Life in Shanghai and Bath city finances featured in Bath letter
In Bath a letter from Marc T. Greene describes daily life in Shanghai's International Settlement with refugees, epidemics, and Japanese influence, while Bath's city government reports show debt reduction, tax collection, and adjustments in the Police and Health departments, plus a move toward a City Manager referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc T. Greene
Bath Friends
Shanghai
China
Japan
Mr. Greene
Linekin
Europe
Hongkew
America
Greene
Bath
Seven Seas
Providence Journal
Ken
Asia
Dutch East Indies
New Guinea
Java
Sumatra
Maine Progressive Union elects new officers at annual meeting
Mrs. Paul G. Bagdikian of Bath Cos mopolitan club is elected president with Mrs. Orman L. Coggeshall of Winnegance as first vice president and Mrs. Frank Byram of Lisbon as second vice president. Mrs. Edward Hayes of Freeport becomes secretary and treasurer as the Maine Progressive Union wraps up its Friday gathering at the Cosmopolitan club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul G. Bagdikian
Maine Progressive Union
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath
Orman L. Coggeshall
Community Club
Winnegance
Frank Byram
Progressive Club
Lisbon
Carl F. Pierce
Edward Hayes
Freeport
Joseph I. Smith
F. Allen
Emma Morse
Eloise Jordan
John Crawford
Pierce
Henry W. Webb
Wiscasset
Charles Sewall
Lincoln County Union
Roscoe P. McFadden
District 11
Joseph Smith
Smith
Margaret J. Adams
Inez Baker
Annie Hunter
Popham
Small Point
Annie L. Jordan
Normena MacKinnon
Topsham
Amy Lowell
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Miss MacKinnon
Lowell
Millay
Jesus
Sewall Denies Opposition to Gilmore for City Clerk
Hon. Arthur Sewall issued a public denial Thursday stating he is not opposed to the reelection of City Clerk John Gilmore. He called rumors of opposition false and praised Gilmore as a conscientious clerk whose service the city would lose if he did not return. Bowdoin College faculty announced scholarships totaling about 22500 for 186 undergraduates plus state awards and tuition remission for 150 students. Emery Scholarship goes to Walter Rowson Jr., Richmond area, with Stanwood Alexander Scholarship favoring Richmond boys Carroll F. Terrell receives the latter two awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
John W. Gilmore
Sewall
John Gilmore
Bowdoin College
State of Maine
Emery
Walter Rowson, Jr
East Braintree
Mass
Carroll F. Terrell
Richmond
Stanwood Alexander
Beck nominated banking chief
Andrew J. Beck Republican Washburn Trust Co. former Executive Councilor named state bank commissioner by Governor Barrows to succeed Thomas A. Cooper who resigned. Cooper will end duties March 1 and become treasurer of Biddeford Savings Bank. Beck, Maine political figure and former American Fruit Growers representative, awaits Executive Council confirmation seven days after posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Beck
Washburn
Washburn Trust Co
Lewis O. Barrows
Thomas A. Cooper
Augusta
Cooper
Biddeford Savings Bank
Edward Staples
Beck
Frederick W. Mitchell
Houston
Aroostook County
Maine
American Fruit Growers Association
Executive Council
Maine Bill Aims Inland Water Pollution Control Board
A Maine legislature bill titled An Act Relative to Pollution of Inland Waters proposed by William T. Donnell would create a Water Purity Control Board with five members from key agencies and federations. The act would require sewage and industrial waste treatment, bar new sewers without treatment plants, curb new industries without proper plants, and prohibit oil or toxic deposits, with enforcement powers and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
William T. Donnell
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Association
Federated Sportsmen's Cl
House
Fed
Dominique J. Tardif
Bath
Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Arthur Spear
Cumberland County
Augusta
the Times
State OF
Waller Purity Control Board
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Public Utilities Commission
Public Health Service
Federated Sportsmen's Clubs of
Water Purity Control Board
Washington
Portland
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hyde Windlass Co
Marine Corps
Cam
Navy Department
Naval
United States
Riverside Armory
Bath Iron Works party draws big crowds for three night show
Bath Iron Works employees and guests filled Morse High School for three nights of vaudeville and dancing. The Federal Theatre Project program featured Ted Clawson and Rita Knight with a 15 piece WPA orchestra and a strong lineup of acts. The event capped with a grand finale as attendees enjoyed late dancing and a lengthy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Morse High School
Federal Theatre Project of Maine
WPA
Ted Clawson
Rita G. Knight
Jefferson Stock Company
Portland
Virginia M. Renaud
Christine E. Haskell
Georges Banks
Lela Lawrence
George Banks
RKO
Grandpa
Bath
Pearl Oliver
Flo
Pretty Florence Finnigan
Herbie Swift
Henry Litchfield
Byron Pinkham
Almon Whitney
Miss Knight
Jintao
Tina
Bill Gladstone
Gladys Stuber
Five Islands Fire Fighters Prove Efficient Protecting Residents
The Five Islands Fire Fighters, formed after the 1934 big fire, have built an organized department funded by member assessments. They own property, run a station at the four corners, and use earnings for equipment. In three years they answered ten alarms in 1938, expanding hose, pumps, ladders, and social facilities with community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
MacMahan
Malden Islands
Four Corners
Hugh Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer
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Small
Donald N. Small
Donald D. Young
Young
Highway & Sewer Department
Park Street
Washington Street
Joseph A. Butler
Center
Washington Streets
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Police Identification Bureau
Cee
New England Police Chiefs' Association
Lewiston
South Portland
Waterville
Health Department
George J. Goodwin
Poor Department
Powers
Mitchell
Drake
Whittemore
Robson
Footer
Webber
Jackson
Finance and Committee On Ordinances
Annual Meeting
Union OF Clubs
Gilmore
Iron Works Party
Naval Reserves Unit
Larrabee
Farmers’ Party
Augusta City Hall
Federal Theatre Project
Birge Peterson
Naval Reserve
Riverside
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Lirrabee
Sagadahoc County
Sumner Sewall
Justus H. Miller
Miller
Tardif
Topsham Grange
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