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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1944
Page
2
A dense OCR list of radio programs and times spanning morning to late night. Entries include variety shows, news briefs, music, dramas, religious talks, and sports highlights featuring stations and program titles with many names, times, and segments across days.
At Elyria Theatres Capital Theatre will show Minstrel Man with Benny Fields in the title role as part of a double feature next Wednesday. The film cites 1929 minstrel formats and hints at a revival with feminine players. The second feature is M. Ruddy a dramatic screenplay starring Ruth Terry Lynne Roberts and Eddie Baltinger.
Local calendars list tonight events at Avon Lake and nearby towns including dances and church gatherings. Notable items feature Avon Lake Congregational church services, Young People gathering, and a school board meeting, with multiple Christmas gift exchanges and festive programs across Grafton, Eaton, and North Ridgeville. A Providence note reports Miriam Siperstein in New Guinea nearly fainting upon a surprise visit from her brother Flight Officer Tsang Saperstein who flew 2200 miles in a borrowed fighter to see her.
New York scientist Eleanor Alexander reported a breakthrough at the New York Academy of Science earning the Cressy Morrison prize as the first woman honored. Dr. Jackson of Cornell University Medical College described a gelatinous acellular form of the tuberculosis germ, distinct from the rod shaped bacilli, suggesting the disease can exist in multiple forms.
Mrs. Charles Nevadom ski has returned home from Faire view Park hospital after operative treatment. Mrs. Florence Black of Elyria visited her brother and wife and Mes, Aso Taft. Mrs. Wd Hulse ill at Chestnut Ridge. Mr. Hulse advised to rest for health. Mrs. K Sherman and daughters Gayle and Sharon of Beebetown spent Thursday with sister Mrs. Orville Leyndes. Capt. and Mrs. Dave Lewis and son David of Berea called on DP Lewis. Capt. Lewis recently returned from lake navigation and F Lyndes and daughters visited. SAS Meets Women’s Society met December 14 at Hazel d s home with 25 cent gift exchange and Christmas program. Alvin Taft on furlough from Atlantic City visited relatives.
The Navy recruiting officer Lt F A Duffy announced an urgent need for aircrewmen in the US Navy Pacific Fleet. Recruits undergo 52 weeks of training in Memphis Tennessee with courses in aerial gunnery radar operation and aviation mechanics. Information is available at the Navy Recruiting Station Lorain Post Office Building and with Mrs Asa Taft and Mrs Florence Hlack at the Taft home.
In Moscow, Marshal Friedrich Von Paulus and 49 other captured German generals urge overthrow of Hitler and Himmler and agree to seek peace. The appeal, broadcast via Soviet radio and loudspeakers on front lines, claims Germany already lost the war and promises a future of law and decency after reconstruction.
Donald Portman and Lisa Portman were married Wednesday afternoon at the East Cleveland home of Mr and Mrs Faye Grimmer. The ceremony united Lisa Grimmer Portman and Lt Donald Portman of Henrietta with a small circle of immediate family and close friends. They plan to reside in St Petersburg Florida after a short trip.
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