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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
12
January 3 marks notable events from Cicero’s birth in 107 B.C. to Mrs. Colman’s English stage debut in 1661. The piece notes the shift from male to female roles and references Ann of Denmark’s influence on the English Bible, framing a collage of historical highlights.
A dated overview references women actresses and privately staged plays. It also recalls early electricity history with Leyden jar experiments by Musschenbroek and Conaeus, describing a glass vial with foil and water, and a discharge via a voltaic battery. It notes Brig. Gen. William Hull’s treason sentence in 1814 and Monroe’s subsequent commutation.
A historical note from 1905 recalls the Russian general Stossel who surrendered Port Arthur to Japan, making him the country’s scapegoat amid the war with Japan.
A list honors Lucretia Mott, Joseph De Veaster later Damien, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, E Stanley Jones, Filbert Seldes. A reader challenges weather myths and debates Civil War characterization, arguing Supreme Court bias and public policy influenced judgments.
Elsa Littell an American girl detained in Waldmare on a slander charge against Adolf Hitler will be released later today after a hearing. She was sentenced to ten days and has already served ten. Littell will not be deported and will visit her parents in Germany, after traveling from Paris to New York weeks earlier. An unsigned telegram claimed she was arrested on the German frontier after passing the Saar territory, prompting appeals to American authorities.
In Cleveland an attorney, John Von Blum, claimed two firsts yesterday. He secured Judge G B Findick's first official signature on a notary application and kept the signing pen, joking it was sentiment as he pocketed it. Nearby, Union Trust depositors long unclaimed totaling 350 percent of 1933 payouts are urged to present passbooks to the bank's claims department.
The Philadelphia Board of Education and C Emer son Brown, Philadelphia Zoo director, have arranged free zoo tickets for school children who previously lacked access to the animal preserve.
Thousands of Ohioans back Congress petitions urging action on the Townsend old age pension plan. Six Townsend clubs have formed in Cleveland alone. The plan by Dr. F. E. Townend of Long Beach calls for a pension of $200 monthly for all citizens over 60.
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