Navy Secretary commends Lieut Lord for Old Ironsides work
Lieut John A. Lord U.S.N. of Bath received a secretary of the Navy commendation for supervising the rebuilding of Old Ironsides. The article also profiles Manuel Biasco Cruz a 37 year old Argentinian painter and sailor planning a lengthy voyage in his rebuilt 23 foot cat boat from Bath to Carmen De Patagones, Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lord
U.S.N
Bath
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Francis
Department
Philip Andrews
Massachusetts
Bay State
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Lieut
Lord
Maine
Florida
Northwest
Save
Old Ironsides
United States
Manuel Biasco Cruz
Kennebec
Manuel
Carmen de Patagones
Argentina
States
South America
Bath Iron Works Corp
America
Tampa
Fla
Roland Cruz
The
Iron Works Corp
Ennebec
Iron Works
Paragon
Charles J. Davos
Davol
Buenos Aires
Mars
Boothbay Harbor
Pata‘gones
Three Bass Captured by Timmy Smith on Sasanoa River
Timmy Smith, a well known back river fisherman, captured three striped bass from the Sasanoa river off Han scom's shore on Monday. He baited hand lines with eel chunks after seeing the bass leap, landing the first in minutes, the second soon after, and the third an hour and a half later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sasanoa
Hanscom's
Timmy Smith
Back River
Smith
Burnham Sewall Church Wedding Richly Attended
Miss Phoebe Bowman Sewall and John Kenneth Burnham wed at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Wis Cas sel with a large invited guest list from Boston New York Greenwich Conn Providence and beyond. The ceremony featured Lohengrin and Mendelssohn music with a reception at the Metcalf Summer home overlooking Sheepscot Bay before a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philips Episcopal Church
Wis Cassel
Phoebe Bowman Sewall
Wiscassel
John Kenneth Burnham
Elmhurst
N. Y
Braeles A Tubbs
Race Church
Bath
Henry v. B. Nash
Wiscasset Church
Rebecca Nash
Henry Scott
Henry Skelton
Mary Sewall
Mr. Tubbs
Mendelssohn
Miss Nash
Mr. Scott
Sheepscot Bay
Rowe Metcalf
Greenwich
Conn
Burnham
Wiscasset
Charles 8. Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Rawson Field Museum
Chicago
Commander MacMillan
Canada
Boston
Augustus P. Burnham
New York
Providence
Motorists to obey new city Stop signs at key intersections
Mayor Small installs 40 Stop signs, similar to state designs, with aldermen enforcing the rule. Police monitor corners. violators are stopped and warned. City urges compliance to reduce accidents at busy intersections such as Vine and Water, High and Center, Oak and Washington, and others. Also notes residents Lemonts return from military camp and Portland visit.
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Small
Board of Aldermen
Bath
Wiss Anne Kimball Passes Away in Poland Spring
Wiss Anne Kimball of Lincoln Street died Monday at the Poland Spring House. The obituary notes she had been giving lessons in con- and resided in the town, with details truncated in the surviving text.
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Wiss Anne Kimball
Lincoln Street
Poland Spring
Miss Kimball
Barber Winner by a Hair Over Colonial Chef
Thomas Gardiner, 10 year old son of Governor William Tudor Gardiner, was the subject of a hair cut challenge between a barber and Colonial chef in Bath. The Governor’s wife ordered the haircut before the steak, and the barber won by a hair as Thomas walked in to a steak served moments later.
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Thomas Gardiner
William Tudor Gardiner
Thomas
Tudor
Bath
Phipps Point
Freeman
Lenial
Missing Boothbay man linked to possible foul play
Herbert L. Pinkham of Trevett reports his brother Arthur M. Pinkham vanished after nine o clock Sunday morning from near Back River, taking 40 with him in a 1924 Ford sedan Maine registration 70 521. His brother fears foul play and a possible amnesia episode amid his two days disappearance.
