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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1939
Page
7
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler describes how young men clung to Peter Pan fantasies even after entering film work. They churned movies about gangsters pirates reporters and prostitutes with lighthearted, benevolent depictions.
A reflective column critiques Hollywood romantic myths while listing behind the scenes stories of stars and families. It highlights Barbara Lamerr Janet Gaynor Wallace Reid Zasu Pitts and Bette Davis era anecdotes and notes a shift toward factual storytelling backed by reader mail.
Radio listings across stations WAM WHE WGAR WCLE and NBC network segments show a day of varied shows from 5:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. featuring news sports music orchestras quizzes country and western acts and cultural programs with multiple hosts and performers including Gene Sullivan Horace Heidt Bob Carter and Ozzie Nelson among others.
Radio lineup for Monday April has varied programs from 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM including news reports, musical features, soap operas like The Wife Save and Linda's First Love, Westerns, dramas, and variety shows. Stations WCLE WGAB and others feature multiple live hosts and sponsor segments throughout the day.
Columbia Sixty Club hosts a town hall dance at 8 P M. Spencer Harmony Circle of the M E Ladies Aid sponsors a food show and bake sale at Edwards Food store. Chatham Young Peoples meeting at Congregational church 7 30 P M. Chatham Epworth League meeting at the
Penfield Grange presents events with the Hustlers meeting at the Grange hall at 10 AM followed by a noon tureen dinner. In Pittsfield the Fram Women’s club gathers at Mrs. Wallace Bear’s home at 11:30 AM with a noon dinner. Wellington Four-H club members lead the program.
A two course dinner at the Grange Hall preceded Lyndon Chapter's annual inspection on Thursday evening. The five tables matched the emblem colors with plants, tapers, and mint baskets. Initiaotry degrees conferred on two candidates as 150 members from multiple chapters attended.
A senior and junior class fundraiser at LaGrange High School drew about one hundred couples to an evening of dancing to Jack Flynn's band. Proceeds support a trip to Washington D C late in May. Chaperones included parents and faculty members Verne and Mrs Rundle Rone and Mrs Kelner Camp and Mrs Rawson and Mrs Day.
Plato’s Republic is described as a utopian work seeking to curb greed and ego driven behavior to lift society. The author presents a vision of justice and communal ideals as a remedy for individual self interest.
Community updates include birthday celebrations for L. Spiegelberg with nineteen guests, the Smith-Peabody anniversary and LeRoy Peabody’s birthday, and visits from relatives in Oberlin and Elyria. Members attend missionary rallies in Sandusky and Lorain, with others hosting groups at homes and at the YWCA mother-daughter banquet.
County commissioners authorized painting the large county jail office at an estimated cost of 39 dollars as part of Sheriff Carl R Finegan's Spring cleaning program. The sheriff noted ongoing jail housekeeping includes basement improvements and cupboards building, with first floor office painting begun by trusties but halted after a painters union complaint. The remaining work will be contracted.
Kay Francis and Humphrey Bogart headline the gangster melodrama King of the Underworld opening at the Lincoln Theatre. The film features a crime tale set in a city underworld with steel grit and peril.
Jeanette MacDonald Lew Ayres Tan Hunter and Frank Morgan lead the cast of Broadway Serenade. The musical film at the Rivoli Theatre is now showing next week but has been postponed until May 3rd. Mrs Margaret Baus visited her sister Mrs Walter Fowell in Brownhelm on Wednesday.
Sheffield brief notes two fundraisers. Brookside High School senior and junior classes sponsor a Friday evening benefit dance in the school auditorium to raise funds for a trip to Detroit. The Altar Society of St. Theresa's church hosts a card party at Abbe Road church hall on Sunday April 30 with Mrs Edward Mackett as general chairman.
News reports confirm Argentina has located its first workable iron ore deposits. The discovery could shift regional mining prospects and national industry plans, signaling potential economic implications for suppliers and infrastructure needs.
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