Spy Network Sought by Nations in Global Pursuit
A Modern Mechanix essay outlines how spy and counter spy activity has surged worldwide with hundreds of thousands of spies in Europe, missions to steal naval secrets, and evolving methods from spy wireless to laundry signals. It notes arrests, large budgets, and the danger of deception as cryptanalysis and enciphering tech advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Johnson
Modern Mechanix Magazine
Europe
Washington
Navy
Japan
Harry T. Thompson
United States
Pacific
John S. Farnsworth
Johnson
Marseilles
Pittsburgh
Marie¢-Louise
Baille-Stewart
Frau Littke
Regent Horthy
Budapest
Mile
Mussolini
Cecilia Tokuda
LaBelle
Sophie Dretz
France
de Versi
Lillian Oswald
Germany
Peiil
Isobel Stein
Mita Hari
Baroness von Berg
Frau von Natzmer
Oliver A. Carter Admitted To Maine General Hospital
Oliver A. Carter of 19 Tallman Street is a patient in the Maine General Hospital, Portland, who entered Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver A. Carter
Tallman Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Wiscasset social notes and town meeting events
Mrs Pedro R Gillette and family open her South Newcastle summer home and many locals host guests and travel to events. The 29th annual meeting of the Wiscasset Village Improvement Society elected officers, approved up to 25 for tennis court upkeep, planned Open House day Aug 11, and noted a Christmas doorway decoration project. A long list of visitors and residents, including Rev Sowder, Miss Sophia Woodman, and Miss Margaret Rees, is summarized with multiple weekend trips, visits, and autos to Ottawa and Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro R. Gillette
Rita Gillette
Charles M. Rose
South Newcastle
Helen Heath
Allston
Mass
Molly Seamon
Middle Street
William L. Flye
Harriet Flye
Sheepscott
Glen Ridge
N. J
Harriett
Frances Flye
New York
Bermuda
Flye
Ernest G. Spinney
Somersville
Conn
Elizabeth Meserve
Gorham
Charles S. Sowder
Nancy
Ottawa
Canada
Robert Good
Good
First Congregational Church
Sophia Woodman
Carrie S. Knight
Bath Road
Thomas Bronson
Berkley
Calif
North Edgecomb
Wiscasset
Washington Street
Clarence A. Gough
Eunice
Gough
Fairhaven
Fred Fisher
Philadelphia
Fisher
John F. Wright
Jesse
Brownie
Mary Susan Metcalf
Greenwich
Joseph Brage
Richmond
N. Y
Henry v. B. Nash
Main Street
Statue of Liberty Awakens Hope in Viewers
The article recounts the Statue of Liberty’s creation as a symbol of friendship between France and the United States, detailing Bartholdi’s design, the 1877 congressional site grant, France funding the statue, America funding the pedestal, and the 1885 New York unveiling amid celebrations. It notes the statue’s half century of endurance and lists presidents through 1900s, then shifts to local notices of community events, visits, and residents in Bath, Maine, with social announcements and brief society items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Harbor
France
United States
Republic
Germany
Frederick August Bartholdi
Bartholdi
Liberty
Paris
Levi P. Morton
M. de Lesseps
Panama
New York
United States Navy
Cleveland
Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
West Bath holiday visitors flock to Sabino cottages
Ex alderman Wilfred W Chaney and Mrs Chaney and daughter Miss A Margaret Chaney RN of Bath arrived to spend a month at Sabino. A long list of Bath area residents and visitors vacation at Sabino and Sabine cottages, with gatherings at Larrabee’s Grove and numerous weekend guests from Bath Brunswick and nearby towns. A clambake hosted by Rep Joseph W Larrabee concluded weekend activities.
