Pulling Their Weight in the Largest Peacetime Shipbuilding Push
The United States launches its biggest peacetime shipbuilding program as 15 steamship lines replace 276 ships at over 3.4 billion dollars. The plan relies on government support up to 50 percent, with private financing stacking up to 5 billion in the next decade, driven by inflation and new designs. The industry, including 33 postwar vessels, backs defense and commerce goals, while net worth has climbed over 50 percent in seven years.
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U.S
Chopping To Do as ERA Veto Stands in House Roll Call
A roll call vote failed to override President Eisenhower's veto of the ERA bill by four votes. Four Democrats, Joseph W. Barr, Harold B. McSween, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, and David S. King, sided with the President, while 142 Republicans backed him with six defections. The piece urges vigilance as liberal spending rises and notes a separate HEW funding bill poised to push total appropriations higher.
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House
Eisenhower
Agriculture
Benson
America
Rome
Isenhower
Joseph W. Barr
Indiana
Harold B. McSween
Louisiana
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
South Carolina
David S. King
Utah
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Standby price laws touted in Washington pose inflation myth
Proponents push standby price controls as a cure for inflation while critics recall WWII era experiences with shortages black markets and disrupted distribution. They argue such laws cannot address root causes like federal deficits wage-driven price pressure or dollar debasement by any party.
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Washington
London Pet-Shop Owner Faces Court Over Mocked Mouse
A London woman pet-shop owner placed a mouse in a cage with a pet python and was charged with cruelly terrifying an animal. The judge dismissed the case citing biblical lion and lamb, ending an editors’ hoped for unusual crime story.
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England
London
Sermon and community notices from Georgetown church
At First Baptist Georgetown Rev. Ernest Roberts preached on reverence and scripture. Mothers received plaques and booklets, with silk bookmarks for attendees. Upcoming events included Gideons representatives, baptismal service at Corliss Street Bath, laymen supper in West Harpswell, and a Bowdoin College lecture by Commander William Robert Anderson.
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First Baptist Church
Ernest Roberts
Roberts
Sarah
Isaac
Hannah
Samuel
Funice
Timothy
Martha Bowen
Ronald Atwood
Harold J Brown, Jr
Association of Gideons
Georgetown
Corliss Street
Bath
Weet Harpswell Baptist Church
Five Islands community gathers for church and summer notices
Large Sunday gathering at Seend Baptist Church with Rev. Ernest Roberts using 2nd Timothy as text. Local families, teachers, and volunteers receive awards, poems, and musical tributes. Community groups meet at South Harpswell and Five Islands for dinners and services as preparations for summer continue.
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Seend Baptist Church
Ernest Roberts
Lloyd Pinkham
George Gray
Lulu Hanna
Victor Pinkham
Gideon Representative
William F Hussey 79 Former Bath Draftsman Dies
William F. Hussey 79 of Madison Wisconsin died recently. A former Bath Iron Works draftsman before World War I he served as a captain in the U S Army Corps of Engineers during the war and led the 301st Engineering Co. He is survived by daughter Ruth Ann Terwilliger and three granddaughters. He married Louise Mason of Bath in 1908 and was born in Mercer Maine.
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William F. Hussey
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Hussey
Madison
Wis
Ruth Ann Terwilliger
Louise Mason
Miss Hattie Bowker Dies During Visit in Phippsburg
Miss Hattie Bowker aged 67 died suddenly Thursday morning at the home of her brother Howard S Bowker in Phippsburg where she was visiting. Born in Phippsburg she was the daughter of William R and Abby Wallace Bowker. She worked many years in New York hotel service returning to Maine in 1934 and later at Langleys restaurant in Portland for over a decade. Surviving are her brother two sisters Mrs Frank Higgins of Dresden and Mrs William J Chidgey of San Antonio plus several nieces and nephews.
