Air Power Is An Age of Peril booklets warn of peril
A Legion booklet titled Air Power Is An Age of Peril argues for a comprehensive National Air Policy. It cites hydrogen blasts and short warning times, stresses a stable aircraft industry, air research, and strong procurement programs to safeguard American lives and freedom.
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Legion
Eisenhower
Eniwetok
Hiroshima
Washington
Moscow
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
U.S
Harold E. Talbot
America
No Time to Waste on Merchant Marine Revival Efforts
President Eisenhower calls for a large up to date U S merchant marine in peacetime and war. Shipyards falter with under 10 percent of WWII employment and no new sea going orders in 18 months. Rebuilding requires tailor made ships and skilled craftsmen once lost are hard to reclaim.
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Eisenhower
Marchant Marine
U. S
Escapable prexhise government assistance plea
The fragment argues government aid is necessary to offset high American ship costs and keep U S operators competitive with foreign flag rivals. It stresses urgency and that there is no time to waste.
Debt limit rise could spark more government spending
The prospect of a $6 billion temporary debt increase may lift national commerce by accelerating contract letting and procurement. Higher orders for Army Navy and Air Force hardware plus faster public works could create metalworking jobs, revive steel inventories, and boost consumer spending, easing economic anxiety.
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Weeks
White House
Treasury
Humphrey
Popham Man Charged With Illegal Sale In Municipal Court
A Popham man, Guy E. Crowley, was fined 417 dollars after a Municipal Court verdict on two liquor law counts. He appealed to Sagadahoc Superior Court, posting 700 dollars bond for October term. Deputy Sheriff Belanger alleged sale of two pints whiskey to Philip R. Violette and possession for sale. Evidence seized included whiskey and wine. Crowley pleaded innocent through attorney Harold J. Rubin, waived hearing, and was found guilty pending appeal. Similar charges against George J. Paulin of Bath continued to Sept 2. Paulin posted 1,000 dollars and will be represented by Edward W. Bridgham.
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Popham
Guy E. Crowley
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc
Crowley
Edward Belanger
Topsham
Philip R. Violette
Belanger
Harold J. Rubin
Bath
George J. Paulin
Paulin
Edward W. Bridgham
Gaston Paulin
Three speeding cases heard in Saturday Municipal Court
Judge Gardiner R. Deering oversaw three speeding cases. Charles W. Flanders, 29, of East Hartford pleaded guilty for 53 mph in a 25 mph zone on Leeman highway and paid 10 dollars fine plus 5.70 dollars costs. Clyde K. Long, 23, of Brunswick Naval Air Station admitted speeding 60 mph in a 25 mph zone and paid 10 dollars fine plus 5.70 dollars costs. Robert A. Langis, 33, of Revere Massachusetts pleaded guilty to 80 mph in a 50 mph zone on Route 201 at Topsham and paid 10 dollars fine plus 5.70 dollars costs. State Trooper Bernard Holdsworth was the complainant.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Charles W. Flanders
East Hartford
Conn
Atrolman James DeCapua
Leeman Highway
DeCapua
Clyde K. Long
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Long
Robert A. Langis
Revere
Mass
Route 201
Topsham
Bernard Holdsworth
Three driving cases heard in Robert Owen court
In Friday's municipal session three drivers appeared. Deering in Brunswick, 21, pleaded guilty to reckless driving on Route 24 at Topsham and was fined 25 dollars with 7.82 costs. Harry V. Tone, 26, of Bow, failed to stop for a stop sign at Routes 125 and 201 at Bowdoin and was fined 10 dollars with 9.70 costs. Arthur Richardson, 17, of 452 Washington Street, pleaded guilty to driving a car with no registration on Leeman Highway and opted for a 10 dollar fine and costs.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Robert Owen
Brunswick
Sheriff's Department
Topsham
Harry V. Tone
Bowto
Bowdoin
Arthur Richardson
Washington Street
Leeman Highway
Democrats Rained Out In Bath Political Rally
Weekly column notes the Bath Democratic rally canceled by a hurricane. Despite the weather, some supporters gathered unaware the event was called off. State Committeeman Robert Brewer hopes to reschedule before election day, while GOP supporters push Vote Straight Republican as a path to favorable outcomes. The piece contrasts party strategies amid shifting public mood from the 1930s era.
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Bath
City Hall
Bath Party
Robert Brewer
Polling changes and voter check lists in Bath Maine
A Boston Ledger straw poll aims to gauge votes before the September 13 election. Augusta youths in Bath questioned residents about 1952 choices and current party leanings. Voters reminded to check registration lists, update names after marriage, and note polling place shifts for Ward 4 Ward 5 to Huse and North Primary schools, with Weeks Street becoming Ward 2 site and Mitchell as future site. temporary lighting arranged for election night.
