Jeffers Model of War Production for Rubber
The piece lauds William M. Jeffers for rapidly building synthetic rubber facilities, resigning to return to railroading, and urging practical production over policy. It argues manpower limits are less critical than supply chain issues and calls for capable leaders in the rubber program and fewer theoreticians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Dewey
Rubber Companies
OPA
Congress must act now to wind down war contracts
The speaker warns Congress of looming postwar disruption and urges immediate action to end war production smoothly. He cites historical contract backlogs and delays, noting 32 000 wartime contracts and 7 000 unsettled ones after the last war, and stresses the need for policy on contracts and small-business loans to prevent unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Express Transports War Time Air Cargo Insight
A wartime aviation brief describes Alaska military airfields iced in blizzards. SOS signals trigger snowplows loaded aboard a Liberator to clear frozen runways, enabling urgent cargo movement. tank trucks were cut in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Blizzzards
Alaska
Air cargo Japan to Labrador boosts wartime logistics
Consol ldated Vultee Aircraft Corp notes show Liberator airframes shipped in parts to fronts and later welded at destination. The piece also notes the end of blackout and daylight saving, with Weather Bureau forecast publications returning to 24 to 48 hour outlooks, easing war time restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labrador
Consolldated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Whittiers
Weather Bureau
Deed from Maine's Gov William King to Jeremiah Robinson Found
An 1825 deed bearing Gov William King and Ann M King transfers land on Washington Street now part of Bath Iron Works to Jeremiah Robinson. Witness Isaiah Crocker and secretary public William Torrey recorded the document. Robinson ancestors ran a Union Wharf store and packets to Baltimore and Newport News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Robinson
Old South Place
Times
Washington Street
New Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine
William King
Jeremiah Robinson
Gov. King
Ann M. King
Isaiah Crocker
Bath
South
High Streets
Central Ladies Aid Meets On Thursday
Lawes Aid of Central church met Thursday afternoon for the week’s work with Mrs Luther Thompson absent due to illness. Mrs Jiete-T Ponney acted as president with others present. Mrs Lathe Ripson and Mrs Junn Boies assisted as officers. The meeting included a talk on needs and a bread service, with refreshments served by Mrs Alton L. Cortes and Mrs Jason Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawes Aid
Luther Thompson
Woo
Jiete-T Ponney
Rgipson
Alton L. Cortes
Jason A
Merril
Winter Street Church
John Sylvester
Morton Young
Fred Irish
Robert Colley
Arthur C. Lement
Alice Varney
Trygve Carlsen
Fred Foote
Cochairmen
Arthur K. Purington
Harry Huse
Charles Nelson
Ration Books Issued and Deer Hunter Found Safe
Ration books for War Books four issued across Union 48 schools with broad citizen cooperation. Superintendent Stanwood Gilman thanks the community and teachers for distributing the books. In a separate report, Frank Clark 20 was found by game wardens after spending a night in woods near Sebec Lake, Dover-Foxcroft. he suffered no ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Stanwood C. Gilman
Woolwen
Ipsburg
Orgetown
Westport
Frank Clark
Bowerbank Plantation
Thomas L
Thomas L. Foulkes
Clark
Sebec Lake
Dover-Foxcroft
Governor Sewall urged to run for a third term
Bath Republican Justus H. Miller presented Governor Sewall with over 7000 signatures petitioning a third term. Sewall said he would decide soon after reviewing the appeals. Miller said the drive was spontaneous by the Bath Sewall club. The petition praised Sewall’s wartime leadership as needed in a postwar Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus H. Miller
Bath
Sewall
Bath Sewall Club
Miller
Senate
Horace Hildreth
Cumberland
F. Ardine Richardson
Strong
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
Maine
William S. Linnell
Portland
Linnell
Roosevelt
Congress
Noble Grands Club Welcomes New Member
Past Noble Grands of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge met with hostesses Mrs. Ralph Mank and Mrs. Annette Pinkham to welcome Mrs. Glennora Moore, a former noble grand. The evening included bingo, prizes won by Mrs Nellie Leeman and Mrs Eva Atwood, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Ralph Mank
Spring Street
Annette Pinkham
Athena Gillespie
Fall Flowers
