Dewey links movie influence to home life and youth ethics
Dr John Dewey argues in the Rotary Magazine that blame for declining youth morals rests partly with parents and home life. He notes studies showing movies stimulate unwholesome thoughts but insists a child's surroundings shape how films affect them. He adds that in depresion era, reduced materialism and parental example matter more than schools in forming wholesome attitudes.
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John Dewey
Dewey
California nominates Upton Sinclair for Governor
On August 28 California voters nominated life long Socialist Upton Sinclair for Governor on the Democratic ticket by a large majority over a New Deal rival and a stronger showing than the Republican incumbent Merriam. The historic move prompts national comment with supporters predicting a leftward shift and opponents fearing temporary insanity.
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California
Upton Sinclair
Merriam
Sinclair
Victor Berger
Sinclair and Merriam in California Battle for Governorship
The piece surveys Sinclair as a probity minded, anti machine candidate championing EPIC End Poverty in California with heavy tax aims and pensions while funding rallies. Roosevelt may temper him. It contrasts Sinclair with Merriam, noting sharp political opposition and the likelihood of a historic campaign in California next November.
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Sinclair
California
EPIC
Roosevelt
Merriam
San Francisco
Washington Snap Shots of Speakership and New Deal Debate
The piece surveys the upcoming fight for the Democratic Speakership as Congress opens, noting Rayburn as Roosevelt’s likely choice and the clash over the Stock Exchange Control bill. It highlights Southern stalwarts, looming investigations, and debates on centralization, private credit, and labor policy amid the Morro Castle fire and textile strike coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Raymond Moley
Texas
Rayburn
Rainey
Roosevelt
Garner
Bankhead
Alabama
McDuffie
Burns
Tennessee
Washington
House of Representatives
National Labor Relations Board
General Johnson
Mr. Roosevelt
Morro Castle
Advertisers urged to fix buying habits with papers
Gardner Cowles of The Des Moines Register urges merchants to use persistent newspaper advertising to shape consumer buying. He notes unsettled business conditions disturb buyer preferences and cites the Smiths, owners of a five year old car, as an example of market pressure pushing a new auto purchase driven by business improvement.
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Gardner Cowles
Des Moines
Iowa
Register and Tribune
Smiths
Smith
Advertising Builds a New Buying Nation Says Campaign
The article argues that households like the Smiths, Murphys, and Van Landinghams are reentering markets after long pauses. Vigorous advertising can shape immediate sales and long term buying habits as new finances and tastes create a larger, younger generation of purchasers.
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Smiths
Murphys
van Landinghams
The
TWO ACRES OF METHODISTS
A Baltimore Mt Olivet Cemetery tribute narrates the founders of American Methodism, led by Francis Asbury and Robert Strawbridge, with Aaron notes on journeys, landmarks, and the enduring influence of early preachers across the nation and beyond. The Sesqui Centennial is expected to draw reverent tribute to this holy dust and their legacy.
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Mt. Olivet
Baltimore
Westminster Abbey
North America
Robert Strawbridge
Francis Asbury
Spottsylvania
Virginia
Old Eutaw Street
Jesse Lee
New England
Reuben Ellis
Wilson Lee
Leonard Cassell
Jefferson Hamilton
John Haggerty
Abner Neal
John Emory
Beverly Waugh
Enoch George
Robert Emory
Dickinson College
Morgans
N. J. Brown Morgan
Littleton F
Tillison
Littleton Morgan
John F. Goucher
Morgan College
Father Henry Smith
Hookstown
Great West
Mississippi
Protect the Nation's Children
Education is the nation’s biggest business with over 25 million pupils. The National Board of Fire Underwriters warns that schools are often fire traps due to improper doors, faulty construction, and poor exits. A national survey of school properties and equipment is being considered to gather data for protecting lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
United States
What the Railroads Mean to You
A. J. County of the Pennsylvania system outlines how railroads touch half the population through direct security ownership and investments in rail stocks and bonds. He notes railroads also provide widespread employment and influence financial status via banks, insurance and educational institutions.
