Tax reforms loom as tax exempt securities face attack
The piece discusses the Senate Banking Committee inquiry into Morgan & Co and tax exempt securities, arguing for tighter taxes on exempt income to curb real estate burdens. It notes President Roosevelt’s push to cut government costs and expand revenue, urging Congress to curb tax avoidance while urging retrenchment in public education and city spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
J.P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Momec
Labor News
Congress
Costigan
Colorado
Tax Rate Cut in Maine's Largest Town Amid Relief Spending Drop
Sanford Mills and many citizens prepaid taxes causing a $5.60 reduction from last year in Maine's largest town, setting the rate at $45 per thousand of valuation despite a $400,000 dip in assessed value and higher relief expenditures. Taxpayers hope smaller burdens will continue as reductions spread to other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Mills
Maine
Bangor City Manager Delays Pool and Playgrounds Opening
Bangor city officials announce that the swimming pool and public playgrounds will not open this summer due to safety concerns and the lack of funds for qualified instructors. The move comes as the city pursues budget cuts amid economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Education Board Hopes for Drastic Retrenchments
A brief note states the Board of Education hopes for drastic retrenchments. The sentence hints at broader budget cuts affecting school operations and programs, reflecting a period of fiscal constraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Changes in Bath schools and Maine tourism outlook
The board notes necessary cuts in Bath schools to save funds but hopes to resume the previous schedule next year. Maine tourism looks promising with strong tourist inquiries as to cottages, hotels, and camps. Cyrus H K Curtis, longtime Maine publisher, remains seriously ill after months of poor health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Maine Publicity Bureau
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Curtis
Watching Birds Teach Their Young May Delight Readers
A Washington street family enjoys watching Mr and Mrs Flicker guide their offspring to fly. Robins show remarkable patience as they push fledglings from nests and lure them with worms. A yellow pair builds a nest in shrubbery using thread scraps, while orioles sing sweetly in June. Bird lovers and teachers urge children to observe and identify species with color plate guides.
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Washington Street
Flicker
Missionary Society Meets at Winthrop
The Home Missionary Society of the Augusta district held its annual meeting at Winthrop. Attendees from this city included Mrs. Eva Cahill Mrs. Edward H. Cook and others. Morning program led by Mrs N R Pearson ran 1030 with worship by the Waterville auxiliary, followed by meetings and papers. Memorial service honored four members. Officers elected include Mrs Littetfield as vice president and Mrs Shellenbarger as secretary of Junior Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Missionary Society of
Augusta District
Winthrop
Eva Cahill
Edward H. Cook
Foret L. Littlefield
Bird A. Echellenbarger
Shellenbarger
N.R. Pearson
Randolph
Waterville
Waterville Anxiary. Greetings of Welcome Were Given By Mrs. J. H. Lidston
Merrill Beem
Portland
Tuuner
Hallowell
Courtey
Porter
Gardiner
Agnes Vose
Littefield
N. R. Pearcon
Shark steals cod from Five Islands youth during fishing trip
Junior Williams of Five Islands reels four cod and nears a big catch when a shark darts in. The beast turns on its back and Mr. Williams hauls up only the head of a large codfish, implying the shark seized the catch mid rise before it could be hauled aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Williams
Five Islands
Miss Anna Philbrick 87 Dies in Skowhegan Home
Miss Anna Philbrick longtime Tremont School French instructor in Boston and later private tutor died Thursday morning at a Skowhegan nursing home. She had lived with her sister Mrs. Pauline P. Hill since her son Ralph Hill’s death, after several winters with her sister at the Eastland hotel in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Philbrick
Tremont Music School
Boston
Skowhegan
Pearl Vincent
Miss Philbrick
Pauline P. Hill
Ralph Hill
Eastland
Portland
Young Men lead through Y M C A clubs and conference notes
John L Huse and Gerald Carr led a Pioneer club for boys aged 12 to 14 formed from Y M C A members. After attending Leadership Conference, they applied gained knowledge to community service and youth development. The Congregate event runs June 24 to July 1 with fourteen youths invited as coaches, expenses paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Huse
John
Gerald Carr
Conereate
Lobster Bait Dilemma Drives New England Fishermen
Lobstermen along the New England coast plan for summer hunts but face bait costs and legal limits. They historically used salted herring ripened outdoors to create an oily slick attracting lobsters, yet rules prohibit tainting catch flesh. While winter catches rely on fish heads, summer yields cheap substitutes as they seek lawful, economical options.