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Boston
Augusta
Boston Locper
Bath
Central Grammar School
Huse
Central Grammar
Weeks Street
Mitchell School
Democrats Hopeful as Muskie Contends for Maine Governor
Democrats in the county display rare confidence about state races with Muskie seen as strongest bet for governor. Republicans counter that 1932 Brann victory was a unique national mood driven by Hoover Roosevelt dynamics and Burleigh Martin’s weak organization. This year’s scene differs with an active White House president and a strong GOP challenger.
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Smith
Muskie
Louis J. Brann
Brann
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Burleigh Martin
Augusta
White House
Brewer replies to Morse letter in Sagadahoc county race
Robert E. Brewer, a Democratic state committeeman, defends Neil Bishop and attacks Sagadahoc county Republicans in a published letter. He accuses Morse of smear tactics, notes Bishop’s primaries support, and predicts a voters’ change on September 13 citing cross-party appeal.
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the Independent
John G. Morse, Jr
Morse
Neil Bishop
Bishop
Sagadahoc County
Augusta
Muskie
Cross
McCarthy
Mr. Morse
Mr. Bishop
Eisenhower
Maine
Sagadahoe County
Robert E. Brewer
New Morse High School Opens as Bath District Modernizes
Hundreds visit and inspect the new Morse High School as the 1954-1955 school year begins on September 7. The move ends Morse as a two or three class school and reshapes Bath’s education, while Central Grammar, Bath’s first high school since 1860, becomes a memory as Morse expands.
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Bath
Morse High School
Central Grammar
Allen Family Returns From Vacation to Church Arsonage
Rev and Mrs Harold L Allen and children Patricia Priscilla and James return to Corliss Street Baptist church arsonage 402 Middle Street after a month away in Harpswell and Lisbon Falls.
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Harold L. Allen
Patricia
Priscilla
James
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Middle Street
Harpswell
Lisbon Falls
North Hath Notes Hurricane Damage and Local Socials
The piece reports storm damage in North Zorn with power and water issues, boats driven, and spray-swept homes. It lists community events at the Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club clambake, and numerous social visits among local families in Bath, Boothbay, East Brunswick, Auburn, Portland, and neighboring towns. Names include Gladyce Cothran, Rose Lee Higgins, Harry Higgins, Clarence Brown, Sharon Wing, Arthur Wing, Rose Kingsbury, Kenneth Crafts, Rose Lee Higgins, Letitia DeGroot, Florabelle Edwards, Daisy Savage, Yore, Albert Milne, Edwin Hemingway, Henry Root, Boothbay residents, J Carroll Wing, JZ Jr., Frank Ward, Rev. Sims, Lizzie Haggett, Andrew Chamberlain, H W Rogers, Samuel London, Marlene Emery, Nancy London, and Clarence Moore.
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North Zorn
Oper Weint Farm
Lucky
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club
Gladyce Cothran
Rose Lee Higgins
Harry Higgins
Clarence Brown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sharon Wing
Arthur Wing
Bath
J. Carroll Wing
Rose Kingsbury
Kenneth Crafts
Bay Point
John DeGroot
Letitia DeGroot
Wellfleet
Mass
Florabelle Edwards
Auburn
Henry G. Root
Jones
Hemingway
Boothbay
Charles Temple
JZ Jr
Dickie Peterson
Cumberland Center
Frank Ward
Temple
Rod and Gun Club
Edwin Hemingway
Orr’s Island
Elmer Rogers
Sims
Lizzie Haggett
First Baptist Church
Andrew Chamberlain
Frank T. Chamberlain, Jr
H. W. Rogers
Montsweag
Milton Emery
Marlene
Kittery
Samuel London
Emery
London
Nancy
Reid State Park
Clarence Moore
Clarence Seavey
Frankie Moore
Madison
Drum
Portland Man Held on Auto Theft Charge After Gas Bail Jump
Richard St. Clair Wellington, 22, of Portland, admitted stealing a sedan from W. T. Kilborn Co. after driving off from a $2 gas purchase. Police also recovered six stolen guns from a prior Rockland burglary. He pleaded guilty in Municipal Court and bond was set at $4,000 awaiting grand jury action.
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Portland
Richard St. Clair Wellington
Cumberland County Grand Jury
Wellington
Smart
North Street
Esterday
W. T. Kilborn Co
Rockland
Mrs Waldron Troop Visits Bath After Delaware Trip
Mrs Waldron Troop returned to 39 Allen street Bath on Sunday after a week at Rehoboth Beach Delaware visiting sister-in-law Mrs M G Yeller and nephew Kim. On returning to Bath she visited Washington D C on Mount Vernon.
Council prompts rail crossing fix and deputy car mileage plan
On Councillor Leonard s recommendation the council directed the city attorney to again contact the Mainetral Railroad to level the Center street crossing to remove a bump caused by uneven tracks. The council also approved billing the county for mileage on Bath cars used by deputy sheriffs for out of town calls.
