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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1938
Page
4
Denton plant notice dated Saturday morning June 11 1938 issued at the Pontoffice Denton indicates second class mail status. Published as an official community microcast for readers awaiting postal service updates and schedule notices.
An editorial discusses the annual debate over men wearing coats in public during hot weather and formal events. It notes public discomfort toward coatless men, compares dress norms for women, and argues coats conflict with independence and practicality in high temperatures.
An automobile maker advocates spending 100 million to buy and destroy about a million obsolete vehicles. Proponents argue many junkers cluttering highways pose safety risks, while critics warn against unnecessary government spending and challenge equity with other groups.
Opinion piece warns Congress adjournment risks in wartime. It argues public opinion should oppose foreign war and highlights polls showing opposition among Princeton students and women nationwide. Bank of New York chamber commentary condemns war as wasteful and harmful to savings.
The piece notes how writers condemn the League of Nations failure to curb aggressors and argues that true peace depends on correcting injustices at home. It cites Sumner Wells urging the U S to mind its own business and sweep its doorstep amid divergent cabinet statements.
Miss Jessie Hinton of the University of Maryland Extension Service presents a compilation from the U S Department of Agriculture on children allowances. The volume, for discussion groups, argues money as a right vs wage, notes effects on family spending, and urges giving a child small own funds to manage. More than 160 copies issued in Maryland meetings.
The passage extols a hen’s relentless digging for worms and egg production regardless of market forecasts. It argues that hard ground or rock is met with persistence, yielding profits from eggs and broilers, with no room for pessimism or waiting for worms to surface. The fable-like tone celebrates steadfast labor and resourcefulness.
After initial devotion to the international ideal European powers of Norway Denmark Sweden Iceland and Finland met in Stockholm to formalize a shared neutrality policy. The shift signals a move from collective security to self defense and a retreat from universal duties, redefining postwar pacifist aims.
In a federal report to Congress six major causes of highway accidents are named. The piece describes a woman nicknamed Calamity Ann due to a pattern of mishaps and speed disputes, illustrating the broader theme of being prone to accidents in daily life.
Foreword to the We Drivers booklet states cars require human direction and that many drivers are prone to accidents. It notes 29 percent of crashes involve pedestrians, 63 percent collide with other cars, and 18 percent involve other collisions. Calls for uniform traffic laws and school-based education to reduce accidents.
Aimed at reducing risk from impulsive youth drivers. Advocates classroom and school based driving instruction. Notes parental talks help but urges formal courses to teach rules of the road despite costs. Argues safety costs of bad driving justify program in schools.
The Keystone Automobile Club states it is legal to pass police cars or motorcycles traveling below the speed limit, but drivers should use good judgment. Road conditions may warrant staying in line, and reasonable safety governs passing even when the lead car is a police vehicle. Police patrols cannot always drive at maximum speed, so motorists may pass as long as they follow common sense driving rules.
The Children's Corner presents a fairy tale about Virginia's new state parks Seashore Stratford Fairy Stone Hungry Mother Staunton River linked to early English settlement at Seashore Park. The tale imagines fairies fleeing Europe to America finding sanctuary in a green, misty land and vibrant landscapes.
A reflective piece recalls childhood days and a tale of fairy stones in Fairy Stone Park born from sorrow over the crucifixion in Palestine. It highlights World Friendship among Children Day started by Welsh children and a new Little Stars of Peace movement uniting American children across the continent to keep peace.
The Safety Department of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles notes sixty seven fewer deaths in January through May 1938 than in the same period 1937, a 31 percent drop. Pedestrian fatalities remain high at intersections without signals, with 11 pedestrians, 3 cyclists, 5 passengers, and 6 operators among the deaths. Most deaths occurred on dry straight roads and at intersections, with Saturday record high. Baltimore City accounts for eight deaths, counties eighteen. Calvert Kent and Talbot had no fatal accidents so far this year. Commissioner Walter R. Rudy.
At a June 2 meeting Kenneth Ramsburg and Mansel Stevens led patrols including Billy White George Theis Kemp Newnam and others. Tom Turkington George Beck and Tom Wright earned Tenderfoot Badges Austin Murphy re registered as Second Class and Bob Putnam as Star Scout. About forty scouts attended a Garland Lake encampment with St Michaels Greensboro and Cordova. directed by Dover Field Scout Executive C R Andrews. Several scouts earned badges in swimming camping and boating. Many will attend Camp Rodney on Chesapeake Bay and the town will be proud of its boys.
Bake pie shell and cool. Chill hulled strawberries with sugar for one hour. Just before serving pour strawberries into shell. Top with slightly sweetened stiffly beaten cream.
A poem contrasts builders and wreckers as workers tear down a structure. The speaker questions which role he plays, pondering whether he builds with care or merely wrecks. The foreman dismisses skill, claiming common labor suffices, prompting reflection on personal responsibility and character.
Secretary Wallace announced no wheat marketing quotas for the 1938 crop. Maryland committee official Paul E. Nystrom notes that quotas require a growers referendum and parity payments by May 16. since parity payments are not provided, no quotas will be in effect for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1938.
The Bar Association of Caroline County resolves unanimously to urge the re election of Honorable Thomas J. Keating as Associate Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of Maryland subject to the September primaries and November general election. Signed by committee members William J. Rickards J Deweese Carter and Wilbert L Merriken on June 8 1938.
Mrs. Charles H. Sylvester leaves for the West to visit Cedar Rapids and other western cities. Joe Long of Chico California visits town calling on old friends with wife and baby en route to Washington and Baltimore. Mrs. A T Reichman visits New York and Long Island to see her son and daughter. Mr. George Wheatley of Hurlock stayed with Miss Anna Hignutt last Sunday.
A collection of religious and literary lines including Psalm and Proverbs verses, Mary Baker Eddy, Gladstone, Byron, and Lowell. The mix offers themes of mercy, truth, justice, happiness, and courage with historical quotation style.
May preschool clinics examined 103 of 214 entering students, stressing smallpox vaccination and diphtheria toxoid, dental corrections, tonsil removal, and proper nutrition. Red Cross and Women's Clubs aided transportation and care, while tuberculin testing and sanatorium follow ups prompted parental concern. At Easton and Centreville clinics, crippled children received orthopedic guidance, and Denton hosted a growth study club as county Field Day offered first aid coverage for 25 to 30 students with minor injuries.
The diary recounts the Slats' Diary meeting in New York with Rev. David Howard and others as alternates, lists lao delegates H L D Stanford and others, notes E H Shannahan elected secretary, and details Delaware miller William Lankford’s suicide near Denton after drug and liquor issues, with family movements and inquest. It also covers two decades ago community notes on graduates, funerals, and local business links.
Mrs George Stevenson of Wilmington spent the weekend with her mother and sister Mrs Emma Pippin and Miss Mae. Several Wilmington and Philadelphia visitors, along with guests from Buffalo and Duke University, were listed visiting family and friends in Greensboro.
Death has touched the Ladies' Aid of the M E Church as Mrs George Smith passes away. She was quiet and gentle, fulfilled life duties faithfully and serenely, following God's beckoning hand to rest. May her children remember her as a loving mother and that God walketh at eventide throughout the land. Signed by Janie Smith and Lonie Ramsdell.
Miss Thelma Bowman of Teachers College returns home for the summer. Mrs. Mary C. Britain of Washington visits Ridgely on business. Miss Betty Roe of Reading, Pa., visits her aunt Mrs. Frank Flounders. Miss Alice Wilson guests with Mrs. W. M. Wiley of Smyrna this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bear were Baltimore visitors on Wednesday.
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