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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1940

Page

7

Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights Local Life

Read about deer taken by Capt. Robert Westman near Boothbay Harbor and the Lizzie Snow, a gas worker overcoming coco pee gas in Bath, the Union ferry guard, and a launch ferrying passengers during river work. Also notes on a sparring match, yacht club plans, new shipbuilding, weddings, local visits, and a large Bath registration push.

Robert Westman Boothbay Harbor Lizzie Snow Moosehead Union Charles Dennett

Local court orders destruction of maimed horse

On October 31 1900 Recorder Glidden ordered the destruction of a horse owned by John and Alexander Johnson after testimony by I H Purington state SPCA agent and Sumner Brown. The court found the animal maimed disabled beyond care and unable to eat hay. The horse's value was assessed as nothing.

I. H. Purington Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals Glidden John and Alexander Johnson

Launch of big four masted schooner Louise B Crary at New Eas ter

The Louise B Crary, a about 2000 ton four masted schooner from New York, is to be launched Tuesday November 20 at the New Eas ter yard under Capt Kelsey. She will go overboard the last of December as Martin Carroll begins duties as night watchman.

Monitor No. 8 Bath Iron Works Congressman Boutelle Miss Grace Bangor Connecticut United States Navy D. T. Percy & Sons Galen C. Moses Capt. Hawley Houghton Louise B. Crary New York Kelsey

Libel Filed Over Steamer Hector Collision Damages

The Metropolitan Coal Co owner of the steamer Hector filed a libel in Bath district court seeking 15000 dollars for damages to the steamer and detention after a collision with the Bath schooner Joseph W. Hawthorn near Vineyard. The report also notes a new four masted schooner to be named May V Neville and other local items including fraternal meetings and shipyard work.

Hector Bath Joseph W. Hawthorn Vineyard Metropolitan Coal Co U.S. District Court

Fear Unseen Death Sharpens Italian Desert Vendetta

A Sunday Times correspondent reports rising vendettas in the Libyan Egyptian desert as yataghan and stiletto duels erupt among Bedouin Berber groups and Italian patrols. Fear of unseen death triggers nerves and roundups of alleged saboteurs as authorities try to quell the vendettas.

Mussolini London

Asiatic Tribe Linked to American Indians Amid Arctic Expedition

An expedition by Moscow scientists found a Mansi man on the Vishera River whose features, dress, and reindeer livelihood echo those of American Indians. The find supports long-suspected kinship, with the Mansi living in northwestern Asia and adopting deerskin moccasinlike footwear.

Asia Moscow Vishera Savva Bakhtiarov Popham-Small Point Everett Harrington Stanley Hyde Raymond Maclntire George C. Pease Hunt-Jones Place Bodwell Grange Hall MaclIntire

Highway Safety Report Shows October 1940 Fatalities Down

Maine's Highway Safety Division reports October 1940 ended with 20 fatalities, down 13 percent from October 1939. Pedestrians accounted for 11 deaths, drivers six, passengers three. alcohol involvement appeared in two cases. Knox, Piscataquis, and Waldo counties had no fatalities to date. school zone safety and hit and run cases receive emphasis.

George I. Shaw Highway Safety Division Maine State Police Knox Piscataquis Waldo Androscoggin Aroostook Cumberland Franklin Lincoln York Hancock Kennebec Oxford Penobscot Sagadahoe Somerset Washington Maine

Phippsburg A Flood Damages Roads and Local Happenings

Heavy rain caused widespread damage to cross roads in Phippsburg, washing Meadowbrook road to cobbles and stranding vehicles. Coast Guard trucks and a mail truck navigated overflowed marshes as locals report arrests on bridges, new property trades, and a WPA road project vote.

Meadowbrook Popham Coast Guard Small Point Pushard’s Hill Simion Moore Beth Arnold-Payne Dearborn Road Marshall Sewall Epelana Bertha Shea Walter Small Stoneybrook Maine General Hospital Portland

Cannonball from 1814 British raid found in Georgetown

A battered 1814 British raid tale recalls HMS Bailfinch off Seguin and a volley at Mile Beach Georgetown. A cannonball lodged in a sand-dune and resurfaced years later. today Edward C. Clary keeper of the relic attracts visitors who glimpse a symbol of national unity.

America Seguin Georgetown Mile Beach HMS Sheepscot Bay Richard Hagan Cox's Head Soldier’s Point Sassanoa Long Reach Bath Edward C. Clary

Tin Hat Now Weapon for British Soldiers

British soldiers are trained to use their tin hats as offensive weapons and shields. They practice head jerks to deliver knockout blows and convert the hat into a lethal weapon or shield against bayonets or missiles. Unarmed combat blending jujitsu is taught to self defend in any circumstance.

Phippsburg Center Hosts Halloween Party for Students

Ghosts and goblins filled the little schoolhouse for a school event organized by teacher Mrs. Lyman Barbour. Children and friends enjoyed games, stunts, and riddles with cake, cookies, fudge, peanuts, and hot chocolate. Prizes for costumes went to Eugene Perkins and Rico Zorrilla. Mary Putney travels to Portland for work while Langdon N. Thistle misses days at Bath Iron Works due to eye inflammation.

