End of World Bicentennial Celebration Honors Washington
The United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission reports Thanksgiving services in churches worldwide mark the close of nine months of nationwide and global celebration. Hundreds of thousands participated, with millions of literature pieces distributed and millions of trees planted, as plans to publish memorial volumes continue.
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George Washington
United States
America
Commission
Washington
Schools of
Gilbert Stuart Athenaeum
Wakefield
George M. Cohan
Cohan
Our Post Office
Ears Washington
Corcoran Gallery of Art
D. C
Germany
Poland
Vienna
Public Drivel on Roads and Newspapers in A City
A column laments reckless highway speeds and urges track racing safety. It praises newspapers for advertising and keeping a city on the map. It notes electic rates excess debate and defends electricity as a household utility while urging business focus on growth and markets. It warns a city that moves backward twice per forward step.
Two Attitudes Toward Rail Regulation and Transport Policy
The piece argues against viewing rail regulation as outdated. It counters the “dying industry” claim, noting railroads still carry about 75 percent of freight tonnage and long-haul capacity remains unmatched. A balanced transport policy should ensure fair treatment for rail and assign each carrier its best role alongside trucks, pipelines, air, and waterways.
The Fiddler 18 Always Paid War Debts and Peace Costs
In reflections on taxation and war debts the piece argues governments must ease tax burdens as modern war costs linger beyond armistice. It notes Nobel’s wartime explosives spurred destruction and contemplates long term accounting for war’s true price and ideals versus economics.
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Friends of Peace
Golcondas
Mars’ Ledger
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Nobel
Efficiency Economy in Government Buoying Recovery
In boom times extravagant government is a luxury we can't afford and in normal times it drags on industry. In low spirits times it is a major obstacle to recovery creating unemployment and foreclosures. Congress will convene with bills aimed at lowering government costs and eliminating duplicating bureaus to cut millions from the budget.
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Congress
Progressive watchwords for government efficiency
The passage argues that reducing the tax burden would set a positive example for states and municipalities, saving more than central government costs. It urges efficiency, economy, and service as guiding principles for all government branches, aligning them with progressive business practices.
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Washington
Decrease in Maryland fatal auto accidents urged by official
Commissioner E Austin Baughman reports a drop in fatal motor vehicle accidents from forty five deaths in the November to Thanksgiving period last year to nineteen this year. He lauds the saving of twenty six lives and urges the Save A Life Campaign urging immediate car inspections before the compulsory deadline.
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Maryland
E. Austin Baughman
Barter themes and disarmament talk in editorials
An editorial notes a Maryland farmer using bar rels of sweet potatoes to pay for magazines and other goods, then surveys London barter bond proposals, Washingtons 1789 proclamation, French disarmament plans, and British naval cuts. It discusses international barter, debtor relief, and calls for four US concessions on security pacts and neutrality amid 1930s disarmament debates.
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Maryland
New York
London
Chamber of Commerce
Ingiman
New York Times
Europe
League of Nations
United States
Time shrinks travel distances and urges economic cooperation
The League of Nations Union notes travel time from Rome to London shrank from 12 days in 1835 to 8 hours by air today, arguing distance is time based. Dr Julius Curtius warns national economic self sufficiency is a delusion and urges international cooperation to tackle world contraction and exchange of goods and credit.
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Rome
London
League of Nations Union
Robert Peel
Julius Curtius
New York
American Boy Companion Seeks Youth Subscriptions
Editor promises best stories and thrilling adventures for 1933 issue including Royal Canadian Mounted adventures in forests and mountains, journeys to Borneo posts, India cavalry, Amazon jungle, plus professional and travel features. Subscriptions cost 2.00 a year or 3.00 for three years with gift options and direct mail from Detroit office.
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Royal Canadian Mounted
Borneo
India
Amazon
Orient
West Lafayette Blvd
Detroit
Mich
Milk and meals for beauty and vitality
A vintage style exhortation extols beauty as a radiance from within and links it to daily milk consumption. It argues milk strengthens teeth bones muscles nerves and aids digestion while boosting skin and hair. It urges pairing milk with fruits vegetables cereals and desserts to enhance appearance and vitality.
