Modern Methods Are Employed in Fighting Crime
W J West Boston FBI special agent described the agency's growth from a small group to a national force. He detailed fingerprinting expansion, the 1930 crime lab, and cases linking crime to mass transport. The talk at Winter Street church highlighted enforcement breadth and recent federal crime statutes.
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Woolwich
W. J. West
Boston
New England
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Winter Street Church
Mr. West
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Harry A. Walters
Winter Street Club
Winter Street Men's Club
Grace Church
Central
Corliss
West
Walters
Roscoe G. Bailey
Central Church
Daniel Williams
Raymond D. Cummings
Corliss Church
John H. Carter
Woolwich Club
David L. Wilson
Charles M. Tubbs
Joseph O. Purdue
David Henderson
Harold Freeman
Chester A. Plant
G-men
F.B.I
Florida
Illinois
Arizona
Hoover
Department of Identification
Dillinger
Crime Laboratory
Washington, D. C
Minn
Department
Barker Boys
Congress
Federal Reserve
Public visitors view New England Telephone exhibit
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. opened its exchange to visitors on Thursday and Friday showing equipment, cables, and how service remains efficient. Demonstrations explained relays, repeaters, and switchboard operations, including lamp indicators, jacks, and how calls are connected, plus operator facilities and rest rooms.
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The
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Exchange
Webber
Ton of dynamite set off Saturday in Bath Brunswick highway work
Hendrickson Brothers contractors used 17 holes 70 feet deep in soft muck east of the brickyard to blast the highway fill. Three explosions between two and three p.m. shook the area but caused no outside damage. Officials expect one more blast to finish the work while sand and loam trucks move material from nearby hills.
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Hendrickson Brothers
Bath-Brunswick
Witch Spring
New Meadows
Portland woman among 25 on bus that plunged into pond
Miss Mildred Tarr of Brackett Street Portland and sister to Mrs William White and Mrs Harold Groves of Topsham was among 25 passengers on the bus that plunged into a pond near Middletown Connecticut last Tuesday after the driver lost control in a blinding rain storm. Tarr was not injured.
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Mildred Tarr
Brackett Street
Portland
Topsham
William White
Harold Groves
Middletown
New Theatre Lease Set To Replace Fire-Destroyed Columbia
M and P Theatres Corporation leased Tuesday from Sagadahock Real Estate Association the future motion picture house to replace the Columbia theatre lost to fire on Oct 11 1937. The 21 year lease plans a brick one story 700 seat venue with Front street access, ground level entry, no balcony, and heat shared by tenants. work begins promptly with opening slated for summer.
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M. and P. Theatres Corporation
Sagadahoc Real Estate Association
Motion Picture House
Columbia Theatre
M. and P
Bath Opera House
Columbia
Front Street
Rice Shoe
Rice Shoe Store At No. 176
Elm
Summer Streets
John Calvin Stevens
John Howard Stevens
Portland
Elm Street
Theatre
Sagadahock Real Estate Association
Oliver Moses
Co. V. Tinkum
M. & P. Theatres Corporation
Senator Sewall Plans Long Air Tour To South America
Senator Sumner Sewall of Washington Street and Reed M. Chambers of United States Aviation Underwriters will depart New York by air Monday for a two months trip to South America. They will travel via Miami Barranquilla Bogota Trinidad Para Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires Santiago and Balboa, with weeks in Rio and Buenos Aires. Mrs. Sewall accompanies, attending a Junior League Glee Club performance in New York featuring daughter Olive Sewall.
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Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
Reed M. Chambers
United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc
New York
Miami
Fla
South America
Pan American Airy Lines
Mr. Sewall
Mr. Chambers
Barranquilla
Colombia
Bogota
Trinidad
Para
Brazil
Amazon River
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Andes Mountains
Santiago
Chili
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Sewall
United Air Lines
Boy Finds Signs of Spring in Winter Cold
Fred Brown Jr son of Mr and Mrs Fred Brown of River avenue South Gar diner found a pussywillow two weeks ago on his way to school and Sunday morning picked a fresh blooming Mayflower on the McLaughlin farm Capen road to prove that warmer weather is near.
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Fred Brown, Jr
Fred Brown
River Avenue
South Gardiner
Fred
McLaughlin Farm
Capen Road
Bath man Charles T Small Jr seeks county attorney nomination
Charles T Small Jr announces Republican bid for Bath county attorney. Born in Bath he studied at Morse high School and Northeastern University Law School. Admitted to practice in 1932, he worked in Portland as a Royal Indemnity Co claims attorney before returning to Bath in 1936 to practice. He serves on the city council, and holds memberships in Polar Star lodge Dromore grange Sagadahoc Pomona and state and national granges. He is secretary of the Bath Rotary club and maintains a summer home at Brigham's Cove West Bath.
