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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1931
Page
2
A DA Y BY 30N Insurer Benjamin F Johnson with Marry Melvin serves as Vice-President and Secretary. The organization, President and Tri, was entered at the Denton Maryland post office as second class mail matter on Saturday morning January 31, 1931.
For more than thirty years the Journal has backed Denton business and home-town merchants who stock full lines, buy from top wholesalers, and offer fair prices. Citizens should recognize their role in funding church, school, charity, and city improvement, as hometown business leaders drive progress and community welfare.
The Wickersham Commission report presented to Congress draws sharp reactions from observers like William Allen White who call it futile and cautious. The piece notes deep divisions among commissioners and argues the decisive issue is national policy on prohibition to be resolved by the people, likely in 1932, not by experts.
The piece summarizes reactions to a federal ban on alcohol, noting President Hoover’s dry stance and the commission’s mixed views. It questions repealing the amendment, reflects on societal costs, and highlights concerns about a return to saloons and bootlegging. The text concludes the nation is $500,000 poorer since the inquiry began.
The American Petroleum Institute reports efforts to raise gasoline taxes in at least sixteen states during 1931. In 1930 Americans paid a record 525 million dollars in gas taxes, with 20 percent of gasoline’s retail price going to government. At the 15th annual convention of state auditors in New York, West Virginia’s W S Johnson argued tax waste is high and tax relief unlikely while shifting taxes merely moves the burden. Johnson noted 87 billion dollars in income for individuals and businesses last year, with 13 billion taken for taxes, and contended government is over-manned by 25 percent, with one in ten working for government. He urged living within income and avoiding back-passing tax schemes.
A town’s progressiveness is judged by its newspapers, as a lively, representative paper signals a live, enterprising community. The article notes towns tend to have newspapers matching their deserved status, with quotes to follow.
James J O Shaughnessy former executive secretary of the American Association of Advertising Agencies says village weeklies are the cornerstone of American journalism. He notes communities grow and prosper with newspapers and that prosperous papers boost retail and real estate values.
Mrs Elizabet h Cabell Ritchie died in Annapolis last Saturday. She was from a distinguished Virginia family and served as hostess at the Executive Mansion creating affection for the Governor. She was widow of Albert Ritchie, prominent Maryland figure and former judge, city solicitor and member of the 1867 constitutional convention. The Governor was their only child.
This month marks America's 100th anniversary of the first building and loan association, formed January 3, 1830 in Franklin, Pennsylvania as Oxford Provident Association. Since then more than 1,200 such associations exist with nearly 13 million members and assets above eight billion dollars, eight times the level two decades ago. These associations have enabled thousands to own homes who otherwise could not finance them.
A report details the astonishment of Rachel Gillies, a 17 year old from St. Kilda, as she encounters modern marvels on the mainland such as a horse an automobile a railroad train and a moving picture. The piece notes that many people live near wonders yet never see them and recalls a New York crowd marveling at a cow long unseen by locals.
Editorial notes warn that global economic disturbances require worldwide remedies. The piece discusses Japan’s reliance on imports, excess rice, and weak markets for silk and cotton, linking its fate to America’s depression and predicting improvement only after U S conditions recover, stressing interdependence between nations.
The piece discusses a potential Canadian aim to sell up to 100 million bushels of wheat to China linked to a broader strategy of converting Chinese armies into civilian industrial workers to fund public works. It notes possible Western loans from Britain and the United States if peace efforts succeed, referencing Chiang Kai-Shek. It also covers statements by Venizelos and Representative Collins on military training and warns against conscription. The article moves to U.S. diplomacy in Mexico via J Reuben Clark Jr. and ends with the 1931-32 U.S. federal budget totals and top expenditures.
Dr. R H Riley, director of the State Department of Health, urges early doctor contact at the first sign of a cold and outlines measures to prevent spread. He advises staying home, avoiding crowded places, personal towels, hand hygiene, fresh air, physical fitness, hydration, outdoor activity, proper clothing, sleep, and bowel health. He stresses covering coughs, using disposable handkerchiefs, disposing of them, and following a doctor's orders precisely.
We express our gratitude to those who kindly helped us during the illness and death of our wife and mother Mrs. Thomas A. Kennard. We also thank those who shared use of cars and sent floral tributes.
In loving memory of James Good who died January 28, 1990. He was kind in little things and welcomed smiles. The family recalls he walked life’s road with his wife and children.
Frost nips wild flowers this week as Denton sewers planned. Hillsboro mourns Mrs. Sarah Williams at 77 and recalls Hackett family interment. Marriages include Miss Margaret Cook to Ira Calvin Butler in Greensboro and J Nelson Rickards to Nannie Jones in Baltimore. Sleepy and Satterfield escape jail, pursued by Sheriff Seward, ending with brief captures. Sleepy remains at large at dawn.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Trice Tull 46 formerly from near Federalsburg were held Wednesday after noon at Kent General Hospital Dover Del following a brief illness. She was the daughter of Benjamin and the late Mrs. Trice and survived by her husband two daughters a son and a brother Benjamin Trice. Also in memorial news Mrs Sadie E Noble died Wednesday afternoon at the Emergency Hospital Bastion following a brief illness with services held Friday afternoon at her home conducted by Rev Ransom P Nichols with burial in Intersect cemetery. Visitors from Clifton N J Mr Al Berna and Garfield N J Mr John Toth called on Mary Parity Tuesday and Wednesday.
A mixed-page summary recounts a church recital where two girls sang. a printer left for Springfield to work on a house organ. neighborhood anecdotes include Blisters at Sunday school and Ma's birthday plans. It also includes an essay on cafeterias, hog feeding notes, wildfowl season closure, and upcoming theater and boxing events with regional showings and match details.
The study notes the link between handedness and eye movement, suggesting left handed children may have better eye coordination when allowed to use their left hand. It claims cross eyes relate to master hand, and 90 percent of speech issues align with misaligned master hand and dominant eye. Encourages natural development for safer driving skills.
A compilation of epigraphs and proverbs from Yoder Byron and Bacon plus a Christian Science Monitor note on gravity and divine Mind. It also advertises a Quick Meal range line for arm and home from Burrsville Maryland.
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