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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1934
Page
2
A public note praises Associate Judge Thomas J. Keating in the Second Judicial Circuit. It commends his humanity sympathy and conscientious service and urges voters to consider him for elevation to Chief Judge. The piece asserts he is not self seeking and seeks what rightfully belongs to him.
Easter Sunday draws large church crowds, from urban fashion to floral displays, yet the deeper message remains. The sermon addresses the resurrection of Jesus as a historic event that reshapes world history, teaching a spark of immortality within flesh that must be nourished to bear fruit in a brighter afterlife.
Analyzes the 1933 Federal tax on motor fuel showing broad economic harm. The tax allegedly prevented 300,000 new cars and 21 million workdays, risking about one eleventh of US automotive workers. Estimates deeper effects across fuel, oil, tires, and service industries.
The plan would have affected thousands of sales outlets across trades and employed thousands more workers. About 600,000 cars would have paid a state gasoline tax of roughly 14.1 million dollars and added registration fees around 16 dollars each, boosting state revenue by about 9 million dollars. The resulting income would circulate through local economies, expanding buying power and tax payments, with no precise measure of the full benefit. The alternative of diverting 3.76 million dollars from taxpayers to fund federal coffers is viewed as worse in comparison.
General Johnson urged employers to deal with a small clique of labor leaders while many workers are organized in broader walks. Filene warned the AFL’s growing power may threaten business, noting plant level employee representation as a counterbalance in industrial democracy.
An analysis notes rising automobile deaths tied to excessive speed. It cites 1933 fatalities up 5.9 percent from 1932, despite minor mileage changes, and a survey attributing 33 percent of deaths to speed. It urges drivers to judge safe speeds by road, weather, traffic, car condition, and stopping distance.
A reader is shown how a typical 1933 family bears a 485 dollar tax bill as part of a 14.5 billion federal expenditures. Indirect taxes hide in the price of goods and services from shoes to theater. State and local taxes grow, hitting workers, homeowners, and investors alike. Each must seek efficiencies to ease the drain.
A discussion centers on the necessity of every tax demand from the smallest county to the national capital in Washington as part of examining fiscal policy and government efficiency.
Albert E Buckley of the Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland warns that common sense is key to safe driving and preventing accidents. He defines negligence as the omission of what a reasonable person would do and urges drivers to act with caution rather than memorize emergency rules. He criticizes reckless drivers who cut in and out of traffic and ignore intersections.
The article praises President Franklin Roosevelt for steering the nation through labor and industry tensions. It highlights his patient, steady leadership as he listens to railroad chiefs, unions, automobile makers, and their workers while urging cooperation for the country’s good. It extols patriotism and national unity in Washington.
Citizens are urged to support home merchants who provide steady customers and pride in the city. Buying locally strengthens local business, keeps money circulating within the community, and avoids buying by mail when goods are available locally.
Editorial notes praise the Roosevelt plan to create Credit Banks for Industry as vital for small business working capital. It explains the aim to provide intermediate credit up to five years without harming existing banks, filling a gap between short term commercial lending and long term investment banking. It highlights the administrative aim to avoid new government machinery while accelerating implementation.
A fragmentary diary study by Ross Farquar recounts a Friday night at the Glasbys with a tense remark about relatives, a Saturday spark at the opry house, a Sunday Sunday school change, a Monday Bridge prize jug, a troubled test, Miss Flint’s singing, and Joe Hix in an embarrassing misstep with his wife’s letter.
A government document highlights language stating the government itself would assume no liability. The text references statutory protections and limitations, noting that official actions do not create personal responsibility for damages beyond established remedies.
Grove community items report 95 year old James Barrett Patton convalescing after a rib fracture. Easter services set for Grove M E Church at 7 30 pm led by G S Trader. Other notes include Al Murphy visiting grandson Herbert Murphy ill in Wilmington General Hospital and Richard Albert Dietrich christening at Preston Lutheran Church.
News from Bridgeville, Brownsville, and surrounding towns reports peach buds spared by frosts, a sheep raiser with fifteen ewes yielding twenty-nine lambs, and a horse death from lockjaw caused by a nail. A near fatal barn fire at Tuckahoe Neck prompts praise for rapid action saving a barn, horses, hay, and mules. Marriages, anniversaries, and social notices fill local life, including Edwin V. Ocheltree and Annie E. Johnson’s Concord M E Church wedding, and multiple returns from travels. Obituaries note Ex-Sheriff George W. Cohee’s death at 67, with service details and surviving family. Police notes record a failed post office break-in at Ridgely, while church conference appointments list post assignments for the Wilmington M E Conference.
