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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1938
Page
4
The National Board of Fire Underwriters outlines a special radio program for Fire Prevention Week. Fire chiefs will host quiz segments on fire resistive construction and hazards. The script supports additions for local use and civic club presentations to awaken a dormant public and begin a broader anti fire campaign.
A Mansfield News Journal editorial argues against inactivity in spending and urges Americans to earn, spend, and save within their means. It cautions that postponing purchases like clothing, furniture, home improvements, and new cars slows industry and fuels fear, calling for productive use of money.
A government remarks on expanding farm and factory machinery and labor-saving devices in homes and industry. It stresses that prudent purchases create jobs, purchasing power, and higher national income, urging balanced spending, avoiding debt, and maintaining living standards during recovery.
Safety education has cut industrial deaths from about 35,000 in 1913 to 19,500 in 1937, with 285,000 people escaping death and 28,000,000 more saved from disabling injuries over 24 years. The record, achieved by welfare groups, insurers, government, and industry, shows workers accept prideful safety programs. Du Pont touts 11,261,846 man-hours with 4,000 employees and zero time-losing injuries, illustrating safety as essential and economically beneficial.
On the day this is written Europe stands divided by rising mobilization. France reports mobilization posters while Britain deploys the High Seas Fleet near Scapa Flow and Germany masss troops on Czech and French borders. Mussolini reaffirms alliance with Hitler as tensions escalate. In Czechoslovakia President Benes imposes mobilization and a crisis government under Inspector General Syrovy. Prague halts transport and civil aviation, with official lines only for military messages. Hitler grants Czechoslovakia a week to reply to an ultimatum, with the outcome to be known soon. The piece recalls Chamberlain's diplomacy with Hitler and the shifting guarantees that left allies uneasy yet hopeful for peace.
The piece analyzes the threat of German expansion and the European reaction. It notes Britain and France shifting toward a tougher stance, with Eden and Churchill urging action. It discusses potential alliances, the likely harsher future war, and the current mobilization scales across France Britain Russia and Italy, contrasting 1914 forces with today.
The National Safety Council notes a drop in traffic accident fatalities over nine months despite higher mileage. It argues speed crazed motorists threaten safe driving and that murderous highway deaths are criminally needless. The New York Times is cited on moral duty to drive and walk safely.
A viewpoint argues for higher freight rates to cover expenses and ensure a reasonable return, asserting public ownership would burden taxpayers and worsen service. It contends private lines would invest in rolling stock and expand service, while government control would create debt, higher taxes, and political dominance. The piece notes public opposition to ownership but warns it may still occur.
The excerpt argues workers deserve a living wage and that no business, large or small, should operate year after year spending more than the law allows to charge for its product, calling this the core railroad problem.
The Hartford Courant criticizes GOP maneuvers as feudal and driven by old guards. It notes anticipated ticket selections by favored leaders, with talk of hand picking and avoidance of candidacy by some. The piece compares state by state reactions, praising Roosevelt era reform but fearing old guard control and short lived tax cuts.
A speaker describes a neighborhood scene where mothers vent about their children while a group of young boys plays baseball. He uses a field glass to reveal the boys’ insecurity and argues the mothers are the ones truly discussing the children. He notes his outside perspective and lack of children, yet his care for the kids remains evident.
A group of mothers clash over scheduling a birthday party on the day of a planned big game. Arguments question respect and wishes, with Edith’s party proposed for Friday after school. Bobby is sent to inform the team, and the boys immediately adjust to practice for the big game.
Charles M Upham recounts a New England hurricane and lauds highways for rapid repair, defining food and medical relief delivery. He notes forests of elms toppled, trains rerouted by bus, roads cleared within hours, and highways proving vital to survival and recovery.
RIDGELY Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wilson spent last Sunday with their son George at Belair. Misses Madge and Mary Hollingsworth will spend the week end in Camden NJ. Mr and Mrs Emmit Potts of Cordova visited in town Wednesday of last week. Mr and Mrs Earl Hammond of Wilmington visited relatives here last week. Mr Ronald Lane and Mr Tom Gaitley were in Baltimore last Monday.
Twenty five years ago Mr. Martin Voss near Denton pursues bee culture on his father's farm. W T Elliott buys Marvel land near Henderson and plans to move. James Craft shot in shoulder by Charles Collins. Craft to Easton Hospital. Fourteen foot road on Denton Federalsburg pike to begin. Holt Construction gets 19,163.50 contract. Mrs. Mary Griffin dies at Concord age 75. funeral at Concord Church. Beauchamp celebration at Tuckahoe Neck with about eighty guests and many gifts. Morgantown Chronicle notes Prof R C Smith appointed acting superintendent. Norman Voss and sister Annie in Baltimore. Mr. Emerson and son Ralph visit from Ansonia, Conn. Mrs. Perry of Cordova visiting son J Wesley Perry. Two barns on W E Orrel farm burned near Ridgely. seed wheat loss. insurance limited. Sliney home at Greensboro Station burned. possible lightning. Parson Cullum tour of electric plant. Prohibitionists hold county convention at Denton.
A week of fragmented diary entries recounts family events from church, romance, a doctor visit with a vaccination on the wrong arm, jokes about wealth from newspaper chatter, a national debt figure, a ladys lipstick remark, and a high school football game with humorous misstatements. The tone is informal, scattered, and self mocking.
A children's charter drawn up in Geneva in 1924 outlines five protections for the young: nourishment and care, timely relief, livelihood and protection from exploitation, and the aim to develop talents for helping others. The piece notes growing global interest, including the young King of Siam turning thirteen and Asia's rapid changes amid tensions with Japan and China.
A local newspaper promotes subscriptions to receive full county news coverage. The offer emphasizes comprehensive reporting on local government, schools, crime, sports, and community events delivered to subscribers.
Mrs. Jesse Fifer and brother Junior Ringgold plus Mrs. James Wilson visited Wilmington on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilson entertained Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Meredith of Centreville. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Keeneman hosted his brother and wife from Houston, Del last Sunday. Mrs. Kate Booker entertains sisters from Ocean City. Mrs. Paul Hardee and son Bobbie will spend the weekend with her mother at Church Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mitchell visited Baltimore midweek. Miss Grace Vernon Smith visited her aunt in Easton on Sunday.
Beginning at ten o clock a m all remaining assets of the Goldsboro Bank in Caroline County Maryland including notes judgments mortgages real estate and other bills receivable and chattels will be offered for sale. A List detailing each item with debtor name instrument date and amount is on file for inspection at the Bank Commissioner’s Baltimore office the Caroline County Clerk’s office in Denton and at William J Richards Denton MD. Inspect hours are 9 A M to 4 30 P M on business days. Items may be bought prior to sale and not offered if settled. Sale will proceed by item number then in groups and as a whole to maximize proceeds. Sale is without recourse and subject to final court ratification. Warren F Sterling Receiver William J Richards Attorney A J Dhue Auctioneer.
Under two writs of fi fa issued by the Circuit Court for Caroline County Farmers Supply Company sues Frederick B. Pickering and Nellie W. Pickering. Goods seized include 22 grade Guernsey cows and heifers, a Ford delivery truck, Allis Chalmers tractor, 1 wheelhorse, farm implements, and assorted farming stock and equipment. Public sale follows execution.
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