Be Considerate This Halloween Season Warns Maryland Club
The Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland urges parents and teachers to prevent Halloween vandalism. Children painting cars, chalk marks, broken milk bottles, and missing or damaged car parts cause substantial vehicle and milk company losses. Officials cite ruined finishes, tire damage, and costly replacements, urging community action.
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Hallowe’en
Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland
Hallowe'en Time
Edward P. Curran
Shoot-Shoot Radio Programs Stir Public Outcry
The piece critiques sensational radio dramas marketed to children under the FCC licensing regime. It argues private control of scarce channels fuels high pressure sales and juvenile distress, urging public operation or greater competition to curb sensational content.
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George Henry Payne
Federal Communications Commission
America
Canada
Great Britain
Dispensable Fog of Congress and Roosevelt Agenda
The piece discusses the coming reassembly of Congress and the battle over Roosevelt’s extra session measures. It contrasts critics who label Congress a rubber stamp with supporters who fear a shift toward dictatorship, while noting the president’s focus on domestic laws like farm policy and the wages hours bill amid summer weather and political chatter.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Washington
Presidential confidants and pre-nomination fights
Charles Michelson argues that anonymous White House leaks mislead about President Roosevelt and party meddling. He notes Democratic senators face re election pressures and warns against claims of administration influence in primaries. The piece critiques hot weather speculation and defends neutral committee stance.
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Washington
New York Herald-Tribune
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
White House
Democratic National Organization
Frank Kent
Farley
National Committee
Congress
Mark Sullivan
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Your Washington and Mine by James E Pope
The essay recalls recurring political theater at the White House, noting that even in the New Deal era the drama, charges, and public derision echo past American history with similar scenes and cast, suggesting timeless patterns in national politics. Continuous wit and familiar rhetoric appear as James E Pope reflects on presidents and critics.
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White House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt era echoes Jefferson and Jackson in 1937
In a column contrasting 1937 New Deal frictions with Jefferson and Jackson eras, the author frames Roosevelt’s so called emergency moves as akin to past constitutional oversteps. It notes public figures like Glenn Frank and Paul Mallon discussing shifts in spending, court reform, and wage control.
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Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Glenn Frank
Dr. Frank
Jefferson
Napoleon
Mississippi River
Louisiana Purchase
Congress
France
England
China
Spain
Tugwelltown
United States Bank
Lord Macaulays
Jackson
Senate
Andy
Roger E. Taney
the Treasury
Taney
Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Roosevelt plans special session hints at farm aid drive
Economic highlights note President Roosevelt will convene Congress on November 15 for new farm aid legislation with hours and wages laws as runners up. Observers say the real purpose remains unofficially undisclosed, as Roosevelt’s speeches grow milder toward opponents.
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Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Bonneville
International Moonshine and the Peacemakers
A letter from J. E. Jones condemns old world powers for perpetual wars and questions Allied and Allied-nation diplomacy. He notes the Neutrality Act and urges noninvolvement, arguing history shows democracy’s safety lies in staying out of foreign conflicts and avoiding well‑meaning but destructive interventions.
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Spain
Russia
Italy
Germany
Japan
Britain
France
Congress
United States
J. E. Jones
Fence Dispute Trick Fails To Move Neighbor Toward Peace
A Ro tarian Magazine editorial recalls a city man who bought a farm and faced a long standing fence dispute. After proposing to move the line, the neighbor offers peace rather than conceding, and the plan to shift the fence is abandoned.
Life in a fast age poses mental strain warned
Dr Mayo of Rochester warned that modern life with its speed from tractors to typewriters is exhausting minds and aging bodies. He says the mind dies before the body and insanity has risen as life’s pace quickens. The public lags behind medical advice on adjusting economic relations and work life.
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Charles H. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Mayo
Youth Organizations Save Boys and Girls From Danger
The piece urges parents to support youth groups like Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, arguing that structured activities curb risky behavior. It notes that past generations enjoyed safe indoor pastimes and warns that modern youths seek peers outside the home. Strong communities provide safe winter venues to play and learn life rules.
The Price Of Speed In Traffic Safety
A Chicago test compares a radio announcer driving fast through heavy traffic with a safe driver who follows all rules. The speedy driver arrives in twenty-three minutes while the cautious driver reaches the destination two minutes later. The piece warns that speed causes most serious traffic accidents and urges motorists to adopt a motto of saving lives over saving time.
