I Thursday Issue l i T he Courier-Gazette Entered as Second C lu i Mall M atte. Established Januury, 1846. By The Courier-Gazette, 48S Main St. Rockland, Maine, Thursday, March 2, 1939 THREE CENTS A COPY V olum e 9 4 .................. Number 26. — — — The Courier-Gazette County Men’s Chorus Impetus Is Needed [EDITORIAL] 1» I I I 1 1 THKFF TIMES-A-WFFK SI’R11FSSLhJu LrtJRS I IELiiEl)/ 0V Fl Wu r IITY IT HAS COME TO PASS I f I S 1 _ _ . f » 1 "The Black Cal” 1 Editor ,.^1 The show place in this city at the present time is on WM. O. PULLER Associate Editor Universalist Church Sun* Resources Is To Solve the Lobstermen Will Never Get Anywhere Without upper Camden street where a very conclusive demonstration PRANK A WINSLOW day Afternoon State’s Economic Problem is being given that "it can be done in Rockland”—the motto Hub-'-rlptIons $3 00 per year payable adopted by the Chamber of Commerce some years ago. It In advance; single copies three cen > Music lovers are looking forward Additional impetus to the devel­ It, Says Frenchboro Man took a long time, to be sure, and there have been discourage­ Advertising rates bused niton clrcula .'Inn and .try reasonable. with keen pleasure to the concert opment of Maine's resources is ments a-plenty, but the fact remains that public-spirited NEWSPAPER HISTORY lo be given at the Universalist au­ needed to aid in the solution of tlie citizens are now constructing a large four-story factory build­ The Rockland Gazette was estah- Frenchboro, Feb. 27. protection of the vital source of pro­ ditorium Sunday at 3.30 p. m. by Strte's economic problems, Fred­ ing and that a reliable industry from a State outside of New •letli d In IBM In 1874 the Courier w a, Editor of The Courier-Gazette:— pagation—the egfe-bearing lobster; rstabllahed and consolidated with the ihe Knox County Mens Chorus, erick G. Payne, Mayor of Augusta England has a five-year lease of It. Tlie name of the concern Gazette In 1882 The Free Pi ess was There is an old saying that “in every precaution should be taken bv esiuhllshed In 1855 and In 1891 changed under the <1 rection of S. T. Con­ and a possible candidate for the and Lire nature of the industry, have never been made public Ils name to the Tr'bune. These papers unity there is strength.” Benjamin the Department of Sea ahd Shore stantine. A men's singing group is Republican Gubernatorial nomina- for prudential reasons, but with the promise of a completed eonsolldated March 17, 1897 Franklin told the early colonists Fisheries and the fishermen to In­ always in favor, and this chorus, factory by mid-June, and the promise that it will employ 150 that if they didn't hang together, sure against waste and carelessness. recently reorganized, contains some * they would all hang separately. No punishment can be too great persons at the start, increasing that number as rapidly as con­ of the best male voices in Knox Unjust crklclsm- nnd too ♦ These statements are particularly against wanton destruction. Nature ditions permit, nobody need indulge in a great deal of worry. By The Roving Reporter lavish praise have killed many ••• County. The group, numbering and appropriately applicable to has taught them to feed us and con­ The ftockland citizens who have made the coming of this a promising career. * around 30, will be assisted in Sun­ industry passible made a very thorough examination of its —K V P Philosopher ♦ Maine's lobstermen of today. tinue the industry in our ignorance ••• day's concert by Stafford Congdon The statue of General Hiram O. At the present time we find th” of their true worth; careful thought calibre and standing and fairly enough the industry made a at the organ, and incidental solos Berry, Rockland's Civil War hero, double-gauge lobster measure—a and an earnest effort to protect them ‘ very thorough study of Rockland and its capacity for fur­ will be taken by Chester O. Wyllio arrived at Achorn Cemetery and trial balloon since 1934—wholly in­ can nurse the depleted business back' nishing the necessary labor. The results were very satisfac­ of Warren, and Harold W. Greene with It the celebrated sculptor Cancer Campaign adequate as far as conservation and to normal in due course of time. tory in both instances; in fact the industrial heads liked of Rockland. Mrs. Constantine will Franklin Simmons, whose work It propagation are concerned and the Here, indeed, is the most vital link Rockland so well that they elected to come here Instead of act as accompanist. Tlie very ex­ was. When he saw the crude Im­ Work In Rockland District majority of those interested in the in chaining the industry