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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1934
Page
2
The National Safety Council warns accident rates follow the thermometer with summer bringing more auto crashes sunburn and injuries. Stay cautious: use common sense with camping tools swimming and speed on roads. Excessive speed kills and can end summers for families.
A Rotarian Magazine passage urges social scientists and clubs like Rotary to shape emerging social conditions. It cites ongoing scientific discovery and the lingering traumas of war, urging action to build better living for all through initiative, cooperation, and understanding.
The article reviews July declines in steel ingot production from 62 to 40 and auto output from 82 to 39, followed by partial recovery. It questions whether the downturn signals a permanently lower level of business or a rebound. Views diverge among observers, with cautious optimism tempered by slow recovery and debate over government spending effects and monetary policy.
The Reciprocal Tariff Bill grants the President authority to negotiate tariff reductions up to 50 percent, with July 23 marking the start of Cuba talks. Aims include reviving world trade, addressing debts and currencies, and easing the global economic deadlock. The housing bill seeks to spur recovery by guaranteeing mortgage loans and lowering rates, potentially freeing $1.6 billion for investment and jobs.
Commissioner George E. Allen reports the federal employment system is failing after a week in the Midwest seeking work. He notes snooty agency staff, plans to file a report to Aubrey Williams outlining reforms to relief and employment programs. The piece argues government encroachment hurts private industry and worker pace.
Analysis shows over 70 percent of printing dollars stay local, benefiting labor and retail sectors. Spending with local printers strengthens the community economy more than buying outside, with merchants urged to educate themselves on the tourist dollar and local loyalty.
The text argues for letting railroads regain lost business by equal competition with trucks and water carriers, urging government and public support to reduce unemployment and raise wages. It contends higher costs require railroads to earn more income to cover them, signaling a broader push for balanced progress in business.
The piece muses on ambition guiding success and urges cooperation over selfishness. It notes advertising as a tool in business, cites Brazil climate ads, and warns against traffic misuses of trees. It laments politicians’ difficulties fixing many wrongs while urging personal accountability.
The Rotary Magazine urges redistributing used books to C C C camps, noting many volumes remain untouched at home. It advises groups to check local collections before sending literature to camps, highlighting the growing need for good books and magazines in the United States.
THINGS ONE REMEMBERS by R. M. Hofer critiques a New York May Day march. He notes well fed, well dressed workers and peaceful behavior masking destructive slogans and banners. He argues socialists and communists rely on constitutional freedoms while opposing the system that sustains them.
The administration aims to keep codes fluid to promote unity among capital labor and the public under the New Deal. Drafts will finish un codified industries and group them under the basic code, while labor unions face backlash from lawless strikes and criticisms of non accountable leadership. The National Association of Manufacturers denounces labor actions that block employment, city access, or declare goods contraband as threats to a free society.
A Democratic spokesman predicts a sales tax may be needed to distribute taxes equitably and end discriminatory levies while treasury efforts aim to fund high summer expenditures. The piece notes the shift in public sentiment and contrasts past and present views on taxation. It also reflects on wartime leadership changes and public memory.
The State Department of Health reports 46 615 total notifiable disease cases from January 1 to June 30, with measles at 26 079, mostly in Baltimore City. Whooping cough and pneumonia followed, while July shows a marked improvement in overall sickness.
Greensboro residents hosted and visited a slate of guests over the weekend and past week. Clinton and Mary Martin stayed with Billy Wheeler, while William Tolson and Mabel Hastings hosted Mrs. S N Harris and others. Charles Nichols and children visited John Nichols, Miss Mary Shanks visited Edward Dean, and Charles Beaumont spent the weekend in New York. Andrew Thawley of Wilmington came Monday. L W Taylor Jr. spent the weekend in Wilmington.
Over the past year railroad earnings rose but costs climbed faster, signaling looming financial stress. Despite some lines earning profits, overall revenue growth is outpaced by expenses, prompting a crisis threat. Likely remedies include further expenditure reductions and other cost controls.
Editorial notes say Washington NRA policy shift from code creation to administration will affect maximum work hour averaging, customer classification under codes, and material valuation. The policies, adopted under trial and error, signal the current NRA trend and the move toward stronger code administration as General Johnson urged renewed effort at the March Washington conference.
A historical Denton column reports on prices for wheat and corn, local construction, and electric plant plans. It notes a Dover bridge delay, dam damage from heavy rain, and losses to Cooper and Towers. It covers highway work, several residents visiting, marriages, a Dailey's Grove camp meeting, and the death of Mrs. Natilla Powell Deweese.
