Nature's Champion Horace Brown Seeks Vermont Legislature Seat
A Vermont landscape artist Horace Brown runs as an opposed Republican nominee in a district where his sole plank defends saving scenery from billboard desecration. The primary yields decisive support and Democrats abstain, signaling growing roadside sign sentiment. The piece argues roadside ads spoil scenery, reduce tourist appeal and customer response, urging advertisers to respect rural landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Brown
Vermont
Green Mountain
Chamberlains Munich Welcome Signals Peace Image
In Munich yesterday the public greeted Prime Minister Chamberlain with the loudest applause among four principals. The crowds, shaped by Hitler propaganda about the Czechs, still honored the English leader seen as an advocate for peace, despite a government ready to defend Czechs if Germans push toward conflict. The scene hints that Hitler relies more on fear than support for his aggressive path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Chamberlain
Extraordinary rare tornadoes strike Charleston neighborhood
The Charleston area experienced two unusual tornadoes, a rarity east of the Appalachians, each carving a narrow path of destruction. Observers report violent vortices lifting structures as the atmosphere remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Dewey Nomination Shines for New York Governor Bid
The Republican convention in New York State unanimously nominated Thom E Dewey for governor. His proven prosecution of racketeers has made him a national figure and a strong candidate who should garner broad support across respectable political elements in the Empire State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Dewey
New York
Empire State
Deweys Portray as Efficient Fighters Aims at Swing Back
The passage portrays the Deweys as not only good but successful fighters, suggesting their conduct and reputation could help them swing back into the Republican column this Fall. The tone emphasizes toughness and political pragmatism in a campaign context.
Old Age Aid Expands Maine Welfare Effort
More than twelve thousand aged persons receive Old Age Assistance under a law adopted by the 88th Legislature. The Department of Health and Welfare administers this program with about nine months of work evaluating 15 000 to 16 000 applications. Commissioner Leadbetter and Director Henderson receive praise for creating an effective system. Average monthly aid is about 20 dollars, with many needing less. the plan is sane, expandable, and a foundation for Maine's long term approach to assist those without means in old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Health and Welfare
Maine
Leadbetter
Henderson
NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES
Brother Staples of the Lewiston Journal argues against joining an international parliament or political bloc like the League of Nations. He asserts such bodies cannot restrain powerful states, and the US should remain independent while helping Europe as a neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Staples
Lewiston Journal
League of Nations
America
League
Bath Group Attends Maine Associational Meeting
Rev Louis A Dole of Bath was named president of the Maine association at its annual session in Portland. Officers include Anne Cary Bradley of Fryeburg recording secretary and Arthur B Stearns of Bath treasurer. About 40 members attended as Bath Portland and Fryeburg societies reported. Rev F Sidney Mayer of Baltimore preached Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dole
Gertrude
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Annabel Stearns
Barbara Walker
Edith Walker
Arthur B. Stearns
Reuben Walker
Church of the New Jerusalem of
Bath
Maine Association
Portland
Portland Society
Anne Cary Bradley
Fryeburg
Harry L. Cram
Annabel A. Stearns
Harold Kiesman
Wilfred G. Rice
Robert S. Gass
Norman O. Goddard
Herbert C. Small
Gardiner
Driver Fined for No License in Wisconsin Court
Charles Caton of Wiscasset pleaded guilty in municipal court to operating without a license and was ordered to pay court costs of $9.95 by Judge Arthur J. Dunton. A Bath man pleaded guilty to intoxication and was sentenced to 60 days in Kennebec county jail in Augusta. Forest Spinney of Fort McKinley Portland faced 2 PM arraignment on a reckless driving charge. Mrs. Clarence W Morse and Miss Clare Coombs of Washington street returned home from a visit in New Britain Connecticut as guests of Mrs. E A Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Caton
