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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1937
Page
4
Benjamin F Johnson president treasurer Mary Melvin vice president secretary listed as officers in a Denton Maryland post office notice dated Saturday morning May 1 1937.
The Capitol on a Potomac plateau covers about 3% acres with 751 feet by 350 feet footprint and rises 287 feet above the east front base. The bronze Statue of Freedom weighs nearly 15 thousand pounds and was placed December 2, 1867. Ground history notes Powhatan settlement, the original corner stone laid by Washington in 1793, and wings completed by 1811 with later fire in 1814. Central portion began in 1818, finished 1827, extension corner stone laid July 4, 1851, House occupied 1857, Senate in 1859, final completion in 1863.
The Supreme Court, in a five to four decision, upheld the National Labor Relations Act as constitutional, ruling the act applies to interstate commerce. It found the Associated Press employee dismissal tied to union activity and supported the right to organize across industries, signaling limits and future questions for manufacturing and other sectors.
The text analyzes the Supreme Court's stance on interstate commerce and labor rights, noting elasticity in precedent and the Court's approval of a pro labor law. It discusses the political maneuvering in Congress, estimating Senate opposition, and the possibility the Court plan may fail due to Administration pressure, marking first major resistance to an Administration measure.
A news analysis argues the National Labor Relations Act gains acceptance after Supreme Court approval. It credits Senator Wagner for equal protection, notes Secretary Perkins approval with cautions, and contrasts labor leaders. It predicts improved peace if the Labor Board broadens its authority while avoiding sit-down strife.
The article notes a rising trend to use the term drinking instead of drunk in analyzing highway crashes. It cites a Keystone Automobile Club estimate that about 7 percent of drivers in fatal accidents were drinking, with roughly 1 in 9 pedestrians killed having been drinking. It suggests substantial mortality and injury links to intoxication in 1936.
The report attributes about 1776 pedestrian deaths to drivers under the influence and notes some 15 500 pedestrian injuries also attributable to alcohol. This reflects the era’s concern with how intoxicants affected road safety and pedestrian risk.
A 1920s tone editorial extols the School Safety Patrol with 250000 boys safeguarding streets. It cites a decade drop of 12 percent in child fatalities nationally and 30 percent in Washington DC, while adult deaths rose 175 percent. It mocks grown ups as less clever, urging more boy sense to protect children.
Editorial notes describe the 1937 start of implementing India's new constitution. Self government for 350 million people begins with elected assemblies in eleven provinces, linking with princely states to form a federation under central and local governments. The piece emphasizes the historic, complex task and the potential global impact of this democratic experiment. It also reports on the Geneva Committee on Raw Materials agreeing on two points and planning June discussions on broader issues.
The note from the Secretariat details alleged brutal acts in Ethiopia from February 1937 including assassinations at Adlis Ababa and the mass killings following Marshal Graziani's attack. Selassie condemns these acts as collective vengeance and urges inquiry and justice. Pan-American Day marked April 14 with calls for stronger regional unity and U.S. good neighbor policy. World Friend Day observed May 18 with toy drives for Spanish refugee children. Britain closes its fiscal year with a surplus near 37 million dollars.
Following the U S Children s Bureau guidance Maryland to mark National Child Health Day with year round health protection for every child. Governor Nice proclaims statewide observance urging cooperation from all welfare stakeholders. Dr R H Riley and Dr J H M Knox Jr chair the Maryland Child Health Day Committee, with state county and city health and education officials and medical societies represented.
Edna sings as a cloud drifts across a blue sky. She races to help haul a salt wagon with The Cross Roads Gang, seven neighborhood children including Brad May the twins Gene and Rob. The group tussles over who will take her place at the task while Saturday chores loom.
Edna leads The Gang to rescue a littlest lamb trapped near salt rock. They haul the animal into a wagon, feed it warm milk, and vow to start the Cross Roads Lamb Club with paper lambs and a motto. Edna reflects on helping others and sharing care.
M C Sherman president of the Denton Production Credit Association notes farm credit costs remain at record lows through Farm Credit Administration units. He cites 5 percent borrowing with cash discounts of 10 percent or more when farmers buy seed feed fertilizer and equipment through local associations.
County Agent George Clendanne announces the 1937 Agricultural Conservation Program offers payments and soil improvements for commercial vegetable and truck growers. Farmers may build soil organic matter, reduce erosion, and qualify for payments by practicing soil-building or diverting land to soil-conserving crops. The program adds $1 per acre for each acre with 1936 grown vegetables and $1 for each acre with two or more 1936 vegetable crops.
The program covers vegetables and truck crops excluding sweet corn and peas for canning. Approved practices include seeding legumes, green manure, and applying limestone. Fertilizers like superphosphate and potash are allowed on pasture or green crops. Payments range from $1 to $2.50 per acre for most practices, with diversions from soil-depleting to soil-conserving crops earning about $11 per acre in Maryland, varying by land productivity.
International explorer Carveth Wells ends his hunt for an end to endless caverns after three days of torchlight exploration near Shenandoah National Park. He will recount the underground journey on Conoco’s Exploring America radio broadcast at 7:30 E S T Monday on WBAL Baltimore. The feature includes a magic carpet trip over Skyline Drive to Monticello and Ashlawn, Jefferson and Monroe homes.
Household hints describe making raisin pudding by simmering raisins, mixing with butter sugar egg flour soda and raisin water, baking in an 8 inch pan, then serving hot with a warm brown sugar sauce containing butter vanilla and chopped walnuts.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Towers hosted a Sunday gathering with their family in attendance. Visitors included Mr Fletcher Draper of Wilmington and Mr Leon Travis and sons from Wilmington who recently called on local residents.
The Ridgely Firemen's Minstrel Show is slated for the second week in May at the Ridgely Theatre. The Ladies Aid Society will meet Friday evening May 7 at Mrs. Paul Holsinger's home. Various residents travel and visit relatives, with several local people noted as ill or traveling to nearby towns.
A reflective line by Henry Ward Beecher likens a man without mirth to a wag lacking wheels, illustrating life’s motion and spirit as inseparable from joy.
Summary of local events dated twenty five years ago including improvements to homes and farms, bridge debates for Denton and Downes Landing, elections of town officials in Federalsburg, post office appointment in Denton, school commencements in Greensboro Ridgely Preston Denton and Federalsburg, and obituaries including Mrs Clarence Perry with funeral details and survivors.
Oliver N Warren records Slats diary style notes from a week describing family routines, breakfast chores, ambitions to become a cowboy, school troubles, ambitions to confront Joe Louis, lessons about grade thers, and fishing misadventures with a humorous, imperfect voice. The entries mention Jake, Ma, Pa, and references to Florida and nook, with mixed spellings and social mores.
Government Life Insurance urged to World War Veterans as applications seen insufficient to offset cashing in Adjusted Service Certificates. Congress has authorized premiums for life insurance from $1,000 to $10,000 for eligible veterans in good health. Information and blanks available from Veterans Administration Fort McHenry Baltimore Maryland or Arlington Building Washington DC.
A vintage bake recipe describes mixing yeast with milk sugar and butter, then beating in eggs and flour. The dough rises about an hour, folds in almonds and sugar, then portions into muffin tins to rise, baked at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
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