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Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
Frank Klempa
Stanley Kosalka
Sugadahoc Bay
Walter Beane
Scott Sutherland
Charles McMahan
Gorgetown Center
Hudson
N. EL
Benson
McMahan
Donald Marr
Bedford
N. H
Gregory Barrett
Maud P. Thayer
Portland
Joseph Lane
Cincinnati
Indian Point
George Laskey
Jackie
Edith
Laskey
Robinhood
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Bath
John Brown
Yarmouth
Brown
Helen Huskins
Edda Needham
Arthur Berry
Westbrook
Berry
George Gray
Kathleen Rittall
Sedgemere Beach
Laura Cochrane
Myricks
Mass
Arthur Cochrane
Brian Moore
Thomas Watson
Nequasset
Alexander Cunningham
Georgetown
Woodrow Gray
Mr. Gray
Gerald Hersom
Woolwich
Hersom
Franz Stevens
Charles O'Brien
Washington, D. C
Madge O'Brien
Russell Harford, Jr
Russell Harford
James MacMahan
Bath Memorial Hospital
Michael Wayne
Margaret MacMahan
Roland Jones
Orissa Carr
Shirley Brewer
Campbell
Seguinland Road
Chester G. Kelsea
Charles Moore
Mansfield Moore
Dennis Moore
Paul Thompson
Branwell Harford
Roger Ayers
Augusta
Clayton Heald
Kelsea
Roy Clark
Seguinland
Lester Davis
Carl Pearson
Somerville
William Watson
Harmon’s Harbor
William Plummer III
John D. Williams
Cheryl Barter
Richard Barter
Harold Pinkham
Edward Berry
Kathy
Marie Moore
Ledgewood Beach
Fran Stevens
Orville Rowe
Beulah Miller
Hattie Bowker
Howard S. Bowker
Phippsburg
Miss Bowker
William R
Abby Wallace Bowker
Phippsburg School
Morsey High School
New York City
Maine
Langley’s
Frank Higgins
Dresden
William J. Chidgey
San Antonio
Texas
Mae R. Oliver 75 widow of Raymond Oliver dies in Portland
Mae R. Oliver aged 75 widow of Raymond Oliver died Wednesday at Maine Medical Center Portland after three days as a patient. Born in New York City on May 24 1883 she was a daughter of Charles and Katherine Ellis Deering. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Friday at Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence with Rev Craig H Richards of Central Congregational church officiating. Interment in Oak Grove family lot.
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Mae R. Oliver
Raymond Oliver
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Beeing
New York City
Charles
Katherine Ellis Deering
Arthur F. Mayo and Son
Craig H Richards
Central Congregational Church
Oak Grove
Funeral for Miss Hat tie Bowker at Maple Grove Cemetery
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday for Miss Hat tie V. Bowker at the Funeral Home of Leslie C. Shumway 638 High Street. The Rev James Herrick of Bailey Island officiated with bearers William Higgins Arthur Bixby Rosario Borello Robert McIntire Arthur McIntyre and Thomas Tracey. Interment followed in Maple Grove Cemetery South Dresden.
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Hattie V. Bowker
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
James Herrick
Bailey Island
William Higgins
Arthur Bixby
Rosario Borello
Robert McIntire
Arthur McIntyre
Thomas Tracey
Maple Grove Cemetery
South Dresden
Mrs Leona Bussell Funeral Held At Local Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Leona R. Bussell were held at 1 30 p m Friday at the funeral home of Leslie C Shumway 638 High street Rev Frederick L Niles of Beacon Street Methodist church officiated.
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Leona R. Bussell
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Frederick L. Niles
Beacon Street
Russell Alexander Made Permanent Police Officer
Bath Police Patrolman Russell Alexander completed six months of probation and received a permanent appointment from City Manager Stanley W. Judkins. Judkins notes Alexander met the required qualities, willingness to share workload, and that the title changes from temporary to permanent.
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Russell Alexander
Bath Police Department
Stanley W. Judkins
Judkins
Alexander
Certai
Bay Point social notes and regional visits span week
James Furbish turned 12 on May 2. Bay Point and Bath residents visit Bath Memorial Hospital and local spots including the Navajo and the Maddison Moore family at Cape Elizabeth. Several families from Lewiston Woolwich Popham Auburn and Somerville share weekend gatherings and May basket activities. Burma gains independence as a republic in 1948.
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James Furbish
George Renaud
Bath and
Bay Point
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Alice Safford
Sumner Mains
Munsey
Woolwich
Fred Spinney
Popham
Vesta Spinney
John
Leo Conley
Somerville
Mass
Ay Point
Madison Moore
Cape Elizabeth
Madison, Jr
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Edgar B. McBrine dies at 52 in Bath home
Edgar B. McBrine a 52 year old local barber died at his home 46 Denny road Saturday morning He had lived in Bath 16 years and worked at Freeman's barber shop previously in Rockland He was born in Glassville N B on April 2 1907 and had lived in Canada and Nova Scotia before moving to Maine His survivors include his widow four daughters a son a stepson a sister and a brother with four grandchildren.
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Edgar B. McBrine
Denny Road
McBrine
Bath
Freeman’s
Rockland
Glassville
N. B
Arthur S
Annie Anderson McBrine
Canada
Houston Business College
Barbers’ School
Halifax
N. S
Maine
Fort Fairfield
New Mexico
Mars Hill
The
Presbyterian Church
Rockland Lodge
Barbers Union
Lic
Gordon A. McBrine
Frank Pepper dies at 83 former Park Bowling proprietor
Frank Pepper 83 of 11 Maple Street Bath died Monday after months of declining health. Born in Bath July 5 1875 he was a former bareback rider for Ringling Brothers Circus and a stone cutter by trade. Survived by his son Eric Lee Pepper of Boston daughter Kathleen Gainsley Woolwich and grandson Pepper Gainsley. Funeral services at Curtis Funeral Home 2 pm Thursday with Rev. Richard B Adams officiating and interment at Oak Grove Family lot.