Wiscasset
Arthur J. Dunton
Kennebec
Augusta
Forest Spinney
Fort McKinley
Portland
Clarence W. Morse
Clare Coombs
Washington Street
New Britain, Conn
E. A. Moore
Bathman Sentenced 30 Days in Kennebec County Jail
Frank Pratt of Pleasant avenue was jailed for 30 days in Kennebec county jail Augusta after pleading guilty to idle and disorderly person in municipal court before Judge Arthur J. Dunton on Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pratt
Pleasant Avenue
Augusta
Kennebec County
Arthur J. Dunton
Real estate transfers flow through Bath region
A batch of recent deeds shows Dora V Kirkpatrick selling 1158 Washington Street Bath to M Frank Biggins as 16 transfers unfold in Sagadahoc County. Listings include properties on Washington High and Middle streets with multiple owners and exchanges across Bath Topsham West Bath and Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora V. Kirkpatrick
M. Frank Biggins
Washington Street
Sewall's Hill
Henry W. Howard
Kirkpatrick
Woolwich
Bath
Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
Arrowsie Fullmore
G. McNichol
Leo Pertell
Fritz Wandell
Arthur E. Bourque
High Street
Theodore S. Thibodeau
Georgena M. Barstow
Middle Street
Joseph Charles Footer
Luther S. Taylor
Center Street
Mary E. Pratt
Bernard W. Pratt
Cobb Road
Ora L. Parks
Alfred J. Rowe
Madelyn C. Bogle
William D. Rich
Stanley E. Wallace
Harriet G. Bonney
Park Street
Martha E. Renaud
Clarence N. Flood
Richardson Street
Edwin M. Jones
John H. Harkins
Corliss Street
Howard J. Brewer
Blasland Street
Jennie B. Lemont
Clara C. Lemont
Bertha K. Scott
Roger D. Skillings
Andrews Road
September Carlton Bridge receipts decline versus 1937
Cash receipts at the Carlton Bridge dropped by more than 1590 dollars in September compared to September 1937. The month’s traffic by cars and passengers is detailed in a table. the report names Miss Priscilla Goodwin of Milton Massachusetts returning to Portland after a weekend with Miss Mary Lowell at 79 Pine Street, the Lowells' residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Priscilla Goodwin
Milton
Mass
Westbrook College
Portland
Mary Lowell
Carlton W. Lowell
Pine Street
Local Bath Y M C A Campaign Receives Out-Of-Town Gift
An out of town concern in Bath contributes a sizable check to the Y M C A annual appeal and sends a letter of goodwill. The first list of local donors includes Frank B. Nichols Doctor Edwin M. Puller third Charles T. Small John Parker Senter’s Inc. Miriam W. Kimball and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Y.M.C. A
Lewis E. Wilson
William M. Adams
Parry's
Archibald Miller
Rice
Arthur L. Pratt
Osgood M. Redlon
Ambrose H. Redlon
Mike Zoome
Edward Sewall Neil J. Smith
Morris
M. A. Jackson N. Gratz
Jackson Hall & Hunt
Carl E. Alice
M. W. Sewall & Co
Roscoe P. Higgins
Herbert T. Caverny
Mabel A. Thwing
Joseph Solovich
Roberta F. Barker
Henry M. Biggins
Owen J. Ledyard
William J. Craft
Olympia Spa
Joseph R. Sanford Hilltop Market Read Nichols Co
Harry E. Fitch Durward T. Shorey
Ralph E. Seekins
Columbia Hotel
Charlies M. Miller
Max Kutz
C. L. Farnham Co
Thomas R. Huston
Stilphen’s Market
Howard Coal Co
Mrs Voorhees Hosts Girl Scout Council Meeting
Mrs Wilmer Voorhees entertained the Girl Scout Council at the season's first meeting on September 28. Reports covered Summer camp activities at Camp Piscataqua and Plymouth Camp leaders, with plans for a tea and exhibit October 13 at the State Military and Naval Children's Home. Committees were named and a joint Leaders Association and Council meeting scheduled for October 19 at Mrs Sumner Sewall's home to discuss the new Girl Scout program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Girl Scout Council
Edward Sewall
Piscataqua
Plymouth Camp
Stella A. Dolloff
Alfred E. Carpenter
Milton C. Trott
David S. Cogan
Sumner Sewall
Leaders’ Association
Council
Pine Tree
Linwood F Carr
Harry E. Collins
Harold J. Carter
Percy R. Low
Wild Rose
Stanley R. Hunter
Carl Y. Kennedy
Wise Owl
Patricia Webster
Shirley Parshley
Jane Caulkins
Ruth Lemoine
Red Rose
Arthur W. Bowker
Kenneth D. Hunt
Frank S. Saunders
Roger M. Luke
Robinhood Troop
