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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1936
Page
4
Employment in the U S steel industry reached record highs in June with 498000 total workers, wage earners at 451000, payrolls totaling 63000000 dollars, and hourly pay at 69 cents. Output run at 70 percent of capacity, wages up 47 percent year over year. six month payrolls at 344 million dollars.
Beverly Hills August 17 Alice Longworth notes dry weather pressures push officials to seek schemes to fix farm policy past failures. Rumors say 1387 none production payments may end while Wallace pitches a Kyrer Normal Granary to stockpile this year’s shortage. The piece critiques New Deal drama over grain saving and pig policy.
Monty Kolb attended funeral rites for his uncle Martin Trinter held from his late home in Vermilion. The service followed months of illness and drew family members from nearby communities.
An American correspondent through Spain asks a peasant which side he supports. Neither. He hopes both sides end the fighting and lets war’s disruption reveal the true value of labor. The piece argues civilization rests on workers, not warriors, and laments wars hindering productive work.
About 5,000 Americans are 100 or older. Experts differ on lifespan limits but agree moderation is common to centenarians. Some deny smoking or drinking, others credit whiskey or social engagement, yet all emphasize balanced living as the shared rule.
A special American War Association committee urges a federal administrative court to eliminate about seven agencies and streamline governance. It proposes hearings nationwide to avoid centralization risks while reducing waste and confusion from many overlapping bodies. Critics note dangers but the plan is seen as a path toward simplification of local state and national administration.
The narrator recounts a night wandering New York sights from Nova Scotia promises to Broadway clip joints and Central Park meetings. He notes encounters with Bono, enterprising amusements, a famed cabaret star Harry Richman and a hint of industry gossip about writers and actors. Charles Dana Gibson and Buddy DeSylva appear in passing as cultural figures.
The column surveys performers and figures like Watterson Rotacker and Roy Howard, noting early retirements and freedom from work. It contrasts English stars’ careers, mentions Edna St Vincent Millay, Gilbert Miller, and Frederick Dickson, and recalls historical curiosities from 1863 to 1973 including Queen Caroline and a Georgia prison escape.
A list of anniversaries honoring David Crorkett Peter Collier John Scullin Laura De Force Gordon Edward W Ebberle George H H Spencer and Jesse Lynch Williams with birth and death years. Also a note for today in history mentioning Fulton's 1807 steam vessel excursion up the Hudson.
Admiral Richmond Hobson of New York, Spanish War hero and lecturer, born in Greensboro Alabama. Julia Marlowe, famed actress born in England seven years ago. Bessie Vonnoh of New York, sculptor, born in St Louis. William M Clark of Johns Hopkins, physiologist and chemist born Tivoli New York forty two years ago. Samuel A Stritch, archbishop of Milwaukee, born Nashville Tennessee forty nine years ago. Prof Charles P Tipman of the University of California noted.
Middle Ridge residents Mrs Caro Coulter and Norbert Horn united in marriage at Furst Congregational Church Lorain on a Monday evening. Rev Herbert Loomis officiated. Couple to honeymoon in St Joseph Mo then reside in Jelstia where groom works as draftsman at Hudson Corp.
Triple S 4 H club met at Eileen Connell home then to Frances Gluvyna home on ANS. Mayine Kelly and Lora Hurlsurt attended a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Frank Oberla at Muriel Peacher’s home in Penfield Junction. Roland Foster of Elyria, ex Middle Ridge instructor, wed Aliss Audee Westfall of Lorain in July. Ruth Herrmanon returned home after two weeks with Mr. and Mrs Albert Schroeder in Cleveland. Henry Kolbe family and Wm Bechtel visited relatives in Allentown, Mich, and Port Dover. John Bock and Naoul spend week with sister in Detroit. M J Ludwig family guests at Kolbe home. Milton Ludwig Jr aboard the steamship La Moor for a dock stay in Jordan. J Clifford, local florist, won multiple prizes for succulent cacti at the hor-
Ed Eskridge once a Orange Texas pastor and anti crime crusader now serves a five year term in Texas state prison for shotgun slaying of Police Chief Ed O Reilly. Eskridge hopes for a prison library job reflecting his study in college. He recalls the officer turning toward him triggering the fatal shot as he fired through a car window.
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