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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1937
Page
4
Publisher Melvin Johnson Inc with Benjamin F Johnson as president and Mary Melvin as vice president and secretary. Entered at Denton post office as second class mail matter. Saturday morning issue dated October 16 1937.
Editorial warns against hasty calls for a global wartime quarantine. It urges patience, warns against rushing into policy, and recalls how snap judgments once led to world war. The piece stresses US action should aid peace without overreacting to Japan, China, Spain, Italy, or Germany.
A Boston editor reflects on a wave of idleness after economic downturn. He argues many learned they could live without work and now rely on taxpayers. He urges communities to force employment and restore self respect through honest labor, warning charitied dependency compounds social problems.
Frank T Sheets argues in Public Safety that while today’s roads show remarkable progress, current systems remain inadequate. He outlines a future network of multi lane highways with central divisions, cross country routes, urban arterials, and all weather surfaces to reduce accidents and deaths, noting the immense but long term cost.
The piece notes a split view: strong early winter domestic commerce and rising purchasing power, farm income at six-year highs, and brisk consumer goods movement, yet long term pessimism due to European unrest, domestic political tension, higher taxes, anticipated labor disruptions, and volatile investors. The stock market drop compounds caution.
The piece weighs big and small finance views amid a stock market drop blamed on SEC crackdown. It notes Landis resigning to Harvard, hints at further federal controls, and sketches a chaotic political scene. It cites war fears, Hull's cautious diplomacy, possible new gross earnings tax, and a mixed near term outlook with disciplined caution about taxes and deficits.
The piece praises Roosevelt for recognizing old age pensions as a moral duty and lauds his social security effort as a milestone in American progress. It defends the President against Johnson’s belligerent rhetoric, notes the program’s experimental status, and calls for a more workable, less stigmatizing plan.
A reader condemns Ku Klux Klan activity and political intolerance while contrasting past terror during Reconstruction with modern bigotry. The letter references President Roosevelt, Justice Black, and debates on federal pension policy, signaling strong civic debate and historical memory.
An international panel of teachers recommends neutralizing war propaganda in French and German history texts. It urges balanced coverage of periods of cooperation, especially 1878 1889 and 1904 1908, and warns against assigning sole blame for World War I while acknowledging shared courage on both sides.
A 1937 Sorbonne session on peaceful change urged science backed politics and ethics as goals. Delegates from 24 nations called for easier access to raw materials through trade reform and fewer barriers rather than boundary redrawings. They warned tariffs and quotas choke trade while food prices stay manipulated, and noted the ongoing refugee crisis and Nansen Office's limited time left to operate.
Motor Vehicle Administrators at their Cincinnati conference approve divided or dual highways now common from Baltimore to New York and especially in Delaware. They urge compulsory traffic safety education in schools and driver training in high schools, noting pupil patrols aid road safety and promote better driving. Auto safety is a major issue reflected in the popular booklet We Drivers.
City leaders consider downtown parking controls as William B. Powell, Buffalo traffic engineer, argues that banning certain hours and choosing meters or lots could ease congestion. He warns that downtown merchants attract shoppers despite hazards from endless circling, urging safer, more efficient parking strategies.
Traffic officials discuss metered parking as not a final fix and describe future city layouts. One vision favors decentralizing industry into airy, small communities, while another imagines supercities with monumental business blocks. Rebuilding would clear blocks and create a central court with shops, weather sheltered, with rear entrances and two street driveways.
A California DMV report notes 2838 traffic deaths last year with about 21 percent involving drinkers. The piece argues liquor is a major factor in fatalities, urges strict enforcement, harsher penalties, and robust police action to curb drunken driving nationwide.
The Chicago Sunday Tribune argues against railway regulation citing buses as expensive and rail travel as the cheapest mass transport. It contends political rail baiting caused unnecessary buses, accidents, and costly laws, urging support for improvements and reduced government interference.
A reflective piece recalls the public reaction to Chief Justice White’s Supreme Court appointment, noting his background as a former Confederate soldier and Catholic. It suggests that current tensions around Justice Black’s tenure may ease in coming weeks as the nation seeks steadier judgments.
A compact reflection notes that wisdom begins with fearing the Lord, echoing Proverbs 1 7. The piece frames reverent living as the path to understanding and prudent judgment, inviting readers to seek spiritual guidance as the basis of sound thinking.
The quote notes that Love’s power safeguards Daniel in the lion’s den and that Paul shows the viper to be harmless, attributed to Mary Baker Eddy.
The Maryland Commissioner of Motor Vehicles announced a state wide safety inspection campaign from November 1 to December 15. Examinations will include tires, brakes, lights, steering, wipers, and horns with reports recording tire condition for safety statistics. Appointment of inspection agencies starts October 18. exams are free to motorists.
The Montgomery county 4-H judging team captured first place at the ninth annual Baltimore Livestock Show fat stock contest held the first week in October at Union Stock Yard. Members Melvin Walter Germantown William Miles Gaithersburg and Maurice Ward Darnestown totaled 2916 points. Henry Koller Carroll county led individuals with 1036 points earning a trip to Chicago for the 4-H Congress and International Show. John O. Francis Baltimore county took second with 1028 points and William Miles Montgomery county was third with 992 points.
Smithson Mr and Mrs Rockwood Coleman and family and friends from Harmony and Ox ford members joined Mr and Mrs R Coleman for a Sunday gathering. Other visits included Miss Mildred Hopkins with Mr and Mrs Charlie Perry, and Miss Effie Coleman returning from Wilmington. Church notes invite attendance at Smithson Church with Rev J T Baynard.
Mr and Mrs Earl Todd of Preston were Sunday guests at Mrs Wm D Uhlers Memory Lane home. Isaac Wilson moved from New Jersey to the farm recently purchased from Mrs Robert Rice. Mrs Henrietta Frey and daughter Martha returned from Baltimore. Roland Wheatley of Secretary spent Sunday with the Williams Love family. Mrs William Willoughby is visiting friends in Philadelphia.
A reflective line echoes Whittier, urging inner pain to mirror in others. It contemplates empathy and self-awareness, posing a moral inquiry about shared suffering and understanding.
Kent resident Mr Clifton Jarrett formerly of Ridgely says he cleared 35 dollars per acre from 100 acres of tomatoes this season. The item notes this is the best yield heard of and reflects local farming conditions.
Judge Adkins urged strict investigations into the frequent and sinister statutory infractions. Several dockets postponed due to illness of counsel T. Alan Goldsborough. Sheriff Cooper arrested James H. Thomas of Ridgely area on a felony charge by his daughter Myrtle. grand jury indicted him. Dorchester steamship builder Maryland Steel Co conducted a successful trial trip for the B C and A Railway, Dorchester 200 feet long 36 feet beam 1000 horsepower engine contract speed 15 knots.
Oliver N Warren presents Slats diary entries spanning a week with humorous, rough grammar sketches of family, church, fashion, language mishaps and local news. It notes Uncle Hen and Aunt Emmy, Elsy's lunch, a ferry tale, a boat joke, a tax dispute, a lawyer’s fee, and Jake’s mischief with temptation.
John T. Flynn argues Congress failed to fix the tax mess and questions the soak the rich policy. He cites federal, state, and local tax totals and shows indirect taxes fall on workers, with wages from $20 to $100,000 facing varied rates. He warns the nation cannot cover current expenditures or the federal debt.
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