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Newspaper
Woodbridge Leader
Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
4
The Leader urges readers to report poverty cases unseen by charities. Winter harshness worsens distress for the sick and poor. Families lack coal and food yet fear seeking aid. neighbors should notify the paper to inform relief efforts.
The passage questions what Christmas means beyond gifts and merriment. It contrasts feasting and goodwill with philosophers warning about civilization’s future in the machine age. It suggests many of the world’s ills could be cured by applying Christian principles.
In a Tuesday message to Congress President Hoover urges stricter enforcement of the Prohibition law. He notes that evils of prohibition persist as the public openly rebels. To appease dry South support, he endorses increased taxation to fund enforcement, signaling a tough stance despite limited means.
Astronomers attribute the continent wide cold snap to sun spots and gas eruptions launched into the air by some mysterious gun like force. Public reaction favors the brisk air as invigorating and beneficial for health.
A reader criticizes local factories for burning oil and asphalt waste, sending heavy fumes over homes. The writer urges city and township cooperation to stop the practice and suggests tall smokestacks incinerators as a solution.
Complaints to the office say buses between Woodbridge Amboy and Rahway run poorly with waits up to forty minutes though schedules claim every fifteen. Winter conditions may worsen the issue, making delays a health concern and prompting an investigation into local service.
Analysts note two enduring issues in the current business scene. Over production in some lines drives aggressive sales and price cutting. Retail credit inflation persists as customers face liberal time payment terms.
Experts say the so called stock panic on Wall Street stemmed from artificial altitude shifts, not weak business. Prices fell below intrinsic value before rising back as earning capacity normalizes. Sellers rushing to cover should act quickly.
Woodbridge Lumber Company president objects to a November 29 item on the front page claiming such notices are not news and may invite tampering. The letter argues criticism should be private and questions what constitutes news while a separate note mentions a Navy Dartmouth game attendance and a grim vow from Trinidad Chronicle-News.
Congressman Hoffman praises the gradual elimination of long standing eyesore ships along the Arthur Kill. Shipping Board President T O'Connor reports twenty eight vessels disposed of. forty one remain to be sold for operation under the American flag or dismantling.
In a yearly tradition the Woodbridge fire department will act as Santa for needy children. They seek donations of repairable old toys and will repaint and repair them. People with discarded toys should call the fire department. Toys and candies will be delivered on Christmas Eve to porch fronts.
James N. Stout secretary of the Staten Island Deep Waterways Association spent Monday in Washington conferring with Congressman Hofman on New Jersey waterway projects.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Congregation Adath Israel will hold a meeting next Monday evening at the home of Mrs Harold Vogel on King George's road.
Good Crows PPENBIBT ES WINKLER of Joliet Ill writes about two crows Tom and Jacob. Tom was gentle and sweet while Jacob was cunning and mischievous, yet the writer loved them both. Jacob ruined a peony bud then boasted of mischief, and the birds helped in the garden by catching insects and pulling weeds. Miss Winkler hints there is more to come in future letters.
Information about an accident news blackout for President Hoover spreads as he departs Indiana for Louisville to address canalization of the Ohio River. In other outlets Kellogg and Briand promise renewed hope and energy in Franco American cooperation.
Report describes cold blasting over a game at Wrigley Field where fans used newspapers to wrap their legs and threw scraps on the field as park attendants frowned at the scene.
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