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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1935
Page
2
A historical reflection on 1932-33, urging restoration of confidence to revive industrial recovery. It notes mixed progress, with public relief aiding millions and basic industries lagging. The piece stresses protecting constitutional rights, encouraging investment, and aligning political and industrial leaders to restore optimism and prosperity.
American business expects vigorous progress in 1935 under the NRA as trade and industry leaders cite successful usage of NRA codes of fair competition formed over the past year and a half. The consensus reflects confidence in planned operations and economic policy effects.
Roosevelt approves Recovery Act and NRA extensions bolster business confidence for 1935. Editors from 125 publications predict higher first quarter gains across departments from department stores to autos, with wage costs rising but profits uneven. Residential building may triple 1934 totals, remodeling up as well.
The 1934 Christmas trade showed a glow in the economy with an initial $55,000,000 rise in money in circulation and a likely higher figure after fuller reports. Bank clearings surged over 30 percent from last year, steel capacity usage rose to 35.2 percent, and business failures through December 20 fell 40.6 percent from a year earlier. Amid labor and policy debates in Congress, employment prospects face pressure from potential unemployment insurance and a 30-hour week.
A historical reflection notes how national essay contests by leading papers spurred many youths to explore the Constitution and civic duty. It highlights Boy Scouts pledge to keep physically strong, mentally alert, morally straight, and the growing impact of 4-H Club youths in farming and home production.
The Fisher Body Craftsman Guild creates an apprentice class to widen the program after strong results in manual skill development among boys. The 1935 model coach competition offers six university scholarships of 5,000 dollars each, part of total awards exceeding 55,000 dollars. Winners will be announced next August in Boston New York Washington Atlanta Detroit Omaha Dallas Seattle and Los Angeles.
Congress returns to Washington in January with a Democratic South dominant and a House mostly aligned with the White House. The writer argues the Senate supports the Roosevelt program while a faction in the House seeks independence but remains pledged to the President. The piece casts the White House as a democratic mandate and contrasts it with European dictatorships.
The piece notes a heated Washington row over the soldiers bonus, with the President blocking passage while the American Legion predicts congressional approval. It warns vetoes may hold, and contrasts private power firms with vast public works across TVA and St Lawrence projects. It also surveys U.S. vs European shipping, aircraft regulation, and maritime prospects.
Washington officials express no fear over Japan’s treaties and conquests. Japan is advancing through territory gains and seeks new treaties to cement its dominance in the Orient. The United States remains confident in its holdings in the Philippines and along the Pacific coast.
R. C. A. Cunning ham tubes are listed for sale with M. K. Newnam as the contact. The note notes stock status and inquiry method, reflecting a brief classified line from a historical page.
The piece argues President Roosevelt’s neutrality moves safeguard the United States from entanglement while adapting to modern conditions. It contrasts individualist American training with calls for dictatorship, endorsing a widening mutual aid spirit and a peaceful revolutionary civic ethos. It then critiques Hauptmann’s trial publicity, warning against prejudgment and sensational media framing of an accused killer.
A covered dish luncheon at the club house is set for January 22 from noon to 1. Members should attend with a dish and invite a new member. January dues are due. The Adams family notes visitors from Federalsburg and Philadelphia. Bloomery Aid meets January 30 with members hosting. Sunday School and preaching at Bloomery. Jay Lee Jones is improving.
A clinic for diseases of the chest will be held in the office of the County Health doctor in the Masonic Building, Denton, on Tuesday next January 16, beginning at 9 30 a m. Dr. Seth H. Hurdle will be in charge.
Twenty five years ago Ridgely and surrounding towns saw a flurry of activity. Mr Harry Otto opened a new shop on High street while Mr Noble Jarrell walked from Easton to Hillsboro. Dated society items mention weddings engagements and dances, Armour plant talks, strawberry trade prospects, and moves in local businesses with names like W W Seward A L Duffey and J T Cooper. Reports include weather dampening travel and a reminder on thawing frozen pipes with lime.
