Edward VIII Abdicates for Love Not Empire
Edward VIII declares his irrevocable decision to renounce the throne on December 10 1936. He cites love for Wallis Warfield Simpson over the crown and signals immediate abdication as his brothers witness. The nation watches as the throne passes to a new king while speculation swirls over royal romance and legitimacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward VII
Edward VIII
Great Britain
Ireland
Emper
India
Fercante
Edward R. I
Duke of York
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
Edward
James II
England
George V
Britain
Herman Rogers
New York
Trench Riviera
Maryland
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Economic Highlights Show Strong 1936 Earnings Rise Across Industries
A Business Week analysis of the first nine months of 1936 reports large profit gains across sectors. Aircraft makers up 462 percent to 2,835,000, apparel up 77 percent, autos up 74 percent, chemicals 41 percent, railway equipment 162 percent, and many others posting double-digit improvements. Total industrial earnings for 881 companies reach 978,271,000, a 60 percent rise from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Week
Threce
Recovery Gains Across Industries Amid Mixed 1936 Notes
In service industries betterment rose but not to high levels. Clauss 3 rahead earned 42 million with a prior deficit of 66.3 million in three quarters of 1935. Fifteen traction firms earned 10.08 million versus 7.59 million, a 32 percent gain. Power and light utilities rose 8 percent to 117.9 million from 136.1 million. All business earnings for nine months reached 1.178 billion, up from 659 million year ago, a TL percent betterment. Supreme Court decision on New York unemployment law affirmed, affecting other states and federal social security. Justices split 4–4. lower court ruling stands. Justice Stone absent. Roberts presumed liberal with Brandeis, Cardozo, Hughes. conservative wing includes Van Devanter, McReynolds, Butler, Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clauss 3 Rahead
Tractlon
Business Week
Supreme Court
New York
Sameme
Mr. Stone
Justice Stone
Justice Roberts
Brandei, Stone
Cardozo
Hughes
van Devanter
McReynolds
Butler
Pierce
Weekly Business Survey Reports Mixed Growth and Holiday Demand
Early December reports to the Department of Commerce from key cities indicate proceeding business gains over last year with strong holiday demand boosting retail and wholesale turnover. Pittsburgh eyes an exceedance of the 76 percent steel operating rate, while New York notes rising railroad equipment buying and plant modernization. Miami sees a surge in tourist registrations, and November building permits show large-city increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Januay
New York
Miami
Their Own Pathway
The piece argues youths should pursue their own paths and talents rather than follow parental expectations. It notes many adults faced similar conflicts and urges patience, recognizing each generation strives to blaze its own trail and climb its own hills.
Controlling Tuberculosis and Public Health Progress
The article notes public health advances lowering disease deaths, citing typhoid fever as an example. It recalls typhoid's high wartime toll and historically high city death rates, contrasting with modern rates where such deaths are seen as unacceptable for urban areas.
Tuberculosis Fight Built on Seals and Clinics
The piece extols progress against tuberculosis through vaccines, clinics, beds, and nurses, crediting the National Tuberculosis Association and Christmas Seal campaigns. It cites rising beds from 10,000 in 1905 to 95,000 in 1934, 1,000 clinics, and half of 20,000 public health nurses working with TB patients, noting strong organization and funding from holiday campaigns. It also warns against charity fraud, detailing schemes that prey on sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Public Health Service
United States
National Tuberculosis Association
National
Scouts Promote Good Reading in Scouty Times
Reading thrives in winter and Scouts push sound reading habits. The Boy Scouts of America partner with parents teachers librarians and publishers to guide youth toward constructive books. They publish Fifty Outstanding Books for Boy Scouts and distribute Handbooks for Boys and Boys Life magazine while offering merit badge pamphlets on many vocations and hobbies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Fife
Boy Scouts of
Amerie
Boy Scouts
Americca
Scout Organization
Scout
Boys’ Life
Santa Letters From Maryland Children 1956
A collection of handwritten Christmas wish lists from Maryland youths dated December 11 1956 to 1986. The letters request bicycles gloves games books candy nuts oranges and apples plus items like a radio a fire engine a fountain pen a lunch box and roller skates. Names include Jean Davis Eunice Smith Edward Waight and Eugene Spence with mentions of teachers and family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Santa
Tama Httle Gil
Dorothy Miller
Alice Brother
Eunice Smith
Santa Chaus
Taina
Household Hents Pumpkin Custard Pudding
Recipe instructions describe beating egg yolks with sugar and pumpkin, then folding in stiffened whites. Add milk and flavoring, pour into greased mold, bake at 450 degrees for about 30 minutes until firm, and serve cold with whipped cream. Yields six servings.
