Denton Journal Listed Staff and Publication Details
Denton Journal page 2 published every Saturday by Melvin and Johnson Incorporated. Benjamin F. Johnson serves as president and treasurer while Mary Melvin acts as vice president and secretary. Entered at the postal office in Denton Maryland as second class mail matter. Saturday morning August 26, 1939.
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Poetoffica
Denton
Taxes as Civic Duty and Community Security
A persuasive column argues taxes fund police, worship, work, recreation, and national comforts in America. It urges readers to accept taxation as essential, criticizes waste, and notes current and back taxes in the town, contrasting with European dictatorships and urging citizens to support orderly living and gratitude.
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America
Self Reliant Towns Urge Local Effort for Growth
An elu saying the community prospers when residents act to improve themselves applies to cities too. Denton is cited as a self reliant town where neatness and beauty raise its reputation, attract residents, and encourage sacrifices for homes. A disciplined, orderly town advances.
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Denton
Cheering crowds as sign of American happiness in sport
The narrator contrasts crowd noise at American sports with upheavals abroad, arguing that cheering signifies collective happiness and relief from troubles. It asserts American life remains essentially joyful despite difficulties, with freedom and opportunity providing consolation through sport.
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America
Economic Highlights Reflect Optimism In Business
A cautious upturn appears across industry with durable goods leading the rebound. Government restraint in Congress plus a more constructive Senate and House stance bolster sentiment. June saw durable goods rise about ten points while consumer goods and retail sales show resilience and improving employment.
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Congress
Economy shows strongest month in decade with job gain
Business Week notes employment rose by 400,000 marking the month’s biggest gain in ten years. Most economists expect the uptrend to continue into fall. Industries show mixed signs with home building easing and FHA rate cuts possibly slowing decline, auto output rising, and retail inventories low. WPA cuts and private capital may offset, while England faces political risk as Chamberlain’s support wanes.
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FHA
Congress
Public opinion's force in the United States grows from grass roots observation
The essay argues that public opinion shapes policy more than elites, as ordinary readers and thinkers influence editors, leaders, and educators. It notes that once people study facts from newspapers they form own conclusions, gradually guiding government away from old authority myths.
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United States
Louis XIV
France
Louis
Free America
Congress
Fascinations of Distance Draws People Away
People chase distant places thinking opportunity awaits far off lands. They may find locals already claim all chances and strangers face cold reception. Leaving home can mean losing familiar goods and paying higher prices for similar items.
Information please on government antitrust probes
A Washington committee of lawmakers and administration officials investigates suspected monopolies with broad scope and funding. Thurman W. Arnold leads the Justice Department anti trust division effort, expanding staff to about 300. Federal agencies like FTC, FDA, ICC, Federal Reserve, and others conduct wide inquiries into corporate affairs and monopoly signals.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Justice
National Economic Committee
Thurman W. Arnold
Anti-Trust
Department
Federal Tracts Commission
Wilson
The
Foods and Drugs Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve System
Communications
Moving Pictures
Avi
Information Wanted Committee to Curb Government Inquiries
A citizen questions the growth of government information gathering. He notes Theodore Roosevelt and Thurman Arnold's legal staff as predecessors to today’s large investigative apparatus. The author suggests an Information Wanted Committee to curb waste and reduce costs by limiting needless reports.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Thurman Arnold
A Bump on the Nose Reflects Attitudes Toward Work
A successful businessman and university trustee notes a 23 year old graduate student with PhD ambitions, praising intellect but criticizing lack of work ethic. The piece cites educators and employment officials who warn that rising graduates expect ease and rewards, while society and institutions bear responsibility for shaping self-reliance through real work and service.
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Pntherins
Isich
Henry C. Linh
Roturian Magazine
Editorial notes on TVA impact and utility profits in 1989
The piece argues GOP lawmakers oppose TVA reports to shield private utilities. It cites AP figures showing public utilities earning $65.9 million in six months, a 12 percent rise, and contrasts Commonwealth & Southern and Commonwealth Edison earnings with earlier periods, illustrating the financial stakes in 1984 and 1938.
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Congress
TVA
Associated Press
Commonwealth & Southern
Commonwealth& Southern
Wall Street Journal
Commonwealth Edison Co
Anil
Utilities politics and Roosevelts reform urges
A long discussion contrasts Southern California Edison and Detroit Edison earnings with earlier years, recounts Roosevelt era reforms aimed at breaking holding company structures, notes shifts in utility financing, and highlights a Maryland vaccination campaign and smallpox record in ten years.
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Southern California Edison Co
Detroit Edison Co
Liberty League
Republicans
Congress
Wheeler-Rayburn
Roosevelt
Wall Street Journal
California
Ecleectric
S. F. Porter
Wall Street
Porter
Orphans' Court Actions in Caroline County
The Orphans Court of Caroline County met Tuesday with Judges Hnondy and Dennis. Actions approved include issuance of letters of administration for Ella Virginia Pennington with Robert Alan Pennington and E Grave Sawyer named as admins. Notices to creditors issued. Various estate inventories, appraisements, and accounts filed for Pennington, Thon, Wright, Christian, Bowdle, and other estates.
