Billions From Pennies Birthday Tax Milestone
On February 25 the nation marks the 40th anniversary of the first gasoline tax, a one cent levy in Oregon in 1919. By 1929 all states taxed gas and federal tax followed in 1932. Tax receipts have surged to billions yearly, with the current average around 8.9 cents a gallon and repeated postwar increases. A new proposal seeks to raise the federal rate to 15 cents, promising revenue for general funds.
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America
Oregon
Budget Control Eludes Government Says Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal explains that many government expenditures occur outside the budget and that big plans misstate spending. It cites a $77 billion budget for 1400 but total outlays near $93 billion, with no clear budget scope.
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Congress
The
Wall Street Journal
We Believe Credo Promoted At 35th AFBF Anniversary
The American Farm Bureau Federation marked its 35th anniversary by adopting resolutions detailing its credo. It asserts that progress comes from opportunity, fair rewards for productive work, private property, honest earnings, and limited government regulation.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Moley warns on deficits funding via federal bonds
Raymond Moley writes that rising government spending forces funding through selling Federal securities. If buyers doubt, interest rates rise and burden the budget. A spending Congress risks burning its household as credit falters and public anger grows toward those who destroyed public credit.
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Raymond Moley
Newsweek
Congress
University of Michigan expert advises accepting classroom failure
Stanley E. Diamond says classroom failures are a normal part of growing up and maturing in society. He argues the value lies not in the failure itself but in overcoming it, advising parents not to overreact to a child’s academic struggles.
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Boonton
Times-Bulletin
Stanley E. Diamond
University of Michigan
Better Way Sermon at Georgetown First Baptist Church
Rev. Ernest Roberts spoke on The Better Way from Hebrews 12 amid plans for Palm Sunday America for Christ offering and upcoming communion. Local events included a square dance, church meetings, and visits by area residents across Georgetown, Arrowsic, Bath, and Five Islands.
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First Baptist Church
Ernest Roberts
Jesus
Mr Roberts
Roberts
Portland
Bible House
Hammond I Peterson
Georgetown
Five Islands
Central School
Cal Bush
Mel Howe
Woolwich
Working League
Joseph F. Higgins
Roo Newman
William A. Todd
Ralph Davis
Gregory Barrett
Harry L. Horne
Higgins
Belle Heald
Horne
Hegins
Ralph E. Becker
Robinhood Marina, Inc
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath
Estonia
Soviet Russia
Flag 49 stars raised on Navajo flagpole on Washington's Birthday
The first locally reported 49 star US flag was hoisted on the Navajo flagpole marking Washington's Birthday by William Adams. Other notes mention dance lesson prize winners, questions about dance origins, a Georgetown grammar school closure, and several personal updates from Bay Point and nearby towns.
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United States
Washington
William Adams
West Bath Church Holds Annual Meeting and Elections
West Bath Methodist Church and Fourth Quarterly Conference conducted their annual meeting on Union Street led by Rev. Alfred G Hempstead with reports from the pastor Rev Dr Oliver W Bello and treasurer Robert D Metcalf. The nominating committee presented officers and committees including stewards trustees and music and finance groups with election approved and summer services to be held along with conference apportionments accepted.
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West Bath
Robert D. Metcalf
John H. McNary
Ernest E Williams
W. Elwin Greig
Myra Metcalf
Loring D. Small
John Ho MeNary
Ernest FE. Williams
Robertd. Metcalf
Loring ( Small
Loring
Small
Warren Davis
Robert Metcalf
Ernest E. Williams
Board of Stewards
Loring Small
Pauline Belanger
Alice Smith
John McNarvyy
Robert DN. Metcalf
Heart Fund Tag Days raise 127.18 during two day drive
A total of 127.18 was collected during Heart Fund tag days led by chairwoman Mrs. James A Noftall. Eighteen children participated over Friday and Saturday under Mrs. Nostall with five top collectors Diantha McDonough 21.80 Kista Fletcher 17.87 Gail Longley 12.93 Glenis Beaune 9.81 Michael Fletcher 8.23. Candy bars were given to all participants.
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The
Heart Fund
James A. Noftall
Nostall
Diantha McDonough
Kista Fletchher
Gail Longley
Glenis Beaune
Michael Fletcher
Miss Louisa Howard Called On at the Navajo
A brief note records that Miss Louisa Howard was called on at the Navajo, indicating a social or formal visit. The item provides minimal detail beyond the encounter and location.
