The Dignity of Congress and a Labor Lobbying Dilemma
The House Judiciary Committee debated the Healy Walsh bill aiming to curb public contracts through spending power. William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged committee members to attend the next meeting under threat of being viewed as opposed to labor. Washington observers note an unusual lobbyist bid to police attendance, prompting reflections on Congress losing its dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Healy -Walsh
Organized Inbar
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Judiciary Committee
Washington
Railroads Can Make the Grade Amid Policy Debates
In the Atlantic Monthly John J. Pelley of the Association of American Railroads argues that railroads can improve service and equity if pending laws do not raise costs by shortening trains, adding crews, or increasing wages. He stresses railways as crucial, self supporting, tax paying firms underpinning many jobs and billions in savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Atlantic Monthly
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Weekly business survey notes drought hits Southeast and retail gains
Drought has damaged crops across Georgia Tennessee Alabama the Carolinas Kentucky Virginia and Maryland with losses estimated at 150 to 200 million while retail trade rises in some areas due to Summer buying in Eastern cities. Heavy storms hit Georgia as cabbage prices jump and crops suffer elsewhere with varied rains and replanting in Kentucky Ohio Missouri and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Carolinas
Kentucky
Virginia
Maryland
Drouth
Birmingham
Hamilton County
Ohio
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Rain and crop reports across the northwest and regions
The Northwest saw abundant rain with improved conditions in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Hail damaged fruit trees in Southern Idaho. Georgia shipped 600 cars of peaches versus 797 last year. Portland estimates Northwest apple crop at 24.2 million boxes about 60 percent of peak. Texas cotton in excellent condition. Cool weather slowed Denver area crops but ranges and the harvests remained strong. Columbia River salmon catches were light due to high water. Relief rolls declined as private industry absorbed more. Industrial centers kept high operating levels with signs of a busy June. auto industry slackened but rail orders offset. Pittsburgh mills ran at capacity with 25,000 tons of Shell Union pipe ordered. Cleveland tinplate and auto parts plants at capacity. Akron tire factories busy. Detroit employment down slightly but power sales high. Diatomite mining near Clermont Florida began. A half million dollar trailer plant announced in Los Angeles. Houston can factory valued at 175,000. St Louis Monsanto expansion at 550,000. manganese mining in Perry county Alabama. Labor tensions in Stockton and Portland unsettled. 11,000 pulp and paper workers received wage increases. Birmingham coal miners striking. 2,200 workers of Tennessee Coal and Railroad Co. still out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Portland
Seattle
Minnesota
Dakotas
Idaho
Georgia
Dallas
Texas
Denver
Columbia
Pittsburgh
Shell Union Oil Co
Cleveland
Auto
Ohio
Fisher Bodies
Akron
Detroit
Clearmont
Fla
Los Angeles
Houston
St. Louis
Monsanto Chemical Co
Monsanto
Ill
Memphis
Perry County
Stockton
Calif
Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Editorial notes on Republican convention dullness and Steiner
The Manchester Guardian correspondent calls the 1910 to 1936 talk at the Republican convention a constant theme while the Washington Post deems it a boresome affair. The piece critiques Steiner’s keynote and anti New Deal rhetoric, noting his votes for NRA AAA and other acts, and accuses party leaders of staging a four month West Coast delegation to seek humor at the convention.