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Frank Pepper
Park
Maple Street
Bath
Joseph
Harriet Sydes Pepper
Ringling Brothers Circus
Pepper
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Katherine Flaherty Pepper
Eric Lee Pepper
Boston
Kathleen Gainsley
Woolwich
Pepper Gainsley
Curtis Funeral Home
Richard B. Adams
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
Edgebcomb Widow Alfreda Edgecomb Dies at 74
Mrs Alfreda Beatrice Edgecomb 74 widow of Frank L Edgecomb died Saturday at the Old Folks Home. Born in Newfoundland February 2 1885 she was a daughter of James and Sarah Buckley Farmer. Surviving are one daughter Elliott Gilliam Bath two sisters Abigail Burke Los Angeles Olivia Nason Chelsea Mass three grandsons Frank Roger Joseph Gilliam Bath and two great grandchildren.
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Alfreda B. Edgecomb
Alfreda Beatrice Edgecomb
Old Folks Home
Frank L. Edgecomb
Newfoundland
James
Sarah Buckley Farmer
Ira D. Allen 77 Bowdoinham native dies at home
Ira D. Allen, 77, formerly of Bath, died Wednesday May 6 at his Bowdoinham home. Born November 4, 1881 in Whitefield, he worked as a towboat fireman, Maine Central Railroad fireman, and operated a Bowdoinham saw mill before retiring seven years ago. Survived by daughter Clara Allen Walker and sons Charles R. and Donald B., his wife Mabel Ayer having died last year. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from First Church of the Nazarene Bowdoinham. burial in Bay View cemetery. Bearers included Maynard Hinkley Linwood Rideout Noble Wood and Donald Preble.
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Ira D. Allen
Bath
Bowdoinham
Whitefield
Robert
Susan Heath Allen
Mr. Allen
New England
Pennsylvania
Maine Central Railroad
Mabel Ayer
Clara Allen Walker
Charles R
Donald B
South Portland
Mrs Hannah C Somes 92 Reading Mass obituary
Mrs Hannah C Somes of Reading Massachusetts died May 6 at a Bath nursing home after six months of residence. Born October 22 1866 in Augusta she was daughter of Albert and Frances Williams Stott and widow of Alice Somes who died in 1945. She was a past noble grand of the Rebekah Lodge in Reading and survived by several nephews and nieces. Funeral was Saturday at 2 30 p m from Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home Reading with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery Reading.
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Hannah C. Somes
Reading
Mass
Bath
Ardenne A. Stott
Stott
Augusta
Albert
Frances Williams Stott
Alice Somes
Somes
Rebekah Lodge
Edgerley and Bessom
Laurel Hill
Funeral service for Edgar B. McBrine held on Monday
Funeral service for Edgar B. McBrine was held Monday at 1 30 p m from the High street funeral home with Rev Stephen H Sidebotham of Woolwich Wiscasset Baptist church officiating. Bearers included John H Freeman Charles R King Flray Harvey Stanley Doughty Donald Foster and Edwin A Elliott Jr Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
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Edgar McBrine
Edgar B. McBrine
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Stephen H. Sidebotham
Woolwich - Wiscasset Baptist Church
John H. Freeman
Charles R. King
Bath
Flray Harvey
Lewiston
Stanley Doughty
Whitehead Light Station
Spruce Head
Donald Foster
Tenant's Harbor
Edwin A. Elliott, Jr
New Haven, Conn
Oak Grove
Funeral Service for Mrs. Alfreda Edgecomb
Funeral services for Mrs. Alfreda Edgecomb, who died Saturday at the Old Folks Home, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Frederick L. Niles of Beacon Street Methodist Church. Bearers were Joseph Oliver, Owen Richardson, Frank Gilliam and Roger Gilliam. Burial followed at Maple Grove.
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Alfreda Edgecomb
Old Folks Home
Curtis Funeral Home
Frederick L. Niles
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Joseph Oliver
Owen Richardson
Frank Gilliam
Roger Gilliam
Maple Grove
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers Snapshot
A compact listing of crossword hints and sample fills including Wet land, Old World lizard, Negative Buddha, Wiser, Main point, Border flower, Sweet potatoes, Elizabeth Regina, Viper, Greek letter, House of the Seven, Touch, Salute, Fried lightly, Solar disk, Measure of land, Ancient Irish capital, Game animal, Own, Pigpen, Male sheep, City trains, Man's nickname, Wurt tem berg.
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Wise
Main Point
Elizabeth Regina Viper
House of the Seven
Wurttemberg
Cryptoquote puzzle and quote from King Features Syndicate
The page shows a cryptogram with clues and a sample quote attributed to Longfellow. It lists number keyed word answers and an example cipher mapping revealing a Swift quote about a she watching a man like a cat watches a mouse.
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SWIFT
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Pickard Theater
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Trey Armstrong
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Groton
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Philip Dalrymple
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the Oaks
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Phillips Academy
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Harold J. Brown, Jr
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