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Louisa Howard
Death of 77 year old carpenter helper Arris at Georgetown Center
A 77 year old carpenter helper Arris died last Thursday evening while seated in a chair at Mrs. Gertrude Hunt's home in Georgetown Center. He had moved from Topsham years ago to work at the Hunt house and remained as a general helper. Funeral services were held Monday at Brackett's funeral home in Brunswick. Interment will be in Topsham in the spring. He leaves a sister and a niece.
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Gertrude Hunt
Georgetown Center
Topsham
Hunt House
Arris
Brackett
Brunswick
Five Islands Sees Cold Windy Weather and Community News
The Five Islands column reports bitter cold with Monday morning wind chill near eight below. Local church activities at Second Baptist include sermons by Rev. Ernest Roberts from Hebrews and Matthew, Sunday school, and midweek Bible study. Community events include 4 H forestry talk, fire department demonstrations, Good Neighbor club meetings, and outreach to Bath and Georgetown areas.
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Second Baptist Church
Ernest Roberts
Roberts
Rev. Roberts
Matt
Christ
Franz Stevens
Stevens
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Bath
Orville Rowe
George Gray
Arthur Cochrane
Forestry Department
Augusta
Grace E. Preble
Tommy Watson
George Washington
Audubon
Reynolds Grover
Amy May Norton 78 Dorchester Mass obituary
Mrs Amy May Norton 78 of Dorchester Mass died Tuesday at Bath Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient a week Born Winslow July 5 1880 daughter of Horace and Anna Stanley Taylor Survived by daughter Mrs Walter Day Bath son Walter E Norton Bath sister Miss Lena Taylor Medford granddaughter Mrs Kenneth MacDonald Bath grandson Ralph C Achorn Wollaston five great grandchildren Funeral service Friday at 2 p m Curtis Funeral Home burial Oak Grove
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Amy May Norton
Dorchester
Mass
Bath Memorial Hospital
Winslow
Horace
Anna Stanley Taylor
Walter Day
Bath
Walter E. Norton
Lena Taylor
Medford
Kenneth MacDonald
Ralph C. Achorn
Wollaston
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Funeral service for Mrs Mary C MacDonald held at St Marys
Funeral rites for Mrs Mary C MacDonald were conducted Wednesday morning at 8 from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence followed by a requiem high mass at St Marys Catholic Church. Bearers included F Waldo Marshall Archie Wishart Charles Haggatt Harold Haggatt Linton Robinson and Robert Cressey Entombment was at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Mary C. MacDonald
A. F. Mayo & Son
St. Mary's
Battery B Benefit Event Names Local Leaders and Performers
Battery B hosts a benefit event with performances by Jiliano Robert Ramsay and Reg gne Garrison and Four Hits And A Miss. Gordon Howe and Gordon Hersom accompany. Lt Just Wold of Bath's Battery Bo o is general chairman with co chairs Capt. Francis EF. MacDonald and Lt Richard IL. Crocker. Ralph E. McInnis serves as secretary treasurer. Committee roles include publicity Sgt James B. MacPhee, Cpl Conrad D. Hersom, Pfe Daniel H. Snow. entertainment Sgt Eugene F. Wersom. concession SP3 Harold J Carter. decorations SFC George F. Wyman. and a wives committee with Battery members Albert J. White Jr. and Frederick E. Isbister.
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Jiliano
Robert Ramsay
Reggne Garrison
Gordon Howe
Gordon Hersom
Just Wold
Bath
Bo O
Francis EF. MacDonald
Richard IL. Crocker
Ralph E. McInnis
Retuckets
SFC
James B. MacPhee
Conrad D. Hersom
Pfe
Daniel H. Snow
Eugene F. Wersom
Harold J Carter
George F. Wyman
Albert J. White, Jr
Frederick E. Isbister
Airman Carl Clark On 30 Day Leave In Greenland
A2c Carl Clark of the U S Air Force stationed at Thule Greenland is taking a 30 day leave with his mother Mrs Marion K Clark at 4 Bowman street.