A midnight collation was served as part of a local gathering. Patronesses included Mrs. Thomas R. Green, Mrs. William A. Smith, Mrs. William H. Anderson, Mrs. Ernest Cooper. Committee members were Harvey L. Cooper, Ernest G. Cooper, T. Alan Goldsborough, Clarence E. Frampton, Enoch George Jr., and Ollie Trice.
Improvements and betterments to the Bell Telephone System this year will involve expenditures of 200,000,000 dollars, 25,000,000 more than 1934, per Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The additions aim to install hundreds of thousands of new telephones and reflect a net gain of about 280,000 telephones in 1934 versus a large loss in 1933, with Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia showing a 26,000 gain in 1934 after a 19,079 loss in 1933. There were about 637,750 telephones in service in the area at year end, up from 612,270 in 1933. Daily calls rose by 100,000 to a 3,200,000 average originating in 1934 from 3,100,000 in 1933.
President of Americas Bankers Association argues banking has evolved from private business to a semi-public profession. He notes changes in economic structures, debates whether reforms are evolutionary or revolutionary, and favors gradual, supervised adjustments over drastic government takeover or new state-controlled institutions.
New York. The American Bankers Association reports for year ending June 30 1934 total savings in all banks rose 3.5 percent from a year earlier marking the first annual increase since 1930 The aggregate climbed by 742 132 000 to 21 867 666 000 Depositors increased from 35 262 442 on June 30 1933 to 35 562 174 on June 30 this year a gain of 299 732 There were 62 729 432 depositors four years ago, now one account for every 3.2 persons in the country
In West Africa many tribes still support soul catchers who trap souls that wander from sleeping bodies and forget to return. They recover the soul and return it to its owner for a nominal fee. If a native cannot find his own soul he may buy another.
A Miryachut is a nervous disease noted as peculiar to Oriental peoples. It causes victims to involuntarily mimic the words and actions of others around them, a phenomenon highlighted in Collier's Weekly.
A fragmentary diary covers daily happenings from a student body. It notes a student facing possible surgery, Gumbo plans, a husband’s hunting accident, a hotel sign joke, admiration for Ora Starr, a newborn query, a clumsy swisher remark, a coon skin coat fire, and a planned marriage between Hetty Mull and Eb Steel.
The Bethlehem Club hosted a watch night party at the Community House on Monday December 31 inviting the public. Readings of poems and games entertained attendees while Mr. Lewis Carroll and his son performed hymns. Refreshments followed late in the evening. Next meeting set for January 15 at 7 pm with Mrs. Guy Harrington as hostess. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. John E. Smith and Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Legates from Townsend. Also visits from Rev Claude Thompson and Marilyn, Mrs. Payton Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. F H Thomas, and extended visits by the Coulbourns and Stevens families.
Ridgely C. Biger Jos H Roche and C H Messick close their shops at six every night except Saturday. Mrs William Capel and Miss Betty Capel of Chestertown visited Mr and Mrs J H Roche. Paul Ebling’s daughter Mary Frieze born January second at Dr Fifer's. Irma Nichols sick at J M Swing’s home. W M Winstead hosted Mrs Harry Grubb of Trainer Pa. J R Meekins and family visited Roche home. Anna Frances Seward weekend guest of Estelle Williams Preston. Virginia Baker of Hurlock visiting Mrs James Wilson. C L Herzog of Baltimore visiting Ridgely. Samuel Thomas spent last week in Washington.
A collage of aphorisms and stray lines appears with references to Wanamaker Washington Tieck Aurelius and a Senate munition probe. The text mingles remarks on character, class, mood, and a stray note about a bullet train, lacking a cohesive news angle.
A mother recalls a neighbor's naughty child and shares a method to teach toddlers shopping manners. Starting at age two, the child earns and spends pennies to buy small items, learning price awareness, sharing, and self control. The approach reduces misbehavior and builds interest in shopping.
A collection of brief maxims and aphorisms from Christian Science Monitor, Samuel Johnson, Anon, Albert Hubbard, and Christian Science Monitor again. The lines emphasize inner change over outer, self-control, and shared goodness.
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