Food scarcity looming and rationing urged by nation
Editorial notes America faces greater food shortages than expected and awaits Wickard’s statement. A Christian Science Monitor commentary urges rationing as a tool for fair distribution, calls for reduced waste, growth of Victory Gardens, and nationwide careful purchasing. It cites lend lease transfers, winter freezes, and necessary farm support as factors behind shortages.
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Wickard
Christian Science Monitor
Russia
Britain
Office of Price Administration
Victory Gardens
Maine editor Frank Manson dies after heart attack
Frank W. Manson, veteran editorial writer for the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Sentinel, died after collapsing at home following a day’s work. A trusted, approachable figure in journalism, he began his career in 1898 as a Waterville correspondent for the Kennebec Journal.
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Maine
Frank W. Manson
Kennebec Journal
Waterville Sentinel
Manson
Colby
Waterville
The
Sentinel
Manson's career at The Sentinel and Kennebec Journal
The article tracks Manson from city editor to night editor and later managing editor at The Sentinel, with editorial work for The Kennebec Journal and contributions to Portland newspapers. It notes Gannett Publishing Co ownership of multiple papers. The piece urges strong support for the American Red Cross to aid soldiers and wartime relief efforts.
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Manson
Washington
U. S
Charles F. Johnson
Waterville
The
Sentinel
Kennebec Journal
Gannett Publishing Co., Inc
Portland Press-Herald
Evening Express
Sunday Telegram
Portland
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Monthly Meeting of White Ribboners Held at Deering Street
The Women's Christian Temperance Union held its monthly meeting at Mrs. Nellie Brown's Deering Street home with Mrs. Elizabeth Trott presiding. Devotional reading, hymns, reports, and current events were presented. next gathering set for March 23 at Miss May Besaw's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Brown
Deering Street
WCTU
Elizabeth Trott
Trott
Lillian McDonald
Cora Rich
National Director of Alcohol Education
Nella Stover
Theresa Hill
May Besaw
WAAC Members Move to Daytona Beach Training Post
Miss Berniece A. Francis daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Francis of Bedford street has completed basic training and is transferred to Hotel Coquina Daytona Beach for six weeks of motor corps training. Another Bath girl also joins administration clerical work. Mrs Charles Sheehan of Lubec returns home after a week with her son and daughter in law at Dummer street apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berniece A. Francis
Roy Francis
Bedford Street
Daytona Beach
Fla
WAACS
Hotel Coquina
Motor Corps
Florida
Charles Sheehan
Lubec
Mrs
Dummer Street
Lenten address by Reverend Purdue for Winter Street Aid
Winter Street Ladies Aid met Friday for a two o clock luncheon at the church. Reverend Purdue delivered the first Lenten talk on An Extension of Main Street with topics from Luccock. Future talks will cover High Conquest with readings from Lowell.
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Winter Street
Ladies Aid
Arthur C. Lemont
John A. Lord
Alice Varney
Joseph O. Purdue
Purdue
Main Street
Robert E. Luccock
The
Aid
C. Stanley Lowell
Fred Foote
Red Cross
Rationing Reminders From Local Board on Goods and Hours
The local rationing board announces hours 9 a.m to 3 p.m with Wednesdays closed. Rationing begins March 29 with sixteen points weekly for meat cheese fats and oils. War Ration Stamps 11 12 25 cover meat coffee and more with specific validity dates and book requirements. Service members and deceased holders must surrender War Ration Books to the local board.
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United States
Farewell Party for Local Telephone Girls
Three young women leaving the New England Telephone Company were honored at a Thursday evening party hosted by colleagues. Edith G. Small Harriett O Reilly and Barbara Haley received sterling silver identification bracelets engraved with their names company initials and the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Edith G. Small
Hyde Windlass Co
Muriel Grace
Bath
Harriett O'Reilly
Central Maine Power Co
Barbara Haley
Kittery
Lobster Newburg
Carol Davis
Patricia Whitehouse
Mary Perkins
Jack Kenney
Sadie Dowling
Grace Joy
Fern Griffin
Ruth Bennett
Mary Hobbs
Carol Hall
Ella McAllister
Catherine I. McAllister
Janet Beardsley
Doris L. Crocker
Virginia Footer
Helen Lozier
Ruth Leavitt
Lillian M. Goodwin
Alice O. Geneau
Hope Poitrow
Margaret Strack
Elizabeth McKay
Louise Baxter
Lura, Burns
Annie Bickle
Betty Gaudreau
Rachel Potter
Betrothal announced for Azeshea E Phillips to Charles H McIntire
