Truman Addresses Troop Transport Crisis Across Continent
President Truman outlines a plan to move redeployed troops to Pacific ports without civilian travel rationing. Since 1941 twenty seven million troops traveled in Pullman cars, a pattern now required again within ten months. Pullman Company seeks 1,992 new workers for six repair shops across Chicago St Louis Buffalo Atlanta Wilmington Richmond to support a three year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Pacific
Pullman Company
American
Pullman
Chicago
St. Louis
Buffalo
Atlanta
Wilmington
Del
Richmond
Calif
War Manpower Commission
Truman Says No Plan To Replace Stettinius
President Truman told reporters at a press conference that he has no plans to name a new Secretary of State and that Stettinius has made an entirely satisfactory record. The front page item notes Truman will stick to his position despite constant administration changes and rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
White House
Washington
Stettinius
State Department
Penicillin Foundry: Fleming Visits U S Plant in Indiana
Sir Alexander Fleming tours an American penicillin plant in Lawrenceburg Indiana. The Schenley Laboratories near the town, once focused on beverage blending, expanded into mold research and mass production of penicillin, illustrating U S industry turning a lab concept into a disease destroying drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Fleming
Royal Army Medical Corps
United States
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Schenley Laboratories
Scale for the Doctors at War and the Hospitals at Home
A wartime report highlights how medical staff and hospitals triage care for wounded soldiers while civilian facilities adapt to support increased patient loads. It notes collaboration between military medical units and public health networks to sustain treatment during the conflict.
Nomination for Maine Highway Commission Stalls in Council Vote
Governor Horace Hildreth faced a 4 to 3 Executive Council rejection of John C. Fitzgerald as a Maine Highway Commissioner. The Portland attorney and former Bath resident, long head of the WPA, may be renominated. Farmers worry over wet weather delaying gardens and looming hay and vegetable shortages as plans for fall and winter harvests unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace A. Hildreth
John C. Fitzgerald
Bath
Portland
Maine Highway Commission
Fitzgerald
Maine
W.P.A
Hildreth
Executive Council
Buffet Supper At USO Hall Promoted By St Marys Guild
A Sunday buffet supper was served at the USO hall by St Marys Guild committee led by Mrs William Double. Next Sunday's event is by the Girls Service Organization with June 24 planned for a Girls group. The Operating Committee meets tonight to discuss summer programs for second shift B I W workers and outdoor recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO Hall
St. Mary's Guild
William Double
Frederick D. Hill
Warren Hawley
Annie Manuel
Walter M. Hill
Herbert Calderwood
Winter Street Ladies Aid
Girls’ Service Organization
Henry O. Trowbridge
Hyde Park
USO
Alex Burgess
Will Kill Rats In Bath Extermination Plan Begins
Health officer McCabe said Edward M Socee of the Interior Farm and Wildlife Service will arrive in Bath on June 29 to begin rodent control at the old city dump and other sites. A new poison will replace gas, and work will take several weeks. The North street dump will precede the North End refuse area opening to the public. Mrs Lenora Libbey attended memorial services for Pvt Bernard F E Barter, killed in action on Luzon. he leaves a widow, daughter, sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester H. McCabe
Edward M. Socee
Department of the Interior, Farm and Wildlife Service
Rodent Centre Division
Bath
Old City
McCabe
North Street
North End
Lenora Libbey
Dummer Street
Pvt
Bernard FE. Barter
St. John’s Church
Dresden Mills
Bert Cousins Recovers Sufficiently at Memorial Hospital
Bert Cousins in Memorial hospital has recovered enough from surgery to receive visitors. Friends who wish to call on him may do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Cousins
Memorial Hospital
News of Our Men in Uniform From Bowdoinham to the Pacific
