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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1934
Page
2
Benjamin F Johnson serves as President and Treasurer Mary Melvin is Vice President and Secretary. Post office entry indicates second class main matter for a Denton Maryland publication dated Saturday morning March 10, 1934.
The piece notes January gasoline tax receipts of 17.68 million dollars and lubricant taxes of 1.70 million, with calls from constituents and lawmakers alike to repeal the Federal gasoline levy. It cites committees and Senate sponsors urging action, and suggests a general manufacturer’s tax as a replacement to avoid duplicating taxes. Congress ought to know the public wants tax relief and repeal.
The piece reflects on Franklin D. Roosevelt's first year in office, noting that changes are uncertain in outcome but likely enduring. It contrasts U S resilience with abroad upheaval, argues many depend on federal aid, and likens the nation to a sturdy ship weathering a storm as it rights itself with calmer seas ahead.
Economic highlights note the Senate Banking and Currency Committee draft of the National Securities Exchange Act as the era’s pivotal measure. It bans wash sales pools and rumor trading, imposes a 60 percent minimum margin, and requires exchanges and the FTC to receive detailed corporate data. Violations carry heavy penalties for exchanges and individuals. Mainstay of opposition remains unresolved.
Urban financier Richard Whitney mobilizes leaders of major brokerages to warn clients about a proposed act restricting stock as loan collateral. He targets not only big corporations but the small stockowner and worker, arguing the bill harms small firms with nonexchange issues. Roosevelt’s stance remains cautious while Samuel Untermyer criticizes impractical extremes as government notes cover prices trade employment and industry trends.
A columnist ridicules scientists and professors who govern eating habits. An English professor debunks dry toast as weight loss lore, arguing bread calories can outpace oysters. The piece contrasts eaters who live to eat with those who eat to live, noting class differences in diet choices.
The AFL backed 30 hour workweek proposal seeks six hour days across five days under the Connery Bill. It would modify NRA codes to cap weekly hours at 30 while preserving wages and equal labor union to management representation. Industries with low unemployment warn of production cuts and staffing shortages.
The President could readjust hours and wages and create enforcement agencies. The act aims to let employers and employees mutually set maximum hours and minimum pay, but industry differences mean a 30 hour week may work in some sectors and not in others. Enacted into law it could raise labor costs and prices, harming retailers and employment.
Housewives must learn to buy intelligently to avoid frauds as retailers shift from cut price sales to standard and lower grade goods. Experts cite thousands of brands and misleading labels, urging consumers to read disinterested lab reports and demand precise information on labels, while trusting honest advertising and dependable products.
George H. Houston, Baldwin Locomotive Works president, told an NRA code meeting in Washington on February 27 that capitalism must be abandoned for a state owned or controlled production system if savings are to fund durable goods. He warned that government attempts to supply capital while regulating private capital, like the 1933 Securities Act and 1934 bill, throttles investment and private enterprise cannot survive under such handicaps.
Critics of the New Deal pressed their case in Washington challenging the codes. President stepped in to direct the code orchestras while General Johnson faced questions about his 619 codes. Debates focus on shortening hours raising wages enforcing provisions and ensuring compliance with the program governing industrial America. Readers urged to subscribe for The Journal.
An extended editorial surveys Asia Europe and the world noting tight European boundaries loose Asian borders and rising nationalism. It canvasses Manchuria Mongolia Tibet Siam Cochin China and India with treaties and diplomacy, and shifts to U S code enforcement and advertising costs, citing Hamilton Institute data on production, sales, and marketing. It also reports demobilization progress in Caroline county with layoffs and reemployment figures.
Denton journal highlights include local social events and marriages, with Mr. George E. Saulsbury and Miss Anna Fisher’s twenty year celebration at the Public Square. Obituaries note deaths of Charles H. Fleming Hillsboro age 76 and William Corkran Philadelphia railway clerk killed in a Delmar collision. storm impact reported in Baltimore papers.
A severe Wednesday night storm ranks as the most disastrous in the local telephone business history. Repairs by Mr. Thompsons crew will proceed quickly. The Plymouth freight steamer sank at Wenderson's Wharf at 4 am, with eight crew rescued. listed aboard were Capt. D. C. Brockway and others. A large general store at Templeville was destroyed, with dwelling adjoining and contents total loss estimated at 5000, partly insured.
We acknowledge with thanks the sympathy and kindly assistance of friends in the sad duties after the death of our aged mother Mrs. Annie E. Pippin and mention Miss Josephine Pippin Mrs. Effa J. Patchett Mrs. C. H. Sylvester and Miss Mary E. Pippin.
A political non aggression pact was negotiated between Germany and Poland on January 26 and followed by a cultural non aggression pact on February 26. The aims are peaceful adjustment of questions arising between the two nations. Quotes from John Wesley Lord Lytton and others appear in the piece.
President Walter B Gifford of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company reports that after an eight month loss, the last four months of 1933 saw a net gain of 85 000 Bell System telephones. Despite a full year loss of 630 000, total telephones in service reached about 13 160 000, 16 percent below 1930 peak. Calls fell about 9 percent from 1932, with the second half of 1933 only 3 percent under 1932. Earnings per share were about 6 30 for 1933 versus 5 96 in 1932, with final figures to be issued in the annual report.
The opening of the Seventy third Congress featured a key telephone link from the White House to Secretary of the Senate Edwin A. Halsey’s office. This line enables instant presidential alert of Senate floor activities, enabling rapid guidance to Democratic leaders as needed.
The twentieth annual Negro Health Week runs April 1 to 8 under the National Negro Health Movement and U S Public Health Service with state and local health departments. Maryland counties plan health conferences for mothers and children, TB and diphtheria clinics, dental clinics, school health activities, and community cleanup, with daily themes from Mobilization Day to Follow-up Day.
A compilation of short social items reports Cambridge residents visiting relatives in Greensboro Marcus Hook Centreville and Wilmington. Events include hospital visits travel to Baltimore and Easton Hospital for medical care and a missionary society meeting led by Mary Laird with Mrs I E Mason. Police and weather none.
A reflection notes how past objections to railways and coaches failed as progress continued. An English critic lamented stagecoaches and caravans hindering horsemanship and national defense, yet stage coaches and later transport modes gave way to newer systems. The question remains what will come next.
The Twentieth Century Club will meet at the Chop tank Club House on Wednesday March 14.
A child’s week recounts classroom jokes and small mischiefs from Friday to Thursday. He notes first in class, a classmate’s higher grades, a cousin with measles, and jest with a sister. Weekend events include a sausage roast, a story interrupted, and a nickel saved for church collection. He helps Mr. Fudge retrieve a hat, contemplates spelling definitions, and sketches plans about vacations and seeds for spring. The entry ends with thoughts on love and staying focused on a preferred girl.
Uncle Eben critiques modern notions as old folly in a prairie essay. He satirizes fashion, farming, and social prompts, linking relics of the past to present “new” trends. The piece blends rural wisdom with caution about waste and hog cholera caused by kitchen scraps, urging sensible, practical habits.
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