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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1937
Page
2
The article lauds the Boy Scout Movement for its practical ideals and the Good Turn spirit as core to democracy. It highlights Scouts in February as Scouting’s birthday month and notes a June Jamboree in Washington, D C where 25 000 Scouts will gather for fun, fellowship, and loyalty to democracy.
Economic highlights discuss conflicting views on industry health under the New Deal, noting four years of production gains and rising national income, yet unemployment near 9 million, high debt, and persistent relief costs. The piece cites advertising trends, Brain Trust changes, and anticipated 1937 prospects, with increases in magazine, newspaper, and radio advertising.
The average rates charged by magazines declined in the women’s and farm fields while advancing in general, special and weekly fields. The largest revenue rise, 40.94 percent, occurred in the special field where rates rose 11.43 percent. Top advertiser was General Motors at 7,231,260 dollars, followed by Chrysler, Reynolds Tobacco, Procter and Gamble, Bristol-Myers, with Standard Brands and General Foods near two million each. Other major spenders included Lambert, Ford, Campbell Soup, General Electric and Lever Brothers.
The essay argues that current estimates delay meaningful debt reduction for at least two years. It urges Congress to curb appropriations now to start trimming the national debt sooner. It calls for consolidating departments to cut costs and reduce government size, avoiding mere political rhetoric.
President Roosevelt urges Congress to address the needs of the underprivileged noting long neglect and hardship among tenant farmers and city slums. He contrasts past land access with present high costs, widespread unemployment, and the difficulty of distinguishing the lazy from the deserving while calling for factories and jobs to reveal the true causes of lack of success.
A public reaction to a Transportation Conference statement urges Congress to avoid radical railroad legislation and preserve private initiative. It praises railroads as a cornerstone of American industry and history, arguing modernization hinges on stable regulation rather than political whim.
The Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference plans to decide on a three way merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Episcopal Church South and Methodist Protestant Church at its 69th Annual Session opening March 31 at Asbury Church Salisbury. If approved the unified church would command about 10 million members with a broader implied constituency of 25 million.
A Port Umpqua Oregon courier argues against drunken driving, urging strict treatment of offenders. It says driving is a privilege not a right, supports license revocation, notes alcohol as a major accident factor, and calls for nationwide enforcement to reduce danger on public roads.
The article warns small investors to avoid blind speculation and recalls the late twenties. It argues that depressions follow speculative booms and that Wall Street serves a market for the people's securities. It stresses individual initiative and common sense as essential to national welfare.
President Roosevelt will deliver a White House broadcast to Boy Scouts nationwide on February 8, marking the 27th anniversary of the BSA. Walter W. Head and Dr. Jas. E. West will join from the White House, with eight Eagle Scouts present. Scout Week runs February 7–13, and the jamboree is planned for June 30 to July 9 in Washington, DC, with international participation expected.
The event will see a multinational gathering with Roosevelt and other leaders. Scouts will camp for ten days on 350 federally owned acres lent by Congress near the Potomac River. Dr West says 1,300,000 have connected with the movement, over seven million since 1910. A nationwide broadcast on February 8 invites present and former members and families to listen and recommit to the Scout Oath and Law.
Observers say the undistributed profits tax and the capital gains tax destabilize markets by artificially inflating stock prices. The taxes push corporations to overstate dividends and hold surpluses, then deter expansion while keeping investors from realizing gains. Both are weak revenue sources and threaten normal securities operations.
A Brooklyn man died of malnutrition in an attic home after years of hoarding cash and government securities totaling 100000. Coroner cites starved condition. The piece questions why people amass wealth while neglecting necessities and humane living.
Henderson progress notes list Mrs. A. H. Travers hosting friends Maude and Hallie Middleton of Rock Hall and George Reed with family from Magnolia Delaware. Visitors include Mrs. Bella Richards Al Colegrove and others from Wilmington. Local trips feature E S Hammond returning to Bloomfield New Jersey and Agnes Bradley from Providence Rhode Island.
Templeville residents share weekend visits with relatives in Baltimore Wilmington and Harrington. Epworth League members welcomed four new initiates at a gathering hosted by Miss Marjorie Pippin. Activities include Sunday School at 10 am and Epworth League at 7 30 pm, led by Mrs. Nora Starkey with preaching by Mrs. R. G. Conner.
