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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1941
Page
11
A chaotic Washington and New York collage recounts wartime anxieties and strategic warnings. The excerpt includes Boake Carter comments and a Japanese embassy official’s December 1941 letter seeking duty free goods, plus calls for alertness to avoid enemy gains. The text critiques preparedness and imagines civilian and military cooperation in a tense civic atmosphere.
300 nationals of German, Italian and Hungarian origin are interned at the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Diplomatic families are among the internees as the state department asks that no new guests be admitted until arrangements remove them. Officials say the resort will take weeks to return to normal operations.
Amherst remembers a holiday wedding at St Joseph Catholic Church as Blanche E. Rosenkranz daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnold Rosenkranz and Vincent Mannion son of Mr and Mrs Vincent Mannion wed in a 9 am ceremony. Officiant Rev Fr James Sunt, Ave Maria sung by Joseph Fuhrian. The bride wore white satin with orange blossom headpiece and carried chrysanthemums. maid of honor Elaine Bruce and bridesmaid Mary Low Aschenbach wore light blue taffeta and carried pink rose buds. Regis Mannion, brother of the groom, listed among attendees.
Mrs Lucy Roemer reports a wedding in the Mannion home with Harold Kribls and Cletus Bruce present. The couple plans a south wedding trip and will live with the Mannion parents on return. Also listed are St Peter Egan Kelien Reformed church council meeting details and Christmas party plans by Eastern Stars and Knights of Pythias members.
Serena and Paul live with domineering Mrs Comstock who dies soon after a new will. Paul faces possible murder charges as Manders is found dead. Aunt Leona appears sinister while Chad warns Serena to avoid her as suspicion grows of a homicidal force within the house.
A busy week in the community features initiation events at Hickory Tree Grange and Pomona Grange, with officers elected for Brown helm Evangelical church groups and the Victorian Guild of St Joseph Catholic church. Activities include Christmas programs, social exchanges, and a noon luncheon.
The State Department denounces Japan's protest over Manila casualties as ruthless and without humanity. It says it has no reports to substantiate Japanese claims and condemns Japan's continued aggression in the Philippines. The reply notes Japan's disregard for international law and civilian harm.
Avon notes detail two watchnight services at the Baptist church with babies to be dedicated and a supper after. The St Joseph Catholic Church event is noted, along with social gatherings at the homes of community members. Multiple local families and visitors from Cleveland and Detroit are mentioned across various social and church activities.
Mrs EE Foster, president of Amherst Waw Red Cross chapter, reports slightly over $600 raised toward a 963 quota in the American War Relief drive. The Mary Martha class of the Congregational church meets Monday January 4 at Mrs Edward Sahl home Noth Mats street with supper at 6 20. Eagles meeting postponed to this evening.Admissions listed for Monday include Walter Turnbull Saddle Maliska and Mrs Ken Brith. Mrs Roy Harp has returned from honeymoon. Amanda Jacobsen of Chicago visiting Mischka. Daicy Murch returns from visit with parents.
Washington December 30 Administrator Leon Henderson prepared today to establish a ceiling on all manufacturers cigarette prices to limit any rise in Lucky Strike prices after American Tobacco Company refused to withdraw its announced increase. Henderson said the schedule would set maximum prices near December 26 levels to prevent further advances.
Columbia residents hosted relatives during Christmas including Robert Kink and John Barnett families. Local church and Red Cross activities discussed with women’s groups meeting January 14 and sewing for the Red Cross. A Community Christmas tree dedication marked the season, while Roosevelts telegram urged rapid Red Cross fund-raising.
A county audience heard a mix of community updates and holiday songs. The Migia' Behool Glee Club performed as Rev Thomas Hughes spoke, followed by carols and greetings from local groups including the Garden Club Acme Grange and the Columbia Volunteer Fire Department.
LaGrange Wayne Aldrich of Ashland College is home for the holiday. Edwin Moulder of Fort Bidwell was a holiday guest of Rae and Mrs Charles Moulder. Mrs Howard Rising left this week to visit her husband in a Texas camp whose furlough was canceled due to the war. PTA plans a school dance Friday Jan 2 with Cook's orchestra. Today Americans eat just over two bushels of potatoes per person annually, compared with 3.5 bushels twenty years ago per census data.
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