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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1936
Page
2
Sunday school and morning worship start at 9 30 and end at 11 10 The pastor's former subject is Walking With God The piece notes a trend of declining church loyalty and urges deeper commitment There is no evening service at this church The union open air service will be held on the lawn of the Friends Church worship there
Last Sunday Miss Carolyn Norris and Mary Bundy and Rev J Furbay reported on the Young People Summer Camp and conference at Quaker Haven. Next Sunday the church begins a single service at 9 o clock with a talk by the pastor and social music. Midweek service is Thursday evening at the church.
Letter from Friends of Margaret Hill McCarter praises Alf Landon as a splendid choice and a real human being type of man. She notes his courteous demeanor and business success and expresses confidence in his November prospects. She adds praise for his wife as a potential First Lady and urges support for America.
Mrs J R Bowen and daughter Ann visit the Linebacks for an indefinite stay. Numerous neighbors and relatives share weekend visits and dinners including the Miller, Gauthier, and Geise families. Intermittent illness news notes Rev George Holwager and Mrs Bearl Magee's recovery.
Tens of thousands from Kansas and across the United States will gather on the Kansas state house grounds July 23 to hear Alf Landon accept the Republican nomination. A day long celebration features Indian ceremonies parades and a giant fireworks display ending with a speech broadcast nationally.
Chicago agricultural editor Frank Ridgway argues that recurring drouth and artificial crop limits prove economic scarcity is fallacious. He notes farmers withholding crops to gain government checks, while the nation faces food shortages and rising imports, citing Illinois cases of soybeans withheld to receive $12 an acre instead of harvesting at $15.
Chicago predicts a Republican majority in the next House. Earl Venable, executive secretary of the Republican Congressional campaign committee, says the GOP will retain current seats and swing enough Democratic picks from the 1932 landslide to form a comfortable House majority for Landon after the election.
Washington reports from the department of commerce show cotton exports down 33 percent, lard exports down 83 percent, and wheat exports down 99 percent during President Roosevelt's administration. The declines accompany broader government economic measures.
Washington D C The national deficit of 4 billion 764 million dollars for the 1936 fiscal year as reported by the treasury department was the largest peacetime deficit in the history of the United States.
A critic argues the Democratic Party is controlled by New Dealers who use patronage and relief funds to cow Congress. The piece accuses the New Deal of state capitalism and Russianlike control, urging adherence to American democracy and cautioning against wasteful spending and production limits.
Notice announces Fern Graham Chandler appointed Administratrix of Samuel F Hilbert's estate in Rush County Indiana. Court records show presumed solvent estate. Filed July 7 1936 with Dale Fisher Clerk and Newby Newby as attorneys.
The passage notes persistent unemployment with 12,184,000 jobless as the A F of L estimates. It argues relief is needed, tied to revival of industry, and condemns high taxes and inflation while contrasting New Deal state capitalism in scarcity with Republican free democracy in abundance. It frames the choice as debts and fear versus industry thrift and true security.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence McDaniel spent Sunday in Brooklyn with McDaniels mother and aunt.
Mr and Mrs Louis Humes and Mrs John Julian traveled Saturday to Norfolk Virginia for a two week visit. Mrs Harry Albion visited New Castle with Mr and Mrs Scott Mathews on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Jesse Butler and daughter June from El Monte California come for a five week stay with Mr and Mrs John Butler and other Indiana relatives. Richard and Weldon Carfield of near Rushville spent last week with Mrs Myrtle Carfield and daughter.
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