Jacob Smith
Alma S. Kirkpatrick
W C T U Reelects Mrs Nella Stover As Head In Local Union
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union re elected Mrs Nella Stover as president and kept most officers in place at a Tuesday meeting in the Nazarene church. Miss Carrie H Trott resigned as vice president, plans for the year were discussed, and funds were raised to make the union a Light Line chapter. The group also voted to send The Union Signal to Dr David Hynd at Nazarene Hospital in Brennersdorp South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie H. Trott
W.C.T.U
Church of the Nazarene
Nella Stover
E. T. French
Marjorie Stover
Lizzie Belle Chaney
French
Trott
Union Signal
David Hynd
Nazarene Hospital
Brenersdorp
Swebiland
South Africa
Exhausted pigeon alights in yard of local resident
A homing pigeon fluttered into the yard of C. R. Christiansen at 2 Union Court last Thursday. The exhausted bird allowed examination of its leg band AU 38 G 1768 and appeared content to stay on the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Christiansen
Union Court
Shipbuilding Union Nominates Officers for Next Year
The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America Local No. 4 named officers for the coming year. Presidential candidates include Harry Muckler Thomas Murphy and James Harkins with others seeking vice president and secretary posts. Election is set for Wednesday Oct 11 from 1 pm to 8 pm in Baxter hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Harry Muckler
Thomas Murphy
James Harkins
Jack Reardon
Stewart Anderson
Hubert Farnsworth
Charles Blunt
Thomas Pearson
Clarence Warner
George McLean
Edward Kelly
Ralph Milliken
Everett Crocker
George Meister
Dana Moore
G. Getchell
Donald Stewart
Baxter Hall
C. I. O. State Council
State of
Maine
Charles Purkis
C. S O
Maine State Council
Bath
Bath bus drivers cited for safety award
Bath Bus Service employees Royden Haines and John Emerson were cited by the National Safety Council for safe driving from June 1, 1937, to June 1, 1938. Dean Farnham of Doyle's Express received the same badge and certificate for a year with no accidents. Haines has driven buses and tracks seven years, totaling over 300,000 miles without an accident.
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Bath
Charles B. Doyle
National Safety Council For
Doyle
Royden Haines
John Emerson
Council
Dean Farnham
Doyle's Express
Haines
Bath Ministers Association Resumes Meetings After Summer
The Bath Ministers Association restarted sessions on Monday with Rev. Charles R. Sims leading as president replacing retiring Dr. David L. Wilson of Central church. Rev. Louis A. Dole was elected vice president and Rev. Jesse Kenderdine became secretary treasurer. Wilson spoke on Cardinal Hayes service in New York. next meeting set for Nov 7 at Grace church parish house with Wilson to discuss his Central America trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Ministers Association
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist
Louis A. Dole
Swedenborgian Church
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Wilson
Cardinal Hayes
New York
Grace Church
Central America
Kingsbury Denies Authorization for Tree Work
City Forester Robert E. Kingsbury, recovering from a 30 foot fall on Washington Street, states he has authorized no one to perform tree work in his name after storm damage. He is making satisfactory progress from a spine injury while hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Kingsbury
Memorial Hospital
Kingsbury
Washington Street
Former Bath Girl Tells of Terror
A local survivor recalls a terror ordeal in a 160 year old Bath area site tied to Col William Prescott house and Revolution era troop gatherings. She notes the residence of Geraldine Farrar as a child near the well and the damage to aging trees despite the house remaining intact.
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Col. William Prescott
Bunker Hill
Geraldine Farrar
Metropolitan Opera
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Clue List From 1938 Syndicate
A dense OCR of a 1938 King Features crossword puzzle clue page lists numerous entries with numbers and fragments across across and down clues. It includes definitions for terms like Lubricated Excavate Personal pronoun and many others with partial phrases and cryptic spellings.