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Garrison Hill
New York
Florida
Edna Wanning
Crystal Chapter
Louise Blagdon
W. M
Charles E. Cowley
Scouts Swap Swaps At Washington Jamboree
Washington July 7 Scouts of Troop 18 spent a busy weekend at the National Jamboree sightseeing visiting the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument. They swapped with foreign scouts and collected swaps from Poland Canada England and Hawaii. A grand national convocation at the Washington monument arena drew 25 000 scouts with religious leaders addressing duty to religion and Scout principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Cresley
Washington, D. C
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Washington
Poland
Canada
Hawaiian Islands
England
Troop 18
Sachem
Council of Waltham, Mass
Columbia Island
Utah
California
Washington Monument Arena
Lanny Ross
Kipling
Walter W. Head
National Council
Philip Cook
National Council of
Protestant Episcopal Church
Delaware
Head
James E. West
Boy Scout Movement
Israel Goldstein
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
New York
Joseph F. Rummel
D. D
New Orleans
Latter Day Saints
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
Salt Lake City
William C. Covert
Francis J. L. Beckman
Dubuque
Marine Band
West Bath Dwelling Destroyed by Fire
A story and a half frame dwelling on Berry's Mill road in West Bath owned by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Gerrish and their four children was totally destroyed late Tuesday afternoon. The cause appears accidental though not officially determined. Firemen faced heavy heat. water was 3,000 feet away and most main floor furniture was saved. The family, uninsured, planned no immediate rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry's Mill Road
West Bath
Clarence M. Gerrish
Alex Burden
Bath
Sabine
Gerrish
Burden
Harry J. Rich
Morse
Parshley
Fred Perry
Woolwich Social Roundup Encounters Nequasset Camps
Woolwich notices bustle with visits from Flushing New York and Boston Massachusetts while many locals host guests or travel. Red Cross plans July 13 meeting at Mrs E V Reed’s home. church events at Moatsweag and Woolwich Center include worship, Bible school, and club gatherings. Several families visit York, Arrowsic, and Portland areas as camps open and summer plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Whittum
Flushing
L. I
Myers Reed
Boston
Reed
Floyd Sawyer
Farmington
Maude Paquet
North Edgecomb
Fred Carlton
Henry Cooper
Augusta
Clifton Gainsley
Canada
Red Cross Executive Committee
E. V. Reed
Robert Rice
Boothbay
James Ryan
Lynn
Mass
Lawrence Ryan
Nequasset
Ralph Reynolds
Quebec
Arthur Plinette
Loring Mayberry
Belmont
Myron Freeman
Roslindale
John Reed
Frank J. Walker
Maxine
Capitol Island
Guy Buzzy
Sanford
Gertrude Phinney
Arrowsic
Muriel Raynes
Pearl Gainsley
Merrymeeting
Robert Adams
Woolwich
Whitman
Sarah Bagley Wright
Portland
California
Alaska
Moatsweag
William Cressey
Richmond
Vernon Ayer
Vernon
Mary Wright
Pacific Coast
Hartley Hathorn, Jr
Duxbury
Edward Thorne
Alvin Hathorn
Georgie Wheeler
Arrowsie
Johnnie Reed, Jr
Bath
Winship Reed
Charles Brown
Portage
Woolwich Union
Christian Service
Day's Ferry
Cyrus Gilmore
Yonkers
N. Y
Harold G. Hall
Harry Bartlett
Otis and
Warren
Berlin
N. H
Lowell
Lake Nequasset
Bartlett
Personal notes from Water town and nearby in Maine
Mr and Mrs F William Kuhn and Miss Katherine McLaughlin of Water town Mass returned after a Fourth visit with Miss McLaughlins brother James McLaughlin of Willow Street. Albert Tedford of Brunswick, manager of Senters, has bought the Jordan cottage at Blackstone Mere Point and will pass the summer there. Miss Amy A Irish Bates graduate joins Morse high school faculty in fall and attends Bates College summer session. The Wallaces and Cousins return from Stonington after a several day visit at Elizabeth Tedfords Mechanic Street home. Mr Wallace brother of George Wallace of Somerset Place was formerly employed at The Texas Steamship Co yard in Bath.
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Athletic Club
American Legion and Civic Club
Fire Department
Mercantile
Munsey and Groves
American Legion
Horribles
Melvin Dickinson
Wilbur F. Merrill
Freeman D. Southard
Hooper Street
Fred A. Carleton
Belmont
Mass
Farr
Carleton
Rebecca Clifford
Pauline Weil
Bridgeport
Qaincy
Shell House
Bradford Street
C H Bryant
Florence Maxwell
Lillian Hil
Eien Bowen
Albert Sedeley
Richmond
Boothbay
William A. McFa
F. William Kuhn
Katherine McLaughlin
Watertown
McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Willow Street
Albert Tedford
Brunswick
Senter’s
Jordan
Blackstone
Mere Point
Tedford
Pleasant Street
Amy A. Irish
Chestnut Street
Bates
Morse High School
Bates College
Irish
Central Grammar
John Wallace
John Jr
Lawrence Cousins
Anita
Stonington
Elizabeth Tedford
Mechanic Street
Wallace
George Wallace
Somerset Place
Bath
Texas Steamship Co
Dance Pupils Aid Club in Woolwich
Miss Mary Cunninghams Modern School of Dancing pupils staged an evening in Sebenon hall under the Good Will club. Performers included Robert S. Gordon and daughter Margaret, a skit by Mrs Farrar and Mrs Rice, and many dance and song numbers. Ice cream, cake, fancy articles, candy, and foods followed with prizes awarded to Harvey Hathorne and Miss Flossie Beals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cunningham
Modern School of Dancing
Sebenon Hall
Good Will Club
Margaret Rines
Beatrice Avery
Frieda McAllister
Esther H. Drummond
Arrowsie
Florence Carleton
Edward V. Reed
Harry FE. Fitch
Frank Farnham
Avis Marston
Arthur Orr
Eugene Hunnewell
Fitch
Harvey Hathorne
James Nostall
Flossie Beals
Nequasset Farm Bureau Enjoys an Outing
Nequasset Farm Bureau held a midweek outing at Capitol Island near Woolwich with 20 members six guests and four children present. The group dined on fish chowder tomato cucumber salad and pineapple pie. A planned talk on Making the House Homelike was postponed to August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Capitol Island
John G. Reed
Frank J. Walker
Maxine A. Walker
Woolwich
Sara Bailey
Melvin Howe
Pearl Gainsley
Norman H. Drummond
Esther H. Drummond
Front Street
Carolyn D. Wing
Bureau
John C. Gilmore
Leavett C. Welch
Reed
Laurence S. Ryan
Nequasset
Frank R. Bailey
Children’s program at Woolwich Grange entertains
A patriotic Woolwich grange meeting featured children in a poverty social themed program. Music by Mrs. Jessie Spaulding accompanied performances by Arlene Leeman Valerie Nickerson Geraldine Nickerson and others. Supt. John H. Carter spoke on The Man Without A Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Jessie Spaulding
Arlene Leeman
Valerie Nickerson
Geraldine Nickerson
Donald
Raymond
Miriam
Eta Mary Robson
Arlene
Evelyn Leeman
Ella Mary Robson
Smith Girl
Edgecomb
Cora May Pearson
Norma Jean Nickerson
John H. Carter
Local social notes recount Camden and Allston visits
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Wilson and Miss Isabel Murphy spent Sunday with friends in Camden Maine. Mrs. Percy W Oliver and Mrs. Fred Oliver returned from Groton Connecticut and Peekskill New York after weekend trips. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Atwood and Mr. and Mrs. Norman MacDonald enjoyed the holiday in Allston Massachusetts as guests of Mrs. Len Atwood.
