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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1940
Page
6
A skyward spectacle after sunset offers a rare view of the five naked eye planets lined up in the southwest. Astronomers say such a pattern may not reoccur for a long time, a celestial event likened to Halley’s Comet in rarity. The piece contrasts ancient superstition with modern science and notes the enduring human wonder at the heavens.
The Boston Transcript laments war as horrible and stupid noting that even a single death would condemn rulers. It contrasts personal losses from scouting operations reconnaissance flights and failed contacts with the broader misery and hundreds of thousands of casualties.
The article profiles George W. Patten, creator of Frank and Dick Merriwell, whose court filing seeks funds to protect a small New York cooperative apartment investment. Despite early fame from Tip Top Weekly, Patten earned little, with stipends often 50 to 150 dollars weekly, and he laments diminished mental sharpness for sports work while hoping to write plays.
A Philadelphia woman and her three children completed a remarkable seven day stowaway journey aboard an Italian liner from Lisbon to New York. The mother, calling herself a businesswoman, shared a cabin with a Spanish passenger and her two children, served meals by five year old Marta, and left the ship with 383 in lost passage money plus a cheering crew reward. The tale ends with the crew praising the ingenuity despite the deception.
Elyria women joined the National League of Women Voters in a drive for re enactment of reciprocal trade agreements. Hearings showed industry agriculture and labor split, with overall public benefit endorsed by the League and allied groups.
Avon School announces group pictures for the 1940 annual on Friday March 1. Plans are underway for the athletic banquet in late March or early April. Boys Reserve team earns bronze trophy for league basketball victory this season. An assembly program by upperclassmen is set for Friday March 1 at 2:30 pm at Brooksde Han School featuring The Professor Roars and the Girls Trio Players with Urig Holbury Foithofer Urig and Kramer. Members of the trio Eunice Kramer Agnes Kiynak Betty Smith. Research Club notes follow.
Mrs Dorothy Bell of Oberlin College to speak on Tapestry at a Baptist Church Ladies Aid bake sale. Group No 1 will host at Cash Market Saturday March 2 starting at 10 oclock. Brief notes: Mr and Mrs William Chester visited Mrs Buell in Amherst. Buell and Edythe joined them for the evening.
Mr and Mrs R C Wise of Ravenna were overnight guests at Mr and Mrs T G Wooson home. Mrs B Schoepfle and children from Parma visited Birmingham. E R Prince spent Friday and Saturday night in Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Christ Krieg and sons Edwin and Warren and Mrs A Krieg of Amherst visited Thad Wilson. Mr and Mrs Ruy En and daughter Helen of Cleveland were Birmingham visitors. Mrs Carre Davidson spent the weekend in Elyria.
Mrs Minnie Fortledge died Sunday morning at her Bradley Road home. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 PM at Clifford Pease funeral home. Survivors include Arthur Lorenzo and son Duane of Detroit who visited the area, and Arthur Dunford and family. Also referenced are Dara Rose Floyd’s hospital stay and Flora Orag’s flu, with guests Ray Harris and F H Geiger in attendance.
Traveling expenses are deductible only for business trips and must be substantiated with a statement detailing business purpose days away from home total travel costs including meals lodging and other expenses such as tips. Commuting from home is personal and non deductible.
A compilation of anniversaries and birthdays including Mary Lyon born Buckland Massachusetts in 1849 and Henry Foote born Virginia with dates in the 1800s. Also notes historic events from 1680 through 1927 and a birthday for Franklin M Gunther born New York now aged 55.
Bible readings urge Proverbs guidance and steady study. A mentor cites making and sticking to a plan as the key to productivity, while suggested study practices include choosing a definite subject, fixing daily study time, and applying a steady regimen amid busy life. Local notices mention hosts and guests, with community updates and an item about American trucks on China's Burma Ching highway.
The policy provides death benefits through life insurance and sickness benefits amounting to two thirds of regular pay for up to 52 weeks. It notes Standard Oil employees also participate in a broad liberal pension plan backed by their company.
A roundup of prominent individuals with birth years and places including Prof George Lyman Kitnledge Harvard Boston 80 years ago Eugene Higgins New York 66 Theodore G Joslin Wilmington Delaware 50 James G Stahlman Nashville 47 Geraldine Farrar Melrose Massachusetts 58 Admiral William W Pratt Belfast Missouri 71 Sir Wilfred T Grenfell England 75 The horoscope notes a versatile mind sometimes turning to discontent and mistrust, describing an analytical nature.
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