Fair Play Ideals Amid Roosevelt Health Controversy
A longstanding editorial extols fair play as essential in sports and politics. It defends Roosevelt against rumors about his health after the 1921 paralysis, cites medical inspectors, and notes substantial life insurance coverage tied to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. It also highlights Yale captain Edgar Warren overcoming disability to lead his team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Samuel W. Lambert
Yale
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Theodore Roosevelt
New York City
Russell A. Hibbs
Foster Kennedy
Queens College
Belfast
Royal University of Ireland
New York General Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Nursing Hospital
Lennox Hill Hospital
French Hospital
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Child’s and Women’s Hospital
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Berkshire Life Insurance Company
Canada Life Assurance Company
Columbian National Life Insura Company
Connecticut General Life Insura Company
Connecticut Mutual Life Insura Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Iowa Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance
Copany Guardian Life Insurance Company
John Hancock Mutual Life Insura Company
Home Life Insurance Company
Massachusetts Mutual Insurance
Copany Mutual Life Insurance Company
National Life Insurance Company
New England Mutual Life Insura Company
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Compa Prudential Insurance Company
State Mutual Life Insurance
Compa Travelers Insurance Company
Union Central Life Insurance
Copany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edgar Warren
America
Roosevelt and the value of good sports in politics
A speaker lauds Theodore Roosevelt’s triumph over infantile paralysis, argues handicaps test character, and urges fair play in presidential elections. He cites Fosdick, Pasteur, Edison and others who persevered despite disability, urging voters to judge candidates on courage and conduct rather than health or stigma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Ole Bull
Paris
Ulysses
State of
New York
Pasteur
Naguchi
Steinmetz
Saint Francis of Assini
John Wesley
DeQuincey
Carlyle
Darwin Huxley
Browning
Beethoven
Milter
Clemenceau
Edison
Eastman
House of Representatives
Iman Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
Grant
Parry
Bath
Walsh Warns on Semi permanent Economic Depression
United States Senator David IL Walsh of Massachusetts argues that the current economic downturn has lasted nearly three years and shows semi permanent traits. He says public policy must differ from temporary depressions, urging curtailment of public expenses, strict economy, and avoidance of new public debt to hasten recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
David IL Walsh
Massachusetts
Let the People Think on Government Overreach
The Chilton Wisconsin Times argues government roles in private business produce deficits and bureaucratic expansion. It warns that politics in enterprise invites paternalism, raises taxes, and stifles progress, urging retrenchment and voter scrutiny at the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilton
Wisconsin
Times
Government Cuts and Employment in Tax Policy
The piece argues that drastic government cost reductions could worsen unemployment by shrinking purchasing power and dampening trade. It cites Barnard Baruch on how excessive spending harms credit and money certainty, prompting hoarding and investment slowdown. Taxes are deemed the core economic issue shaping employment and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard Baruch
Look at Your Schools Demand They Be Built or Rebuilt
Opinion warns that up to half of schools in towns are unsafe fire traps. An expert investigation cites dangerous janitorial practices and poorly designed gymnasiums with limited egress as examples, urging readers to demand new or rebuilt facilities.
Protecting Against Fire All Intrusive precautions urged
The text argues for the strongest fire resistance standards and demands every protective device be installed. It emphasizes that fires are tragic and that those destroying young lives are the most tragic of all.
The Home Towns Good Will
The good will of a successful business is worth a lot of money. People spend fortunes creating such a good will. Similarly the good will of a community is worth a great deal. If a town is known as a fine residence place, that reputation is high value. It draws intelligent and useful people to live and do business. The reputation of the business concerns of a place is part of a citys good will. This good will is created partly by faithful service, but largely by residents who praise their hometown wherever they go. When dwellers say only good things, its good will becomes an asset of incalculable value.
Investing Money at Home Promises Safer Finance Era
The article notes a coming era to curb prior financing losses by encouraging investment in domestic ventures. It urges placing funds in home homes, local banks, home mortgages, and local business shares, rather than in unfamiliar foreign or distant enterprises.
Editorial notes on Maine victory and Hoover backlash
The piece analyzes the Democratic win in Maine as a reaction against the Hoover Administration and its leadership. It warns that Republican revolt stems from policy failures, tariff burdens, agricultural price stumbles, and deception in campaigns. It cites Roosevelt’s critique of Republican leadership and argues the coming Democratic victory will reflect popular will rather than partisanship. It discusses European national minorities, historic invasions, and racial-cultural dynamics as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Pine Tree
Hoover
Warwicks
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Partizan
Fragmented Europe and minority rights after World War I
The piece outlines border changes after World War I driven by self determination, noting minorities under alien rule in 13 states including Germans and Slavs. It cites eight Congresses of Minorities, calls for a League of Nations minority commission, and reports Austria's loan terms and strain on finances with veterans costs looming toward 1940.