A long bulletin details Private George F. Randall of Bowdoinham Maine earning the Distinguished Unit Citation for the 941st aviation engineer battalion in Italy. It lists sailors and Marines from Maine including Donald F. Conroy Bath and Charles E. Irby Lewiston among others, notes promotions and training in Norfolk and Little Creek, and mentions Pearl Harbor and the Pacific theater with soldiers like Wilfred Lewis Bath and Preston Hart Bath. The report highlights unit achievements in chart printing, aerial photography, and mapping for Allied air forces and notes service at Bath Iron Works alumni, families, and hometown connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF Engineer Command
Italy
George F. Randall
Fisher Road
Bowdoinham
Maine
941St Aviation Engineer Topographiec Battalion
Mediterranean
Allied Air Forces
Ploesti
France
Balkans
Charles E. Irby
USNR
Lewiston
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Irby
Atlantic
Gladys Irby
Holland Street
Navy
Bath Iron Works
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Central Pacific
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Preston F. Hart
Bath
Wie
Morsey High School
Bath Iron
Richmond
Virginia
Hart Is
Walter E. Hart
Middle Street
Stockton Springs Native in Pacific Carrier Air Battle
Pfe. Richard Harriman USMC son of Mr and Mrs Willard Harriman of Stockton Springs visits his brother George Harriman on Middle Street. Before service he was a bus driver here. He recalls a protracted air battle with Japanese planes aboard his aircraft carrier lasting hours. The ship was damaged, burned for two and a half days, then brought to Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Conroy
Bath
Melville
R. I
Pacific
John J. Conroy
Middle Street
Conroy
Katherine M. Blanchard
John
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Navy Yard
Keith PR. Fleming
Oundman
USNR
Maine
Fleming
D. M. Fleming
Andrews Road
Naval Service
Bath Tron Works Corp
Pfe
Richard Harriman
USMC
Willard Harrman
Stockton Springs
George Harriman
As . m
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Friendship Bridge dedication and troop pageant abroad
Report from World War II notes a Friendship Bridge dedication across the Elbe with American and Russian guards of honor and Scottish Highlanders in kilts. Pfc McPherson described the scene, while ensign Wesley S Harrington and soldiers from Bath and Wiscasset share updates on service and home-town connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elbe River
Friendship Bridge
Elbe
Pfc. MdcPherson
H/S Co. A
B.C
McPherson
Scottish Guard of Honor
Obituary of Mrs Georgia L Donnell 83 at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Georgia L Donnell of 10 High Street died at Memorial Hospital at 10 15 this morning after a two day illness. Born May 7 1862 in Woolwich she was the widow of Scott J Donnell and mother of Mrs Gertrude A Lemont of Bath. Funeral arrangements will be announced from Curtis Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia L. Donnell
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Donnell
Scott J. Donnell
Samuel Crocker
Woolwich
Gertrude A. Lemont
Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Obituary Notice for John Robie Clark in Hallowell
John Robie Clark died at his home in Hallowell last Wednesday. Born February 12, 1869 in Athens to Joseph and Eldora Eames Clark he had no immediate family survivors though a Bath niece and nephew are believed living there. Funeral held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Knowlton Hewins Funeral Home in Hallowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowell
Athens
Joseph
Eldora Eames Clark
Bath
Knowlton & Hewins Funeral Home
Bath man writes of wartime service in Europe and Germany
Pvt. Linwood Lounsbury of Woolwich reports from England and Normandy, describes hospitalities and bomb scares, then details fighting from Cherbourg to the Rhine. He earned two Bronze Stars and hopes for a furlough home before his next assignment. Previously he worked in shipping at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Linwood Lounsbury
U.S. A
Hartley Lounsbury
Woolwich
Germany
England
London
Normandy
Hodges
1St Army
Cherbourg
France
Belgium
Rhine
Lounsbury
