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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1939
Page
6
A fragmented newspaper note lists price three cents for a newspaper by carrier in Elyria with annual payment terms and a foreign ad section. It mentions advertising reps John W. Cul and a Detroit address at a Fifth Avenue store building with a date near Tuesday August 8, 1939.
John T. Henderson of Oberlin was laid to rest after a long career influencing youth at the Oberlin School of Commerce for 59 years. He helped found the Anti-Saloon League, served over 30 years with Peoples Banking Co., and was active in the Methodist church and community affairs, leaving a lasting impact on Oberlin and Lorain County.
A traffic honk caused a fatal grade crossing crash in Indiana where four young women in a leading car died or were injured as a train passed. A second train also moved through while the driver behind honked, prompting calls for curb on unnecessary honking and stricter enforcement of the long ignored law.
The Department of State issues an order closing confidential or unpublished files after December 31, 1918 to non officials. The move comes amid postwar tensions and rising espionage concerns as the FBI notes a "marked increase" in spying and prep to reopen three field offices in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
A discussion on the East’s drought impact compares it to Western years past, noting substantial crop losses yet less devastation than earlier Western droughts. It questions calls to revert land to Indigenous use and laments Eastern suffering, while offering reflections on truth, patience, and social opinions.
New York Day by Day recounts a long lunch at The Players with Wilfred Funk editor of Your Life and officer of the dictionary publisher. Funk argues for pronunciation reflecting common usage, not prescriptive rules, amid city scenes from Hell's Kitchen to Herald Square. He muses on the next dictionary edition and observes a street scene of ostracized children and a compassionate dog, then notes changes at the Herald building, and city plans for Grand Central area before closing with a welcome note from Albert Payson Terhune in New Jersey.
TODAY S ANNIVERSARIES lists Benjamin Silliman Nathaniel Palmer Charles Dana George Stoneman Nelson Miles Lawrence Hutton Sarah Teasdale and historic milestones including the Revolution Army size and the Tour Bridge Lion locomotive trial at Honesdale Pa. The items recall birthdays deaths and a pioneering early locomotive milestone reported for the era.
Washington Merry Go Round reports Moe Annenberg’s Chicago grand juries probe across the racing and political spheres. The investigation pursues tax, monopoly, and Sherman act questions tied to the Philadelphia publisher’s racing information empire and connections to Democratic machines.
Fifty years ago Janet Roper began welfare work in Boston at 17 and now leads the Missing Seamen Bureau in New York. Known as Mother Roper, she has located more than 5,500 missing sailors since 1920. Tomorrow: The Battle That Was Stopped for Breakfast.
A brief timeline notes Edison receiving the first mimeography patent in 1876 and places on aviation and public reaction in 1906 the Wright brothers European flight, then continues with the 1912 Ohio River dam at Gallipolis failing days after completion. It also records 1918 coat reinspection and Wilson urging anti profiteering taxes, and the 1925 Ku Klux march in Washington with white sheets.
Admiral Louis M. Nurton of Winchester Virginia retired born there sixty nine years ago Roy Barton White president of Western Union born at Metcalf Hill fifty six years ago U S Senator Patrick A McCar ran Nevada born Reno sixty three Eugene Gene Buck songwriter born Detroit fifty four Prof Ernest O Lawrence UC noted physicist born Canton South Carolina thirty eight Pauline Lord actress born Hanford California fifty one Robert H Lucas former Republican leader born Jefferson County Kentucky fifty one
The text asserts that a person with a high degree indicates superior ability and specialization. It predicts that born into higher circles, they will attain fame and wealth, while those from less advantageous circumstances may still gain good fortune and respect.
In Pontiac Michigan precinct 29 the sole registered voter John Hunkle casts a ballot as part of a local scene where three other voters were removed from the rolls for noncompliance. The piece closes with a note on Ecuador approving a new Labor Code recognizing collective bargaining.
The text reflects on a Bible reading from Matthew about the kingdom of heaven as a wedding feast and parables. It contemplates the Lord's Prayer phrase Thy Kingdom Come and imagines a transformed world with peace, justice, and divine order. It notes crime and misery vanish, creating a golden age for humanity and artists alike.
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