This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
2
The piece criticizes government price controls and subsidies as failures of a planned economy. It notes rising production costs after the war boom, calls for market-based oil pricing, and debates whether subsidies or tax-funded supports should back new oil reserves. It warns that taxpayer financing risks government involvement in oil.
Graduation week at Morse High honors the senior class as many join or return from World War II service. The school carries on with the usual program and the community wishes the graduates success and safe, productive futures after the war.
The piece argues that many large dairies have failed, forcing reliance on family farms where workers toil constantly. It warns that unless wage conditions change, milk could cost a dollar a quart. It notes Rotary support for Bath to build an incinerator, abandoning the city dump as a nuisance and urging timely action.
Community donation effort led by the Lions Club seeks a large scrap metal collection to aid Uncle Sam with every pound gathered. Local volunteers mobilize, urging residents to contribute metal to support wartime needs.
The note requests ensuring that he receives it during the collection week, implying urgency in delivering the item within the specified time frame.
Sagada probate court presided by Judge Arthur J. Dunton and Register John L. Jack. Filings including administrations granted and wills filed, inventories and accounts recorded for estates in Bath Bowdenham Richmond Topsham and surrounding towns with appointed administrators executors and conservators.
The Unemployment Compensation Commission issued 9,616 benefit checks totaling 45,563.56 to about 1,400 unemployed in May, nearly double April's 2,833 checks totaling 24,670.50 for 1,000 people. It notes insured workers laid off through no fault of their own qualify when no new suitable work is available.
Chester Lorentsen of Mechanic Street has been ill for months and is now at Maine General Hospital in Portland where he recently underwent surgery.
Bath's Municipal Licensing Board approved state based rules for victualers to ensure cleanliness, health of staff, and proper facilities. The ordinances require health certificates, sanitary kitchens, proper refrigeration, waste containers, screened openings, and separate patron toilets. Violations may lead to license revocation after hearings and enforcement by the Health Officer.
The Winter Street Ladies aid sponsored sale and supper on Wednesday of last week. A lobster salad dinner from 5:30 to 7 followed a decorative sale with Spring flower centerpieces and silver service. Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont led the event with a large kitchen and activity list of volunteers across multiple committees.
Lieut. Lynn Francis Woodward USNR and Miss Hielen Irene Sturgeon of Mansfield were married at Grace Episcopal church with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating and about 20 guests. The couple will live on Washington street with Woodward stationed at Bath. A separate gathering celebrated Miss Sylvia Katz upcoming Boston wedding to Lawrence Katz with a surprise shower at 8 Plant street hosted by Mrs. George Van Wynen and Mrs. Raleigh Glynn. The note also covers War Bond quotas and remarks by Dr. Clinton A. Clausen urging higher savings.
Ray Reid of York Pennsylvania a son of Walter E Reid of Georgetown has been called to temporary active duty in Washington DC with the Navy department. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve last year and reported for service after passing a Philadelphia medical. Reid has been manager of the Colonies hotel in York and secretary of York’s professional baseball club. His wife will accompany him to Washington before returning to York then moving to New York City.
Three men arraigned in municipal court pled guilty to intoxication and received 90 days in Augusta jail with suspended sentences. Two were placed on one year probation and the third on six months. One was forbidden from Bath to avoid probation violation. others must report to a probation officer or stay out of trouble. Allen Patten Jr. of Gardiner pleaded not guilty to failing to obey an officer and a continuance was granted.
The Morse High School class of 1918 will reunite June 10 with an Alumni banquet at Morse High and a Sedgwick reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Fifty-nine or more years after graduation, 61 graduates remain, two have passed. The committee invites all members or those connected to the class to attend and reserve banquet seats.
Miss Beverly Miles daughter of Lieut and Mrs Merle D Miles of 21 Meadowway entertained friends Thursday with supper and a theatre party for her eighth birthday. Guests included Janet Sharkey Clara Hanscom Joan Chaffee Alice Jones Jean Dow Gayle Fitzgerald and Lorraine Allen as Beverly handed out cake and candy before the Uptown theatre show.
Last September a larger faster newspaper press was installed by the Times to handle rising circulation for the daily and weekly Independent. The old press, taken as part payment, was stored and then shipped last winter to Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin, a Great Lakes shipbuilding town.
Philip Beaney and Bob Wentworth, a Marine Corps veteran, were discharged due to illness and are resting at the Hotel Dixie in Manhattan. After Naval Hospital confinement in San Diego, Wentworth plans another stage work once recovered. MGM's Jack Mehlen signals an impending screen test.
Special Assembly held Wednesday during home room in the auditorium featured Charles Day Farm Labor assistant of the Twin County Farm Bureau. Day urged juniors to work on farms to ease the food shortage and said students would play an essential part in the Victory program through farm labor this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lord Jr. and their son Richard have returned home after a week with Mrs. Edith Dawes, the mother of Mrs. Lord, in Calais.
A dense crossword puzzle list with across and down entries, including numerous clues for exhibitions goblet Asiatic country plant of nettle family and more. The page also prints a cryptoquote quotation TRUE VALOUR LIES HALF WAY BETWEEN COWARDICE AND RASHNESS CARLIYLE with the King Features Syndicate credit.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.