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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1932
Page
11
Elyria’s American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps won its fifth state championship in Toledo. Judges again praised the corps, which aims for national honors in Portland, Oregon, and continues to bolster Elyria’s image as a community asset.
A discussion of how right of way laws vary by state and why cautious driving matters more than strict adherence. The piece notes that yielding can prevent accidents even when one driver believes they are in the right, and warns against obstinate insistence on rights that may lead to liability or harm.
George H. Houston of Philadelphia, Baldwin Locomotive Works president, told the Advertising Federation convention that relief should come largely from renewed private enterprise. He urged business to modernize facilities and equipment to sustain normal activity, improve product quality, and boost economy. He criticized past business folly and urged wiser conduct.
Publisher William R. Barnes argues adults do not learn less easily than children. He notes mind maturation and concentration improve with age and cites Cato, who learned Greek at eighty, as proof others may match childlike language acquisition.
Report notes that the phrase economic readjustment was used a couple of years ago to describe policy changes. The comment reflects ongoing debate about adjustments to fiscal and labor measures and their broader impact on communities and markets.
A veteran author laments the scant earnings of writers in modern times while noting accumulations in other fields. He cites Richard Harding Davis and Don Marquis as examples and recalls his own career. The piece contrasts fame with financial security and critiques tax policy and cinema-driven income. Europe remembers writers by pensions. America forgets them.
A Citizen laments rising local taxes and government spending in a Chronicle-Telegram letter. He cites Good Housekeeping on the tax burden, argues for lower taxes, and questions public servants' perceived roles while urging readers to notice municipal expenditures and bond-issue votes.
Today in history and birthday notes highlight Elias Derby, Nathan Hale, Mirabeau Lamar, George Jones, James Wilson with dates and life details. The page also recalls 1534 Jesuit founding and 1777 battle, plus a civic letter criticizing tax costs and local government. Two British women set world records in track, with Ethel Johnson and Nellie Halstead breaking times.
A Ridgeville parent argues that non taxpayers misuse ballots, urging voters to cut public salaries enough to lower the mill rate. She condemns bond issues, local hiring of non taxpaying workers, and reliance on out of town teachers, predicting when justice arrives only taxpayers should vote on bonds.
Barcelona records 544,152 registered voters with women at 299,127 and men at 246,625. Women outnumber men by 53,102 in Spain's premier city. The figures reflect the city’s voting strength and gender breakdown.
A brownhelm group enjoyed a corn roast near the Leimbach farm with attendees including Fred Berger Amherst Eugene Adams Lorala Miss Elsie Drechsler Cleveland and Misses Margaret Brandau Emma and Elsie Drechs ter William Leimbach and August Zelinski. The Horn family annual reunion is planned for Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Adam Horn of Henrietta. Miss Margaret Brandau hosts the R N O Club Saturday. Visitors Frances Esch truth and daughter Marthe of Bath Michigan arrive to spend days with F W Brandau family. Briefs note local visits by Bechtels Angersbachs Meyers Shattucks and others plus a bake sale by Brownhelm W C T U at Vermilion.
Daniel J Harkins, curator, reports he struggles to keep his pet kitten Squint-Eva out of the lion house. Strangely the tigers, leopards, and pumas react with fear and annoyance as the cross-eyed cat wanders through their cages.
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