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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1935

Page

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Moran Criticized At Women's Rally Over Loyalty

Rear Admiral William Veazie Pratt spoke at a Sagadahoc Women’s Republican event, criticizing Rep. Moran over loyalty to the Constitution and prompting a political clash as candidates urged party unity and denounced New Deal policies.

William Veazie Pratt Us.n Municipal Auditorium Sagadaho Women's Republican Club Henry W. Butler Navy Department Joseph O. Purdue Naval Academy Moran Congress Maine Nettie C. Burleigh Vassalboro Women's Republican Clubs of Butler Camden Bridges Republican Party Great Relief Fund Dwinal Judge Dwinal Courts of Claims

Tuna Fishermen Along Coast Report Big Catches

Rod and reel tuna fishermen on the Maine coast near Ogunquit report abundant luck with 150 to 200 pound catches. Notable fish include a 1951 pounder by Capt Raymond Shums of Gloucester and a 183 pounder by Winthrop Snow aboard the Lollypop. Ogunquit locals Reginald Jacobs and Thomas Cummings also land large specimens after long battles.

Ogunquit Maine Maine Tuna Club Raymond Shums Gloucester Mass Winthrop Snow Providence R. I Wendall Powers Wellesley Reginald Jacobs Thomas Cummings

Carlton bridge receipts decline despite higher traffic

Cash receipts for Carlton bridge dropped in September 1935 versus 1934 while traffic rose. Officials attribute the decline to the state taking half of the motor vehicle excise tax instead of tolls from residents of favoring communities.

Carlton Bridge

Bath residents use Carlton Bridge toll free

City Clerk Gilmore reports 3 534 identification tickets issued for patrons who may use the Carlton bridge without tolls under an agreement to pay the state half of motor vehicle excise tax. Receipts total 1 868 25 dollars with 1 313 tickets at 1 00 and 2 221 passenger tickets at 0 25 yielding 555 25.

Gilmore Carlton Bridge

Y M C A Campaign Aims to Raise 3500 in Bath

The Bath Y M C A starts its annual fund drive led by Col. Henry W. Owen Jr. and Sylvester H. Rowland to raise 3500 to sustain programs for boys and young men. Last year 375 donors gave 3359.55, short of the goal by 140.45, with hopes for new and increased support as winter begins.

Henry W. Owen, Jr Sylvester H. Rowland Bath Peope Boys of Bath

Bull Moose Halts Traffic On Bull Rock Bridge

A bull moose blocked traffic on the Bull Rock bridge road Monday evening for about 30 minutes. Motorists from the Four Corners territory paused, turned off headlights, and watched as the animal charged a car driven by Robert Boudreau before retreating to the field edge.

Bull Rock Bridge

Popham National Park Proposal Receives Federal Backing

The acting regional director of New England, a National Parks Service subsidiary, approves a plan to convert lower Phippsburg Maine land including Popham Beach into a national park. The project would clear brush, drain marshes, and build a pier at Popham to attract boaters while improving roads and trails for visitors.

Phippsburg Popham Beach New England National Parks Service Department of the Interior Atlantic Coast Acadia Bar Harbor Small Point Popham Atlantic Seaboard Maine State Planning Board

Piscataquis bear season opens with plentiful hunts

The first week of open bear season in Piscataquis County shows good hunting with many bears active. Farmers report significant orchard damage around Dover Foxcroft Sebec and Bowerbank as the season begins.

Piscataquis County Dover-Foxcroft Sebec Bowerbank

Hallet Addresses Cosmopolitan Players in Bath

Richard Matthews Hallet of Boothbay Harbor spoke to about 75 Cosmopolitan Players and friends at the Cosmopolitan club house in Bath on Tuesday. He shared how he started writing, offered humor about writers� lives, and recalled early influences including his family and a drug store business. The talk sparked laughter and set the season’s program with future readings and lectures.

Richard Matthews Hallet Boothbay Harbor Bath Hallet Trallet William L. Skelton Players Clinton D. Wilson Mr. Hallet Charles T. Jackson Coombs Washington Street Jacksons Harvard Jackson Scott Johnson Burns Cooper Anthony Trollope Cervantes Bunyan Melbourne Australia a_ typewriter agency

Bishop Burns Promotes New World Order At Bath Meeting

Boston bishop Charles Wesley Burns spoke at Bath Wesley Church during a six week tour covering 42 meetings from Maine to Baltimore. He pressed a spiritual revival alongside material recovery and urged unity among churches while detailing Methodism’s New England supervision and the Aldersgate celebration.

Charles Wesley Burns Boston Wesley M. E Bath Burns Bishop Burns New England Maine Baltimore Arthur Callaghan Wesley Church Milo Portland Lewiston New York Roosevelt John Wesley Aldersgate Street London Massachusetts Council of Churches Times Ernest Heywood A. G. Hempstead Livermore Falls R. L. Hart Gardiner Augusta Cymbrid Hughes Harold McCann

Birds and predators noted around Farmington area

Partridge and woodcock are reported plentiful near Farmington while bears and bobcats are present and killing more sheep than usual. One man, L. H. Moxie of the State police, shot a bobcat and Dr. J. F. Harris reported nine birds seen in a half day trip.

Farmington L. H. Moxie J. F. Harris

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Water Street Station Thompson Water District J. H. Hyde MR. Moran Municipal Committee On Fire Department Water Street Fred H. Thompson Bath Water District Morris S. Povich Woodman Committee On Fire Department Alderman Jackson Fire Department Joint Standing Committee On Fire Department Sewall Pres. Centi Albert H. Thompson Edward F. Miller Powers Omar W.folsom Elm Front Streets Miller Lord Corner Brook Foundry & Machine Co Front Street Turner Trufant Middle Spring Streets Dummer Sewall Stillman P. Duprey Duprey David Trufant Leonard Lord Mr. Duprey Finance Committee Arthur G. Spear People’s Investment Association Sunset Park Emergency Fleet Corporation Ethiopia Addis Ababa India Central Press Bull Moose Popham National Park Washington
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