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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1939

Page

6

Broadcasting Mast Erected Tomorrow in Elyria

Service Director I D Faxon announced a 70 foot steel broadcasting mast will be erected tomorrow atop the Elyria Savings and Trust Co building after roof inspection and approval. A radio engineer will install $3,500 worth of broadcasting and receiving equipment purchased from RCA next week. Federal approval for the broadcasting permit was granted last week.

I. D Faxon Elyria Savings, and Trust Co Walker and

Demand Shutdown On Crude Oil Production

Oklahoma City August 15 officials from mid continent states met with the Interstate Oil Compact Commission to study a possible industry wide shut down of crude production. Governors and producers planned a general shutdown to pressure refiners to raise prices. Delegates from Kansas Louisiana Arkansas Texas Colorado Michigan New Mexico Illinois in a cooperative session discussed legal authority and timing for such action.

Oklahoma City Interstate Oil Compact Commission Texas Kansas Louisiana Arkansas Colorado Michigan New Mexico Ilinois

Two Runaways Detained as School Restart Nears

Two 14 year old boys were held in the county jail juvenile ward awaiting their parents after running away rather than returning to school this September. One, from Detroit, was picked up by Elyria police while hitchhiking en route to Florida with no set destination. The other, from Northfield near Bedford, was found by deputies in LaPorte hitchhiking to Indiana to visit an uncle, stating plans to avoid school. Women of Assam seek government aid as flood-ravaged homes leave families hungry.

Detroit Elyria Florida LaPorte Indiana Northfield Bedford

Oberlin Golf Club Opens Expanded Nine Hole Course

Oberlin O Aug 15 Members of the Oberlin Golf Club will officially open their enlarged and improved nine hole golf course with a Club Tournament this Wednesday August 16. The course, oldest in Lorain County and among the state’s oldest, has four new holes added 1933 34 and four more this year increasing yardage to regulation length. The tournament on Wednesday features 18 holes plus a Dutch treat at Jerry Steel’s home adjacent to the course. The annual Club Championship for classes A B and C starts Saturday August 19, with John Von Blum Cup long driving to begin after the qualifier.

Oberlin Oberlin Golf Club Ohio Lora County Hall Arboretum Oberlin College Harry N Holmes Greens Hayden Boyers Bud Arnold Larry BeVier Fred Comings Claiae Geisel Jerry Steel

Ridgeville Girls Fall 9-6 to Erin Brews in Dover

The Ridgeville Bittner girls lost 9-6 under Dover lights at Calugue Road Park. Marge Wood pitched for Erin Brews with two doubles aiding the win while Dorothy Pitts started for Ridgeville.

Ridgeville Bittner Girls Erin Brews Cleveland Calugue Road Park Dover Marge Wood Dorothy Pitts Hittners AB Rwo Pitts

Merry meets old diary and growing plans at Canterbury Heights

Bright morning finds Merry visiting Johnny with her great great grandmother Hildegarde Clark’s diary. A returning Johnny brings Gloria Verne and a young couple bent on buying land, while Merry reveals the diary’s tale of a peddler ancestor and hints at family reactions to her disclosure.

Merry Canterbury Heights Hildegarde Clark Johnny Cal Jehnny Gorla Grant Verne Black Gloria

Fragmented OCR Sports Box Score Remnants

A garbled OCR listing of player names and scoring notes from a baseball or basketball box score. It mentions players Volk Heath Gleasor Finnegan and Pedecs with references to pitchers and outs, plus scattered stats and implied team action. The fragment lacks coherent structure but preserves core names and partial play-by-play phrases.

Colemar Hoffman McVarlan Pwoek Volk Pouble Wilend Ti Heith Binnegard Gleasor Heath Finnegan Bedos Volk Woirning Bedoes Sng Volk Limpres Blackh

Elyria Hardware Defeats McKinley Recreation 12 to 6

Elyria Hardware routed McKinley Recreation 12 to 6 on the McKinley diamond, game ended after six innings due to darkness. Bedocs pitched for Elyria with Volk for McKinley, both giving up scattered hits. Finegan and Wolk hit home runs. other players listed include Fiorin, Wordware, and Pedocy with various positions and scores.

Elyria Hardwares McKinley Recreation McKinley Diamond Bedocs Volk Finegan Hardwares Wolk Recreation Glens Clark Pomeroy Mehimiecy If FF Trokaw Brunna

Redlegs Rally To Defeat Pirates

In Cincinnati on August 15 the Redlegs staged a dramatic nine inning rally, overturning a 7 to 0 deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 19 to 8 at Crosley Field. Lew Riggs delivered clutch pinch hitting and Dick West, called up from Baltimore, supplied timely support as Cincinnati widened its lead over St Louis to 72 games.

Cincinnati Lew Riggs Dick West Baltimore Reds Pittsburgh Pirates Crosley Field Redlegs St Lous

Reid Jewelers and Ridgeville St Peters Clash Tonight

Reid Jewelers and Ridgeville St Peters clash on the Allen School Diamond at 615 Germany. The item notes World War I era mobilization statistics and local team scheduling in a compact, period-voiced sports notice.

Reid Jewelers Ridgeville St Peters Allen School

Permits Issued For Construction Three Dwellings

City Building Inspector Hart Dickason issued permits for three new dwellings. S L Bruegger will build a two story frame home at 265 Stanford Avenue with a 22 by 26 foot foundation costing about 4000 dollars, serving as owner and builder. A one story frame house on 11th Street for Charles Nell, foundation 27 by 44 feet, also in the 4000 dollar class, is by contractor T W Meeker. A third one story frame house on Foster Avenue for T Gismond, by Fisher and Son of Lorain, foundation 24 by 40 feet in the 4000 dollar class.

Hart Dickason S L Bruegger Stanford Avenue Ditkason Bruegger 11Th Street Charles Nell T W Meeker Foster Avenue T Gismond Fisher and Son of Lorain

Rotarians To Hear FBI Bureau Head

Elyria Rotary Club will hear a briefing on FBI activities at the Elks Restaurant next Tuesday at noon. The speaker will be E P Guinane, head of the Cleveland office, the club announced.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Elyria Rotary Club Elks E P Guinane Cleveland Bureau

Kiwanians Hear West Tour Described By Frank

Ger ald M Frank, assistant county school superintendent, will show motion pictures taken during an eight week tour of the west and northwest at the Elyria Kiwanis weekly meeting. The program highlights travel scenes and local insights from the trip.

West Frank Gerald M Frank Elyria Kiwanis

Club at the Elks Restaurant At Noon Thursday

Frank, a longtime resident, traveled in an automobile house trailer during a 9,000 mile trip finishing at noon Thursday near the Elks Restaurant where club members gathered to hear his tales and share refreshments.

Two Sisters Reported Missing in Statewide Broadcast

A statewide police broadcast was issued today to locate Janet Smitkowska 17 and Cecelia 14 of 255 Roosevelt Avenue who have been missing since noon Sunday. Their mother Anna Smitkowska reported the disappearance to police at 8:30 PM yesterday, saying they may have gone to Mansfield.

Janet Smitkowsk Cecelia Roosevelt Avenue Anna Smitkowsk Mansfield

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