Senator Wallace White Sees Websters Desk Return to Maine
Maine's Wallace White, a long serving United States Senator, has risen to prominent floor leader status after Senator McNary's death. He occupies Daniel Webster's historic desk, prompting swift reactions from veteran GOP members and talk of adding a 97th desk to satisfy seniority rules.
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Death of Colonel Frank Knox Navy Secretary Ends Notable Career
The death of Colonel Frank Knox yesterday removes a valued Cabinet member who served in the Rough Riders, earned the title of Colonel in World War I, and was Alf Landon’s running mate in 1939. Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, he rebuilt the shattered Pearl Harbor fleet into a two ocean navy, earning national admiration for rapid expansion and efficiency.
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Franks Knox Remembered as a Great Naval Leader
The passage honors Frank Knox for expanding and refining the U S Navy, noting his insistence on speed in construction and equipment. It lauds his role in elevating the United States to world naval supremacy and warns that future generations must preserve that power to ensure global respect.
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Six Motor Operation Cases Heard At Bath Court
Bath Municipal court opened a busy Monday with 12 respondents before Judge Gardiner Deering. Six intoxication cases and six motor operation cases were heard as Powers reported arrests on Route One in Woolwich and Woolwich and Bath. Genthner and Brown pleaded guilty to reckless driving with $50 fines and $4.70 costs. Marrick pleaded guilty to speeding with $10 and $4.70 costs. Dodge and Steen admitted operating under the influence with $100 fines and court costs. Dodge also faced a license charge placed on file.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Frank Powers
Route One
Woolwich
Arthur Gerrthner
Firemaster
Genthner
Loring J. Brown
Bath
South Street
Powers
Floyd L. Marrick
Rockland
Ralph Dodge
Court Street
Richard Steen
Dodge
April Weather Delivers Cold Cloudy Month with Few Warm Spells
April proved disappointing with cold spells and heavy cloud cover. The month saw 17 fair days, six rainy days, and two snow events, with warmer highs only on the 22nd and 30th. Palm Sunday and Easter were favorable, while budding trees lagged behind last year.
Youth Hobby Show At First Church Saturday
Youth Fellowship hosts a hobby show at Serenine Church on Saturday. Outstanding exhibit by Frank Oliver former engineer with ship models built to scale and accurate in detail. Many other interesting hobbies on display.
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1St Church
Frank Oliver
Myrtle Lodge Plans Future Activities After Busy Meeting
Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies met at G A R hall with a baked bean supper attended by many. Four candidates were balloted for membership to be received next meeting. A memorial service honored Mrs. Mary Dickey McIntire of West Warwick R I. Plans included a rum mage sale May 26, Memorial Day observance May 12, and grave decoration duties by named officers. Reports were read and approved.
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Odd Ladies
G. A. R. Hall
Mary Gillespie
Margaret Nelson
Alice Lewis
Edith Miller
Louise Rogers
Mary (Dickey) McIntire
West Warwick
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Annie Lemont
Sadie Davis
Nellie Hunt
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange Meets at Richmond Corner
Sagadahoc Pomona grange met at Richmond Corner Wednesday of last week with guests from Progressive Grange. An address of welcome was extended to Pomona by the Progressive overseer and answered by the treasurer. Dinner was served by Progressive Grange ladies. The afternoon session counted 105 members and guests. Mr. Page Commissioner of Health and Welfare spoke on his department duties and welfare work, followed by a Q&A and an engaging lecturer program.
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Richmond Corner
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Mizpah Class Meets Tuesday Evening
Mizpah class of First Baptist Churen met Tuesday evening with Mrs. Kenneth Thayer on Union Street court. Mrs. J Russell Gruitt led the decolonial exercises. reports were read and approved. The meeting ended with social time, crochet, sewing, and refreshments. Members present included Mrs. George Carey and others. Mrs. Gilbert Young and Mrs. Chester McKenzie planned to join next Tuesday at Court Street home.