Vernon items report Mr. and Mrs. R Wesley Ross celebrating an anniversary and the birthday of the wife with visits at Vandyke and Ross Lane. Watson Brown reopens Brownsville storehouse as a groceries and gasoline station. Palm Sunday turkey dinner hosted by Coverdales features Norristown guests Harry Van Ormer and Nelson Coverdale. Weather and health notes include pansies blooming through winter and Mrs Fred Lewis suffering rheumatism and pneumonia. Laurabelle Hopkins visits Harrington relatives.
The Bethlehem Ladies Aid presents a comedy play The Strikers of the Ladies Aid at the Community House on April 5 and 6, Thursday and Friday evenings at 745. Admission costs 26 and 10 cents. Several local residents and visitors are listed among guests and club attendees.
Mrs T H Towers entertained the Ladies Aid on Wednesday evening. The group decided to hold a bake sale in Denton soon. Several residents visited Dover, and an Easter program will be rendered at the local church Sunday evening. Mrs Helen Moore of Swarthmore is visiting her parents. Hobbs Manufacturing Co has started operations at the local basket factory.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bullock entertained guests including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stafford of Easton and Harrington residents. A benefit program for Wesley M. E. Church is set for Tuesday April 3 at 8 p m in the old school building with music, a short play, comedies, and admissions of fifteen cents. Also on Saturday Mrs. John Thawley visited daughter Mrs. Melvin James in Denton.
Quote from Christian Science Monitor on replacing brute force with trust and cooperation, asserting that rulers through force or cunning will cease as fraternity and moral strength prevail.
A long list of names and schools shows district supervisors and teachers assigned to towns across the Dover area. Entries include Dover E L Soffecker and East New Market J L Johnson with supply roles, along with many others such as Georgetown Circuit G S Thomas and Easton District G P Jones.
Funeral services for Thomas R. Marine were held Friday at Harmony Church with Rev. Van Dyke officiating. Interment followed in Union Grove Cemetery. He died at his home near Smithson on March 20 after a three week illness, aged 73 years 1 month 3 days, leaving widow H. F. Marine, three children John R. Marine and two daughters, and fifteen grandchildren along with six great grandchildren.
A compact collection of aphorisms from Dryden Emerson Christian Science Monitor Spinoza and Michal Fair ness. The quotes celebrate presence of mind courage faith and the power of thoughts to sustain and transform human experience.
A humorous essay muses on All Fools Day as a risky one day. It mocks gullibility, recalls pranks from candy to powder and cheese, notes fools in public life and literature, and ends with a caution about hog cholera from improper feeding. The piece uses playful satire to reflect human folly and common sense.
Fruit helps trim figure says OW. Airway stewardesses on the New York Buffalo Detroit Chicago routes advise canned or fresh fruit as a breakfast aid to stay at or below the 118 pound limit. They are registered nurses with dietetic training and work aloft on the giant planes.
A stewardess promotes a breakfast diet of fruit to control weight, listing pineapple grapefruit pears peaches prunes figs and tomato juice as morning fare. She argues canned fruit equals fresh in nutritive value and outlines airline meals including juice bouillon chicken olive nut cheese egg salad ham beef tongue veal turkey fruit salad olives and cake.
A concise quotation attributed to Bacun highlighting that graciousness to strangers signals world citizenship and broad goodwill.
Walter Elliott an elder Goldsboro citizen dies after a yearlong illness aged about 80. He leaves a wife three sons eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at Goldsboro church led by Rev Waters. Interment in Greensboro cemetery. Social notices detail visits from family and friends, church group Sewing Circle gathering, and a chicken and oyster supper planned for April 5 to aid a good cause.
Russell Holsinger held a surprise nineteenth birthday party on Wednesday. Local residents visited and hosted relatives from Seaford Baltimore and Philadelphia. Ridgely Firemen rehearse a May minstrel show. New constable Luke Andrews was succeeded by Floyd Porter. Several residents traveled to Dover Wilmington Baltimore Hillsboro Easton and Federalsburg for visits and events.
A poetic reflection notes that love can navigate paths even where dangers deter others, suggesting love’s resilience and courage in the face of fearsome challenges. The line evokes determination and hope beyond risk.
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