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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1931
Page
2
The analysis shows total sales of 4,121,537 with per person expenditure of 244.40 and a four person family spending about 978.29 annually. Food stores account for 590.87 per family yearly, about 11.35 weekly, with autos and travel next and drugs at 61.35 yearly. The report urges campaigns to lift weekly consumption and overall sales beyond four million dollars.
The article defends high ethical standards in journalism focused on release dates and keeping confidences. It praises The Review for honoring embargoes and protecting information, earning trust from officials and citizens and maintaining a respected reputation.
Department of Commerce figures reveal independent merchants handle more units but with higher wage costs per unit. The chain stores post higher sales per location yet total independent volume exceeds them due to number of outlets, suggesting division of market among many small shops unless consolidation occurs.
The piece argues money in banks will circulate as business improves and prices fall, urging readers to buy now while retail prices are low. It notes wages and materials returning to circulation, and predicts rising prices as demand increases, advising against delaying purchases. Benjamin Franklin is cited on buying only what you want.
An editorial urges fair play in sports and ideas alike, condemning personal rancor and ad hominem attacks. It argues opinions should be tested by truth, not by bias, and warns that bitterness undermines honest debate and the value of wise competition.
The column traces Hoover era rhetoric urging courage amid economic fear, notes heavy rains and grain forecasts, and urges civic acts like Fathers Day kindness, supports Winthrop Legion Carnival, and highlights early talks on recording conversations, labor auctions, and hopeful business prospects.
Summer is here signaling the busy season for both urban residents and farmers. The piece notes the calendar’s reliability, calls summer the outdoors season, and explains the differing yet shared welcomes from city and country folk as work and leisure converge in this peak period.
A fragmentary editorial reflects on what makes a great president and likens luck to a milking cow. It hints at modernization and a family dynamic, noting a man who arrives home late may react violently if delayed further.
Theodore Nordin and Joseph Shmishkiss led a painting crew at Camp Powow for the Lynn Coed Boy Scouts of America. They scrubbed six patrol cabins and other facilities, with Scouts from Lynn Lynnfield Nahant Saugus Swampscott and Winthrop slated to arrive for July activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Tucker of Brookfield Road celebrated their forty sixth anniversary on Tuesday. Relatives and friends conveyed congratulations. Tucker serves as chairman of the local Board of Assessors and is an authority on Winthrop's early history.
Mrs Clarence M Ellis hosts a farewell at 648 Pleasant Street for her sister Miss Irene Russell prior to Russell sailing from New York on Saturday aboard the Britannic. Guests include Mrs F N Russell Mrs Jesse L Albright Mrs Arthur Tewksbury and others with prizes awarded to Vee HGS El Parker Ruth Gardner and Vivian Smith.
Wallace Tibbets of the Republican State Committee thanks the Winthrop Review for its cooperative spirit in the Americanization Day program at Revere Beach. He notes the event was a success despite threatening weather and hopes it becomes an annual observance. He also commends Bennison Public Address Service for amplification.
The piece recounts George Washington as a boy who, despite limited schooling and a family of property but little money, learned responsibility from his mother and pursued self‑support through farming and especially surveying. His half‑brother Lawrence and Lord Fairfax aided his early career, leading to early military roles and the rise of a future leader.
Mr and Mrs Charles Sy Foote of 55 Woodside Avenue left Winthrop for Worcester. Friends hosted a buffet supper at Frank A LeCour’s house and organized bridge and indoor golf. The Foote couple received a gift. Mrs Foote and Mr Lowe won at bridge. Foote works for Standard Oil and got transferred to the Worcester branch.
Arthur L Brown of Bellevue Avenue a professor of law at Boston University was awarded the degree of Master of Laws at BU commencement exercises held on Monday.
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