Denton Journal Ad Published Saturdays By Denton Paper
The Denton Journal is published every Saturday by Melvin and Johnson Incorporated. Benjamin F Johnson serves as President and Treasurer, Mary Melvin as Vice-President and Secretary. Entered at the Denton Post Office as second class matter. Saturday Morning October 12 1935.
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Deere Eer
Denton
Judgment against Italy under League Covenant marks new world police test
A thirteen nation Council verdict finds Italy violated its covenants by war, sanctioning the first formal enforcement of international law by the League. Britain seeks cautious, collective action, aiming for a dispassionate, unified response—ostracism, then possible military measures—without anger or selfishness.
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Council of the
League of Nations
League
Assembly of the League
IZ Duce
Ethiopia
Italy
Britain
London
Adewa
Mussolini
Great Britain
Africa
Mediterranean
Geneva
United States
Journal Des Nations
League Council
Revenge at Adowa Reflections on War and Morality
A critical meditation on Italy's Adowa invasion, condemning bombing and tank brutality against Ethiopians. The piece denounces revenge as a deceptive motive for war, urges restraint, elevating public discourse above hatred and calling for wiser action to halt the madness of conflict.
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Italy
Adowa
Rome
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Save A Life Car Inspection Campaign In Maryland
Maryland's Save-A-Life Inspection Campaign enters its second week as motorists respond to the appeal for early vehicle inspections. Commissioner Walter R. Rudy notes high participation, cites 1934 results with 98 percent inspections, and urges completion before October 31. He stresses the need to attach the station number on 1936 tag applications to receive licenses.
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Maryland
Walter R. Rudy
State of Maryland
Political Primer on Italy Ethiopia War Discussion
A father explains to his son why Mussolini wants war with Ethiopia citing crowding, civilization, and league aims. The dialogue touches overpopulation, prizes for large families, and the League of Nations. The exchange ends as the mother calls the boy away.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Junior
Mussolini
Daddy
League of Nations
Son
League
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States of America
Roosevelt
Houston
Lower California
State Department
Washington
Department
U. S
Kingdom of
United States
Kingdom of Italy
Defective Eyes Hurt Students Across Caroline County
A local editorial argues that rising indoor living and artificial light strain eyes, contributing to widespread vision problems. It warns that over two million schoolchildren may fail due to improper vision and urges parents to correct their children's eyesight instead of blaming the pupils.
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Caroline County
Advertising man touts ads as golden tool for selling
Michael H Wren of the New Haven Journal Courier argues that modern newspaper advertising offers a golden opportunity for careful promotion. He notes that even children turn from comics to ads, drawn by romance glamour and colorful news, asserting ads now dominate the selling message.
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Michael H. Wren
The
New Haven
Advertising as Showmanship in News Pages
A discussion on blending real news with romance and thrills in newspaper ads. Advertisers should treat campaigns like shows, using atmosphere, color, and entertainment to engage readers. Good ads deliver value without bunk and drive profits and reader goodwill.
An Inescapable Conclusion on Production and Jobs
The article argues that rising industrial output amid falling employment signals a dangerous trend. It warns of a permanent unemployed class unless hours are cut to create work for all willing to labor, predicting ongoing government support for those without jobs. It cites NRA debates and notes hours have lengthened and wages lowered since its demise.
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NRA
Denton
United States
Editorial notes on the 1937 budget and debt
President Roosevelt argues the 1937 budget will reduce the gap between income and outgo without new taxes, noting that balanced budget prospects depend on avoiding tax hikes and potential ACA Act challenges. The report reviews expenditures, receipts, and deficits for the year ending June 30, with emergency relief costs lower than estimates and total debt implications.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
National Bank
Budget Turning Point as Roosevelt Seeks Balance and War Looms
The piece outlines Roosevelt’s budget revision showing reduced interest costs and a smaller deficit amid fiscal reform. It contrasts official figures with Bolton's debt claims, notes tax receipts revised upward to 4.47 billion, and highlights defense savings and refunding operations. It also covers Roosevelt’s pre-war stance, the Ethiopian conflict, and U.S. sanctions and neutrality considerations.
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United States
Chester Bolton
Ohio
Bolton
House Committee On Appropriations
R. F.C
Old Guard National Congressional Campaign Committee
Roosevelt
Defining the elusive Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution
The article centers on John Henry Kirby as chair of the elusive Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution, a self-described liberty defender whose organizational form remains unclear. It ties Kirby to the former Southern Tariff Association and American Taxpayers League, referenced in Senator Caraway’s six year old lobby investigation, which questioned the very existence of such groups.
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Defenders of
American Liberty J
Southern Committee To
John Henry Kirby
Washington
Kirby
Southern Tariff Association
American Taxpayers League
Caraway Lobby
Senator Caraway
Tariff Association
J. A. Arnold
Caraway
Senate
Arnold
Kirby-Arnold
Jouett Shouse
Liberty League
Congress
House
League
Outfit
John H. Kirby
Ciricular
American Taxpayers League, Inc
America
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Southern Committee
Shouse
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Kirbys and Arnolds Tax League networks exposed
The Kirby Arnold affair reveals a lack of formal structure, opaque finances, and evasive testimony. The American Taxpayers League and Liberty League operate with broad backing from utilities, banks, and prominent figures, while funds flow through unclear channels and dubious audits.
