Goldsborough Promoted as Eastern Shore Leader in Congress
Extensive endorsement from Maryland Farm Bureau American Farm Bureau Federation and Federal Reserve officials salutes Congressman Goldsborough for strengthening agricultural and monetary policy while advancing regional projects. The piece highlights his pivotal work, especially on waterway improvements, rail and infrastructure funding, and Pocomoke navigation openings. It notes strong backing from local Eastern Shore supporters and advocates for his reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Goldsborough
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congres
M. S. Eccles
Board of
Federal Reserve System
House Committee On Banking and
Washington
Bionac
Jesse H. Jones
Chanman Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Incoming Congress to be more independent in agenda
Congress will convene in just over two months and forecasters expect a more autonomous Legislature less swayed by White House influence. The Republican purge failed to unseat most incumbents, with O Connor narrowly defeating his opponent. Lawmakers are described as fence sitters awaiting votes before commitments. Legislation activities are expected to shift in the new session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
White House
O’connor
New York
MR GOLDSBOROUGH AND THE SHORE REMARKS ON POCOMOKE RIVER PROJECT
The completion of the federal project at the mouth of the Pocomoke River creates a deep water outlet to the Chesapeake Bay and ends the era of mud obstructions. Once boats were delayed by soft ooze and mud, but a canal south of Williams Point now allows full laden craft to sail through unimpeded, reflecting a shift from aging steam to modern navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocomoke River
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Pocomoke
U. S
Williams Point
Editorial notes on GOP cynicism and moneyed influence
Editorial critiques the Republican campaign as cynical with top nominees refusing to seek further posts amid ethics concerns. It highlights big-money sponsors and figures like Vanderbilt, Capehart, and Baruch, noting internal splits and a failed nationwide smear campaign against New Deal policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Pennsylvania
Dewey
New Yok
Ratner
Kansas
Caulfield
Missouri
Senate Committee
William H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Homer Capehart
Wurlitzer V. P
Glenn Frank
Hamilton
Bruce Barton
Indiana
New York
California
Bancroft
Doc Townsend
Maine
Massachusetts
West Vairginia
Illinois
Oregon
Idaho
Hari Kari
Barbour
New Jersey
Dickinson
Iowa
Davis
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Hoover
The
Liberty League
New Deal
WPA
Social Security
National Administration
CCC
Committee of Americans
Sweden labor report cites persuasion over force in dispute settlement
A Swedish labor study published after a sweeping commission visit notes Sweden uses collective bargaining and government conciliators to avoid work stoppages during disputes. It highlights no barrier to new machinery, employer freedom to hire or dismiss, and 850,000 workers in 7,186 unions as of 1938. The report stresses settlements by persuasion and restraint, contrasting with American labor tensions. It also references Haile Selassie’s League of Nations communication on Ethiopia and warns of competing paths between progress and fascist retrogression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Germany
United States
Cordell Hull
Washington Post
Mexico City
Post
Mexico
Hull
Scandanavia
Sweden
Britain
England
America
Haile Selassie
League of Nations Assembly
League
Europe
Ethiopia
Women unite to strike for peace urged by Pickford
In a 1938 note Mary Pickford calls for an international women’s strike to shun offices, factories, stores, and homes until men refuse to fight, echoing an ancient idea cited by Aristotle in 411 B C as a path to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aristotle
Aristophanes
Mary Pickford
Good Food For Sound Thinkers
A brief quotation from Mary Baker Eddy notes thoughts shape actions and character, urging mindful reflection as a path to constructive behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Ship of State Goes to Sea A Good Neighbor Fleet Launched
Rear Admiral Emory Land leads 250 shipping executives and South American officials in New York as the Brazil scheduled to sail to eastern South America marks the launch of the Good Neighbor Fleet. George S Messersmith calls it a step toward continental solidarity and closer Inter-American friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory
Land
United States Martime Commission
Department of State
Good Will
Roosevelt
Brazil
Ametian
New York City
South America
United States
George S Messersmith
Secretay
America
Sinc
Uruguay
Argentina
Panama and Pacific Lines
New York
Messersmith
Western Hemisphere
Just A Splinter Warns Of Tetanus Peril On Shore
Dr. R H Riley warns tetanus danger from minor wounds after recalling cases of lockjaw deaths from a splinter nail or pencil puncture. He urges prompt tetanus anti toxin by doctors, thorough wound cleaning, and notes free toxin for county residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
R. H. Riley
Department
Wilmington trip notes and library book order
