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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1955
Page
4
Paul L. Poirot argues in The Freeman that a compulsory minimum wage harms the very people it aims to help. He contends that work’s value lies in goods and services produced, not sheer effort, and that artificial wage hikes reduce jobs. Unemployment rises as minimum wage increases without productivity gains.
The piece assesses Ralph de Toledano’s Day of Reckoning a documentary novel on anti-communist themes. It notes vivid suspense and brutal violence with flashbacks to the Spanish Civil War, portraying Soviet complicity and a State Department official figure. It cites Dos Passos and Lyons praising the work and discusses Post magazine debate on government insiders facing accusers.
Greensboro residents hosted visitors from Dover Goldsboro Philadelphia and Baltimore during Mother's Day weekend. Families from Easton Chincoteague Wilmington and Salisbury joined local hosts including the Rostien Pritchett Ash and Slaughter households. Several trips and dinners featured Mr and Mrs Dobson Bishop Sharp and others entertaining relatives and friends from nearby states and cities.
Numerous residents and relatives are noted visiting or hosting over the weekend and on Mother's Day. Guests include Fred and Ida Drozenko, the Shields family, Schrieber and Hobbs clans, the Bastians, Miss Josephine Bastian, and local townspeople from Ocala, Denton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Dover, and Greensboro. Several trips and hospital recoveries are also listed, with notable events at Greensboro High School and St. Pauls Methodist Church.
Several residents and guests are noted for weekend visits and family events. Larry Van de Visser of Blacksburg Virginia spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Peter Van de Visser. Fred Noble of Jacksonville Florida visited his sister Miss Edith Noble for the weekend. Pfe Landon Walston Jr with his parents. Birth announcements include a daughter born April 30 at Memorial Hospital Easton to Mr and Mrs William Plummer and to Mr and Mrs William Rieck Jr. in Memorial Hospital Easton. Carl Rieck, recently hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Baltimore, has returned home still bedridden. Other social items include visits by Miss Skay Noble, school patrol activities in Washington DC, and meetings of the Monday Club WSCS and Community Club luncheon on May 17.
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