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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1933
Page
2
The document lists Benjamin F. Johnson as President and Treasurer and Mary Melvin as Vice-President and Secretary. It notes mail handling at the Denton Maryland Post Office and identifies Saturday Morning, June 24, 1933 as the issue date.
Summer break prompts warnings to drivers to slow down and watch for children in residential areas. National statistics show thousands of children aged five to fourteen are killed or injured in pedestrian incidents each year.
The piece shows railroads cut fuel forest products and iron and steel purchases by 50 to 75 percent from 1929 to 1932, signaling broad economic hardship. It notes railways never earned above six percent on investment postwar, with 1932 expenditures around 445 million and many profits wiped, urging a government program to secure fair treatment.
Editorial argues that government spending has risen while incomes shrink since 1929. It condemns inflated budgets and rising debt at state and local levels. The piece warns higher taxes threaten national bankruptcy and urges immediate action to cut costs and lower taxes for recovery.
As the Conference opens a world of tension shapes policy debates with Europe edgeing toward conflict and rising nationalism in powers like Germany. A Japanese imperial impulse and global unemployment, chaotic finance, and distrust frame the scene. The agenda covers monetary policy, trade, production, and tariffs while Rome and Washington weigh anti trust changes to curb waste. Building gains spark hope for employment, with a ripple effect across lumber, steel, transport, and related sectors.
An editorial argues for shifts in public thought toward boosting purchasing power to stimulate trade and employment. It links government economies to reduced buying power and pressingly calls Congress to pursue solutions aiding farmers and industries to reduce debts by selling goods at viable prices.
The piece notes a rapid early push of the Roosevelt administration with the New Deal, citing a 4.8 percent rise in manufacturing employment and 11.5 percent payroll gains for May, and General Johnson's claim that four million idle workers could return to work in four months. It also quotes James Cox predicting the Economic Conference could succeed if the world is sick enough to want reform.
A lengthy editorial reviews the postwar debt debate at the London Economic Parley, noting delegates’ ground games and rival interests. It discusses US creditor status, tariff stickiness, and the potential paths of cancellation or default, then shifts to statelessness, the Nansen passport, and Sino Japanese truce implications for China and Manchukuo.
A long OCR fragment lists town events from Greensboro Federalsburg and Easton. It notes honey production by D J Patchett and legal matters, real estate sales, rentals, graduations, and school lectures. It includes court sessions, foreseen juries, and community notices. It also describes a Caroline County Christian Endeavor Union convention with a ants pest control recipe using arsenate of soda honey and sugar.
Rotarians from around the globe gather in Boston for the 24th Rotary International convention the first in New England. About 8000 business leaders from 8600 clubs are expected as sessions run Monday to Friday with addresses by Governor Ely and Mayor Curley and a response by Dr. Fong Foo See of Shanghai.
Queen Anne Mrs. Sidney Pinder Sr. aged 72 died early Friday morning after long illness. Survived by husband and children Sidney, Linwood, Casper Pinder, Mrs. Pearl Buckle, Mrs. Harvey Rice, and Mrs. Harry Eaton. Funeral held Sunday at 2 PM from her late home conducted by Rev. W. C. Smith. Also notes on local social visits and residents in Easton, Harrington, and Queenstown.
The article discusses the Farm Act's flexible design empowering the Secretary of Agriculture to adapt to changing conditions. It outlines seven key powers including selecting which commodities fit the program, deciding on voluntary controls, choosing benefit payment methods, levying adjustment or competing commodity taxes, participating in trade agreements, and issuing licenses to processors. The goal is deliberate, not rapid, adjustment with hearings ensuring representation from producers, processors, and consumers.
Ross Farquar records a week of quirky happenings in Slats Diary. Ike and Minn face marriage talk over cooking worries while Tommy Pepper questions origins. Emmy, Ant Emmy, old parrot losses, Lenny Crunch at a scout meeting, Pa’s mower praise, and a newspaper man foretell business woes are all noted with humor.
Farmers are urged to plant a Bird Feed Patch between now and July using buckwheat cowpeas millet sorghum kaffir corn black eyed peas and corn. Leave a stand through spring 1934 to provide food and cover for wildlife and help control weed seeds and insects. Gentle encouragement to add hedgerows and meadow plantings along gullies to cut soil erosion and support game birds.
Hobbs Mr B Frank Abbott son of Mr and Mrs C E Abbott of Bridgeville Del and Miss Irene G O Neal daughter of Mrs Howard Hitchens of Cannon City Ind were married Saturday evening in Denton by Rev T J Turkington We extend congratulations to Mr and Mrs Abbott Also noted were conference guests Rev R Nicholson and layman Mr Gilligan and Rev Wm Wright. other social visits and a death in the family are mentioned
Tomorrow at Lidens Rev J Henry Morgan will preach on Faith with text from John 11 25 26. The service promises soul stirring songs by lady singers and ends with a Bible study class after the regular service. Bring your Bible and attend.
Miss Evelyn Covey of Federalsburg and Dr. H Donald Stuard of Paoli Pa were married Thursday at Union Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev Ran som P Nichols officiated with sister Mrs Malcolm Adams as matron of honor and George Culbertson of Philadelphia as best man. The bride, a Hood College graduate, has taught in Delaware. the groom is a physician in Paoli and they will reside there.
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