A Christmas Spirit in Housecleaning and Giving
A suggested national Christmas salvage drive invites families to rehome usable possessions rather than discard them. Families should sort through closets attics and drawers to select gifts for those in need, coordinating with volunteers organizations and agencies. The appeal stresses leadership by a local committee and broad civic participation to foster community unity and charity.
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Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Social Service
Goodwill Industries
Maine
California
Tuskegee
Hampton Institutes
Penn School
South Carolina
Calhoun School
Alabama
American Merchant Marine Library Association
Seamen’s Church Institute
American Library Association
United States
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Congress Debates Foreign War Amendments in Special Session
In a special session Congress moves quickly to consider constitutional amendments allowing the people to vote on entering foreign war. The development reflects anger over the neutrality law and questions who enforces it amid the Far Eastern situation.
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Congress
House
Senate
War Referendum Debate and Presidential Power in Policy
A discourse on war referendum amendments and the President's role in foreign policy. The piece contrasts signatures gathering for a discharge petition supporting a war vote, Administration defense of executive discretion, Curtiss Wright implications, and reactions by Representatives McReynolds and Dirksen. It notes broad organizational endorsements and parallels to past conflicts.
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Ludlow
Congress
Representative Fish
New York
Representative McReynolds
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Curtiss-Wright
Sutherland
Fish
Dirksen
Ilinois
Off Year Elections Signal Public Favor for Limited Government
The piece notes that local and state elections reflect the temper of voters, with Dorothy Thompson quoted on a lack of appetite for militant labor and increased government ownership. CIO labor fared poorly in Detroit Canton Cleveland Akron races, while Mayor LaGuardia in New York gained broad support from newspapers and business groups as well as labor.
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Washington
Congress
Dorothy Thompson
CIO
Detroit
Canton
Cleveland
Akron
LaGuardia
New York
Political shifts signal demand for humane government
The piece analyzes post election sentiment toward spending and reform, noting voters favor competency over party lines, with a tilt against machine politics. It highlights bond rejections, failed municipal plant proposals, and a broader conservative drift affecting Congress, Morgenthau’s fiscal stance, and the Hoover-Landon dynamic within the Republican Party.
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Tammany
Miss Thompson
Hoover Prospects Rise in Republican Revival Push
The article traces a revived drive within the Republican Party to consider former President Herbert Hoover as a potential nominee. It cites Arthur M Hyde’s letters urging Hoover’s qualification, reports from the Buffalo News on mobilization, and organizers like Jacob D. Allen advancing a Grass Roots push amid 1937 party activity and earlier conventions.
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Hoover
Arthur M. Hyde
Herbert Hoover
Buffalo News
London
White House
James L. Wright
Washington
Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Literature Mills
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Mr. Allen
Henry Allen
Jacob D
Allen
Nations in Madness: A Psychiatric View of Global Insanity
An editorial argues nations exhibit collective insanity patterns, with Italy shown as hallucinating a revived Roman empire and pursuing conquest, risking bankruptcy and wider conflict. Germany is praised for its intelligent citizenry yet also imagined a Great Central European Empire and colonial gains that threaten global peace.
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Napoleon
Sheba
Italy
Roman Empire
Mediterranean
Germany
World powers drift toward war and restraint urged
A strong editorial warns that Germany and Japan drift toward aggression while peaceful nations resist. It argues that mad nations must not rule the world and that unless deranged powers choose peace, sane states may take protective measures to avert catastrophe.
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Germany
Japan
China
Signs Of The Times In A Shifting U S Market
A late 1930s outlook notes stock markets dipping as investors seek gains, with rails and ships among worried sectors. Congress convenes a special session to discuss tax reform, housing, crop control, wages, and hours, but changes will take weeks to months. Jesse H Jones, R F C chairman, remains confident about a strong automotive year and retail gains, predicting a spring recovery.
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United States
Congress
Senate
House
Harrison
Finance Committee
Doughton
Ways and Means
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Jones
Making Schools Safer Through Self Inspection Blank
National Board of Fire Underwriters reports progress in protecting school children from fire hazards. Four-year campaign cited, with 400000 Self Inspection Blanks used and endorsed by state education departments. W. E. Mallalieu says periodic inspections save lives and that even modern schools need ongoing maintenance. School boards are urged to adopt regular safety checks.
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National Board of Fire
Collinsville
National Board
W. E. Mallalieu
United States
Dad Advice For College Youth From Beard And Editorial
An editorial from Rotarian Magazine notes college students doodle and worry about their futures. Charles A Beard counsels youths to seize sudden opportunities, live in the present, pursue knowledge, and build habits of fairness and mercy as they move forward with immediate duties.
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Rotarian
Charles A. Beard
Emerson
Seek to understand others through sympathy and courage
The speaker urges sympathetic understanding over hatred and progress beyond unfixable mistakes. They declare confidence that a mind steeled by spirit can find gateways to worthwhile labor and enduring satisfactions, as part of a personal confession amid life’s mysteries and choices.
Safe Roads Through Holland Tunnel Cite Safe Driving
The Holland Tunnel is described as the safest automobile highway globally with only five deaths from accidents since opening. Tight traffic control by tunnel police, no cross streets, one-way flow, and absence of pedestrians are cited as key safety factors. The piece envisions future cities with subways and multi-lane dividers for even safer driving.
