Truman's Program and Budget Puts Government at Center
The piece surveys President Truman's legislative agenda and budget, predicting expanded executive power through a Dean Acheson led State Department and a broad domestic program. It argues the core is government action to shield individuals, raise wages, and provide services, with defense and foreign aid mostly settled. Critics warn of economic and moral risks, but the article stresses the program's cumulative impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Acheson
Truman
Roosevelt
Acheson
General Marshall
Seem
Mr. Truman
Labor Party
England
William Henry Chamberlin
Edison Birthday Remembrance and Patent Legacy
A historical note honors Thomas A Edison on his birthday highlighting his lifetime 1097 patents. It recalls his first patent at age 21 in 1868 for an electrics vote recorder and lists pivotal inventions shaping modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A
National Patent Council
Edison
In his will a man reflects on invention riches
The speaker notes that the monetary gains from his inventions were tiny beside the public benefits. The passage emphasizes the broader value to society over personal wealth.
Early English juries kept without food until verdict
An article in the World Book Encyclopedia claims that in old England jurors were confined without sustenance until verdicts were reached. If no agreement occurred within a set period, jurors were transported away and dumped in a ditch, yielding rapid but biased verdicts. many jurors fell ill or vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Old England
Bounty on foxes not the cure says one who knows them
A Bath Independent reader with 30 years trapping says bounties won't curb foxes. He argues only professional trappers can reduce populations and that bounties must be very high to attract them. He notes fox fur value and season costs, cites past prices, and suggests politics may doom foxes if bounty schemes persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Independent
Alli
Bath
Bedford St
OS Bath
Girl Scout Troops Hold Busy Week Meetings
Pine Cone Intermediate Troop 4 led by Mrs. William Niss and Dawn Avery met at Winter Street Parish House with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue recounting life in Norway and Christmas customs. Mary Brownt taught a new games badge. Oakleaf Brownies Troop 14 met at Hyde Park under Mrs. William Freeman and Mrs. Delmar Pendleton with 20 Brownies, Valentine box drawing, and plans for Feb 16 party including splatter paint valentines assisted by Ann Freeman and Beverly Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Cone
William Niss
Dawn Avery
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Norway
Mary Brownt
Hyde Park
William Freeman
Delmar Pendleton
Ann Freeman
Beverly Knight
Bobolink Brownies Meet Under Troop Leaders
Troop No. 17 met with Mrs. Frank King and Mrs. Frank Butcher leading. Seventeen girls attended and learned a folk dance Skip To My Lou and brownie songs led by Mrs. Maurice Hutchins at the piano. Girls were asked to bring knitting spools to the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobolink Brownies
Frank King
Frank Butcher
Maurice Hutchins
Nine men enlist at Bath recruiting station during January
M. Sgt. Roy E. Morin announced that nine men enlisted at Bath Station in January. Five Bath residents, two Brunswick, one Pemaquid, one Bristol. assignments include Air Force at Sheppard AFB, combat teams at Fort Devens, Fort Dix, and Fort Knox. All enlisted for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Morin
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Post Office
Bath
Brunswick
Pemaquid
Bristol
Bernard L. Ferris
Richardson Street
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Tex
Alfred G. King
Middle Street
Third Armored Division
Fort Knox
Kentucky
King
European Command
Gerald W. Watson
West Street
Fort Dix
N. J
M. Set. Morin
Blue Hill Pottery Talk by Rev. Anderson at Week s School
Rev. Arvid Anderson, pastor of Corliss Street church, spoke at Weeks Street school Friday morning on Pottery Making. He cited the ancient art and showed Blue Hill pottery samples, describing the clay to finished object process and sharing stories of local potters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvid Anderson
Corliss Street Church
Weeks Street
Anderson
Blue Hill
Cuts Hand Badly While Sharpening Ax
Douglass Irving, 17, of Center street, sustained a deep cut on his hand Friday afternoon when an emery wheel broke while he sharpened an axe. He was treated by Dr. Joseph T. Smith and transported by police car and was to go to the hospital Saturday morning for X rays to check for bone injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass Irving
Center Street
Irving
Joseph T. Smith
City Council Sets Purchasing Powers and January Reports
The council met March 2 at 7 p.m. to hear final passage of a purchasing ordinance, detailing agent powers, bid procedures, emergencies, and records. City Manager Ralph Mittendorf summarized January police arrests and fire losses, highway work, welfare cases, health inspections, and miscellaneous activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Mitchell
Council Chamber
Maine Municipal Association
Earth Department
Department of Health and Welfare
Eight Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery and Park
In mild weather Oak Grove Cemetery saw eight burials and four entombments in the vault. Workers also removed several trees and tended to snow removal duties as part of maintenance and preparations.
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Oak Grove
Stamps in the News Highlight Global and Local Issues
The article surveys new stamps and overprints from Indonesia Spain Morocco Turkey Tunisia and Cuba, noting political claims and propaganda. It details Indonesia overprints claiming two days of infamy in 1941 and 1948, Dutch attacks on Jogjakarta, blockade effects, and mixed acceptance by authorities. It also mentions stamps from Spain Morocco Turkey Tunisia and Cuba honoring aviation routes, Arc de Triomphe, Morro Castle, and Havana Harbor.
