Local Denton Saturday Morning Publication Notes
The notice lists Melvin and Johnson Incorporated as publishers with Benjamin F. Johnson as President and Treasurer and Mary Melvin as Vice-President and Secretary. It states the publication is entered at the Denton Maryland post office as second class mail matter and notes the issue date February 16, 1935, a Saturday morning edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Denton
Hauptmann Found Guilty in Lindbergh Child Kidnapping Trial
In Flemington New Jersey a jury convicts Bruno Richard Hauptmann of the first degree murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr after a 29 day trial. The case traces ransom payments and a Bronx suspect linked by serial bills and a Dodge license plate.
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Hunterdon County
Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh
Sourland
Brooklyn
Edw. J. Reilly
John F
Jassie
Condon
New York
Bronx
Yorkville
Lyle
Warner-Quinlan
Lexington Avenue
Anne Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Macon dirigible disaster shows heroism and high stakes
Survivors describe the Macon loss after the first jar and compare it to the Akron. The incident highlights that America has lost three of four airships and questions dirigible safety. Yet the Navy crew’s courage saved many lives as warships and rescuers converged in darkness and fog.
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Herbert V. Wiley
Scott Peck
Akron
America
Wiley
Macon Bravery Highlight Shocks Readers
A memory of Macon’s remarkable bravery endures beyond expert investigations and official findings, as public minds retain the act as a lasting impression of courage.
Labor War Escalates Between AF of L and NRA Allies
February events deepen the rift between the American Federation of Labor and the Roosevelt administration led by NRA chief Donald Richberg. John H. Lewis of the United Mine Workers accuses Richberg of treason to labor, while Green plans a White House protest over tobacco code delays. The piece probes potential political fallout and broader industrial trends as steel output rises and construction contracts rebound.
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Washington
John H. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Donald Richberg
Organized Labor
Richberg
Johnson
NRA
A. F. of
L. Associates
Green
Federation
White House
Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Williams
Roosevelt
Labor
Labor Administration
Washington Snap Shots Reflect Senate’s Relief Confusion
The Senate probes Roosevelt relief funds failing to uncover bill’s author or intent after days of questioning Hopk in s Hopkins Admiral Peoples and other officials. Carter Glass on the committee watches as Congress stalls in its early weeks.
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Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Admiral Peoples
The
Treasury
Senate Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Congress
Labor clashes strain U S recovery and auto code fight
The piece notes a labor push against auto code concessions, led by William Green and John L. Lewis, warning that surrender would jeopardize the nation’s leading industry. It cites Carlisle Bargeron and concerns over union influence amid Depression era policy. It also mentions Brain Truders and New Dealers facing downgrades as Sen. Glass’s “sub professors” shrink.
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Jerome Frank
AAA
Frederic C. Howe
Consumers’ Counsel
Senator Glass
Advertising as News The Atlantic Iowa editor on ads
E P Chase argues advertising drives reader attention across media. He asserts that advertising is news and essential to budgets, noting slogans become language and smart ads save money while readers track store updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Chase
Atlantic
Iowa
News-Telegraph
United States
Unemployment Insurance Arguments in Rotarian Debate
In a Rotarian Magazine debate Virgil Jordan argues unemployment insurance cannot curb depressive unemployment and would not boost purchasing power. Frances Perkins counters that if in effect before 1929 it could have stabilized industry and eased downturns, though relief remains its primary aim.
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United States
Virgil Jordan
National Industrial Conference Board, Inc
Frances Perkins
Department of Labor
Jordan
Perkins Defends Unemployment Insurance as Social Security
Secretary Perkins outlines unemployment insurance as a social security tool not a cure-all. She argues workers in insured occupations gain status while others, including farmers, would fund relief as a legal right for a selected group. She cites Britain where insurance benefits kept money circulating and protected small merchants.
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Perkins
Great Britain
Scouting in America Silver Jubilee Celebrated
A feature on Scouting as more than a game, teaching courage, trustworthiness, and health habits. Marking the February birthday and 25 years of progress, it notes 6,530,330 boys have joined and grown into responsible citizens, shaping the nation’s character.
