blazes
Between 3.50 PM Wednesday and noon Thursday local firemen battled three small fires. A McKay house blaze on North and Lincoln was extinguished with no equipment. A stubborn chimney fire at 17 York Street took about an hour. A Willow Street chimney was controlled by booster lines. Thursday morning at City Laundry overheated woodwork sparked a blaze that was cooled with water.
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Lincoln
McKay House
Richard Frates
Clara E. Corliss
York Street
Willow Street
City Laundry
Washington
Hinckley Streets
Rotarians Hear Saguenay River Trip Tale
Rotary members at Sedgwick heard Rev. Joseph O. Purdue recount his family’s August journey by train and steamer from St. Albans to Montreal Quebec Murray Bay and Tadoussac down the St Lawrence and up the Saguenay amid historic notes. The luncheon was presided by Rupe Irvine and all members in military service were made honorary for the duration. Barbara Whitney returns from Farmington weekend visit.
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Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Saguenay
Quebec
Murray Bay
Tadoussac
St. Lawrence
Saguenay River
Capes Trinity
Eternity
Canada
Rupe Irvine
Boyd Bailey
Bath to stage extensive air raid drill Monday
Bath will conduct its most extensive air raid practice on Monday December 21. Dr Warren E Kershner was named chief umpire for the test at a Bath District Warning Center meeting attended by six Army officers and municipal and civilian defense officials from 27 area towns. Umpires will be assigned for each incident across towns including Bath Brunswick Boothbay Harbor Wiscasset Damariscotta and others with 15 to 30 incidents planned per municipality.
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Bath
City Hall
Army
Bath District
Warren E. Kershner
Brunswick
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset
Damariscotta
Russell Hamlin
1St Regional Office of Civilian Defense
Senior Girl Scout Troop Holds Meeting at Voorhees Home
Okaiyoka Senior Girl Scout Troop met Friday with leader Mrs. Wilmer I Voorhees at 42 Bedford Street. They planned a Christmas party for December 18 at the Old Folks Home offering gifts under a quarter. Gift duties assigned to Miss Riva Divia Greenblatt with program and refreshment committees named. Next week they will sew utility bags.
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Okaiyoka
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bedford Street
Red Cross
Old Folks Home
Riva Divia Greenblatt
Maine Postal History and Postmarks by Sterling Dow
Sterling T. Dow of Cape Porpoise and Portland publishes Maine Postal History and Postmarks the first of its scope on a state's postal activities. The veteran collector spent four years preparing the volume which will appear early this month and aims to be a lasting value for collectors historians and antiquarians.
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Maine
Sterling T. Dow
Cape Porpoise
Portland
Dow
Weekly Cross Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A dense puzzle page listing across and down clues with answers jumbled, including a cryptogram quotation LO SHPSFSU YRWD ACC KWS WP R EUSAL IRJVS QHUCP and a Voltaire quote REPOSE 18 A GOOD THING BUT POREDOM IS ITS BROTHER distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc
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Poredom
Voltaire
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United Nations
Samuel Newcomb of
Ina Anderson
Hyde Windlass &Co
Thomaston
Judge Deering
Pythian Sisters
Arrowsic Road
Baptist Ladies
Barbara Whitney
Farmington
Esker
Taut
Crowd
Stitch
Metal
Eusal Irjvs
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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