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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1939
Page
4
The piece celebrates Easter color and life as a renewal beyond winter and death. It notes bright attire, Easter parades, decorated churches, and joyful music, while acknowledging deeper reflections on mortality and faith. Easter is presented as a transition to a larger life where wisdom and love endure.
The Methodist Uniting Conference in Kansas City will organize administrative machinery for a church of nearly 8 million. Delegates from the three historic factions will determine whether missionary enterprises form a single board or three, establish six jurisdictions, and elect bishops within regional boundaries. About 900 delegates and up to 25,000 visitors are expected as the union follows historic separations over slavery and governance. The 1940 to 1942 General Conference will finalize early structures.
The article reviews efforts to unite three churches under a single church structure. After many attempts and a pivotal 1924 vote, Unification was discussed for over seventy years. The current plan won broad support, with the latest May 1938 General Conference vote of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Rep T Alan Goldsborough of Denton Maryland resigns after eighteen years in the House to accept appointment to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He leaves a long record of aiding Eastern Shore projects and maintaining ties with colleagues in Washington. His summer home remains in Denton as he transitions to the bench.
Mr Chamberlain's anti Nazi march drew unity declarations but then slowed. France wavered as Soviet, Polish, Romanian stances varied. Poland rejects, Romania hedges while Germany expands Romanian access via a new economic treaty. Hitler shifts toward Russia, widening control and potential non aggression pacts, impacting Britain's and France's ability to counter. In the U S duties rise on Czech and conquered areas, anti Nazi policy remains strong though sympathy for Europe democracies wanes.
The text notes limited domestic business with foreign policy tensions. It mentions no tax cuts, higher WPA appropriations, and a cautious outlook. Yet it highlights rising industrial orders, strong auto sales, expanding electrical equipment demand, up farm equipment buying, and high railroad purchasing amid war prep.
Washington and Congress debate war risk while officials fear public opinion may avert conflict. The piece critiques drift toward war, notes Nye Clark and other neutrality bills, praises public opposition, and urges backing three antiwar measures to keep the nation peaceful.
In memory of my dear mother Louisa N Thawley who left us one year ago April 6 Off from my heart comes the bitter cry Why oh why dis mother die Then comes the answer solemn and deep My dear mother te only asleep By her Daugster Elva
Mrs James Stack attended the funeral of John Bushmann in Baltimore on Thursday. Paul Temple of Easton visited his brother Allen Temple last Friday. Mulford Swing and family spent the weekend in Washington. Thawley’s M L P Church ladies plan their annual spring oyster supper at Thawley’s Hall on Friday April 1 with oysters ham chicken salad slaw and more and ice cream on sale. Remember the date.
Nation wide lists name All This and Heaven Too as the top renter with Rebecca and Disputed Passage close behind. New arrivals Frost Flower and Royal Regiment join the February March top ten as The Patriot and The Tree of Liberty loom, while Gone With the Wind drops due to price.
The National Negro Health Week program held a meeting in Penfield to discuss health initiatives. Dr William Henry of Dover outlined tuberculosis risks, Dr Charles Sorry stressed dental care, and Mrs Prattis spoke on nutrition while Mr Walker highlighted business health perspectives.
The third annual National 4-H Club Dairy Production Contest finals will be part of the National Dairy Show at the San Francisco World's Fair from October 21 to 30. Maryland 4-H members compete under extension service supervision for county, state, and national awards, with gold and silver medals for county winners and scholarships of 250 and 100 dollars for top state entries. A Timonium Fair event on September 4 selects the Maryland team to represent the state at the national show.
Gardeners learn that hydrangea bloom color depends on soil acidity. To obtain pink flowers, make soil sweet. for blue, increase acidity with peat, oak leaves, or iron compounds. Changes take weeks and do not work on white varieties like Snowflurry or P G Hydrangea.
Marydbel and Nolan Statford of Winnington host visitors including Mrs Miaid Schweitzer and daughter Betty Louw with Hend erson locals. Lions Club member BL OR. Kaler attends Seaford Lions meeting. Hartly sees many townspeople at the Charles Rodway funeral. Edwinnel West visits grandmother Mary Dailes in Hartly.
Treasury of forms insists debt must grow to 715 billion this year, yet the real issue is paying bills as they fall due. Taxation has risen, but spending has not stopped. the danger point is unclear, and evasions now threaten national bankruptcy. Straight talk on taxation and government spending is overdue.
A memorial tribute for Homer S Tall, a musician, marks his 28th birthday on April 9th and notes his peaceful passing on July 1931. Parents recall his face voice and smile, fondly remembering him in their home with loving memories and enduring affection.
Dentonia Theatre presents Ilegal Traffic on Saturday April 8 with Dioctor Louis King and Paramount cast at the wheel amid thrills and claimed authenticity. Frank Weaver stars in Down in Arkansas at Centouia Theatre April 8, one sequence nearly costs him his life as he rides a mule without a double. Walter Wanger's Trade Winds comes to Dentonia April 10–11 with Fredric March and Joan Bennett in a globe-trotting detective chase. Franchot Tone returns to Broadway for The Girl Downstairs at Dentonia April 12. Mickey Rooney leads The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at Ventonia Theatre April 13–14, a river-set tale with Tom Sawyer echoes and comical rogues The King and The Duke.
Ridgely Theatre offers Hopalong Cassidy adventure on April 7 and 8 with Cassidy facing rustlers. Next week April 10 to 12 features Idiot's Delight on screen with Norma Shearer and Clark Gable. Also Mickey Rooney stars in The Hoosier Schoolboy on Thursday April 1 with a town coming‑of‑age tale.
A U S Department of Agriculture release promotes grapefruit and other citrus as rich vitamin C sources amid a bumper Florida crop. It notes grapefruit's alkaline body reaction, urges daily intake, and warns against vitamin C loss when citrus is cut and exposed to air.
Twenty five years ago reports detail widening of the Denton causeway, shelling improvements on routes to Hillsboro and Ridgely, and a concrete State Road contract from Preston to Linchester. Local marriages include Raughley Short at Harrington and Willey Fletcher at Preston. Local business: Edward F. Anderson opens on Fifth and Sixth, J Ormond Neal at Andersontown, and a new moving picture theatre planned by Carl A. Parker at Main and Fourth.
Obituary notes list Gootee S Alva B Lin wood and Calvin Todd and Mrs Olan F Kelley of Caroline county as surviving relatives. Bessie Keets wife of Edward Keets died at her YWillsboro home aged twenty eight with funeral in Hillsboro M E Church and interment at Denton cemetery. The death of a Willard Thawley daughter saddened friends at Denton Hillsboro and beyond. William H Cohee farmer merchant at Tanyard died suddenly, widow Sallie Griffith survives with children Harvey, Mrs Hiram Rice, Chester Cohee and a young daughter. Thomas H Welch died near Whiteleysburg March 24 1914 at age 78 with six children Rosa E Hurd Laura Parris Susan Weaver and sons Robert L Harry E Wilbert L.
Daily diary style recounting a boy named Slats and family events over a week. Includes misadventures with a snake, school notes about ideal students, a doctor visit for tonsils, math struggles, a botched anatomy joke, and a car trade discussion. Mentions dad Pa, sister Ant Emmy, and brother Will Brooksley with humorous asides.
The Monopoly Investigating Committee reviewed life insurance firms as a potential regulatory subject. Evidence suggested officers maintain power through inner circles and elections are controlled by those circles. Observers warn these companies are overly bureaucratic and isolated from existing financial regulation, urging reforms to regain public trust or risk loss of support.
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