City Deficit Question Delays Session to 1 A.M.
City officials wrestled over a deficit figure for 1930-31, with the common council and aldermen clashing on whether there was an overdraft of 34,528.80 or 4,400. After heated debate and revisions, they finally concurred in a late joint session, acknowledging an overage around four thousand dollars and promising a full audit.
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Common Council
Mdern
Mayor Small
Arthur Sewall
Finance Committee
R. M. Millett
Portland
Small
Sewall
Millett
Millett, Fish & Dresser
Patten Library
Treas
Hall
Brown
Wright
Stucy
Whitney
Word
Marius H. Page
City Treas
Aldermen’s Chamber
Aldermen's Chamber
George C. Quicksall
Quicksall
Committee On Accounts
Steamboat for sale with water tube boiler and engine
For sale is a Steamboat described as water-tube bottler with a 75 hop compound engine. Dimensions length 30 feet beam 9 feet draft 4 feet cedar planked white oak frame upper fastened. Capacity 25 persons. Contact P O Box 269 Portland MD. Date 2 26 21.
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P. O. Box
Portland
Morse High Visits Rockland In Bates Tournament Bid
Morse highs basketball team seeks a Bates Inter scholastic Tournament berth with a Friday night home game at Rockland high. Bath boys won 26 21 at Rockland in a thriller and the local club aims for a ninth win this season. Miss Arlene Littlefield returns from illness at 33 Union Street.
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Morse High
Maine
Rockland High
Rockland
Bath
Edward Pomeroy
Arlene Littlefield
Forrest L. Littlefield
Union Street
Mayor Presents Review of Year to City Council
Mayor Small summarize d his administration before the council detailing rising fixed expenses and debt interest, new street lights and City Hall payments, salary levels, and higher material costs amid a late year depression. He touts rock lease gains, land leasing for five years, safety upgrades, public telephones for patrols, skating ponds, and road improvements while noting unemployment relief and tax reporting, with a cautious note on debt and future bills.
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Small
Highway Department
Russell Perx
Committee On
Washington Street
Sewall’s Hill
Music Hall Armory
Upper Washington St
Bowdoinham man claims descent from King David
John Willis Settle, a Bowdoinham Maine farmer, says he is direct descendant of King David and plans to rebuild Solomon's temple. He arrived aboard the liner Brittanic from Jerusalem proposing a universal tax of one shekel to finance the project, with the shekel set to stabilize at 64. Mrs. Settle noted a pleasant return journey and reports of fellow passengers quitting smoking and drinking.
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Maine
David
Jerusalem
John Willis Settle
Bowdoinham
Sasanoa Tribe Hosts Domhegan and Others Tuesday Night
The Sasanoa tribe of Red Men hosted the Domhegan, Brunswick, and Sebascodegan tribes at Orr's Island Tuesday night with about 40 attendees. An adoption degree was worked on a candidate and a luncheon was served by a committee led by H. Alton Shorey and George Wade. A meeting at Orr's Island is planned for Wednesday night March 4 with representation from all three tribes and the Wiscasset tribe.
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Brunswick
Sebascodegan
Orr's Island
H. Alton Shorey
George Wade
Harold Trask
Arthur Haggett
Wiscasset
Bowdoinham Town Meeting Looms with Low Interest
A sparse turnout anticipates town meeting with few contesting candidates. C E Hackett may become first selectman, W J Graves unopposed for second seat, while Ralph McEwen Wallace Hunter or Clifford Gray contend for third. Jessie M Ames appears unopposed as town clerk treasurer and tax collector. Community notices mark social visits, local errands, and school sports amid a list of residents relocating or changing jobs.
