Postwar U S Shipbuilding Progress in 1948
The 1948 shipbuilding year saw marked industry improvement with the completion of the final wartime liner the President Wilson. Maritime Commission actions included new contracts for two fast passenger liners and three combination vessels, plus a large oil tanker order surge. By year end private yards had 77 vessels under construction totaling 1,173,430 gross tons including two large passenger liners and 64 oil tankers.
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President Wilson
Maritime Commission
Merchant Marine
United States
Shipbuilding Industry
Outlook for 1949 by NC Board economists
A National Industrial Conference Board panel of 12 economists predicts 1949 national income near 1948’s peak, with somewhat lower consumer prices and lower corporate profits due to upcoming tax increases. They warn real-world businessmen face tighter consequences beyond broad forecasts.
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National Industrial Conference Board
A P Co President Predicts Stable 1949 Food Output
John A Hartford of the A and P Co says America will maintain 1949 food production at 1948 record levels and that consumer prices will likely fall. He cites price cuts in butter down 24 percent, meat and cess down 17 percent, and flour down 15 percent. He notes U.S. per capita consumption rising about 12 percent since prewar and 15 to 20 pounds more meat per person annually.
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America
John A. Hartford
The
A & P Co
Hartford
U.S
Bath Welcomes the New Year
The event continued past midnight with committee members led by chairman Brian M. Jewett. Other organizers included John Bourque Thornton Henderson Maurice Glidden Donald Burkhardt and Harold Perry.
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Brian M. Jewett
John Bourque
Thornton Henderson
Maurice Glidden
Donald Burkhardt
Harold Perry
Woolwich PTA Dance Thrives at New Year Event
Woolwich PTA hosted a full hall for a New Year dance on Friday night with more than 200 attendees. A stage show featured Bob Sharkey Warren Raynes Charles Dorsey Patsy Colby and musicians Eddie Rogers and Fred Brown while Win Snell conducted the orchestra.
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Tuessic Hall
Woolwich Pta
Bob Sharkey
Warren Raynes
Charles Dorsey
Patttine Colby
Eddie Rogers
Fred Brown
Win Snell
P.T.A
Beulah Crocker
Doris Haley
Ethel Blake
Alma Strout
Ivory Strout
Forrest Baker
Clarence Tanner
Recreation Association Hosts New Year's Party for Children
Hyde Windlass Recreation Association held a lively New Year's party at its building for children ages three to 12. The hall overflowed with happy kids and parents as sound movie cartoons opened the program. Mrs. Vance Wakefield accompanied the singing on the piano and fulfilled many requests. Photos were taken and more animal films shown before ice cream cookies and toys were distributed to all attendees.
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Hyde Windlass Recreation Association
Vance Wakefield
Prof John Murray Speaks in Washington
Prof John Murray former Bath resident and son of Mrs Maurice W Potter of 1023 Washington Street attended the American Historical Association meeting in Washington DC from December 28 to 30. He joined a symposium with Harvard Yale Queens and Columbia on the middle class in the 16th century and spoke on the Scandinavian countries.
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John Murray
Bath
Maurice W. Potter
Washington Street
Indiana University
American Historical Association
Washington, D. C
Murray
Harvard
Yale
Queens
Columbia
Bath Water Crisis Then and Now
Ten years earlier Bath faced a main break across the Kennebec river causing a serious shortage. Water was pumped from Thompson Brook as crews laid a new 16 inch line. Today Bath uses about 2.51 million gallons daily up from 3.3 million in 1945.
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Bath
Kennebec
Woolwich
Thompson Brook
Water District
Final fate of the Bath built ram Katahdin
Captain Arthur L. Totman recalls the Bath built ram Katahdin, sunk in 1930 after a U S Navy target use. A Portland fleet raised and towed the wreck from Chesapeake Bay to deep water off Smith Point, where it was sunk in 1200 feet, ending the vessel’s menace to navigation.
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Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Rappahannock River
Frank E. Howard
Fred E. Gignoux
Portland
Atlas
Ajax
Bath
Oakley C. Curtis
Estelle B. Taylor
Chesapeake
Perth Amboy
James Tapley
Norfolk
Smith Point
Baltimore
Cape Henry
Arthur L. Totman
Winnegance
Maine
New Science of Living Course Changes Freshmen Study
The program pairs home essentials with astronomy and vision, chemistry and physics in the kitchen, and map reading. Boys pursue mechanical drawing while girls study design. It aims to prepare freshmen for home life, foster cross gender understanding, and improve future tasks.