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Mizpai
First Baptist Churen
Kenneth Thayer
Union Street Court
J. Rusell] Gruitt
George Carey
J. Russell Grant
Leslie Dyer
Frank Chamberlain
William Parks
Harold Carter
Miss Motley Fuller Tripped Leaving Garage at Home
Miss Motley Fuller of 808 winst Thursday when she tripped and fell on leaving the garage at her home. She and Dr. Fuller returned Wednesday from a trip to Boston. Mr Carrie Hathorne of Woolwich Center, who passed the winter in Waterville with her sister, has returned to her home. She is a sister of Mrs Ambrose McFadder of Pleasant street.
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Wool- Wwich Center
Waterville
Ambrose McFadder
Pleasant Street
Lambert Park Dance Benefits Firemen Benefit Event
A Lambert Park community hall dance sponsored by the Volunteer Fire Department drew over 150 couples with music by Ernest Whitney and a small social committee managing tickets and refreshments. Plans include future events, a dancing school, and a softball team, with Monday meetings to discuss Civilian Defense hose provisions.
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Lambert Park
Ernest Whitney
Fire Department
Park
Ernest Purdy
Albert Wheeter
Leon Lavell
Fred Ashe
William Libby
Arthur Hatch
Carrol Hunt
Late Secretary Knox Had Friends in Bath
The sudden death of Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, shocked his acquaintances in Bath. Formerly of Manchester New Hampshire and publisher of the Daily Union and Leader, he was linked to Maine newspaper men before moving west to publish the Chicago News. He praised Bath Iron Works officials during a year visit and remained in close contact with Navy Department personnel.
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Chicago News
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Genesta Sewing Circle Weekly Meeting Recap
Genesta Sewing circle met Wednesday of last week at Mrs. Francis Bertrand’s Oliver street home. Attendees discussed a baked bean supper plan with committees to be appointed and a date to be announced. The gathering featured sewing knitting and refreshments hosted by Mrs. Bertrand with help from her mother Mrs. Harold Cutting.
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Genesta
Francis Bertrand
Oliver Street
Wno
Harold Cutting
Clifford B. Smith
Luther Thompson
Harold Tobey
Fred Osgood
Frank Danforth
Eleanore Danforth
Herbert Morse
David Y. Alkazin
David Rich
Leeman Drake
Howard Rice
Red Cross Meeting Tuesday Evening
Bath chapter of the American Red Cross calls a special meeting Tuesday evening May 2 at Central church parish house starting at 7 30. New by laws for the organization will be presented and adopted. Refreshments served by the Canteen Corps chaired by Mrs. Harry J Carroll with committee members listed.
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American Red Cross
Central Church Parish
Harry J. Carroll
William Craft
Joseph Madden
Morris Povich
Hiram T. Stevens
Antoinette Teeli
Dike School PTA installed officers at Thursday meeting
Dike P T A held its annual officer installation at Dike School with past president Mrs Merton L Deering presiding. New officers named were Mrs William Hogan president Mrs A Farley Mayo vice president Mrs Ben Berenson secretary and Miss Martha Nutting treasurer A next meeting with Upper Washington Street school is set for May 9 with entertainment by pupils and teachers. summer recess supper planned at Dike School hosted by Mrs John Labbie.
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Dike School
Merton L. Deering
Edmund Mocklar
William Hogan
A. Farley Mayo
Ben Berenson
Martha Nutting
Upper Washington Street
Avis Knapp
Dike
Upper
Washington Street
John Labbie
Francis Holmes
Walter James
Francis McDonald
White Ribboners Meet Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs Lillian McDonald hosted the White Ribboners at the home of Mrs Eugene R Brown on Deering Street with Rev Mabelle Tracey of Wollwich as guest speaker. Mrs Tracey shared an inspiring message on religion and led an afternoon program featuring hymns, scripture, a paper on Abigail prophecy, and a duet. Refreshments followed and plans were shared for the Sagadahoc County WCTU annual meeting in Bath on May 23 at the First Baptist Church with Grace Leigh Scott as guest speaker.