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Carl Clark
Thule
Greenland
U. S. Air Force
Marion K. Clark
Bowman Street
Roy A Henderson 63 Bath Iron Works employee dies
Roy A Henderson of 36 School Street Bath died Sunday at Bath Memorial Hospital after four days as a patient. Born September 14 1895 in Jacksonville Illinois he served in World War I at Fort Pom ham. He worked at Bath Iron Works since 1929 as a mechanic and is survived by his son Melvin and five daughters plus a sister and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Roy A. Henderson
School Street
Bath Iron Works
Bath Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, Ill
Oliver
Hattie E. Henderson
Henderson
Fort Popham
U. S. Army
Mr. Henderson
Melvin Henderson
Bath
Everett Baker
Kenneth Baker
Woolwich
Laurier Bernier
Topsham
Sherborn Wallace
West Point
Patricia Henderson
Belle Freer
Long Beach
Calif
Mrs. Mary C. MacDonald of Bath Dies at 50
Mrs. Mary C. MacDonald 50 of 1168 High street Bath died at her home after a three month illness. Born Bath December 31 1908 she was the daughter of John M and Elizabeth Perkins Conley a Morse High School graduate 1925 and a former transportation department employee at Bath Iron Works Corp. She was a traffic control dispatcher on leave since December a member of St Marys Roman Catholic Church and previously of Dike PTA. Survivors include husband Charles MacDonald son John M. MacDonald Bath brother John M. Conley Jr Bath sister Mrs John J. Quirk Bath and several nieces and nephews.
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Mary C. MacDonald
High Street
Bath
John M
Elizabeth Perkins Conley
Morse High School
Death of 19 month old John R. Cantral Jr in Illinois
John R. Cantral Jr. aged 19 months died February 20. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cantral of Moline Illinois, formerly of Bath. Survived by sister Jane Marie, maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T Nelson Lowery of Lewiston, formerly Bath, and paternal grandparents of Moline, Illinois, plus several aunts and uncles.
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John R. Cantral
Moline
Ill
Cantrals
Bath
Edith Lowery
Jane Marie
T. Nelson Lowery
Lewiston
Evelyn McEwen Rites Mark Bowdoinham Widow’s Funeral
Funeral services for Evelyn F. McEwen 82 of Bowdoinham widow of Charles H. McEwen who died Monday at a Topsham nursing home will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the Bowdoinham Second Baptist Church Born February 8 1877 in Bowdoinham she was the daughter of George and Amanda Williams and longtime organist for the Second Baptist Church of Bowdoinham Surviving are two sons Ralph H Bowdoinham and Charles Milton McEwen Bowdoinham and Arlington six grandchildren and three great granddaughters Interment at Bayview Cemetery Bowdoinham
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Evelyn F. McEwen
Bowdoinham
Charles H. McEwen
Topsham
Bowdoinham Second Baptist Church
George
Amanda Douglass Williams
Second Baptist Church
Ralph H
Charles Milton McEwen
Arlington
Bayview Cemetery
Walter S. Austin dies at 63 in Falmouth Foreside
Walter Somers Austin 63 former Bath resident died Friday at his home in Falmouth Foreside. Born Florence Michigan January 29 1896 he moved to Bath in 1919 after military service. He worked 37 years for Central Maine Power Co and held many community roles including Cub Scouts commissioner in Casco Bay District and Red Cross instructor. Surviving wife Natalie LeMont of Bath daughter Anne in Washington DC and several nieces and nephews.
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Walter S. Austin
Walter Somers Austin
Bath
Falmouth
Florence
Mich
Edward and
Coe Somers
Austin
Chicago
University of Michigan
Texas Company
Texas Co
Central Maine Power Co
U.S. Army
Cumberland County Ground Observer Corps
Red Cross
Casco Bay
Yarmouth Post
American
Mrs Flora J Witham 86 Dies In Bath
Flora J Witham 86 of 1379 Washington Street Bath died suddenly February 18 in Augusta widow of Harry W Witham born May 6 1872 at Somerside P E T daughter of Malcolm and Anne MacPhail moved to Bath as a child and lived there most of her life She was a Beacon Street Methodist member Surviving Malcolm C Witham Bath two daughters Mrs David Felton Norfolk Virginia and Mrs Isaiah Hunt East Brunswick nine grandchildren 22 great grandchildren one great great grandchild
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Flora J. Witham
Washington Street
Augusta
Harry W. Witham
Somerside
P.et
Malcolm
Anne McRae MacPhail
Bath
Witham
Beacon Street
John E Doyle Funeral Held at Shumway Home
Funeral services for John E. Doyle were held at 10 30 a m Saturday at Leslie C Shumway funeral home 638 High Street Rev Martin Sargent of Winter Street Congregational church officiated Bearers were Stanley Peterson Raymond Davis Reginald Farnham and Charles B Doyle Entombment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery for burial in the Snoring
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John E. Doyle
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Martin v B. Sargent
Winter Street Congregational
Stanley Peterson
Raymond Davis
Reginald Farnham
Charles B. Doyle
Oak Grove
Funeral service for Flora S. Witham observed
Funeral service for Flora S. Witham was held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Curtis Funeral Home with the Rev. Frederick L. Niles of Beacon Street Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed in Oak Cemetery.
