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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1950
Page
1
Navy's Mothball Fleet Returns to Action in Korea
Ships of the Navy land troops and materials on Korea, with Seventh Fleet neutralizing forces at Pusan and carrier air support aiding ground troops. The piece rebuts wartime cuts under Truman and Forrestal, noting prior navy underfunding and a court martial over the Missouri grounding without accountability for air and naval shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Pusan
Pacific
Far East
Navy
Truman
Congress
James Forrestal
Louis Johnson
USS United States
Copper Tariff Harms Public and Policy says Copper Lobby
The Copper Lobby pushes a 40 dollar per ton tariff on foreign copper, raising copper using goods by about 200 million dollars next year. The piece argues the policy hurts U S public and good neighbor aims while Chile supplies half the copper, benefiting only lobbyists and insiders who held futures before the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
South America
Chile
U.S
Defense spending distribution since 1945 emphasized wages and operations
Since 1945 Ninety One Billion Dollars have been spent on military functions yet only 18 cents of each defense dollar buys weapons. Forty cents funds salaries and support, 26 cents pays for operations and maintenance, and 16 cents covers research reserves retired pay and public works. Defense publicity totaled 8,465,893 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Defense
Defense
Year Ending June 30 1950 Financial Overview
A concise report on the fiscal year ending June 30 1950 highlighting key totals and financial positions. Details cover revenue expenditures and balance movements within the period for the organization.
Truman Plan to Move Agencies Faces GOP Opposition
President Truman asked Congress for 139 million dollars to relocate government agencies and 40 000 workers beyond atomic bomb range near Washington. Representative Edward R Miller of Maryland urged against the outlay arguing Korea needs support at home and suggested trimming the payroll instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Edward R. Miller
Maryland
Korea
House
Hoover Commission
Lumberman Fined For Not Removing Slash Near Public Way
J G Richards of Portland pled guilty in Municipal Court to operating a woodlot and failing to remove slash and brush within 50 feet of Barley Neck road Woolwich Sept 1. Maurice Weaver Jefferson cited the brush removal order. Richards faces $54.70 in fines and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Richards
Portland Lumberman
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Maurice Weaver
Jefferson
Richards
Department of Forestry
Gardiner R. Deering
George E. Robishaw
Union Street
Vine
Washington Streets
Donald Blair
Whitefield
Vine Street
Byron Clark
Bath
Kennebec County
Maine Highway Plan Seeks 27 Million Borrowing for 1952 1959
Stover outlines Maine State Highway plan focusing on main roads. By borrowing 27 million over seven years 1952 to 1959 the state could fix 1471 miles of main-line deficiencies and save 13 million in maintenance through 1967. Feeder roads and city streets would receive more funds as main lines reach standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
State Highway Commission
Legislative Research Commission
Maine
Highway Commission
Stover
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meets in Arrowsic on Thursday
The Montsweag Farm Bureau hosts an all day monthly meeting starting at 10 30 a.m. at Mrs Karl Rosenwald home in Arrowsic with the program Holiday Taste Ticklers supervised by Mrs Nelson Rice. Dinner committee includes Mrs Forest Baker Mrs Frank Walker and Mrs Rosenwald. Attendees are asked to bring an apron. Herbert Bailey of Augusta, a former Arrow sic Woolwich bridge engineer, visited Bath Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Karl Rosenwald
Arrowsic
Nelson Rice
Forest Baker
Frank Walker
Rosenwald
Herbert Bailey
Augusta
Arrowsic-Woolwich Bridge
Bath
Morse High Pupils Begin New School Year
Morse High students start another year with plans for future study. The list notes graduates and other pupils heading to colleges and trade schools including University of Maine Gorham Farmington State Teachers College Bowdoin Vermont Boston University and many others with freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse
Univerity of Maine
Gorham
Farmington State Teachers’ College
University of Maine
Eleanor Carter
Edwin Pert
Everett Pouliot
Andrew Rines
Edward Carlton
Majerite Ayer
Keston Pert
Peets Bryant
Arthur Bowker
Spear
Blaine Trafton
Fred Bolduc
Duveen Bryant
Richard W. Dennison
Paul W. Lindgren
Donald Povich
Richard Largay
Charles Burgess
Barbara Hart
Eugene Bennett
Farming
David McKe
Perry Thompson
Charles Andre
Betty Cummings Reed
Betty Nostall Whitaker
Barbara Wyman
Bowdoin