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Republic of Indonesia
Pearl
Indonesia
U. S
Southeast Asia
Netherlands
Tunisia
Cuba
O'Donnell
Morro Castle
Havana Harbor
Registration Tags For Autos For 1949 Stolen
Portland reports note thefts of metal 1949 license tags used on 1948 plates. Bath motorists have varied defenses such as riveted tags and engraved owner data. Replacement costs 25 cents. tags, criticized for appearance, are temporary as 1950 plates will last five years and include reflecting material. Plates are produced at Thomaston State Prison.
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Portland
Bath
Archibald M. Main
Garden Street
Main
Thomaston State Prison
Anchorage Areas Regulations Changed Near Bath in Kennebec River
Notice from the Army Corps of Engineers revokes prior anchorage rules near Bath and adopts new limits. Vessels may anchor only north of a 54 true line from Passmore's wharf toward Commerce Street to Woolwich shores, and south of a line from Bath Iron Works derrick to Sasanoa Point. North anchorage must keep a 150 foot fairway channelward and 200 foot fairway east of Woolwich shore. Launching allowed with 12 hour removal.
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Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Kennebec River
Bath
Passmore
Commerce Street
Woolwich
Maine Central Railroad
Bath Iron Works
Sasanoa Point
Orange Juices Ready For School Children In Maine
Maine will receive 26 512 gallons of orange juice distributed to schools this school year. John E. Collins states the juice, from the U S Department of Agriculture, is Maine's share of a northeast total since last July 1. The concentrate is reconstituted with water in a seven to one ratio to match natural juice's nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
John E. Collins
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Northeast
Collins
Why Do We Sing Sermon Series at Winter Street Church
On Sunday at Winter Street church a large turnout of Cubs and Boy Scouts attended Boy Scout Sunday. Next Sunday Mr. Purdue will begin a sermon series explaining church service actions with a first talk titled Why Do We Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Davis Hatch
Purdue
Army Recruiting Office to Move to Front Street Quarters
Eavesdropping notes the Army Recruiting Office will relocate from the Post Office building to 191 Front Street, in a space formerly used by Clarence White School of Photography. The move aims to improve access as few youths climb stairs for enlistment, while palladium-tone emerges as a new men’s color and gold rush inspired fabrics tease home decor. Mumps remain the winter topic among teachers and parents with cases rising as exposed students show delayed symptoms.
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Army
Front Street
Clarence White
Photography
Kennebec
Morin
Mellon
Beaver Meat Supplies Spark British Food Debate
London grocers and restaurateurs push a reformulation of the expression to reflect beaver meat on markets. One restaurant kept an encyclopedia for patrons to read that beaver is a fastidious creature eating watercress and tree bark. Food Ministry and Board of Trade release no definite information on how beaver meat appeared.
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Food Ministry
Board of Trade
England
The $100 Recipe Cake Tale From Bath to New York
A Bath woman allegedly paid a New York hotel for a chef's cake recipe after savoring a heavenly dessert. The head waiter claimed the recipe was secret, then a New York law firm billed her $100 for the recipe by mail.
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New York
Bath
Three Accidents Result From Saturday Storm in Bath
Saturday storm caused three minor crashes in Bath. Alfred Bergeron, 8, slid into Charles Hobel’s car on Middle Street and was examined by Dr. Virginia Hamilton with no injuries found. Soon after Fred Rose’s West Bath truck hit Walter Morse’s sedan on Washington Street causing substantial damage. Later a Gibsons Coal Co. truck and Morris Goldstein’s car on Bluff Road sustained only slight damage.
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Bath
Alfred Bergeron
Alonzo’ Bergeron
Middle Street
Charles Hoebel
West Bath
Walter Morse
Washington Street
Gibbons' Coal Co
Morris Goldstein
Bluff Road
Bath residents urge SPCA presence for stray animals
In Bath, editors note residents led by Edwin Lowell and Mrs. Frank Lehane urge establishing an SPCA to care for injured or stray animals. They argue a progressive Bath should not lag behind smaller towns and volunteer support is pledged. Mr and Mrs Murray G Thompson and Mr and Mrs Harold Webber are visiting Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Bath
Edwin Lowell
Frank Lehane
Murray G. Thompson
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A compact puzzle listing across and down clues with prompts for masculine titles generals animals and geographic terms including Africa Europe and Egypt and a mix of wordplay and definitions. The grid references standard crossword conventions with clues ranging from 1 across to 52 down and various partial phrases and theme hints.
Daily Cryptoquote Code Puzzle Brief
A short note explains how to solve the daily cryptoquote. It shows a sample mapping A to L and X to O, noting one letter stands for another and that single letters and word shapes hint at the solution. The code changes daily for puzzle variety.
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Times Company
Wichols
Trees
C. Webber
Imsérance
O Sérance
Menlo Park
Charles F. Kettering
Mr. Edison
Reasoee
William A Clark
University of Maine
Orono
Billy
Meadowway
Bath Station
Blue Hill Pottery
Police Department
Moriarty
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Upper High Street
North Bath Road
Upper Washington Street
Highway Department
Bath Riding Club
Red Mist
Charles Cahill
McCabe
State of
Cahill
City of Bath
Torrent No. 1
Sevadahock No. 2
Veteran Fireman's Association, Inc
Thurlow
Dickson
Fenn
McElman
Carey
Payne
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Spanish
Morocco
Leon Monosson
Turkey
N. Y. Stamp Co
Izmir
Ankara
Istanbul
Bath Man
Anchorage
Winter Street Church
Merrimac
Harold Webber
Southport
Egypt
Canton
Switz
Little Island River
Africa
Son of Adam
Isaac
Yiw
Shake
Speare
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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