Bath Iron Works
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
South Portland
Morse High Schol
Bath Boys In Camp Read Bath Times In South Carolina
About 25 Bath boys from Bath, now at Camp Croft in South Carolina, gather nightly to read the Bath Daily Times. Pvt. Paul C. Savage reports they read every word, regardless of age, and hope home folks continue sending newspapers. He notes a trip to Spartanburg with ice cream bars and coffee ice cream comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Camp Croft
South Carolina
Bath Daily Times
Paul C. Savage
Bath Times
Spartanburg
S. C
Prisoners of War Return to Homes
S/Sgt. Vincent Cook USA son of Arthur and Mrs. Cook of 17 Valley road returned home Sunday night after being a prisoner in German camps since February 1943. His brother S/Sgt. Herbert Cook USA also a former prisoner came home May 23. Pvt. Philip E. Wyman son of Mrs. Page Wyman Mechanic street was captured in Belgium in December 1944 and released after held at Salag 4 Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Cook
USA
Arthur C. Cook
Valley Road
Germany
Cook
Herbert Cook
Philip E. Wyman
Page Wyman
Mechanic Street
Belgium
Salag 4
St Johns Day Service by Masonic Lodges
Solar Lodge and Polar Star Lodge Masons hold their annual St John’s Day service next Sunday. Members and visiting brethren are urged to attend the 10 o’clock Masonic Temple service and parade to Central church for Rev Sidney E Dee’s sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar Lodge
Polar Star Lodge
St. John's
Masonic Temple
Central Church
Sidney E. Dee
Boy Scouts Camporee Invited for Mount Ararat Event
The Boy Scouts of Bath Richmond and Freeport are invited to a two day camporee under the Pejepscot District at Mount Ararat Topsham on June 23 and 24. Opening at 11 a.m. Saturday with arrivals after 9 a.m., the event includes inter patrol competition, Court of Honor, and awards presentation Sunday. Harmon W Smith Bath will be chief judge with Malcolm Morrill as general camp chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Bath
Richmond
Freeport
Pejepscot District Committee
Mount Ararat
Topsham
Harmon W. Smith
Malcolm E. Morrill
Pejepscot
Williams College President Attends Bath Launching
James P. Baxter III arrived by seaplane to Bath Iron Works to attend the launching of the USS Ernest G. Small at 5:45 PM. The Bath resident and nephew of Rupert H. Baxter traveled from a lake north of Moosehead aboard a Maine Forest Patrol Aeronaca seaplane piloted by Ray O'Donnell. Baxter plans to travel to Northern Maine after the ceremony to fish, honoring his longtime friendship with the late Rear Admiral Ernest G. Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Baxter
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Bath
Ernest G. Small
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Baxter
Rupert H. Baxter
Moosehead
Aeronaca
Maine Forest Patrol
Ray O'Donnell
Greenville
Birthday Celebration for Woolwich Boy Michael McKown Stacy
Michael McKown Stacy celebrated his first birthday Wednesday of last week with a party at Barley Neck Road Woolwich hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs Reginald Stacy. Attending were Mrs Stanley Wallace and her son David Mr and Mrs John Stacy of Bath Mrs Frederic Gilmore and daughter Rosalie and Mrs Cyrus Gilmore of Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael McKown Stacy
Reginald Stacy
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Stanley Wallace
David
John Stacy
Bath
Frederic Gilmore
Rosalie
Cyrus Gilmore
Leavitt Family Passes In Portland Visit to Maine General
Howard Leavitt and his sons Howard and Rodney of 418 Front Street and Mrs. Leavitt's mother Mrs. Mira Stilphen of Orr's Island died Sunday in Portland where they visited Mrs. Howard Leavitt who is receiving treatment at Maine General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Leavitt and
Howard
Rodney
Front Street
First Baptist School Children Sing On Day Service
