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he ourier azette T Entered as Second ClassC Mall Matter -G Established January, 1846. By The Courier-Gazette. 465 Main St. Rockland, Maine, Saturday, September I 6, 1939 THREE CENTS A COPY V olum e9 4 .................. Number III. The Courier-Gazette [EDITORIAL] THREE-TIMES-A-WEEK DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT Editor Camden Was Proud of This Team “The Black Cat” WM. O. FULLER, Under the terms of the Arms Embargo, war materials Associate Editor ordered in this country a year ago cannot be delivered. These PRANK A WINSLOW include about 700 planes intended for Prance and England, Subscriptions S3 00 per year payable long before war was in prospect. Prom the commercial In advance: single copies three cents. standpoint one lias to appreciate th at the work was done in Advertising rates based upon circula tion and very reasonable American factories, giving employment to thousands of NEWSPAPER HISTORY American laborers, and furnishing bread and butter for hun The Rockland oseette was estab lished In 1846 In 1874 the Courier was! dreds of American families. The manufacturers are now established and consolidated with thr unable to deliver the planes into which immense sums have Gazette In 1882 The Free Press ws« established In 1835 and In 1801 changed gone in the way of employment and materials. Prom the sen Its name to the Tribune These papers consolidated March 17. 18P7___________ timental standpoint there Is the plight of France and England —fighting alone the battle of anti-Hitlerism—coupled with I t —. — the uncomfortable and depressing feeling that we have de * *** i ♦ Energy, love, and faith—these ~ serted those nat.ons in their hour of need. By The Roving Reporter • make the perfect man. —■ • —Phillips Brooks ♦ >•< Eleven opening notes of the “Polonaise" by Chopin told Our readers have heard consid Europe the other day that defenders still held Poland's capi erable about the schooner Hard tal. After the Warsaw radio station ended its night broadcast, scrabble lately. The name borne Friendly To All the opening bars were sounded every 30 seconds by a xylo by the old hooker for so many years phone—to show that Warsaw had not fallen. There is a well may be seen on the Fales premises. known motto: “Say it with flowers." Poland said it with Maverick street. music. How much lcnger can such music ccme frem tne shambles of Europe? Employes of the New England Telephone Se Telegraph Co. are celebrating service anniversaries RUM AND YOUTH and having their pictures published in Telephone Topics. Fred P Col It is bad enough to pick up the newspaper every morning son of the Eastern plant. Is observ- and read of death or accident due to drunken driving. But I ing his 35th anniversary. what shall we say about the 16-year-old Winthrop boy who appeared in the Augusta Court to answer that charge? Have The cooper shop which played you a 16-year-cld boy in your family? such a prominent part in the manu facture of lime over a long period of years, is almost an extinct in FARMER'S SHORT END stitution. Out of the rural sec «Bangor Daily News) tions in those days came scores of hayracks laden with lime casks. When the Twentieth Century Fund recently nude a study Many Knox County farmers made of the high ccst of distribution, many people seemed inclined a good dollar in those days, and the todcubt the results, which showed that it costs more to dis tribute most goods than it does to produce them drivers were a colorful lot. never A Chicago milk company recently raised milk prices to lacking in native humor. What in the consumer, and published in justification a breakdown of teresting stories some historian costs. This indicated that of the consumers milk dcliar. the could weave about the lime cask faimer who produced the milk got only 3 7 cents. Employes of the milk company got 42 cents. The remainder went for Industry. plant and equipment, bottles, supplies, taxes, railroads and trucks. One cent went to advertising, and less than a half- Ice cream at recess Is a privilege cent fcr officers salaries. And the c:mpany was losing we never used to have in my day as nearly two cents a quart, it claimed. No clearer example could have come along to prove the a student at Rockland High School; Yon have met this man many argument that distribution has somehow come to absorb the in fact I don't think there were lime*, and as often his features are lion's share of the high prices the consumer pays. lunches ot any sort. But when we wrca'bed in this