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Lillian McDonald
WCTU
Eugene R. Brown
Deering Street
Mabelle Tracey
Woolwich
Tracey
Mabel Paquet
Thomas Greene
Mary Besaw
Nella Stover
Mrs. Tracey
Mrs. Green
Florence Howard
Grace Leigh Scott
Sagadahoc County
Bath
First Baptist Church
Reckless Driving Plea in Woolwich Municipal Court
Lester H. Gray of Woolwich pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Judge Gardiner R. Deering. He paid a $10 fine and $4.70 in costs. Gray was the sole respondent in Saturday morning’s municipal court session.
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Woolwich
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Painting the curbs to govern parking
The city police department paints spring coats on curbs in the business district and across the city. Red warning curbs mark intersections and loading zones with crosswalk work planned at dangerous crossings. Deputy Marshal Frank L Moriarty introduces bank loading zones to curb double parking during deposits, aiding safety and traffic flow.
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Frank L. Moriarty
Pythian Sisters Hold Regular Meeting With Supper
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters met Wednesday of last week with a goodly turnout. A baked bean supper was served before the regular meeting. All officers are asked to gather at K P hall Sunday afternoon at 2 30 for a rehearsal of degree work.
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Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
K. P. Hall
Sea and Shore Department Eyes More Alewives in Maine
Boothbay Harbor reports that the Sea and Shore Fisheries Department will survey coastal brooks and streams to plan new fish ways. Thomas McKinney surveyed South Bluehill and Surrey to remove obstructions to alewife spawning. Plans call for fishways at these sites as water levels permit, aiming to raise annual alewife catches from 3.5 million pounds coastal-wide over several years.
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Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
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Thomas McKinney
South Bluehill
Surrey
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Garden plots assigned to Bath men in wartime effort
Mrs. Carlton Andrews hosted Winter Street Red Cross members at Bonnie Brook East Brunswick for an all day session. They sewed aprons and prepared meals then walked the grounds as Mr Andrews began planting peas. Fourteen 50 by 100 foot plots have been allocated to Bath men for Victory gardens amid community support.
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Winter Street
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Red Cross
Bonnie Brook
East Brunswick
Andrews
Bath
North Center PTA Nominating Committee Forms Slate
North Center PTA met at Central Grammar school with President Joseph I Smith presiding and elected a nominating committee to select officers for the coming year. The committee includes Scott Davis chair Granville Colby Ward Hatch Carl French and Fred Tarbox.
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Granville Colby
Central Grammar School
Joseph I. Smith
Scott Davis
Ward Hatch
Carl French
Fred Tarbox
Colby
North Grammar School
Roi Eee
Louis A. Dole
Contrailies
Farewell party for James Mulvaney at Bath Iron Works
James Mulvaney, longtime Transportation Department affiliate at Bath Iron Works, was honored Thursday at a farewell dinner and dance at Hotel Sedgwick. About 50 guests attended as he leaves Bath for Waltham, Mass., to become director of transportation for the Raetheon Company, starting Monday. Ed ward Edgren presented a personal gift, Cliff Leeman’s orchestra provided music, and the event included roast turkey banquet, skits, and best wishes for his new post.
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James Mulvaney
Transportation Department of the
Bath Iron Works
Sedgwick
Mulvaney
Waltham, Mass
Raetheon Company
Cliff Leeman
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc deeds office
Transfers of land and buildings were recorded by Sagadahoc Register of Deeds Hiram T. Stevens. The list includes buyers and sellers across Bath Bowdoin Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond and Richmond with properties on Middle Washington Valley Dummer Sebasco Estates and High streets and various estates.
