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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1931
Page
6
Barres and Welsh, Elyria plumbers, installed new theatre fixtures and a heating system at the modern Dreamland theatre replacing fire damaged units. The firm, with 22 years experience, has handled theatre plumbing before and operates from 410 Middle Avenue.
Washington reports plans to expand the U S radio range beacon network to 69 beacons by year end, with 19 new installations in 1931 along major airways. Beacons transmit two coded signals and hourly weather updates to guide aviators, with southern and northern transcontinental routes prioritized and additional sites planned from New York to San Francisco.
Rennes France Henri Payson aged 20 claims to be the smallest conscript in the French army. He stands four feet eight inches tall and says his height is a notable distinction in the 193% class of conscription.
Evansville will host a new 500000 dollar Mead Johnson terminal on the Ohio river opening February 27. The facility will handle railroad freight land motor truck shipments from the middle west via river barges to cities along the Ohio Mississippi Gulf and Atlantic coasts. It aims to speed midwest water transportation growth with connections to Pittsburg Cincinnati Louisville St. Louis Memphis and New Orleans. Capacity 1000000 tons yearly with rail links from Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Louisville and Nashville and warehouses of 90000 square feet and 64-car spotting capacity.
The memo notes carbon monoxide risks in aircraft cockpits following Capt. Arthur C. Page’s fatal crash near the National Air Races. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery investigated possible poisoning versus mechanical failure and urged remodeling to prevent sudden suffocation.
A fleet of over 400 miniature model ice yachts built by students in Oshkosh manual training classes were shown in a city ice yacht competition at Menominee Park. The Oshkosh Junior Chamber sponsored the event with expert guidance from John Buckstaff of the Oshkosh Ice Yacht club, who lectured on building models.
A Paris court ruled a person’s photograph cannot be published without consent. A woman sued for an unauthorized publication and was awarded four cents in damages.
Detroit residents discuss the old Fort Shelby site now planned for a new post office and federal building. Proposals include a community athletic center with a central swimming pool, a community union church, a night school for workers, a Armory and military hall commemorating Fort Shelby, and a social hall for soldiers and citizens.
University of Illinois baseball coach Jess Lundgren plans an eight game spring training tour March 28 to April 6 with eleven Big Ten conference games and three nonconference matchups including Hosei University of Japan. The trip also covers nonconference tests and local preparation.
Fresno Calif The article notes a shift in central California from fruit orchards to diversified farming similar to the Midwest. It highlights reduced grape and peach yields with large acreages uprooted, rising land values for citrus and lower vineyard prices, and a turn toward hogs corn and cotton as new profit paths led by citrus interests like C Teague.
Cold storage eggs are selling for 15 cents a dozen in New Orleans with beef at 10 cents a pound, the lowest levels seen since World War II era shortages. The report notes unusually cheap prices for staple meats and eggs in the local market.
In Paris a newsroom prank fooled Laval’s entourage as a journalist impersonated a secretary calling Morinaud to rush to Laval’s office. Andre Tardieu recognized the joke and Morinaud was briefly named deputy Minister of Phiyaivat’cation amid cabinet talks. In Winnipeg, police dumped hundreds of gallons of liquor into the Red River, startling fish that leaped and fluttered on the surface.
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