Blizzard's afterglow brings shore telephony rebuilds
After a record blizzard crippled the Eastern Shore telephones, the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. plans a stormproof system costing 690000 dollars. The ten month project will employ 175 workers and lay 79 miles of aerial cable on 5000 new poles across Maryland and Delaware towns, replacing open wire with a mainly cable network from Baltimore to Princess Anne and extending toward Cambridge East New Market and Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
Thaloid
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore
Inflation follows in Roosevelts era with two distinct forms
The article outlines currency inflation caused by reckless money printing and credit inflation driven by expanding business credit. It notes Germany’s postwar collapse, cites 1929 as a warning, and discusses U S forecasts for a new inflation era led by Kiplinger. It contrasts pro inflation business interests with fixed income opposition and mentions Huey Long’s Share the Wealth as a social pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Germany
United States
Willard Kiplinger
Huey Long
Share the Wealth debate swells as unemployment grows
Economists clash with Senator Long over his figures while 10,000,000 are jobless and 20 million on relief. The unemployed and desperate may turn to promises of a better day, boosting third party sentiment and shaping 1936 politics. European powers seek U S help to stabilize postwar chaos and Versailles ties linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Long
U. S
Germany
Advice for Caroline golfers urges safe play this spring
The piece warns golf can be risky if overdone and urges players to consult a doctor before starting. It lists precautions such as pacing between holes, choosing level courses, avoiding heavy meals, stopping when dizzy, protecting against drafts, and changing dry after rain. It adds residents should enjoy golf as recovery, not danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Wilmington
Washington Snapshots Show Growing Clash Over New Deal
The article captures rising tension between Congress and the Roosevelt administration as major New Deal legislation stalls. It notes Democratic friction, mounting relief costs, and opposition from Atlantic senators to certain social reforms. It cites expected shifts in policy and a Supreme Court-NLRB dispute influenced by administration maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
White House
Atlantic Seaboard
Tydings
Maryland
Byrd
Glass
Virginia
Bailey
North Carolina
George
Georgia
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Justice Department
C. L. Bardo
National Association of Manufacturers
Government authority questioned seeks court vindication
The text argues that if the government claims authority it should seek court vindication rather than withdraw appeals. It notes settlement of a coal strike as bringing potential industrial peace, highlights coal as treacherous industry with oversupply and shifting fuel use, and mentions that research expands other industries while coal remains without a new use.
Newspaper groups oppose Wagner bill in Senate hearing
Publishers from large and small papers, via the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the National Editorial Association, urged the Senate Education and Labor Committee to defeat the Wagner Labor Disputes Bill. They warned it would empower union racketeers, force open shops, and strip publishers of hiring freedom, with opposition echoing across employer groups and labor units. James A. Emery cited Lincoln on consent, arguing the bill would cede control of employment to majority labor groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Newspaper Publishers Association
National Editorial Association
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Elisha Hanson
Harvey J. Kelly
Edwin Funk
Funk
James A. Emery
The
National Association of Manufacturers
Abraham Lincoln
Rights and duties in letters to the editor
The letter argues free speech and free press justify publication choices for unsigned or signed letters. It discusses a Maine bill to ban unsigned communications, notes readers should sign letters for weight, and defends editors’ discretion in deciding what to publish as a key public forum for discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
iMaine
Editorial notes on utility holding company legislation
The piece argues that efforts to block new federal control over public utility holding companies persist, noting state supervision failures highlighted by Insull's Illinois case. It cites President Roosevelt criticizing use of investors funds to fear government protection and states he has watched Congress closely as debate continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Insull
Illinois
Roosevelt
Wheeler outlines Rayburn Wheeler holding company bill
Senator Wheeler declares the Rayburn Wheeler holding company bill targets only holding entities that control utilities and not operating units. He argues the reform would cut unnecessary costs from distant superholding, empower local units, and allow rate and dividend adjustments. The act would force unexempted holding companies to restructure or dissolve after January 1, 1940, unless exempted.
