The Flag and Its Meaning Across Our Nation
An essay traces the Stars and Stripes from its June 14 1777 origin to a symbol uniting liberty faith and duty. It cites red white blue meanings courage purity loyalty justice and calls the flag a living banner reflecting the nation’s history and ambitions. The piece closes with Franklin Lane’s meditation on the flag as America’s self image and collective effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Congress
America
Chas. W. Stewart
Mount Sinai
Franklin K. Lane
Tam
Washington Snap Shots on Civil Service and Labor Strikes
A new wave of appointments bypasses Civil Service to staff emergency agencies affecting 60 000 workers. Roosevelt faces a pivotal choice on curbing paid labor organizers or backing unionization amid ongoing strikes. Congress reelection pressures push Democrats to balance loyalty to the White House with local votes.
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White House
Civil Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt’s Hold on Reform Frays Across Congress
The article notes growing public resentment toward outsiders in Congress and the Brain Trust. It says Roosevelt’s White House discipline barely saved the reciprocal tariff bill and doubts passage of the Smith bill expanding AAA powers. Critics including Byrd, Johnson, and Smith slow nomination of Tugwell, while observers fear Communist pressure in strikes and opposition to the Wagner bill lifting employer barriers.
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New Deal
Brain Trust
Congress
White House
AAA
Roosevelt
Senator Byrd
Virginia
Administration
Agricultural Administration
Johnson
California
Smith
South Carolina
Tugwell
Caldwell wins Collier Air Trophy for controllable-pitch propeller
Frank Caldwell receives this year’s Collier Air Trophy honoring his controllable-pitch propeller. The invention lets pilots change blade pitch in flight to optimize takeoff, climb, cruise, and landing, boosting American aviation progress and transatlantic routine flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Caldwell
Caldwell
America
Boston Tech
U. S. Army
Robert Collier
Collier's Weekly
World of Aviation
Air Branch
Army
One Class of People in America, Not Many
The author critiques politicians who claim to represent the working classes while labeling segments of workers by trade. He argues there should be only American people and questions who belongs to upper or common classes, suggesting many politicians see themselves as the upper class.
Who Started Baseball in Cooperstown NY
The Ro tarian Magazine credits General Abner Doubleday with origin of baseball in Cooperstown New York. Doubleday studied at a semi military school in 1839 where he drew inspiration. During the Civil War he promoted the game for Union soldiers, and the original diamond became a public park and playing field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
George H. Carley
Abner Doubleday
Cooperstown
N. Y
James Fenimore Cooper
Doubleday
Garner Seen and Heard Quietly as Senate Vice President
Vice-President John Nance Garner is praised as an ideal presiding officer in the Senate, having shifted from a noisy House tenure where party leaders bottled him up. Washington officials grow fonder of Garner since his move to the vice presidential dais among the Senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nance Garner
Senate
Garner
Roosevelt
Washington
House
Rainey Leads House With Steady Gavel Grip
Speaker Henry Thomas Rainey has kept tight control of the House with a firm yet gentle gavel. Distinct from Nicholas Longworth, Rainey earns praise as his leadership nears the end of the session. He has served fourteen Congresses and is seventy three, representing an Illinois district famed for Lincoln and Douglas battles seventy five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thomas Rainey
House of Representatives
Nicholas Longworth
Rainey
Ilinois
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
FLY IN THE OINTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL STRIFE
The piece warns that ongoing employer and worker quarrels threaten Roosevelt era gains, noting strikes and lockouts could derail improved economic conditions and public cooperation with the President amid a rising national tide of progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Faith in America and ourselves inspires bankers dinner
An Indiana Bankers Association dinner feature highlights Merle Thorpe’s optimism for national recovery. He warns against gloom while urging faith, thrift, sacrifice, and sound judgment, citing America's global economic dominance and shared responsibility for better times. Also notes rising farm land prices and improved tobacco farm sales in the Baltimore district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Merle Thorpe
Nation’s Business
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Thorpe
Mr. Thorpe
United States
Europe
B. C. Forbes
Hearst
Roosevelt
A Challenge to Young People Opens Moody Institute Programs
The Moody Bible Institute in Chicago offers free training for Christian service with Day and Evening Schools enrolling over two thousand last year. Courses span Bible study, theology, homiletics, languages, and practical skills. entry is open to grammar school graduates and those deficient in English. Three terms per year with ongoing admission. catalogue available by mail from 153 Institute Place, Chicago.