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Leonard
Mainetral Railroad
Center Street
Bath
Municipal August 1954 managers report details city departments
The August 1954 manager's report covers Police with 63 arrests 14 non fatal motor vehicle accidents and 178 miscellaneous complaints, Fire with nine alarms three on Aug 31 storm related disruptions, Cemetery Park workload heavy due to rain growth and Aug 31 storm, 11 burials 4 monument foundations 15 new Oak Grove Lots, Highway and Sewer with asphalt work 144 feet sewer at Dummer Street court drainage on Old Brunswick Road and walk base for Junior High, vacations reduced output, department head absent, relief staff and extra power saws loaned, Health Sanitation notes three communicable disease cases Mumps and Tuberculosis.
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New England Tel. & Tel. Co
New England Fire Insurance Rating Association
Cemetery Park
Oak Grove Cemetery
Brunswick
Bath Water District
Bath Iron Works
Water District
John DeGroot
North Street
New England Managers Institute Attended by Bath City Manager
Nathan C. White reports on the Eighth Annual New England Managers Institute at the University of Maine with attendees from Maine and other towns. The note covers storm impacts on Bath operations, arson incidents at a disposal area, and calls for improved emergency plans and interdepartmental coordination.
Thompson Daughters Return Home After Flight Disruption
Misses Cindy and Candy Thompson of Prairie Village Kansas flew from Boston with Mrs Thompson to visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Harold Freeman at Sunnyside Farm East Brunswick. They left Tuesday before Hurricane Carol but flights were canceled in Portland and they returned home.
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Cindy
Candy Thompson
Robert Thompson
Prairie Village
Kas
Thompson
Barbara Freeman
Boston
Harold Freeman
Sunnyside Farm
East Brunswick
Portland
East Brunswick remembers Fields girls in family notes
Mrs. Thompson and her daughters are remembered as the Fields girls of East Brunswick. They traveled widely and once lived in Ireland during Mr. Thompson's service at Shannon with an airline. They were joined by aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pinel of Weymouth Mass and weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pongid Specht of Falmouth.
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Sunnyside
Hyde Windlass Golf League Banquet Honors 1954 Season
The Hyde Windlass Golf League held a banquet at Bath Country Club with 38 members attending a roast beef lobster salad strawberry shortcake and coffee buffet. The Micmacs captained by Vincent Henderson received the championship trophy. Henderson received an electric clock along with teammates Charles Doyle Harold Stanton and Frank Lawrence. Bob Brownell's Blackfeet were runners up and won clocks for captains and several individuals. Blackfeet members Brownell George Carmichael Howard Farr Ed Hogan Rodney Ross Jr. posted a season low average of 41.8 while Ross Ken Noyes and Henderson earned low gross titles. Claude Clark was most improved player and Henderson and John Blackie shared most match wins. Ross presented Masters Tournament slides and movies to close the 1954 season.
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Bath Country Club
Championsip
e@ Micmacs
Vincent Henderson
Henderson
Charles Doyle
Harold Stanton
Frank Lawrence
Bob Brownell
Blackfeet
Brownell
George Carmichael
Howard Farr
Ed Hogan
Rodney Ross, Jr
Ross
Ken Noyes
Claude Clark
John Blackie
VOTERS SHOULD CHECK REGISTRATION LISTS
Voters should check the voting lists at each polling place and at the Board of Registration office in City hall. If a name is wrong or missing, contact the Board immediately to correct before the Sept. 13 election. Married women should ensure their married name appears on the lists. the Board will be in open session until 10 o'clock Saturday night for adding names and corrections.
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Registration Board
Board of Registration
City Hall
Higgins Berrouard wedding unites Hazel Berrouard and Leslie Higgins
Miss Hazel P Berrouard and Leslie Bradbury Higgins A S A were married Saturday at 9 o clock in the home of Rev. Dr David L Wilson Washington street. The couple left for a wedding trip after a double ring ceremony. Rhode Island is 37 by 48 miles with a 400 mile coastline.
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Hazel P. Berrouard
Leslie Bradbury Higgins
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Crossword and cryptoquote puzzle page feature
A newspaper page fragment presents a large crossword with clues across and down, plus a cryptoquote puzzle. It includes themed entries like sphere, head cook American Indians, noblemen, and note of the scale. The cryptoquote claims AXYCLBAAXA decodes to LONGFELLOW with a description of how substitutions work.
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the Times Company
Scont Street
B. Nichols
Pres and
Treas
Harry C. Webber
Saas
Renee
Essai
Beads
U. S. Senate
Brewer
NORTH
Health & Sanitation Department
Initiative
New @ Fans I
Bur Vt
New England
New England Managers Institute
Annu New England Managers Institute
University of Maine
Nathan C. White
Kansas
Hyde Windlass Golf League
Thiry
Rhode Island
Thessaly
Mvana MCC Isahm
Men—Shelley
King
Bynghate
Phil
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