genial smite. On did reach home at noontime we the Northern! beat yon will find Pa were blessed with appetites which trolman “Eddie" Ingraham. TWO KINDS OF EMBARGO were the dispalr (and yet the Joy) of the mothers. I fully approve of Bids For Thirteen German submarines may refuel in the United States and the present method. A contented then go out on the high seas to destroy ships on which there Away back in 1893 Camden had a ball team, which was giving plenty of 11 ruble fcr its oppenrnts in thr Knox County L-ague. Days when thr pupil Is always an asset. are innocent women and children. And yet we cannot deliver players journeyed from town to town by buckboard instead of burning up th< highways in motor ears. Days when only thr catcher and first base Maritime Commission Is To to cur friends—Prance and England—Airplanes which were man wore gloves. Days when home boys played baseball for sports' sake and never worried about thr gate receipts. Yes. that's "Gramp" Wilbur hi the renter, iron hat and all. But who's the mas rot in the center of thr bottom row? * No wonder they have a large en Construct Ships For the ordered a year ago. Back row. left to right—D. Johnson r. Clifford lb. Bryant cf. H. Johnsen rf. Burhanan 2b. Middle row—Are) 3b and manager, Wilbur. Rob rollment in High School nowadays. Foreign Trade bins p and captain. Front row—Hill If. Mascot?. Wardwrll s» mow a resi Gent of Rockland). Our school letter today (and you The photograph was made by Lane, and has been kindly loaned to this paper by Don Johnson. miss it if you do not read these fine The United States Maritime SEVEN CLAMS; FOURTEEN POUNDS letters) tells of 57 tuition students Commission announced Tuesday Ahead Of Schedule create a great armada consisting of The Rotary Cub he spoke off-hand, it was evident he thia term. Why. that's almost half that invitations have been issued some 2500 vessels. For half a cen- | knew hts subject and was deeply as many students as the school A crowd of interestd spectators chimed in an old-timer.. for bids to construct 13 vessels. concerned for the future of democ used to have. “Well I've been trying 35 years tury preceding the war. the bulk ot Three are to be acquired by the stood on the beach In front of where Uncle Sam Speeding Work A Traveling Bag Vanishes racies. He recalled the religious Drift Inn once stood and watched down here," said Mr. Nichols, “and the nation's exports and imports Seas Shipping Company and are On His Great Merchant covenant made by the Pilgrim The Christian Science Monitor a man staggering under the burden this is my first success." Into Thin Air— Minister identical to three already under had been carried by foreign vessels. [ Fathers on board the Mayflower, describes a sundog as “a large halo of a basketful of something he had He added that the moon was tn Fleet construction for that company Consequently when hostilities com- j Pinch Hits which became a basis for a form around the sun." I was always Just harvested from the flats . perigee, and that the conditions of government and maintained that whlch operates the Robin Line run The outbreak of war In Europe menced in 1914. the United States I taught to believe that a sun-dog Is The man was George Nichols, were favorable for democracies to live and thrive, ning from New York to Bouth and had only 19 American flag services! The Rockland Rotary Club pre the bright reddish spot In the sky former Bay Stater, who has be- Caught seven of the big bivalves found the United States 10-year bU- the spiritual life of the people must East Africa. The ships will be 485 operating to foreign countries and ! sented a unique and three part pro seen a short distance at the right i come a permanent resident of St and they weighed exactly 14 ilcn-dollar effort to recapture some be kept at a high level. feet overall; 15.200 tons displace overseas possessions. Overseas trade gram at Friday's meeting at the or left of the sun. and sometimes George. pounds Five are sufficient for an One guest was present. Gerald G. ment; w ith a speed of 15*4 knots. of Its lost glory on the seven seas practically speaking, was at the New Hotel Thorndike. both. Webster's Dictionary is a bit The “something' was seven sea ample chowder—“the finest chow Beverage of Damariscotta. The visit Pour will be acquired by the proceeding on schedule. If not some mercy of other nations. Hence the : Information had been received vague on the subject, referring to | clams which he had dug with spe- der you ever ate." he told The Oou- ing Rotarians were: Hal Howard.