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Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Institute Place
Chicago Avenue Station
Chicago
The Journal Office Offers Fine Wedding Printing
For wedding invitations and visiting cards The Journal office serves as headquarters. Work neatly and artistically with the latest style type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Twenty Five Years Ago Tales from The Journal
A harvest of local notes from Carroll County includes rabid dog attacks on horses near Denton, injuries from a locomotive collision, a boy healing from a gun accident, and quiet weddings. Upcoming weddings, anniversaries, graduations, and school events headline the social calendar with details on honorees, locations, and dates.
Home Guard farce featured in commence week program
Final exercises of commencement week included a farce The Home Guard and a program with Rev. Benson, student musicians, salutatory by Helen Roe, essays by Anna Fisher and Mildred Ramsdell, a Gypsy chorus by the Glee Club, diplomas presented by Sisk, and a valedictory by Annie Carter. Also notes on deaths, wills, and open air tuberculosis lectures to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Pinkine
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton
M. P. Allen
Parker Quimby
Mr. Quimby
Herman Trusta
Henry Watson
Apostolic Faith Mission
No. 50
Montgomery Street
Baltimore
Bertha E. Haymond
John Haymond
Hickman, del
John W. Pitcher
Kenneth Murray
South Baltimore
M. E. Church
Pitcher
William Stevens
Laura Collins Hall
George H. Hall
Milford
Del
T. Alan Goldsborough
Methodist Episcopal Church
Caroline County
Chalmers S. Brumbaugh
B. B. Brumbaugh
Maryland University
Earle G. Breeding
Federalsburg
Washington College
May F. Gelletty
Maryland Institute
Henry Wilson
Jonathan L. Hughes
Dawson George
Chestertown
C. Leslie Walls
Queen Anne's County
C. H
Morris
Bruce Brumbaugh
Duke Smith
Ethel Gantt
Anna Fisher
Naomi Rolph
Saulsbury Garey
Harold Andrew
Lester Everngam
Rebecca Satterfield
Reyner Dukes
Glee Club
Magele Redden
Mildred Ramsdell
Annie Carter
Saulabury Garey
Maggie Redden
Naomi Ralph
Home Guard
F. T. Benson
Mary Nichols
Maryland
Sisk
Ethel Paisley
Helen Roe
Annie Sigler Carter
Mary Moore Garey
Naomi Ruth Rolph
Rebecca Elizabeth Satterfield
Annetta Ray Anthony
Mildred Geneva Ramsdell
Edward Saulsbury Garey
Eliza Carey
James Carey
Philadelphia
Easton
William H. Adkins
Robert B. Dixon
Alexander Fountain
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Marines Fight Unemployment By Increasing Enlistment
The Marines are expanding enlistments to 2,350 youths after a congressional act raised the corps strength from 15,000 to 16,000. Applicants must have high school education or equivalent, with minimum age 18, some 17 to 18 allowed. Recruits train at Parris Island then serve four years with benefits including steady employment, travel, and education. Recruiting offices are in Baltimore and Washington, D. C.
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Congress
Washington
Marine Barracks
Parris Island
S. C
Post Office
Baltimore
Maryland
Old Land Office Building
Washington, D. C
Grand opening thrills at Black Cat Casino on Eastern Shore
Knights of Terpsichore and many from Maryland and Delaware attended the Jos. Engel owned Black Cat Casino opening. Leroy Smith and his orchestra plus Connie's Hot Chocolates from Connie's Inn Harlem performed. The venue seats eight hundred with a NY style decor. Floyd Mills and his orchestra were signed for eight weeks nightly shows.
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Knights of Terpsichore
Maryland
Delaware
Jos. Engel
Leroy Smith
Connie
Harlem
New York
Joseph Engel
Floyd Mills
Live pure, speak truth, right wrong in every hour
A compact statement urges steadfast conduct and honesty across daily actions, invoking moral responsibility. It emphasizes integrity as a guiding principle in all circumstances and warns against expedience or deceit. The line encapsulates a timeless ethic of personal accountability and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Slats Diary Reflects Small Town Life and Gossipy Anecdotes
A quirky diary recounts weekly events from Friday to Thursday, including Emmy debating Babe Ruth, supper at Blisteres, school talk on Moses tablets, PTA entertainment, a printed obituary rumor, a wedding observation, and a drug store spat over a toothbrush color. The entries mix family moments with humorous misreadings and local chatter.
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Emmy
Babe Ruth
Wood
Babe
Farm Credit Administration reports improved farmer finances
The Farm Credit Administration of Baltimore, marking its first birthday, has lent about 33.5 million dollars to its district covering Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. About 24 million financed refinancing and 9.5 million funded new loans. Official says thousands of farmers in the district are financially better off, aided by a full credit system and varied loan types with adequate security and repayment plans. Nationally, the administration has loaned 1.273 billion since May 27, 1933.
