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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1934
Page
4
The front matter notes entry at the Denton Maryland Post Office as second class mail and identifies the Saturday Morning June 16, 1934 edition. No further article content is provided beyond mailing classification and date.
A summary by Jessie Moon Holton gathers opinions from graduates and alumnae on education financing and curriculum. Students favor practical courses in later high school years, with emphasis on business arithmetic typing and home economics, while one senior praises youth’s dignity and shift away from earlier excesses.
An editorial laments that many high school graduates lack practical preparation for adulthood. It argues schools should offer earthly, job-focused courses beyond Latin or astronomy, urging parents to support reforms to make education fit modern needs and help youths secure livings.
The Darrow report on NRA codes draws sharp division over its effect on small units and consumers. Opponents warn of a recovery blow while defenders claim little importance. A separate Darrow view warns of fascism versus socialism and possible government ownership of basic resources. General Johnson counters the board's stance.
Critics urge disbanding the NRA set up with talks of code price fixing. Richberg defends the NRA chief counsel by noting Darrow offered generalizations and few specifics. The report may hasten reforms as Roosevelt considers changes amid ongoing strikes and industry shifts across steel, motors, railcar loadings, and retail trade.
A 1933 report notes gasoline consumption fell by 25 852 026 gallons while state gasoline tax receipts rose by 5 148 473 dollars with only one state increasing its rate. Washington studies federal and state revenue trends, urging stricter enforcement and more targeted use of gas tax income for highways. It argues for lower rates, exclusive state control, and eliminating the federal tax to reduce overall burden.
An analysis of tax burdens on American industry shows rising effective tax rates from 1929 to 1934. A large firm paying 11.17 cents per dollar in 1929 rose to 16.388 cents by 1933, with expectations of further increases, a pattern mirrored by smaller businesses burdened during downturns. The taxes reduced funds for expansion, wage increases, and hiring while government receipts grew.
The piece argues that tax cuts must truly lower government costs and not shift the burden, or else industry cannot advance. It emphasizes that draining financial resources from industry won’t foster recovery or employment growth.
Sir Norman Angell argues in The Rotarian Magazine that nations refuse peaceful coexistence when they misjudge death by action and starve their own children. He compares states to cannibals who must fight, since true cooperation remains impossible while one side seeks advantage.
The piece argues the United States credit remains strong as the Treasury oversubscribed its last $800000 issue by eight times. It claims faith in the dollar standard, recalling a western preference for silver dollars years ago and suggesting a return to that view may be possible.
Editorial discusses Payne Foundation research on cinema impact, noting 77 million weekly viewers with 36 percent youths, films showing extensive crime and liquor, and varying deaths and assaults. Urges higher quality, moral portrayal, parental collaboration, and caution about war glamour and radio influence on children.
Outside a yard a tent holds five children at play pursuing each other with toy pistols while they narrate a thrilling adventure. The piece then shifts to President Roosevelt guiding canning industry codes and timber conservation efforts, praising labeling and protection measures and noting a Geneva school's multilingual growth and bilingual teaching.
The article notes that the Platt Amendment's most objectionable forceful intervention clause has been removed from Cuba. It states that the new treaty preserves good neighbor provisions on epidemics and signals a shift toward non intervention while anticipating broad effects on Latin American relations and global diplomacy. The president asserts a policy opposing armed intervention.
Maryland birth and death records from 1929 to 1933 show 145000 births with 800 mothers dying from childbirth complications and 11000 infant deaths before age one. Dr Knox urges prenatal care, hospital confinement, and public clinics, noting nine Maryland counties have prenatal clinics and calling for wider county coverage to aid mothers unable to pay.
A civic editorial urges citizens to do more for the city and proposes drafting all Congress members without military service at the outbreak of war while veterans lead the country. It argues such a policy might prevent new wars and criticizes fault finders in civic work.
A reflective piece warns that convenient memory can hurt and a city that stays asleep will stagnate. It urges careful decisions before action and urges those who neglect support for community workers to step up and contribute time and money.
The notice urges readers and contributors to send legible news items in plain wording without unknown abbreviations. It emphasizes the paper cannot publish items it cannot do.
Twenty five years ago in Dover Delaware supporters of deposed Rev A W Lightbourne organized the Peoples Church in Dover with Lightbourne taking the ministry. Other local items note weddings, school events, graduations, community building in Hillsboro and Denton, plus birthdays and social visits across nearby towns.
Will and Ed, boys who move into the same cottage on route No 6, clash over selling lilacs but soon realize cooperation beats competition. Ed returns two quarters from a buyer and proposes a joint stand selling woods produce, turning rivalry into shared enterprise and friendship.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Trice and child of Federalsburg spent Sunday with Mrs Trice’s parents Mr and Mrs William H Harding. Visitors from East New Market included Mr and Mrs James Miley Mrs Clinton Carroll and children. Other gatherings featured Mr and Mrs John Brodes with guests from Cambridge, and Mr and Mrs Norris Colby of Matthews with their parents.
A compact collection of aphorisms and quotes on virtue, truth, sympathy, and integrity from Emerson Herbert Lytton Montaigne and others. The lines emphasize inner strength honesty harmony between action and speech and moral resolve.
The Christian Science Monitor notes that humanity's ongoing pursuit is for deeper spiritual understanding and clarity, a timeless quest shaping personal faith and broader moral outlook.
Mr H L Holsinger received a slight electric shock while turning on a faucet during the storm Tuesday afternoon. Miss Eleanor Taylor is home from Harrisonburg Virginia for the summer vacation. Mrs A S Thompson has been entertaining her sister from Plainfield New Jersey.
Hunters believed the bird throat makes the whistle but studies show the whistle comes from the three narrow end feathers of each wing. These feathers whip rapidly through air as the woodcock flies, producing the distinctive sound.
Pathfinder Magazine notes that canning began with Appert in Paris around 1783, utilizing sealed bottles in a boiling water bath. Modern methods are similar in principle, though more scientific, and knowledge reached America around 1818 but became a full industry by 1860.
The Christian Science Monitor asserts that renewed thinking and activity stem from the spiritualization of thought, linking mental clarity to energized daily life and purposeful action.
Come in and see Patapar a waterproof paper for cooking and kitchen use Use it once and you'll never be without it Sold at The Denton Journal Office.
A scribbled weekly diary describes petty mischief and small town life. It covers pranks on Jane, a chicken and egg venture, a dog theft accusation, cheap hamburger prices, changing times, a Florida fruit fly stop, and Luke Smather's struggles to cash checks in town.
The first monthly meeting of the Nurse's Executive Board was held Tuesday afternoon June 5 at the Denton offices. Members include Mrs. Summerfield of Denton Mrs. Lennon Federalsburg Mrs. Gallagher Preston and Mrs. Vandergrift Greensboro. They discussed the monthly nurse's report and inspections of 385 school children with defects.
Williston reports W W Andrew underwent surgery at Chester Hospital on Tuesday. Divine worship at Williston Community Church Sunday June 17 at 3 p m with a sermon titled Jacob's Dream. Mrs Elmer E Wheeler and son Wm Uhler Wheeler of Baltimore visiting Memory Lane. Master Roland Wheatley visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Wm Love. Pea crop generally good and the viner will close this week. Mrs Wm D Uhler spent the weekend at Rehoboth with Mrs Wilson Saulsbury.
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