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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1940
Page
7
Edward Lee Hawk, human analyst and vocational adviser, opens a free series at Elks Hall on Getting Ar Humidated With Yourself. He says most people hide hidden potential and that success comes from using brains already possessed, guiding listeners to discover natural talents and aptitudes to achieve meaningful goals.
Twelve secret indictments were returned yesterday by a special grand jury closing a four day probe into Warren county gambling activity. Arrests were to be started immediately. Bucyrus dentist James, a native of Galion, died after three months illness. He practiced dentistry in Cleveland for 25 years. He was secretary of the Crawford county Conservation League.
An old home remedy promotes Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice as a quick cure for rheumatic pains. The ad claims benefits within 48 hours, with a money back guarantee, and markets through Phillips Drug Store and other drug stores.
Mrs D G Lyle of Grant Orchards Wash born May 17 1916 is identified as the youngest postmistress in Washington and possibly the nation, appointed to the post on August 3 1939. She is the wife of a general store proprietor and assumed duties at age 23.
Germany claimed direct hits on two British battleships and two cruisers with one ship in flames and another listing sharply while Britain denied any battleship damage. The Air Ministry said a German cruiser was seriously damaged in Bergenfjord. Rumors spread across Europe of possible German advances, Norway occupation, and a Norwegian puppet government under Vidkun Quisling.
Joseph Mc Keever, 43, received a 15 day panhandling sentence after pleading not guilty in police court. He was accused of attempting to pan handle near a judge’s courthouse, but the case remains contested.
President Roosevelt conferred with foreign affairs advisers on arriving from Hyde Park about extending the neutrality act to Norway and northern waters. Officials waited for European dispatches to guide decisions amid uncertain reports of a naval battle and the safety of more than 3000 Americans in Scandinavia.
James Starr 23 a mall worker was acquitted of first degree murder in the death of his wife Camella Sue 20 in Steubenville. A jury of nine men and four women found him not guilty after a 14 day trial claiming he was home in bed when his wife was killed near their home while carrying their child.
Contrary to belief the Fort Peck reservation in Montana shows growth with 2882 Indians residing and 400 others temporarily at other agencies, part of a population rise since twenty years ago when under 2200 lived on the northeastern Montana reservation.
Navia Press reports air raids in Norway heightened official anxiety. Officials from the State and Navy Departments and the Maritime Commission are examining methods to evacuate those who wish to depart.
Four beavers worked overnight at the annual sports mens show in Bangor Maine building a dam that plugged a stream in the display flooding the auditorium floor. In Alameda California police theorize catching a thief may require retracing steps after a 175 pound reverse gear was stolen from a marine engine.
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