Mary Owens and Mrs. Owens mourn the loss of Mrs. Deweeee after months of illness as funeral rites were held at the Denton home with burial in Denton cemetery. Chas L. Herzog recovers at home in Ridgely from a ballpark ankle injury while listed as a New York Giants member. Margaret A. Williams dies at 70 at daughter Mrs. George Whiteley’s home with funeral services at the M E church conducted by Rev. C N Jones. she leaves daughters Annie and Ella and six grandchildren.
Slats records week notes with family members Ant Emmy Betty Beltz Jane Joe Brush and Pa. Entries describe picnics love, a wedding cancelation, a poem dedication, a Sycololgist view on married men, a Kentucky arrest for shooting a man described as a squirrel, and jokes about newspapers in heaven.
A mother and neighbor discuss guiding a child to host a thoughtful birthday party. The plan centers on JOAN helping with invitations and decorations, crafting gifts for guests, and using simple foods like angel food cake with icing. The aim is a party built on shared happiness rather than self focus.
A dialogue guides a mother, Mrs. Baker, through planning a simple children's party. Suggestions cover wholesome refreshments, classic games like London Bridge and musical chairs, brief storytelling, orderly dining, and keeping space and calm. The planning boosts joy and teaches consideration.
Williston reports weekend social gathering with Miss Tamar Oberly of Vineland New Jersey and Clarence Rice Jr and family from Roxboro Pennsylvania visiting Mr and Mrs C B Rice. Also honoring Mrs Wilson Saulsbury of Reo Indiana and Mr W F Baker of Miami Florida with dinner at Memory Lane. William A Wheeler of Baltimore spent the holiday weekend with his mother.
Under a circuit court decree in Caro line county equity case No 3147 The Commissioners of Denton sue William K Scatton executor et al the trustee named in the decree will offer at public sale at the Denton Court House Door to the highest bidder in Denton Maryland on.
Tuesday August 28 1934 from 2 to 4 pm two parcels of land with houses on the north side of Gay Street Denton adjoining Bullock White K N Hardcastle Co Joseph Griffin heirs and Gay Street. Parcel 1 fronts 78 ft 10 in depth 131 ft with a 7 room dwelling barn and wood shed in fair repair Parcel 2 fronts 60 ft depth 131 ft with a 6 room dwelling electric lights and wood shed in fair repair. Both parcels part of the same land conveyed to Carrie Miller Murray by deed from George M Russum Trustee dated November 21 1885 and recorded in Liber LHG No 60 folio 19 Caroline county.
The terms of sale require one third of the purchase money in cash at sale and the balance in two equal installments due at six and twelve months, with interest from the sale date. Purchasers may pay all cash. Title papers and stamps are at the purchaser's expense. Deeds given upon full payment. Possession after ratification. Rickards Trustee. Temple Auctioneer.
An Orphans Court order dated July 31 1934 directs the administrator c.t.a. of the estate of Walter A Willhelm to offer at public sale the valuable personal property. The sale will be held at the deceased's residence on the shell road from Denton to the Denton Holiness Camp Ground.
Administrators W Brewster Deen and John Clair Willhelm announce a public sale on Saturday August 18 1934 at 2 pm. The listing covers diverse items from tools and household goods to furniture and appliances including gas engine truck rifles rugs dining set beds linens and more as part of the Caroline County estate proceedings.
Dover Delaware District employees and families totaling over a hundred from the Eastern Shore spent Saturday July 28 at the Hearn cottage on the oceanfront at Zehoboth Beach. Guests bathed and played games with prizes awarded by Superintendent Hearn amid a buffet luncheon. The day fostered social fellowship and lasting good memories for all attendees.
The Orphans Court of Caroline County on the last day of July 1934 ordered a public sale of the estate of Walter A. Willhelm deceased. The sale, in front of the Denton Court House, runs 2 to 4 pm and features Tract No 1 known as the Richard J. Satterfield Home Farm also called Sherwood's Friendship Lloyd's Regulation, comprising about 130.25 acres with metes and bounds from the Burrsville road to Emmett Ward and T. A. Satterfield lands, replicating a 1921 Beck deed reflected in Liber L.B.T., No. 83, folio 291. The purchaser must bid to the highest bidder.
Improvements on tract one include a 6 room dwelling and farm buildings. Tract two describes a 5 acre parcel with an 8 room brick house and outbuildings. Tract three covers lots 9 and 10 on shell road with a 7 room bungalow and yards. Purchasers may pay one third cash or all cash with favored installments. Auctioneer James Temple, Administrators d.b.n. of Caroline county deceased.
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