The First Baptist Church school presented a Children’s Day program on Sunday June 10 with a full slate of songs recitations and prayers led by Mrs Nella Stover Rev C R Sims and Miss Eleanor Wright the pianist The program featured soloists duets and choir numbers including Jesus Loves Me God Is Love and Bring Them In along with recitations and a devotional exercise by several students The event concluded with a benediction and presentation of plants by the classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church School
Sunsareens
Nella Stover
C. R. Sims
Shirley Goodspeed
Patricia Butterfield
Bernice Green
Nancy Pinkham
Claudia Carter
Donald House
Donald McKenzie
Rodney Main
Mary White
Patricia Main
Bernice Greene
Jesus
Nancy Roberts
David Dyer
Jesus Loves
Penny Carter
Juanita Spinney
Hope White
Sandra Reynolds
Sally Grant
Nancy Small
Jane Grant
Freida Legard
Joyce McCurdy
Edward Newell
Harland Robinson
Carolyn Stackpole
Dana McCurdy
Beverly Higgins
Marion Sanford
Kathryn Clark
Rena Legard
Betty Newell
Barbara Parks
Billy Main
Bobby Main
Sims
Eleanor Wright
Old Bath High Alumni Card Highlights Early Members
A preserved Bath High School Alumni Association card belonged to Mrs. Fred R. Dean 86 19 Dummer Street who received it at the Columbia Theatre on June 20 1895. Records show the first meeting was June 8 1891 with active promoters Horatio Duncan Mrs. D Howard Spear and Miss Ann Mary Robinson all now deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School Alumni Association
Fred R. FE. Dean
Dummer Street
Columbia Theatre
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Dean
Horatio Duncan
D. Howard Spear
Ann Mary Robinson
Thombs and Clarks Vacationing at Cold Stream Lake Camp
Mr and Mrs Leonard Thombs and Mr and Mrs Watson Clark are spending a week at the Clark camp on Cold Stream Lake for a vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Thombs
Mrs. Watson Clark
Coldstream Lake
WEEKLY CROSS WORD PUZZLE LIST OF CLUES AND ANSWER
A cryptogram quotation and a dense set of crossword clues across and down with numerous word fragments. Includes a cryptogram ZB NF MF PJIUFWI NAZI and a Plautus quote about guilt, distributed by King Features Syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Times Company
B. Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Harry C. Webber
National Editorial Association
Everett Leroy Phinney
North Jay
Phinney
Harriman
Franklin
Russell Turcotte
James Knight, Jr
GM 1/c
USN
James Night
Pleasant Street
Francis S. Perry
Westerly Field
Quonset, R. L
Agnes M. Perry
Crescent Street
Loring F. Hart
Joseph E. Hart
Europe
Fourth Armored
George S. Patton
Third Army
Pfc. Hart
101St
Bastorne
Pfe. Hart
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
Camp Blanding
Fla
Beth Trott
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N. C
Wilfred C. Trott
Marshall Avenue
Philip Palmer Hunt
Brunswick
Iups
Hunt
Charles McIntire
Iwo Jama
Mariannas
Pacific Coast
Dana LA McIntire
Russell Street
Charles H. McIntire
California
Dana McIntire
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Iwo Jima
Lovell W. Staples, Jr
S .c
U.S.N
Lovell W. Staples
Samp- Son
Nice
Army Air Forces
Pacific Headquarters
Wilfred Lewis
Marines
Pacific Islands
Lewis
Edna M. Lewis
North Street Court
Eugene George Libby
I. c. Usn
Center Street
Little Creek
George Libby
North Chaparral Street
Corpus Christi
Tex
Edward Cogan
USAAF
David S. Cogan
Keesler Field
Miss
Pre. Stewart McPherson, Jr
Stewart McPherson
Washington Street
Simpson
9Th Army Engineers
Wesley ,S. Harrington
U. S. M. S. Officers School
Fort Trumbull
New London
Conn
Irving Harrington
Phipsburg
Ensign Harrington
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Scotland
Egypt
Iran
Luzon
P. I
32D
Red Arrow
Frank W. Kenyon
Loraine Kenyon
Elsinore Avenue
William G. Hill
Southwest Pacific
Villa Verde
Caraballo Mountains
Pfc
Kenyon
Hollis Merle Erskine
S 2
Alton Erskine
Wiscasset
Seaman Erskine
Albert T. Erskine
Philippines
Charles M. Erskine
Hollis
Sampson
Texas
U. S. Naval Air Station
Edgar E. Fox, Jr
Berchtesgarten
Hitler
101St Airborne Division
327Th
Bastogne
Fox
Georgia E. Fox
Meadow Way
Riveria
David Y. Alkazin, Jr
Eighth Army Air Force
David Y. Alkazin
Richard K. Watson
Theodore Watson
York Street
Watson
John Robie Clark
Bath Service
ST. John’s Day
First Baptist School
South America
Aim
Serzes
Notion
Coin Pei
Fragranc
Nobleman
Recent
God of Love
Pjiufwi
Piufwi
NZIP
FTAP
JIPFL
CTA Sjuths
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