James Smith
Richard Card
Robert Grainger
Knute Holmson
University of Vermont
Anita Bagdikian
James Bonney
Boston University
Robert Philbrick
Joan Shaw
Ricker
William Wing
Portland Junior College
Anton Freeman
Frank Torrey
Hassan Business College
Patricia Mulcahy
Westbrook Junior College
Nancy Stover
Northeastern Business College
Jean Leonard
Joanne Boudreau
Connecticut College For Women
Lasca Huse
Smith College
Carol Musk
Yale
Frank Warren
George Dole
Colby
Barbara Hartsgrove
Doreen Willis
Elaine Turner
Carlton D. Reed
Eastern Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Jean Garbett
Claire Hartsgrove
Bryant Business College
Richard Jackson
University of Chicago
Gordon Pinkham
First Musical Show of Season Presented by Lincoln Lodge
Lincoln Lodge I O O F prepares the first Fall season musical \"The Southern Melody Minstrels\" to be directed by Carl Meister at Morse High School auditorium Oct 26 and 27. Kit Totman’s orchestra backs the performers with makeup by Mrs Margaret Meister and scenery by Paul Hart. Publicity by A K Rogers. The show aims for two hours of clean amusement with local talent and a charity benefit lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Lodge
Southern Melody Minstrels
Carl Meister
Morse High School
Kit Totman
Kit
Lil Allen
Lyndon Plummer
Harvey Hartleb
Margaret Meister
Paul Hart
A. K. Rogers
Cecil Fullerton
Odd Fellows
Berwindvale Sails After Unloading Coal at Kennebec Wharf
The steam collier Berwindvale sailed for Newport News after discharging coal for Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. Delays due to yard changes kept it at the dock for nearly a week as cranes were used. Everett G. Lemont of 1288 High Street is confined at home by illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwindvale
Newport News
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Everett G. Lemont
High Street
Morse Edges Red Eddies 25 6 At Walton Field
Morse suffers a 25 6 season opener defeat as Edward Little builds an early lead and holds off Morse mistakes. Munsey sparkles with a 90 yard run and Morse shows flashes but errors and penalties derail drives in Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Walton Field
Auburn
Steve Grenda
Bob Frink
Edward Little
Burns
Munsey
Dubois
Carl Black
Bath
Jack
Bechard
Stan Preble
Higgins
Braley
E.L
Black Morse
Preble
Black
Hagget
Blue
White
E. L
Beaton
H. Higgins
W. Higgins
Bernard
Atwood
Blue and White
Haggett
Small
Moses
Carmichael
Gillies
Callan
St. Peter
Burnham
Belanger
Doucette
Grace
Worden
Reynolds
Chaney
Thompson
Bilodeau
Demers
Rescue efforts end for Kennebec River drowning victim
Police report the dragging operations to recover Frank L. Plummer 46 who drowned in the Kennebec river last week have ceased. Police chief Frank L. Moriarty said authorities will continue watching the riverfront and docks but will not resume dragging for the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Plummer
Kennebec
Frank L. Moriarty
Moriarty
Fine Exhibition by Bath 4-H Club Members
A Bath area 4-H exhibition showcased the Teen-Age Sewing Circle Junior Boosters and West Bath Harvesters year’s work. Teens displayed sewing garments and cooking projects while Harvesters showed clothing items and crafts. The program included reports on camp, club activities, blue ribbons at Lewiston fair, and films by Wallace Buzzell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boosters of
Bath
The
Harvesters of
West
West Bath Harvesters
Harvesters
Pauline Belanger
Bonnie Belanger
Loretta Barter
Joan Batchelder
Juanita Estes
Orono
Berenice Colby
Lewiston Fair
Marie Michaud
Dorothy Thompson
Daniel Beaton
Paul Dowe
Colby
Wallace Buzzell
Brunswick
Monthly Session Probate Court Proceedings Summary
Wills filed and accounts approved in Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown and surrounding towns. Executors guardians and executors named named parties include Eleanor A Nichols Mildred C Avery John P Malier Lila M Spinney Fred P Emmons Ardelle Hogan and Martha A Clark. The session covers inventories bonds petitions declinations and deposition plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden P. Denham
Bath
Eleanor A. Nichols
Mildred C. Avery
Herman A. Spinney
Georgetown
Lila M. Spinney
Annie B. Haskell
Fred P. Emmons
Stephen F. Hogan
Ardelle Hogan
Guardian
James E. Mitchell
Edward W. Bridgham
Addie E. Terrell
Lillian T. Hume
Virginia Katherine Lee
John Clark
Martha A. Clark
Anna B. Maler
Bowdeinham
Josephine I. Lang
Housewarming at Arrowsic Home for Mr. and Mrs. McCraters
A Chatterabouts Club housewarming honored Mr. and Mrs. Chester McCrater at their Arrowsic residence. Beano and dancing entertained with music by Chester McCrater, Harriet Cotton and Sherman Mitchell. Guests from Brunswick and Bath attended along with gifts for the new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester McCrater
Arrowsic
Chatterabouts Club
McCrater