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ACR
Pine Tree Club Formed at Central School Here
The fourth division of Central Grammar School's eighth grade started The Pine Tree Club with officers Joseph Spear president Ronald Stone vice president John Murphy treasurer Leona Henderson secretary. First meeting Friday featured student program Answers to Interesting Questions and the club voted to sponsor a newspaper titled The Sentinel to showcase best classwork with copies available November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Pine Tree Club
Joseph Spear
Ronald Stone
John Murphy
Leona Henderson
Robert Wagner
Rachel Matthews
Martha Day
California
Shirley James
Alden Thomas
the Sentinel
Sentinel
Central Grammar
North End Bath Club Granted NRA Rifle Charter
The North End Community club Rifle Division of Bath received a charter from the National Rifle Association. Charter membership is twenty with officers Herbert Waldron president H Kenneth Smith vice president P L Pert secretary Almon L Goss treasurer C Lloyd Hooker executive officer. The club is among 3 000 NRA affiliated rifle and pistol clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End Community Club Rifle Division
Bath
National Rifle Association
Herbert Waldron
Middle Street
H. Kenneth Smith
Allen Street
P. L. Pert
High Street
Almon L. Goss
Washington Street
C. Lloyd Hooker
Bath Water District Submarine Crossing Bid Approved
The Bath Water District received full approval from the P W A for a Kennebec river crossing using a 16 inch cast iron pipe. A regional director’s letter authorized bid advertisement and bonds. A P W A representative will attend bid opening on October 18 at the district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Kennebec River
Maurice A. Libby
M. E. Gilmore
Grain Firm Robbed on Weekend Break-In
Trott Bros. Grain Co. at Broad street was entered by forcing a window on the river side. About $4 in cash and one check were taken from the cash drawer. Mrs. Ina Harmon of West Somerville Mass. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Linwood F. Carr at 34 Snow Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trott Bros. Grain Co
Broad Street
Ina Harmon
West Somerville
Mass
Linwood F. Carr
Snow Park
Madden Weds Geraldine C McGuiggan in St Marys Church
Walter E. Madden son of Mrs E Mason Wright and Geraldine C McGuiggan daughter of John H McGuigigan were married at 6 30 Saturday morning in St Marys Roman Catholic Church. Rev Timothy C Maney officiated with immediate families attending. The couple plan a wedding trip and will reside at 210 Middle Street. Mrs Madden is a Morse High School graduate and works at J J New England Co. as a floorwalker. Madden, Morse graduate, is employed at Bath Iron Works Corp. and works as a clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Madden
E.mason Wright
Geraldine C
John H. McGuiggan
New York
James S. Lord
Middle Street
St. Mary’s
Timothy C. Maney
Arthur N. MacDonald
Katharine MacDonald
Mrs. Madden
Madden
Morse High School
J. J. Newlions Co
Floonwalker
Daughters of Isabella
Morse
Bath Iron ‘Works Corp
Drivers Escape Injury In Woolwich Collision
Miss Charleen L. Ramsdell of Rockland and Walter A. Smith of North Edgecomb escaped injury when their cars a Pontiac station wagon and a Ford sedan sideswiped at 9 30 Sunday evening on the eastern end of the cement highway in Woolwich. Each vehicle was damaged on the left side. State Highway Officer John P. Crosby investigated. The drivers said they were blinded by each other lights and no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleen L. Ramsdell
Maple Street
Rockland
Westbrok Junior College
Portland
Walter A. Smith
North Edgecomb
Woolwich
Former Bathman's Son Narrow Escape After Storm
Byron B Spinney Morse high school 1934 sales manager for Connecticut Electric Illuminating Co Bridgeport Conn writes his mother Emma Spinney 67 Pear street this city about the storm. Harlan Spinney his 12 year old son had a near drowning in a flooded street on the way home from school but climbed to safety as water rose only a few feet. Mr and Mrs W E Tremain and daughter Bertha moved to Raymond road Brunswick after selling their Washington street home to Harold Hodgkins for Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron B. Spinney
Morse High School
Connecticut Electric Illuminating Co
Bridgeport
Conn
Emma Spinney
Pear Street
Harlan
W. E. Tremain
Bertha M. Tremain
Raymond Road
Brunswick
Washington Street
Harold Hodgkins
Auburn
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Ee. Kmt
Wae
South Carolina
New England
Middle West
Appalachians
Didate
Europe
Bath Group
Church of the New Jerusalem
Bathman
Bowdoin Marshall A. Gray
Albert W. Coffin
Clara A. Guptil
Ralph 8S
Carver
Charles F. Wakley
Cleveland G. Bickford
Georgetown
George M. Kahr
Sidney C. Dalrymple
Phippsburg
Charles W. MacKay
Katherine T. Spear
George C. St. John
Francis C. St John
Inez M. Smith
Alton P. Reed
Belle C. Cutting
Ralph E. Wright
Mabel Fry Kendall
Nathan A. Cushman
Alford M. Graham
Nils H. Mattson
F. H. Waterhouse
Popham Beach
Hazel G. Gayton
John J. Sullivan
Etta A. Armtrong
Paul S. Armstrong
Louis W. West
John G. Soule
Henry F. Butler
Moatsweag Food Products, Inc., Land and Buildings
Carlton
Mrs. Voorhees
Shipbuilding Union
National Council
Bath Ministers Group
London
Mohanmedan Paradise
Kentucky
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Central School
Rifle Group
Bath Club
Water District
P.W.A
Geraldine C. McGuiggan
St. Mary’s Church
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