Issued aturday Tuesday S Thursday Issue * Saturday The Courier-Gazette Entered as Second Class Mail Matte. Established January, 1846. By The Courier-Gazette, 465 Main St. Rockland, Maine, Saturday, January 14, 1939 THREE CENTS A COPY V olum e 9 4 ...................N um ber 6. [EDITORIAL] CAMDEN MILL HEARING "•JETHREE SSSSS*TIMES-A-WELK it’. Not Popular MONARCHS OF THE FOREST THE DEFENSE PROGRAM j “The Black Cat” Editor Opponents of State Income With the welfare of the Penob­ President Roosevelt s urgent defense program as outlined WM. O FULLER scot and Camden Mills receiving Associate Editor T ax Are In M ajority At in his special message to Congress Thursday has set the I FRANK A WINS! GW attention there will be a meeting world by the ears, as might have been expected. Space here A ugusta in Camden Opera House at 7.30 Subscriptions $3 00 per v. ar p avb le does not permit a complete review of his plans and desires, but In ndvar.pe; slngl • copies thiee <-en At the opening of this 89th Leg- o'clock tonight and its promoters the total amount asked for is $552 000.000. Chief among the Adse.tlrina rates based upon clrcula are desirous that it should have a tlon and very reasonable lslaturt there are, apparently three projected defense methods are more than 3000 warplanes, ad­ full attendance. The speakeis groups of thought as to the way ditional naval bases and other defense weapons to meet the W ■«. -•> will be Addison Outwater, presi­ new conditions cf warfare—all with "as great speed as passible.' ••• in which the present financial situ­ dent of the Tankers Corporation; ••• In faith and hope the world ation of the State shall be met. We are glad to note that this country lias finally awakened ••• will disagree, but all mankind's ••• William H. Broadiiead. Walter F to the necessity of adequate war forces, as that branch of ••• concern U charity.—Pope These groups are: Broadhead, Henry Frankenberg. •9 warfare, both from the offensive and the defensive standpoint, 1st—Those opposed to an income and Hon. William R. Pattangall. tax. must have Impressed itself upon all countries where wars are The chairman of the meeting will fought. It is going to cost a lot of money—incidentally CIVIL iSERVICF. EXAMS 2d—Tho e who believe that ex­ be J. J. Ellard. penditures can be reduced suffi­ $10,000,000 for training 20.000 college youths annually to act By The Roving Reporte^ ^ The United States Civil Service ciently to meet the needs of the as pilots, and $21,000,000 for new naval aircraft—but fetter expend money for effective weapons, than share the fate of Commission announces an open I State. At State Capitol 3d—Those who are uncertain as Ethiopia, Spain and China. If there actually came a bombard­ KITTEN competitive examination for Under ment of our Eastern seaboard, with great destruction of life I thought a dog ■ to how to deal with the situation, i Chairmen of the two key legisla­ Was the perfect pet: laboratory Helper < Bacteriology* , but believe that a sales tax is the | and property, an outraged people would rise up and say to I loved his bark. tive committees mulled over Thurs­ And his shiny wet $3 33 a day. for filling vacancies best way out, yet fear to propose | Uncle Sam "Why were you not prepared?" Naval bases would And nuzzling nose: day what they thought might be be necessary, and certainly an adequate peace garrison lor Oh. I loved him more in the position of Laboratory As­ it. because it was turned down by Than anything. the voters in 1937. the answer to the problem of find­ thp Panama Canal—to say nothing of an expansion of troops But thut was before sistant (BacteriologyI at the TT 8. A kitten crept The first group is the greatest. ing money for more old-age pen­ and the new naval construction program. Veterans Administration. iTogus. Right under my skin It includes many from each of the sions without levying new taxes. Now what has been the reaction to President Roasevelt's With her lluH. and her purr. Maine. The examination will be And her feet curled ln! other two. Talk with members of Sponsors said the plan would re­ proposals? Not complete assent in his own official family at —Elaine V Emans held in various places throughout both House and Senate and this leasee municipalities from matching Washington, with some members of his own party at odds Maine The cl. sing date for recelp fact becomes evident. It would be the major part of State-aid highway with the gigantic plan, and some skeptical Republicans won­ One bottling company will supply funds, permitting them to use local of applications is January 24. 