Guam Fortification Debate Reveals Defense Priority Shift
In the Guam fortification vote the House failed to pass the measure, revealing a trend toward prioritizing weapons for territorial defense over projecting power. Administration leaders favored a strong Pacific line, while experts note tactical limits to defending Guam or the Philippines and emphasize safeguarding the mainland and Pearl Harbor’s base.
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House
Guam
Pacific
Japan
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor
Phippsburg voters nix wharf funding at annual meeting
In Phippsburg Monday the town meeting rejected funding for a Popham Beach wharf arguing high taxes deter summer residents and property plans. Voters favored tax restraint, noting no regular steamboat service and proposing a cheaper floating stage instead. Bath charter vote hearing featured Henry C. Wright as sole opponent.
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Phippsburg
Popham Beach
Popham
Spring Awakening For Coast Boating Boom
As March ends and April arrives, boat owners prepare vessels for spring and summer. Increased demand for new craft suggests a stronger boating season along the coast, with boat builders noting a marked upturn.
Government aid totals rise to 2.996 billion in 1938
Social Security Board reports aid to the needy reached 2,995,705,000 in 1938, excluding admin costs, up from 2,332,769,000 in 1937. About 6.5 million households or 20.9 million people received public aid in December, amid ongoing recovery concerns about a potential drop in relief during a low mood.
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Social—Security Board
City Charter Change Hearing At State House
Proponents led by Mayor Donald Small ex Mayor Harold Small and others spoke before the Legislative Committee on Legal Affairs at the State House on Thursday supporting a switch from bicameral government to a council manager system. Ex Rep Henry C Wright opposed saying voters may be uninformed and warned of higher city costs from a city manager. Senator Sumner Sewall urged Referendum. Local officials argued for efficiency while Wright warned about expenses to taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Augusta
Henry C. Wright
Donald N. Small
Harold P. Small
Roscoe G. Bailey
Sumner Sewall
Justus H. Miler
George B. Wolstenholme
Legislative Committee On Legal Affairs
State House
Small
Wright
Former Bathman County Engineer Wright Elected Skagit Chief
Leland J. Wright of Mount Vernon Washington a former Bathman graduate of Morse high school class of 1904 has been chosen chief engineer of Skagit county. He has long county service including 1933 34 and roles as chief deputy and earned a WPA bridge construction credit.
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Leland J. Wright
Skagit County
Washington
Mount Vernon
Wash
Morse High School
Board of County Commissioners
Wright
Bath
Young Thespians Present Plays
Morse high school to present two one act plays in state contest on March 11. Waller Squares chosen to represent Morse in the state one act play contest.
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William B. Yeats
Brunswick High School
Olivette Manard
Glencora Dow
Bridget Brain
Maurteen Bruin
George Curtis
Shawn Bruin
Ralph Allen
Bridget Bruin
Maurteen
Marie Bruin
Harry Fullerton
Mary Tourtillotte
John Osborn
Kenneth Vennett
Edward Butterfield
Richard Dennison
Jeanette Varney
Barbara Trott
John Brown
Madelyn Jones
Alice Eaton
Irma Wallace
Priscilla Trott
Glenda Wright
Sally Ryan
Samuel French
Walter Baker Co
Waller
Morse High School
Link Coupe With Break In Woolwich Theft
Local police connected a larceny of a Ford coupe from Railroad Square parking lot to a break at Fred Stevens's filling station and grocery on High Street. The car, owned by Albert Richards of Woolwich and used at Bath Iron Works, was found abandoned at High and Pine streets Thursday afternoon. Loot in the grocery break was a five pound box of sausages. A Ford coupe was seen near the Stevens station but the observers gave no suspicion.
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Railroad Square
Fred Stevens
High Street
Albert Richards
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works Corp
High
Pine Streets
Stevens's
Bath Y M C A Seeks Candidates for State Tournament Team
The Bath Y M C A will send a basketball squad to the State Y tournament in Portland on March 18. Candidates should report for the first practice tonight at seven at the Y gymnasium. Evening and Thursday sessions are scheduled this week. All Y members may try out. committee in charge are Arthur Sarkis Alfred Parks and Harry Ring.
