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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1934
Page
9
The Y M C A announces a ping pong tournament part of its New Year program with fast play and keen competition. Young men play on the first floor and boys in the basement with entries accepted from 1 to 2 30 p m. All city residents may enter regardless of Y membership.
Correction notes city water works office hours for this evening. Final collection dates will see the office open in the evening from 6 30 to 8 00 with additional regular hours 6 50 to 8 00 p m.
The scanned text catalogs a night of radio programs across stations with names like Red Davis, Sportsman, Billy Tint, Uncle Ezra, and Himbler's Orchestra. It lists show times, hosts, and musical acts such as Cugat's Orchestra, Carol DeVine, and Dance Music segments, plus talk and variety slots.
A Hollywood life and loves comedy titled 365 Nights in Hollywood debuts at the Rivoli Theatre tomorrow led by Alice Faye and James Dunn in the top roles.
William Powell and Myrna Loy reunite in Evelyn Prentice at the Capitol Theatre opening tomorrow. Powell plays a criminal lawyer and Loy stars as his wife in a murder mystery feature worth seeing.
John Chase, a California gambler described as an alleged companion of gang leader George Baby Face Nelson, was jailed in heavy irons in Chicago as federal prosecutors prepared to indict him for murder of two federal agents. District Attorney Dwight H. Green aimed to present evidence to a grand jury regarding Chase’s role in the November 27 Burlington roadside battle that killed agents Samuel P. Cowley and Herman E. Hollis and Nelson.
The Elyria Weekly Republican dated February 1, 1894 shows the financing of city operations being difficult. A letter by F. C. Eldred is part of the copied issue in Daniel Graf's possession at 916 East Avenue.
Cowley died after a confrontation with federal agent Melvin Purvis in Chicago. Purvis has not disclosed Cowleys remarks. Nelsons companion Chase, 32, was arrested last week in Mount Shasta California but kept secret until trial plans began. Green to be tried under the new federal law after the Kansas City Union Station massacre, with hanging as a possible penalty.
A dense listing of radio program times, host names, and musical acts. It details morning to late evening segments on WGAR and related stations, naming programs such as Breakfast Club, Information Prog, Musicians and orchestras, with many performers including Harmons, Gumps, and Burns and Aller.
The Cascade Park crew faced a work stoppage due to funding shortages. The last payroll covered 68 workers at $195.08 total, about $2.80 each, leaving many as family heads supporting multiple children. The editor urged enforcement of an ordinance against disturbances in public venues and proposed protecting Cascade Street from paint pot advertising that harms scenery.
A reflective note asserts that art arises from joy and the urge to create and show beauty to others, framing creativity as a communal and uplifting pursuit.
Senior Four-H Club at Gulf Road School plans an election Wednesday night for 1935 officers. Current officers Julian Perkins Dorothy Lottman Robert Penfound and Robert Hoskin will not seek re election. Deane urns of Harshaw Chemical Company will speak and games will be played at the meeting.
A speaker denounces bankers as greedy and asserts credit issuance as their prerogative. He names Baruchs Warburgs Morgans Mellons and Federal Reserve bankers as defending their control, arguing printing press money is bankers money and resistance to reform provokes anger.
Detroit December 31 radio priest Charles E. Coughlin, founder of the National Union for Social Justice, renewed his attack on bankers. He urged nationalizing currency and credit, predicted a collapse of modern democracy and capitalism, and called bankers responsible for loaned credit and staged money. He claimed most of the nation’s currency is bank held and described deposits as bankers’ fiction.
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