Little Schoolhouse Lyman Barbour Eugene Perkins Rico Zorrilla Mary Putney Langdon N. Thistle Portland Bath Iron Works

Federal alien registration suspended due to illness of staff

Registration of aliens at the post office is halted until Friday because fingerprint experts Andrew aner and TTT are ill at home with colds. Officials will resume by appointment only on Saturday.

Andrew Aner TTT

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The Bath Daily Times George Wakefield Gas Company Rent Street Boothbay Dennis Moore Soldiers Island North End T. F. Gurnsey Boston F. K. Kingsbury Kingsbury Gurnsey Eleanor A. Percy Kennebec Yacht Club R. D. Bibber A. B. Hervey E. J. Lantier Harry B. Sawyer James T. Madden Alfred P. Webster Preston Farrar Lulu Edgecomb Emery Edgecomb Upper Washington Street Sadie Wade Bertha Paris Mrs. Thomas Gibbons Charles Patten Farida S. Drummond Morris D. Temple Chicago Melinda Tarbox Alice Varney Beatrice Weeks Nellie Grinnell Eveleth Weeks Marion White Helen Johnson Grace Hodgkins Theo Fisher Colorado Springs Fred L. Dunton James D. Clark Charles W. Clifford, Jr Harry L. Langdon Fred C. Scribner Clifford Spinney James P. Webber William Wolfe Josh Weatherby Philadelphia Ladies of Wesley Church Samuel Rogers Western Avenue F. H. Patten North Street Guy Sprague Weston L. Bonney Massachusetts Board of Registration City Hall Lon Fisher New Meadows Bert Bubier Williams Island E. W. Hyde Oxalis Union Wharf Everett W. Neal George A. Tuttle Center Street Gertrude May John H. Millin Carrie Millin Providence R. I Fred W. Tuttle Robert Hatch Leonard & Mitchell's Front Street Center Street Hill A. D. Stetson & Son Maine Central R. C. Harris Center Middle Streets J.C. Hague Webber's Card City Landing Standard Oil Co Maverick Iron Works Children of the Orphans Home Sagadahoc Mary Ann Agrey Thomas Agrey Jefferson E. J. Marston Middle Street Clifford N. Carver New England Co John Cadwallader Barter Shaw’s Mill Hercules Knox & Lincoln Barney J. M. Nash Theodore Olsen Pendleton’s Yard Belfast Nash Olsen Joseph W. Winter West Bath Knickerbocker Dingley Ice King Brown Eastport Annie Ainsley Carver's Harbor Bucksport E. J. Stotesberry D. Howard Spear Mrs. Louis Hart Miss Millie Hart Bath Business College Thomas P. Gibbons Clare Wesley Parsonage J. T. Crosby Ernest B. Hinckley Lottie M. Swain Alameda Sarah A. Leonard F. W. O'Brien Charles B. Harrington Henry McIntire Isaiah Wildes Melvin Williams Maple Grove F. W G. H. Leonard Parker Flats Lewiston Athletics Spindle City Nancy Hanks Armory Republican City Committee Democratic City Committee Columbia Theatre Bowdoin Colby Brunswick John McInnes Arthur Sewall Mary Payne Lydia Edgecomb North Bath Denver Col William Kendall Payne F. W. Carlton H. P. Hathorne George Rice Woolwich James B. Keene Harriette L. Westman J. L. Quimby L. L. Hooker Zope Joseph Winter Freeman Kenneth Murray McPhee Boulanger Buff Kill Old Winter Street Martin Carroll Houghton’s May V. Neville M. K. Neville West Bath Grange Lisbon Grange Fred Wright George F. Wright Central Church Chapel Juno Capt. Houghton James McLellan George E. Hughes Charles W. Larrabee Dr. Rice Sydney L. Meeker Capt. Kimball Annie F. Kimball Hallowell Hyde Windlass Co Frye’s William R. Donnell Brockton, Mass Malcolm McDonald William B. Palmer Cape Breton Sinaia Hattie Sanford Howard B. Johnson Bowdeinham Arthur J. Dunton Carroll Deering Libya Northwest Asia Marjorie Louise Fraser William Fraser Chestnut Street Colleen Moore Effie Heal Georgetown Center Phippsburg Phippshore Parker Head William Wilnes Reed W. C. Reed Wes Raymond Wilbur Wyman George Wyman Veterans’ Hospital Medford Mass Howard Scott Campbell’s Island Morses River Webster Getchell George Davis Getchells Harvey Getchell Davis John H. Pease Elizabeth Brooks Harold M. Smell Vita Li Wiman Earl Philip Wallace William Gilmen Litchfield Raymond Macintire Mattawamkeay Maurice Pye Kokadjo Ada Catherine Minott Roxbury Abbie Minott Howard Bowker Henry M. Minott Haskell High Street Phippsburg Center
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