Tuberculosis Seals Aid Family To Sanatorium Care
Dr Riley recounts how Maryland Tuberculosis Christmas Seals funded X ray exams and sanatorium care for a family of father mother and five children amid housing moves and delayed health services. The entire family received tests and most were sent to a state sanatorium with local clubs supplying clothing and support. Seals fund tuberculosis work and the sale runs through December at a penny each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiere
R. W W. Riley
State Department of Health
Maryland
Christmas Sea Fund
Cluhin
Wineh
Riley Sai
South of the Rio Grande and other films at Ridgely Theatre
The Ridgely Theatre opens with Buck Jones in South of the Rio Grande alongside No The Way For A Lady featuring Herbert Marshal and Anne Shirley. Mirthful Wheeler and Woolsey comedy Mummy’s Boy runs midweek. Shirley Temple stars in Dimples with Frank Morgan, plus a Country Store event promises gifts and laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Ridgely Theatre
Buck Jones
The
Ridgely
Emily
Herbert Marshal
Anne Shirley
Wheeler and Woolsey
Surprise farewell party for Muir Gordy couple moves to Delaware
In Grove friends gathered for a surprise farewell in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Muir Gordy who plan to relocate to Delaware. Thirty-one attendees enjoyed games and refreshments. Also noted are visits among local families and a Homemakers Club Christmas party planned at Mrs. Lee Taylor’s home on December 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muir Gordy
Delaware
McKnight
Sharon Wills
Payne
Haileck
Lee Taylor
Friendship-Grove Homemakers Club
W. E. Collins
Ralph
Clinton Swain
Philadelphia
Frank Lewis
Chaplanh
Frank Chit
John Butler
Jennie Butler
Frances Lane
Roy Lane
Trappe
Roger Lane
Ray Lane
Mirth Gordy
Mar
Chas. Caroll
Lee Murphy
Cambidge
Slats Diary By Oliver N Warren
Sunday the preacher says to use inflocents for the church and last winter what are infloosts and he says its what you think you have got until you try it on some boddie. Monday the Dr. sent Pa notices with the cheek Pa gave Doc has come back. Tuesday at supper Ma and An hel Hen wondered why cant save money. Pa says nabors always dying or doing something we cant afford. Wednesday Blisters says his Ma is hard tainted and erect. He says he didn’t feel good and wanted to stay out of school. Thursday teacher told boys to tell why they want to be governor or president. Friday went to Jane last evening her Ma says turn off lights at nine thirty. Saturday went quail hunting with Blisters, we got a flock but Blisters kept sighting and ate but didn’t shoot. I shot twice and hit the same as Blisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Podolsky
New York
Antha
Eument Rotanan
Dh. Podolsky
Lfy
Lee
Mr. Lee
Mr Lee
Mr. Kinsnow
Tne
Kinsnow
Jake
Enney
Jane
Charge of the Light Brigade at Dentonia Theatre
The Charge of the Light Brigade sails to the Dentonia Theatre with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in a sweeping Warner Bros epic based on Tennyson’s poem. The article also previews Ladies in Love with Janet Gaynor and Loretta Young, Girl's Dormitory, and The Gay Desperado with Simone Simon, Ida Lupino, and Leo Carrillo, along with show dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light Brigade
Warner Bros
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Dentonia Theatre
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Waviland
India
Janet Gaynor
Loretta Young
Constance Bennett
Simone Simon
Don Amnache
Paul Lukas
Tyrone Power, Jr
Alan Mow Iway
See- Moan See-Moan
Hollywood
Pickford-Lasky
Nino Martini
Ida Lupino
Leo Cartillo
Rio Grande
Mary Pickford-Jesse L. Lasky
Christ mas plans and church schedule noted
Mary Del Sanday School starts at 10 with 11 o clock services and a new special committee to arrange the Christmas program. Several visitors and moves are listed, including the Conner family visits and a move to Macon Georgia by Rev Glendora Medairy and grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanday School
Leonard Covell
Deepwater
N. J
T. E. Weather
Twenty Five Years Ago Wedding and Obituary Notes
