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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1942
Page
10
Cleveland April 1 six teen persons were injured in a collision of two street cars on the Detroit Superior Bridge. Motorman Charles Wenddorff, 33, was trapped and rescued by firefighters using axes and torches before being taken to a hospital with cuts and bruises.
The County Council of the P T A will meet Thursday April 16 at Poe with Mrs Berejtha Ashby Hess of the state health department as guest speaker. Pvt. Leroy Ensign reports from Camp Perry to Camp Cooke in California. Mrs. Victoria Butcher and Mrs. Samuel Herman are treated at Lodi Hospital. Poultry farmer John Roob expands to sheep with 53 lambs from 39 ewes and 16 pairs of twins. Frank Allen enlisted in the air service expected in May. About 25 Spencer residents enroll in Red Cross First Aid at the schoolhouse. The Fidelity Sunday School class hosted a comforter project and a social with Mrs. Jennie Winters visiting from Sullivan.
Plans at East Oberlin church aim to craft a commemorative mimeographed letter for local boys in service. Beverly Parr’s eighth birthday was celebrated by 27 friends with games and ice cream. Local gatherings featured Mrs. Howard Bront’s miscellany shower for Mrs. Jack Baldwin, while neighbors visited Amherst, Kerch, and Akron. Several residents, including Ted Harper and Tom Hutchinson, have family and military ties, with updates from Fort Ord and Camp Wheeler.
Washington reporters note that the House military affairs committee will press a probe into the expensive shell loading plant at Minden Louisiana built by the Silas Mason Co. Testimony from Gordon K. Miller cites costly temporary guard gate houses costing far beyond initial estimates. Representative Thomason vows to expose all overcharges and pursue remedies.
Ohio lawmakers publish a list of U.S. representatives to the Chronicle Telegram. They note energy and construction costs in Washington, compare frame building prices to the Supreme Court and House office structures, and promise hearings with a plan to curb excess spending. Rep Brooks argues for cheaper, permanent facilities at 25 cents per cubic foot.
The article lists Ohio senators and representatives then serving in Washington, naming Taft and a slate of Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus and other district lawmakers. It notes farm losses due to competition and hints at evolving methods affecting earnings.
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