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Scouting In
America
Scouting
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Brisbanes Aerial Ghosts Headlines
Arthur Brisbane, eminent editorial writer, imagines spooks at aviation triumphs. Earhart’s ocean flight prompts him to envision 5,000 planes bombing the coast and cities. He offers no details on where these planes are hidden or what military aircraft would do.
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Arthur Brisbane
Miss Earhart
Hawaii
Navy
Marine Corps
Mr. Brisbane
A Changed Sentiment Toward Federal Agents
The piece notes shifting public mood toward federal agents after past harsh press coverage. It cites Florida kidnapping suspects killed during a capture attempt of Edward J. Bremer, a St. Paul banker, with little public or press outcry and sentiment favorable to agents who fired when faced with resistance.
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Florida
Edward J. Bremer
St. Paul
Trade pact with Brazil hailed as step away from mercantilism
The United States and Brazil signed a reciprocal trade agreement in the White House, praised by Cordell Hull as advancing beyond medieval mercantilism. Early data show strong gains from Cuba’s first treaty under the Trade Agreements Act, with rising U S exports and imports in 1934 and a Montevideo policy framework guiding MFN treatment among Western Hemisphere republics.
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United States
Brazil
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Cuba
Cuban
Department of Commerce
Montevideo
Trade pact with Brazil aims to boost US exports
A new United States Brazil tariff reciprocity accord seeks to expand bilateral trade under Hull policy. Brazil cuts duties on 67 American goods while the United States lowers duties on 28 Brazilian products, with coffee and other key items kept on the free list. The agreement underscores complementary economies and mutual access, reflecting broader efforts to ease trade frictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
Brazil
State Department
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hull
Ito
Local Social Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Bursslville families hosted relatives from Chester and Dover with weekend events. Visitors included Frank Price and wife and son Harry, and Ernest Knotts family. Others came from Denton Greensboro and Philadelphia with several local hosts noted. Unity Homemaker's Club plans a meeting at Mrs. Lee Walston's home on February 20.
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Frank Price
Harry
Ernest Knotts
Chester
J. W. Price
Edna Smith
Dover
John Wooters
Pratt
Everett Smith
R. H. Thawley
Mollie Cahall
Wesley Thawley
Denton
Harvey Griffith
Crawford Garrett
A. T. Garrett
Martin Adams
Greensboro
Powell Hopkins
Unity Homemaker’s Club
Lee Walston
Clarence Voss
Philadelphia
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death
Lewis B. Derrickson expresses gratitude for friends who assisted after his wife’s death with car loans and flowers, noting the kindness and support during the bereavement.
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Lewis B. Derrickson
Community Sale and Farm Equipment at Denton
The Ladies Circle of the M E Church starts at 10 AM February 16 at Theis Garage with cakes pies bread potato salad and soups. Farm machinery includes MecCormick Deering tractors New Idea and John Deere spreaders and corn planters. Also advertised are Chunk Stoves Majestic ranges Superfex heaters Atwater Kent radios and second hand Majestic Range. A National Reemployment Service rep will be at Denton Court House on the second and fourth Wednesdays 10 AM to 12 PM from February 1.
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M. E. Church
Theis
New Idea
John Deere
R. H. Stafford
M. K. Newnam
Denton
National
Denton Court House
Majestic
Denton Area Sees Road Build Plan And Local Events
Twenty five years ago there was talk of over ten miles of State highway in Caroline county. Denton National Bank elected Nichols Stephens and Everagam as directors. An electric office opened in the Law Building with Harry Gibson in charge. A cold January saw 4.68 inches of precipitation the highest since 1905. A wedding at Secretary joined Miss Hattie Stevens and Riley Davis. Birthdays, social visits, and multiple marriages are noted as well as a fire destroying two houses in Denton while revival services were underway.