Big Holiday Bill at The Plaza Theatre Milford
Plaza Theatre Milford presents a Holiday Bill Friday and Saturday featuring the Frivolities of 1932 with Edyth Hess and her Golden Gate Girls. A Syncopating Girls Band backs acts with a big band and colorful entertainment. Robert Montgomery and Tallulah Bankhead star in Faithless with added comedy and serials. Matinee Saturday at 2 30 PM.
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Plaza Theatre
Milford
Edyth Hess
Golden Gate Girls
Fox: News
Resolutions of Respect for Mrs Mabel Mercer Effort
The Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church mourn the death of Mrs Mabel Mercer who passed away last week. She served faithfully and is missed by two surviving children. Sympathy expressed to Janie M Smith and Lonie Ramsdell with hope of a blessed beyond.
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Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
Mabel Mercer
Janie M. Smith
Lonie Ramsdell
Cholera at Hog Farms and Local News of Denton People
Cholera strikes hog herds across the Peninsula while Jersey City eggs fetch 75 cents a dozen. Denton reports a collapsed 65,000 gallon water tank injuring supervisor John Harris, community efforts to resume water supply, and local obituaries and marriages. Commissions and offices change hands include Caroline County officials with terms from two to six years and Elmer W. Deen set to take office January 1.
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Jersey City
J. D. Lynch
Cordova
Roland Dukes
W. W. Dukes
Concord
Joseph Allen
Seaford
Tuckahoe
Thomas A. Smith
M. Bates
Stephens
J. Dukes Downes
J. Kemp
Stevens
Wm. D. Uhler
Richard T. Carter
T. Alan Goldsborough
Albert G. Towers
Harvey L. Cooper
Temple Lodge
Denton
Grand Lodge
Baltimore
Albert B. Wheatley
Oak Grove
Velma O. Calloway
G. L. Hardesty
L. Irving Jones
Greensboro
University Hospital
Harry Hollis
Golden’s College
Wilmington
Caroline High School
Rock Hall
G. W. Ritter
C. Percy Dunning
Nellie Dunning
William Crosby
F. A. Foote
Charles H. Willis
Marion Downes
Josephine M. Downes
Ira Fisher
Willow Grove
Irwin T. Saulsbury
Ridgely
Jamestown
Marc Bryant
Atlantic City
P. R. Fisher
Ella Collison
Millard F. H. Collison
Hobbs
Thomas Towers
Runeray
Ames Church
Johnson
Laura A. Mitchell
John Mitchell
Mary E. Richards
Delaware
Cedar Grove Church
Frank Crouse
James Todd
Chestnut Grove
Todd
John Rosser
Home Burying Ground
John T. Harris
Harris
Frank L. R. Nuttle
Williston M. E
Williston
Frances Johnson
Caroline County
Wesley Jarrell
Messrs
J. Olan Clark
Edward W. Liden
Shane T. Fleetwood
Orphans’ Court
William Henry Beck
J. Walter Noble
Beck
Noble
Elmer W. Deen
League of Nations tenth anniversary convention in St Louis
The League of Nations movement marks ten years in the United States as the Tenth Annual Convention opens January 12 1933 in the Hotel Jefferson St. Louis. Delegates from 32 state branches and many peace groups attend with speakers including Wickersham Butler Baker and Strawn. The three day meeting focuses on the world economic dilemma disarmament impasse and the Lytton Report.
