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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1936
Page
11
A judge ordered three Massachusetts children to a reformatory after they refused to salute the flag, prompting debate on parental influence and the meaning of patriotism. The piece questions whether such punishment teaches respect for the flag or silences personal conscience.
Reports say fever outbreaks at Spencer and the Oberlin children's home are easing. Officials note peak passed and expect speedy recovery for the afflicted as modern medicine combats infections. The public remains hopeful danger is past and epidemics are less common today.
The article praises federal agents for persistent pursuit of criminals, noting their focus on suspects like Alvin Rarpis and Harry Camp lat large, and mentions Buro of Investigation methods, trials, and high profile cases such as Dillinger’s era. It contrasts federal tenacity with local police, highlighting successful crackdowns in kidnappings and murders aided by scientific crime detection.
The judge sentenced 19 year olds Du and Robert Goethe for luring a Chicago physician on a feigned mercy call, murdering him, and robbing him. The youths admitted the crime and were doomed to spend the rest of their lives in prison, a ruling viewed as a warning to others.
A collage of notes reports a Lorain County school joining an older program, a National Tube Company plant relocation, wage changes to 25 cents, and a fire on Erie Avenue in Lorain where two women were injured and two men burned. Patrolman Webber stopped the flaming street car as motormen fled. Also brief history column marking notable events and figures from 10, 20, and 75 years ago, including a royal birthday and Marconi.
Community reports honor and laughter as Grafton hosts a shower for Bonares and notes many visitors. Geraldine Lehman and family attend. Mrs. A. Pfeiffer visits Wakeman. Mrs. Estella Aldrich hosts at Mechanic Street with club members. First prize won by Mrs. Schureet, with Leona Seek and Virginia Stas Mick honored in a luncheon gathering.
Mr and Mrs S O A Mordoff of Birmingham celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary at home. Mr and Mrs Martin Hepwood will mark their wedding anniversary tomorrow at their Eaton home. They wed at Belden on April 8 18635 and have lived much of their married life in Eaton.
Ancestral anniversaries list figures including Oliver Cromwell born in Westhampton Massachusetts and died July 23, 1853, with other commemorations of David Vale a New York City journalist and free trade advocate born Lisbon Connecticut, James Stranahan of Brooklyn and the financier, plus Francis J. Stoddard of New York.
Archives reveal Pitcairn Island survivors faced restricted hopes of moving to Hawaii and American citizenship. The Bounty mutineers and their Pitcairn settlement history loom as archives show attempts to relocate the colony, while local reflections touch on Independence Day misgivings.
A breezy, introspective travel through New York scenes and moods from 0. C. McIntyre. The narrator riffs on spring, city life, park scenes, poets, and a playful stream of conscious reflections, mixing light whimsy with urban imagery and pop culture nods.
Pottery making classes have begun at a local school with boys and girls from the Turtle Mountain Indian reservation. Instructors come from the ceramics department at North Dakota University, guiding sessions in a program that augurs skill development.
Four candidates enter the Ohio governor primary on May 12. Republican John W. Bricker, Columbus, seeks a second term as attorney general and is unopposed. Democratic contenders include Marys L. Davey, the current governor from Kent, challenged by Stephen M. Young of Cleveland, and Charlies H. Hubbell of Cleveland. Profiles highlight their careers, education, and public service.
Two men stole a stickpin from Watwood. Fifteen minutes later police moved in on the thieves and pursued them subsequently. Investigators described the incident as a quick theft with pursuit and no further details available.
In Wisconsin and Michigan, Dominican Sisters begin steps for Father Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli to be canonized as the first American saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Mazzuchelli died in 1864 after founding institutions, designing the Dubuque cathedral, and shaping early Northwest territory missions.
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