Denton Area Notes and Local Happenings Twenty Five Years Ago
Twenty five years ago wheat price one dollar thirteen cents. Col Albert W Sisk helped form a Hebron bank corporation. Prof E J Hardesty bought a Ford runabout in Denton. James Roland Chaffinch named Hobbs postmaster succeeding his late father Tilghman F Chaffinch. Comet visible low in east at dawn with improving viewing. Denton banks announce new savings rate four percent. Mite Society event at Burrsville with readings and a three dollar collection. Emily DeFord and Elmer Seney wed at Methodist Protestant Church Centreville. couple to reside in Centreville. Birthday surprise for Mrs Robt Bryan of Tuckahoe Neck. Former Clerk Edwin C Fields visits. health improving. Charles E Andrews of Chop Tank eyes afflicted. W S Haddinott and Miss Mary Wright visiting. Miss Addie Clark dies at Greensboro home, age sixteen. Dr James B Merritt freed after guilty plea and fine in malpractice case. Car ride near Zeigler farm ends with mysterious airborne light and iron-like fragment found next day. Rasin H Gale of Queen Anne dies at about 68. worked at Tuckahoe Fish Hatching Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Sisk
Hebron
E. J. Hardesty
Sussex County
Denton
Auto Company
James Roland Chaffinch
Hobbs
Tilghman F. Chaffinch
Journal
Mite Society of
Central M. E. Church
Burrsville
Jennie Wyatt
Lee Wyatt
Hester Baughley
Flossie Dill
Nellie Jacobs
Judson Ramsdell
Marjorie Sard
Emily DeFord
Elmer Seney
Centreville
Queen Anne’s County
Frank T. Benson
Ethel Anderson
B. Hackett Turner
Alfred Meredith
P. R. Fisher
J. Virgil Moore
Queen Anne's National Bank
Robert Bryan
Tuckahoe Neck
Lemuel Clough
Harry Clark
Fannie Meedes
Wm. Swann
Wm. Phillips
Jennie Moore
Frank Booth
James Hicks
Reuben Raleigh
al Booth
Clarence Hunter
Wm. Higgins
Maggie Cade
Kate Floyd
Edna Carroll
Sadie Rickards
Ethel Bryan
Edwin C. Fields
The
Armour Company
Fields
Charles E. Andrews
W. S. Haddinott
Cambridge
Mary Wright
Federalsburg
W. S. Norris
Addie Clark
Charles H. Clark
Greensboro
John Murphy
J. P. Otis
James B. Merritt
Easton
Caroline County
Rasin H. Gale
Queen Anne
Tuckahoe
Local Obituaries Notebook Reflects Multiple Deaths
Friday morning death found a Hillsboro family member in Hillsboro M E Church services set for 10. Interment in Hillsboro cemetery. Lena Waldis 25 died near Chestnut Grove of consumption. Ann Maria Temple 90 died in Easton Aged Women’s Home from paralysis. Thomas R. George 76 died in Smyrna. eight married children survive. A critic defines difference between knowing and doing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Waldis
Chestnut Grove
John H. George
Denton
Smyrna
Mrs Thos Newton Dies at Her Home Near Goldsboro
Mrs. Thos Newton long ill, died at her home near town on Tuesday. Funeral held Thursday at 1 pm with Rev H M Waters officiating, interment in Greensboro cemetery. Local notices include church district conference in Jarrettsville Md and missionary zone meeting in Easton plus community visits and plays attended by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Newton
H. M. Waters
Greensboro Cemetery
Luther Bennett
John Milby
Jennie O. Griffin
W. J. Murphy
Calvin Richards
M. E. Church
South
Jarrettsville
Elbert Saunders
Minnie Dennison
Noble Shively
Easton
John Sylvester
Minnie Bennett
Helen
Ray Seemans
Penny Hill
Wilmington
Will Rogers
Dover
Eleanor Taylor
Greensboro
Marjorie Williams
Marguerite Griffin
Washington, D. C
M. E. Jarman
George Rickwood
Gibson Property
Railroad Avenue
Leroy Cartwright
Anne Cartwright
Anna Green
L. Irving Jones
Epworth League
Louise Milby
Baltimore
Social Round of Local Residents and Visitors
Henderson hosts a varied group including Mrs. Anna Workman of Farmington Del and Miss Della Ryan of Harrington for gatherings. Kitty Montague from Wilmington visits her parents, while Miss Kitty Atwell also spends the weekend there. Several couples and guests travel to Washington and Wilmington, with Edith Melvin recovering from tonsil surgery at Easton Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Stubbs
Anna Workman
Farmington
Del
Della Ryan
Harrington
Winfred Gooden
Milford
Norman Stubbs
Bobby
Near Town
Kitty Montague
Wilmington
T. A. Montague
Kitty Atwell
Evelyn Walls
Philadelphia
Keith Webb
Helen Melvin
J. D. Long
Walter Redman
Goldsboro
George Carrow
W. F. Clark
S. S. James
New York City
L. A. Gooden
Friday Pa Reflects On Two Baths King Filip Tale
A humorous Friday fragment recounts King Filip the two baths boast born and married, with Ole Walt Sloot as the one who never wed. The quip follows the across the crick neighbor claiming the king’s two baths were earned by marriage and birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Filip
Ole Walt Sloot
Crick
Ole Walt
Gillem
Mina Crest
Becaz
Dr. Bell
Bell
Ant Emmy
Jake Prance
Wensday
Andy Blaze
Barry
Andy
Emmy
On to Camp Rodney for 1935 Boy Scout season
