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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1933
Page
2
A red headed boy from Ireland applied for work in a Chicago food shop. After a delivery to a fashionable district, the manager was warned a gun would be drawn if the boy entered through the front. The porter from Oakland Mansions insisted on the front entrance and a gun was drawn, but not fired.
Elyria notes shows five of nine Lorain steel plant mills active with skelp mills supplying raw product. On Friday and Saturday Elyria will host three Laura Gregg lectures, national lecturer for the American Woman's Suffrage Association, promoting women’s rights.
Alfred P. Grills of Columbia Station voices concern over drastic Elyria school cuts for 1933 34 and protests proposed county wide control by a state education king. He presses value balance preserving homes and schools while limiting frills and excessive taxation. urges Gertrude Akins to align county board with current needs.
News from abroad reports 26 nations have ratified a league plan to curb world narcotics manufacture and distribution. A league established board would set production limits, infringing on sovereignty but offering a powerful tool in the global fight against drugs.
A young man who left high school and has been unemployed describes the relief of joining Roosevelt's Conservation Corps. He says the escape from stagnation and lack of funds improves his body and mind and offers a chance to start over with new opportunities.
Postmaster General Farley denies a wholesale dismissal of postmasters. Incumbents will serve out their terms, and Civil Service exams will guide candidate selection. He vows Congress member input on district qualifications and loyalty remains a questioned factor. Philadelphia Inquirer notes the policy mirrors prior administrations.
In 1773 and 1933 Franklin and Roosevelt frame the nail as vital to a nation. The article praises the civilian conservation corps and 250000 jobs as linchpins for families and the broader economy amid banking and fiscal tensions. It argues jobs steady the public, households, and industry alike.
A Seattle scientist focuses on microscopic specimens that destroy timber rather than on those forced to accompany their wives on shopping trips, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka Daily Capital notes that Kansas produced 240 million Iashels of wheat two years ago, 100 million last year, and may struggle to reach 50 million this summer, aligning with deflation expectations.
A note in the column discusses a union or company policy on safety zones as viewed by a married man. The discussion centers on workplace safety practices and managerial oversight within the company.
A garbled travel scene presents a stranded traveler in a remote hamlet asking for dog biscuits and local hospitality. A pair of Sheiks trade quips about jobs and marriage while a public figure’s fading prominence is noted, ending with a musing line about saving today and tomorrow.
A husband searches for his pocketbook after discovering it left at home. The maid explains the wife put away the clothing and is out shopping. The piece comments on old fashioned values with quips about marriage and domestic life.
The Elyria board of education purchased a Western Heights lot with 205 ft frontage on West River street to extend to Vulcan street extension. A nearby saloon would near 300 feet of a school, prompting its closure if construction proceeds. The Elyria Baseball Club reelected officers Mose Wilder president Christ Stolzenburg vice president Wm. O. Schall secretary treasurer and Phil Koehle manager. Amherst quarries reopen hopes dashed as 709 workers were expected but sheriff deputies outnumbered them and strikers claim unity.
Oberlin will welcome U S Senator William E Borah as a leading national figure to speak in Oberlin next month. The announcement was made today by Prof H A Miller noting Borah's prominence and the upcoming appearance.
Chronicle Telegram reports April 23 1928 work started on a new dormitory at Ixria Home for the Aged. The three story structure 112 feet long 41 feet high will have sixty rooms enabling the home to house over 100 people. There are 56 residents now and many on a waiting list. If the Lorain County Memorial bridge injunction is upheld the issue returns to county voters in November per the county commissioners.
On April 22 anniversaries mark births and deaths of figures across centuries. Henry Fielding born 1707, Kant born 1724, Michael Hillegas born 1729, Henry Burden born 1791, Julius Morton born 1832, Ada Behan born 1860, with respective death dates noted in history.
A compact note lists 1853 Chicago placed under martial law and liquor prohibition law troubles, followed by 1915 reference to the Second Battle of Ypres and 1930 signing of the London Naval Reduction Treaty.
Miles Poindexter ex Ambassador and senator born Memphis Tennessee 65 years ago. Rev Bishop William F Andei son born Morgantown West Virginia 73 years ago. Dr Oliver M W Sprague born Somerville Massachusetts 60 years ago. Maj Gen Denis E B Nolan born Akron Ohio 61 years ago. Ellen Glasgow noted Richmond Virginia novelist born there 9 years ago.
A reflective rail about overreaching to a distant goal and the pain of failure, noting that aspiration can be virtuous if matched with self awareness. The passage contrasts white and East Asian attitudes to colonization, suggesting the Chinese and Japanese endure longer in the tropics while whites expect to return home before death.
Dear Editor, in Lorain County Ohio teachers face pay reductions while county school board officials retain high wages. The writer questions the county board of education law, its lack of public oversight, and a proposed bill named the Annat, arguing for greater accountability and fair treatment of educators.
Lagrange Indiana report tells of Chester Wurssbaugh, a farmer, who endured two weeks of pain from a tiny coil spring he supposedly swallowed as a child. The spring, about a quarter inch long, gradually traveled from chest to cheek before emerging through his right cheek and ending the misery.
Hundreds of young musicians will gather at Clearview School for the state band contest, showcasing Lorain County’s strong school music system and skilled instructors. Also advertised are new radios parts, home wiring deals, affordable lawn mowers, seeds, bird houses, and sporting goods available in Elyria.
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