Mr and Mrs Irving Phillips of 739 Union Street Bangor announce the engagement of their daughter Azeshea E Phillips to Charles H McIntire son of Mr and Mrs Dana L McIntire of 70 Russell Street Bangor The couple both work at Bath Iron Works Corp Azeshea a Bangor High School graduate and McIntire a Buckley High School alum Outside machinist at BIW A wedding date has not been set Also mentioned is Miss Margaret Kneeland employed at BIW living with County Attorney Ralph O Monday in Lewiston after visiting relatives over the weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Phillips
Union Street
Bangor
Azeshea E. Phillips
Charles H. McIntire
Dana L. McIntire
Russell Street
Miss Phillips
Bangor High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
McIntire
Bath
Buckley High School
New London
Margaret Kneeland
Bath Iron Works
Ralph O. Monday
Lewiston
Yale student Burton Hatch returns from weekend visit
Burton Hatch has returned to New Haven Connecticut where he is attending Yale University after a brief weekend visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Edgar Hatch at 7 North Street
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Burton Hatch
New Haven, Conn
Yale University
Mrs
Edgar Hatch
North Street
Sagadahoc Probate Court Totes March Session Transacts Estates
Sagadahoc Probate Court in Bath presided by Judge Arthur J. Dunton handled numerous filings and grants. Administrations opened for Doyle Bowdoin Morse Topsham Curtis. Wills filed for Lord Lewis Perkins Hornberger. inventories and accounts submitted for Judkins Rideout Skinner Hodgdon. licenses to sell real estate granted for Judkins Thwing Hyde. bonds filed for Morse Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Probate Court
Arthur J. Dunton
William D. Fardy
John Henry Doyle
Richmond
Scott Small
Bowdoin
Ernest J. Small
Mildred F. Morse
Bath
Scott Morse
Laura A. Curtis
Topsham
Elizabeth C. White
Nellie E. Lord
Leonard M. Lord
Everett C. Lewis
Maude B. Lewis
Robert W. Perkins
Verena H. Hornberger
Hattie B. Perkins
Wilbur C.oliver
Esther G. Oliver
Charles E. Judkins
Admx
Bessie G. Judkins
Emily M. Rideout
Wilma &. Rideout
Bowdeinham
Harry C. Skinner
Nellie McCutcheon
Charles A. Knight
Sarah E. Whitten
Harriette Ann Hodgdon
Frank A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Mabel F. Thwing
Eleanor B. Hyde
Sally Hyde
Elizabeth Lawrence Society C A R Meeting Notes
A C A R meeting at Miss Aud rey King’s Edgett street home covered the Salute to the Flag as enacted by Congress in December 1942. Members voted to donate to the Red Cross drive and Betty Wright was elected corresponding secretary for the remainder of the year.
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Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Audrey King
Edgett Street
Joanne Heal
Congress
Red Cross
Betty Wright
Dorothy Stanton
Elaine Noyes
Mary Lou Reed
Charles Andre
All Trott
Barbara Lou Deering
Hopestill Reed
Horace Morse
Betty Hopkins
Lucy Smith
High Street
Bath Odd Ladies Attend Quarterly Meeting of Order
Members of Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies attended the quarterly session in Brunswick with officers including Mrs. Lucelia Blake and Mrs. Lizzie B. Chaney. Lodges represented ranged from Portland to Waterville. June 11 meeting in Bath was announced with a reception planned for the government duo. The Myrtle Lodge also held an Odd Fellows meeting and set a supper for March 26 led by committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Government of
Maine
Order of United Odd Ladies
Brunswick
Lucelia Blake
Lizzie B. Chaney
Mary Curtis
Annie Lemont
Nellie Hunt
Sadie Davis
Jennie Oliver
Margaret Nelson
Gertrude Stewart
Hotel Eagle
Fern Lodge No
Portland
Merrymeeting Lodge
Hostess Lodge
Fort Halifax Lodge
Waterville
Florence Jackson
Merry Meeting Lodge
Frances A. Rawding
May E. Manley
Lynn
Mass
Rose Jean
Mary Gillespie
Louise Rogers
Emily McMann
Intoxication Cases Heard By Judge Deering
Two respondents pleaded guilty in Municipal court to intoxication charges. Judge Gardiner R. Deering fined one man five dollars plus 5.40 in costs or 30 days in Augusta jail, while the other received a straight 90 day Augusta jail sentence. Police report eight more defendants ordered to appear Tuesday for blocking the Post Office driveway.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Augusta
Winter Street Men Honor Turkey Supper Meeting
The Winter Street Men's club held a well attended meeting with a turkey supper served by the Ladies Auxiliary. Motion pictures of Panama and Florida were shown by Irving Winters after Tennessee films failed to arrive on time. President Earl Kimball named Fred Burditt James Clappison and Harry T. Pass to the supper committee for the next gathering on Watch 25 when Chester Roberts will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Men’s Club
Ladies Auxiliary
Panama
Florida
Tennessee
Irving Winters
Earl Kimball
Fred Burditt
James Clappison
Harry T. Passmore
Chester Roberts
Lions Hear Transport Chief Describe Trinidad Army Base
Edward F. Edgren, Bath Iron Works transport director, recounted the building of a large US army base in Trinidad. He described jungle to outpost conversion, worker organization, and local people, with photos from his stay. The club discussed civilian defense staffing, doctor shortages, and the honor roll project.
