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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1934
Page
6
Ohio’s Old Age Pension system bogged down as 125000 applications flood 88 county boards. Officials say the August payments will be delayed as machinery is unable to cope, with inadequate funding and staffing, complex forms, and enforcement checks slowing progress.
Congressman Charles F. West, a former Denison University professor, delivers a one page speech here calling Senator Simeon D. Fess an obstructionist. West praises Roosevelt's courageous leadership and critiques Fess by name in the remarks reported by UPI.
The group elected Frederick Portman Joseph Knoble and Raymond Petty to form the local fair committee. Howard Petty and Lawrence Knoble will demonstrate as a team and Joseph Knoble will give an individual demonstration. A mulching leaves talk was given by Howard Petty and the meeting included a hike. Mrs Knoble served root beer at the close. Many local residents were noted visiting relatives and attending events in nearby towns.
In Birmingham Alabama a wartime style campaign combats typhus fever by eradicating rats that carry the flea vector. Alabama reports a 1700 percent rise in fever cases over six years and 23 cases last year, with national trends rising 800 percent. Local housewives and property owners assist in rat control amid Civil War era origins and Civil Works Administration era drives.
Northern California rattlesnakes are more abundant as farmers fence hogs on range. Milford Red Bluff authority on snake lore notes hogs confined to pens reduce contact with snakes. He warns hog fat is immune to rattlesnake venom, intensifying the hazard in free-range areas.
The Houston Zoo’s giant chimpanzee Jiggs, known for bullying inmates and frightening others, becomes tame when handed a mirror. Zookeeper Hans Nagel notes the animal poses before the mirror and loses his aggression, seeming to think he is pretty. Clover is mentioned as a pasture reference.
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