Moving Picture Industry Not Only Attraction That Hollywood Offers
Hollywood, February 26, 1932. Editor, The Independent, lauds Panama Mail Line for trips to California with stops across Central America and Mexico. A Maine writer recounts first visit to Hollywood, describes film studio tours, Fatty Arbuckle's directing role, weather quirks, scenery, and the vibrant city life.
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Moving Picture
Hollywood
California
the Independent
Panama
Cristobal
Balboa
Canal Zone
Puerto Columbo
Cartagena
Colombia
South America
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Gaillard
Gatun Locks
Gatun Lake
Lot
Carmel
Monterey
del Monte
la Playa
Pacific
Coronado Beach
Sare
Laguna Beach
Los Angeles
Maine
Mr. Allen
Machias
George D. Berry
Berry
Jessie Owen
Bath
Davis
New York
Marguerite Hyde
Charles E. Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Frank B. Jennings
Louise Twitchell
Cosmopolitan Club Holds Enjoyable Annual Meeting
Miss Miriam W. Kimball succeeds Miss Alice F. Johnson as president at the Cosmopolitan club supper and meeting held at 894 Washington street. About 80 members attended. bouquets, a Silver tea, and programs marked the evening while a business session followed.
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Alice F. Johnson
Cosmopolitan Club
Miriam W. Kimball
Washington Street
P. M. Olm
Frank W. Jaqua
Lucius M. LeMont
Jacob R. Andrews
Allen Spear
J. Haviland Torrey
R. Clinton McFadden
Ruth E. Thompson
Marcia Moulton
Christine C. Curtis
Lillian E. Lewin
Daniel T. Dougherty
William W. Dennison
America
Frank A. Hodgdon
Edwin D. Hardin
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Elsie L. Trott
Auburn
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Maine Progressive Union
Earl Derr Biggers
Wi Mot B. Mitchell
Bowdoin College
John P. Carey, Jr
E. D. Hardin
Langdon T. Snipe
John H. Grindell
Reginald Stacy
John Shaw
Ernest Wood
Albert Henderson
Robert S. Gordon
Leland Ames
Lloyd G. Daley
Vernon
Ruth Hodgdon
Thelma Burleigh Hodgdon
Woolwich
Madelyn Summerton
Lillian N. Norton
Arline Littlefield
Elizabeth Butterfield
Johnson
Miss Kimball
Clinton D. Wilson
Emma E. Walker
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Jennie P. Perkins
Bertha Vr Bellerose
Ruth B. Thompson
Charles R. Farnham
Addie D. Palmer
Rum runners cargo washes ashore at Phippsburg beach
Maine shore notes indicate rum craft used coves along the coast to land liquor and dodge capture. After a past storm a sack of bottled liquor was found by a fisherman on the beach at low tide, suggesting a spill from a sunken or discarded cache.
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Maine
Ead
Phippsburg
Maine GOP fields tighten in Third District race
Eastern Maine politics shifted as Former Governor Ralph O Brewster entered the Republican bid for the Third District seat. Washington County Republican committee named Alfred K Ames of Machias as the county candidate over Frank P Washburn of Perry, following a gentlemen's agreement. Democratic hopefuls John G Utterbeck of Bangor Clinton G Stevens and J G O Connor contest the nomination. The field now includes Brewster and five other Republicans: Arthur G Spear Burleigh Martin Frank W Carlton Lewis O Barrows.
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Maine
Ralph O. Brewster
Washington County
Republican Committee
Alfred K. Ames
Brewster
Donald F. Snow
Bangor
Bernard Archibald
Houston
Maine House
Clarence C. Stetson
Maine Development Commission
Benjamin W. Blanchard
Utterbeck
Clinton G. Stevens
J. G. O'Connor
Ames
Washburn
Machias
Republcan
Arthur G. Spear
Portland
Burleigh Martin
Augusta
State Senate
Frank W. Carlton
Woolwich
Lewis O. Barrows
Washburn withdraws from governor race
Frank P. Washburn, commissioner of agriculture, announces withdrawal as a Republican candidate for governor. He cites lack of personal funds and demanding duties of his current office, which prevent him from campaigning consistently. He notes no endorsement of another candidate and expresses desire for harmonious county party action.
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Frank P. Washburn
State Department
Washington County
Republican Committee
Alfred K. Ames
Machias
Washburn
State Conference of Maine D A R on March 16 17
Members of Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter D A R from this city plus Bowdoinham and Waldoboro plan to attend the 34th annual State conference at Pine Street Congregational church Lewiston to be held yesterday and today. Officers and past regents participate with program sections including prayers, greetings, resolutions, and banquet. A reward is offered for the body of Malcolm Lake found after a suspected suicide in the Penobscot River December 31.
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Margaret R. Foote
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Charles C. Low
Agnes W. Humphreys
Leonard M. Lord
Ethel M. Blake
George W. Merrill
Alice E. Varney
Corrie H. Varney
City
Clara N. Fogg
Emily M. Rideout
William S. Given
Bowdoinham
J. Tyler Gay
Waldoboro
Dummer Sewall
Florence Waugh Danforth
Mary Dillingham
Lewiston-Auburn
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Pine Street Congregational Church
Lewiston
Varney
Humphreys
Florence Wells
Helen Heald
A. Mary Lawrence
E. 8
Pitcher
William F. Schoppe
Ralph Cowl
Victor Binford
W. L. Sampson
Lincoln L. Hayes
Eva E. Moran
Edward R. Lake
Wilton
Malcolm Lake
Bangor
Penobscot
Malcolm F. Lake
Morse High Loses Semi Final to Portland 30 14
In the Bates Tournament semi final at Lewiston Morse High falls 30 14 to Portland, ending Bath High’s hopes. Portland advances to face South Portland for the Western Maine title while Morse misses the final by a margin of 16 points.
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Morse High
Portland
South Portland
Tigers
Tarzan” Legard
Bath
E le
Capt
Legard
Morse
Johnny Green
Newell Wilson
Bath Boys
Brown
Lafavore
Backer
Herrick
Hal McElman
Harry Ring
Capt. Legard
Tate
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Chester A. Leach
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