Brady Gang Wiped Out in Bangor by Shootout
In Bangor on Columbus Day 1937 a gun battle ended the Midwestern Brady Gang era. Al Brady and Clarence Shaffer were killed, James Dalhover captured, and the raid left Bangor’s Captain Lobley and FBI agents in action, with Hurd’s store camera rolling. Dalhover later received the electric chair for killing an Indiana state trooper.
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Bangor
Maine
Everett “Shep” Hurd
Dakin
Sporting Goods
Hurd
Columbus Day
Brady Gang
FBI
al Brady
John Dillinger
Clarence Lee Shaffer
James Dalhover
Principa Indiana
Dalhover
Walsh
Cashover
Shaffer
Carl R. Lobley
Lobley
Myron Gurney
Brady
Gurney
U.S
Owen Brewster
House
Shafter
Dakin’s
Indiana
State Trooper Addresses Traffic Safety Meeting
State Trooper Herman J. Boudreau spoke on safe driving during a meeting of St. Andre's Junior Parents Friends Teachers Association Auxiliary. Reports from the secretary and treasurer were read and accepted. Susanne LeBlond reported on the membership drive. President Lorraine Nadeau announced Rev. Edmond Hache as guest speaker for the next meeting. Goblin Dance planned for Nov 23 with Claire Martel and Annette Belanger as co chairs, Jane Bergeron named poster chair. Meeting adjourned with a prayer. next meeting set for Dec 3.
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Herman J. Boudreau
St. Andre’s
Friends Teachers Association
Susanne LeBlond
Lorraine Nadeau
Edmond Hache
Claire Martel
Annette Belanger
Jane Bergeron
Dee. 3
Tractor-Trailer Crashes Into Utility Pole in Ogunquit
A tractor trailer carrying frozen chickens crashed into a utility pole and a tree on southbound U S Route One in Ogunquit Wells area, disrupting power for over an hour. Driver Miles Dickinson 49 of Hudson suffered minor injuries and was treated after saying a matchbook caused him to look down. Crews from Central Maine Power and New England Tel worked three hours to restore lines as state troopers investigated.
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Ogunquit
Wells
Miles Dickinson
Hudson
Ruth Endicott Freeman
Dickinson
Central Maine Power Co
New England Tel. and Tel. Co
Mahalia Jackson Receives Honorary Lincoln College Degree
Mahalia Jackson, famed gospel singer, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Lincoln College’s 99th convocation. Returning to her seat, Miss Jackson wiped tears from her eyes as the citation praised her rise from Louisiana cotton fields to national fame.
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Mahalia Lincoln
Ill
Mahalia Jackson
Lincoln College
Miss Jackson
Louisiana
Republicans Are Elected To Maine Legislature
Maine voters in special elections boosted Republicans across the legislature. Waldo County chose Curtis and Evans, Washington County elected Pike, and Augusta chose Katz. Knox County narrowly backed Hoffies for the Senate as Waterville approved a city government reform.
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Portland
Waterville
John Reed
Waldo County
Joshua W. Curtis
Searsport
Lee Evans
Freedom
Curtis
Aiton W. Grindle
Prospect
Evans
Lester L. Weser
Northport
Washington County
Sumner T. Pike
Lubec
Atomic Energy Commission
Maine
Sherman Denbow
Pike
Bennett D. Katz
Augusta
Richard J. Dumont
Photographer Publishes Nile Ruins Book Sun Stones and Silence
New York AP profiles Dorothy Hales Gary, a wealthy Cairo-based photographer who after a fluke produced the book Sun Stones and Silence with text by Robert Payne. The piece recalls her Egypt journey, Abu Simbel shots, and views the Aswan Dam’s impact on preservation and irrigation.
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New York
Egypt
Dorothy Hales Gary
Robert Payne
Land of
the Nile
Gary
Cannois
Cairo
Robert
New Canaan
Conn
Abu Simbel
Ramses II
Amon-Re
Aswan Dam
Karnak
Casco Bank Plans Two-Story Addition in Portland
Casco Bank Building will gain two stories with a 300000 dollar addition, set for completion next summer. Once completed at fourteen floors it will be Portland's tallest office building.
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Casco Bank Addition
Portland
Casco Bank
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Saco Journal
Paris
France
Bill Langzette
Benrus
Elgin
Youland’s
Roger S. Labbe
Main
Biddeford
Senate
Ques
Tion
Knox County
Albert W. Hoffies
Camden
Hugo Lehtinen
St. George
Everett
Mass
Greater Portland
Westbrook
South Portland
Caswell
Limestone
Connor
Rome
Alice Bucher
Ashing
Federal Realty Co
Alfred St
Bolduc Paint CO
Portland Auto Renting Co
Saco Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mem
Bers
Donald Waterhouse
Raymond Gannon
Daniel Dears Born
Russell Herrmann
Santa Claus
Leroy
Bud) Waycott
Herrmann
Waycott
Dobbs
Champ
Cluding Barron AN
Derson
J. & F. Tweeds
Worumbo
J. & F. Harris Tweeds
Camel Hair
Barron Anderson
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