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Chicago
Senators and Representatives Tug of Public Demands
Senators and Congressmen drift in and out of Washington as public interest surges on questions from back home. Voters have given their political employees in the National legislature plenty of headaches, reminding leaders of their responsibilities to the electors rather than being mere creatures of party bosses.
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Washington
Western Maryland College builds fund drive for 260000
Western Maryland College plans a nationwide fundraising campaign with a fund target of 260000 to construct a men’s dormitory field house and library addition. A dinner at the Emerson Hotel Baltimore Friday October 29 kicks off the drive with committees in New York New Jersey Philadelphia Washington and across the country. Intensive canvassing starts November 1 and aims to finish by Thanksgiving with plans to begin construction March 1 1938 for a 150000 dormitory 70000 field house and 30000 library addition to serve up to 300 students of either sex.
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Western Maryland College
Emerson Hotel
Baltimore
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Washington
Maryland
U. S
Western Maryland
Mason and Dixon Line
Preventing Home Fires Promotes Safer Living
A National Board of Fire Underwriters bulletin notes homes account for most fire deaths and losses. City programs cut home fires 37 percent and losses 44 percent with inspections. Public cooperation via chambers, media, posters, women’s clubs, and schools boosts thorough checks of heating, wiring, storage, and clutter to save lives and dollars. Fire Prevention Week was observed. A yearly home inspection plan is a strong follow up.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
Chambers of Commerce
The Putterers
An excerpt contrasts productive workers with putterers who waste time on aimless motions. It notes fear of losing work, effects of unemployment on motivation, and urges counties to value any available jobs, arguing hard work aids recovery and lowers labor costs.
Smaller Towns and the Spread of Industry
Government census data show industrial areas dispersing from single centers as transportation improves. Communities share raw materials and exchange finished goods, enabling wider buying power, better housing, and lower living costs. More jobs arise in more places, benefiting smaller cities and towns during good times and stress.
Rural mailed parcels and court term beckon in Caroline county
Rural carriers prepare for parcels post to start January 1 with negotiations for larger vehicles. The January 2 circuit court term in Caroline county will be lengthy due to notable cases. A man named Archibald Evans was found dead near the Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway between Queen Anne and Willoughby, likely struck by a train.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Archibald Evans
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
Queen Anne
Willoughby
Evans
Mr. Evans
Denton
Tuckahoe Neck
Nellie Laing
William C. Laing
Easton
Howard P. Flowers
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Bank
Trinity Cathedral Protestant Episcopal Church
Eva Laing
G. Lawrence Wilson
Hillsboro
E. R. Rich
Points
A. M. Thompson
Alma Thompson
Bowens
Rebecca Flowers
Harry Flowers
Emily Knotts
Hackett Morgan
Irene
Mary
Harry Moore
Bessie Orah Neese
G. R. Neese
Kingswood Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilmington
Twyford Noble Jarrell
Robert Jarrell
Goldsboro
Trainor
Delaware
C. W. Bishop
Emily DeFord
Effa
Walter Hicks
Washington, D. C
Ella Nuttle
Columbia
D. C
William H. Nuttle
Robert Downes
Howard
Merchants and Miners Company
Baltimore
Boston
Burrsville
Howard Hopkins
Elmer Austin
Hopkins
Jesse Evans
Bridgetown
Jarman’s Hardware
T. P. Green
F. R. Owens
Owens
Laurette E. Jump
Register of Wills
Robert J. Jump
Corkran
Charles
Elizabeth B. Corkran
Cambridge
Slats Diary recounts school days and church visit antics
Oliver N Warren presents Slats diary style notes from a week of small town life. Entries cover Sunday church interest in football practice, pupil antics with a new kid, a dentist visit discussion, Jane’s driving, Blisteres mom warning about eating, Emmy singing practice, and a gloomy rainy Saturday hindering football.
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Greensboro
Warren Burr
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Howard Todd
Federalsburg
Exminster
Boddie
Jake
Social Security lump sums may be due workers local area
Thousands of workers in this area may be owed lump sum payments under the old age provisions of the Social Security Act. Salisbury Field Office Manager Harry T. Moore says many have not filed claims and an easy system now exists for living workers or estates to file.
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Harry T. Moore
Salisbury Field
Social Security Board
Moore
Salisbury Field Office
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