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Bath Y. M. C. A
Portland
Arthur Sarkis
Alfred Parks
Harry Ring
Bath
Bath Social Club of Portland Celebrates 20th Anniversary
The Bath Social Club of Portland met at Mrs. Carl N Haskell s home with invited husbands and members including president Alice J Shaw. A birthday verse roll call and a 20 year club history read by past president Mrs Guy Calderwood marked the anniversary. Refreshments followed and the next meeting is planned for March 28 with Mrs Parris and Mrs Bailey assisting.
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Bath
Portland
Carl N. Haskell
Hersey Street
Guy Calderwood
Samuel L. Browne
Haskell
Alice J. Shaw
Albion K. Parris
Nathan J. Copeland
Raymond B. Welch
Carl C. Eaton
Harry M. Berry
Frank W. Hayes
W. J. Mains
Maud Smith
Parris
High Street
R. FE. G. Bailey
Miscellaneous Shower for Mrs James Jenkins
A surprise miscellaneous shower was given for Mrs Emily Jordan Jenkins at 607 Middle Street by Irene and Beatrice Jenkins. Guests shared gifts, cards, and games with sandwiches cake and coffee, while several attendees could not attend.
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James Jenkins
Emily Jordan
Irene and
Beatrice Jenkins
Middle Street
Jenkins
Marion Jordan
Dorothy Stanton
Danforth A. McDonald
Louise Burgess
Laura Gilmore
Anna Perkins
Eva Lee
Margaret Gordon
Roberta Erwin
Edith
Margaret Mackinnon
Beatrice Duprey
Mary K. Kenney
Edith G. Small
Margaret Brown
Jeannette F. Shackford
Marguerite Brown
Bertha Lord
C. Roland Trott
Kathleen V. Leonard
Harold J. Haggett
Charles L. Haggett
James Kaler
Dorothy A. Thompson
Elwood Toothaker
Marjorie
Dorothy Scott
Ralph Crocker
Herbert Lermond
Gardiner D. Rogers
Burgess Alexander Wedding Friday
Samuel Burgess son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Burgess 14 Pine street and Miss Edith Alexander daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Alexander Phippsburg were married Friday evening at seven o'clock by Rev Charles H Berry Emmanuel Bible Assembly at the parsonage 188 North street. The single ring ceremony named attendants Miss Agnes Burgess and Clark Matthews. Mrs Burgess wore a flowered print with black and Miss Burgess wore green wool with wine accessories. They will reside at 14 Pine street.
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Samuel Burgess
Stanley Burgess
Pine Street
Edith Alexander
Henry Alexander
Phippsburg
Charles H. Berry
Emmanuel Bible Assembly
North Street
Agnes Burgess
Clark Matthews
Mayor Debate Here Reflects Waterville Leadership History
Kennebec County jury commissioners home in on local governance with a figure who served on Waterville’s common council in 1931-32, as alderman 1933-34, chaired the board in 1934, and held the mayoralty through 1935 to 1937, underscoring long service and steady leadership.
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Kennebec County
Common Council of
Waterville
Ministers Meet Discuss Church Function in Bath
Bath ministers gathered at Grace church parish house to discuss the function of the church. Rev Louis A Dole chaired with Rev C C Whidden Rev Jesse Kenderdine Capt C F Bowles Rev Joseph O Purdue and Rev George B Wolstenholme present. Next session April 3 will cover Lent devotional Pilate’s Question What is Truth. Perley Burnham Palmer 65 died at 32 Myrtle St Orono after long illness. Palmer was a noted paper mill engineer and executive. He led Orono Pulp & Paper 1906 28 and St Croix Paper Woodland 1928 36 before retirement in 1936. Previously with International Paper and served on Boston Transit commission that built Boston’s first subways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dole
Bath Ministers’ Association
Grace Church Parish House
Dole
C. C. Whidden
Jesse Kenderdine
C. F. Bowles
Joseph O. Purdue
George B. Wolstenholme
Perley Burnham Palmer
Myrtle Street
Orono
Mr. Palmer
New England
Orono Pulp & Paper Company
St. Croix Paper Company
Woodland
International Paper Company
BoSton Transit Commission
Massachusetts
Aroostook Development Association Publicity Plan
Members meeting at Field Manager Maine Publicity Bureau and H C Ruark discussed plans to publicize Aroostook attractions to summer visitors. The aim is to promote vacation facilities, hunting, fishing and scenic spots in Aroostook County to statewide tourists.
