Bath man jailed after window smashing spree
Paul Savage of Bath dis charged Army veteran, 33, admitted breaking panes at the Bath Savings Institution, Bath Trust Co., and W T Grant Co. after a drunken spree. He was captured by Patrolman Wendall Williams and later found guilty on four counts, with fines and jail terms imposed. William L. Dame also pleaded guilty to an unregistered vehicle charge.
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Paul Savage
Bath
Front
Center Streets
Wendall Williams
Center Street
Just-Rite Fur Shop
Edna Mae
Bath Savings Institution
Front Street
Bath Trust Co
W. T. Grant Co
Bath Municipal Court
Savage
Gardiner R. Deering
Kennebec County
Percy W. Kingsbury
Williams
Grant
William L. Dame
Destroyer Bausell Launches At Noon
At 12 noon Monday the 2200 ton destroyer U S S Bausell was launched from Barron Works Corp Bath. Named for Marine corporal Lewis K. Bausell who perished saving his squad on Peleliu Island in 1944 the ship was christened by his mother Mrs Lawrence K. Bausell of Washington D C. Mrs Bausell was joined by her husband their daughter and a friend as Read Admiral Beatty and Navy officers observed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Bausell
Barron Works Corp
Lewis K. Bausell
Peleliu Island
Palau
Lawrence K. Bausell
Twelfth Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
J. T. Mooney
S. M. Hol@ head
U.S. N
Bausell
Bath Iron Works
Corp
U. S. Marine Corps
Everts St
Washington, D
Destroyer Bausell Named for Medal of Honor Marine
The 2200 ton destroyer USS Bausell was launched at Bath Iron Works to honor Corp. Lewis K. Bausell posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Peleliu on September 15, 1944. Born April 17 1924 in Pulaski Virginia he enlisted after Pearl Harbor and earned the Purple Heart and other honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Hospital Auxiliary Reviews Reports at Bath Memorial
Bath Memorial Hospital auxiliary met in the staff room with president Mrs Arthur King in the chair. Attendees included Mrs Arthur Colby Mrs Charles B Doyle Mrs Karcher Jackson Mrs Elizabeth Bates Mrs Arthur Burgess Mrs Frederick E Drake and Mrs Milton C Trott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur King
Arthur Colby
Charles B. Doyle
Karcher Jackson
Elizabeth Bates
Arthur Burgess
Frederick E. Drake
Milton C. Trott
May J. Footer
Frank Given
Eleanor Wilson
Margaret Butterfield
Madelyn D. Small
Mary Cummings
Eleanor Danforth
War Chest Committee
Madelyn J. Wetherbee
Joseph I. Smith
Baxters and Gillette Plan Thanksgiving Visit in New London
Hon and Mrs Rupert H Baxter will spend Thanksgiving and the weekend in New London with Rear Admiral and Mrs Claude S Gillette. Mr and Mrs J William Schultze of High street have been guests at The Barclay in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
New London
Claude S. Gillette
J. William Schultze
High Street
The
Barclay
New York
Storm Floods Bath Coast as High Tide Rages Through
Unusually high tide following a northeast gale floods Bath and Commercial Street. A 160-foot Bath Fuel Co. wharf washed away. power conduits fail and lines go out citywide. Water enters homes and businesses, shuts plants, and disables hundreds of telephone stations.
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Commercial Street
Bath Fuel Co
Carleton Bridge
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Bath Dyers and Cleansers, Inc
Norman Howard
Olaf Pitcher
City Landing
Upper Commercial Street
M. W. Sewall Coal Yard
Bath Iron Works
Steamboat Wharf
H. T. Passmore Lumber Co
Acme Supply Co
Howard Coal Co
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Washington Street
Harvard
Popham Beach
West Point Suffers Severe Gale and High Tides
The northeast gale at West Point produced the worst lashings in over 50 years with gusts near 90 miles per hour. Two Fred Hutchins fish houses were washed off foundations and adrift, while boats and skiffs were likewise scattered and later retrieved by owners. Water rose to 11 30 and crept into shorefront homes as waves towered over the structures. Relatives and motorists rushed to assist residents amid the storm.
