National war shipping drive urged by shippers groups
A nationwide campaign led by the National Association of Shippers Advisory Boards aims to reduce production costs and manpower strain by improving packing loading and handling of freight. The drive includes 13 regional boards and major rail and express lines with local April meetings.
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America
National Association of Shippers Advisory Boards
Association of American Railroads
Railway Express Agency
E. A. Jack
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Donald Nelson
WPB
Popham Beach Voters Authorize Riverview Hotel Disposal
Town meeting actions at Popham Beach approved the selectmen disposing of the Riverview hotel identified as a fire hazard. A special resolve authorized an appropriation of 112.50 for Popham road improvements and a note on unexpended funds from last year due to labor shortages.
Meals in War Time at Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting
Nequasset Farm Bureau met at Good Will clubhouse with nine members and three guests. Mrs. Earl Dow led War Time Meal planning and distributed literature while a luncheon of baked beans and pie was served. The group voted to buy a canteen work book and to sew for the Red Cross. next meeting in May.
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Nequasset Farm Bureau
Good Will
Elda Wright
Percy Marston
Earl Dow
Red Cross
Carolyn Wing
Philip Wenz
Earl] Stimpson
Chester Leeman
Adelbert Hall
Costello P. Hall
Percy Bailey
Oscian Dodge
Internal Revenue decision favors owners of autos
Automobiles used to transport defense workers to plants are not taxed on fare income and operating expenses are not deductible. The ruling, issued by the Treasury Department, confirms that fares are reimbursements of personal expenses and need not be included in gross income.
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E. F. Edgren
Employes Transportation Department
Bath Iron Works Corp
Office
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Department of Internal Revenue
Clinton A. Clauson
Internal Revenue
United States
Margaret Chase Smith
Defense Workers Improvement Association
Rockland
Internal Revenue Department
Edgren
Washington
Comdr. Bennett
First Naval District
Boston
B. I. W. Traffic Department
Office of Price Administration
John R. Richards
Wartime Ration Reminders and Registration Directives
War ration instructions list stamp and coupon validity for Sugar Coffee Stoves Tires Shoes and fuel. dates span Feb 1 to Apr 17. It requires newborns registered for Ration Book One within one month and service members surrender War Ration Book 1 within five days of enlistment or death.
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United States
Peroune
Winter Street Ladies Aid Plans Bean Supper and Gatherings
The Ladies Aid of Winter Street church met with hostesses and about 38 members present. They voted to hold a baked bean supper on March 13 from 5 to 7 PM with a prepared menu and to run an all day session with dinner at noon. Leaders named for kitchen and dining room duties and a white elephant sale followed. Purdue will start Lenten talks, with Winter Street and Central churches alternating, beginning Ash Wednesday.
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Ladies Aid
Winter Street
John A. Lord
Reginald Farnham
Charles W. Walsh
Ernest Freeman
Arthur C. Lemont
Wallace Atwood
Charles Baker
Addison Pendleton
Truvge Carlson
Fred Foote
J. Albert Redson
Joseph O. Purdue
Allen Irish
Clifford B. Wilband
John Sylvester
Morton Young
Phyllis Bowie
Frederick Cummings
Ruth Hybers
Mr. Purdue
Robert E. Luccock
Main Street
Purdue
Pioneer Resort Hotel Nearing End at Popham Beach
Maine town of Phippsburg votes to authorize disposal of River View hotel at Popham Beach as a fire hazard. The long idle Eureka/Riverside property has drawn local concern and the issue was referred to the Board of Selectmen at the annual town meeting. Local residents recall its history and former managers while recent obituaries and funeral attendances are noted.