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Aroostook
Current Club Ees On Thursday Current Club Ees On Thursday
The Cosmopolitan club Current Events Department met Thursday afternoon at the club house. Mrs Herbert R. Lemont led a talk on recent events in Spain and refugee issues. Other members discussed the National Supreme Court, labor strikes, Chamberlain, Goering, and England’s war preparedness. The group plans to meet again in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Herbert R. Lemont
Sarah A. Adams
Spain
National Supreme Court
Chinie
China
Frostina BE. Marston
Chamberlain
England
Joseph I. Smith
Goering
Carl Y. Kennedy
Langley
National Geographic Society
South America
Minnie A. White
Pope
Alumni Meet at Merrymeeting Branch of Maine University
The Merrymeeting Branch of the University of Maine Alumni held an informal gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs L E Curtis 15 Berry street Brunswick with 47 guests. Worthen E Brown of Brunswick was elected president Howard C Bates of Bath vice president and Mrs L E Curtis secretary treasure. A quiz on University of Maine facts was the outstanding game and refreshments were served. Attending Bath residents included Mr and Mrs Howard C Bates Mr and Mrs Scott Davis Mr and Mrs Donald Young Mr and Mrs James L Morse Mr and Mrs Horace Morse Mr and Mrs Albert Noyes Mr and Mrs Carl Swanton Miss Ellen Hodgkins and James Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting
University of Maine
L. E. Curtis
Berry Street
Brunswick
Worthen E. Brown
Howard C. Bates
Bath
Charles Crossland
Scott Davis
Donald Young
James L. Morse
Horace Morse
Albert Noyes
Carl Swanton
Ellen Hodgkins
James Temple
Republican Women Mrs Sewall Hosts City Committee Meeting
Twenty two women of the Republican City Committee met Thursday at the Stonehouse hosted by Mrs Arthur Sewall wife of the mayoralty nominee. They discussed plans for the municipal election with representation from all wards except Ward 6. Mrs Carroll A Deering presided and Miss Janie Sewall Murphy spoke as a Republican State Committee member. Tea followed the meeting.
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Republican City Committee
Stonehouse
Arthur Sewall
Carroll A. Deering
Janie Sewall Murphy
Republican State Committee
Sagadahoc County
Miss Murphy
Mrs. Deering
Women organize Young Members Club at People's Baptist
A group of young ladies met Thursday evening at Mrs. John M. Leonard’s home to form a club for younger members of People's Baptist church. Mrs. Stella Leonard was elected president with officers Harriett L. Morse as vice president Ruth Trask as secretary Mary King as treasurer and Bernice G. Cressey as counselor. Mrs. Gladys Wostenholme will entertain the club at its first meeting Thursday evening at her home 95 Court Street. Full attendance is desired.
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John M. Leonard
Farrin Street
People’s Baptist Church
Stella Leonard
Harriett L. Morse
Ruth Trask
Mary King
Bernice G. Cressey
Gladys Wolstenholme
Court Street
Fireside Club Meets on Maine Gems Program
Mrs Herbert R Lemont spoke to the Fireside club at Winter Street church on the geology of Maine. She displayed Maine gems minerals and rocks and explained their origin. Members plan a hayride to Brunswick next Sunday to visit the First Parish church Young Peoples Society leaving Winter Street at six.
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Herbert R. Lemont
Winter Street
Maine
Brunswick
Young People’s Society
High Scores and Poultry Prize Highlight Local Week
Johnny Levyn led the week with a 141 in men's high single at Park bowling alleys while Ruth L. Clark claimed ladies high with 96. Friday features Allie Jewett vs George Walker in a 20 string rematch with Walker holding a 95-pin lead from last week. A Topsham boy, William Dolloff, won 200 baby chicks in a 4 H club contest by improving his brooder house and coop.
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Johnny Levyn
Park
Ruth L. Clark
Allie
Jewett
George Walker
Brunswick
Topsham
William Dolloff
Amy Dolloff
Polish and Swiss Born Speaker Highlights Central Europe
Albert R. Kuzel of Hyde Windlass Co spoke to Grace Church Men's Club on Poland and Switzerland. He noted Poland's peaceful yet vibrant character and strong US Poland ties, drawing on his Swiss education. Members debated Central Europe conditions as a committee planned April 13 events.
