Congress Convenes as Roosevelt Addresses Congress
President Roosevelt delivered his message to Congress in person. The speech highlighted plans to raise the national income through continued federal spending and proposed new health and medical care policies. He sketched government reorganization and extended federal control, with no clear sign of compromise with opponents.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
U. S
Department of Health
Democracy and Autocracy in Western Hemisphere Crisis
The piece argues that the United States must confront rising threats from Nazi Germany and Fascist allied powers while unifying the American democracies. It urges decisive diplomacy, especially regarding Mexico, to prevent German advantage from American oil deals and to strengthen the Western Hemisphere’s stance after the Lima Conference.
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United States
Lima
State Department
Washington
Germany
Ickes
Welles
Japan
Russia
Italy
Europe
England
France
Spain
American
Uncle Sam
Hull
Western Hemisphere
Atlantic
Declarations of Governments and the Pacifist Pact
The text recalls Bryan’s arbitration efforts and Wilson era hopes for lasting peace, noting the Kellogg Briand Pact hailed as a milestone in modern diplomacy and ratified by the Senate in 1929. It also references the Versailles Treaty of 1919 and Mexico’s 1938 expropriation of American farm lands valued in the millions with promises to compensate.
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William Jennings Bryan
United States Senate
Mexico
Secretary Hull on Lima Declaration and Latin seizures
The article critiques Secretary Hull’s stance on Mexico and Latin American seizures, noting Mexico’s withholding payments and vast property holdings owned by American, British, and Dutch firms. It views the Lima Conference as weakening international law, warns the Declaration could become a treaty, and urges prompt restitution of seized properties to rightful owners.
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Hull
Ncts of
Mexico
Gardenas
Cardenas
National Revolutionary Party
Lima
Health and sanitation duty to protect children
A plea for parental and community responsibility to improve health and sanitation. Encourages proper disposal of human waste and urges contacting the County Health Department and Works Progress Administration for free labor to install sanitary privies. Calls for discussion with the County Health Officer.
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County Health Department
Works Progress Administration
Highways of Tomorrow in the New Congress
A 1939 forecast highlights safer highways and broader prosperity as industry expands, employment rises, and electrification grows. The piece notes rural electrification, home appliances, and more autos, with road builders drafting future highways featuring enhanced safety as Congress reconvenes.
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Congress
America
Tomorow
Washington
Vision of Tomorrow's Highway System and Santa Fe Trail History
The piece describes a forward look at a nationwide system of multi lane, safe highways built as a master plan to reduce road deaths and congestion. It then surveys the Santa Fe Trail from its pioneer roots via Boone’s Lick to Independence and the Santa Fe trade, detailing routes, key junctions, and the evolution of the western migration network through the Missouri Valley to Santa Fe.
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Ameret
Congress
Tomonow
America
Atercourse
United Staes
Massissippi River
Cerhiest Dimes
Mesico
Spain
Santa Fe
Isto
Oregon Country
Sacmerto
Sacramento
Cahifonia
Pacihe
el Camino
el Paso del Norte
Chihuahua
Mesico City
Westeo City
Central America
Padres
Itoo
New Mexico
Daniel Boone
Nathan
Damel
Miseiseropr River
Boone
Massouri
St Louis
Daniel
Boone's Lick
Isis
Franklin
St. Charles
St. Louis
Massassippi River
Mississippio River
Mississippi
Missour River
Arrow Rock Ferry
Leavington
Misouri
Mississippi River
Independence
Pranklin
Noth Bank
Missouri River
Isjvi
Controversy Over Relief Funds Sparks New Congressional Plans
Members of both houses push legislation to restrict political use of relief money. States and localities ready to manage funds with help from the federal government. Analysts expect the 700 dollar deficit for the current year to be funded promptly, with uncertain shifts of control and no major changes to the existing system this session.
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Congress
States
Toul
Exer
Santa Fe Trail Cutoff and Desert Perils Described
The Santa Fe Trail route from Trinidad to Santa Fe aligns with modern highways 85 and 66, with the Cimarron cut-off tracing Kansas to the New Mexico line. The 58 mile desert stretch between the Arkansas ford and the Cimarron lower spring proved the most dangerous, with no water and scarce vegetation. Sand mirages and phantom antelope added to the treacherous trek as thirsty traders faced scorching heat and deception in the open plain. (To be continued next week)
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Mississippi River
la Salle
England
North America
United States of America
Rocky Mountain Divide
Napoleon Bonaparte
United States
Loummina
Spain
Santa Fe
Arkansas River
Rio del Norte
Greenwich
Purgatone
Amercan
Las Animas
Bont
Independence
Cimarron
Arkansas
Manuel Alvarez
New Mexico
Nhe
Mile Creek
Bridge Creek
Council Grove
Little Arkansas
Walnut Creek
Cimarron River
Santa Clara Springs
Rio Gallinas
Las Vegas
Ojo de Bernal
Spring
San Miguel
Pecos Village
Cornel Grove
Kansas
Kingsley
Kinsley
Ford
Garden City
la Junta
Colorado
Trinidad
Wattoncs
Okklahoma
Wagons Mound
Watsons
Rec Center Work Underway and Local Social Notes
Work has begun at the Recreation Center to remove a partition in preparation for bowline bowling alleys. Local residents attended events and visits include the Governor's ball with Calvin Lynch and Walter Michell, plus numerous families visiting kin in town and nearby cities. Community Club plans a bake sale to support the librarian’s salary, with many townsfolk traveling to Dover, Baltimore, and Wilmington for weekend visits.