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Maine
Board of Selectmen
Phippsburg
River View
Popham Beach
Eureka House
P. O. Vickery
Augusta
Vickery & Hill Publishing Co
Popham
Alf’ Perkins
Alf
Bath
The
Riverside
Bath man Leon Pennell leaves to become air pilot
Leon Pennell son of Mrs Leon Pennell Sr of High Street leaves Bath to enter Williams College Williams Town Mass for Naval Flight Prep School civilian pilot training He enlisted in U S N Reserve as aviation cadet V 5 U S N R and reported to the 495 Summer Street station for active duty He was in a class of 200 to begin basic training He graduated Morse High class of 1940 and joined New England Telephone in Bath region He received a purse of money from his employer and high praise from Wire Chief Howard Larrabee for his performance Francis S Perry another Bath youth also entered the college this week for similar training He is Morse High class of 1941 and works at Bath Iron Works as shipfitter
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Popham Beach
Riverview Hotel
Popham Road
Naugatuck
Conn
William Hill
Fort Myers
Fla
William Hill, Jr
Bowdoin
A.E.R.C
Vernon Mattson
Newtonville
Mass
Vernon Mattson, Jr
Navy Air Corps
Wesleyan University
Popham School
Harry Spencer
Bertha
Mary
Ellen
Walter Newdick
Richard Sprague
Leon Merrill
Ernest Oliver
Charles
Robert Small
Marion Bridges
Bath
June Oliver
Woolwich
Kennebec Women’s League
Frances Robie
Phippsburg
Lester Oliver
Elkanah Wyman
Spruceville
Small Point
Elison Moody
Red Cross
Popham
Popham Circle
Clarence Perkins
Legard
Edith L. Dyer
Winter Harbor
Llewellyn Oliver
Willam Wallace
Virginia Perkins
Winnegance
Lester Morse
Elisha Bridges
Orville Small
Bath Iron Works
William Wallace
Ernest Spinney
Cpl
Fred Spinney
Leon Pennell
High Street
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Portland
Boston
Williams College
Williamstown
Naval Flight Prep
Leon
U. S. N. Reserve
U.S.N.R
Summer Street
Pennell
Morse High
Above Telephone Company
Cable
Howard Larrabee
Francis S. Perry
William J. Perry
Crescent Street
Dike P T A Hosts Successful Card Party at School
The Dike P T A held a lively card party at the Dike school with tables for contract auction and pitch. Prizes from Page's jewelry shop went to Mrs. Earl Pride and Mrs. Archie Wishart in contract, Mrs. Wilbur Crocker in auction, and Mrs. Clifford Wisband and Mrs. John Atwood in pitch.
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Dike
Page’s Jewelry
Earl Pride
Archie Wishart
Wilbur Crocker
Clifford Wisband
John Atwood
Robert Sharkey
James Sharkey
Elford A. Stover
John Conley, Jr
Colonial Cafe
Page's Jewelry Store
A. Farley Mayo
Leo Venus
William Hogan
Jean Danforth
Bronson
Earl Kimble
Dike School
Fred Pinkham
Theta Chapter Meeting Highlights Hobby Theme
The Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Tuesday at Mrs. Nathan Watson’s York Street home. Mrs. Linwood Haynes led the business session and Mrs. Watson chaired the program on Pride of Possession focusing on hobbies and collecting. Mrs. William Turpie reported on Queens Doll House by Benson and Weaver. The next gathering is March 15 at Mrs. Richard Haskell’s North Street home.
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Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Nathan Watson
York Street
Linwood Haynes
Lawrence Weaver
Richard Haskell
North Street
Biting Policeman Fined in Bath Municipal Court
Isaac McCaslin, a worker at Harding fabrication plant, paid a $25 fine and $8.94 costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in a Bath public building and assaulting Officer George H. Crocker during an incident at a USO dance. Crocker testified McCaslin bit his left cheek during a scuffle at the head of the stairs. The judge placed the intoxication charge on file and assessed related costs. Two other defendants pled guilty to intoxication with costs or small fines.
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George H. Crocker
Isaac McCaslin
Harding Fabrication
Crocker
McCaslin
Gardiner R. Deering
Deering
Rockland
Phippsburg
Lisbon Falls
Joseph Williams
Bath Iron Works Corp
Sterling Bible Class Holds February Meeting
The Sterling Bible Class of Orliss Street church met at Mrs. Pearl Dunbar's home with 22 members. Under acting chair Mrs. Chester Plant, devotions, Bible questions, and a March quiz were held. The class voted no refreshments during wartime, and donations went to the treasurer.
