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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1939
Page
4
A letter urges Denton’s Town Commissioners to repeat oil treatment on dirt streets to curb dust. The writer notes initial oil coats reduced dust and improved road condition, suggesting filling low spots and maintaining a semi permanent surface at low upkeep. The piece calls for a follow up to preserve the gains and prevent future dust.
In Europe, public debate grows over whether the United States should join Britain and France. Some urge involvement, others urge isolation, as President Adams proposes a cautious path. The piece argues for avoiding propaganda and preserving civilization’s standards while considering global conflict.
The United States must lead in the Americas to preserve solidarity amid tensions with Mexico and Bolivia. Observers note possible British oil blockades affecting Mexico and Germany, while Mexico’s confiscations threaten not only regional unity but global naval interests.
Florence Brewer Boecker argues for active Congressional involvement as the United States faces the European war. She urges repeal of the arms embargo and immediate adjournment after neutrality law changes, warning that executive power must be checked and foreign policy be decided by Congress and the people.
The Keystone Automobile Club calls motorists to join a war on highway deaths and injuries. A comprehensive safety program launches with school curricula, posters, literature, belts, and insignias for 60,000 students and 1,600 schools, plus 50,000 Safe Cycling pamphlets and lapel pins to curb rising cyclist tolls.
The text argues banks are not hoarding capital and are seeking new business by promoting loans. It notes banks target personal and auto loans to help borrowers, while a real issue remains lack of investment and idle bank money due to low future confidence among individuals and businesses.
Banks will not lend to those who cannot show a reliable source of repayment. Sound banking practice and strict laws govern backing, ensuring loans go to viable borrowers. Banks possess money and aim to deploy it, needing confidence in future business conditions for funds to be put to work.
Editorial notes show deep GOP division nine months before the national convention. Fortunes shift among big and small town papers from Michigan to Boston, with Van denberg, Taft, Capper, Hoover, and Dewey all weighed. Conservatives favor Hoover while others doubt candidates' fire. Speculation wanes by June.
The article discusses whether the United States can stay neutral in the evolving global conflict. It notes growing sympathy for allied nations since entering World War I, congressional disputes over a robust neutrality plan, and the administration using granted powers to enforce neutrality amid uncertain future developments and looming air threats.
J. E. J. argues that the United States appears set for potential conflict despite claims of neutrality. He cites stock booms, rising prices, and jobless and farming woes as drivers toward a war economy while warning that history from 1917-18 could repeat and echo a shift from neutrality to involvement.
Teachers College study argues newspapers boost learning by making students edit a local page, practice concise writing, and connect current events to geography and history. It highlights dramatized news projects, the value of real names and places, and using maps and financial pages to teach core subjects.
The piece describes Mr Stolper’s method to teach students by selecting a single news item and showing how Republican and Democratic papers color it differently. Students vote on the item, compare home papers, and identify editorial slants, then discuss multiple viewpoints to promote informed citizenship.
August 1939 in Maryland and Delaware ranked as the third warmest on record with a mean temperature around 75.6F in Maryland and 77.1F in Delaware. Rainfall varied from very deficient in Western Maryland to excessive on the Eastern Shore and in Delaware, with notable heavy rains on the Eastern Shore and a storm night of August 18 19 bringing easterly gales and damage. Delaware recorded 9.67 inches of rain, the greatest since 1933, and a peak 24 hour rainfall of 4.35 inches at Odessa on the 9th. Maryland saw 4.52 inches on average.
All members of the 1939 graduating class at the State Teachers College at Salisbury were appointed to teaching positions. Names include Beulah Nock Allen, Charles Kather ine Anthony, Eleanor Bailey, William Blades, Willamae Brucuto, Earle Corkran Jr, Elizabeth Culver, Irma Lee Disharoon, Robert Doenges, Loma Dryden, Wilson Duncan, Helen Frances Dupnock, Phyllis Greenwood, Kathryn Gross, Katherine Hottenstein, Lillian Hutchison, Arnold Jenkins, Margaret Laws, Elizabeth Lynch, Louise Mitchell, Laura Parsons, Helen Pastorfield, David Perry, Dorothy Quesinberry, Edward Robertson, Anna Rose Smith, Betty Ann Taylor, Sara Frances Taylor, Aline Travers, Athlyn Waller, Carolyn Warner, Dorothy Wilkins, Edna Williams.
Harmony notes show Mr and Mrs Webster Todd hosting relatives from Preston and Newark Del over weekend. Guests include Alva Webster Jr Ivins Knotts Clarence Wright Cannon Wright Louise Williamson and William Fisher from Denton. Arthur Todd and Alva Webster Todd Jr had tonsillectomies at Easton Hospital.
Sunday notes a busy day with church, awards, and school prep. He mocks noisy daily life while detailing minor events and misadventures with family and neighbors. A wry, juvenile voice records a week of small dramas and odd observations.
Local notes report visits and visits by townspeople. Mrs Ronald Lane and Miss Mary Land toured Rehoboth. Families from Rock Hall, Dover, Easton, Philadelphia and Warlock were mentioned. Reformed Church reopened after vacation. Wet weather slows bean packing.
University of Maryland Experiment Station finds late summer or early fall fertilizer applications improve root and crown growth, boosting fruitfulness. A 6-6-5 or 5-10-65 top dress of 400-600 pounds per acre in late August or September is recommended to avoid spring-related downsides. Fall fertilizer works on one and renovated beds, with spring fertilization often unnecessary unless late varieties like Chesapeake need delayed maturity for market.
Old wheat at 1.20 and corn prices noted for good and poor conditions. Local accidents include Horace Robinson’s fall from a tree near Smithville. Barratt's Chapel anniversary drew 5000 with Bishop Nech as speaker. Talbot County figures Henry C Dodson and Ruth Emily Horsey engagement featured among community notices and school trustee lists.
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