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League of Nations
United States
George W. Wickersham
League of Nations Association
Iotel Jefferson
St. Louis
Mr. Wickersham
Nicholas Murray Butler
Newton D. Baker
U. S. Supreme Court
John H. Clarke
Hamilton Holt
Rollins College
Everett Colby
Charles C. Bauer
American Association For International Cooperation
Hotel Biltmore
New York City
Clark
Wickersham
Colby
Bauer
Association
League
Henry A.atkinson
World Alliance For International Friendship Through the Churches
Ee T. Rich
World Peace Foundation
Boston
J. Lienberger Davis
Alien Property Custodian
Far East
Mr. Rich
Walter van Kirk
Federal Council of Churches
Economic Organization Group
James W. Garner
University of Ulinois
International Labor Group
Spencer Miller Jr
Workers’ Education Quarterly
Leifur Magnusson
International Labor Bureau
Stephen P. Duggan
Institute of International Education
James T. Shotwell
Institute For Intellectual Cooperation
Ben M. Cherrington
University of Denver
Laura Puffer Morgan
National Council For the Prevention of War
Irak
Danzig
Sarah Vanbaugh
Philip C. Nash
Dr. Butler
Manley O. Hudson
Harvard
William E. Sweet
Colorado
D. F. Fleming
Silas H. Strawn
J. Lionberger Davis
Jan Christian Smuts
Salvador de Madariaga
Bolton C. Waller
Thomas J. Watson
Robert A. Millikan
James W. Angell
Slats Diary: Student antics and small town woes
A rough week from Slats and Jake recounts carting Margie Phillips’s cat news fears, Emmy blame, church lateness, lodge idle, bargain sale hat loss, Jake loyalty, and helping Mrs. McNight with rice pudding as a wedding next door rings in. The diary blends schoolyard humor with community details.
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Jake
Margie Philipps
Margies
Margie
Emmy
Evry
Yale
Chirch
Be Sure Bre'r Rabbit Is A Healthy Specimen
Dr R H Riley cautions hunters and food handlers to select healthy rabbits to avoid rabbit fever or tularemia. The disease spreads via infected ticks and skin or eye contact and is identifiable by white yellowish spots on liver and spleen. Gloves are advised. thorough cooking destroys the germ. 80 Maryland cases since 1928 with 7 deaths.
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Maryland
R. H. Riley
State Department of Health
Baltimore City
Annual Exhibit At Choptank Keeps Weave of Winners
The Choptank annual exhibit lists scores across crafts and produce with many First and Second placements. Notable names include Mrs. Wm H Ellman, Mrs. Manie Hastings, Mrs. O C Blades, and Mrs. Wm R Dulin among numerous winners across crocheting embroidery and garden crops.
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Blades & Emmons
Florence Deen
Manie Hastings
0. C. Blades
Robert O. Dulin
Nelson Covey
Mary Stevens
Wm. H. Ellman
Marion Cheezum
H. A. Spies
Wm. R. Dulin
C. E. Williamson
Wm. H. Elman
O. C. Blades
Beatrice Carroll
Rebecca Voshell
James Jester
Wm. H. Eilman
Wm. H. Williamson
Kim Schmick
York Imperial
George Stafford
J. F. Spence
Annie Cheezum
Porto Rico
E. V. Lane
Nancy Hall
A.S. McDonald
A. S. McDonald
Alva Blades
Alice Mae Rae
Leona Jones
James Wheatley
J. T. Blades
Wm. R
C. H. Williamson
Homemakers Club Elects 1933 Officers At Mrs Liden’s
Mrs Walter Liden hosted the Homemakers Club last Tuesday with a stuffed pork chop demonstration and a menu of creamed potatoes crackers and hot coffee. Officers for 1933 were elected: President John Adams, Vice President Floyd Smith, Secretary Horace Robinson, Treasurer Blaine Bullock, demonstrators Orland Closson and Sidney Collina, appreciation of beauty moderator Walter Liden, councilor Fred Fountain, and Parliamentarian Frank Adams. A birthday anniversary was observed and several visitors attended.
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Walter Liden
Homemakers Club
John Adams
Floyd Smith
Horace Robinson
Blaine Bullock
Orland Closson
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Fiddler
Hoover
Britain
Geneva
Paris
Journal
Ross Farquar
Choptank
Taylor
Christian Science Monitor
Smithville
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