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stevenson traveled to Wilmington on Wednesday. The Community Library has ordered sixteen new books on approval. Mr. David Mitchell was in a car wreck on Sunday morning. Mrs. Clinton Stoops has been ill but is now better. Mrs B. F. Richards returned from a visit in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stevenson
Wilmington
Community Library
David Mitchell
Clinton Stoops
B. F. Richards
Twenty Five Years Ago in Choptank and Denton society
Bay trout abundance boosted local fishing along the Choptank River while Epworth League delegates from Dover attended the Dover convention. A flurry of weddings occurred including Frances Shoe maker Dixon and Childs Frick at Old St Pauls Baltimore, and several marriages planned in Ridgely Hillsboro and Denton with notable guests and auto journeys from Atlantic City. A sudden mushroom poison incident claimed Mr Hinman, a Civil War veteran, after dining with his granddaughter, with obituaries and funeral arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. G. Waterfield
Stephen Shipman
Epworth League
Dover
Shipman
Mary Nuttle
Andersontown
Harry Nuttle
Marriage and deaths mark Harmony community history
In 1895 Mrs. Foote married H E P Poote of Baltimore and remained a devoted church member in Harmony. She leaves her mother, husband, two sons Hugh McNash Frampton and Lester Foote, and daughter Mary. interment at Grove cemetery beside her first husband. Also noted is the death of Mr. John T Temple at his home in Ridgely aged seventy nine. funeral at Ridgely with interment in Denton cemetery. Surviving Temple children include Charles W Temple, Annie Swing, James Temple, William Temple, Alfred Temple, Davis Temple, and John T Temple. He was a former teacher and M E Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Shoemaker Dixon
Isaac H. Dixon
New York
Helen C Fuck
Elzabeth White Dixon
Mary Allen Dixon
Anne Winslow Williams
Margaretta Pleasants Bonsal
Mass Label Rieman
Alexander H. Rutherford, Jr
Baltimore
Arthur Scully
Howard Armstrong
James Reed
Pittsburgh
Melnick Tweedy
Plainfield
N. J
Alfred Ely, Jr
Thomas Carton
Chicago
Atlantic City
Dixon
Our County
Denton
Helen Bright
Hillsboro
Kent Island
Helen Marguerite
John Lundy
Queen Anne
M. E. Parsonage
Ridgely
W. E. Habbait
Lundy
C. H. Dean
Harriet Elizabeth Anderson
Henrietta Clough
William Hammond Liles
Wilmington
North Carolina
C. William Hignutt
Lillie Breeding
Hickman
Del
Hobbs
C M. Cullum
Gold
Emmons Reed
John Reed
Henry D. Hinman
Hinman
Mr. Hinman
Hazel Hinman
Oswego County
N. Y
Talbot
Caroline Counties
Willard H. Hinman
Charles P. Grimm
Philadelphia
R. Snow Frampton
H. E. P. Poote
Foote
M. E Church
Harmony
Hugh McNash Frampton
Lester Foote
Mary Foote
Grove Cemetery
John T. Temple
Hidgely
W. E. Habbart
Denton Cemetery
Temple
First
James Temple
General Assembly
Fist
William T. Temple
Alfred Temple
Davis Temple
Indiana
M. E. Church
Slats Diary Chronicles a Week of School and Family
Oliver N Warren presents Slats diary entries recounting a week with Uncle Hen losing memory and family health scares. The boy notes lessons, crushes, pranks, and social tensions among students, teachers, and friends with humorous misspellings and doodled dialogue.
Local Social Notes From Centreville Area
Mr John Swing returns from Mer chantville New Jersey while Mrs Swing plans a longer stay Dr and Mrs Jesse Fifer take a fishing trip to Shads Island for a birthday celebration The Reformed Church bingo series resumes October 26. Mrs Walter Mitchell and Miss Margaret Saulsbury attend a Centreville card party Mr and Mrs A S Thompson host Mr Jase Zeigler of College Park Mr Edgar Greenlee stores furniture to spend winter with his mother in Philadelphia Mrs C H Rawlings of Annapolis visits her mother Mrs Robert E Smith Florence Thompson visits Harrington for the week Mary Wharton returns from visits in New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania Mrs Carlton Marvel hosts her mother Mrs Graham Porter Centreville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swing
Merchantville
N. J
Swing
Jesse Fifer
Shadp’s Island
the Reformed Church
Walter Mitchell
Margaret Saulsbury
Centreville
A.S. Thompson
Jase Zeigler
College Park
Edgar Greenlee
Phiadelphia
C. H. Rawlings
Annapolis
Robert E. Smith
Florence Thompson
Harrington
Mary Wharton
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Carlton Marvel
Graham Porter
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Democratic
T. Alan Goldsborough
Caroline County
Millard E. Tydings
Harford County
Herbert R. O’conor
Baltimore City
the Treasury
J. Millard Tawes
Somerset County
William C. Walsh
Allegany County
Court of Appeals
James A. Young
Second Judicial Circuit of
Maryland
Thomas J. Keating
State Senate
A. Fletcher Sise
House of Delegates
D. W. Banning
W. Edmond Neal
Layman
J. Redden
Fred E. Covey
Wayne A. Cawley
William M. Garey Harry L. Sullivan
H. Roland Towers
Carlton
West
Orphans’ Court
Jesse T. Dennis E. Lloyd Fooks
Luther W. Handy
William E. Andrew
Business Week
Munich
House
Lowe House
T. Alan Goldborough
C. E. Wise, Jr
Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc
Maryland Farm Bureau
RFC
Leo T Croby
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Witte
Galdsborough
Chaiman
Worcester
MR. Goldsborough
Woodrow Wilson
Mussolini
Hitler
Hirohito
Schuman
Oliver N. Warren
Unkel
Wwe
Sevral
Jane
Ely
Ant Emmy
Otto
Jacob
Jake
Ermose
Weil
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