Word: lobstermen
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...Atlantic coast from Henley Harbor, Labrador, to Cape Hatteras, N. C., the American lobster (Homarus americanus) is at its best off the coast of Maine, grows larger than its cousins down South. This advantage, upon which Maine's lobster industry was built, last week threatened to ruin it. Lobstermen setting their traps for the new season with halibut, herring and codfish heads anxiously questioned one another for news from Washington, where Maine's Congressmen Wallace Humphrey White Jr. and John Edward Nelson were pressing for passage of a bill to save the ailing business...
Critics last week were inclined to award first prize to Harry Hering, in civil life a photo-engraver, for his boldly painted Maine lobstermen's houses. Like some college football teams, Artist Hering, technically a businessman, is open to the charges of professionalism. He has had exhibitions in professional dealers' galleries...