The Wilmington Area Boy Scout Council announced 1935 Rodney Scout Camps for Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Eight-week session begins June 23 with all 110 troops eligible. Stanley M. Woodhead heads the camp with James S. Glaes Sr. and Edward B. Cantwell among staff. Amos R. Shields oversees equipment and programs. A physician will supervise health and safety. The camp at Elk Neck near North East, Maryland, offers Swimming Life Saving Nature instruction and Scoutcraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Area Boy Scout Council
Rodney
Bays
Delaware
Maryland
Boy Scouts of the Council
Stanley M. Woodhead
Dover
James S. Glaes
Edward B. Cantwell
Elk Neck
Chesapeake
North East
Atlantic
Amos R. Shields
Seea
F. W. duPont
Wilmington
Smithson Sunday School and Services at Smithson Church
Sunday School begins at 9 30 in the morning with preaching at 7 30 in the evening by Rev. J T Baynard all welcome. Nearby residents spent Sunday in Baltimore Wilmington and Easton with visits noted among families McCarty Dew Dew and Quidas plus journeys to Bridgeville Delaware and Eldorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithson Church
Psetor
J. T. Baynard
Raymond McCarty
Walter
George McCarty
Wharton
Baltimore
M. J. Hall
Harold Dew
C. L. Perry
C. Truitt
Bridgeville
Del
Edward Worm
May Willoughby
L. Worm
Wilmington
Edward Thomas
Eldorado
Ollie Todd
Easton
E. Reese
W. S. McCarty
Frase
Fred Quidas
Mrs. H. Shivery
Quotations on faith and inheritance from Christian sources
A compilation of religious quotes including J R Thompson on Christianity as the good man's text, Cowper on desperate steps, and a Christian Science Monitor note about Romans 8 17 heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. reflects religious thought and hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Thompson
Father of
Lights
Paul
God
Christ
Christian Science Monitor
Maryland Apple Growers Urged to Apply Pre Blossom Spray
Maryland apple growers are urged to apply the pre blossom spray to curb apple scab as spores near ripening. Dr Robert A Jehle of the University of Maryland Extension Service warns that timing before blossom opening is crucial and weather may require one or more applications. The spray combines lime sulfur and arsenate of lead to also control curculios and pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Robert A. Jehle
University of Maryland Extension Service
Jehle
Bethlehem Club Seeks Home Care Tips and Community Plays
The Bethlehem Community House hosts a Tuesday meeting with a full turnout and four visitors. Mrs. J B Todd presides while Mrs. Mary Blades delivers a talk on Sharing Responsibility in the Home and reads a poem. Guests discuss floors and floor coverings. several poems are read. Upcoming events include a May 14 meeting, and April 26 plays It’s All Over Town Suds and Duds Tub and Lather with door offerings. Visitors from Easton and local residents attend and share updates on hosting and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brodes
J. B. Todd
Maggie
Hilda Smith
Mary Blades
Edgar Guest
Bethlehem Community House
Town
Everett Stevens
Nina Mae
Easton
Wm. C. Harding
Lawrence Legates
Norris Colby
Matthews
Edward Patchett
Heber Lane
Preston
Edwin Rosser
Federalsburg
Annh Carroll
Leonard Legates
Shirley
Tilghman
Lee Smith
Roy Legates
Wilmington
Local visits span several states from Philadelphia to Chester
Bur rs ville area residents hosted guests from Philadelphia Denton Harrington and Washington DC over past week. Notable visits included Mr and Mrs Charlie Harvey, Mr and Mrs R H Thawley, Mr and Mrs J W Price and family, Miss Mary Smith and friend from Washington DC. Also Mr Fleming Starkey and family near Farmington hosted by John Parris. Ends with a local ad for ashes hauling by Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Richards
Arlie Harvey
Charles Harvey
Philadelphia
Charlie Harvey
Wm. G. Wooters
Wesley Thawley
Denton
R. H. Thawley
Baynard Smith
Lawrence Price
Harrington
J. W. Price
Harold Hopkins
Chester
Howard Hopkins
Mary Smith
Washington, D. C
Everett Smith
Elva Pippin
Greensboro
Emma Simpson
Maud Kenan
Vertie Cahall
Mollie Cahall
Fleming Starkey
Farmington
John Parris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Postoffice
Washington
Weekly and
Daily Press
Senate
Burton K. Wheeler
Interstate Commerce Committee
Rayburn-Wheeler
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Wheeler
Electric Bond & Share
United Corporation
United Light & Power
Federal Power Commission
New York
Adams Cross Roads
Minnie
Altha Adams
Jack Mears
Blanche Adams
Earl Robinson
Smithville
Reese Adams
Fred Fountain
Edna Adams
Calvin Williams
Edgar Fountain
Hickman
George Foster
Herman Fountain
Elsie Savitz
D. F. Johnson
Bubscribe
Henderson
Rose Farquar
Smithson
Bethlehem
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
Auditor's Order
Nisi
Wilbert L. Merriken
Assignee
Lawrence B. Towers
Francesia W. Towers
Circuit Court
T. CuAtaOt Horsey
T. T. Pyton Horsey
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