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Albert R. Kuzel
Hyde Windlass Co
Poland
Switzerland
Grace Churth
Kuzel
Maland
United States
Central
Europe
Esident
Roger M. Luke
B. Briggs, Jr
Roland F. Hill
W. Dayton Hill
Edward Sewall
Stanley M. Brown
Daniel Willams
E. Everett Pierce
Walter M. Hill
Men's Club of
Bath
Mr. Kuzel
St. Mary's Guild
Earl B. Lemont
William P. Adams
Charles T. Small. Jr
Winter Street Ladies Present Their Play Our Church Fair
More than 100 people enjoyed the Winter Street chapel performance Our Church Fair under the Ladies Aid sponsorship. Mrs Maxwell Powers directed and received a corsage for the success. Cast members included Mrs Walter Abbott and others in period costumes, with a tea served afterward and committees noted for hosting duties.
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Our Church Fair
Winter Street Chapel
Ladies Aid
Maxwell Powers
Powers
Walter F. Abbott
Jackson
Fred K. Sturtevant
Roberts
Wilbra Billings
Brown
Charles A. Andre
Drew
William Potter
Thompson
Henry O. McCabe
Addison
David L. Black
Lewis
Carlton L. Rice
Henry
Clifford B. Wilband
Ridgely
Edgar D. Leavitt
Brett
Joseph O. Purdue
Lawson
George F. Nasi
Otis
Stephen Foster
Carl E. Albee
Langdon T. Snipe
Charles C. Low
Warren E. Kershner
Winnie F. Durgin
Alice E. Varney
Arthur C. Lemont
Edward B. Smith
Roscoe P. McFadden
Leroy H. Colby
Girl Scout Council Holds Monthly Meeting at Cogan Home
The Council of the local Girl Scout Association met at Mrs. David S. Cogan’s residence on High street last Wednesday. Secretary pro tem Mrs. Clinton R. McFadden led the session as business was conducted. Attendees included Mrs. Bowen Torrey, Mrs. Louise Staples, Mrs. Arthur Sewall, Mrs. W. S. Voorhees, Mrs. Clinton McFadden, Miss Stella Dolloff, and Mrs. Jacob Smith, with A. M. Main planning to host the next meeting on March 29.
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Girl Scout Association
David S. Cogan
High Street
Clinton R. McFadden
A. M. Main
Portland
Bowen Torrey
Louise Staples
Arthur Sewall
W. S. Voorhees
Clinton McFadden
Stella Dolloff
Jacob Smith
Leaders Association
Beth Israel Benefit Ball At Hotel Sedgwick
Beth Israel Congregation staged its third annual Benefit ball at Hotel Sedgwick with Henry's Rhythm Band. Mayor and Mrs Small led the grand march as the crowd enjoyed dance numbers by students of Charlotte Cahill Rauser's school. Sam Prawer and David B. Cogan headed the organizing committee.
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Henry
Hotel Sedgwick
Beth Israel Congregation
Donald N. Small
Charlotte Cahill Rauser
Sam Prawer
David
Cogan
Brook fishing season opens as ice melts in Central Maine
With 16 days to spring and brook fishing opening, anglers eye clear brooks and a normal run-off. Harry E. Green, Waterville city engineer, often leads in connecting with speckled trout as anglers prep gear, repair warped lines, and check fly rods and tackle for the season.
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Maine
Harry E. Green
Waterville
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Word List Challenge
Puzzle clues list appears with numbers and partial words. It includes entries such as 13-A bond 17-Exhausted 19-Short fabric 20-Answer 21- A constel lions 24-Trudges 25-Intention ae 29-Agita 30-Ceddees of 32-Narrow inlet 34-Turkish abbr. Copyright 1939 King Features Syndicate Inc.
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Agita
W C T U Meeting At Mrs Trott’s Home
Mrs Elizabeth Trott hosted the W C T U at 17 Marshall hosting committee list and refreshments by Laura Harrington and Nella Stover. Next meeting is March 14 at Mrs Mary Pratt's 53 Spring street with a program of readings poems and duets honoring Frances Willard and centenary observances.