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Holland Tunnel
Congress Resumes as Tax Debates Drive Policy
Washington debates tax measures as Congress returns from recess. Officials call the recent recession temporary while pressures grow from labor groups for wage and hour gains. States resist government control and seven Southern states push to lure manufacturers with lower costs, influencing national policy.
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Washington
Congress
NRA
United States
South
Trappe couples and families host visits over Thanksgiving weekend
Ridgely and Trappe residents welcomed guests including Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Corkran of Trappe and Rev. and Mrs. O. B. Reed on Thanksgiving Day. Others hosted or visited relatives in Centreville, Wilmington, Easton, Greensboro, Baltimore and Florida, with multiple nieces, nephews, and siblings mentioned in weekend gatherings.
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O. L. Corkran
Trappe
O. B. Reed
Alice Lane
Nelson Roberts
Marshallton
Del
Norman Wilson
Marion Stoops
Clinton Stoops
Wilmington
James Wilson
Carlton Mandrell
Easton
John Meekins
Greensboro
Elizabeth Wilson
Newport
Marvin Bohler
Salisbury
Leo Callahan
Harold Fountain
Richard
Baltimore
Mary Frances Bickling
Paul Hoffman
Leola Temple
Florida
Greensboro social notes list out-of-town visits
Mrs Agnes Hurlock and sister Mrs Nettie Cole drove to Baltimore on Monday for Christmas shopping. Mr and Mrs Harvey Porter spend Thanksgiving in Wilmington. Mr and Mrs A B Drummonds and son of Baltimore were weekend visitors. Mr and Mrs Clarence Russell visited Philadelphia. Misses Sara Murphy and Clara Pinder were weekend visitors in Salisbury. Miss Milfred M Ginn is visiting Mrs Bennett Venable in Lynchburg Va.
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Agnes Hurlock
Nettie Cole
Baltimore
Harvey Porter
Wilmington
A. B. Drummonds and Son
Clarence Russell
Philadelphia
Sara Murphy
Clara Pinder
Salisbury
Milfred M. Ginn
Bennett Venable
Lynchburg
Card Of Thanks From Mrs J H Spence And Family
We express appreciation to friends who helped us bear our sorrow after the passing of our husband and father Mrs J H Spence and Family extend thanks and appreciation for support and kindness during this time. Subscribe for the Journal.
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J. H. Spence
Denton Beats Greensboro in Local Basketball Match
Twenty five years ago Denton defeated Greensboro 11 to 6 on Saturday. Town notices report deaths, new residences under construction, a missing proprietor found fatally shot near Harrington, a Baltimore wedding in November with details, and a court appoints Z Potter Steele as Register of Wills amid community notices and social updates.
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Denton
Greensboro
W. A. Smith
Dr. Smith
J. R. Starkey
J. Walter Beauchamp
State Road
W. C. Todd
Bennett Todd
Concord
John W. Porter
Harrington
Wilmington
Indianapolis Sunday Star
Charles W. Jenkins
Frank Ritchie
Meda Samuel
Ann Fraser
Annie
Bennie Weigand
W. P. Maine
George Weigand
Killarney
Caroline Hunting Club
D. W. Davis
Boothe Farm
Andersontown
Davis
Maryland
S. G. Nuttie
J. L. Everngam
J. A. Todd
H. T. Nuttle
W. H. Deen
T. H. Everngam
Frank Nuttle
Weems
Baltimore
J. R. Cannon
Chance, Md
J. Downes
H. F. Stevens
C. C. Deen
Walter
F. P. Covey
South
Viola Covey
Esther Poole
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
Katherine Lee
Georgetown
Del
Oscar Clark
Elizabeth Wix
Laura Wix
O. J. Redden
Martin van Rodney
New York
Charles Trice
Ruth
Addie Welch
Orphans’ Court
Z. Potter Steele
Rawlings
Stevens
Charles E. Stevens
Steele Named Register for One Year in Local Vote
One ballot was cast and Mr. Steele received strong endorsement as a capable public official. He has prior experience as Register under his father and will serve promptly and thoroughly with no taxpayer expense. He assumed duties Tuesday for a one year appointment. In 1913 a Register will be elected. The good farming train will visit in December with lectures from Maryland and Delaware colleges and other experts on crops and farming topics. Third Street widening to eleven feet will begin by removing the old bakery and moving the livery stable eleven feet west to create new store rooms, a change welcomed by residents.
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Steele
Maryland Agricultural College
Delaware College
Richard S. Hill
W. Oscar Collier
Orlando Harrison
W. F. Allen
C. P. Qpperman
F. M. Siper
Wesley Webb
J. F. Monroe
Third
Main
Gay
Noble J. Walker
Slats Diary by Oliver N Warren Sunday to Saturday
A diary style recap of a boy named Slats recounting a week of events at school and home. Entries cover a train accident idea, a romance question, a teacher and class snickering, a cow in a well, a quarrel over a sleeping husband, an eighth grade funeral, and an embarrassing incident with a girl at a close line.
Don't Dream While Driving Warns Auto Club Bulletin
The Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland warns that carbon monoxide from worn mufflers and exhaust leaks endangers drivers in winter. Garrison P. Knox, Club manager, says many motorists ignore worn exhausts and many fatal accidents may be sleep related. A check-up of equipment now may avert winter crashes.
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Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland
Garrison P. Knox
A Real Job for Congress Special session to face tax problem
A November 16 special session of Congress should tackle taxation as a grave national issue. The national debt is at a record high and rumors of higher taxes hinder industrial expansion and employment. The public tires of economy promises that fail.
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Congress
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