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Herbert L. Pinkham
Trevett
Boothbay
Arthur M. Pinkham
Pinkhams
Back River
Knickerbocker Bridge
Gardiner Roberts
Bath
Pinkham
Leavitt
Deemoore
Herbert
Knickerbocker
Maine
Marylin Yacht Ties Up After Minor Collision at Blaisdell Wharf
The 86 foot motor yacht Marylin from New York City, owned by Frederick Pope, ran into the Kennebec Tuesday afternoon while cruising between New York and Bar Harbor. It tied at Blaisdell & Leeman’s wharf for a davit straightening and remained overnight. Built in 1925 at Lawley’s Neponset Mass, its first owner was Charles M. Swift of New York. The twin screw 86.3 by 20 by 9.6 foot craft develops 250 horsepower with a crew of 10, and passengers Mr and Mrs Collins of New York accompanied Mr Pope.
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Marylin
New York City
Frederick Pope
New York
Bar Harbor
Kennebec
Blaisdell & Leeman
Pond resumes Bath post office duties after 15 day vacation
William F. Pond returns to work at the Bath post office following a 15 day vacation with Mrs. Pond. They drove over 1400 miles and spent a week with relatives in Obama N S. Evelyn Burgess and Miss Mary Sylvester, both connected to Monroe Stores, Inc., completed duties before leaving for two weeks of vacation.
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Charles M. Lemont
Citizens
Fort Williams
Mrs. Lemont
William Oakes
Portland
Dummer Street
Satury
William F. Pond
Bath
Evelyn Burgess
Monroe Stores, Inc
Mary Sylvester
Messages of good will from Corsair crew to Bath Iron Works president
A wireless telegram from the Morgan steam yacht Corsair reports all is well as Capt. William B. Porter and crew push at 16 knots en route from New York to England. The message to William S. Newell was relayed from Chatham Mass to Boston and Bath in under 30 minutes.
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J. P. Morgan
Porter
Morgan
Corsair
New York
England
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
William B. Porter
Western Union
Boston
Bath
Seteseeeewen
Two Fatal Bath Auto Crashes Claim Two Lives Saturday
Two Bath automobile accidents Saturday night killed Abbie Talbot 18 of Brunswick and Lewis Faucher 51 of Bath. Talbot died at City hospital after a road crash near the Bath Brunswick road when a Ford roadster left the highway and tipped. Faucher died Sunday afternoon at City hospital from a brain concussion after being struck on Vine street by an Oldsmobile touring car driven by Edward J. Lee Jr. 19. The incidents followed a local spin by Miss Talbot and Chester Wilson 19, who were riding together when the fatal crash occurred near Sewall hill and Oak Grove cemetery.
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Grim Reaper
Bath
Abbie Talbot
Harpswell Street
Brunswick
Lewis Faucher
Water Street
City Hospital
Faucher
Vine Street
Edward J. Lee, Jr
Miss Talbot
Young Wilson
William Wilson
Bailey Street
Wilson’s
Clyde Talbot
Canada
Cook’s Corner
Sewall's Hill
Wilson
Chester Lewis
Paul MesCole
Sewall Farm
Oak Grove
Robert Wallace
Wallace
Lewis
McCole
Page Seven
Knotty Problems in Election Law
The Maine statutes on elections leave many questions open in ballot recounts. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court decided that only a cross counts as a vote, while circles or check marks do not. It also notes some questions the court declined to answer and explains the difference between directory and mandatory rules in determining ballot validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Law Court
Supreme Court
Black Douglas Proves Great Triumph at Bath Iron Works Trials
The auxiliary schooner Black Douglas built for Robert C. Roebling of Princeton completed a successful trials run at Bath, powering 300 hp diesel and sailing tests. Under power she averaged 10.2 knots on four nautical miles, and sailing speeds reached 8-12 mph in favorable wind. Captain Blair captained the voyage with Mrs. W. Merton Rice aboard at the wheel.
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Black Douglas
Bath Iron Works Corp
Robert C. Roebling
Princeton
N. J
New York
Washington
Trenton
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Blair
Kennebec
Iron Works
Coast Guard
Wilfred O. White
Boston
Atlantic
Capt. Blair
Is.ainder
Seguin
L. M. Larsen
Tom's Rock
Bantam Rock Whistler
Blair
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Bath Iron Works
NAVY
Ironsides
Morris Cohen
Europe
Laconia
Liverpool
Marcus Beebe
Popham Beach
Fred D. Hill
High Street
Hatch
Bath Trust Bldg
Gardiner
Optometrist Tel
W. Bath
Johnson Bros. CO
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