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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1937
Page
5
Investigators who examined cooperative marketing say Americas system is canalized and stable. The White House will receive a long delayed report urging neighborhood selling for certain crops, while conceding broad change is unnecessary. Budget limits and political hurdles threaten the inquiry but supporters expect a last minute rescue.
Readers learn a quick relief method for stomach acidity. Two teaspoons of Phillips Milk of Magnesia liquid after meals or Phillips tablets ease acid indigestion, gas, headaches from overindulgence, and nausea. A big box sells for 25 cents at drug stores.
Frances Haven, an American girl of eight years on a Danish farm, resists forced marriage by the Jillups. She escapes to Bucharest to find her brother Jack, who fears Joe Jillup’s deadly influence. A stranger named Slacks arrives as Fran and Jack confront mounting danger and suspense.
Fran and Jack seek a cheerful country dinner but a roadside cart forces a sharp brake. The roadster slams into a tree. Fran survives with injury while Jack dies from the crash. Arthur Slacks visits the hospital as Fran contemplates a country retreat for recovery. The serial continues.
The piece argues that the Rooseveltians expect a pro labor shift and a favorable court ruling, prompting new mediation legislation to prevent strikes like GM. It explains Railway Labor Act style mediation, with presidents naming fact finders, a nonbinding report, and a binding award, while noting unions will resist losing strike rights.
Maritime natives of north eastern Siberia observe a communal festival after each whale kill, marking the event with traditional rites and communal gathering. The practice underscores longstanding whaling culture and regional subsistence traditions.
The legend says a dead sorcerer returns as a shooting star to punish the living for past injuries.
New York Day by Day reports on the Savoy Dance Hall at Lenox and 142nd Street in Harlem. It notes a mixed crowd, with large yearly attendance and substantial gross, and describes the Lindy Hop craze as part of nightly routines. It also mentions Mrs. Winfield Sheehan’s Austrian villa project near Los Angeles.
A psychologist notes whistling has faded from urban life as mood dips rise. The piece recalls mornings on residential streets with shop openings and the cheer of whistle blasts, once linked to garment district carts and celebrated by Crhetto bards, now a fading memory.
A district chatter notes two new night club clowns Jack White and Henry Youngman entertaining patrons at modest cafes. Observations include Mrs Jack Whitney and Helen Wills reacting to White’s nuttiness. The piece recalls Columbus Circle after midnight drug dealing, with Narcotic Squad disruption and new distribution in Central Park.
Madison Avenue will house a new perfume shop in black and silver catering to men. The store offers more than 100 aromas designed for a masculine scent. Notables like Jack Dempsey and Jimmy Durante are noted to wear perfume on their kerchiefs.
A writer muses that the nation needs more affordable spots where people off duty can enjoy music and light refreshments without worrying about high checks. The sentiment.
Elsie DewWolff spends three hours dressing for a dinner party. The Bowery hosts a Royal Highness lunch room. John D. Rockefeller is noted as a white bean soupist. The Martin Joh sons plan one more jungle trek before settling in a small town in Kansas. Bob Davis bakes a chocolate cake that will end this fragment.
Anthony Eden has never visited a nightclub or seen a musical revue. Ernest Simpson becomes a London hermit as Clemence Dinely writes a sharp play about American manners. Charlie Chaplin battles insomnia past 3 a.m. Copyright 1937.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shinsky and son visited Mr. and Mrs. John Shinsky in Florence on Sunday. A six o'clock dinner at Mrs. Robert Hoyt’s followed, honoring Raymond Shinsky's birthday. Attendees included Mrs. Raymond Shinsky and son, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Benson, the guest of honor, the hosts and their two children. Cards were played later. Betty Hoyt hosted seventh grade members at the Hoyt home Saturday evening with games and refreshments.
Mrs W J Benson and families including Mr and Mrs Raymond Shinsky Mrs Dora Pomeroy and Robert Hoyt were in Oberlin Saturday A Fernald meat canning demonstration was held at Mrs Fred Graves Pleasant Street Friday afternoon C A Conry has returned to duties at the Post Office Mrs Robert Hoyt has been substituting during his absence Mrs Florence Lowe has returned home after a period away Eleanor Johns of Norwalk spent time in Oberlin
The aged resident Mary Field Garner, aged 101, of Ogden Utah, shows independence and wit. She can walk unaided and maintains an active interest in daily life. She praises modern improvements except airplanes and automobiles and believes the world moves too fast.
Eu gene Lee, age 14, has completed his first semester at the College of the Ozarks in Clarkesville Arkansas. He entered grammar school at five, finished at ten, and graduated high school at thirteen.
Irreducible ad promises a free trial of a rupture control appliance from W. S. Rice Inc at 738 E Main St Adams N. Y. It claims to ease symptoms regardless of rupture size or prior truss usage and urges sending name and address for testing without risk. The copy stresses no obligation and universal workability across occupations.
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