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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1939
Page
4
A brief note lists locations in New York at 501 Fifth Avenue and Detroit at the General Motors Building. The date Tuesday August 15 1939 anchors the items.
In a Monroe Michigan News summary the article notes Senator Vandenberg and House Leader Joseph Martin praising a bipartisan coalition in Congress that opposed the New Deal and limited presidential power. It highlights 14 Republican backed accomplishments and warns unity may fray in the campaign year while Democrats in the coalition fear purge threats. The piece emphasizes Republicans and Democrats cooperating to shape policy and support a 1940 campaign without the third term tradition.
Dutch analysts report the United States is in an authentic recovery, with July sales up about 10 percent from 1938 in mail order and chain stores, department stores above seasonal averages, and autos and gasoline at high levels. Heavier industries like machine tools, copper, chemicals, and electrical equipment also rise, with steel showing strength over last year.
Joseph E Davies, the US ambassador to Belgium, returns for a brief vacation and conveys a somber view of Europe. He says many feel that surviving this Summer would be a miracle and that people are resigned and fatalistic about a possible return to war, recalling a grim 20 year past. He warns Europe could again become a theatre of carnage unless courage and law preserve civic life.
The piece argues Roosevelt and Wilson used slogans to gain public adulation and warns Roosevelt's dominance risks eroding public trust. It notes Mrs Roosevelt’s recent public interventions at Hyde Park and criticizes her for intruding on official government affairs, suggesting such behavior harms her standing and provokes male resentment.
The Panama Canal turns twenty five and is hailed as a global trade hub. It links ten world routes, has seen over 100,000 vessels and 500 million tons pass through since opening. Engineers use lock miniature control boards to mirror real passage for operators. Tomorrow asks which U.S. president was Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin.
Washington column exposes Georgia Representative Eugene Cox and relatives earning far beyond Cox's salary, with a detailed list of family pay from federal roles. It notes salaries surpass top officials and frames the Cox payroll as a major nepotism scandal amid broader State Department policies toward Franco.
In a sharp note the writer says Mrs Roosevelt should stay with her charities lectures and baby kissing and let the President handle praise or criticism of Congress and state affairs. The author admits previously praising Mrs Roosevelt more than criticizing her.
The piece argues that Jews await the Messiah and that the Church has failed to win them. It calls for Christians to become Christlike toward Jews through understanding, humility, forgiveness, and brotherly conduct, asserting that real outreach requires mutual respect and waiting on divine guidance.
In Newton Massachusetts a drunken prisoner escaped from a modern jail through an open ventilator in Cell No 1. He crawled out, climbed stairs, and slipped past the desk before police recaptured him. A suspended sentence followed in district court after he claimed ignorance of the escape.
Chicago report quotes J Stannard Baker of the National Safety Council listing eight traits of a so called ham driver. Traits include indecision delaying lane changes, late signaling, ignoring other traffic, wandering attention, poor posture, and one hand on the wheel. Baker says the ham is not vicious, just thoughtless.
Boston article profiles Carl A Carlson a 70 year old master wood carver celebrating 30 years as a master craftsman. He creates colonial reproductions ships heads and wood art found in homes churches and public buildings. His Swedish heritage links back to medieval craftsmanship and Scandinavian castles. His son Carl A Carlson Jr. continues the tradition with decorative carvings.
Bronkhorstspruit Transvaal farmer J F de Lange now 96 recalls his first kiss from a 12 year old girl eight decades ago. He jokes his long life recipe is to smoke constantly. An expedition plans to fly to Australia to search great caves for clues about prehistoric life.
Today's anniversaries list birthdays and notable deaths of figures from John Campanius to Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Entries span 1601 to 1935, noting origins, roles, and death dates, including Lafayette’s tour, Panama Canal opening, and Pacific aviation events.
A list of prominent figures with birthplaces and ages: Capt Bob Bartlett Brigus Newfoundland 64, Dr Charles Kraus Brown University 4, Edna Ferber Kalamazoo 52, Lenox Lohr Washington 48, Maj Gen David Stone Stoneville Mississippi 63, Ethel Barrymore Philadelphia 60, Albert Spalding Chicago 51, Marjorie Shearon Newark 49, Matthew Dunn Braddock Pennsylvania 53, Dr Sheldon Glueck Poland 43.
Today promises ability as organizer the drift toward military life yet warnings rise about personal risk to life and bodily harm and the danger of deception in business affairs. Extreme caution advised in this transition.
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