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Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Banks
United States
Federal Land Bank of
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Farm Credit Administration of
H. E. Holsinger
Caroline County
Mr. Holsinger
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Baltimore Bank For Cooperatives
Holsinger
County Chorus to Entertain Next Sunday
The Caroline County Homemakers Chorus with local talent will perform at Caroline High School Auditorium in Denton on Sunday June 17 at 3 p.m. Chorus members include Sopranos Second Sopranos Altos and director Mrs Kemp Stevens with Mrs Rue as accompanist. A silver offering will be taken.
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Caroline County
J. W. Sullivan
Elsie Matthews
Caroline Ebling
Dorothea O'Connor
Eloise Thawley
Herbert Keeneman
Beatrice Bowers
Ernest Jones
Mary Elizabeth Wharton
Mary Gelletly
Altes
H. E. Holsinger
Hilda Cherry
Ruth Voshell
Tra Samis
Miriam Hols
Pageant at M. E. Church Sunday in Denton
Our Fathers World will be presented Sunday morning June 10 at the M E Church of Denton. Rev M S Andrews directs the pageant with about fifty children from the Junior Primary and Beginners departments. Roberta Hake narrates while music includes Trees To a Wild Rose and a set of Jesse Gaynor nature songs. The stage depicts a flower garden with three moods Contemplation Humility and Gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Denton
M.S. Andrews
Roberta Hake
Jesse Gaynor
Myrtle Dukes
Elsie Wright
Mabel Richards
Mamie Owens
W. G. Wooters
Clara Whitby
Kemp Newnam
Doctor’s simple health prescription for children
A Maryland health official replies to a child’s measles recovery query with a practical plan: plenty of rest, sunshine, outdoor play in moderation, and a balanced diet. The doctor recommends 9 to 10 hours of nightly sleep, a daytime nap, quiet activities, and walking outdoors to spot birds and flowers. He says milk, bread, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and occasional meat aid recovery, with sweets limited to dessert and a daily glass of milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Maryland
R. H. Riley
Dr. Riley
Dual Highway Urged For Route 40
A four lane dual highway for U S Route 40 between Baltimore Frederick and Hagerstown is urged based on a two month study by the Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland. The plan aligns with American Association of State Highway Officials standards and calls for a 40 foot wide four lane roadway with a center grass divider and by passes to reduce congestion in Ellicott City Catonsville.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Hagerstown
William S. Canning
Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland
Albert E. Buckley
Maryland
Canning
American Association of State Highway Officials
Carroll County
New Market
Ellicott City
Catonsville
Mountain District
Boonsboro
Washington
U. S. 240
Ridgely Theatre News Attracts Stage and Screen Notables
The Ridgely program features Joseph Cawthorn in Cold Turkey, with 57 years on stage and eight in films. Paramount's Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March, with Evelyn Venable Sir Guy Standing Helen Westley Henry Travers Katherine Alexander in supporting roles. Rudy Vallee appears in the first motion picture edition of George White Scandals for Fox. The lineup runs next Thursday to Saturday, plus Tom Howard in Big Meow and News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Joseph Cawthorn
Mr. Cawthorn
Frederic March
Paramount
Evelyn Venable
Walter Hampden
Sir Guy Standing
Helen Westley
Henry Travers
New York Theatre Guilds
Katherine Alexander
Elmer Rice
Rudy Vallee
George White
Fox Film
Tom Howard
Miss Stella Matthews Visits From Detroit
RIDGELY notes Miss Stella Matthews of Detroit will spend the summer at her home here. Mrs. A. W. Saulsbury hosted a card party last Monday evening. Mrs. Emma Jackson visiting son Wilson in New Jersey. Barbara Lane had tonsils removed last Saturday. Mrs. D. M. Swing has been ill the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Matthews
Detroit
Igs
A. W. Saulsbury
Emma Jackson
Wilson
New Jersey
Barbara Lane
D. M. Swing
Proper News Items Requested in Legible Form
Officials urge readers to submit news in clear legible handwriting without abbreviations or unreadable content. The paper cannot publish material it cannot decipher, emphasizing accuracy and readability for publication.
Winter damage to ornamental plants widespread says horticulturist
Walter R. Ballard of the University of Maryland Extension Service reports extensive damage to ornamentals from last winter. Prune damaged growth and burn affected parts to prevent disease. roses, privet, crape myrtle, Vitex, Butterfly bush suffered heavy injury. Deciduous shrubs largely fared better, with Forsythia and Spirea showing good displays.
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Walter R. Ballard
University of Maryland Extension Service
Ballard
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