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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1932
Page
4
Informational masthead announcing J Clare George as City Editor with publication details and mailing rates. Includes postal entry, edition schedule, and advertising representatives in Chicago Detroit and New York.
Elyria's business district shines with festive window displays and broad street lights. Yuletide illumination, wreaths, and canopy of electricity create an attractive scene as shoppers enjoy the season and Salvation Army bells ring in the snowlit, old fashioned winter evenings.
The article argues that top selling authors no longer reap massive profits. It cites Vicki Baum earning about 23000 from The Grand Hotel film stage and book rights, while noting rising costs, cheaper production, libraries, and club endorsements shrink author earnings. It suggests Baum may rely on lectures to supplement income.
The piece argues that parole should remain but improved. current parole boards often rubber stamp minimum sentences and fail to assess individual cases. It notes public discontent with parole and reparole of dangerous criminals and suggests selective, thorough administration as a reformative path.
Charles Hollaway a 73 year old artist credited with originating Chicago's motto I Will. The note reflects on how the city tax scene shifted to I Won't among personal property taxpayers.
A Pueblo Colorado competitor won the rope skipping championship. He reportedly skipped 12 200 times an hour. The article follows with questions about what the winner plans to do with the championship.
An excerpt presents a perplexing wartime style monologue by a vice president figure Curtis urging delegates and senators, praising a horse and a mysterious benevolent buyer. The text blends fragmented phrases about presents, manners, and respect, with scattered dialogue on help and duty.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes features a meddlesome widow and son in law solving matrimony by marriage, insomnia powder misused on a cat, a graveyard of patriots, a ninety year old with no enemies, a car joke about eight cylinders and twelve payments, a mother daughter clash over discipline, and light quips on greed taxes and marriage vows.
Today in history lists births of German poet Heine, journalist Howe, Dean Stanley, naturalist Wiesander, bishop Phillips Brooks, and war hero Alvin York among others. It notes recent deaths and mentions figures like Dr Lawrence Lowell and explorers born in Cambridge and Boston. A closing paragraph offers a passable remark on fortune and effort.
Four of eight Fletcher children from Shapleigh underwent appendicitis operations at the same time in Sanford Maine.
In Birmingham Alabama a four year old boy named Thomas Hogan shot and killed his two year old brother Edward with a pistol his mother did not know was in the home. The incident occurred in their residence and prompted police to investigate the accidental shooting.
Elyria Telegram reports a new law abolishes the county infirmary board effective January 6 and places oversight with county commissioners. The piece also notes a $1,000 pledge for a Rust M. E. Church project and coal allocations won by city efforts, with a Green Line strike committee forming among local merchants.
A 1822 Chronicle item notes an open American Legion meeting urging construction of a memorial hall to honor Elyria's veterans. A 1927 Wakeman fire caused 1.0 million in damage, destroying key buildings and near the switchboard, with heroine Varime Benson credited for saving the town and summoning Norwalk firefighters.
Avon residents attended a card party hosted by Mr and Mrs Gilbert Ferthoter with awards for high scores to Mrs Porthofer and William Bult. Birthday celebrations followed for Mr George Linn and Dinko Basher. Guests included Mr and Mrs Jerome Veter and Harry Chiumbrm. The event featured Christmas table decor and a planned meeting at Mr and Mrs Marnard Krehs home.
In London the British Industries Fair reports rising demand for space as Ottawa tariff preferences widen market access. Castle Bromwich and two London sections are filled, with overflow planned. Directors will raise revenue via badges and new invitation cards issued directly by organizers.
In Memphis the weather hovered around 40 degrees as residents bundled up while Charles D. Browser, 72, enjoyed unusual warmth. Browser had spent 49 straight years living in Point Barrow Alaska, contrasting with the milder southern Thanksgiving.
A genuine beer barrel sent to President elect Roosevelt in St Louis includes a letter arguing that restoring beer would yield about 200 million dollars yearly to the American cooperage industry.
Staunton Va will of James Duff includes a clause that any heir who spends inherited funds on whiskey forfeits further claims to the estate. The provision targets temperance by linking expenditure to the loss of shares in the property.
The United States Government has filed suit in Atlanta Georgia seeking 13.61 dollars in damages. B Lovinger is named as responsible for the collision that damaged two mail trucks.
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