New Year Ball Attracts 500 Shriners In Lewiston
Mr and Mrs Granville Col Veyart Khur Colby Dr and Mrs Joseph I Smith all of Bath and Mr and Mrs Richard Trott of Bangor attended the New Year s Eve Ball of the Kora Shrine Temple in Lewiston Friday night Dancing ran from 10 p m to 2 a m with a lobster supper at 1230 a m More than five hundred Shriners and their wives were present.
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Granville Col Veyart
Khur Colby
Joseph I. Smith
Bath
Richard Trott
Bangor
Kora Shrine
Lewiston
Handtub Association Elects Officers at Baxter Hall
The William S. Newell Handtub Association met Wednesday evening at Baxter Hall on Water Street. Officers were elected with Chester H. McCabe Sr. as president and Reginald Calahan as first vice president. The event included new honorary members Philip Oliver Judge Gardiner Deering and William Hennessey and plans for a joke tree party with gifts and refreshments.
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William S. Newell
Martha Stone
Edward Manion
Carl McCabe
Reggie Callahan
Charles Murray
Lawrence Bergeron
Kenneth Murray
Lorna Ridyard
Darren Willis
Flora Thayer
Jacqueline Chappell
Norma Ferris
Sasanoa Tribe Elects Officers at December Meeting
At a Sasanoa Improved Order of Red Men gathering on December 27 Harold Trask was named Sachem with Everett Baker Senior Sagamore John St. Martin Junior Sagamore Howard Leavitt Prophet Gerald Holland Keeper of Wampum Eugene Haggett Collector of Wampum Ernest Avery Jr reelected Keeper of Records and Ralph Boardman as trustee for three years. Installation set for January 10 at 7 30 with supper at six. The tribe praised a successful 1948 and looked to 1949. Captain Huskins death prompted visits by Mrs Huskins and family.
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Aeld
Harold Trask
Sachem
Everett Baker
Sagamore
John St. Martin
Howard Leavitt
Prophet
Gerald Holland
Eugene Haggett
Ernest R. Avery, Jr
Great Council
Edward King
Joining Western Europe Union A Long Step for U S Policy
Washington argues joining the Atlantic Union would mark the United States taking its deepest step from isolationism by tying security to European nations. Proponents say it would deter aggression but require costly military buildup and could obligate U S involvement in global conflicts.
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Clarke Beach Washington
United States
George Washington
Europe
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Senate
League
Congress
State Department
Atlantic Union
Union
United State
U.S
Rio de Janeiro
U. S
Monroe
Chapultepec
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign
United Nations
Public views on Atlantic Union pact and tax impact
Diplomatic officials report broad public approval for an Atlantic Union pact though concerns focus on cost and tax effects. Congress would implement the agreement, with a new session not until 1950, while both major parties already endorsed the principle in the last campaign.
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Congress
Traverse Jurors for January Term Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc County Superior Court will convene January 11 with Justice Donald W. Webber presiding. Jurors listed include Marion Paradis Arrowsic Delmar Bates William Craft Fred Fuller H Joseph Madden Edith Page Madelyn Skelton Harold Troop Bath Weston Allen Bowdoin Helen Dudley Marshall Standish Ivy Ames Carl Anderson Harry Whitney Mrs Freda Whitman Richmond Minnie Plummer Harold Ward Grace Williams Herbert White Topsham Lillie Donnell West Bath Charles Haley Mary Reed Woolwich
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Traverse
Sagadahoc County
Bath council weighs school room plan and bond options
The Bath city council discussed immediate needs for five or six school rooms and the possible discontinuance of Center Street School. Council members urged funding steps, with talk of a bond issue and a district bill, aiming for action at the January meeting. Present were council members from multiple wards and the mayor.
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Center Street
Andrew M. Butterfield
John P. Carey
L. H. Cooper
Ward One
Board of Education
Bath
Etta Thurlow
Stanley R. Hunter
Thomas J. Cummings
Merritt A. Mitchell
Bath Eagles Organize Blood Donor Group
Members of the Bath Recruc of Eagles have formed a blood donation group. Chief of Police Frank L. Moriarty, an Eagles member, is named chairman and soon each member will be typed to determine blood type. Members may be called by Bath Memorial hospital at any time.
