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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1937
Page
13
Senator Borah denounces the neutral carry provisions as impracticable amid the Chinese conflict. He voices sympathy for China and warns against letting the United States be drawn into war, stressing the president can trigger the act if a state of war exists abroad.
In Painesville Ohio on August 31 six boys and the operator of a cabin cruiser were treated for shock after the craft burst into flames as it left Fairport Harbor. Coast Guards and the harbor tug Ohio fought the blaze and towed the disabled boat back to harbor. The boat, operated by William Cox, chauffeur for Ayer Griffin King of Waite Hill, was fueled by gasoline leaks that apparently ignited the fire. Cox refused to release the passengers’ names. Airmen noted mirages similar to those seen in deserts.
New York gossip column notes writer C O McIntyre recounts authors editors dancers and songwriters in a sprawling Times Square vignette. It recalls Arthur Somers Roche Irvin Cobb Edna Ferber Gelett Burgess Sinclair Lewis and Rodgers and Hart with brief anecdotes and quotes beside a stray yacht of social detail.
Webb Miller reports on Stalin's brutal internal purge in 1937 Moscow. Thousands arrested, hundreds shot, and old Bolsheviks swept aside as the regime feigns unity. Marshal Tukhachevsky is executed after intensified party control via political commissars, signaling a tempestuous shift in Soviet power.
A fragment recalls Burt MacBride describing a WPA message to headquarters about shovel shortages. The reply urged workers to lean on each other as they faced the lack of tools and supplies.
The U S Army recruiting office in Cleveland will accept 75 applicants aged 18 to 35 in September for the regular army. Interested men should apply in person at the post office building, as announced by Sergeant William A. Hart. Applications also are open for the 66th Infantry Band at Fort Hayes Columbus needing a piano player with brass ability, a clarinet or other instrument player, and an all around drummer.
Urbana reports Mrs. Golden Millice 47 a Republican becomes Champaign County Village politics first woman mayor candidate in North Lewisburg seeking to unseat incumbent L B Spain in bid for a fourth term Plain City notes a father and son from Akron meet after 20 years and fail to recognize each other in West Jefferson.
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