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Charles T. Small, Jr
Bath
Small
Annual Pound Party at Old Ladies Home on Feb 14
The Old Ladies Home at 800 High Street hosts its annual pound party and silver tea Monday afternoon from three to five. The board of managers invites the public to attend, hoping many will join this year. Mrs Frank Brown of North Bath has returned from Dexter after a few weeks away.
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Old Ladies Home
High Street
Board of Managers
Frank Brown
North Bath
Dexter
Clipper period greatest era of American ships
Professor Herman P. Krafft, a long time U S Naval Academy instructor, traced American merchant shipping from colonial origins to the Civil War, deeming 1840 1860 the peak of the clipper era. He noted California Australia trade growth and federal bounties, with 2 000 000 tons of ships built 1854 62, and explained the Civil War and steam rise ended the era.
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Herman P. Krafft
United States Naval Academy
Morse High School
Krafft
Thomas R. Allen
Bath Iron Works Corp
America
Europe
England
Great Britain
Napoleon
Prof
Caifornia Australia
Brinders
Ld McKay
Boston
Wet York
Groutessor
Chhapr
Teoporhitte
Terris
US Marine
United States
W.ding
Ist
Colby Winter Carnival Led by Bathman Chief Director
Colby College Outing Club sets Feb 4 and 5 for its Winter carnival to be bigger than prior years. Linwood Haynes of Bath, class of 38, directs the event with college officials noting extensive activities including ski meet, hockey clash with Boston University, skating parties, snow sculpturing, a Penguin Party, and a grand ball with Governor Barrows presiding. The queen will be crowned, cups awarded, and Waterville Skating Club to perform between periods of the Boston University game at Colby rink.
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Colby College
White Mule Board
Larry
Colby
WLBZ
State Theater
Mountain Farm
Boston University
Miss Mulligan
Lewis O. Barrows
Augusta
Waterville Skating Club
Morse High Pupils Entertain at Rotary Lunch
Morse High School Orchestra and Glee Club entertained Rotary Club members at Hotel Sedgwick, showcasing soloists led by Kenneth Jaquith and Muss Betty Ryan. The event highlighted Morse’s musical talent, with Ryan receiving an encore, and Rotary planning an annual show. President Fred D. Hill announced a Bath trip.
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Mosse High School
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Morse
Kenneth Jaquith
Miss Mackinnon
Jaquith
Glee Club
Muss
Betty Ryan
Woolwich
Portland
Fred D. Hill
Happy Landing
Sonja Home
Don Ameche
Rotary Anns
Hotel Sedewick
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Donnell to Address Richmond Club and Others
William T. Donnell, opposing James C. Oliver for the Congressional nomination, reports a warm reception in upper Sagadahoc county. He is invited to speak on stream pollution before the Richmond Sportsmen's Organization and may address Rumford groups and the Rotary club in coming dates. He plans a Portland visit next Saturday.
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Wiliam T. Donnell
James C. Oliver
Sagadahoc
Richmond Sportsmen
Sportsmen's Association of
Rumford
Maine Potatoes Benefit From Publicity Campaign
Department officials compare 1936 and 1937 Maine potato shipment figures and credit a cent a barrel advertising drive with expanding distribution and new markets. Despite price issues, promotions boosted sales in cities from New York to the Middle West and South, with carrots also improving in major terminal markets. Frank P. Washburn praised expanded markets and relief from slack, while foreseeing continued gains if the campaign endures.
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Department of Agriculture
Maine Development Commission
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maine
New York
Brooke, Smith, French & Dorrance
Development Commission
Middle West
South
State of Maine
Newark
Philadelphia
Frank P. Washburn
Brooklyn
Mainmast Steps On U S S Samp son Nearing Launch at Bath
The 1850 ton destroyer Samp son at Bath Iron Works nears launch with the mainmast set swiftly by the big crane. A sponsor is awaited after Mrs. Wat T. Cluverus of San Pedro died, halting the ceremony. Following ships due at two month intervals. Also note on Bangor’s Pickering square hotel history from Dwinai to Bungor Exchange.
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U. S. S. Sampson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Uncle Sam
Kennebec
Wat T. Cluverus
San Pedro
Cal
Navy Department
Sampson
William T. Sampson
Pickering Square
Frank H. Davis
Bangor
Hatch
Cony High School Informer adopts forum approach
The Cony High School Informer shifts from gossip to a forum style. The lead editorial outlines new policy and aims to welcome discussion of school events and happenings.
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Cony High School Informer
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Stephen Etnier
Gilbert Head
Georgetown
Milchies
New York City
Nebec River
Sandy
Sumare
Pham
Seguin Island
Wood Island
Popham
Ethier
Stephen Ethier
Senator Sewall
Prof. Krafft
Bathman
Linwood Haynes
Morse High
Rotary
Donnell
Richmond
U.S.S. Sampson
Bath Iron Works
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