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A. J. County
Pennsylvania
Railroads Need Fair Deal to Protect Jobs and Prosperity
About a million workers rely on railroad lines as their livelihoods when operations stay profitable. Railroads purchase vast amounts of supplies, support government revenue, fund roads and public buildings, and empower education. Industrialists from many sectors back the movement for a fair deal to sustain prosperity.
Revival in Building Inevitable Says Ingalls
In the Annalist Walter Renton Ingalls argues that 1920s US housing output did not exceed needs with 5 million new residences annually yet population shifts and old dwellings impeded overproduction. Since 1929 housing fell to under 100,000 yearly, rural areas hit hardest as urban migrants move to farms. The piece predicts a future surge in building and remodeling nationwide.
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The
Annalist
Walter Renton Ingalls
United States
Labor Crisis in Cotton Textiles Sparks National Debate
Months of labor unrest plague the nation as unions push a strike following disturbances in San Francisco and Minneapolis. The central issue: should an organized minority outside government oversight be allowed to demand and push what amounts to revolt to force acceptance of its demands. Public opinion will shape the answer in the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Minneapolis
NRA Progress Report Praises Cooperation Over Dictation
Editorial notes defend the National Recovery Administration as a cooperative partner with business. It credits gains from the codes including elimination of child labor, an 8 hour day, wage increases, and broader payroll growth. It highlights drug store sales gains, high approval for post expiration continuation, relief actions by the Industrial Appeals Board, and broader improvements in roads and travel amid progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Recovery Administration
Code Administration
NRA
Act of Congress
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Industrial Appeals Board
Darrow Board
Pawtucket
R. I
Inter-American Highway links and textile crisis loom
The piece surveys an emerging inter-American highway from the United States to Guatemala, with plans in Central and South America and United States surveying work funded to map routes. It contrasts this future road tie with existing rail and air links and notes Mexico and others pacing road projects. It also chronicles the NRA textile code era, noting mass layoffs, a looming national strike, and doubts about the code’s social and economic impact as workers push for shorter hours and closed shops amid a deep productivity and purchasing power squeeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Midwest
Pan-American Airways
United States
Canada
Mexico
Guatemala
el Salvador
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
South America
United States Bureau of Public Roads
NRA
South
Why Britain Should Investigate Armament Makers Now
The English press long questioned US alarm over munition makers and noted a three year old pamphlet The Secret International exposing interlocking firms and key names. As the Nye Vanderberg inquiry proceeds in the United States, Britain faces calls to begin its own investigations and complete the circle of scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Secret International
Zahrahoff
Vickers-Armstrong
Skoda
Schneider-Cruezot
U. S
Nye-Vanderberg
England
Britain
East must aid West says Roosevelt at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt urged national solidarity at Hyde Park, warning that the misfortunes of one region affect the entire country and calling for aid from the East to the West to preserve the nation’s unity.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Twenty-Five Years Ago News and Notices
Twenty five years ago notes cover local building activity on Franklin street tax distributions by Comptroller Hering, land transfers in West Denton, and obituaries. The section reports road work progress on the Hurlock Federalsburg State road, a distempering dog bite incident in Tuckahoe Neck, a wedding in Greensboro, and college admissions at several institutions. It also notes nautical piloting appointment of Captain Woolford, social visits in Denton, and the Marydel death of farmer Joseph S. Dailey with funeral details.
Family notes sketch small town week of quirks and births
Friday entry reports Hetty Etter’s new baby and parental anger at a writer. Saturday Gillem receives a Christmas package from a Mexico-based neighbor with a mock warning Do Not Shake Until Christmas. Sunday pa’s old classmate visits, showing a love cup won years ago. Monday a new family moves in across the creek seeking two scrub women. Tuesday mentions Columbus era game and Emmy questions its finish. Wednesday Sandy MacDuggan welcomes a baby and buys cigars for friends. Thursday Lizzy Ruff undergoes X ray exams and hopes for good proofs tomorrow.
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Pa Wood
Ben All Rite
Hetty Etter
Hetty
Saterday
Crick
Clumbus
United States
Ant Emmy
Ben
Wensday
Sandy MacDuggan
Lizzy Ruff
Tomorry
Death notice for Thomas Walls of Hollywood California
TEMPLEVILLE Mrs Gurney Knotts recently received notice of the death of her uncle Mr Thomas Walls of Hollywood California. He was born and raised in Queen Annes county and would have been 95 next May.