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Sterling Bible
Orliss Street Church
Pearl Dunbar
Middle Street
John Hunt
Chester Plant
Fred May
Frederick P. Moffatt
Birthday Bank
Wilfred Chaney
Abbie McCabe
Lillian Fisher
Lester Campbell
Flora Robbins
Women of Wesley Church Hold March Meeting
The Women’s Society of Christian Service met in Wesley church vestry Tuesday with strong attendance. Mrs. Everett led worship, Mrs. Vinal King played piano, and Mrs. Ellery Whittemore spoke on Uprooted Peoples assisted by Mrs. Upham.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
Wesley Church
Everett Ich
Vinal King
Ellery Whittemore
W. E. Upham
L. D. Rogers
Robert Gordon
William Temple
McLean
Dwinal Cornish
Lions Club program featured films and local tales
The Lions Club meeting included a talk by Sergt Spellman and a motion picture show by Irving Winters, featuring Panama Canal Zone scenes, Florida views, and color sequences of native flora. Richard Quick Fleming, 18, is in naval training at Great Lakes. Mr and Mrs Gaudreau returned home after visiting relatives in South Portland.
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Mediterranean
Sergt. Spellman
Lion Everett Pierce
Irving Winters
Mr. Winters
Waterville
Bath Iron Works Corp
Y.M.C. A
Canal Zone
Panama
Winters
Florida
Richard Quick Fleming
Dorothy N. Fleming
Drummond Street
U. S. Naval Training Station
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Edward L. Gaudreau
Edward L. III
South Portland
Gaudreau
John T. Parkis
Upper Washington Street
Fireside Club Plans Series for Sunday Meetings
Morse High school faculty members headline a series of fireside talks at Winter Street church. The first speaker was Charles D Wilson on Abraham Lincoln. Future presenters include J Edward Pomeroy, James Walters, Henry D Small, Horace Herrick, Duncan H Farrell, and Andrew J Danielson. Meetings start at 7 PM in the Men's parlor and invite high school age youths or older not attending other Sunday programs.
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Morse High School
Inter Street
Ps. Charles D Wilson
Morse High
John Drinkwater
Abraham Lincoln
J. Edward Pomeroy
James Walters
Central Church
Henry D. Small
Horace Herrick
Duncan H. Farrell
Andrew J. Danielson
Winter Street
Junior Red Cross Plans Work Projects
At a Thursday meeting of the Junior Red Cross the faculty advisors from city schools were listed and the year’s work projects outlined. Objects include cribbage boards checker boards Chinese checkers jigsaw puzzles domino sets memo pads and pencils flower pots bookmarks table favors nut cups and greeting cards all to fit with art class work and student efforts after hours.
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Red Cross
Margaret Mulligan
Helen Frederic
Grace Wessenger
Bertha Titcomb
Alice Austin
Eleanor Ferguson
Alice Brooks
Margaret Scott
Ruth Roche
Virginia Jewett
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Braine Takes Initial Dip at Summer Launch
A summer resident at Sprucewold Boothbay Harbor took a dip with his wife as a launching party gathered. Attending were President Newell and Executive Vice President Archibald M. Main of the Iron Works, Mrs Newell, Mrs Main, Captain R. S. Hitchcock USN supervisor of ship building for Maine, and Commander Vincent Grady USN assisting supervisor of shipbuilding.
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Sprucewold
Boothbay Harbor
Newell
Archibald M. Main
Iron Works
Main
R. S. Hitchcock
Maine
Comdr. Vincent Grady
USN
Weekly Cross Word Puzzle Across and Down
A dense puzzle list with many clues across and down including cryptogram quote and a Milton quotation. The page mixes puzzle entries with a Cryptoquote section and a note about distribution by King Features Syndicate.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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the Times Company
Front Street
B. Nichols
Harry C. Webber
Atonior
Eenene
J. S. Pedler
Aeronautic Division
B. F. Goodrich
Pedler
Victory Gardens
Good Will Club House
Guy C. Elvering
Employment Transportation Office
Naval District Office
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Office of Internal Revenue
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Winter Street Aid
Pioneer
Selectmen
Brenda Hill
Carl Albee
Bernice Sturgevant
Esther Murphy
Robert B. Hatch
Helen Trubel
Eugene Pierce
Washington Street
West Southport
Telephone Company
Dike P.T.A
Sterling Bible Class
Women OF Wesley Church
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Lions Club
Fireside Club
Junior Red Cross
Braine
Eagle's Nest
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