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Postwar Planning for the State of Maine by the Maine Development Commission, as compiled November 1, 1944
Get PDFThe 91st Legislature, by enacting this Law, recognized the urgent desirability of an orderly transition from the economy of war to the economy of peace. This war, to a degree unrecorded in our history, has produced an economic upheaval that by its very magnitude will challenge the ablest leadership of Labor, Management and Government in their coordinated effort to accomplish an orderly return to an economy geared to our peacetime needs.
This complex problem that must be faced offers to the State a challenge to assume an aggressive leadership po ition in Postwar Planning that will effectually aid the economic reestablishment of the men and women of Maine who are in wartime service on world wide battlefields and in the war plants of this and other states. Such transition, if it is to be successfully completed, must be supported by carefully designed plans, prepared well in advance of the need.
The Maine Development Commission, following the enactment of An Act to Provide for Post War Planning , proceeded with the preparation of the plans and data submitted herein.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1164/thumbnail.jp
Dow Field, Bangor, Maine: Album of Photographs Relating to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine -- Volume 2, Part 2
Get PDFThis two-volume scrapbook set of over 1400 photographs compiled by First Lieutenant Annis G. Thompson, Historical Officer at Dow Field is presented in seven parts. Each part has about 200 photographs each. Each group of 200 photographs are more or less related to each other.
These photographs should be of particular interest to anyone knowing a family member served at Dow Field around 1944. If you know a family member served around this time, there is a strong chance you would find a photograph or more of your relative. Almost all of the photographs that are dated indicate 1944. These photographs primarily cover activities on the base in Bangor, such as drills, at the base hospital, at commander\u27s offices, and much more. However, large groups of pictures covering parties and outings with service member families are included too. Service members travel to Mt. Katahdin area, Schoodic Point, Pushaw Lake, Lake Lucerne, and more -- including a snow skiing trip.
The photographs have been compressed so that we could present all of them in a more browseable format. If you have questions about any photograph, contact Patrick Layne at Bangor Public Library.
Volume 2, Part 2 features photographs of soldiers from Dow Field serving as firefighters on Exchange Street in downtown Bangor in January 1945, music performed for patients at the base hospital, airplane nose art, the Flying Torah, an open house at Dow Field in which the public was shown a display of paratroopers in action, Maine lake leisure activities by soldiers and their families, and more. Most photographs presumed to be from 1944, some known to be 1945.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dow_books/1014/thumbnail.jp
To Have and to Hold and to hold! War bonds
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Don\u27t Kill Her Daddy With Careless Talk
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...because somebody talked!
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Don\u27t Be a Spare, Be a Spar -- Release a Fighting Coast Guardsman from Combat -- Train at the Palm Beach Biltmore -- Wear Clothes Designed by Mainbocher -- Apply Nearest Coast Guard Office
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Your Government Warns Prepare For Winter Now! -- Take Dealer\u27s Advice -- Check Your Heating Plant -- Winterize Your Home -- Fuel Is Scarce ... Conserve It! -- Solid Fuels Administration For War, Washington, D.C.
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January 29, 1944
Get PDFIn Know Your Officers we are introduced to LT F. Robert Fox of New York City; and Dow Field\u27s Post Personality profiles CPL Lee Scroggs.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1041/thumbnail.jp
November 29, 1944
Get PDFWe see a group photo of part of the personnel of General Mess who made the Thanksgiving dinner last week -- the men are: CPL Thomas Potter; PVT William Widhman; PVT Augustin Ramirez; PFT Gene Szczepanik; PFC Christopher Moran; PFC John F. Mesko; CPL Ernest Berge; PVT Phillip McGetrick Jr.; PVT Clarence Page; CPL Leo Mikolajezyk; PFC Thomas P. Sandle; SGT Thomas Diaz; S/SGT Irving Chazanoff; CPL J.W. Dodson and SGT Henry Oppy.
Who\u27s Who of Enlisted Men profiles CPL John Kokinda; we meet LT Madeleine Proctor; and CPL Martin Hagopian shares the latest news of the base military police.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1089/thumbnail.jp
October 28, 1944
Get PDFSoldiers name dropped in this issue include: PFC Otis Cavender, M/SGT Mike Cherneskie, and SGT T.F. Applebaum.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1102/thumbnail.jp