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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1935
Page
9
The Record resumes serialized weekly stories but cuts to shorter arcs ending in three or four weeks. This week presents David Copperfield by Charles Dickens as the first installment. A forthcoming movie adaptation is promised, expected to be a memorable 1935 release.
The Record notes growing satisfaction with its tabloid format now in year three and mentions readers adapting to the smaller size. It cites a columnist who questions the need to contort for reading and observes a trend of other papers switching to tabloid format.
An article extols tabloid size for readers and advertisers. It argues the compact format aids handling and departmentalized news, improves readability, aids navigation, increases ad space without crowding, enhances eye appeal, and benefits ads on smaller pages, with national publishers backing its popularity.
Eleven of Pennsylvania's sixty seven counties are represented among the 14 cabinet appointees who took office after Governor George H. Earle's swearing in. Among the appointees five are Republicans, three are personal selections by the governor, and the rest are political picks.
The Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company seeks to switch from cocoa and chocolate code to candy code to avoid higher wage scales. Local residents fear plant closure within six months if the shift is not approved as 70 percent of products meet candy definitions. The move is argued to protect employment for hundreds of workers facing wage cuts and potential layoffs.
News items from Lititz and surrounding towns report a runaway wagon mishap near the tollgate, a baby born in Rothsville, a fatal drowning near Milton Grove, a hog weighing 562 pounds butchered, Lititz National Bank director changes, the new Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel on Linden Hall floor usage, phrenology lectures, February auctioneers engagements, church and bank notes, wind damage near Oregon, K of P lodge growth, a marriage at Carrie Hacker and Jesse Craig’s home, a monster 45 pound turkey, a near fire at David Hershey’s Penn township home, Rev Rienke's Moravian parish induction, and local social notes including Miss Verona Sturgis.
The corn starch plant runs steady grinding a thousand bushels daily employing about thirty men. A sleigh accident on Broad Street injures the driver. a paper mill bale fall injures John Madlem. Political tickets are set in Lititz borough. Ideal Chocolate factory orders and dividends rise. Enterprise Mandolin Club reorganizes. a birthday party for Dorothy Jenkins is noted.
The firm argues the shutdown of operations requires a code adjustment to proceed with the plan. Officials note the appeal hinges on permitting constraints and potential economic impact on the area.
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