Old Ironsides Wood Becomes 16th Century Chair
James L. Bates crafts a Harvard style turned chair using wood from the U S Frigate Constitution. The display in Times window highlights the chair’s 16th century design and the ship’s historic wood heritage. The piece features a jute seat and metal inscription noting the hull origin and key dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Bates
Elm Street
Times
England
America
Frances Clary Morse
Harvard University
Holmes
Parson Tyrell
Bates
Sewall
Cotton Mather
Bolles
Harvard
Henry F. Waters
Salem
Connecticut Historical Society
Constitution
Tripoli
Guerriere
Java
Cyane
Levant
Bath aldermen seek injunction to halt state aid road work
Bath city officials led by Alderman Eugene A Youland seek a court injunction to stop state funded road work on High street by Mayor Harold P Small and City Treasurer Donald D Young. They claim the $4500 project cannot be covered by a nearly spent 1932 33 appropriation and allege improper expenditure as errors in a October vote. The petition names 14 plaintiffs all Bath residents and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene A. Youland
Bath City
Justice H. Worster
Lincoln Superior Court
Wiscasset
Harold P. Small
Donald D. Young
Bath
High Street
Arthur J. Dunton
Edward W. Bridgham
John J. Keegan
Small
Young
Superior Court
Ellery E. Whittemore
Amos F. Perry
George J. Goodwin
Arthur L. Pratt
Walter P. Kingsbury
James S. Knight
Edward M. Robbins
Horace B. Woodman
George M. Emery
Mark A. Jackson
Raymond M. Haley
Leburton D. Sheldon
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
City of
Second
City of Bath
Bridge Tolls Fall in October with Losses Shown
Cash receipts dropped 5381.20 in October from a year earlier as 8825 fewer vehicles and 24534 fewer people crossed. Gains occurred in autos and trucks on 3.50 tickets, three ton trucks on tickets, and auto plus two ton trucks on 20 dollars tickets. Losses appeared in passenger tickets and four ton tickets and horse team tickets. A table shows October 1931 and 1932 figures for vehicles persons and receipts.
Belle of Barcelona charms crowd at Masonic Temple
At the Masonic Temple the Cosmopolitan Club staged The Belle of Barcelona a three act musical comedy by Charles Ross Chaney before about 300 people. Mrs. Avery directed assisted by Mrs. Wilson with performances praised for music lines acting and costumes. Special mentions went to Mary Anne Wentworth Seth N. Snipe and Graham White.
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Singing Club
Cosmopolitan Players
Cosmopolitan Club
Barcelona
Charles Ross Chaney
Masonic Temple
Charles W. Avery
Avery
Clinton D. Wilson
Little Flower Girls
Mary Anne Wentworth
Seth N. Snipe
Graham White
White
Plaza del Rey
Spain
Wilson
Miss Wentworth
Barce
Lillian E. Lewin
Mercedes
Stanley E. Wallace
Senor de Montero
Stearns W. Scott
Senora de Montero
Albert Henderson
Senor de la Vega
Bilas E. Plant
Alice F. Johnson
William W. Dennison
Roscoe P. McFadden
William R. Freeman
Dorothy A. Welch
Phyllis E. Wright
Mary E. Deehall
Katherine I. Trott
Reginald Stacy
Stacy
Quick Response Saves Automobile from Fire at Cahill Home
Joe Cloutier driver of Engine 4 assisted by Clarence Seavey spare driver Fred Perry and Wallace Russell saved the Cadillac owned by Hon and Mrs Rupert H Baxter from destruction. Fire started undercarriage near 781 High street after Mrs Baxter and Mrs Tucker left the Cahill residence. Foamite and chemicals confined the blaze to the engine. crew returned by 6 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cloutier
Clarence Seavey
Fred Perry
Wallace Russell
Charles H. Cahill
Cadillac
Rupert H. Baxter
Hot words pass in city council over road work
Clashes between Mayor Harold P Small and aldermen dominated the November city meeting in Bath over using 4500 state credit for continued State aid roadwork on High Street. Pratt questioned the source and legality of re spending past credits while Whittemore and Youland argued for economy. The session also tackled tax abatement, highway board funds, and a death notice for Alderman Burt Dyer. Budget and committee actions followed with a large year end balance reported by Treasurer Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Youland
Whittemore
Small
Bath
High Street
Arthur Pratt
Ward 5
Pratt
Smallpoint
Common Council
Knight, Troop
Blake
Whitney and
Perry
Robbins
Haley
Smith
McCabe
Maine Registers 38000 Lead for President Hoover
Maine voters swung Republican in a large statewide presidential tally led by Hoover with 162637 votes to Roosevelt 125381 in 632 precincts. Roosevelt carried four cities including Old Town and Dem cities Biddeford Lewiston Waterville, while Androscoggin backed Roosevelt by 4600. Norman Thomas saw gains from 1928 across 319 precincts.
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Maine
Hoover
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Old Town
Biddeford
Lewiston
Waterville
Smith
Androscoggin
Louis J. Brann
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Aroostook
Cumberland
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Somerset County
Heavy registration adds 278 new voters in seven days
The board reports 278 new voters joined lists in a seven day session, 193 enrolled, with 148 Republicans and 45 Democrats. 23 former voters were restored, pushing the yearly total to 696 new names with 153 for March, 182 for June, and 83 for September. Ward 1 led in new registrations. Women outnumber men 171 to 107.
City Votes Near 80 Percent in Presidential Election
Nearly 80 percent of the city’s voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s presidential election. A total of 4,776 people voted, up 1,655 from 1928, with 2,551 men and 2,225 women. The city’s vote total reached 6,975, greater than 1928 by 815, and the Republican plurality narrowed to 1,457.
Roosevelt sweeps six states to 59 electoral votes
The article notes Franklin D. Roosevelt carrying six states for 59 electoral votes as Hoover trails in the 48 states. Roosevelt and Garner surpass Hoover in national vote counts with a broad Democratic win across Congress and governors. Connecticut and New Hampshire show slim margins for Hoover. Pennsylvania votes tighten the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Hoover
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt Wins U S Presidency in Democratic Landslide
Early returns show Franklin D Roosevelt elected president with a likely 344 to 400 electoral total and a national vote surge exceeding 10 million. The Democrats gain House and Senate majorities while discussions point to possible repeal changes to the Volstead Act and a shift in national policy.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New York
United States
Roosevelt
Hoover
Coolidge
Washington
Curtis
National House
United States Senate
New Mexico
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Als
Board of Highways and Sewers
Whitney
Burt M. Dyer
Edward A. Rowe
Center Street
Raymond Small
Spinney
Pepper
Middle Street
Coe
Bath Thus Son Weasenstsees
Bath National
First National
James Knight
Ward
Associated Press
Es.t
House of Representatives
Winchester Leader
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