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Manchester
England
Guardian
Washington Post
Chicago
Steiner
Republican Party
Steiver
Platform Committee
West
NRA
AAA
TVA
Roosevelt
Finzier-Lemke Farm
Old Guard
Jitters in Central Europe Threaten Old Pan Germany Dream
A careful reader notes that fear of a revived Pan German empire haunts Central Europe as France Italy and the Benelux states worry over German expansion. The piece traces historic drives for unity from the Teutonic tribes to Bismarck and beyond, linking today’s anxiety to remilitarization and the Versailles settlement. It also reports Swiss bankers coping with French Socialist fears and a surprisingly strong current in industry and farming, despite shortfalls in life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Bismark
Italy
Spanish
France
Britain
Eugene of Savoy
Prussia
Bavaria
Hungary
Austria
Rhineland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Roumania
Russia
Geneva
Leon Blum
1 Socialists
Switzerland
Lyons
Marseilles
London
World War Ii era refugee and welfare notes
An international report discusses Armenian refugees from the war era moving from Marseilles to Soviet Armenia and plans for distribution to South America Beirut and Aleppo. It cites League of Nations findings on child foster care and notes a rural hygiene mission sailing to Bombay to study Asia's rural health needs and related education and nutrition issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Marseilles
Soviet Armenia
South America
Beirut
Aleppo
Syria
Child Welfare Committee
League of Nations
Committee On Rural Hygienes
Far East
Bombay
India
Burma
Netherlands’ Indies
Philippines
French Indo-China
Siam
Ceylon
Junior Red Cross Convention Promotes Global Friendship
The Junior Red Cross, with about 16 million members, met in Chicago in May to report on vast international correspondence. The network links youths across Poland Brazil Yugoslavia and the US via Paris translating letters and sharing photos flowers and comics to foster understanding. The piece notes the goal of friendship over force and imagines cross-cultural exchanges including Mickey Mouse and Nightingale sounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Chicago
Poland
Brazil
Paris
Mickey Mouse
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Virginia
Proof of Citizenship and Birth Records Warned by Health Official
Dr. R H Riley, head of Maryland State Department of Health, warns about proving citizenship beyond belief. He cites two Maryland cases where identity and birth records caused enlistment and passport delays. A misfiled birth record listed a male as a girl, delaying a Navy enlistment. A Baltimore teacher faced passport hurdles until a corrected birth certificate was obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Tom Smith
United States
State Department of Health
Baltimore
Sos
Maryland
Europe
Birth registration urged for legal rights and citizenship
Dr Riley emphasizes prompt birth registration as a legal safeguard. He notes a birth certificate provides proof of identity, citizenship, age, birthplace and legitimacy and supports school, voting, marriage, public office, jury, pensions, property, and inheritance rights. Maryland law requires birth reporting within four days by physician or midwife, with an engraved certificate sent to parents after record is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Maryland
State Department of Health
Radiant Living From the Height of His Cross
Rev C M Griffeth of Calvary M E Church Sudlersville Md delivers a sermon on radiant living from the crucifixion theme. Text emphasizes faith action and daily devotion through the cross as guidance for believers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Griffeth
Calvary M. E
Sudlersville, Md
Cross and the Triumph Beyond the Suffering
A reflective sermon outlines how Christ on Golgotha elevates believers above immediate pain. It argues persecution deepens faith, enabling future triumph as people across lands and seas come to know, believe, and love Him. The piece envisions a worldwide hymnal rise proclaiming Christ Lord of All.
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Jesus
Judea
Golgotha
Satan
Christ
Dentonia Theatre Offers The Three Godfathers Saturday
Dentonia Theatre presents The Three Godfathers on Saturday June 20 with two shows at 7 and 9. The desert saga follows three bad men who save a dying mother and infant, set against California desert landscapes and frontier towns. Also featured The Case Against Mrs Ames June 22 23 in Extra Crime Does Not Pay.
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Dentonia Theatre
Three Godfathers
Peter B Kine
American Desert
Bob
Dee
Lunger
Gus
New Jerusalem
American
California
Frontier Church
Mrs. Ames
Hope
Ames
Dentonian Theatre
South Seas
Pacific
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Islands
Donen
Pair of Black Horses for Sale in Burnsville Maryland
Two seven year old black horses weighing 2 ten 1 pounds offered by R H Stafford and Son of Burnsville Maryland. The listing promises suitability for farm and home use at a right price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Stafford & Son
Burnsville
It is the mind that ennobles not the lood Vega saying
The fragment presents a misquoted aphorism attributed to Vega, noting that true worth comes from inner character rather than bloodline. The readable text is brief and lacks context or corroborating details.
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Lood
Vega
Caroline High School Graduating Class Photo Front Row
Front row lists Jack Harrington Miriam Atkinson Eleanor Hubbard Lynne Cheezum Evelyn Wright Marie Cohee Paul Finn. Second row includes Helen Mae DeFord Dorothy Shockley Naomi Fountain Mildred Lord Lillian Collins Dorothy Arrington Elizabeth Perry Doris Hopkins. Third row shows Marguerite Tracci Ruth Surendorf Roslyn Orme Elizabeth DeFord Minnie Sommerz Edwin Seward Madeleine Cooper. Fourth row features Marvin Chambers Mamie Mewis Mildred Woodrow Betty Weir Margaretta Baker Anne Neal. Fifth row lists Melvin Brown Ethel Pepper Iivin Samis Benson Towers Catherine Stevens Lester Ferrins.