1939 absurd to say that there are none dering perhaps if the little matter of political prestige is 48.000 bottles of soft drink dally to who favor an income tax Of course road money for assistance to the behind the Administration's plan. The necessary forms and full infor­ concessionaires at the 1939 Califor­ there are. but they are in a min­ aged. Thus, said the proponents, Abroad, according to the Associated Press, the President's nia World's Fair. Page Milter mation may be obtained from: The ority. Those who do favor an in- pensions could be linked with high­ defease program was regarded with cheers, jeers and silence. Burgin. Secretary, B ard of U. S Civil . come tax are not all for the meas- ways without diverting State high­ Great Britain and France, about the only European nations way funds and the lawmakers could Service Examiners, at any first-class ’ ure which is being initiated under Out of the Whiting .woods in main road, so that it was a com­ which could be counted upon as allies in case of war. offered carry out Gov. Barrows' inaugural A Boston man who recently cele­ post office. J bie sponsorship of the State grange Washington County , near which paratively easy task to Rad the very favorable comment, the American course apparently being recommendation that cities and brated hisli 108th birthday told re­ • • • • | It is a question whether all mem­ they were born and brought up. buck onto a truck and get it back held with distinct relief. Germany remained silent, for the porters that hard work and plenty t«wns bear part of the pension load. Tlie United States Civil Service bers of the Orange who are legis­ came the carcasses of two magnifi­ , to camp. moment, while over in Italy the Fascists were Inclined to Under the projected plan munici­ of it was the secret of longevity. Commission has announced • pen lators this winter favor that meas­ cent bucks, during the hunting Rollo Gardner's prize was a 10- irony, and asked whom President Roasevelt plaimed to fight. palities would provide one-fourth of What's that old saying—the first competitive examinations for the ure. just as it is a known fact that season, the one shown on the left point buck weighing 185 pounds—a | It will be interesting to know what Russia thinks about it, or i the $2,000,000 which leaders esti- hundred years are the hardest. positons cf supervising inspector, j no all Grangers in the State favor in the picture being brought down good day work all hunters will for that matter, the yellow skinned warriors of the Orient. it. mated the State would need an- It may be that the war lords in these countries are just $3800 a year, senior inspector. $3200 by Henry A. Gardner of this city admit, ! nually to pay 15.000 pensions aver­ More old itlme barbers: Frank a year, and inspector. $2600 a year, j The income tax idea has never and the one on the right by his In this party were the Gardners 1 “kidding" and have no real intention of fighting anybody, but aging $20.75 monthly each. The Sacker, Levi Bow and James Beggs. been extremely popular in Maine brother Rollo M. Gardner of Cam­ it is nice to have a bucket of water on hand if somebody in the Wage and Hour Division. De­ already named. Henry Montgomery I rest, they said, would come from partment cf Labor. as was shown in the vote of the den. of Thomaston, and Oliver Chilman throws a lighted cigaret into dry grass. general income, a $200,000 transfer The story is of a woman who used Applications must be on file with 1919 referendum on an amendment Somebody may rise up to disprove of Lewiston—all being accompan­ j from the sinking fund and delayed a gas mask white peeling onions. A the U. S. Civil Service Commission to the constitution and later in the statement, but it is claimed that ied by members of their families. am rtization of the State deficiency, suggestion for lhase who get them 1935. when the Legislature turned Henry Oardner's buck was the The Gardners have made th eir! OVERBURDENED SHOULDERS at Washington. D. C.. not later than now scheduled to be completed in second handed February 7, 1939. if received from such a measure down. 1 largest deer shot in Maine during home in Knox County 12 years, but 1941. The Maine Legislature may have no such intention, but States east of Colorado, and not There is still Ihe question of the season recently closed. It was every season they hear the call of The latter course would require if it embarks on a spending orgy, just so that somebody's con­ “Red" Garnet carefully donned later than February 10.