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Trinidad
United States Army
West Indies
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Edward F. Edgren
Bath Iron Works Corp
Edgren
United States
Eleanor Webster
Miss Webster
Cecil L. Fullerton
King Lion Pratt
State Health Department
Roland McKay
Henry O. Trowbridge
Lions International
Nathan Press
Lions and Sons of Lions
St Barnabas Guild Receives Nurse Secretary Resignation
The March meeting of the Guild of St Barnabas for Nurses at Grace church rectory Bath heard secretary Esther Murphy resign to take a superintendent role in Great Barrington Mass. President Izetta Larrabee announced the vacancy, Nettie Tracy to serve as secretary pro tem. Treasurer Berniece Brown reported a healthy balance and plans to acquire game material for the Nurses home as refreshments were served.
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Guild of St. Barnabas For
Grace Church
High Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Izetta Larrabee
Esther Murphy
Bath
Great Barrington
Mass
Nettie Tracy
Berniece Brown
Iron Works Purchase Clarifies Front Street Property Deal
Bath Iron Works Corp bought the Pilgrim Chevrolet property on Front Street but not the land and buildings at 120-140 Sam Prawer. Prawer previously purchased that property including an old foundry building and will continue to operate there. The Corner Brook Foundry Front Street building will host Tron Works maintenance and repair shop for its bus fleet.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Pilgrim Chevrolet
Front Street
Sam Prawer
Beacon Street Women City Mission Meeting Held At Beacon Street Church
The Beacon Street Women’s Society of Christian Service met Monday of last week with 24 members present. Devotions by Miss Marion Bowie followed by reports from Mrs. Willard McLean on her Philadelphia trip to the Jurisdictional Board. A $25 mission gift was approved and the apron sale planned. Refreshments to be suspended until fall. Lenten union services announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Beacon Street Church
Roger Pierce
Park Stree
Everett G. Lemont
Sanford B. Nickerson
Marion Bowie
Charles Kinney
Willard McLean
Wesley Church
Philadelphia
William F. Craft
William Knapp
Irving Varney
Charles L. Kinney
Leland Plummer
Antoinette Teeling
Elizabeth Dunbar
William Yule
Helen Crocker
Merton Dearing
Katie Clark
Blodgett
Fred Pinkham
LeRoy Lord
Kinney
Blanche Locke
William Craft
Sadie Given
Leonard Oliver
McLain
Bath youth completes Navy basic training at Newport
Eugene J. Babine, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Evie A. Babine of Bath, finished basic training at the U S Naval Training Station Newport R I and qualified for enrollment in a Navy electrician's mate school. A Morse High School graduate, he has two brothers in service, Gerald A. Babine a seaman first class and Harold B. Babine a private in the Army, and formerly worked for Bath Iron Works Corp.
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Eugene J. Babine
Evie A. Babine
Bath
U. S. Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
Morse High School
Gerald A. Babine
Navy
Harold B. Babine
Army
Babine
Bath Iron Works Corp
Cosmopolitan Club Announces April 14 Card Party
The Cosmopolitan Club will hold a public card party on the afternoon of April 14 at the clubhouse. The organizing committee includes Mrs. Wallace Ham as chairman and members Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden Mrs. Julia Fields Mrs. Raymond Chubbuck Mrs. Harold Avery Mrs. Raymond Knight Mrs. Andrew J. Danielson and Mrs. J. Edgar Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Wallace Ham
Roscoe P. McFadden
Julia Fields
Raymond Chubbuck
Harold Avery
Raymond Knight
Andrew J. Danielson
J. Edgar Miller
Old Timers Dance Draws Record Crowd At U S O Hall
The Friday night Old Timers dances staged by the Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers at the U S O hall drew over 150 couples for the fourth event. The program featured old time numbers and waltzes with a strong showing of older city dancers and a solid turn by younger participants. Cliff Leeman's orchestra provided the music and officials praised the event for its high standard and strict supervision.
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Brotherhood
Mrs MacLuer Returns From Weekend Visit
Mrs George MacLuer of Freeport returned home Monday afternoon after visiting her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs MacLuer at 133 Washington Street over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacLuer
Freeport
Inlaw
Mrs.MacLuer
Washington Street
Weekly crossword puzzle across and down clues
Puzzle list with across and down clues matching several dozen entries including Identical Fathers Absent Redact Razor-bille and Stories Chalcedony Decorous Pronoun To ventilate Overturn Normal Guido's highest note Goddess of mischief Limb The Sp wager Confer knighthood upon Baronet Droop Chapter of Koran Bowl underhand Trap for rodents Before Spawn of fish Music note Real Military signal Tangible object Bible character Root of the taro Ireland SS Examination Down clues cover Walk slowly Crooked German socialist Light organ Turned aside First man Attenuate Not fertile Watered silk Leaf of calyx Clock face Mulberry Tomcat Employs Wind blast Herb Prickly fruit envelop Sheep cry Flaming lights Prison Rearing on hind legs Like an ape Befall Telerium symbol Cryptoquote quotation and a secondary cryptogram message Traditions wears a snowy beard romance is always young distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc.
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Telerium (Sym
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