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Bath Recruc of Eagles
Frank L. Moriarty
Bath Memorial Hospital
Morse High coach Farrell on WLAM interview
Duncan Farrell Morse High basketball coach was interviewed on WLAM Lewiston radio on Wednesday at 6 30 PM. Cliff Gove hosted the Sports Newsreel program and covered the Morse coach during the Lewiston High-Rates Freshmen game.
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Duncan Farrell
Morse High
WLAM
Lewiston
Cliff Gove
Morse
MeInnes Family Guests At Washington Street Home
Mr and Mrs John MeInnes and their children Susan and Duncan visited Mrs John MeInnes mother on Washington street this Sunday.
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John Meiinnes
Susan
Duncan
MeInnes
John MeInnes
Washington Street
Rescue Pilot Beaudry Leads Greenland Icecap Mission
Lt. Col. Emil Beaudry of Manchester New Hampshire piloted a jet assisted twin engine plane on skis to reach American airmen marooned on a Greenland icecap completing a perilous rescue.
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Greenland
Emil Beaudry
Manchester
New Hampshire
International
Two motorists fined in Bath Municipal Court
Oliver W. Robertson Jr through Charles T. Small pleaded guilty to reckless driving in Bath Municipal Court. He was fined $25 and costs $4.70 after a New Year’s arrest by State Trooper Powers for leaving the highway and damaging a car owned by Robert D. Allen. Elizabeth Bernier pleaded guilty to operating under the influence and was fined $100 plus $4.70 costs after a New Year’s crash on Center street.
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Oliver W. Robertson, Jr
Charles T. Small
Ity
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Robertson
Frank W. Powers
Woolwich
Dikehill
Powers
Robert D. Allen
Allen
Elizabeth Bernier
Small
Center Street
Smelt Run Off Bean Rock At North Bath Draws Large Catch
Sunday night at Bean Rock North Bath smelt fishing boomed as anglers reported unusually large fish. Louis Mihalos, son of Nick Mihalos, stood out with a plentiful haul of three pound per dozen smelts.
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Bean Rock
North Bath
Louis Mihalos
Nick Mihalos
Izaak Waltons
Local Buses Head to Boston for Ice Capades Showing
Two city buses travel to Boston on Sunday to transport spectators for the Ice Capades presentation. The trip is organized to shuttle attendees from local neighborhoods to the venue for the event.
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Boston
Christmas Party at the Salvation Army in Bath
The Salvation Army hosted its annual Christmas party in Bath with Santa visiting both senior and junior halls. Children received gifts, tangerines, and candy, while Sunday school members performed recitations and songs led by Mrs. Clinton Fleming Jr. and other volunteers.
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Salvation Army
Santa Claus
Bath
Far North
Santa
Clinton Fleming, Jr
Salvation Army Sunday School
Winona Christopher
Clayton Doorey
Beatrice Douglas Christ
Sylvia Bryant
Dorothy Douglas
John Fleming
Mary Proctor
Jean Fleming
Sandra Blethen
Mary Fleming
Lois Merrill
Alfred Proctor
Betty Condon
Carolyn Radley
June Radleys
Roland Mullin
Handtub Call Arranges Soundings for Fire Alarm Use
Chief Richard Frates of the Bath Fire department said arrangements are made to sound three two's on the fire alarm system at any time when the W. S. Newell hand tub association may be needed for aiding fires or searching for missing persons.
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Richard Frates
Bath Fire Department
W. S. Newell Handtub Association
Brunswick Man Fined for No Inspection Sticker in Bath Court
In Bath Municipal Court a Brunswick man was fined $5 and costs of $4.70 for operating an automobile without an inspection sticker. A juvenile was found guilty of intoxication and fined $5 with costs of $5.15.
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Brunswick
Bath
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Compilation
A dense list of crossword clues across and down with numbers, including theme notes for the daily cryptoquote and a quotation example. The page combines puzzle entries for common words and names, plus a cryptoquote section and attribution to King Features Syndicate.
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Postoffice
St Bath
Recreation Association
Washington
Ammen
Harry C. Webber
Independent
Mr. Webber
Ram Kathdin
NEW Science
Margaret Chase Smith
Skowhegan
Handtub Association
Bostows
John W. Huskins
Reynold R. Grover
Mr. Grover
Captain Huskins
Canton
Cap‘tain
Huskins
Dorothy. Tutchinson
Cummi
Illnese
North Pole
Wis
Norway
Superior
Garment
Crooked
Longfellow
Uijhe Lyhjidf—Njicyf
Defoe
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