Glennora Moore
Noble Grand
Gillespie
Moore
Jennie Farrin
Caroline Thompson
Nellie Leeman
Eva Atwood
Mank
Pinkham
Harry Knight
Henry T. B. Leeman
Herbert McCabe
Charles Helah
John Atwood
Clarence Atwood
Henry T. Bo Leeman
Leonard Lord
Frank Farrin
Elizabeth Casey
Horace Ward
Unclaimed Bath Savings Deposit Traced to Samuel Francis
The Bath Savings Institution list in the Times shows the largest unclaimed deposit, dating to 1856 from Samuel Francis of Boston. His account, once $150, has grown to $6,018.33 in interest, illustrating compound interest over many decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Savings Institution
Samuel Francis
Francis
Boston
Mass
Wave of break ins tied to a regional crime spree
State Police and county sheriffs hunted suspects after eight robberies in a week across Yarmouth Topsham Brunswick Woolwich and Boothbay Harbor. Only costly items avoided as thieves hit filling stations and a Brunswick jewelry store. Investigators urged stricter night security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Bernard A. Tulley
Woolwich
Tulley
Brunswick
Topsham
State Bureau of Investigation
Leon Shepard
SBI
J. Edward Marks
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Edward Coburn Robinson Jr. Sought for Brunswick Robbery
Brunswick police issue a felony assault and robbery warrant for Edward Coburn Robinson Jr. after an armed holdup at Lacharite grocery on Pleasant Street. A clerk and two customers were held at rifle point and about $150 taken. Police traced the truck to Bath Box Co. and Lewiston, with the rifle recovered in the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Coburn Robinson Jr
Brunswick Police
Warren Purington
Brunswick Department
Pleasant Street
Purington
Robinson
Rifle Point
Bath Box Co
Brunswick
Lewiston
Achievement Day Honors 4-H Groups in Androscoggin Sagadahoc
More than 200 4-H members and leaders attended the Achievement Day at East Auburn Grange Hall on Saturday. The Penley Corner Progressive Workers 4-H Club of Auburn won the Lewiston Trust Co. cup for the second straight year, led by Cecile Caron, with honors presented by county project leader Mrs. Katherine Runnells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
East Auburn Grange Hall
Penley Corner
Bath Women Attend Conference Session in Lewiston Auburn
Delegates from Bath Wesley Church attended the annual Conference Society of the Women's Society for Christian Service in Auburn and Lewiston October 26 and 27. The program featured communion, reports, a banquet, and talks by Miss Louise Perry and Mrs. Ira S. Timm. Jurisdiction officers for the spring conference were elected: Stansfield, McLean, Dunlap, Sedgeley, MacDonald, and Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard McLean
Andrew Butterfield
Nan Brown
Anna K. Nester
Conference Society of the Women's Society For Christian Service
Auburn
Lewiston
Wesley Church
High Street Methodist Church
Elwin Wilson
Portland
Edwin F. Tewksbury
Auburn Church
Albert I. Oliver
Lewiston Church
Walter P. Stansfield
Sanford
New England
Philadelphia
Willard L. McLean
Bath
Conference Society
Louise Perry
Ira S. Timm
Long Branch
N. J
W. H. Dievler
Elkine Park
Penn
Calvary Methodist Church
Stansfield
Brian Dunlap
Harold Sedgeley
Bangor
Anna MacDonald
Orrington
Leo S. Ross
Randolph
Pine Cone Troop Girl Scouts Hold Halloween Party
Pine Cone Troop 4 led by Mrs R Clinton McFadden met Mrs Alex Burgess Jr at her Center street home after school for a Halloween party. Irene Ferris chaired the committee with Madelyn King and Joan Longley assisting. games, peanut hunt, orange and black decorations, and Good Night Circle ended the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Clinton McFadden
Alex Burgess, Jr
Center Street
Irene Ferris
Madelyn King
Joan Longley
Church Supper Draws Large Attendance and Support
The church held a well attended supper led by the music committee with John Cooke Jr chosen as head usher. The Ladies Aid noted a multi year debt of $1,600 paid down to $800 remaining, and plans to erase it next year. A new stoker was installed and funded, providing better heating. gratitude was expressed for cooperative support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cooke, Jr
Ladies’ Aid
Filling Station Robbery Under Investigation
Sheriff Messenger said several youths were due for questioning about a robbery at a filling station. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Smith spent the weekend in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulley
Messenger
Bradley Smith
Court Street
Augusta
Maine fire chiefs study ladder work and pump operations