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Gurney Knotts
Thomas Walls
Hollywood
Calif
Walls
Queen Anne’s
Frank Raughley
Medford Starkey
Elinor
Jimmie
Newark
William Morgan
Armelia Shelton
Harry Shelton
Wilmington
Doris Ann Wyatt
Marydel
Charles Maske
Lewes
Del
Fred Maske
Laura Sinclair
Ridley Park
Sara Hickey
Lillian Grey
Roland Park
William Jansen
Marjorie Pippin
Mary Kathryn Knotts
Bethlehem Ladies Aid Oyster Supper Slated
The Ladies Aid will hold an oyster supper at the Community House on Thursday evening October 4. Mrs William McGill and children and Miss Sadie McGill of Baltimore were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs John Sands. Esther Harrington and Florence Legates visited Mrs Harley Davenport in Vienna on Sunday.
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Ladies Aid
William McGill
Sadie McGill
Baltimore
John Sands
Esther Harrington
Florence Legates
Harley Davenport
Vienna
Everett Stevens
W. C. Harding
George
Easton
Alva Blades
J. B. Thompson
Seaford
Guy Harrington
Cambridge
John E. Smith
Job Printer and the Cost of the Code
A humorous reflection traces Job as a printer and links the surname to job printing. It notes ancient wisdom about not knowing its cost and contrasts with modern law that mandates profit after the Code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Quotations on Truth and Justice From Notable Thinkers
A compact page of inspirational lines from Edwin W. Smith George Campbell and Shakespeare praising truth fair discussion and justice. It includes reflections on humility honesty and civic virtue attributed to the Christian Science Monitor and other sources. The snippet invites contemplation of benevolence and national duty through concise maxims.
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George Campbell
The Worlds All Right amateur production in Denton
The Nurse's Emergency Loan Closet committee led by Mrs. Jacob B. Davis arranged with Universal Producing Company of Fairchild Iowa for a new amateur show titled The Worlds All Right to be staged October 4 5 at Caroline High School. The musical features Announcer Jimmy Waddell and Secretary Jane Rogers with backstage studio scenes and numbers like The Harlem High Steppers. The show promises color costumes many songs and sensational acts and aims to lift blues with a strong Denton season highlight.
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Jacob B. Davis
Universal Producing Company
Fairchild
Iowa
Caroline High School
Jimmy Waddell
Jane Rogers
Joe
Harlem High Steppers
Vested Choir
Quartette
Denton
Local Social News and Visits Across towns
RIDGELY Mrs Norman Wilson and son Davis motored to Rehoboth on Wednesday to bring home Miss Elizabeth Wilson who has finished her summers work there. Miss Grace Ziegler is leaving Monday for Elizabethtown Pa where she will attend college the coming year. Mrs Frank Rickards recently entertained Mr and Mrs Jesse Lynch and daughter Hazel of Wilmington. Miss Marguerite Jackson of St Michaels spent the week end with Miss Anna Frances Seward. Mrs Adele Thomas of Rehoboth is spending the week with her sister Mrs H B Laird. Mrs Will Cannon entertained Mrs Annie Poore of Wilmington over the week end. Rev Leon Ross went with some Cordova friends on a fishing trip on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Samuel Bear were Baltimore visitors the first of the week. Mr and Mrs A O Saulsbury made a business trip to Baltimore on Mon. Mr W M Wiley visited his wife and daughter in Smyrna on Sunday. Mr and Mrs J J Ivison were Easton visitors on Wednesday. Mrs Selby Smith has been quite ill.