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London
la Service Civile Voluntaire International
The
Service Civile
Ceresole
Pierre Ceresole
Bryn Mawr
Wales
Friends
Piero Ceresole
India
Bahar
England
Oakengates
Shropshire
France
United States
Canada
China
Caroline County
James H. Nichols
M. Bates Stephens
John L. Everagam
Denton National Bank
Electric Light Company
Law
Harry W. Gibson
Ridgely
Weather Bureau
J. Winfield Murphy
Chas. E. Orr
Hattie Blanche Stevens
Preston
Esta Roe
Miriam Todd
Andersontown
Marjorie Todd
George A. McDaniel
Denton
William T. Hubbard
Mary Ida
Ralph Fisher Hubbard
Concord M. E
Michael Kibler
Greensboro
Elizabeth Carey
Philadelphia
Georgetown High School
Viola
Gertrude Covey
Easton
J. H. Beer
Pennsylvania
Greer Cooper
Caroline
Charles G. Griffin
P. H. McShane
R. P. Vickers
William T. Tuff
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tuff
M. E. Nichols
Vickers
Mary H. Thawley
Robert H. Thawley
Wesley E. Thawley
James Thawley
Coursey Hammond
Frederica
Eva Thawley
Hobbs
C. S. Williamson
Eva Hopwood
Baltimore
T. H. Everagain
J. B. Welch
C. E. Todd
O. P. Roe
Jenny Kelley
Dillie Merriken
Lizzie Robb
C. E. Beauchamp
Grateful for kindness after bereavement
For the many kindnesses shown the beautiful flowers given and the sincere sympathy and friendship extended during our recent bereavement we are truly grateful Edna W Shipman and Brothers.
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Edna W. Shipman
Value or Service Go to M. K. Newnam's for Suits
Go to M. K. Newnam's for living room, dining room, and bed room suits. Wide selection and affordable prices for every home. Featured styles and fabrics to suit taste and budget.
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M. K. Newnam's
A Wayward Week Through Childlike English Notes
A child records a week with Friday wedding at Thatch house Lotty Thatch marries Ed Fletcher and the joy on Lotty’s face. Saturday shows a wife blaming a missed chores for a new praise of language called Mother Tongue. Sunday notes signs of spring. Monday laments Nature. Tuesday recalls blisters and kindness. Wednesday dentist visit and magazine distrust. Thursday Zack Witters reports a robbery where the robber knocked him unconscious yet was considerate.
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Thatches House
Lotty Thatch
Ed Fletcher
Teasday
Jane
Leaf
Wensday
Zack Witters
Crick
Alex Bartha and His Orchestra at Dover Capital Theatre
The Capital Theatre presents Alex Bartha's Orchestra and 1935 Revue this Friday and Saturday. Known for dance and spectacle, the group has performed at Atlantic City Steel Pier for four years and last year for thirty eight weeks. Featured is Ziggy Elman the One Man Band, plus Carl White and Fred Bowers, with air, theatre, and ballroom engagements.
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Capital Theatre
Alex Bartha
Atlantic City Steel Pier
Apollo Theatre
Chamberlain Brown
Paris
Ambassador
Traymore
Dennis
Ziggy” Elman
Carl White
Fred Bowers
The
Ivories
Pomona Grange Meeting In East New Market
The Pomona Grange of Talbot Caroline and Dorchester Counties met in the Grange Hall East New Market on February 14 from 10 am to 4 pm. Business, entertainment by subordinate granges, and a talk on teamwork and the Ideal American Home by Miss Dorothy Emerson University of Maryland Girls' Club Agent constituted the program.
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Pomona Grange
Talbot
Caroline
Dorchester
Grange
East New Market
Dorothy Emerson
University of Maryland
Farm hay for sale by bale or ton at 20 dollars
R. H. Stafford advertises baled Clover and Timothy hay priced at 20 dollars per ton or per bale, offering farm and home supplies.
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R. H. Stafford
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Annalist
Wall Street Journal
William Green
Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Brisbane
Carlisle Bargeron
Washington Post
American Federation of Labor
Aerial
Gandhi
Bombay Chronicle
Vil
Lage Industries Association
Student Christian Federation
Howard Thurman
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Sue Batry Thurman
Oberlin
Grace Towns Hamilton
Edward G. Carroll
Yale Divinity School
Student Federation
Canterbury
Burrsville
Ross Farquar
Revere
Nisi
Fred R. Owens
Trustees of the
Tribe of Zebulon
Grand United Order of Oddfellows of America
Circuit Court
T. Clayton Horsey
Niss
J. Redden
Phillip L. McConnell
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