A very fashionable wedding took place at the home of Mr and Mrs John Heirmandorfer in Baltimore as Mollie Elizabeth Heirmandorfer wed H Roland Towers son of G W Towers of Preston. Other notices include Ada Allen Christians wedding, M Alice Patchetts marriage, Mrs Rachael Cooper death, James J Ledman death, and Frank W Towers death with details on families and local roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heirmandorfer
Christian Street
Baltimore
Mollie Elizabeth
H. Roland Towers
G. W. Towers
Preston
Eva Freed
Addison A. Christian
Philadelphia
Ada Allen
Wesley Temple Smith
Ridgely
Church of the Holy Trinity
Greensboro
Riverdeen
Christian
M. Alice Patchett
Robert Patchett
Samuel F. Harrison
Southern Methodist Church
A. E. Owens
Queen Anne
Rachael Elizabeth Cooper
Thomas M. Cooper
N. J. Walker
M. E
Harvey L. Cooper
H. A. G. Westerfield
J. Gibson Gantt
Westerfield
Denton Cemetery
Elizabeth Reed Green
Kent County
Delaware
Ledman
Alexine Hignatt
Mollie E. Hubbard
Messrs. J. Frank
R. Ignatius
W. Ovid
W. Paxson
Norman
Hester A. Christopher
Dover
Bethlehem M. E
Wilmer Jaggard
Concord
William S. Lednum
Wilmington
Lednum
Denton
Johnson
Bethlehem
Frank W. Towers
T. Fred Towers
Towers
Mary Garey
Thomas F. Garey
Elijah Towers
L. B. Towers
Rhert G. Towers
Lawrence
Funeral for William H. Purt Held in Concord
Tomorrow at two at Lawrence B. Towers home, the community notes the death of William H. Purt 79, a former New Yorker who died at Mrs. William C. Maloney’s WilListon residence from paralysis. Rev. G S Thomas led the Concord funeral. Surviving are Mrs. Arah Dulany of Brooklyn and sons Arthur Philadelphia Bennett Trenton and James Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence B. Towers
William H. Purt
New York
William C. Maloney
Williston
Concord
Thomas
Purt
Annie Elizabeth Maloney
Arah Dulany
Brooklyn
Arthur
Philadelphia
Bennett
Trenton
N. J
James
Texas
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Caroline County
Writ of fieri facias issued November 13 1936 directed to R M Tismar against James E Dunn and Lena Dunn directs a levy on a parcel in the Eighth Election District of Caroline County Maryland. The tract lies on the north side of Harmony Gilpins Point road near Ganey road, bounded by Pratt Taylor Jr William Penn Willis and George Bishop properties, beginning at a stone in the county road and running to various landmarks along the Bishop and Taylor lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
R. M. Tismar
Rudolph Martin Tismar
James E. Dunn
Lena Dunn
State of
Maryland
William Dawson
Mary Louisa Smith
Denton Maryland public sale of land in Denton
Public sale of ten acres of land described in a William Penn Willis to James E Dunn and Lena Dunn deed dated November 9 and recorded in Liber T C 95 folio 469 includes a summer kitchen two story barn frame stable chicken house and outbuildings. Sale to the highest bidder for cash in front of the Court House door in Denton Maryland proceeding under a writ and authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn Willis
James E. Dunn
Lena Dunn
Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Public sale notice of seized real estate in Caroline County
Tuesday January 5 1937 between two and four p m the above real estate seized and levied upon and taken in execution to pay and satisfy the writ debt interest and costs now due or to become due thereon H SAULSBURY SPARKS Sheriff of Caroline County William Andrew Auctioneer W Brewster Deen J DeWeese Carter Attorneys
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Saulsbury Sparks
Caroline County
William Andrew
W. Brewster Deen
J. DeWeese Carter
Fred R. Owens
T. Clayton Horsey
Clayton Horsey
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Edward OF
Weekly Business Survey
Aleady
Preston, Md
With Love
Jean Davis
Federals
Edward E. Waight
Denton, Md
Chiituima
Mothe
Daddy
Eugene Spence
Chrismas
Shirley
Shirley Temple
Fidgory
Twentieth Century-Fox
Frank Morgan
Sturles
Oliver N. Warren
Mary del
T. C. Ford
Ilairy Vane
Del
Robert G. Conner
Ruth
Selen
Glendora Medairy
Macon
Medford Starkey
May Knotts
Conner
J. Leroy Conner
Wilnington
John Karl
Paul Smith
Newark
Sheriff's Sale
Nisi
Ova C. Garey Roe
Paul H. Roener
Circuit Court
Auditor’s Order
Wesley E. Thawhley
Layman J. Redden
Elizabeth D. Reden
Equity
Auditor's Order
Thomas Clayton Frame
Louis Aaron
Jennie Aaron
Nora C. Stevens
Charles C. Stevens
Denton Md
Riverton Ave
S. M. Smith
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