Crossword Puzzle Clue List and Cryptoquote Example
A readable compact list of crossword clues with numbers and a sample cryptoquote. Includes wheel part Greek letter and other standard crossword items. ends with a quoted Dryden line and note on code basics and example.
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Dryden
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Bath Independent
Times Company
Front Street
Maine
B. Nichols, Pres
Treas
Ivan A. Trueworthy
John Calabrese
Brighton
Roland Peterson
Arrowsic
Robinhood
Edward C. Cliver
Sidney Dalrymple
South Lincoln
Florida
Cavita Island
Dorothy W. Oliver
Joseph Higgins
Kingston
Roscoe P Todd
Warren S. Todd
Stoneham
Scott Sutherland
Walter Beane
Roy M Newman
Stone
Victor Hagan
Peabody
Stanley Kahrl
Cambridge
Kahrl
Kennebec Point
Brown
Waldo Brown
Clarence Preble
Harold Brown
Davkazin
Alkazin
Carroll Powers
Earle Coombs
Madison Moore
Cape Elizabeth
Barrett
West Georgetown
Bay Point
Stuart Barnette
Virginia Beach
Cuba
England
Cecil Mains
Dwight Furbish
Philip Dalrymple
Wellesley Hills
Newton- Wellesley
Dalrymple
Harry Stone
Lewiston and
Barbara Swift
Intel
Otis Swift
Ruth Norton
American Museum of Natural History
New York
West Bath Church
Stuart
Mildred Stuart
Court Street
John H. Stuart
Louisiana
Combat Sunport Group
Chennault Air Force Base
Jean Fitzgerald
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Walter B. Fitzgerald
William Arris
Gerald Hersom
Lawrence Perow
K. LaRose
R. Grover
Bonnie Brown
Yarmouth
Thomas Watson
Ernest Heal
Charles MacMahan
Kathleen Rittall
Lovica Moore
Good Neighbor Club
Victor Pinkham
Philip Pinkham
Erland Moore
Dennis Moore
Brenton Perow
Wayne McCarthy
Hayden
Framingham
Lloyd Pinkham
William Farr
Hallowell
Linwood Stevens
Maynard Thibodeau
Wiscasset
State House
Pumpkin Islands
Seguin
Small Point
Kenneth Pinkham
Arthur Tibbetts
Fred Fox
Robert Moore
Dennis
Maine Vocational Institute
Linda Sue Williams
John D. Williams, Jr
Lloyd A. Pinkham
Chester MacMahan
Chester, Jr
Sally
James MacMahan
Jimmy
Margaret MacMahan
Beulah Miller
Russell Harford
Christina
Gregory
Richard
Ronald Coombs
Ronald, Jr
Michael
Franklin Pinkham
Phyllis Campbell
Marcia Cunningham
Richard Harford
Georgetown Central School
Janice Pinkham
Evelyn Pinkham
Roger Pinkham
Loretta Pinkham
Carol Cochrane
Grace Preble
Judy MacMahan
Harlan Pinkham
Woolwich Baptist Church
Chester MacMahan, Jr
Robert Sweeney
Harold Pinkham
Ida Pinkham
William Stewart
Howard Thomas
Branwell Harford
William Marr
North End
Edith
Albert Moore
Moore
David Albert
Battery B
John Cantral, JR
Evelyn McEwen
Canaveral
DiMaggio
Guido
London
Longfellow
Odnshds
Fantiane Es
Fas
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