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Calvin Lynch
Walter Michell
Mesars
Herbert
Charles Hammond
Winifred Anderson
Church Hill
Howard Quaintance
Silver Springs
John Davis
Mas
Paul Hardee
van Clark
Centreville
I. S. Matthews
Dover
Clinton Guthrie
Kenton
Rachel McKenna
Grippe
I. E. Mason
Crashing the Gate: Youths Infiltrate White House Private Rooms
A boy and a girl embedded themselves in the White House during the Roosevelt era and obtained autographs from the President and Mrs. Roosevelt by deceiving them. They boasted of the stunt, prompting strong safety concerns among officials and public outcry in Washington. Neighbors call for severe punishment to curb such audacious trespassing.
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White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Gems of Thought Quote Reflections By Barrie and Eddy
A compact collection of aphorisms urges immediate original thinking over borrowed ideas. It contrasts J M Barrie on becoming remarkable with Mary Baker Eddy’s call to dwell on goodness and truth to shape experience through steady thought.
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J. M. Barrie
Mary Baker Eddy
Twenty-Five Years Ago in Caroline and Denton News
A Denton area item notes an 811 pound hog killed by Wm. R. Murphy of Farmington and road improvements along the Denton Hills boro road. The Easton Gazette reports Dover bridge draw operations debated by automists and merchants. A man named Isaiah R. Clark is found incompetent to manage his affairs and to be placed in a sanatorium. Multiple weddings occur in Denton area with farms and churches hosting gatherings, including Mamie Carroll and William Cannon at Tuckahoe Neck, Ethelend Mathias and James Flaharty in Philadelphia and Preston, and Albert Handy and Alice Bloxsom in Caroline county. A fire destroys John C. Foster’s Federalsburg mill plant, with extensive damages and insurance coverage. Weather and storm damage along the coast affects Rehoboth, with heavy losses, flooded land, damaged boardwalks, and destroyed bridges.
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Wm. R. Murphy
Farmington
Main Street
Denton
Denton Hillsboro
Kent News
Chestertown
Hallington
Caroline County
Alcade Dranei
Bridgeville
Delaware
Caroline
Talbot Counties
Easton Gazette
Dover Bridge
Isaiah R. Clark
Court House
Sheriff Temple
Owens
Circuit Court
Samuel T. Norris
Mamie E. Carroll
William Cannon
Tuckahoe Neck
H. A. G. Westerfield
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ruth Long
Cannon
E. A. Robinson
Salem
N. J
Baltimore
Washington
Preston
Broom
Annie Flaharty
Flaharty
Galestown
Albert S. Handy
Alice Bloxsom
Handy
Federalsburg
Reynolds Y. Collins
Howard Moore
Gertie Peters
Templeville
Centreville
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
J. R. Bicking
Upper
Queen Anne’s
H. D. Horsey
Pauline Goslee
Florence Handy
Lenora Jefferson
W. T. Adams
Clayton Satterfield
Ormond Neal
Earle Horsey
H. Lay Craft
Hynson
Bertie Ripgin
Wilmer Jaggard
M. E. Parsonage
Greensboro
Henry Rash
Mamie Harris
A. P. Prettyman
Clarence Frampton
John L
Eveingam
Blue Ridge Summit
J. H. K. Shannahan, Jr
Sparrow's Point
Carlton West
Baltimore College
Fowling Creek
John C. Foster
Fedcalsburg
Foster
Thomas S. Kemp
Long Bros. & Co
Rehoboth
Atlantic Ocean
Rehoboth Bay
Indian River
Henlopen
Slats Diary: A Boy’s 1889 New Year Resolve Chronicles
Slats records a quirky diary week from Oliver N. Warren, detailing a boy’s aim to be a better person in 1889, temptations in school, a teacher’s note about Jake, Christmas money mishaps, Emm y’s powder, a friend from Eastern Colorado, and a black mourning gown event, all in childlike spelling and humor.
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Jake
Arives Jane
Elsy
Resolushen
Emmy
Estern
Collorado
Fassen
Maryland Tuberculosis Seals Drive Urges Postal Donations
William B. Matthews of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association urges return of Christmas Seals still unused to fund health work. He notes the tuberculosis death rate in Maryland fell from 81.9 to 7.86 per 100,000 in a recent year and stresses continued cooperation to further reduce it. Seals can be used on mail to spread health messages.
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Maryland Tuberculosis Association
William B. Matthews
Maryland
Matthews
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Norman Wilson
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