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New England
Norton Waters wed at grandparents home in local ceremony
W Herbert Norton and Doris E Waters were married Thursday evening by Rev. Weston P Holman at Doris Waters grandparents home 57 Mechanic street. Norton owns Herbys Lunch at 152 Front street and is son of Walter Norton of 962 Middle street. The couple will reside at 57 Mechanic street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Herbert Norton
Doris E. Waters
Weston P. Holman
Ralph Munroe
Mechanic Street
Mock Trial Delights Grand Army Hall Audience
A large audience enjoyed a mock trial in Grand Army Hall on Thursday night. Battery H 240th C A staged the event for Frigate Constitution post auxiliary funds. George Burns was charged with sleeping at his post and was found guilty by a mixed jury. The judge ordered sunrise execution and a small sum was raised for the auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army Hall
Battery H
Post
Auxiliary
Poverty Ball Proves Great Social Success At Morse
The poverty ball at Morse high school gym Friday drew about 150 attendees and raised a small sum for sweaters for graduating letter earners. Dancers wore impromptu costumes, with many outfits inspired by makeshift attire. The Royal Arcadian provided a lively ten piece band as patronesses Miss Marjorie Dearborn Miss Carrie Shaw and Miss Mary Lord oversaw the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Royal Arcadian
Marjorie Dearborn
Carrie Shaw
Mary Lord
Cambridge woman eyed for Austrian minister post
Reported possibility spots Miss Sarah Wambaugh of Cambridge Massachusetts writer and lecturer on international affairs as a potential minister to Austria. It notes her 1929 role as a Bowdoin College Institute of Social Sciences speaker.
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Sarah Wambaugh
Cambridge
Mass
Austria
Bowdoin College Institute of Social Sciences
Ramona Council Hosts First Past Pocahontas Night
Ramona council No. 27 observed its first Past Pocahontas Night in Red Men hall with 75 members present and 11 Past Pocahontases. Guests from Alfaretta council No. 72 of Brunswick attended. One new member, one transfer, and three reinstatements were conferred after regular business. Ice cream and cake followed with a musical program featuring readings, piano solos, and songs led by Miss Minnie Woodman and Miss G Eunice Whittall.
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Bernice Fuller
Nettie McKay
Clara Tr2pp
Viola Pushard
Cora Freeman
Pearl Barter
G. Eunice Whittall
Mabel Ansert
Miss Whittall
Katie Whittall
Miss Minnie Woodman
Minnie Woodman
Stella Wade
Rose Lightbody
Engagement announced at afternoon tea in Cambridge
Mr and Mrs H A Nealley of Cambridge entertained at the Cambridge Boat Club from four to seven Saturday afternoon as their daughter Miss Ellen Gosdell Nealley became engaged to Gage Bailey son of Hon and Mrs James A Bailey of Arlington. Bailey studied at Noble and Greenough and Lawrence, now works in Boston banking. Ellen Nealley after Lee School Boston earned a Dana Hall and Wellesley College degree in 1932, with a junior year in France earning a Sorbonne diploma. Several Boston and Cambridge families assisted at the event.
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H. A. Nealley
Cambridge
Cambridge Boat Club
Ellen Gosdell Nealley
Gage Bailey
James A. Bailey
Arlington
Bailey
Noble and Greenough School
Lawrence Academy
Boston
Lee School
Miss Nealley
Dana Hall
Wellesley College
Telephone Lineman Seriously Injured in Fall
William O Robson a New England Telephone lineman of 8 Cottage Street was badly hurt Thursday when a telegraph pole he was working on at Washington and Marshall streets broke sending him about 20 feet to the ground An X ray at Bath city hospital found five fractures in his left foot and a badly bruised left arm He was removing an old cable when the accident occurred He was taken home under care of Dr E Motley Fuller and sustained multiple bruises on the left side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Robson
Cottage Street
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Washington and
Marshall Streets
Bath City Hospital
Robson
Junior Hospital League elects officers for coming year
Mrs. Royal A. Johnson was chosen president at the final meeting held at Miss Anna M. Trott’s home. Other officers include Miss Carrie E. Shaw vice president and Miss Janette W. Smith secretary treasurer. The group voted a gift of 85 to Bath City hospital and planned fall meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal A. Johnson
Junior Hospital League
Anna M. Trott
High Street
Johnson
Carrie E. Shaw
Janette W. Smith
Mary Newell
Ruth F. Skillings
Marcia Moulton
Bath City
Telephone Crew Removing South End Pole Line
Crews from New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. are removing old cable and poles at the South end after new lines were installed about 18 months ago. The updated system is satisfactory and the old poles will be junked or salvaged based on condition.
