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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1937
Page
11
In Chicago and Detroit markets uncertain references appear to a John W. Cullen Company and a General Motors bid in a foreign context. The garbled OCR mentions Samenigen Ava and Fifth area details, indicating business or bidding notices without clear outcomes or dates.
Elyria congratulates its American Legion drum and bugle corps on winning the state title in Columbus. The victory marks seven state championships for Elyria, with two members capturing individual titles William Hruby as best drum major and Elmer Barnum as top bugler, while Ohio Forty and High elect R. F. Leemhuis as treasurer.
The essay argues that Shanghai’s bombing shows war’s reach beyond soldiers to civilians. It notes airplanes and modern weapons threaten women, children, the aged and disabled, with Chinese bombs misfired on civilians. It warns Americans abroad should evacuate to avoid entanglement in a China Japan war.
A Belfast Rotary Club talk recounts ice cream origins across ancient civilizations. It cites Persian, Roman, Egyptian, and Greek icemen and stories from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo, plus later introductions to France and China, with playful notes on modern names and myths.
Notable birthdays include Davy Crockett in 1786 and Richmond P Hobson in 1870. The Today in History section highlights steam cross Atlantic travel, Blondin on Niagara, and the Pulitzer School of Journalism founding. Also contains horoscopes and remarks on civic figures and past events.
The article details friction in Congress as Roosevelt allies and foes maneuver for 1940 positioning. It notes key chairmen controlling bills, farm and housing legislation as tests, and hints at attempts to nominate Roosevelt again despite anti third term sentiment. It highlights Snell and McNary conflicts, party strategies, and the GOP’s uncertain 1940 outlook.
In fiscal shortages the council cannot obtain steel chains and the children’s playground in Yiewsley England must wait for its owings as rearmament drains metal supplies.
A meditation on mutual obligations between servants and masters citing Colossians and Ephesians. It discusses Christianized slave relations, Onesimus, and the abolition of slavery, while questioning abuses in sharecropping and prison labor contexts.
In a broad survey of international and domestic topics, observers discuss F D R's New Deal in New York as a 1938 curtain raiser. Reports note U S naval activity in Brazil amid a $60 million loan, suspicions of Nazi influence, and Brazilian naval defense revamps led by a visiting American officer. China seeks a $100 million loan from England as flood control projects loom with $45 million initial allotment. Congress totals exceed $9 billion in appropriations.
Howard Faber of Fremont lost a pocketbook containing $300 years ago. A Zanesville man found it and repaid the so called conscience debt through the mayor of nearby Tiffin. The money went to Faber’s father after Faber’s death. In Paris the Sultan of Morocco attended the mosque for ritual prayers during a visit to France.
A bill to name a new Mall street Adams Avenue as Ohio Avenue goes to the president after a tense fight between Ohio lawmakers and Senate District of Columbia chair William H. King. Rep Dudley A. White led a maneuver with four state allies to vote over King, securing the change by a 16 to ??? the passage in the Senate followed. The tale highlights partisan maneuvering and planning commission resistance to the street renaming. The narrative closes with a note on a Scottish hamlet and river in Glen Beg area.
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