together. stopping in New Hampshire where the situation would have cellent program which has been plements assembled to swing his industry are now groping about for been more to Its liking in some respects. Well, the hammers To Be Conducted By the prepared under diligent rehearsal The question of Canadian imports fine work In place, he sank on a something to take its place. Hun­ are pounding, husky laborers are ln motion, and almost before merits the presence of a large au­ has ever been an argument and it neighboring lot, covered his face Hospital Auxiliary dreds of thousands of pounds of we know the mammoth structure will be obscuring our view of dience. A silver collection will be is safe to assume that we will never with hLs hands and groaned. Noth­ chicken lobsters have been caught the northend waterfront. taken to defray current expenses see a tariff on lobsters coming from ing disturbed, John Coburn, who Mrs. William Holt of Portland. and sold, the market seems glutted and to aid the fund for carrying the Provinces. The most practical was In charge, proceeded to place Secretary of the Volunteer Cam­ with small ones everywhere, conse­ on the noteworthy work. The suggestion yet offered was made by the statue, and up It went safe and paign Committee of the Advlsoiv quently a lower price is paid to the ABOARD T1IF. BAND WAGON program: ex-Gov. Brann last summer in de­ sound where it Ls today—“Well,' Board of the Maine Division of the producer, and he has operat’d at claring himself In favor of a quota It may be true that France and England have been given drawled Coburn, “Now MLster, you Army, has announced the plan for Meditation Echoes . practically a cost basis since the InvlMlble Chorus system. Stabilizing the imports on certain “assurances" by Gen Franco, the Rebel conquerer of c'n look up!” the third annual enlistment cam­ Prayer double-gauge measure went into paign. April 1 to 30 Praise the Lord. Maker a systematic basis would do much Spain, but does anybody suppose for a moment that hts favors Chorus effe ct. to keep the price from fluctuating and all his Influence will not be cast on tlie side of Italy and From 1870 to 1910, manufactur­ The Volunteer committee, which U Incidental Remarks We find a class of people continu­ planning and directing the cam­ Chorus—If W ith All Tour Hearts during the Canadian open season Germany who openly supported him during the long war. ing and mechanical industries from "Elijah." Mendelssohn ally growing poorer, their annual Soloist. Mr. Greene Mayor Payne of Augusta and. since the open market really paign a step made necessary by the catch of lobsters slowly diminishing while England and France* were indulging in a vascillating were next ln Importance to agri­ resignation of Mrs. Louise H Wells Organ Selection, belongs to Americans the Canadians culture as a field of employment of Mr Congdon and, during the past few years, the policy which has had the effect of nauseating nations which of Portland as State Commander, Tenor solo—Open the Gates of tion in the 1940 June primary elec­ should feel grateful that we are will­ gainful labor ln the United States. the Temple . Knapp Department of Sea and Shore Fish­ had Intestinal fortitude. They may have been exercising the consists of Samuel Stewart. Lewis­ Mr Greene tion, told the Bangor Rotary club ing to share our market with them In 1920 and ln l&K). the manufac­ eries reports an increase in the num­ discretion which is the better part of valor, but their belated ton. chairman; Mrs. John H. Hud Chorus—Calvaiy, Rodney Tuesday. free of duty, keeping the price at an Glorious Things of Thee Are ber of license applicants. Th? aver­ and Inglorious leap onto the Franco band wagon Ls not turing and mechanical industries dll ion. O:ono; Frederick T Hill. M 8poken. Towner "The progress that has already average level, Instead of flooding it gave employment to more workers Soloist, Mr Wytlle age price per pound is much lower going to get them anything more (Iran did their same atti­ I) . Waterville; and Mrs. Holt, with Remarks been made along these same lines with an inferior product and min­ than it was 15 years ago and the tude toward tlie allies’ erstwhile friend Czechoslovakia. It than did agriculture, according to Edward H Risley. M. D. Waterville How I-ong Wilt Thou Forget Me. or additional industrial develop­ ing tlie price for fishermen on both U S. Census Bureau reports. Pl luege-r-Hearts operating cost considerably higher. Ls quite fair to assume that Mister Chamberlain and Monsieur chairman of the State Advisory Chorus ment," the Mayor said, "has more sides of the line.