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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1933
Page
2
Public leaders Hoover and Roosevelts advocate share the work plan to relieve unemployment. They urge cooperation from large and small businesses alike to disperse available work and provide livings for many workers. The emphasis rests on engaging smaller firms to lead alongside larger ones.
H Galt Braxton of the Kinston Daily Free Press argues radio cannot supplant the local newspaper. He says radio remains a commercial service that releases paid political content, while newspapers carry vital messages to a broader audience at no extra cost. He urges publishers to stop licensing news to broadcasting chains and warns against fostering a competing agency.
The article argues that war debts became political football rather than banking issues. It compares private loan extensions to national debt, notes France’s political refusal to pay, and calls for a nonpartisan commission of experts to settle the war debt based on merit and economic realities.
Charles PF Zimmerman president of the Sfun tingdon First National Bank and member of the Economic Policy Com warned that branch banking in Canada fails to consider key factors. He argued centralized systems better in maintaining stability and avoiding failures since 1923.
The Rotarian piece contrasts United States progress with Canada, arguing that free unit banks and free bank credit drive growth. It denounces federally imposed branch banking as a path to exploitation and mismanagement, praising the local banker as key to stability. The Zimmermann article presents the anti-branch banking view, while Canada’s stance is noted in Stead’s December Rotarian piece.
The life insurance industry launches a six day educational campaign from April 17 to 22 urging public regard for life insurance as essential. It emphasizes policy reliability and its role in safeguarding national savings amid economic downturns and widespread business failures.
Railway Age stresses the vital role of rail purchases in economic recovery. It notes a drop of nearly 3 billion in rail purchases over three years, harming iron and steel, lumber, copper, oil, coal, and electric suppliers and delaying job restoration across states and industries. Restoring rail activity is seen as a major lever against unemployment and weak purchasing power.
Editorial notes condemn Japanese actions at Shanhaikwan near Peiping, warning of plans to annex Jehol into Manchukuo and noting refugee crises and casualties. The piece cites U S Friends Service Committee calls for conciliation, critiques Nicaragua intervention, and mentions Senator Walsh foreseeing World Court issues with Roosevelt transition in March.
Twenty five years ago notes report Dr Thomas O Clements death in Dover. A mud machine operates in upper Choptank. Bryan to address Dover Opera House next Saturday. Idlewild Electric Light and Power Company charter introduced in Federalsburg. Weather data for week ending Jan 23 with rainfall and temperatures. Railroad delays across the Peninsula due to snow. Local injuries include a 10 year old boy’s arm dislocation while playing. A major fire destroys the W S A M Culp mill at Chester Town with $10,000 loss. County road plans in Easton involve half mile Dover Bridge approach and iron bridge replacement. Wedding bells ring at Ames M P Church for Frank Adams and Narcissa Lee Neighbors. Additional weddings at Wye Mills and social visits across Denton, Baltimore, and Preston. Funeral for Mrs. Katherine Dean at Bridgeton. interment at Denton cemetery. Community notes on local families, visits, and farm leases. Possible consolidation of Delaware and Eas ton Episcopal Dioceses discussed in Easton and Wilmington papers. Bishop Adams may lead, with later possible General Conference impact.
Wallace Thompson of Ingenieria International predicts a positive Latin American outlook as trade with the United States steadies. He notes improving exchange and debt solutions, optimistic 1932 figures pending, and a stronger export market that could raise U.S. factory production and demand for workers.
A covered dish social will be held at the Bethlehem Community House on January 26 with supper served at 6 30 p m. Ice cream and cake will be for sale and supper costs twenty five cents. Mrs Heber Lane of Denton and Mrs Edward Patchett of Preston visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Brades on Wednesday. Patsy Ferguson is visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs J R Christopher. Mrs Claude Thompson of Cordova visited Thursday with Mr and Mrs J P Thompson. Mr Whooper Parrott is visiting friends near Wilmington.
The Journal Office now sells trespass notices. Customers may purchase forms directly at the newspaper office for official use.
A Bell Telephone Quarterly study notes that modern machinery and telephone use boost rural farming efficiency. Census data show farm product cooperative marketing exceeded cooperative purchases of supplies, with nearly 900 million dollars sold through cooperatives and 125 million dollars spent via cooperative channels. Cooperation between phone providers and farmers is essential to expand service and meet farm market needs.
A survey shows telephone use is rising in business and social life with five messages per three letters mailed. Edwin P Win cent cites 27 billion phone messages yearly vs 16 billion first class mails. Women increasingly shop by phone and many ads include phone numbers. Information operators answer about 300 115 and 100 daily in three cities for store numbers, meaning a customer seeks a store’s number every six minutes.
Toledo Blade editorial urges persistence in facing life challenges and warns that believing life is futile leads to disappointment and reduced gains. It argues for resilience and proactive effort to avoid a negative outlook and its consequences.
A diary style update from Slats by Ross Farquar recounts a week of local happenings. Entries cover a bridge party disrupted by mislaid teeth, bath tub hopes, a budding romance, classroom gossip, views on college, and a mishap at Liberty night.
A recipe stretch features baked rice custard and chocolate sponge among economical winter desserts. The piece also notes Chevrolet cars helping steel industry with five million labor hours per 100,000 cars, citing executives about auto demand boosting employment and production across Weirton Steel, Republic Steel, National Steel, A. O. Smith, and related firms.
A reflective Northwest piece critiques 1932 astrological and social forecasts. It mocks forecasts of a rising marriage market amid world disarmament fears, notes quirks about weddings and New Year’s resolutions, and ridicules public discourse on politics and culture. The author praises 32’s influence, hints at annual hopes, and warns about livestock care and pig feeding practices to protect profits.
A compact quotation card notes insights from Robert Brigham Olive Schreiner and Christian Science Monitor about love happiness and serving others. It contrasts reaping and sowing with threat and promise and urges peace as a path to aiding others. The piece closes by encouraging subscription to the Journal.
Dr. R H Riley urges Maryland parents to vaccinate children against smallpox and diphtheria by age one, noting state health efforts, early reporting to the Department of Health, and school enrollment requirements. The letter emphasizes parental determination, physician cooperation, and the greater ease of vaccination at six months.
Federal Theatre opens with Clara Bow in Call Her Savage from Fox on Monday at the Federal Theatre. Norma Shearer stars in Smilin Through next Wednesday and Thursday with a celebrated cast including Fredric March Leslie Howard O P Heggie and Ralph Forbes in a story long cherished on stage through its strong screen adaptation.
Readable notices advertise handy scratch pads available for one cent each at The Journal office. The item is presented as a basic sale with emphasis on low price and quick purchase. No additional details or dates are provided.
The Caroline County Orphans Court, with Judges West and Towers, approved multiple matters including inventories and appraisements for Belle M Garey and Rix M Garey, guardianships for Albert Matthews, withdrawals for minor support, mortgage transfers, and administrator accounts. Provisions covered guardian withdrawals from Bank for minor support, and distribution of a minor’s share from Goldsboro Bank. The last will of Maria Catherine Mason was proved, and final accounts filed for Silas A Trice and Silas Trice estates.
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