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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1938
Page
8
The Denton Journal publishes a weekly Social Security Q and A service with answers from Luther Becker of the Social Security Board. Topics cover lump sums at 65, name changes, employer thresholds, and credit for prior wages.
A Friday night demonstration of military radio communications at the Fifth Regiment Armory Baltimore features Station W3GVF and air ground links with the 104th Observation Squadron. Maryland leaders invite all radio enthusiasts to inspect Guard equipment as plans grow for a statewide network linking regimental and battalion HQs across Pocomoke City Laurel Easton Frederick and Pikesville. The event includes an oyster feast for Maryland National Guard noncommissioned officers and previews an ambitious 1938 sports program with inter regimental competition and potential baseball leagues statewide.
Trustees of the Gilpin Point Single Tax Enclave, led by William Worthington Jr and George Frank Stevens, revamped the colony once founded near Arden. Twelve leases were granted to residents from Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia. Frank Stevens died, weakening the project as trustees changed and Bolands remained at a brick chalet by Gilpin's Point.
A series of inter regimental games from the Fifth and First Regiments and others is proposed for the state championship. Meanwhile Camp Ritchie hosts Company D 104th QM invading Baltimore to challenge the Fifth Regiment. The Salisbury Musketry Trophy unit eyes national matches next week. Corporal Cooper leads Company I with Lines, Fields, Crockett, and Tatman as firing team.
A roundup lists top titles with authors and prices including The Golfer's Companion edited by Peter Lawless, Robbery By Mail by Karl Baarslag, Enchanted Oasis by Faith Baldwin, How Sleeps the Beast by Don Tracy, Hell On Ice by Commander Ellsberg, Old Williamsburg and Her Neighbors by William Oliver Stevens, Today Is Yours by Emile Loring, The Juice of the Pomegranate by Ethel M. Dell, Safe Road by Katherine Newlin Burt, Acquittal by Grame and Sarah Lorimer, and And One Was Beautiful by Alice Duer Miller. Each entry notes publisher and $2.00–$2.75 price range.
An odd portrait appears in a newspaper sketch as Polly Jenkins and her Plowboys set to perform at the Federal Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday. The piece notes a Swiss chalet like backdrop and a man in black shorts rigging an outdoor gym with a wood block and bar, while visitors at Gilpin's Point ponder the culturlike landmarks nearby.
A Maryland State Health Department report outlines county actions in 1937 on communicable disease control in schools, crippled children services, dental clinics in sixteen counties, and extensive inspections of property, food facilities, dairy farms, and milk plants. It records 20,924 notifiable disease cases, 10,796 home health visits, immunizations for thousands of children, and large-scale tuberculosis and prenatal clinic activity across all counties.
Henry Morton Robinson reports in Rotarian Magazine that scientific criminology has halted the arson wave, with Boston Los Angeles and New York squads dissolving rings and Chicago cutting fire losses by millions. Spectroscope and micrograph analysis expose faked losses and rule out insurance scams.
The public calls for tougher arson penalties, urging broad interpretation and fixes across all arson types as the code is revised to reflect the horror of arson.
Chinese children in Shanghai and eastern regions form groups to visit soldiers, perform plays, study first aid, and practice war aid, with some youngsters walking up to 200 miles to reach events. Henan Province dispatched 4 200 students to teach farmers aid and raise food. Meanwhile toy displays in New York shift toward constructive items, and Britain plans to grant local authorities power to close streets for playgrounds. Queen Mary of England reportedly left 600 dolls as a gift consideration.
Denton merchants join the Denton Journal to stage a grand Dollar Days sale on March 22 and 23. The event promises the largest, best bargains the area has seen with wide participation from local businesses.
In the will of a Reigate woman Queen May ordered treasures to be moved for public display in a museum. The collection will be shown as tame special exhibitions devoted to children, reflecting a focus on educational displays.
The disciples set off across the Lake of Galilee near sunset when a fierce gale rose. Dark clouds and towering waves roared as a figure appeared like a ghost. A calm voice spoke over the tempest, bringing awe and caution to the trembling group.
A religious reflection invites readers to hear the familiar Bible line “Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid!” and imagine joy as hearts recognize the voice offering confidence and courage even in danger, urging listeners to listen for it now.
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