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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1944
Page
2
The piece discusses Hollywood theater advertising and audience interest in new and revived films, noting that leading venues plan specials and classics reissues. It references industry figures, movie titles, and shifts in public taste, with commentary on star power and studio strategies.
The American Legion Auxiliary held its regular meeting in Post rooms Monday evening. Minutes and reports highlighted sending magazines to Sandusky Veterans, upcoming programs on Africa, and a pot-luck supper planned for Sunday. Members shared sewing, knitting, and social updates including hosting, travel, and enlistment notes.
Alfred Hitchcock and John Steinbeck are linked in Lifeboat coming to the Capitol Theater Saturday. The cast includes Tallulah Bankhead William Bendix Walter Slezak Mary Anderson Henry Hull Heather Angel Hume Cronyn and Canada Lee as nine people adrift in a lifeboat after a torpedoed ship. The ensemble features a jittery seaman a Nazi commander an American nurse a merchant seaman a business tycoon a crazed Englishwoman and her child an English radio operator a bosun's mate and a foreign correspondent.
Two features will be shown at the Laney Theater on Friday. Hite Burke Donald Woods and Frank Jenks star in So's Your Uncle a Mot romance, and Gene Autry headlines Eats and Saddles.
Suburban 24 Calendar 32 by S TONIGHT EATON details a village meeting in Eaton High Neighbor Club, with notices of events across Ridgeville Avon Rochester Belden and nearby areas. It lists programs, speakers, school events, and community activities scheduled for Thursday and Friday, noting locations such as West River Road and Barton Street.
A renowned group of vocalists from Boston University and seminary circles will perform at the First Methodist Church next Sunday. Led by Dr James R Houghton, the program features trumpet duets, hymns on the xylophone, and selections from the Amphion Club and New England Singers. The concert includes a Boston University College of Music faculty solo and ends with a choral finale.
Council President Henry Kane was sworn in as Amherst mayor at 1 pm Tuesday succeeding late Mayor C. J. Cooper. Atty Seth Stevens administered the oath and read a sympathy resolution for the widow Amelia Cooper. The council discussed candidates for the vacancy and elected Hugh Tompkins as trustee. Tompkins was sworn in by Kane. Preparations for shrubs around the town hall and repairs to the sewage plant were discussed. Paint for the comfort station was approved, Boy Scouts aiding, and two representatives were reappointed to the firemen’s pension board. Spring cleaning dates were set for April 30 to May 4.
Community items record Mayor Kane's fence repairs and office location in the town hall, officer nominations, and club gatherings. Lady society notes include hostess duties, token gifts, and prize winners at the Vie Martin club, plus furlough news and Pythian Sisters events. Public notices mention election plans, upcoming parties, and a screening of Tomorrow's Bread in Ireland.
The singers will brighten Sunday worship at the First Methodist church west with a 10 45 a m concert during the morning service. A capacity audience is expected to attend this inspirational event.
A dense listing of radio show titles, host names, and segments like Victory Parade News, Mystery Moments, and Jazz Dinner Music. Highlights include a Civic Water event, a Spring parade with bands and dance numbers, and various program blocks featuring Basil Muse and Tomedane moments. The schedule mentions Mrs. Muse, Lady Kitty Fovia, and Archie Andrews among performers.
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