State Health Director Speaks On Reducing Hazards
Dr. R. I. Riley, director of the State Department of Health, gave a ratio talk under the Baltimore Safety Council's campaign for reducing hazards. The talk covered practical safety steps and community prevention measures.
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R. I. Riley
State Department of Health
Baltimore Safety Council
Child Health Conference on Wheels Tour in Southern Maryland and Shore
Five counties Charles Calvert Kent Queen Annes and Somerset were served by the Healthmobile of the Bureau of Child Hygiene on a summer tour across Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. The vehicle, a fully equipped mobile clinic, held conferences at eighty sites to examine 1515 children from birth to seven years, focusing on overall health and nutrition, vision, hearing, teeth, and immunization status with referrals to family physicians where needed.
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Charles
Calvert
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Somerset
Bureau of Child Hygiene of
theState Department of Health
Maryland
Charles County
Twenty Five Years Ago in Kent County News Highlights
A Denton area newspaper item lists injuries and obituaries from the week. J F Walls injured at W A Smith mill near Hobbs after a severe leg accident. Local elections feature Raughley cousins for levy court commissioner and sheriff. Delegates to a Maryland W C T U convention from Caroline count y include Saxton and McShane. A Denton wedding wave covers Trice Nichols, Alberta Berkey Rice, and Gelletty Ogle marriages. Court notes report grand jury seating, illness delaying State's Attorney, and local deaths from Mrs Murphy and Mrs Snow. A child, Howard Kemp, dies in a runaway accident. companion David Wooters injured.
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J. F. Walls
W. A. Smith
Hobbs
Robert Emmett Raughiey
Levy Court
Joshua B. Raughley
Kent County
Del
Caroline
Maryland
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Easton
Saxton
Ridgely W. C. T. U
Joanna McShane
Denton Union
Julia M. Kelley
Preston Union
Thomas L. Trice, Jr
Elma Eliza Nichols
Denton
William D. Mode
Broom Street
Wilmington
Mode
Delaware Hardware Company
Ella Cole
Frank Cole
Dora Cecilia Gelletty
Denton Primary School
Charles Joseph Ogle
New York City
M. Duke Smith
Caroline High School
University of Maryland
Maud Trice
New York
Everett A. Hirs
Philadelphia
Caroline County
Adkins and
Hopper
Henry F. Andrew
John R. Jones
Samuel E. Conley
Jacob A. Meredith
H. Claude Rawlings
J. H. Stevenson
George Henning
T. Luther Frampton
Thomas Taylor
Levi Voshell, Jr
William H. Gambrill
T. H. McMahan
Luther H. Covey
R. F. Noble
W. Long Thompson
Marc Bryant
G. H. Tarburton
Henry P. Wood
Henry Baker
Thomas B
John H. Emerson
Murphy
Rosa Wilson
Joshua Wilson
Eldridge W. Emerson
J. E. Woolford
Captain Woolford
Isteamer Joppa
G. Frank Ayers
Ben Cohee
Abrams Rolls
Reynolds Wilson
James E. Wilson
E. P. Roberts
Methodist Episcopal Church
Susan Snow
James P. Snow
James Snow
Camden
N. J
Silas Snow
Missouri
Smyrna
Raymond’s Neck
Howard Kemp
Benjamin Kemp
Matthews Church
David Wooters
Slats Diary as Jake and I Join the Junk Trade
Friday we start sorting junk to barter rags bones and iron hoping to reach a ton with 1700 new pounds. Saturday Ma scolds after a rubber plant test fails and we push through chores. Sunday Pug Stevens shares news of a 2 seven pound girl. Ma is sick with worry. Monday Herb Pooler cites two kinds of men. single and married. Tuesday Ma hurries me while mowing. Rome was built in a day, she quips. Wednesday Pa laughs at a book Ma sent titled How to Tawk. Thursday Joe Hix gives blunt dating road wisdom, yet the risk remains in the details.
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Jake
Yumor
Pug Stevens
Pug
Illis Pa
Herb Pooler
Rome
Joe Hix
Coffee and Ethiopia crisis and a polar sea passage dream
Look around the breakfast table and recall how coffee evokes Ethiopia not Brazil. Italy presses to seize Abyssinia despite Kellogg Pact and League constraints as summer rains end. A Russia tale hints a warm Arctic passage could shrink the world and bring people closer together.
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Ethiopia
Brazil
Italy
Red Sea
Abyssinia
World Court
League of Nations
League
Russia
Polar Europe
Far East
Handy scratch pads on sale at The Journal office
The Journal office offers handy scratch pads for 1 cent each. This small sale promotes quick note taking and provides an affordable office supply for readers and staff.
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