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Jack Harrington
Miriam Atkinson
Eleanor Hubbard
Lynne Cheezum
Evelyn Wright
Marie Cohee
Paul Finn
Helen Mae DeFord
Dorothy Shockley
Naomi Fountain
Mildred Lord
Lillian Collins
Dorothy Arrington
Elizabeth Perry
Doris Hopkins
Thid Row
Marguerite Tracci
Ruth Surendorf
Roslyn Orme
Elizabeth DeFord
Minnie Sommerz
Edwin Seward
Madeleine Cooper
Marvin Chambers
Mamie Mewis
Mildred Woodrow
Betty Weir
Margaretta Baker
S ‘l
Anne Neal
Melvin Brown
Ethel Pepper
Iivin Samis
Benson Towers
Catherine Stevens
Lester Ferrins
Twenty five years ago harvests and weather across Caroline
Twenty five years ago reports from Caroline county note a light wheat yield as harvest begins. Prices show new wheat in Baltimore market at 86 cents. Locally the Dover bridge ferry operates during Dover bridge reconstruction. A June heat wave hits Baltimore counts with temperatures near 99 100 degrees, while a drought affects most of the Peninsula. Community life covers marriages births school appointments and obituaries including the death of longtime state senator John F Dawson and other local figures.
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Caroline
Baltimore G
Den‘ton
Choptank
Dover Bridge
Talbot Counties
Peration
Baltimore
D. W. Davis
Tevle
Andersontown
Sarah J. Maloney
Annie E. Poole
Mr. Davi
Drouth
Peninsula
Bridgevill
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Philadelphia
D. 4
Fountain
Zebiel Fountain
Hobbs
Elizabeth Martin Cameron
Wood-Lynne
Wood- Lynne
United States Fashion and Sample Book Company
New York City
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Canada
Elm Avenue
Grace Dennis
Anna Fisher
Caroline County
Western Maryland College
Philomathean
Browning Society
Alexander Hardcastle
S. E. Holt
Geneseo CN. Y.) College
Frances
Frances Johnson
F of
Denton
Mabellizabeth Stisher
Alexandria
Clarence C. Lord
Nettie V. Bindley
Near
Preston
Concord Parsonage
G. S. Thomas
Ridgely Notes and Local Visit Highlights
Miss Anna Frances Seward left for summer school at Western Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKnett of Sadlersville visited Mrs. Emma Jackson. Rev. O. B. Reed spoke at the CCE camp now Goldsboro Monday night. Mr. Lewis Lane died at his Ridgely home after a illness. Mr. and Mrs. D. Thompson Swing were Baltimore visitors Sunday. Mr. H. W. Holsinger spent the weekend in Rehoboth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Christie
Helen
Baltimore
Everette Pepper
Tuckahoe Neck
T. Pliny Fisher
Ethel Gannt
J. Gibson Gannt
Hannah More Academy
C. Leslie Walls
J. T. Porter
Queen Anne
A. Claude Griffin
Washington College
Katherine Stitchbury
Easton
Anne Lewis
Ormer
John F. Dawson
Greensboro
Warren Burr, Pasor
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Dawson
Hessis
Joseph H. Bernard
Thomas A. Smith
Albert G. Towers
William B. Irrell
Frederick R. Malone
John T. Dawson
Dorchester
Mr. Dawson
Centreville
Capain Thomas C. Dawson
Sarah J. Delaney
William J. Delaney
Emma Delaney
Miss Attee Coursey
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harvey Nichols
Federalsburg
Caroline High School
J. Walter Hullington
E. E. Pippin
Addie L. Wilson
Susan W. Saulsbury
Denton
Laura Melvin
Myrtle M. Dukes
Caroline Redden
Lelia J. Cox
Ridgely
Preston
Annapolis
McLane
Love Point
M. 1
Bates Stephens
Anna Frances Seward
Western Maryland
J. W. McKnett
Sadlersville
Emma Jackson
O. B. Reed
CCE
Goldsboro
Lewis Lane
D. Thompson
Holsinger
Rehoboth
Card of Thanks For Denton Volunteer Fire Co and neighbors
I extend thanks to the Denton Volunteer Fire Co the Ridgely Fire Co and neighbors for the response and services on June 12 when the stock barn on my farm near Tuckahoe burned. Prompt action saved other buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Volunteer Prue Co
Ridgely Fire Co
Tuckahoe
Slats Diary of a boy by Oliver N Warren
Sunday and following days recount a boy’s perspective on family moves little mischief at church and school with blunt humor. The diary entries mention a planned move near the office a newspaper editor reaction a preacher lesson a shopping incident with Jake and a rural graft joke reflecting a child’s view of adults and politics.
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Weekly Business Survey
Business Week
Children’s Corner
America
Tom White
Dick Black
Harry Brown
Mary Simith
R. H. Riley
Ers
Dentonia Attractions
Oliver N. Warren
Eney Boddie
Jane
Boddie
Jake
Crick
Big City
Elmo Scott Watson
Alaska
Atatelukbuk
Pintok
Attutanik
Coreanum Numkron
Kongubuk
Unakaleet
Western Newspaper Union
Gustav Good
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