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Orphans’ Court
Carolina County
Hnondy and
Dennis
Ella Virginia Pennington
Caroline Counts
Robert Alan Pennington
E. Grave Sawyer
Isaac N. Willoughby
Frampton Et al
Lewis Trice Estate
Ella Virginia Pennington Estate
Wathant R. Thon
Ustiate
Clifford FE
Thawby Estate
Praof
Wilhelmina Wright
Minnie S. Christian
Alexander Bowdle
Harris Chapel Reopens After Repairs in Tuckahoe Neck
Harris Chapel in Tuckahoe Neck will reopen on Sunday August 20 with Rev W O Uabbart preaching at 3 pm. G R Mays is the pastor and invites the public. The piece notes other local social items and a mix of community notices from Caroline County.
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Harris Chapel
Tuckahoe Neck
W. O. Uabbart
G. R. Mays
Attormmey T. Alan Goldsborough
Winnie Cain
Denton
Circuit Court
Caroline County
John Bo Bryan
Howard Christopher
Jacob Coalbournier
Mer. Cain
Sumluy
Shiloh
Journal of Biven
Overland
Coulbourn
Christopher
Ford
Cain
Hartley Sloan
Hilshore
Hoss
Clonly
J. J. Beasley
Garnette
Colerain
N.C
Walter Hick
Washington, D. C
Emily DePord
S. Elkins
Waycross
Emily DeFord
Clarence Atkinson
Charlie
Wa. B. Massey
Greensboro
FY OL. Williams
Federalsburg
H. M. Cade
Wm. Hamnon
Charlie Atkinson
Wm. B. Massey
GreensLore
Arthur M. Ramedell
Telen
Florence Clark
Long Branch
N. C
H. E. Ransdell
George Mr. Goolsby
Es Danvy Beeson
Myrtle Hiers
Wauchiula
Fla
David H. Tubbs
J. Monroe Dean
Wayne
Philadelphia
William DT. Nuttle
Eleanor M. Nuttle
G. Parker Westervelt
Brooklyn
N.Y
B. F. Welty
Waynesboro
Washimgton
Boor. Brumbaugh
James Benge
Eugene Benge
Dover Bridge
John Henry Lake
Frank Dickinson
Quk Grove
Hell
Lake
Dickinson
House action on NLRB inquiry praised by worker and employer
An editorial argues the Labor Relations Act harmed legitimate labor while claiming the House resolution to investigate the NLRB could prompt needed revisions. It notes flaws that hurt both workers and employers, urges fair changes, and ends with a local classified note: Chickens for sale White Rock broilers.
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House
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Lo Ht
Congress
Entertaining Guests and Local Events in Ridgely
Ridgely hosts Mr Willman Houck of Hampstead and Mr Irvin Bloxton of Chester visiting relatives. Handwork exhibit at the Center Tuesday at 9 30 AM. Mrs H E McBride and two children of Elkton visited. Frank Kibler in Easton Hospital after operation. Lawrence Wrights' weekend at Ocean City. Patricia Saulsbury visiting aunt in Queenstown. Isabel Wyatt of Fifer Hospital on vacation. Joseph Gelante returned from military camp. Marian Wilkinson visiting New York state. William Cannon is ill in Easton Hospital.
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W. E. Sparks
Willman Houck
Hampstead
Irvin Bloxton
Chester
Amelia Bloxton
H. E. McBride
Elkton
Frank Kibler
Easton Hospital
Lawrence Wright
Ocean City
Patricia Saulsbury
Queenstown
Isabel Wyatt
Fifer Hospital
Joseph Gelante
Marian Wilkinson
New York State
William Cannon
Slats Diary by Oliver N Warren
Sunday entries recount Papare busy with paper ads and Undertaker activities as trade grows. Monday notes school starts in 40 weeks, concern over cash flow and lack of big success for the author. Tuesday describes Busters buying syrup, a tumble, a lost dollar and Blisters’ confusion ending with a judgment teased.
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N. G
Jane
Elsy
Jake
Buisterses
Busters
Otto
Weekend diary of family, misadventures and weathered plans
A childlike journal recounts midweek talk with Ma and Ant Emmy, a quirky exchange about a man called affle lackey, and Mistress Gillen seeking hires while denying religion. The entry notes a book on wanderers, skipped pages, fishing plans with Jake and Blisters, and a failed attempt to catch a squirt in a tree leading to lost fish and a broken jig.
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Ant Emmy
Mistress Gillen
Rocky Mtns
Ningrey Falls
Gillem
Emmy
F. Vriday
P.m
Nacher
Wade
Satuday
Jake
Roenfelt
Gems of Thought by James Russell Lowell quote note
A fragment reflecting James Russell Lowell stating that all thought that age runs deep within the primitive soul. The line pairs philosophical insight with a general meditation on human nature.
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James Russell Lowell
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