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New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Sanford Girl Wins National Meat Story Prize
Sanford high school student Miss Mildred De Haven wins the tenth national meat story contest sponsored by the National Live Stock and Meat Board. Her winning essay is titled Jack and Jane Discuss Meat, highlighting a Maine focus in the event.
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Mildred de Haven
Sanford
Maine
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Jack
Jane
Board of Education approves teachers for the coming year
The Board of Education approved the public school teachers for the forthcoming year. The list includes Morse High School with Arthur B. Scott as principal and names for faculty across Bailey Day School North Grammar Center Street and others, detailing principals and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Education
Morse High School
Arthur B. Scott
Errol Baker
Charles Cummings
Horace Herrick
Mary H. Conley
Katherine Conley
Hester Rose
Cecile Veilleux
M. Agnes Fahey
Mary Lord
Blair Wilson
Edna NgAvoy
Marjorie Dearborn
J. Edward Pomeroy
David Y. Alkazin
Bailey Day
Catharine Leonard
Janette W. Smith
Dike School
Bernice D. Staples
Mary Brown
Edith B. Horne
Celia McElman
Carolyn Turner
Mabel F. Libby
Leona B
Heustis
Ella Jaquith
North Grammar
J. Gertrude Silsby
Katharine Trott
Helen Hayes
North
Martha E. Hooper
Margaret T. Mulligan
Beatrice W. Black
Carrie C. Smith
Central Grammar
Bessie M. Hunt
Almena Jaques
Margaret Adams
Marian Jaques
Harold Brown
Genevieve Duprey
Center Street
Ethel T. Higgins
Dorothy Davis
Isabell Lewis
Marjorie Troop
South Street
Laura Mitchell
Eleanor Ferguson
Jean M. Harrison
Eileen Hayes
Weeks Street
Bessie Grenblatt
Alice O’brien
Mitchell School
Effie Wright
Evelyne Donnell
Anne Thompson
Sarah Coombs
Lillian Fisher
Bath Elks Field Day Set for Sebasco June 11
Bath Lodge of Elks schedules a full day at Shore Acres Sebasco featuring a handicap golf tournament on nine holes before lunch and nine after, a lobster stew lunch, baseball game, horseshoe pitching, ring toss, and a canoe race with alternative jigsaw puzzle contests if rain. Arthur Sprague and Edward Hartnett lead arrangements with John Summerton overseeing lunch.
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Bath Lodge of Elks
Shore Acres
Sebasco
Arthur Sprague
Edward Nolan Hartnett
John Summerton
Edward Little Beats Morse Golf Team at Bath Country Club
Edward Little high school’s undefeated golfers defeated Morse, also unbeaten until today, 5-1 at Bath Country Club. Rod ney E. Ross Jr. was the lone Bath winner 5 3. Arthur Johnson, state champ, beat Vin Henderson 3 2. Wesley Marco and Eddie Owen lost 7 6. Johnson posted 86 for 18 holes, 41 on front.
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Edward Little High School
Morse High
Bath Country Club
Rodney E. Ross Jr
Bath
Arthur Johnson
Vin Henderson
Henderson
Wesley Marco
Eddie Owen
Morse
Johnson
Eddies
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc registry
Over the past two weeks the Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds shows transfers including Bath Mary F. Leonard to Maxime Gallant and West Bath Allan L. Cates et al to Helen L. Jones. Bowdoin Helen M. Small to J Wil frid Verreault et al. Georgetown James B. McFadden to Dorothy W. Stuart and Frank R. Knowlton to Benjamin F. Perry. Richmond Mary A. Plummer to George W. Greene and Charles H. James et al to Doris H. Brown. Topham Hattie L. Boucher.
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Sagadahoc
Bath
Mary F. Leonard
Maxime Gallant
Bowdoin
Helen M. Small
J. Wilfrid Verreault
Georgetown
James B. McFadden
Dorothy W. Stuart
Frank R. Knowlton
Benjamin F. Perry
Richmond
Mary A. Plummer
George W. Greene
Charles H. James
Doris H. Brown
Topham
Hattie L. Boucher
West
Hyde Camp Auxiliary Memorial Service Honors 12 Members
Hyde Camp auxiliary held a memorial service Friday at the G A R hall for 12 members who have died since the group’s founding. President Arletta Yates led the service with Chaplain Edith Miller, Vice President Asenith Haggett, and Secretary Florence Robinson assisting. Flowers donated by P M Olm enhanced the ceremony.
