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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1932
Page
6
The Elyria school board on Saturday proposed further budget cuts for 1933 to reduce the tax millage. They aim to eliminate nonessential items, driving toward tax relief and urging full cooperation from the community in these sacrifice-filled times.
A newspaper declares strong reader response to tax coverage. It notes rising tax consciousness, constructive public discussion, and commitment to publish more informative material. The piece praises efforts to secure tax relief and improve understanding of governmental taxation.
In Elyria a boulder with soldiers names from World War sits by a flower plot near a small fence. Within 48 hours someone stepped over the fence and walked the garden trampling bulbs. The note calls it an unthinking act and hopes it does not recur.
A stolen original Scott manuscript from Columbia University remains missing after a October theft. The crime involved a central locked glass case in a room with on duty attendants and may have involved multiple people using a pass key. The motive and thief remain unclear with potential ransom or obsessive literary interest debated by readers.
A collage of humorous quotes and anecdotes from a late era taking aim at society politics and language. It features playful exchanges about tenses misused vows and engagements, with quips on lobbying and newspaper life and a word puzzle on F counts.
A jumble of humorous quips and comic misreadings unfolds in a small western town. Remarks about marriages, divorces, a movie star, mispronounced place names, and a charity doctor buying gasoline paint a lighthearted scene of daily ironies.
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES lists birth and death dates for figures such as Martin Van Buren James Guthrie Christina Rossetti and George A Custer along with notable events like the 1921 destruction of Moscow's largest church and Today birth dates for Alice Brown Delia Akeley Ellis Parker Butler and more. Also features TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS and TODAY'S HOROSCOPE with brief notes on each item and personality.
Miss Esther Close visits family in Spencer others attend at Ruggles and a local farm institute January 25 26 J J Dieter former postmaster dies at home Born Rittman July 31 1872 He lived in Nova 86 years Surviving wife and son Donald of Washington DC Nova High girls and boys basketball played New London Thursday night
Dec 5 Amherst community news reports a milk fund boost after a treasure hunt from the school auditorium to two prize destinations won by Mr and Mrs Donald Rumsey and Mr and Mrs Ellis Jumont. The evening featured radio acts, festive decor, and a gathering at Foresters Hall with about sixty couples attending.
The Swiss Federal Council reports a budget deficit of 13.8 million dollars for the year, citing a 9 million dollar drop in customs and post office receipts from 1931. Unforeseen expenses rise by 7 million, with unemployment at 6 million, hotel industry 700 thousand, and agricultural aid 600 thousand.
Government approves creation of a national Academy of Arts with headquarters in Leningrad and orders full organization by year end. Note recalls a pre-revolution Russian academy in Moscow and its suspension after czarist overthrow.
All teams played strong basketball with the girls posting a large win while the boys lost. The Junior team celebrated their first win over Sullivan, 12 to 7, marking a thrilling early season moment.
Elyria city council indicated the Yellow Line will be denied a public square franchise due to a five cent fare dispute from Elysia to the steel plant. The Lorain county recorder logged 170 gas leases totaling 1,906 acres in Columbia Eaton Ridgeville and Avon Townships.
Elyria officials report the water department reduced the minimum charge from eight to six dollars. City politics swirl around a Republican mayoral candidate as D S Troxel is not expected to run again. Potential contenders include J C Parsth C H Buttenbender J R Jones Ashley Rawson and P L Dunham. William R Huntimiston of Elyria, commodore of the Inter-Lake Yacht Club, turned the first earth at the Put-in-Bay memorial site.
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce disclosed plans to form a company with capital between 200 600 and 400 000 to build 100 homes for 500 workers invited by Willis-Oserland. Local men pledge stock as recruitment kicks off. The draft and council changes are noted in wartime context with resignations and appointments in Elyria.
A shortage of water grips Lorain Erie and Huron counties with wells and cisterns drying up. Farmers sell stock to avoid hauling water while the school board plans a new 110 by 75 foot skating pond at the Bio school grounds, the city’s largest.
County Auditor MoH Welty reports Lorain County utilities added 2.3 million dollars in 1927 with 2 million for railroad property and 300 thousand for telegraph property. Three Lorain youths were instantly killed when their automobile was struck by an express train near Decatur Street crossing shortly before midnight Saturday.
Vermilion notes list three deceased graduates Russell James Baumbhardt Otto Ronsky and Paul Lindauer. Dean Thomas W. Graham of the Oberlin School of Theology will speak at the Elyria High January 1928 commencement for about 75 to 80 seniors.
Mr and Mrs H C G Hunter left for Kennerdell to visit his sister near Franklin Pennsylvania. Harry Dunford of the Cleveland Fire Dept visited the Harrises. Miss Wanda Ives hosted friends from Columbia Ridgeville and Elyria. The Girls Glee Club hosts a party at the town hall with Roberta Magersoll and Elsie Dreger as hostesses. About twenty two girls belong to the club and Leatha Keyser of Wooster is mentioned.
East River area notes show principal Royer led assemblies at the high school with talks on manners and conduct, sportsmanship, and The War That Cost Lives. Reuben Walkden’s ducks were stolen on Usher road, while Oberlin College praises Robert Van Arsdale as a productive student named to the Student Council.
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