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West Point
Independent
Fred Hutchins
Times
Lt Lynn Bussey Recalls WWII War Experiences for Bath Rotarians
Lt Lynn H Bussey U S Army tells Bath Rotary Club about his Chemical Warfare Division service with Patton’s Army. He fought in France to the Ruhr and Rhine, witnessed Buchenwald crematoriums, and praised Allied air and ground superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lynn H. Bussey
Sedgwick
Edward W. Bridgham
Patton
Versailles
France
Janet Bridgham
Bates College
England
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Ruhr
Rhine
Weimer
Buchenwald
Royal Air Force
U. S
Bussey
Red Cross
Russia
China
Harold Troop
Duncan R. Warren
Frank S. Staples
Family Dinner Party Planned in Augusta
Mrs Clifford Harrington, sister Mrs Julia Adams, and Mrs Lotta Goodwin of North Street will travel Thursday to Augusta to visit Mrs Harringtons sister and husband Mr and Mrs Lucius Barrows who will host a family dinner. Mr Barrows works for the State Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Harrington
Julia—Adams
Lotta Goodwin
North Street
Augusta
Severe Tide Floods Popham Area. Logs, Traps Lost
Tide reached record heights in Popham with 12 foot rise, flooding main street and washing out walks. Boats ferried mail to the post office as debris clogged roads and a dike along Atkins Bay washed away. Lobstermen lost many traps while Malden Island and Five Islands suffer boat and wharf damage.
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Popham
Spinney
Annie Stacey
Atkins Bay
Fort Popham
Miss Harriet Worrell
Malden Island
Lloyd Pinkham
Georgetown
Bay Point
Thanksgiving Day USO Event With Talent Show
The USO hall opens Thanksgiving from 2 to 11 with a drop in program in the afternoon. Evening activities include informal singing and dancing. At 8 pm the Thursday talent show features a minstrel skit The Little Red schoolhouse with Buddy Madden as professor and a diverse talent lineup.
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USO
Buddy Madden
Gong
Panama Area Total Reaches 34169 Square Miles
Panama's total area is 34 169 square miles, including the Canal Zone, as listed in official measurements. The report notes the sizable territory encompasses inland regions plus the canal transit corridor.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Kennebec Oilier Fought Through Two World Wars and War Duties
The Kennebec, a Bath built oilier by Texas Shipbuilding Co., served in World War I and II. Gunners Mate Wallace, on leave from Tokyo, recounts the ship’s varied campaigns from Okinawa to Malta. The vessel sank a German sub, shot down seven planes near Malta, and endured repeated repairs as part of Task Force 58 with the Third Fleet.
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Kennebec
North End
Texas Shipbuilding Co
Times Office
Charles W. Plummer
USNR
Tokyo
John G. Wallace
USN
Rockland
Mass
Wallace
Okinawa
Bud
Plummer
Maine
Nagasaki
U. S. Navy
United States
Navy
San Diego
Calif
China
Laimer Bay
San Francisco Navy Yard
Norfolk
Navy Yard
U. S
Japan
Hawaii
P. H
New York
Burco
Brazil
Malta
S. O.S
States
Panama Balboa as National Monetary Unit
The Panama balboa is identified as the country’s national monetary unit. It shares value with the U S dollar and circulates in coins and banknotes for domestic use and trade.
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Panama
Two Brothers Back From Army Honored Guests
Mr and Mrs Sam Levin of North street host open house for their two sons Capt William Levin USA and Capt Jesse Levin USA recently returned from overseas service in Italy and other postings. About 100 relatives and friends attend as chrysanthemums and candles decorate the home. The brothers, cited for outstanding service, are Morse High 34 and Bowdoin College 38 grads with Tufts Dental 42 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Levin
North Street
William Levin
USA
Italy
Jesse Levin
Levin
Charles Levin
Benjamin Lupovitz
Lewiston
William
Morse High
Bowdoin College
Tufts Dental College
Capt
Bowdoin
Brownstein
John Bronson
Gwennie Bronson
Benjamin Abronson
Charles Farber
Portland
Marion Schaffer
Brookline
Mas
Sam Smith
Trenton
N. J
Cushing Hospital
Levin Homie
Soldier to return home after tune-up in hospital
Pfc. Frederick S. Marr of the U S Army who has completed a 30 day fur home on upper Washington street and with his mother Mrs Lula Marr will return to Lowell General Hospital Massachusetts at the end of the week. He sustained a foot injury in service overseas and is receiving treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick S. Marr
Washington Street
Lula Marr
Lowell General Hospital
Mass
Pfc
Marr
Dorothy Mulcahy wedding prelude at Sedgwick party
A pre nuptial surprise party and dance for Dorothy Mulcahy honored her upcoming marriage to Jeffrey Louis Desjardins Jr. at Sedgwick. Gifts of linen silver crystal and personal items were presented in a chrysanthemum decorated private dining room. A reception at the Light House followed the ceremony.
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Dorothy Mulcahy
Sedgwick
Mary Rielly
Portland
Mulcahy
Jeffrey Louis Desjardins, Jr
Jeffrey L
Reilly
John Mulcahy
Morse High
New England Shipbuilding Corp
Bath Iron Works Hospital
Bath
Mary McCabe
Edith Small
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Eran
Banks
USL
Ole Bunny
J. Horace McClure
Marine
Lynn Bussey
Popham Street
Bath Built
Texas Yard
ARMY
Bath Auto CO
C. F. Cummings
Management Front St
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