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Frank M. Wilson
Isabel Murphy
Camden
Percy W Oliver
Fred Oliver
Groton
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Uncle Sam
America
Grace L Knight
Beverley
Plymouth
Hildreth
Wolcett Andrews
Horney
Moon
Andrews House
Parker Surve
Katherine Farnham
Southport
Blaine Daw
Richard Dodee
St Philip A Church
Episcopa
Churetes
Maine
Bowdoin College
Robert Bcmerry
Peeper
St Philip's
IL D Rovers
Liew Uon Rovers
Wilbur Lowell
Hodge Street
Hartley J Southard
Mr. Southard
Wiscaseet
Waluuin
Abbie C. Southard
Cowley
Henry W. Webb
Evergreen Cemetery
Julia B. Lewis
Poole
Josie Blagdon
Fred W Blagdon
Blagdon
Gardiner
E. Fred Albee
J. T. Gavin
Waldoboro
Betty Kruse
Bangor
Virginia Pease
Water Street
Verdiel Jones
Lawrence
Wilfred W. Chaney
A. Margaret Chaney
R. N
Sabino
Park Street
Russell Street
Walter Gilpin
Everett
Irwin Daley
George
North Danville
George Shattuck
Pepperell
Daley
Hewitt Cottage
Alston E. Oliver
Florence Darling
Daleys
Harold J. Haggett
Lucy Ann
Winnegance
Danforth A. McDonald
Winneganee
Horace W. Aiken
Beachmont
William Anderson
Leroy
Aiken Cottage
Mr. Aiken
John McNary
Sabino Farm
Ralph H. McNary
McNary
Betty
Jack
Marblehead
Samuel Bates
Chester Freeman
M. Eleanor Bates
Freeman
George Bailey
South Portland
Shirley
Dorothy Foster
Topsham
Herbert Carey
Pratt Cottage
Edith Small
Arthur Small
Frances Mather
Lee Johnson
Howard Cody
Winthrop
Helen Murphy
Revere
Lewis Williams
Bowdeinham
Williams
Charles H. Bates, Jr
Scarsdale
Charles H. Bates
Edwin
Phippsburg
Owen Cottage
Leonard W. Oliver
Roscoe P. Higgins
Cotteau
Sunset
Leo Pooler
Waterville
John Pooler
Fred D. Hill
Walter M. Hill
William R. Freeman
Marion Hill
Westfield
Thure G. Nelson
George Cameron
Cameron
Henry Herman
Laurano
Richard
Erlon Umberhind
Umberhind
Chester G. King
Stella King
King
Marie Wiseman
Claire Wiseman
Jackson Heights
Lillian Emery
Etta A. Emery
Frank R. Barker
Robert Wiseman
David Phillips
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
F. W. Cummings
Everett S. Stackpole
Mildred Strout
Leon Marshall
Leominster
Addie Dillman
Irving Ormsby
Marjorie
Jean
Marilyn
William Dewey Ormsby
Barbara K. Betts
Cambridge
Gilbert. Wilson
Kenneth
Freeport
Joseph W. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Thomas Jones
Lester Jones
Douglas Cottage
New Meadows
Percy Marriner
Walter W. Larrabee
Billy and
David
Leburton
Sheldon
Trafton M. Swain
York
J. A. Fortin
James Sampson
William Sampson
Mrs. Sampson
Trufant’s Crossing Road
New Brunswick
Florence A. Neiley
Farmjineton Normal S School
Bath Boy Scout
I. B. Neiley
Trufant’s Crossing
Josephine Bartlett
Mrs
Dance Pupils Aid Club
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