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Wilson
Europe
Czechos
Slovakia
Poland
Upper Silesia
Vienna
League of Nations
Council
Social Notes from Rehoboth and Nearby Areas
Ridgely residents J J Ivison and Ellen Detwiler joined in Rehoboth on Wednesday. Denton’s Carroll Bright visited her parents Charles and Hammond on Wednesday. L M Goodwin of Baltimore visited Thompson Swing on Tuesday. P T A to hold season opener Monday September 26. Charlotte Kibler back from Minneapolis with a friend from St Louis. Carlton Marvel hosted B R Sarles of Annapolis. Gladys Richards visiting Rehoboth with Mrs Charles Herzog. Walter Bennington hosted John Beach of Delmar Sunday. Walter Booker of Chambersburg spent the weekend with parents. Saulsbury Brothers busy pac ing butter beans. Mrs Kent Temple visiting in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Ivison
Ellen Detwiler
Rehoboth
Carroll Bright
Denton
Charles, Hammond
L. M. Goodwin
Baltimore
Thompson
Charlotte Kibler
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Carlton Marvel
B. R. Sarles
Annapolis
Gladys Richards
Charles Herzog
Walter Bennington
John Beach
Delmar
Walter Booker
Chambersburg
Saulsbury Brothers
Kent Temple
Philadelphia
Denton notes: resignations, deaths, and local items
Miss Dora Gelletty resigns as Denton primary principal. Continental Life Insurance opens offices in Wilmington. Notes on local hospital surgery, Caroline County Medical Association meeting, and visits by Dr. Simmons and others. Announcements of family relocations, schooling, and a serious assault case near Denton ending with arrest and later release on alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Gelletty
Denton
Continental Life Insurance Company
Harvey L. Cooper
Geo. E. Saulsbury
du Pont
Wilmington
Hayward Hignutt
W. Thomas Ilignutt
Concord
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
Winslow
Caroline County Medical Association
Preston
Davis
Steele
Cambridge
Travers
Easton
General Hospital
H. B. Simmons
Chestertown
G. W. Simmons
Simmons
Mary E. Hobbs
Philadelphia
Katherine
Roberta
Clara Hobbs
Girard College
G. F. Kindley
Frederick
Miriam Taylor
Woman’s College
W. P. Draper
Bateman
Ella Downes
Lynchburg
Mary J. Fisher
Porto Rico
Eugene Anderson
The
Tome Institute
Port Deposit
Chas. G. Griffin
Weehawken Heights
N. J
Thomas F. Smith
Western Maryland College
Charles W. Sylvester
Maryland Agricultural College
G. Lacey Stevens
Anne Arundel County
Darby Pa
Walter M. Hitch
Caroline County
Bessie Trice
Reading Railroad
Miss Trice
Levin Williams
Federalsburg
Williams
Miss Collins
William C. Turner
Friendship
Slats Diary of a Wayward Week by Ross Farquar
Slats notes a week of daily misadventures and odd observations from Friday to Thursday. He mentions Eb bringing Nashua for study, struggles with roller skating, odd household complaints, a window incident at a Dry Goods store, a potential job idea from Ant Emmy, superstition about luck, and Blisters refusing to play tennis with Cecil Craw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eb Martins
Danter
Nashua
Ant Emmy
Joe Hix
Ore House
Jackson
Jackson and Mebby
Wensday
Jake
Blisters
Enny
Cecil Craw
Becaz
Cecil
Start Them Right Sleep Habits For School Years
Dr. R H Riley urges mothers to rear children with early rising for unhurried breakfasts, regular hours, and self discipline. He notes growing children need varying amounts of sleep from twelve hours for six to eight year olds to nine hours for fourteen to sixteen year olds, plus daily outdoor play and non disruptive recreation to strengthen health and resilience against illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Riley
State Department of Health
Dr. Riley
Local Social Notes From Denton and Nearby Areas
Mrs Joseph Carroll of Denton visited at the Methodist parsonage. Rev Francis Hensel of Wilmington named chaplain at The Plains. Mr and Mrs Foster Clark of Henderson visited uncle Will Smith. Mrs Roy Tawes hosts sister Eulah Warren of Richmond Virginia. Miss Helen Hollingsworth visited home at Church Hill earlier this week. Mrs Anna Jones of Sadlersville guest of Mrs Norman Wilson. Mr and Mrs Harvey Holsinger traveled to Philadelphia last Wednesday. Rev F W Kirwan and family returned from Ocean City. No further notable events reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Carroll
Denton
Francis Hensel
Wilmington
the Plains
Foster Clark
Henderson
Will Smith
Roy Tawes
Eulah Warren
Richmond
Helen Hollingsworth
Church Hill
Anna Jones
Sadlersville
Norman Wilson
Harvey Holsinger
Philadelphia
F. W. Kirwan
Ocean City
Solitary Play Shapes Independent Thinking in a Mother’s Lesson
A mother narrates watching her seven year old, Joe, build a railroad with a cardboard tunnel and stone bridge while others play nearby. She reflects that solitary play fosters independent thought and self reliance, noting Joe’s progress, pride in his problem solving, and her hope he may become an engineer.
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Joe
Raisin
Jve
Bring Em Back Alive premier at Milford Plaza Theatre
The New Plaza Theatre in Milford hosts the premier of Bring Em Back Alive on Wednesday and Thursday September 28 29 with a 3 30 matinee. The documentary style adventure follows Frank Buck in the tropics depicting battles with a tiger python crocodile and panther using improvised cages and native handlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buck
Radio Pictures
New Plaza Theatre
Milford
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Democratic
John N. Garner
Texas
Millard E. Tydings
Harford County
Congress
T. Alan Goldsborough
Pert By
Lausanne
Germany
Austria
Veteran Administration Bureau
General Hines
Veteran’s Administration
Veterans Administration
Robert Parrott
Tuckahoe Neck
John E. Wilson
George Driver
Seward
Driver
Ross Farquar
R. L. Stevenson
Janette Stevenson
Murray
Brwspa
Kler
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