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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1938
Page
4
The Lenten season begins as Christians set aside devotion and penitential discipline. It recalls a retreat from worldly turmoil and fashionable gaieties, urging increased evangelical activity and heightened consecration for churchgoers and non-churchgoers alike.
A stark critique of highway danger compares yearly auto fatalities to wartime slaughter. The author decries national complacency, noting hundreds of thousands injured or killed on United States roads as vehicles continue to claim lives with minimal outrage or reform.
Washington witnesses clash with the Naval Affairs Committee over a proposed arms buildup. Admiral Leahy faced rigorous questioning while in civilian clothes behind a table as reporters documented every line. The exchange highlighted the clash between the Executive and Congress on foreign policy and the push for a decisive navy expansion to deter distant conflicts.
The text warns the Hill-Sheppard Mobilization Bill would empower the President to fix prices rents and regulate industry and materials, threatening press freedom and labor bargaining. Critics say it masks military dictatorship aims under profiteering prevention and could jail workers for noncompliance. Open fear grows over push toward war and centralized planning.
The article notes U S public hunger for foreign wars and a push for a vast naval buildup with France and England. Secretary Hull argues for general international action to curb armaments, while President asks Congress for 800 million dollars to expand the fleet, a project that would take years to complete.
The report notes stagnant industrial activity with a slight January rise, leveling in early February and a small decline later due to a drop in steel. Prices remain a major worry as President Roosevelt urges price cuts while wages stay stable. Business leaders fear wage cuts. anti monopoly moves add confusion. Motors show low output with GM selling 63,000 in January versus 93,000 a year earlier while the used-car problem eases in some areas. Electric power lagged 1937 peaks though late weeks show improved consumption.
The Retail Trade shows resilience above manufacturing, but February figures are seen lower. Inventories remain heavy in some areas but easing toward early 1936 levels, with consumer goods shrinking faster than durable goods. Employment declines persist as relief spending calls grow, and many on part time work are not in unemployment tallies. Bank credit and deposits fall, with forecasts of a slow recovery in about three weeks. Securities drift downward with minimal turnover due to investor unease. The armament race looms as Japan resists disclosure and major powers prepare conferences likely to spur larger naval buildup.
The Neutrality Act expresses congressional aims for peace amid tense U S Japan relations and navy expansion pressures. European powers like Italy Germany Russia and others show factions with their own troubles. Many leaders in the National Government are seen as able to keep the United States out of foreign wars despite unforeseen conditions.
Editorial notes trace US growth from 1788 onward, detailing purchase, conquest, and treaties that enlarged territory: Louisiana, Florida, Texas, California, Alaska, and acquisitions like Guam, Samoa, Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone. It highlights Greater America concept, Caribbean reach, Pacific expansion, and public calls for prudent governance amid criticisms of management and financial strain.
The piece surveys potential Atlantic Pacific links, weighing the Panama Canal versus a Nicaragua route amid debates on larger ships and widening needs. It notes ongoing League of Nations reflections, Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations, and expanding interest in Philippines resources while detailing Ethiopian unrest and Annapolis chapel decor updates.
RIDGELY Miss Harriet Reed suffers a broken arm from a basketball incident. Mr. B Harrison Holsinger traveled to New York on a business trip on Tuesday. Mrs. Lee Mitchell has been ill for several weeks.
A compact excerpt presents aphorisms on truth, love, and spiritual insight. It weaves references from Godhe Romans Eddy and Milton, emphasizing gratitude and the moral imperfections of unselfish love as a driver of progress. The piece reads like a devotional/thinker’s miscellany.
A Federalsburg meeting on farming drew crowds with debates on Washington versus Lincoln led by Nutchinson Cannon and Miss Rebec ca Satterfield against G. R. Percy and Penn ington Horsey. The event featured talks by Engi neer Haswell and Mr. Oscar Collier on soils and tomatoes, with lectures on poultry and dairy topics, reflecting a large community interest and active participation.
The quotation compares Judas possessing weapons to Jesus leaving worldly arms behind, noting Jesus chose not to use worldly means of defense. Mary Baker Eddy’s remark reflects a spiritual stance over material power.
A week of school and family observations recounts church attendance, conversations with Aunt Emmy and Uncle Hen, gossip about Elsie, editor plans, classroom moments on knowledge wealth and faith, Blisters jokes, a puzzled lesson on the world being round, and a quiet day at home with parental watchfulness.
A short reader note presents biblical and Franklin aphorisms about wisdom and ordering affairs. The verse from 1 Corinthians and Franklin’s guidance urge self reflection and orderly conduct in daily life.
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