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T. W. Hyde Camp
G. A. R. Hall
Auxliary
Arletta Yates
Edith Miller
Asenith Haggett
Florence Robinson
Flowers
P. M. Olm
Chimney fire at Larrabee home ends quickly
Fire engines responded to a noon call at 738 High Street for a double flue chimney blaze. The fire was extinguished rapidly with no damage, and units returned to quarters by 12.52. Earlier, flames in a tree near 62 Lower Middle Street prompted a precautionary alarm while people destroyed cater pillar nests. Also, Miss Agnes Humphreys of D M Humphreys & Co. resumed work Thursday after a week at home due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Larrabee
High Street
Lower Middle Street
Agnes Humphreys
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Cross and Liquor in Oceanic Drill Haul
A fragmented puzzle style page lists numerous cryptic clues and numbers across two columns. It references a Greek letter, a famous boat, and various everyday words such as cloves, lead, and metal, interwoven with references to pollution, mutterings, and maritime terms.
Moreland Addresses Morse High on Why An Education
Prof James Moreland of the University of Maine spoke to Morse High School students on why education matters. He cited education as a source of happiness and a driver of ambition, warning that true education never ends and that democracy depends on universal learning. He urged graduates to seek education that makes them valuable friends and to view the world beyond machinery. Postgraduate and underclassmen sought guidance on college paths.
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James Moreland
University of Maine
Morse High School
Assembly Hall
Moreland
Prof. Moreland
Narrowly Escape Serious Injuries In Auto Spin
Theresa Dall aged 17 and her 10 year old sister Bernadine escaped severe injury after a Chrysler roadster driven by Theresa overturned on Ham's hill along the Bath Brunswick highway. Bernadine cut lower lip. Theresa bruised legs. The car plowed through loose dirt and rocks after reaching for a dropped glove near Peterson's farm. Police Chief William B Edwards called them fortunate, as the 1933 model suffered front end and top damage.
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Theresa Dall
Bernadine
George W. Dall
South Street
Chrysler
Theresa
Ham's Hill
Bath-Brunswick
St. Mary’s Church
Peterson
William B. Edwards
Brunswick
Elmer Larrabee Returns to Norwich After Visit
Elmer Larrabee returned Thursday to Norwich Connecticut after spending several days with his nephew Arthur C Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Larrabee
Norwich
Conn
Arthur C. Norton
Bowdoin President Sponsoring New England Institute
Bowdoin College president Dr. Kenneth C. M. Sills sponsors the second annual New England Institute of International Relations to be held at Wellesley College June 22 to July 1 under the American Friends Service Committee. Notable participants include Dr. Robert A. Millikan Norman Thomas and George H. Blakeslee with lectures on science and internationalism and war peacemaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
New England Institute of International Relations
Wellesley College
American Friends’ Service Committee
Maine
Gordon ‘T. Bowles
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Norman Thomas
George H. Blakeslee
Clark University
Worcester
Lytton Commission
Manchuria
Morse High Pupils Stage Egg Fight Near Chase's Corner
Morse high school pupils staged an egg fight on Washington street near Chase's Corner Thursday night. Police see it as a possible forerunner to the class week war. An egg broke a $1.25 window in Music hall block. City Marshal Whitney has names of involved pupils and they may face Judge Keegan if the window isn’t paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Washington Street
Chase’s Corner
Music Hall
Walter L. Whitney
Keegan
Mrs Mary Biggins and kin visit Hyde Windlass employee
Miss Mary Biggins of Philadelphia Miss Annie Biggins and Edward Newman of Portland are visiting their uncle John W Biggins the veteran gateman at Hyde Windlass Co He is steadily improving after a long illness and friends are glad to hear it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Biggins
Philadelphia
Annie Biggins
Edward Newman
Portland
John W. Biggins
Hyde Windlass Co
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Treas
Harry C. Webber
Missionary Society
Williams
John Huse
Class of Boys
Norton-Waters
Ramona Council
Pocahontas
Order
Harry A. Nealley
Junior Leaguers
ELKS
Edward Little
Hyde Camp
Israel
Western Newspaper Union
U. of M
Bowdoin’s
Sai P
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Tihi
Oinie
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