Showboat Players To Appear Here Next Week
The Showboat Players visit Denton for a three day run of comedies farce melodramas over three evenings with a 46 minute musical afterpiece. Cast includes Charles Hunter Beulah Adams Jack Pfeiffer Gladys Pennington Randolph Paul Griff Hi Freddy Frampton Jane Lee Jack Marion Howe and Art Evelyn David. Repertoire includes The Sweetest Girl in Dixie The Trail of the Lonesome Pine The Girl Who Ran Away.
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Caroline County
County Waters
Denton
Charles Hunter
Beulah Adams
Jack Pfeiffer
Gladys Pennington
Randolph Paul
Griff and
Freddy Frampton
Jane Lee
Jack and
Marion Howe
Evelyn David
Dixie
Influencing the Press Debate Highlights Press Behavior
A Senate probe finds a major corporation pressed newspapers to shape editorials in its favor. The piece argues press freedom allows such efforts but warns editors must judge independently amid widespread government and private influence. It cites a New York State Senator who killed himself amid bribery charges and calls for broader scrutiny of public office corruption.
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Senate
New York State
Back to School on a Bus Across America
A feature on students in North Carolina running a state operated bus system with student drivers and monitors. The piece notes youths staying home to farm, a rise in young rural workers, and government purchases of butter and eggs to support prices, helping needy families.
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America
North Carolina
Sam
Agricultural Department
Leading feme Pennington leads Denton Show Boat Players program
Gladys Pennington, noted for dramatic roles on the floating theatre, stars in leading female comedy parts as the Show Boat Players present a three day program of plays in Denton beginning Monday.
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Gladys Pennington
Denton
Difference Between WPA and PWA Explained
H Ferris White, State Director of the National Emergency Council for New York, clarifies that PWA, led by Harold L Ickes, is a recovery agency created in 1935 to stimulate employment and revive heavy industries. PWA grants 45 percent of project costs for major works like schools and water systems, with communities funding 65 percent and bidding to the lowest responsible bidder.
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WPA
PWA
H. Ferris White
National Emergency Council For
New York
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Harold L. Ickes
WPA Labor Standards and Local Community Projects
The Works Progress Administration oversees relief labor paid at prevailing local rates. Under Harry L Hopkins the WPA creates light construction jobs such as roads, airports, parks, and playgrounds. The government funds projects with community and relief roll workers on the payroll.
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Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Congress
Labor and equipment costs funded entirely by Federal funds
The excerpt notes that labor costs are paid entirely from Federal funds along with materials and rental of equipment. It emphasizes federal financing of the project expenses and indicates no non Federal contribution.
Modern House For Rent On Fifth Avenue Denton
A fully equipped modern dwelling on Fifth avenue in Denton is offered for rent. Advertised by Austin R. Murphy of Denton Md. listing date August 20, 1911.
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Fifth Avenue
Denton
Austin R. Murphy
Denton, Md
Dusty shelves, inked merchandise flys off shelves fast
A brisk sales note urges using printers ink to protect merchandise from dust, claiming inked goods stay cleaner and sell quicker, with the suggestion that well inked items attract buyers and move fast from shelves.
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Cordova, MD
Hillsboro
Charlie Hunter
Old South
The
Lonesome Pine
Griff & Hi Radio
Maryland
Rudolph Paul
Georgia Singing Minstrel
4Th
Franklin Sts
Millard Tydings
Millard Tyding
Connally-Jones
Aberdeen
Havre de Grace
Farm Credit Administration
Robert Archer
Harford County
Tydings
David J. Lewis
United States Senate
M. E. Kearney
Paul H. Roe
Democratic
Baltimoreans
POST
Senator Sasscer
Prince Georges County
State Senate
Senate Journal
Lasseer
Ewspapere
Lansdale
G. Lasscer
Campaign Headquarters
Upper Marlboro
Bapniyveo
the Peoples Bank of
Omar D. Crothers
Omar D Crothers
W. Hamilton Whiteford
Title Building
Baltimore
Crothers
State
Industrial Accident Commission
Cecil County
Ritchie
State Roads Commission
Mr. Crothersa
Democratic Party
Omar D.crothers
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