Hobbs area news notes a supper for the Andersontown Hobbs Homemakers Club on Wednesday evening February 10, postponed from December 4. R W S C Club invites all Rural Women's Short Course graduates to attend Friday afternoon February 12. Various residents visit guests and hold church services. Sunshine Workers meet February 11. Mrs B B Allen returns from a Florida trip. extended family visits noted through the week.
The Ladies Aid of the M P Church in Choptank met on the 2nd at Mrs C C Blades home with good attendance. A public spirited Preston citizen donated one hundred dollars to the Choptank church. March meeting set for the 2nd in the same home with Mrs Annie Cheezum assisting. attendance hoped.
Mrs L Miley has returned home in Easton after weeks with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs W S McCarty. Mr and Mrs Harold Dew of Chestnut Grove visited her parents on Friday. Mr M J Hall returned from Easton Hospital and is improving. Mr and Mrs L Hall and family of Hebron visited M J Hall. W S McCarty entertained friends from Easton last Sunday. Several locals on the sick list.
The quote collection reflects practical belief in religion as a tangible, usable part of daily life. Notable lines from Wash Young, S. P. Conger, and Lillian Whiting emphasize happiness through generosity, reflection, and mindful action.
A writer poses a dark quip asking what could be riskier than jumping from an airplane with a parachute. The punchline answers that leaping without a parachute is the greater hazard, delivering a sharp wit on danger.
The annual budget appeal for the Boy Scouts will be made next week, February 8-15, through Caroline County under the County Boy Scout Committee led by Finance Chairman Thomas H. Chambers of Federalsburg. Funds support camping, leader training, new troop formation, and activities like Courts of Honor and Washington College Scout Day, while Scouts aid Red Cross disaster efforts nationwide. The Upper Peninsula districts report a 38 percent rise in Scouts across Tri County and a 40 percent gain in districts under Stanley M. Woodhead, with new troops in Hillsboro Queen Anne, Queenstown, Stevensville, St. Michaels, and Trappe, as Denton Wesley Thawley, Greensboro E. J. Vandgrift, Federalsburg W. E. Unger, and Hillsboro Queen Anne Henry Morgan lead local drives.
The forty-second semiannual Dollar Day, under the Mercantile Section of Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, will be held Wednesday February 10. More than a hundred merchants will offer drastic reductions with official stores displaying emblems and price cards. Police cooperation ensures parking for out of town shoppers, and stores open at 9 a.m. with extra staff to handle crowds.
The Orphans Court met in regular session with Judges Towers Hanay and Dennis. Matters approved include first and final accounts for Mattie M Brumbaugh administrator of Josiah H Brumbaugh deceased and for Mae Lockerman and George H Russell executors. Guardianship accounts were filed for Lois Virginia Morgan and Corinne E Mowbray releases and withdrawals authorized for attorney fees and minor funds.
A new subscription offer for the Journal promises comprehensive county news coverage. Readers gain full access to local reports, features, and updates across communities.
A late January to February wrap covers Wheat 99. com and business delays from ice. W J Blackiston buys an auto as a new steel water tank rises. Marriages occur at Greensboro and Ridgely with songs, receptions, and bridal tours. Local accidents, gas to electric shift, and notable deaths including Mrs Rhoda Hignutt and Mr William Perry marked the week.
Mrs Bayard Ann Payne Willis of Caroline County born 1839 died near Easton leaving six children and thirteen grandchildren. Katherine Henning widow of George Henning died near Central Church after thirty five years in Maryland. Remains interred at Denton cemetery. Mrs Mary Luff died at grandson Thomas Luff's home near Edwardsville.
Oliver N Warren records a boyish week of diary entries noting Sunday school, missing Emmy, Elsey’s illness, a spooky tale at a hall, Blisters teaching math, Mister Gillem’s throat treatment and a quarrel over a barn paint job. Jane flirts and offers cookies and nuts, hinting at a growing crush.
Editors receive a warm reminiscence from Mrs Gertrude Turner Cannon of Ridgely recalling childhood visits to the Denton Journal circle. She shares memories of friends sisters Florence and Addie, a milk bucket mishap, and notes from R Earle Greenlee with a detailed Caroline county chart. The letter mentions local places along the Choptank river and past residents, ending with her retirement from the West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Annual Conference and open invitation for correspondence.
City water department plans extend the Mount Mary street main by 800 feet to the north to feed several houses from the central pump. The Exchange notes the project will improve supply for multiple residences along the street.
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