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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1939
Page
4
Bible School at La Grange Baptist Church begins Sunday at 10 oclock followed by Morning Worship at 11 with the Pearl of Great Price. The Young People meet at 630 PM and Evening Preaching at 7 30 PM.
In Sabetha Kansas John Williamson a retired farmer paid 500 to “water witches” who prophesied water at several sites. All wells drilled proved dry, prompting the switch to a new site where workers hit water at 25 feet and now have 16 feet of standing water.
A government decree in Budapest orders the disbanding of the Hungarian National Socialist party. Police raid party offices and homes, arresting about 150 by midmorning. The action follows a synagogue bombing linked to anti Jewish measures and aims to restore public order amid eastern European upheaval.
Governor Bricker signed emergency measures totaling 12.6 million dollars for schools and 17 million dollars to reduce the school foundation deficit. He also approved bills on dormitory refund notes, refunding bonds for relief deficits, printing levy amounts in dollars, and pending action on unemployment agency reform and sales tax stamp redemption.
Bethany Baptist Church on 17th Street invites all to Sunday morning services at 9 30 with Bible School at 11. Rev H W Smith from Oberlin preaches and his daughter Frances sings. Sunday afternoon 7 30 features a choir led program of special selections.
In Pasadena California fig growers report a successful scarecrow tactic to protect crops from pilfering birds. A bundle of turkey feathers fashioned to resemble a hawk sits atop the trees to deter theft and damage.
Ohio's 1939 sales tax receipts are projected to top one million dollars above 1938 if current stamp sales persist. The week of Feb 11 saw $636,373 in stamp sales, up from $556,517 in 1938, with year to date totals $4,620,517 versus $3,875,918 a year earlier.
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