Fire chiefs from Bath, Brunswick, Topsham, Georgetown and nearby towns joined a Sunday class on ladder work and pump demonstrations using Iron Works equipment. Instructors Cowan Payson and Ricker led sessions on ventilation, forcible entry, hydraulics, extinguishers, and rope work with real pipe layouts and nozzle practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Works
Lorrain N. Nilson
Nobleboro
Harold W. Willis
Joseph Gagnon
Topsham
Fred Carr
Georgetown
Fred Pinkham
George C. Sylvester
Brunswick
Henri P. Hould
Lewiston
Walter Smith
Freeport
Richard Frates
Bath Department
William Parks
Edward Miller
Bath Iron Works Fire Department
Forrest L. Hart
Harold L. Corliss
Ira Dugin
Stephen Jones
Hardings
BIWFD
Scott Morse
Cecil Fullerton
Frank Fortier
Weston Bonney
Bath
Edward P. Thomas
Sagadahoc
Messrs
Cowan, Verderber
Emmons and Allen
Payson
Camden High School
Cowan
Ricker
Humphrey
Civilian Defense
Humphreys
Payson and
Speedster Fined After Guilty Plea in Municipal Court
Walter Bartlett of East Brunswick pleaded guilty to speeding 60 mph on U S Route one before Judge Deering in Municipal Court. He was fined $10 plus costs of $4.70, with the fine suspended on payment of costs. Bartlett was directed into court by State Patrolman Francis W. Powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Walter Bartlett
East Brunswick
Bartlett
Francis W. Powers
Maine Salvage Committee SETS Tin Can Collection Plan
The Maine Salvage Committee announced statewide tin can drives in Knox Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties. A freight car will visit Rockland Wiscasset Bath and Brunswick in December with local salvage chairs coordinating pickups for cans prepared by households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Salvage Committee
Knox
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Rockland
Wiscasset
Bath
Brunswick
Premier Showing of This Is the Army at Bath Opera House
Warner Bros presents Irving Berlin's This Is the Army at Bath Opera House on Thursday November 18 at 8:00 PM. Proceeds go to the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Warner Bros donates the film and Bath Opera House provides venue and staff. Roland Smith Post American Legion of Bath handles tickets and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army” Warner Bros
Irving Berlin
Bath Opera House
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Warner Bros
Roland Smith Post
American Legion of Bath
British Plane Crashes Near Boothbay Harbor
A British plane crashed into St. Johns Bay near Boothbay Harbor on a routine training flight. The pilot escaped with minor injuries and swam to shore. salvage operations are underway. Ensign James H. Quillen of the U S Naval Air Station Brunswick released the update. Mrs Lyle Kilkenney of Skowhegan was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Eyclide Grimard on Willow Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Bay
Boothbay Harbor
James H. Quillen
U. S. Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Lyle Kilkenney
Skowhegan
Eyclide Grimard
Willow Street
War Ration Updates Permit Broad Stamp Validity
Oct 31 to Nov 7 ration notice lists Brown Stamps G and H valid until Dec 4, Green Stamps A B C valid Nov 1 to Dec 20 for processed foods, X Y Z to Nov 20, Sugar Stamp 29 Nov 1 to Jan 15 for five pounds, Aeroplane shoe stamp, Fuel Oil coupons extended to Jan 4 1944, Tire Inspection deadlines, Car mileage rule, Heating stoves now rationed with purchase certificate required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Ration Board
North End Boy Burns in Fuel Oil Fire
Four year old Buddy Dow of Meadow Way suffered serious burns from waist to feet and arm when his clothing ignited in a bonfire of leaves. Neighbors, including Mrs Shirley White, helped with a wet sheet and Buddy was taken to Memorial Hospital where he remains under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Dow
Buddy
Robert E. Dow
Meadow Way
Shirley White
Memorial Hospital
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Grid And Cryptoquote
Crossword clues span across and down with multiple entries including land measure old cloth and paraly sis. The cryptoquote reads WHO DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO LOVE and quotes Voltaire HI BUT A FAITHLESS HEART.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaire
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Ssociation
Central Ladies’ Aid
Noble Grands‘ Club
State Police
Lewiston-Auburn
Pine Cone Troop
Girl Scouts
Alex Burgess
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
North End
Guido
Bird Candle Power
David
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