Maxwell Street
Harriet Cotton
Sherman Mitchell
Louise McCrater
Phyllis Bennett
Edna Brooks
Chester Graves
Peter Gaudreau
Isadore Fournier
Paul and
Janice
Joseph Day
Clifford Dolloff
Dorothy
Brunswick
Joseph Hynes
Maude Haines
Elizabeth Smith
Arthur Haggett
Ruth Hawkes
Winnie McCrater
Gerald Gamble
Louise Hamlin
Blanche Locke
John Brooks
Patricia
Alice
Elaine McCrater
Bath
Stork Shower for Mrs Ward Williams in Phippsburg
Mrs Arthur Williams of Phippsburg hosted a stork shower Thursday evening for Mrs Ward Williams of Phippsburg. Guests received many gifts and refreshments were served by the hostess. Invited attendees included Mrs John Williams Mrs Harold Mott Mrs Charlie Hart Mrs Donald Williams and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Williams
Phippsburg
Ward Williams
John Williams
Harold Mott
Charlie Hart
Donald Williams
van Smith
Iva Rogers
Richard C. Morse
Elizabeth Morse
Richard P. Morse
Lester R. Morse
Harold Morse
Robert Talbot
Remarkable Giant Tomato Grows in Local Garden
Mrs. Mary C. Golder of 3 Winship Street displays a tomato weighing 1% pounds with a 15 inch circumference and a five inch diameter. She brought the giant fruit to the Times office today, noting it could make a pint of soup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. Golder
Winship Street
Maine Health Report Week Ending September 9
Maine Health report from the Department of Health and Welfare Bureau of Health lists Sagadahoc county cases: Bath three chickenpox and one whooping cough, Bath one tuberculosis, Topsham one syphilis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Rogers Family Return After Summer at Meadowbrook
Mr and Mrs Gardiner D Rogers and daughter Sally have returned to their High street home after spending the summer at Meadowbrook Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner D. Rogers
Sally
High Street
Meadowbrook
Chief Moriarty urges crackdown on dangerous driving near Morse High
Bath police chief Frank L. Moriarty vows arrest and not merely warnings for students speeding near Morse High School. The drive aligns with Maine Chiefs of Police and National Safety Council child safety program. He cites 1949 NSC data on under 15 traffic deaths and urges drivers to treat children with railroad crossing caution, expect the unexpected near schools, give bicycles room, and watch residential areas for kids at play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
Morse High School
Moriarty
Maine Chiefs of Police Association
National Safety Council
Bath
Fire destroys Nash sedan owned by Bath resident
A 1949 four door Nash sedan registered to John F. Merchant Jr. of Bath was totally destroyed by fire Friday afternoon on Lover's Retreat road in North Bath. A short circuit is believed to have caused the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Merchant, Jr
Bath
Lover’s Retreat
Mrs Ralph Mank Admitted To Memorial Hospital
Mrs Ralph Mank of 15 Spring Street is listed as a patient at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Mank
15 Spring Street
The
Memorial Hospital
Crossword Across and Down Clues Listed Alphabetically
A dense clue list with across and down entries covering geometry of terms and abbreviations. Several entries hint at standard crossword vocabularies including geographic and linguistic terms, with varied lengths and cross references.
Ancient country and places in cryptogram puzzle
Cryptoquote: A PATRIOT NOD. PASTE wESTED BUT UTTERLY DEMOLISHED. AX YDLBAAXR iBLONGFELLOW One letter stands for another. Daily cryptogram letters vary and are shown by example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Features Syndicate
Two Bath men convicted again in municipal court
Two Bath men arraigned earlier for intoxication appeared before Judge Gardiner R. Deering Saturday morning in Municipal Court, found guilty, and each was sentenced to 90 days in Kennebec County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Kennebec County
Torrent Veterans Fireman Association Attends New League Meeting
Earl Legard John T. Dwyer and Chester H McCabe Jr represented the Torrent Veterans Fireman association at the New League gathering in East Greenwich Rhode Island. McCabe was seated as the sixth vice president as masters for the 1951 season were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Legard
John T. Dwyer
Chester H. McCabe, Jr
Torrent Veterans’ Fireman Association
East Greenwich
R. I
Mr. McCabe
Masters
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bata
the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
F. B, Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Harry C. Webber
Morse High
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
Edward
Itle
Blair
E.L. M
F. P
4-H
Anna B. Malier
Bowdoinham
John P. Malier
Mrs
Chester M’crater
Edward Williams
Maine Health Report
City
Desert
Asia
Bashan
Egicti
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