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Sagadahoc
Milton R. Cornish
Everett A. King
Middle Street
Forest A. Fogg
Samuel McElroy
Washington Street
Arthur G. Spear
William Southern
Valley Road
Roger D. Shillings
Margaret E. Carnes
Joseph R. Oliver
Virginia Rowe
High Street
John W. Sonia
Madelene S. Fenno
Dummer Street
Bowdoin
Gilbert McFadden
Byron L. Knights
Georgetown
Fred PR. Taylor
Eugene A. Gilmore
Phippsburg
John F. Williams
Ethelyn V. Shea
Sebasco Estates
Sadie Campbell
Harold E. Seavey
Fred A. Osgood
Eugene W. Osgood
Eleanor FE. Gilmore
Katharine J. Hilton
Poor Civilian Note About Ration Board and Car Permit
A Brushville post office patron left a note in his rural mailbox asking the mailman to cash a $5 check to buy a stamp. The aim is to obtain a permit to buy gas to have the car inspected and to secure authority to buy a new tire so the vehicle is fit to travel to the ration board.
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Brushville
RFD
Ration Board
Lincoln lodge marks 100th anniversary
O F Anniversary plans announced for Lincoln lodge of Odd Fellows birthday observance on May 15 with Albert Thompson as general chairman and Queen Esther Rebekah lodge to provide a banquet.
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Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
Albert Thompson
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Rationing Reminders For Consumers
Notices list current wartime limits across meats fats processed foods sugar shoes fuel oil and gasoline detailing red blue stamps and tokens values and expiry dates with per person sugar home canning allowances and fuel/gasoline coupon validity for the period through May 8 and September 30 under Local War Price and Rationing Board authority.
Land and buildings transfers listed in town records
Land and building sale notes show transfers from E. Whitney to Carl W. Mayo and from Philip C. Beam to Nellie H Merriam among others. Additional deeds include Arthur Lebel to Francis E Parry and Philip J Wenz to Florence A Smith. Names indicate multiple property transfers.
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E. Whitney
Edwin L. Baker
Carl W. Mayo
Topsham
Philip C. Beam
Nellie H.merriam
Alice Gingras
Clement R. Poulin
Ernest R. Tedford
Althea Pelkey
Woolwich
Arthur J. Lebel
Francis E. Parry
Philip J. Wenz
Florence A. Smith
Rotary Anns Meet at Hyde Windlass Cafeteria
Rotary Anns gathered Thursday at one o'clock at the Hyde Windlass Co Cafeteria for fried chicken served luncheon. A brief business session led by President Mrs Charles B Doyle voted to hold the next meeting at the same location with lunch at one o'clock. Attendees included Mrs Charles B Doyle Mrs John A Parker Mrs Fred D Hill Mrs Charles Small Mrs Edward Bridgham Mrs Ralph Warren Mrs Donald Emero Mrs Dominique Tardif Mrs Carl Anderson Mrs William J Craft Mrs James A Clappison and Mrs Rupert Irvine.
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Rotary Anns
Hyde Windlass Co
Charles B. Doyle
John A. Parker
Fred D. Hill
Charles Small
Edward Bridgham
Ralph Warren
Donald Emero
Dominique Tardif
Carl Anderson
William J. Craft
James A. Clappison
Rupert Irvine
Bath Iron Works reports first quarter 1944 figures
Bath Iron Works Corp states in its NYSE report that as of March 31 uncompleted billings stood at 199,992,334 dollars versus 239,461,367 dollars on January 1, 1944. No new contracts were received in Q1 1944. Q1 billings reached 39,027,083 dollars with net decreases or other adjustments in contract prices of 441,949 dollars.
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Bath Iron Works Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Weekly Crossword Puzzle and Cryptoquote Quotation
Puzzle clues across and down with a hidden cryptogram. The cryptoquote reads IN VAIN DOTH VALOUR BLEED WHILE AVARICE AND RAPINE SHARE THE LAND MILTON.
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Rapine
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