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Elizabeth Trott
W.C.T.U
Marshallmittee
Laura Harrington
Nella Stover
Mary Pratt
Spring Street
Frances E. Willard
Marjorie Stover
Frances Willard
Ada Marston
Theresa Hill
Delma Bragg
Etta Moore
Mrs. Pratt
Carrie Trott
Alice May Douglas
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Sagadahoc Registry
Over the past two weeks numerous deeds were recorded in Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds. Transactions include Susan J. Leeman transferring property at High and Harvard streets in Bath to Annie E. Harmon and Jennie Solovich to Lewis Swett on Front Street, among many others across Bath Bowdoinham Richmond West Bath Woolwich and nearby towns.
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Sagadahoc
Bath
Susan J. Leeman
Annie E. Harmon
High
Harvard Streets
Jennie Solovich
Lewis Swett
Front Street
Clara P. Hatch
Chester W. Clement
Bath Street
Florence I. Sidelinger
Doroth Oliver Lermond
Washington Street
Daisy G. McGrath
Clayton T. Fortier
Andrews Road
Joseph A. Bufler
Donald H. Benson
Russell Street
Harry L. Thompson
Madelyn M. Shaw
South Street
Spring Signals Fly As Birds And Dogs Foretell
Local readers note three sure signs of spring as youngsters fly kites, crows cry loudly, and woodpeckers arrive, signaling the season’s arrival in the neighborhood.
Camarades Music Club Delights Cosmopolitan Club Night
The Camarades Musicaux entertained the Cosmopolitan club at the clubhouse after a business meeting. Seventy present heard solos and songs including Eminent Bath Organists, and the group performed works by Grieg and Schumann with Mrs Carl E Albee as pianist amid a notes-filled review of legislative news and Maine Union reports. Elections for new officers are set for March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Camarades Musicaux
Cosmopolitan Club
Carroll A. Deering
Maine Union
Mie P. McFadden
Herbert Lemont
William L. Skelton
Leslie J. Ward
William W. Dennison
Irene Hi
Alls
Rachel F. Nichols
Aan Pierce
Bath
Margaret J. Melcher
Huerterae
Bassett
Fred Ary
Ghys O’hara
Carl E. Albee
Sotos
Dvorak
Ray
Kathleen V. Leonard
Melcher
Fred K. Sturtevant
Mrs. Albee
Past Noble Grands Club Election Held At Queen Esther
Mrs Leonard M Munsey was chosen president with Mrs Roger W Pierce as vice president and Mrs Horace W Ward as secretary treasurer at a Past Noble Grands meeting hosted by Mrs Frank J Farrin at 41 Green Street. A gentlemen’s night is set for March 22 and plans for future hosting were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard M. Munsey
Roger W. Pierce
Horace
W. Ward
Frank J. Farrin
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Green Street
Henry T. B. Lee- Man
Edward V. Reed
Leonard M. Lord
High Store
John Atwood
Horace W. Ward
Ralph P. Ian
Wallace L. Atwood
Herbert
Albert H. Thompson
Herbert W
Henry T. B. Leeman
Beavers Repair Dam at Sportsman's Show Pond
Three men, Dick Fogg of Monmouth Owen Harding of Bangor and Tracy Cates of Augusta, toiled 24 hours to fix damage to the waterproof canvas covered foundation of a miniature pond at the Sportsman's Show in New York. The beavers appeared to be repairing the dam at the pond outlet rather than trying to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dick Fogg
Monmouth
Owen Harding
Bangor
Tracy Cates
Augusta
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Pres
Treas
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Webber, Exitot
Sir Stowtha
Tebeths
Sewall
Bathman County
Young Thespians
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Bath Social Club OF
Mrs. James Jenkins
Burgess- Alexander
Ministers’ Meeting
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U. OF M
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Fireside Club
Grace Church Men’s Club
Winter Street Ladies
Girl Scout Council
Beth Israel Party
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Arabia
Scott
India
Insurgent
Tirivisi Tis
Mshuf Djoje
Tn Bath
Watson
Hanna Whitehall Smith
Bragg
Moore
Bowdoin
Jane L. Woods
Henry Woods
Bowdoinham
Eva Dade
Sherman I. Groves
Richmond
Ethel M. Temple
Frederick J. DeRoche
Leprelette W. Hopkins
Albert L. Boucher
West Bath
Paul Wadsworth Tuttle
Helen B. Tuttle
William A. Brown
Harold E. Ferguson
Charles D. Hunnewell
Cora I, Hunnewell
Regue Pecan
Noble Grands
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