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Journal
Wilmington
Denton
Hurlock
Federalsburg
Rufus Reber
Aaron C. Reber
Tuckahoe Neck
B. F. Rickards
Pasteur Institute
Baltimore
Lillian F. Roe
Mgr
W. A. Roe
Greensboro
A. G. Tracey
Ellicott City
Mendelssohn
N. C. Wardle
Thomas Sard
Burrsville
Tracey
Atlantic City
Anna Fisher
Robert Downes
Western Maryland
Harold Andrew
St. John’s
Saulsbury Garey
Goldey’s
Ethel Gantt
Hannah More
Helen Roe
Bryn Mawr
Anna Carter
Woman’s College
Howard Porter
Beacom’s
Martin Voss
Clifford Trazzare
Maryland Agricultural College
J. Edward Woolford
West Denton
Joppa
James
W. A. Robingson
Philadelphia
R. F. Maloney
Avondale
Ida Stevenson
Bethlehem
F. P. Covey
University Hospital, Baltimore
Ora Carroll
Mark Breeding
Sherman Hignutt
Wm. Bradley
Cambridge
Hignutt
Everette Pepper
Robert B. Fisher
Annie Emerson
Lewis Cole
York
James A. Trazzare
Katherine Merrick
Ingleside
Mary Hobbs
Albert Gantt
Joseph S. Dailey
First
Marydel
Camden
Del
Alday Clements
Kennedyville
Norman Wilson
Davis
Rehoboth
Elizabeth Wilson
Grace Ziegler
Elizabethtown
Frank Rickards
Jesse Lynch
Hazel
Marguerite Jackson
St. Michaels
Anna Frances Seward
Adele Thomas
H. B. Laird
Will Cannon
Annie Poore
Leon Ross
Cordova
Samuel Bear
Saulsbury
W. M. Wiley
Smyrna
J. J. Ivison
Easton
Selby Smith
Holbrooks Welcome Newcomers in Local Village
Mr and Mrs W Gordon Holbrook and Mrs Bennett of Newark occupy the Holbrook home here. J R Ricards recently vacated. Welcome extended to the Holbrook family. Christian Endeavor led by Manning Merriken last Sunday. T H Towers to lead tomorrow with topic Basic Virtues Good Will. Ladies Aid oyster and chicken supper planned Friday October 5 at Community House. Philadelphia visitors W B Reynolds guests of L H Thomas. B B Allen and J R Ricards Washington visitors last Monday. L H Thomas to entertain Ladies Aid next Wednesday.
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W. Gordon Holbrook
Bennett
Newark
N. J
Holbrook
J. R. Ricards
Gordon
Manning Merriken
Christian Endeavor
T. H. Towers
Ladies’ Aid
W. B. Reynolds
Philadelphia
L. H. Thomas
B. B. Allen
Washington
Adams Cross Roads 4-H club meets with Miss Reba Adams
About forty members gathered Friday for the 4 H Live Wire Club meeting with Miss Reba Adams. The next meeting will include Miss Virginia Horsey. The Pennypacker family reunion was held at Cedar Grove last Sunday, an annual event. Mr and Mrs Fred Fountain visited relatives in Philadelphia last week and returned Sunday. Reverend C H Atkins will speak Sunday afternoon at Bloomery Home Coming. Mrs Anna Robinson hosts Bloomery Aid on September 26 at the club room. Miss Reba Adams hosted Miss Clara Abbott of Bridgeville, and George Seely hosted relatives from New York over the weekend.
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Live Wire Club
Reba Adams
Virginia Horsey
Pennypacker
Cedar Grove
Fred Fountain
Philadelphia
C. H. Atkins
Bloomery
Anna Robinson
Bloomery Aid
Clara Abbott
Bridgeville
George Seely
New York
Elma Seely
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Democratic
T. Alan Goldsborough
Caroline County
United States Senate
George S. Radcliffe
Baltimore City
Albert C. Ritchie
Anne Arundel County
the Treasury
William 8. Gordy
Wicomico County
Herbert R. O’conor
Court of Appeals
James A. Young
Allegany County
WM. Mason Shehan
Talbot County
J. Owen Knotts
State Senate
A. Fletcher Sisk
Joseph H. Carroll
Orphans’ Court
Jesse T. Dennis Luther W. Handy
C. Harvey Towers
House of Delegates
J. Walter Mitchell
Alda P. Whitby
T. Clayton Horsey
Emily G. Swiss
J. Frank Lane Harry L. Sullivan
H. Roland Towers
Layman
J. Redden
H. Saulsbury Sparks
Railroads
Templeville
Edwin W. Smith
Christian Science Monitor
D. L. Ritchie
Mazzini
Shakespeare
Hobbs
Adams Cross Roads
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