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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1940
Page
6
The page lists single copy price three cents and annual rates by delivery area. Mail rates: $9.15 per year fm advance in Elyria and adjoining counties, $2.50 per year elsewhere in Ohio, $5.60 for foreign ads. Advertising reps listed in Chicago New York Columbus Detroit. Ridge Wednesday April 24 1940.
A collage of oddities and political musings. It recalls the Perkins heart bullet recovery, a One-Boom School tale driven by state law, a ghost portrait teaser, Roosevelt aides, and Secretary Hulls note to Japan with Hornbecks decades of warning. It tracks fleet maneuvers and possible war timing as the Pacific shifts.
A fatal crash near Slayton Minnesota killed eleven youths and injured two others in a head on collision at high speed. The editorial urges safety education, safer car design, and strict cooperation among police and parents to prevent such accidents locally.
An editorial urges citizens to question repeated assertions about entering world war and foreign policy. It cites Hitler’s method of repetition and Why questions about Europe, Holland, Guam, gold, and neutrality, insisting Americans demand specific reasons before action.
Governor Stassen of Minnesota, age 33, named as keynote speaker at the coming Republican National Convention. His selection marks a break with tradition as the youngest keynote in GOP history and signals a youth movement within the party. The choice reflects strategic battleground considerations in Minnesota and a hoped for a fresh voice in the campaign.
Allied diplomats monitor Mediterranean moves as Mussolini gathers troops, aims at the Gibraltar rock, and plots routes to Salonika. Franco strengthens near Gibraltar while Stalin eyes Bessarabia and Transylvania. Roosevelt faces third-term questions from White House editors.
A list of anniversaries from 1750 to modern times notes births of John Trumbull Thomas Emmett Francis Murphy John L Stoddard Murdo Mackenzie Clarence Wilson with deaths and milestones including Georgia cession 1820 and Taylor’s 1836 battle onset. Concludes with musings on how disciplined mind and timely action aid success.
Louise Rice of New York City is a staphologist born in New Albany Indiana 56 years ago. Dr George M Dorrance of Philadelphia a noted surgeon born in Bristol Pennsylvania 63 years ago. Nathaniel B Dial of Laurens South Carolina ex Democratic senator. Representative Frank Havenner of San Francisco, still writes by hand on a typewriter. Senator Tom Stewart of Tennessee is camera shy and avoids posing for photos.
Wednesday bible readings focus on Jesus teaching that true doctrine comes from God and on obeying God’s will. Saint Augustine’s Confessions are cited as he prayed for guidance to align his will with God’s.
A man wrestles with doubt until a neighbor’s chanting child invokes a divine summons. He reads a Bible verse urging sobriety and moral renewal, leading to a turning point as he yields to the Lord Jesus Christ and experiences light dispelling his doubts.
The American Guernsey Cattle club announces J. P. Jackson of La Grange as a new member. He runs a herd of registered Guernseys on his farm, and the club oversees breed registration and production tests for 25,000 breeders.
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