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C. E. Hackett
First Selectman
W. J. Graves
B. B. Douglass
Ralph McEwen
Wallace Hunter
Clifford Gray
E. L. White
Jessie M. Ames
Milton Given
Ernest Lancaster
Locke Crouse
Fides
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Portland
D. B. Cornish
Emily Rideout
Jane Brown
Sarah Howe
Blue Hill
Eleanor Webber
Freeport
Robert Webber
Frank Rossi
Hazardville
Conn
R. D. Purinton
Pleasant Street Club
Ralph Denham
Verina Denham
Ernest Frye
Boston
George Hamilton
Sunbeam
M. E
Lilla
Nettie Mitchell
Ernest Millay
James H. Millay
Frank Adams
Columbia
Horace Millay
Times
Evelyn Hackett
Gardiner
Dodge Motor Co
Alice Palmer
Irene Millay
Varina Denham
Lorenzo Minott
Lillian Denham
Malcolm and
Elizabeth Jewell
Wellesley
Mass
I. C. Irish
Betty Merchant
Farmington
Gladys Rogers
Bowdoin
Iron Works and Indies Tie For City League Title
Tuesday night results left Iron Works and the Indies tied atop the City league standings after Iron Works edged Windlass 34-32 and Indies beat Oakhurst 34-26. Both teams now head to next Tuesday’s showdown to decide the championship amid a deadlock.
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Iron Works
THE
Indies
Tree Ee Cat
Oakhurst
Windlass
Iron Works and Indies
Sunberth
Iron Works 34 Windlass 32 in final seconds thriller
In a tight finish the Yacht Builders rallied from a 27-17 third quarter deficit to edge Windlass 34-32 as Capt. Joe Butler hit a long mid floor shot for the winning basket. Jerry Gilmore scored 15 for Windlass and Butler matched with 15 for Iron Works.
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Joe Butler
Jerry Gilmore
Windlass
Capt. Butler
Indies 34 Oakhurst 26 in sudden third quarter edge
Indies overcome Oakhurst 34 to 26 after a 12 12 first half tie. Sammy Cutts and Allie Jewett sparked the third quarter rally while Oakhurst pressed with its passing game. Also notes Herbert E Worrey shows improvement after five months at home.
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Indies
Oakhurst
Sammy Cutts
Allie Jewett
The
Herbert E. Worrey
Washington Street
F.G. Cutts
Leavitt
A. Jewett
A. McMann
Lf Trask
Burden
Stover
E. McMann
M. Jewett
A Longley
Ee Callan
Enc
S. Kingsbury
Escee
Oliver
Aes
McMann
Rg Io
Flaherty
Portland area tears and good health returns in local notes
Neighborhood updates report Mrs. Alden Small's death in Portland last week, while friends cheer Priscilla Berry's recovery in hospital. Nellie Temple celebrates 18th birthday with games and treats. Several residents, including J Franz Millay and Grace Rundstrom, show improvement from illnesses under Dr. Edwin Pratt care. A Millay valentines event at Millay school features candy making and snow activity as George Millay delivers valentines.
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Alden Small
Portland
Priscilla Berry
Nellie Temple
J. Franz Millay
Annie Cobb
Mary Heath
Frank P. Curtis
Edwin Pratt
Richmond
Chester Jack
Topsham
Ernest Porter
Bert Temple
Fred Merryfield, Jr
Ernest Sylvester
Grace Rundstrom
Augusta
Charles Hunt
Jennings
Allen
Mabel Millay
J. Morton
Charles Sylvester
Winthrop
Millay School
Maude Millay
George Millay
Morrison launches Boston Port News on port development
Carl F. Morrison, ex Bangor Commercial staffer, starts weekly Boston Port News aimed at developing Boston port as New England gateway by air rail water and motor. He left newspaper work to serve as private secretary to Gov. Ralph O. Brewster and later joined the Boston American.
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Carl F. Morrison
Bangor Commercial
Boston
New England
Morrison
Tron
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Gov. Brewster
Boston American
Portland mother seeks divorce over church supper abuse
A Portland woman with nine living children seeks a divorce alleging her husband assaulted her during a church supper by trying to hold her head under a water faucet to remove the wave from her hair and later threw a pie at her and smeared her with it. The account notes there may be two sides but argues she should be allowed to attend church suppers and make pies.
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Portland
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Painted Desert
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Bill Boyd
Nancy Carroll
Ronald Colman
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Stee
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Tree Eees
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Lewiston Journal
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Goodyear
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