Local Farmers Ready For Growing Season In Lorain County
Lorain County farmers speed preparations for the new season with early plowing and oat seeding. Fruit growers monitor buds amid cool weather and frost risk, while the extension agent notes above normal year to date temperatures and below normal moisture in March. A second spray bulletin advises delayed dormant to pink sprays for apple scab control using liquid and flotation sulphur formulations.
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Lorain County
C. I. Hummel
Onio Agrcultural Experiment Station
Hummel
Safety posters urge skating on sidewalks in spring drive
The Elyria Automobile Club distributes April OSAA-AAA safety posters and teacher lesson sheets in a Mother Goose theme showing three skaters on a sidewalk. Materials stress skating away from traffic to prevent child injuries and fatalities from automobiles on streets.
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Elyria Automobile Club
Pontiac Pistons Achieve Uniform Weight Across Sizes
Pontiac Motors service manager L K Marshall explains all pistons are manufactured to within 1/16 ounce. Oversize pistons up to .030 inch weigh the same as standard, preserving balance. Chrome nickel alloy iron pistons use a balancing ring and finish grinding, with a specialized scale guiding material removal for exact weight.
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Pontiac
L K. Marshall
Pontiac Motors
Plymouth Adds New Convertible Sedan
Detroit April 1 introduction of Plymouths latest convertible marks a spring welcome to the expanding sports car market. The Convertible Sedan features improved hinged supports and concealed side-arms to ease top operation, building on the prior Convertible Coupe design. It represents Chrysler engineers’ push to offer luxury at a lower price.
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Detroit
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Love for a shopgirl tests a young man's engagement
Ruth Dewey Groves sketches Mary Hale as she navigates George Van Buskirk Jr complex scheme. Audrey Hampton pushes a six month engagement while Otis Burton probes Mary's past. The Van Buskirk family scheme aims to end the romance to protect wealth and status.
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George van Buskirs, Jr
Conrad Phelps
Mary Hale
Trixie Anderson
George
Audrey Hampton
Mary
Audrey
Otis Burton
van Buskirks
Lydia
Burton
Peter Erskin
Memory and meals in Philadelphia and Lancaster
The writer recalls memory quirks in hotel clerks, noting name recalls at the Benjamin Franklin hotel and forgotten slippers. He describes Old Bookbinder’s seafood in Philadelphia, a stroll past Ben Franklin’s neighborhood, and finds a modern Baron Stiegel Room in Lancaster offering reliable, traditional dining.
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V V McNitt
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Ed Baer
Dascoll
America
Ben Franklin
Food Atlas of
Lancaster
Baron Stiegel
Brunswick
Pennsylvania
Prologue to Glory staged at Lorain High for sightless benefit
Abraham Lincoln romance drama will be performed at Lorain High School on April 12 to aid the Lorain County program for sightless men and women. Two shows at 2 45 pm and 8 15 pm, under the Lorain Lions Club with $100 already donated. Tickets available in Elyria via Mrs. Leonard P. Tufford or the Center for the Sightless at 232 Second Street.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lorain High School
Lorain County
Lorain
Center For the Sightless
Second Street
Plymouth unveils sup er luxury sedan with 117 inch wheelbase
The 1939 Plymouth line includes a largest five passenger model with a 117 inch wheelbase described as the super luxury. Plans show the sedan and a self-operating top Plymouth coupe as Chrysler’s only convertibles this year, designed to convert from open sports car to snug sedan while offering ample room for front and rear passengers.
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Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Hudson introduces Auto-Poise and Airfoam comfort in 1939 models
Hudson engineers credit new ride safety and comfort features for the 1939 lineup. Auto-Poise chassis stabilization offers automatic wheel and suspension control for steady handling. Airfoam cushions, made from natural rubber foam, come standard on Country Club and convertibles and optional on other Hudsons. London’s Honorable Artillery Company is among rare groups allowed fixed bayonet processions.
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Hudson
Cleveland Group To Present Play At Eaton Church
A quintet from Franklin Boulevard Christian Church will present a play at Eaton Church Tuesday night. Directors Mr and Mrs Edgar Rowe supervise the production titled Taking Jesus Seriously. Rev A K Stevenson, pastor, says the sermon topic will be taken from the evening service.
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Franklin Boulevard Christian Church
Eaton Church
Edgar Rowe
Jesus
A K Steverson
The Old Candlemaker of St Johan at Eaton church
The morality play to be staged by the Young People in Eaton church Monday night of Holy Week features The Old Candlemaker and Jack Kennedy with parts by Allan Munn Anna Mae Smith Jeanne Strong Glenn Sievert Dorothy Rice Mary Cornish Tony Piscola Betty Mezurek and Lewis Kolb The sermon is Perils of Worshiping Jesus.
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St. Johan
Eaton Church
Jack Kennedy
Allan Munn
Anna Mae Smith
Jeanne Strong
Glenn Sievert
Dorothy Rice
Mary Cornish
Tony Piscola
Betty Mezurek
Lewis Kolb
Jesus
Libby Holman Marries Taylor Holmes in Washington
Torch singer Libby Holman wed 23 year old Taylor Holmes in Washington on Monday. Holmes is the brother of actor Philip Holmes and Miss Holman previously married Smith Reynolds who was shot to death years ago. she has a son by that marriage.
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Greenwich
Conn
Libby Holman
Taylor Holmes
Washington
Holmes
Philip Holmes
Miss Holman
Smith Reynolds
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Automobile News
Pennington
Paradise
Broad Street
Cal Plan
the City Ice & Fuel Co
West Ave
Elyria, Ohio
Elm Streets
Ruth Dewey Groves
Udrey
New York
Charles B. Driscoll
Woolworth Building
Chas. Driscoll
Stiegel
Czecho-Slovakia
Heinrich William Stiegel
Manhattan
Jersey
Times Square
Captain Kidd
McNaught Syndicate
London
Honorable Artillery Company
Britain
Cleveland
Broad St
Sibley
Betramer Florist
E. Broad Street
John Lersch
Fisher's Grace Co
Ohio
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